http://www.livewithculture.ca A Guide to Toronto Culture Scene Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:42:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 http://www.livewithculture.ca/reading/mcluhan-then-now-next/ http://www.livewithculture.ca/reading/mcluhan-then-now-next/#comments Thu, 20 Oct 2011 14:12:37 +0000 Christopher Jones http://www.livewithculture.ca/?p=9635 The International Festival of Authors kicked off last night and Marshall McLuhan is front and centre this year, the centenary of his birth. McLuhan 100, the umbrella organization steering the anniversary celebrations is hosting interviews/readings with U.S. author and educator Clay Shirky (Fleck Dance Theatre, October 21, 8 pm), American journalist Brooke Gladstone (Studio Theatre, October 22, 4 pm) and artist/author Douglas Coupland (Studio Theatre, October 26, 8 pm) at Harbourfront Centre (235 Queens Quay West).]]> http://www.livewithculture.ca/reading/mcluhan-then-now-next/feed/ 0 http://www.livewithculture.ca/reading/maharaj-wins-toronto-book-award/ http://www.livewithculture.ca/reading/maharaj-wins-toronto-book-award/#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:48:18 +0000 Christopher Jones http://www.livewithculture.ca/?p=9589 Rabindranath Maharaj's The Amazing Absorbing Boy (Knopf Canada )captured the 2011 Toronto Book Award October 13 at the Toronto Reference Library gala. Established by Toronto City Council in 1974, the Toronto Book Awards honour authors of books of literary or artistic merit that are evocative of Toronto.]]> http://www.livewithculture.ca/reading/maharaj-wins-toronto-book-award/feed/ 0 http://www.livewithculture.ca/reading/minister-unveils-mcluhan-plaque/ http://www.livewithculture.ca/reading/minister-unveils-mcluhan-plaque/#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2011 19:52:26 +0000 Christopher Jones http://www.livewithculture.ca/?p=9584 The Honourable Joe Oliver, Minister of Natural Resources (MP for Eglinton-Lawrence), right, was at the University of Toronto this morning to unveil a plaque commemorating the national historic significance of Marshall McLuhan. McLuhan's son Michael, left, was among the approximately 100 guests who gathered to remember his father's innovative work, which probed the influence of the printed word on society.]]> http://www.livewithculture.ca/reading/minister-unveils-mcluhan-plaque/feed/ 0 http://www.livewithculture.ca/reading/eyes-on-india-literary-panel/ http://www.livewithculture.ca/reading/eyes-on-india-literary-panel/#comments Tue, 09 Aug 2011 13:33:38 +0000 MyBindi.com http://www.livewithculture.ca/?p=8922 Masala! Mehndi! Masti! and MyBindi.com proudly present “Eyes on India”, a special literary panel featuring Sylvia Fraser, Mariellen Ward and Katherine Matthews – all writers of non-Indian origin – who have been captivated by India. The panel, to be moderated by Syerah Virani, will explore how and why India beckoned these individuals and how it sustains them even as they live their lives in Canada. We will examine the privileges and the prejudices that a “Firangi” can experience and how our panelists engage with the Indian diaspora and with the mainstream as self-appointed ambassadors for the beauty and love of all that is India.]]> http://www.livewithculture.ca/reading/eyes-on-india-literary-panel/feed/ 0 http://www.livewithculture.ca/reading/exile-on-markham-road/ http://www.livewithculture.ca/reading/exile-on-markham-road/#comments Fri, 03 Dec 2010 19:55:43 +0000 Christopher Jones http://www.livewithculture.ca/?p=6119 On Monday, three lines of Sullivan's poem Exile, set in bronze, will be unveiled at the entrance of the newly renovated Cedarbrae Public Library on Markham Road in Scarborough. a man packed a country in a suitcase with his shoes and left The snippet was chosen by Toronto's Poet Laureate Dionne Brand with input from an advisory committee; Poetry is Public is Poetry will be Brand's legacy project, the goal of which is to help transform Toronto’s public realm into an illuminating forum for the written word.]]