My new documentary, Anna Kaljas: The Untold Story, premiering at the Princess Cinema Sept. 21, salutes one of Kitchener’s most outstanding citizens. But the late Anna Kaljas was not famous for extreme wealth or family status or political zingers or movie star looks. If she sought the limelight, it was to call a journalist like … Continue reading Anna Kaljas’ Claim to Fame
History Repeats Itself
https://youtu.be/-ovOKH0TN9Q Friday, March 11, 2022 – I sit in my cozy, safe attic office looking out over a hushed Canadian neighbourhood. Snow falls, coating trees, sidewalks and cars with a pristine, late-winter mantle of white. Half a world away, millions of Ukrainians flee their own country while Russia’s military bombs civilian targets including residential blocks … Continue reading History Repeats Itself
Place Time Continuum
It’s rare you get a chance to spend days musing about how you make your art … and then have others sit and listen to what you've come up with. As a speaker in InterArts Matrix XCAMERA series on March 26, 2021, I got a chance to do just that. Some of you got in … Continue reading Place Time Continuum
Watch “Road Hockey Stories: Episode 3 – Birthday Game”
https://youtu.be/QoGnmqZb0n0 I grew up in rural Ontario, so most of my road hockey was played on a snow-packed driveways after supper, in the dead of winter. The nearest ice rink was about a kilometre away at the public school, but there were know lights and no warm place to put on your skates. In the driveway … Continue reading Watch “Road Hockey Stories: Episode 3 – Birthday Game”
Stop 4 – Made in Kitchener Walking Tour
It’s hard to believe that not too long ago 1000s of people lined King Street, from Waterloo to Kitchener to watch the Labour Day parade. This video from the Made in Kitchener Project tells the story of The Clown, The Horse and The Labour Day Parade. Take a look.
Where The Hulk drinks
There are beautifully crafted and manipulate things under our feet.
Visually Speaking 