The paths ducked into secret groves under the trees, led the way past benches sitting in serene shadow, or circled around groupings of boulders in the midst of enclosures bounded by fir trees or grasses.
Topics: City Life, FOLIA, General Creativity, Harbourfront Centre, Julie Moir Messervy, Summer Music in the Garden, Toronto Music Garden, Yo-Yo Ma

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My anime preference usually tends toward the seriously dramatic, even edging into the melodramatic. Give me the desperate quest and deep losses of Fullmetal Alchemist (the first series), the tragedy of Noir, or the heart-wrenching, world-shattering...
Topics: Anime Reviews, Gundam, Maria Watches Over Us, Noir, Nozomi Entertainment, Sachiko, Shueisha, The Right Stuf, Yumi

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Yes, I know “Death and the Uncanny” wasn’t the theme of the huge Luminato arts festival that just finished its third annual go-round in Toronto. But you must admit, there were a few shadows in certain corners. Like that reading from The.
Topics: Cirque de Soleil, clowns, Event Reviews, Luminato, the uncanny, Uncanny, whiteface

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Last year I missed the tour of the Lower Bay Street subway station that's been closed for decades, so the Greenwood Shop was at the top of my list today. It seems to be at the top of the list of the people who work there, too. ...
Topics: City Life, Event Reviews

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Four city mayors in the same room, with no politicking??I thought I’d died and gone to heaven.I may be exaggerating a bit: there were really only two mayors, one deputy mayor, and one former. And almost all they did was talk politics, but not in...
Topics: City Life, city planning, Do I Want to Read Your Book?, GTA, Jack Heath, John Sewell, Pages Books & Magazines, Rob Burton, This is Not a Reading Series

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