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Movie : An overview of the best documentaries on artists

Simon Schama’s, Power of Art is a three disc set that explores eight key figures of Western Art. The series is by far the best produced, most insightful, and well told of any art series I have yet to see. Schama is a passionate story-teller, capturing our attention at the beginning of each segment with [...]

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Music : Why it is never too late to learn how to play the piano

Many older adults regret many things as is normal to do; however, one regret that is constantly mentioned is the regret of not learning to play the piano when they were young. And even those that played the piano when they were young usually regret not continuing with it. For the thousands of children taking [...]

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Music : Learning to improvise with music

There is no feeling like the feeling of creating art with a musical instrument. Jamming is an art form like no other. The art of jamming is the delicate balance of improvisational music between two or more instruments. One style of jamming is the two guitar, one bass, one percussionist set. Typically used by the [...]

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Theater reviews: And So It Goes, at The Factory Theatre, Toronto, Canada

And So It Goes, a play by George F. Walker, is the story of Ned (played by Peter Donaldson) and Gwen (played by Martha Burns), who face their daughter Karen’s (played by Jenny Young) schizophrenia and subsequent death as well as their own financial ruin. Both Gwen and Ned possess an imaginary friend and therapist [...]

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Theatre : Effects of shortening the plays of Shakespeare

Good old Will has been out of copyright for a very long time, which means that anyone can take a pair of scissors to his stage work and reissue it with impunity. It’s been going on since the Restoration. The motives of editors and rehashers are many and varied. Yet overall, Shakespeare is revered. Bardolatry, [...]

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