Category: arts and literature
concerts i’ve attended in Toronto, Montreal and other places
| November 22, 2008 | Posted by caroline under arts and literature, in the news, myself, Uncategorized |
Listing the concerts I’ve attended..I can’t offer a synopsis or recollections of all, as some have faded..but I can note the ones that stood out most. Those with stars beside them mean I have something to say for that event. So stay tuned! Alanis Morrissette (1996, Toronto) w. OLP ~at the tender age of 11,…
older than america
| November 21, 2008 | Posted by caroline under arts and literature, ethics, in the news, on identity, Uncategorized |
I have been in Winnipeg for the past few days, and finally had the chance to watch a movie from the Aboriginal Film Festival that opened here on the 19th of this month. With the booming native population in Canada, and Manitoba in particular, I thought this would be the ideal environment in which to…
Martyrs, the horror movie of the year, premiered at TIFF
| September 15, 2008 | Posted by caroline under arts and literature, Uncategorized |
Alright, so I watched a few movies this year at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). In total, I saw four. I don’t know how people could see more than that, considering it can get quite pricey and time consuming..I’d have to take the week off to fully appreciate it! The only movie that really…
The Performance: Brecht, Montreal, Theatre and The Protest
| May 28, 2008 | Posted by caroline under arts and literature, ethics, in the news, on identity, theories, Uncategorized |
Due to a lack of time and perhaps valuable inspiration, I am posting this essay I wrote last year that I found while crying poverty…tee hee — Four years ago, in 2003, one could enter Concordia University’s pub, Reggie’s, and be greeted by a barrage of cigarette smoke, wafts of beer-laced breath, and colourful political…
Beirut Apt Documentary Response
| May 20, 2008 | Posted by caroline under arts and literature, on identity, Uncategorized |
I went to the Inside Out film festival showing of “Beirut Apt” here in Toronto, today. It was playing at the Isabel Bader theatre, and was up for the Audience award…so I paid even more attention, since I knew I’d have to sign a ballot with my opinion when I left. The doc was short,…
strange phenomenon, Queen and Yonge, Toronto
| May 14, 2008 | Posted by caroline under arts and literature, dreaming, freeform, lifestyle, myself, personal, storytelling, travels, Uncategorized |
I was sitting at the corner of Queen and Yonge today waiting for Mutton to meet me for dinner..it was rush hour, everyone was leaving work and I was reading the paper on a bench. Truthfully, I couldn’t concentrate, as there were too many fashionable clacking heels passing amidst the streetcars and out-of-place bicycles. I…
reading
| May 11, 2008 | Posted by caroline under arts and literature, dreaming, personal, storytelling, theories, Uncategorized |
i’m fairly smitten with milan kundera. i am not smitten by him the way i have been caught up in a fine balance, or shantaram, nor the way i whizzed through jhumpa lahiri and unaccustomed earth..they’ve got nothing on him. i wouldn’t say i’m drawn to him the way i was intrigued by gabriel garcia…
motivation and cameras
| January 18, 2008 | Posted by caroline under arts and literature, in the news, lifestyle, personal, technology, theories, travels, Uncategorized |
i am treading through ‘the secret’..my godfather’s wife has raved about it, and she’s one of the most optimistic people i know…not to mention some businesspeople i know who seem to love it.. it was one of the leading books in india…every bookstore i went into (and i went into A LOT) (hence the 14kg…
bangalore
| January 9, 2008 | Posted by caroline under arts and literature, on identity, on indian roots, travels, Uncategorized |
i went to bangalore for a meeting and well, drove around for the whole day, chatted with the driver, who didn’t speak english..so we conversed in his broken english, my broken hindi and attempts at tamil, and…music..we chatted in music, it’s true..he played my beatles, he played his kannata music (which i thoroughly enjoyed!! i…
