Nostalgia is perhaps too strong an emotion, but I felt something akin to it when I walked into The Warrior Emperor and China's Terracotta Army exhibition at . . . More	Sometimes one stumbles across a gem of an art exhibit while concentrating on a seemingly more important show in the same institution. This happened while I spent a morning at . . . More	Music often reflects the personality of a country. Chinese music is unmistakably Chinese even when infused with . . . More
If you haven't met Vish Puri yet, now is your chance to do so. The Case of the Man who died Laughing is . . . More	. . . . of all the animals in my world because anextraordinary novel by Alissa York, Fauna, features coyotes among many animals found in the ravines of Toronto's Don River Valley . . . More	The Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Arts has the rare ability to give us new displays that capture our imagination. . . More
The summer exhibit Drama and Desire: Artists and the Theatre at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) offers up an unusual treasure of paintings and drawings from the mid-18th century to . . . More	Anne Boleyn had as her greatest asset her daughter Elizabeth I. Yet, she never witnessed the Virgin Queen's . . . More	Author Beth Powning, in her latest novel, The Sea Captain's Wife, brings those final years of the sailing ships powerfully to life. . . to read more click here
It may not necessarily follow that if one enjoys Peking Opera that one will also enjoy Kabuki, for each not only   . . . More	The mention of the island of Tahiti brings a dreamy look of something desirable but impossible to reach crosses just about anyone's face . . .More	Sometimes, when the eccentricities of one singer get the better of him and costs him or her a role, it is to the benefit of . . . More
The music CD, The World at War, is a strange mixture of stark reality from brief snippets of speeches that have become a cliché, popular music, and a score for the 1973 television series. . . More	It came quite unexpected, that open friendliness with which Alexander Neef greeted his personal assistant and myself as we entered . . . More	John Donne's poetry arouses either adulation or scorn. There appears to be no middle ground that allows for the liking of some of his poems and the dislike for others. So, to be up front . . . More