The first time I set foot in the Kitchener-Waterloo Record building on Fairway Road in 1979, I knew right away something important was going on there. It was early in my newspapering career and most of the newspaper offices I had know were makeshift affairs or dishevelled versions of their former selves – places where … Continue reading Finding John Lingwood: The Search Begins
Watch “Road Hockey Stories: Episode Two – Mitch” First Goal
https://youtu.be/v578fIoNdYk Here's Episode 2 in a series of teasers for Lost & Found Theatre's new play "Pocket Rocket" by Waterloo Region playwrights Lea Daniel and Gary Kirkham. We will be showing all the stories we've collected as a pre-show treat at performances of the play April 20 to 30 at the Registry Theatre in Kitchener. … Continue reading Watch “Road Hockey Stories: Episode Two – Mitch” First Goal
Watch “Road Hockey Stories: Episode One – Paul”
https://youtu.be/QxUGUZ_ZUgo I'm having a great time talking to people in Waterloo Region about their memories of playing road hockey I volunteered to start this series of short videos to help Lost and Found Theatre promote the world premiere of Pocket Rocket a new play by Lea Daniel and Gary Kirkham. Checkout the Lost and Found … Continue reading Watch “Road Hockey Stories: Episode One – Paul”
Have Stories Will Travel
‘Neighbourhood Voices Interactive’ , a traveling digital exhibition is the culmination of may work as the City of Kitchener’s 2014 Artist in Residence. It's currently showing at Forest Heights Community Centre, 1700 Queen's Blvd., Kitchener, Ontario, Canada and is featured on the Armodilo website. Armodilo is the a Waterloo Region company that designs and manufactures the beautiful tablet … Continue reading Have Stories Will Travel
View through a cracked lens
Over the past year, I have been working on a new play with my friend and colleague Gary Kirkham, a well-known and well-respected playwright. Gary started out as my mentor when he led Writers Bloc, a playwriting collective run by Kitchener's Theatre and Company in the early 2000s. Our relationship evolved over the years and … Continue reading View through a cracked lens
On being funded
I know it's taboo, but I'm going to talk about money. In particular I'm going to talk about the money I received last week from the Ontario Art Council through it Exhibition Assistance program. I've tentatively arrived at the "career" of artist as I navigate my middle years – a journey partly of necessity and partly … Continue reading On being funded