Spring Break
If asked to name an influential Canadian singer, a good number of people would probably need a moment to think. However, upon consideration, the list of our musically-inclined northern neighbors grows compelling. Neil Young, Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell are at the top of that list.
Old habits may die hard, but thankfully, traditions stay strong and alive, as proved by a performance of Irish music masters at the Touhill on Tuesday. The 2008 Comhaltas Concert Tour of North America, "Echoes of Erin," echoed through the E. Desmond and Mary Lee Theatre of the Touhill Performing Arts Center.
Commentators who call themselves conservative like to call auteur director Oliver Stone "liberal." While few people on that side of the political spectrum would agree, conservatives still must have met with dismay the idea of Stone making a biopic on the sitting President, George W.
If you enjoyed movies such as "My Big Fat Greek Wedding," or "Ball and Chain," or other works with themes of culture and marriage, then you may enjoy the book, "The Groom to Have Been," by Saher Alam. "The Groom to Have Been" gives deep insight into the individual and corporate lives of of the tight-knit Indian community of Montreal, Canada.
Walking into Blueberry Hill, swarming alongside the over-glittered plasticati club-goers mingling zealously with tattooed and folically ambivalent hipster regulars, one might be struck, giggling, at this poseur tap-dance taking place over the cultural powder keg in the Duck Room beneath us.
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