I encountered Thomas Bachelder last Sunday at Toronto Hot Docs Theatre for a showing of “Crush; Message in a Bottle” and we exchanged brief pleasantries. Bachelder, Kelly Mason, Shiraz Mottiar and Anne-Marie Saunders were expressing their views as to growing grapes and making wine in the Niagara region of Ontario. I expressed my agreement withContinue reading “RKS 2023 Wine: Bachelder Wismer Foxcroft 2021 Gamay Noir: Ontario Gamay Noir Establishing Itself in Ontario”
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Keith Haring at the Art Gallery of Ontario’s Exhibit “Art is For Everybody”: Behind the Scenes
One of the perks of membership in the arts media is “the sneak preview” and in this case it was with the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto on 7November2023 which included a panel discussion and then a leisurely and uncrowded walk through the exhibits for the Haring exhibition, “Art is for Everybody” the firstContinue reading “Keith Haring at the Art Gallery of Ontario’s Exhibit “Art is For Everybody”: Behind the Scenes”
EXPLORING THE URGENT ACTIVISM OF A POP CULTURE ICON, KEITH HARING: ART IS FOR EVERYBODY OPENS AT THE AGO NOV. 8
THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 2023 ShareFacebookTwitterCopy Link Making its only Canadian stop at the AGO, exhibition reveals Keith Haring’s tireless commitment to social justice for environmentalism, AIDS awareness and anti-racism. Entrance to this special exhibition is with an AGO Membership or Annual Pass. Admission is always free for Indigenous peoples and visitors aged 25 and under. TORONTO — AContinue reading “EXPLORING THE URGENT ACTIVISM OF A POP CULTURE ICON, KEITH HARING: ART IS FOR EVERYBODY OPENS AT THE AGO NOV. 8”
RKS 2023 Wine: Global Inclusion is Not Profitable! A St. Laurent from Austria
You would expect a state liquor monopoly like our brave and fearless Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) would be a champion of “global inclusion” a popular term these days rammed down our throats not because it is indeed a worthy concept but rather a corporate game historically designed to meet bidding requirements of governmentalContinue reading “RKS 2023 Wine: Global Inclusion is Not Profitable! A St. Laurent from Austria”
RKS 2023 Film: “Adventures of the Naked Umbrella”: Is it Bird With Glowing Eyes, a UFO or Possibly a Christmas Film?
Sam Wanoutsky (Jeremy Davies) is a frantic conspiracy theorist and that certainly shows by listening to his podcast “The Naked Umbrella”. He is a convicted arsonist currently out on parole so as one says, “He’s gotta keep his nose clean”. Even his parole officer Yolanda Johnston (Darnell Rhea) is pulling for Sam but the factContinue reading “RKS 2023 Film: “Adventures of the Naked Umbrella”: Is it Bird With Glowing Eyes, a UFO or Possibly a Christmas Film?”
RKS 2023 Wine: The Bad Oak Stink of A Bubonic Plague New Zealand Pinot Noir! Oak Murder of a Wine!
Wine can stink with a variety of contaminants. I recall having a Hester Creek Merlot from British Columbia a few years ago. It was jacked up with so much sulfur the wine tasted like hot dog juice. Oak can compliment the juice or it can embarrass itself by overpowering a wine. I tried a Nor’WesterContinue reading “RKS 2023 Wine: The Bad Oak Stink of A Bubonic Plague New Zealand Pinot Noir! Oak Murder of a Wine!”
RKS 2023 Literature: The Tight-Smiled Fury of Big Nurse (Ken Kesey)
“The Big Nurse tends to get real put out if something keeps her outfit from running like a smooth, accurate, precision-made machine. The slightest thing messy or out of kilter or in the way ties her into a little white knot of tight-smiled fury. She walks around with that same doll smile crimped between herContinue reading “RKS 2023 Literature: The Tight-Smiled Fury of Big Nurse (Ken Kesey)”
RKS 2023 Wine and RKS 2023 Film: “Crush: Message in a Bottle”: Life and Death in Wine
In the Canadian documentary “Crush: Message in a Bottle” the philosophy and life stories of Ann-Marie Saunders of Saunders Vineyard, Thomas Bachelder of Bachelder Wines and Le Clos Jordanne, Kelly Mason of Mason Vineyards and Shiraz Mottiar of Malivoire Wine Company and Mottiar Vineyard discuss their approach to making wines in the Niagara wine appellationContinue reading “RKS 2023 Wine and RKS 2023 Film: “Crush: Message in a Bottle”: Life and Death in Wine”
RKS 2023 Film: “Verona”: Canadian Teen in Turmoil Film
If you are of a certain vintage you may have seen a fair share of “teen turmoil” genre films. In “Verona” gone are the “Rebel Without a Cause” monikers of teen turmoil such as boys, cars, teen hanky panky and overbearing parental authority. “Verona” as a Segway into modern teen turmoil becomes a bit moreContinue reading “RKS 2023 Film: “Verona”: Canadian Teen in Turmoil Film”
RKS 2023 Film: “Whose Y’er Father?” Easy on the Mind Silly Canadian Spoof: Magnum PEI!
Larry Constable (Chris Locke) is the sole detective in the tiny Canadian Province of Prince Edward Island known for its lobsters and mussels, beaches and delicious potatoes. Constable is a good natured and trustful soul whose detective skills place him between inept and the village simpleton. Like Tom Selleck in “Magnum PI” he has aContinue reading “RKS 2023 Film: “Whose Y’er Father?” Easy on the Mind Silly Canadian Spoof: Magnum PEI!”
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