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Category Archives: Politics
I Call myself Princess
I watched and listened to the second preview of I Call Myself Princess, Jani Lauzon’s impressive new play with opera, presented at Aki Studio in a collaboration between A Paper Canoe Projects, Cahoots Theatre and Native Earth Performing Arts. Genre … Continue reading
Posted in Opera, Personal ruminations, Politics, Reviews, Spirituality & Religion, Theatre & musicals
Tagged A Paper Canoe Projects, Aaron Wells, Cahoots Theatre, Charles Wakefield Cadman, Courtney Ch’ng Lancaster, Howard Davis, I Call Myself Princess, Jani Lauzon, Jeremy Dutcher, Marion Newman, Marjorie Chan, Native Earth Performing Arts, Peter Hinton, Richard Greenblatt
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Yiddish Glory: The Lost Songs of World War II
Tonight was the opening night concert of the 2018 Ashkenaz Festival at Koerner Hall, an unforgettable evening of Yiddish culture titled “Yiddish Glory: The Lost Songs of World War II”. For awhile Soviet scholars worked to assemble an archive of … Continue reading
Kent Monkman—Miss Chief’s Praying Hands
Kent Monkman is back. The show at Project Gallery is only on until September 1st, so see it while you can. In 2017 “Shame and Prejudice: A Story of Resilience” was one of the highlights of the year. This time it’s … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Architecture & Design, Personal ruminations, Politics, Reviews
Tagged Indigenous art, Kent Monkman
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The Death of Stalin
It was promoted as a comedy. That reminds me of a joke I heard years ago. Stalin is addressing the Supreme Soviet, speaking and suddenly: a sneeze is heard. Stalin stops speaking, and asks sternly “who snyeeezed?” (my friend who … Continue reading
Demoralization as a tactic
Don’t lose heart. But do you ever wonder whether someone might be deliberately trying to wear you down, demoralize you, persuade you to give up? I know that as a persistent CBC listener & CNN watcher, as a voracious consumer … Continue reading
Opera: Passion, Power, and Politics
There it all is, everything a boy or girl could want in one headline. Now in fact that’s the title of a big beautiful book that I’ve been reading. And what good is a book if it doesn’t push your … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Architecture & Design, Books & Literature, Music and musicology, Opera, Politics, Popular music & culture, Reviews
Tagged Antonio Pappano, Aubrey Beardsley, Claudio Monteverdi, Dresden, Giuseppe Verdi, Michael Levine, Peter Brook, Placido Domingo, Richard Strauss, Richard Wagner, Rinaldo, Robert Carsen, Roger Parker, Salome, Simone Young, Tannhäuser
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I love dogs & The Post
Living through the daily assault upon one’s sensibility leads one to take protective measures. Whatever does get you through the night? I vacillate between truth and escapism. Truth consists of various sorts of political content, whether on a news network … Continue reading
