Category: In the News
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Shift funds, break ground… give hope.
Over eight thousand views. That’s how many times “Enough is Enough, Prince Edward Island” published this past week was read. Witnessing the stats of my blog post growing the past few days and seeing the unbelievable amount of shares on FaceBook, is confirming. Montague needed a match to light the smoldering embers of hope gone.…
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Enough is enough, Prince Edward Island…
October 26, 2016 I’m back. I haven’t written in here for awhile. A long while. Over a year. And, it’s been quite a period of time. Starting with the death of my best friend, my Dad, May of 2015, looking after my Mom, doing my one woman show (Dusty Shoes) because I had promised my…
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French Cinema in … Vancouver!
Yes.. you read correctly. In fact, it is Visions Ouest’s 20th anniversary of producing Les Rendez-vous du Cinéma Québécois et Francophone de Vancouver (RendezVous French Film Festival). It has been a pioneering journey to arrive at this point. Founder Régis Painchaud started by showing two French films in the beginning. Now? Over 50 productions from…
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International World Theatre Day 2013
Happy International World Theatre Day! Today… look around you as you walk the street, stop at red lights, sit in your cafe, ride your bus, stand in line for groceries or at the bank, as you sit on a bench resting outside, at a hospital where you might be visiting or needing service, at the…
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Homelessness and sales…
Every Thursday morning at 7:00 I start my day with a rollicking, yet professional meeting with the Think Referrals Business Network. We have our breakfast, present our 60 second updates, maybe watch a presentation and/or discuss some of our business challenges. And, we have fun. Some of the challenges that emerged today related to sales.…
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The Hidden Tempest…
The earth is shifting, the skies are swirling with devastating energy, and the seas are mounting. The last few days, and as I write, storms are landing in the Eastern States and Canada, and here in BC we just had a large earth tremor. Thankfully no major damage nor injury. It seems like a good…
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Fringe Onsite…. Vancouver International Fringe Festival
A bridge, a grassy knoll, a big pond, trees, stumps with blankets, odd bits and pieces not normally found in this context, a curiosity, and a sense of mystery all added up to a rehearsal I witnessed two days prior to the opening of site specific show “Relapse” by And The Other Leg Theatreof Vancouver.…
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My Solo World Theatre Day Mission…
Today March 27 World Theatre Day celebrates it’s 50th anniversary with a succinct & pertinent speech by John Malkovich. Fifty years….. It’s amazing that fifty years later there are so many people who still aren’t aware of this celebration. I took it on as a mission today to make sure that a whole bunch of…