Remembering Gord
ShareBy John Swartz Wednesday May 1, was not the day it was supposed to be, as weather forecasters predicted. The
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Entertainment
It’s Not Just Spring, It’s Concert Season
Or, you could leave the autopilot set to the Opera House and see Classic Lightfoot Live at 7:30 p.m.
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Speaking In Tongues
We mustn’t confuse any of them with our own CSIS, or the one with the horses, what is that one? Now I remember, the RCMP.
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This Week In Art/Culture/Entertainment
Her performance was a great way to end the 10th year of Roots North.
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That’s What They Said
It is easy to blow it in the heat of the moment when the pressure to come up with something is on, like sportscaster Tony Armstrong:
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The Kids Are Alright
I get the sense there is a community of music teachers doing great things with their programs in Ontario of the kind I envied when I was a high school student.
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This Week In Art/Culture/Entertainment
As this thing was being finalized word was received Dave Beckett has died.
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This Week In Art/Culture/Entertainment
However, when the City had $276,000 on the line in 2022 and picked all but one of the artists who got commissions from outside the Orillia area, we were told preference to a group of artists was not allowed under City policy.
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Fade To Black, The End, What’s Next?
Last night it was Audrey Hepburn who kept me awake most of the night remembering her Eliza Doolittle from My Fair Lady.
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I Remember Perfectly What I Said, And I Have Notes
… a young lady from Guelph won the right for women to go topless in Ontario. Sadly, it never caught on.
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