Curtain Time for Barack Obama
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on May 18, 2008
To understand how the Combine works in Illinois it’s important to recognize that the state is divided into three levels of political clout, beginning with Chicago, Cook County and the state of Illinois, according to Chicago columnist Ray Hanania.
It’s also important to remember that in December 2004, when Obama went house-hunting with his real estate [...]
What’s On: Clubs
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on April 6, 2008
Alleycatz (2409 Yonge St. 416-481-6865): Urban Siren tonight; Soular Fri. %26#38; Sat.; Swing House Band every Tues.; Jasmin Bailey %26#38; Co. every Wed.Annex Wreckroom (794 Bathurst St.): Foty Fri.; The Man Behind the Curtain Sat; Drummer%26#39;s In Exile Tues.Artful Dodger (10 Isabella St. [...]
Subaru Tribeca 3.6R premium 7
Filed Under Curt Hennig | Posted on March 29, 2008
With a change of looks, the new Tribeca is an improved package,
writes Cameron McGavin.
SUBARU’S first full-sized family 4WD, the Tribeca, has probably
set something of a record in being face-lifted just a year after
its arrival.
And it’s no surprise really because there was room for
improvement. A lack of under-bonnet punch that impacted on
driveability and economy was probably [...]
Earth Hour Earth Hour activities
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on March 29, 2008
Music %26amp; PerformancesAcoustic Harvest Folk Club celebrates Earth Hour with candle and lantern light, and an unplugged set by DALA with opening act Mark Weinstock. Mar. 29 at 8 p.m. ($15). St. Nicholas Anglican, 1512 Kingston Rd. Info: 416-264-2235.Lights Out at the Trane Studio sees the club hosting a group of singer-songwriters performing an acoustic [...]
What’s On: Earth Hour Events
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on March 29, 2008
On March 29, Toronto and many surrounding communities are taking part in Earth Hour. Starting at 8 p.m., you can join in by turning off your lights for one hour to save energy and help save the planet. Or head out to one [...]
Movies ‘10,000 B.C.’: Mammoth disappointment
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on March 9, 2008
10,000 B.C.(out of 4)Starring Steven Strait, Camilla Belle, Cliff Curtis and Affif Ben Badra. Directed by Roland Emmerich. 108 minutes. At major theatres. PG
There are bad movies. There are hack directors. But with 10,000 B.C., a prehistoric epic that deserves extinction, Roland Emmerich enters a whole new tar pit of crapitude.The Razzie Awards may have [...]
Travel Hutong-hunting in Beijing is not for the faint-hearted
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on January 18, 2008
BEIJINGhe cabbie gives me a blank stare so I smile and nod encouragingly. I’m trying to reach the Dashanzi Art District, northeast of Beijing, with a scrap of paper torn from a Time Out magazine. Soon the cabbie and I are giggling in mutual bewilderment. In my attempt to escape the madness of the city, [...]
Gordon Brown-worth the wait?
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on January 12, 2008
Gordon Brown has finally been able to present his first legislative programme. So was
it worth the wait?
It seems like it was a century ago that Gordon Brown first became known by his perennial epithet, %26lsquo;Prime Minister in Waiting, largely because it was. Finally this month though, having got his feet firmly under the table at [...]
Drunk peer who started fire in hotel is jailed for 16 months
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on December 15, 2007
A drunken Labour peer, who endangered lives by deliberately starting a fire in a luxury hotel, was jailed for 16 months yesterday.
Lord Watson of Invergowrie, 56, the politician who pioneered the foxhunting ban in Scotland, set fire to a curtain after staff refused to give him more drink. He had admitted a charge of wilful [...]
Sarah murder police ready to make arrest
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on December 15, 2007
POLICE hunting the killer of eight-year-old Sarah Payne are to arrest a man next week on suspicion of murdering her.
The man is likely to be arrested on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent. Roy Whiting, 41, originally from Littlehampton, West Sussex, has twice been arrested in connection with her disappearance. Within days of her being dragged [...]