> http://www.livewithculture.ca/reading/exile-on-markham-road/feed/ 0 http://www.livewithculture.ca/music/it-started-with-a-song/ http://www.livewithculture.ca/music/it-started-with-a-song/#comments Mon, 08 Nov 2010 16:06:40 +0000 Christopher Jones http://www.livewithculture.ca/?p=5858 The reaction to Jean Miso's song, "We'll Never Forget" was so positive she was encouraged to go one step further and create a book dedicated to the veterans of all of Canada's combat and peacekeeping missions since World War I including the current campaign in Afghanistan. Miso has taken special care to include each sector of the Canadian forces – army, navy, air force, tank force and medics – in short profiles and interviews with veterans.]]> http://www.livewithculture.ca/music/it-started-with-a-song/feed/ 0 http://www.livewithculture.ca/reading/torontos-selecky-gets-giller-nom/ http://www.livewithculture.ca/reading/torontos-selecky-gets-giller-nom/#comments Wed, 06 Oct 2010 16:38:42 +0000 Christopher Jones http://www.livewithculture.ca/?p=5391 Yesterday's announcement of the 2010 Scotiabank Giller Prize nominees came as a wonderful surprise to the only Toronto-based writer on the list, Sarah Selecky, above (photo by Derek Wuenschirs). This Cake is For the Party (Thomas Allen Publishers) is actually Selecky's first book, although she's been publishing in periodicals like The Walrus, Geist and Prairie Fire, for several years. Selecky got the news yesterday via Twitter, an apropos medium for a writer who asserts that "brevity is paramount."]]> http://www.livewithculture.ca/reading/torontos-selecky-gets-giller-nom/feed/ 0 http://www.livewithculture.ca/festivals/literary-clues-in-queens-park/ http://www.livewithculture.ca/festivals/literary-clues-in-queens-park/#comments Fri, 24 Sep 2010 15:44:58 +0000 Christopher Jones http://www.livewithculture.ca/?p=5151 Author/educator Priscila Uppal will be in Queen's Park Sunday joining loads of her writerly colleagues and thousands of reading fans for the 21st annual Word on the Street celebration. Uppal is taking part in the Diaspora Dialogues literary scavenger hunt, a friendly contest in which participants make their way around the park collecting clues found in readings by a range of writers. Scavengers who correctly answer all the questions win prizes from the Diaspora Dialogues tent.]]> http://www.livewithculture.ca/festivals/literary-clues-in-queens-park/feed/ 0 http://www.livewithculture.ca/reading/toronto-book-awards-shortlisted-authors-all-winners/ http://www.livewithculture.ca/reading/toronto-book-awards-shortlisted-authors-all-winners/#comments Fri, 17 Sep 2010 19:02:23 +0000 Christopher Jones http://www.livewithculture.ca/?p=5006 Not all the shortlisted authors could make it to City Hall Wednesday for the announcement of the Toronto Book Awards nominees but Cary Fagan (from left), Mark Sinnett and Lauren Kirshner were able to join Mayor Miller (second from left) for the photo op. Authors Sean Cullen and Dragan Todorovic are also nominated for the prize which is worth $1,000 to each of the nominees and another $10,000 to the ultimate winner who will be named at a gala at the Toronto Reference Library on October 14 (the Toronto Public Library co-sponsors the honour). Fagan is nominated for Valentine's Fall, Sinnett for The Carnivore, Krishner for Where We Have To Go, Cullen for The Prince of Neither Here Nor There and Todorovic for Diary of Interrupted Days.]]> http://www.livewithculture.ca/reading/toronto-book-awards-shortlisted-authors-all-winners/feed/ 0 http://www.livewithculture.ca/art/poetry-goes-public-with-vivas-help/ http://www.livewithculture.ca/art/poetry-goes-public-with-vivas-help/#comments Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:07:50 +0000 Christopher Jones http://www.livewithculture.ca/?p=4603 Busy as he is, Frank Viva found the time to do a pro bono job being unveiled today (August 26) at the Toronto Reference Library; the OCAD-educated artist has lent his talent to Poet Laureate Dionne Brand's Poetry is Public is Poetry project, an initiative designed to etch some of Canada's most celebrated poetry into public spaces.]]> http://www.livewithculture.ca/art/poetry-goes-public-with-vivas-help/feed/ 2