At QPAC, Anything Goes
There are times when I really do have to pinch myself at how lucky I am to do the things I do as a result of this blog. Even though it’s work, it does seem a [...]
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Absinthe by Spiegelworld
“Everyone should be fucking clapping right now, unless you’re that one asshole who won’t clap for anything the whole show.” And so begins the latest [...]
Quiet Please, There’s a Lady on the Stage
Here’s an interesting one… Today, 8 December, marks the 354th anniversary of women first appearing professionally on the English stage as actresses. Funny, [...]
The Little Things
“There’s a reason people build miniatures. Doesn’t matter if it’s guys laying out model railroads or women decorating dollhouses. It’s about [...]
Eudora Welty and the best job application ever
Eudora Welty, author and Pulitzer Prize winner, once applied for a position with the New Yorker magazine. She was a frustrated 23 year old university graduate, discontented [...]
New York Public Library
Patience and Fortitude are the names of the majestic lions who greet you as you walk up the steps of the New York Public Library’s main entrance, and patience and [...]
Linde Ivimey, Bone Healer
Sometimes you get a look at the inner workings of a person’s brain and what you glimpse in there is so unlike the mind of any other you’ve ever seen, that it [...]
Inspired By Audrey
In honour of what would have been Audrey Hepburn’s 85th birthday, here’s my pick of the best and weirdest Audrey inspired art on the net (I’m not telling [...]
Tove Witzerman Langridge – with a name like that, you’d best be an artist…
It’s a rare privilege to be able to see firsthand an artist’s journey from tentative preteen to self-assured expressionist, but that’s what happens when your oldest [...]
The Divine Work of Amelia Fais Harnas
There is a word in Greek, parea, meaning a group of friends who gather together purely for the enjoyment of each other’s company, to share their stories, their ideas [...]
