Alice in Wonderland behind the Iron curtain

Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on September 24, 2008

A new world lurks in Leila Ataya’s acrylic canvases. The Russian artist has dipped into her own background for her latest solo exhibition, “Long Story about Life”. “Most of my current works depict a magical world, where illusion and reality blur,” she says.
“The represented world is like a fly-agaric; so bright, attractive and beautiful, but [...]

Curtain rises at new performing arts centre

Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on June 4, 2008

From Alice’s Restaurant to Rosecrantz and Guildenstern, the stage is set for the first season at Richmond Hill’s new performing arts centre.
The vision of having a theatre for York Region has been in the works for at least 26 years and this council is proud to be making it a reality, he said.
A quartet of [...]

Buzz Beaches, blondes, burps & bumps

Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on March 17, 2008

It’s very good to see that Pink is still maintaining a nice, healthy lifestyle in the midst of her sad break-up. She’s obviously getting lots of sleep, lots of water, sprouts, bran and vitamins and hours and hours of mind-focusing meditation.
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Adam Sandler has a bit of Karate Kid going while filming Bedtime Stories in [...]

Unassigned Stargazing: Beaches, blondes, burps & bumps

Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on March 17, 2008

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Sports Terrible is the new good for Leafs

Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on February 15, 2008

The Maple Leafs, in recent years, have taken being absolutely thrashed to new heights.Or lows.Including Tuesday’s laughable effort in an 8-0 home ice loss to mediocre Florida, the Leafs have lost by six, seven or eight goals on seven separate occasions over the past three seasons.So don’t believe being dismantled by the Panthers was rock [...]

Social housing and the war against anti social behaviour

Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on January 12, 2008

The social housing sector is a frontline force in the %26lsquo;war against yobs, but given worries about privacy, civil liberties, and the rise of a %26lsquo;surveillance society, is there a danger that the mechanisms to protect us from anti-social behaviour can become themselves anti-social?
Its a paradox that might one day come back to haunt [...]