. Photos from Vankleek Hill’s ‘2018 Festival of Flavours‘ . .
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cultural sn:afu: Susan Jephcott’s “Onà:ke, Canoes, etc.” show at the AGCC
. Photos from Susan Jephcott’s “Onà:ke, Canoes, etc.” show at Vankleek Hill’s Arbor Gallery & Cultural Centre “The canoe is an international symbol of communication. It was invented before the wheel! The oldest canoe is currently in Holland, it’s 8,000 … Continue reading →
Continue readingcultural sn:afu: A conversation with Heather Dubreuil… stitching art together with needle and thread
Heather Dubreuil’s solo show, ‘Cityscapes: Collages in Cloth & Stitch’, opened at the Arbor Gallery on Sunday, and she was kind enough to sit down for an interview. Heather, who has been living and working in Hudson, Quebec, for almost … Continue reading →
Continue readingcultural sn:afu: The ‘Vankleek Hill May Show’ is dead, long live the ‘VKH Victoria Day Weekend Arts Festival’… or something TBD later.
We’re doing just fine, thanks. …there’s a rumour going around that Vankleek Hill’s ‘May Show’ has been cancelled this year. But it really hasn’t. Vankleek Hill’s ‘May Show Arts Festival’ started in the early 1980’s — this would have been … Continue reading →
Continue readingcultural sn:afu: A 17-Minute conversation with Williamstown artist, Erica Taylor… because 20 would be too much awesome for your brain.
This blog is meant to be a learning tool… both for us and others. A few weeks ago, Erica Taylor — the Williamstown-based painter / graphic designer / illustrator / wood worker / carver, agreed to sit down for an … Continue reading →
Continue readingcultural sn:afu: The Internet is hard and makes your brain hurt… but there are easy ways to build your own online arts community
One of the easiest lies artists believe is “you need to use the Internet to sell yourself”… that, somehow, ‘the Internet’ will drag you up and out of obscurity, and bring you to a huge audience who will buy all … Continue reading →
Continue readingcultural sn:afu: Little Victor Update | Finally, he can fly
A few days ago Victor and Andrew, his older brother, were playing what was essentially ‘motionless tag’ in the living room. Basically it was Victor tapping Andrew’s shoulder, then yelling “tag, you’re it”, and Andrew immediately doing the same right … Continue reading →
Continue readingcultural sn:afu: According to Walt Wawra the world is a place in need of infinitely more guns
If you were still wondering about the differences between Canada and the US, in terms of gun culture and other stuff, this might explain a few things… According to his letter to the Calgary Herald, Walt Wawra, a Michigan police … Continue reading →
Continue readingReligious fundies boycott Comic-con with list of sins
I guess even those fearing to grow up can be boycotted during their favorite happy-time, Comic-con. A group of fundamentalist religious zealots of some kind gathered outside Comic-con 2012 in San Diego and started distributing pamphlets warning people of demonic possession for those practicing in the following activities: Yoga, Fornication, Re-birthing, Wicca, Remote Viewing, Palmistry,
Continue readingThe new mini-Audi kicks some serious asphalt
It’s a well-known fact about North Americans, that we like our oversized gas guzzlers more than we like our environment. And there’s plenty of evidence to support this statement: Just yesterday, I saw at least a hundred SUVs packing 4.0 liters and above engines, about half of that number in motor bikes,
Continue readingOffice 15 fails at innovation, no match for Google Docs
If we could all remember when Google Docs came out and revolutionized the way we create, store and edit our work on the internet, we would all be living in a less polarized tech world now. What I mean by that is this: Microsoft just launched its Office 15 product, meant to
Continue readingSummer Style Guide: Pocket square anthology
Pocket squares are very overlooked by most men nowadays, in particular when it comes to Khaki suits. Their importance is diminished by a myriad of reasons, like: Oh, this suit looks good on me already, why accessorize? or pocket squares are too oldschool, it’s stuff my grandpa used to wear, or even
Continue readingAmericans still divided on ‘love thy neighbor’
It shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone that even after the Supreme Court ruling in favor of the Obama implemented single payer system in the U.S., at least half of voting Americans still don’t give a damn about their fellow citizens’ struggle for accessible health-care. Any way you look at it, but most importantly
Continue readingcultural sn:afu: My grandfather taught me how to build a dam instead of islands
When we were kids, and we were lucky, it would rain. And the parking area of my grandfather’s mountain farm would fill up with streams and rivulets. The farm house was in a small valley, near the top of one … Continue reading →
Continue readingExtremes in the battle of the sexes
Those of us living in civilized and modern societies now understand that the future belongs to indistinguishable gender roles for men and women. Roles that do not discriminate between the sexes. A man is now considered every bit as capable as a woman in previously female dominated industries, such as child rearing,
Continue readingOntario Budget passes despite heavy Tory opposition
As if having to contend with a minority government short of one seat from a majority wasn’t enough, we liberals also have to deal with the underhanded methods of the Tory and NDP opposition, both within a position to dictate what can and cannot go into a budget. Whenever
Continue readingThe minimum wage ad that’s full of B.S.
I’ve recently stumbled on an online video ad while waiting for one of my YouTube videos to load and decided to post it on this blog and criticize it a bit. First, the ad attempts to explain how setting a minimum wage is actually detrimental to the least employable workers (the workers that
Continue readingNo Hail Mary goal from Ronaldo in Portugal vs. Denmark
It was a long time coming, Portuguese fans waiting with bated breath for their team captain, Ronaldo, to finally score as the clock wound down on Wednesday’s match against Denmark. Unfortunately, Ronaldo, the team’s usual top scorer was ubiquitously absent from the match and the Danish goal post. Portugal badly needed the
Continue readingUpcoming Scion FR-S, the sexy coupe that’s sleek on the pocketbook
The soon to hit production Scion FR-S, a twin of the Subaru BRZ, has to be the best value and best looking coupe hitting the streets in 2013. Not exactly a marvel of engineering, the idea for the car was patched together by Toyota, owner of the Scion brand, in an attempt to rejuvenate
Continue readingWhat do vampires, zombies and UFOs have in common?
Nothing! Absolutely nothing… except maybe the fact that stories about supposed zombie people, vampire men and UFOs have captured the headlines of major newspapers in recent months. Freak stories usually reserved for freak story connoisseurs, desperate paparazzi, larpers, the socially awkward and uber superstitious are now leaving their usual publications, namely tabloids, and
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