Fall’s here, school’s in and l’amour is in the air. But romance needn’t be an exclusively indoors affair. Atlantic Canada is known for its late summers and beautiful falls. With autumn as gorgeous as it is, why not invite a new love interest or a long-time partner on a date in the grand ol’ out-of-doors? […]
Geordon Omand
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Viva la Cantina
It’s a dreary east coast afternoon. A mist hangs suspended in the crisp air and I can feel myself displacing it as I walk past the Public Gardens. I’m in need of a hot lunch and I know just where to find it. Cantina Mexicana’s (1551 South Park Street) bright colours beckon at me from […]
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This is arts country
This ain’t your average festival—it’s a full-blown experience in the form of a 24-hour open air art exhibition. White Rabbit Arts is opening its (out-of-)doors for the fourth annual White Rabbit Experience 2012, August 18-19 at Red Clay Farm in Upper Economy. Event organizer Andrew Maize says it’s “a chance for people to celebrate the […]
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Time out at Sir Sanford Fleming Park
Meantime in Greenwich is an innovative public art project by media artist David Clark being officially unveiled Monday, August 6 in Sir Sanford Fleming Park. The project is a nonlinear audio narrative and augmented reality experience presented through a series of interactive sundials distributed throughout the park. Park visitors will be able to download a […]
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SHIRTS + SKIRTS: a tournament of many skills has some fun on the Common
Let the game begin! Which games? All of them, at the same time! Bored of the same old Olympic sports? Check out SiNS Dance Collective perform their new outdoor performance piece, SKIRTS & SHIRTS: a tournament of many skills. It’s a quirky and competitive combo of contact dance, improv athletics and park games. Soccer meets […]
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Monday video round up
Today is a Monday. Monday starts with M. Know what else starts with M? Music, as in music videos. Here are five of them—multiple minutes of musical magnificence in the marvelous medium of video. Glory Glory, “You Need A Heart To Live” Masked and mysterious. An interpretive dance duet. Sinister but at the same time […]
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Sweet scapes
So what on earth is a garlic scape? Prior to visiting the Seaport Market this past weekend I wouldn’t have had the foggiest. The name at once brings to mind a pock-marked and otherworldly lunar vegetable patch, or perhaps obscure vernacular for a halitosis-enabled jailbreak. But as I discovered on Saturday, garlic scapes are in […]