Final curtain for Casselman sound and light show
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on August 17, 2008
Accolades are pouring in for the Franco-Ontarian sound and light extravaganza L’echo d’un peuple which has announced that last night’s show here would be the final one after five seasons.
Organizers of the historic pageant confirmed L’echo’s demise early last week, a turn of events they blamed on poor ticket sales to the outdoor venue at [...]
Entries open for Neighbourhood Awards
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on April 20, 2008
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Happy days
Filed Under Curt Hennig | Posted on April 12, 2008
Contrary to popular belief, retro cars are not passe. Motoring
Editor Joshua Dowling introduces the ‘new’ Fiat 500 to some
familiar faces.
Some ideas are old enough to be new again. Since Volkswagen
released a modern version of the Beetle 10 years ago, manufacturers
around the world have discovered there is money to be made by
tugging at the heartstrings of [...]
Riverside birthday balloon celebration
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on April 6, 2008
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Cubdom Kosuke Fukudome
Filed Under Curt Hennig | Posted on April 1, 2008
Slicing through the pea-soup mist Curt Hennig, the baseball sailed toward a massive American flag draped across a rooftop building. And how perfectly global to see it land in a cluster of bobbing, hugging, hyperventilating Cubs fans who were wearing their new white bandanas, adorned precisely with Japanese symbols honoring the new right fielder and [...]
What’s On: Clubs
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on February 21, 2008
Alleycatz (2409 Yonge St. 416-481-6865): Urban Siren tonight; Soular Fri. %26#38; Sat.; open stage jam every Sun.; Swing House Band every Tues.; Jasmin Bailey %26#38; Co. every Wed.Annex Wreckroom (794 Bathurst St.): Anniversary party Sat. (SuperNova 3 p.m.); Winter Caribbean Festival with Dwayne [...]
Housing Excellence 2008
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on February 15, 2008
Is it that time of year again? Indeed it is, but this time its just that little bit extra special as we bring you the fifth annual Housing Excellence Awards.
Yes, thats five years of recognising and celebrating the achievements of the nations leading social landlords, house builders, contractors and suppliers.
To mark this anniversary celebration, well [...]
Media arts centre exhibit marks 25 years
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on February 3, 2008
Nothing brought me greater sadness the day I was shipping my ancient Pontiac off to the junkyard than the moment my elbow accidentally hit the down button on the power window, and the window still worked. The car was an immobile wreck. Yet its spirit lived on in that small window motor, still drawing power [...]
Theatre Wicked returning to Toronto
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on January 18, 2008
The most successful musical in the world is coming back to Toronto.Producer David Stone told the Star that his smash hit Wicked will return to the Canon Theatre in June 2010, presented by Mirvish Productions.Toronto was the first city that we ever toured to, said Stone from his New York office last Friday, and we [...]
OTHS’s Kissinger wins St. Clair County Junior Miss Contest
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on January 12, 2008
When the curtain fell on the first St. Clair County Junior Miss Contest, Alexa Kissinger of O’Fallon Township High School walked away as the big winner.
Kissinger not only won the overall competition, but she also won four of the six auxiliary categories at the contest. As a result, she walked away with $1,300 in scholarship [...]