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•that your vote counts:
The city says DRUM/and east
(aka ward 5) had the lowest
voter turnout in all Toronto -
28%. Depends what you inean
by a voter. We 'II have more on
this story in January.
· •that Kensington's other
election wd be November 15:
11 winners. Page 3. Oh - and
voter turfJOUt was 70%.
•that Spadina residents
wanting to form a committee
to work on LRT construction
noise problems should contact
Isobel Harry at the DRUM:
on the other hand, if you're
not concerned about the noise,
call John Thompson. Page 4
• that Alexandra Park's Coop
conversion drive was
under way:
ready for another referendum?
page 2. ·
•that there's help around for
people who decide it's time to
learn to read, no matter how
late they start:
/ see letters, page 5.
•that there's something for
music lovers to do almost
every night in the downtown
west, even on a slender
budget:
Pulker proves it yet again. See
page 12. ·
•That Puffer was spittin'
about indie life in worldclass
Toronto's music scene:
So what are we going to do
about? Read on ... page 17.
•That we shelved reviews of
two good plays to make room
for our extended coverage of
the November elections:
Famine to feast. Here are the
two, and two more.
•That DRUM delivers:
With a great deal of goodwill
and hard work from many .
dedicated people. Thank you
all. Best wishes for 1995.
Above:
Come join the parade!
Wednesday Dec 21, dusk-
Kensington Carnival's 6th
WINTER SOLSTICE
FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS ••
Costume and mask making
10-5 every day till Dec 20
at 258 Augusta Avenue
(That Stoopid Bookstore).
For PARADE ROUTE
see page 17.
PHOTO: NIR BAREKET
Left: TOP DOGS!
For Who's Who following
tpe recent Municipal
elections, (and details on last
month's Kensington Business
Association elections), see
election wrap on page 3.
PHOTO: KAREN S1EYR
also inside:
Neighbourhood News ... 2,3
letters .. .4,5 ·
Standpoint .. .5
Kensington Place ... 5
Healing Ways ... 6
Pagan Way ... 6
Healing Justi~e ... 7
Rag & Bone ... 8,9
Renee Renew ... 1 0
All About the Garden ... 10
Boating for Everyone ... 11
Pulse ... 12
Artpage ... 14
Booktalk ... 15
Stages ... 16
Music ... 17
Screen ... 18,19
Bricks ... 20
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TTC APPROVES LRT
STOP AT SPADINA
AND SUSSEX
Report by Betty Pratt
Tuesday November 22, the TTC
commission approved a streetcar
stop and traffic lights to be added
at Sussex. It will cost around
$525,000 including $100,000 for
signals which need to be
approved by Metro.
Residents Joan Doiron and
Hamish Wilson prepared a video ·
to explain the pedestrian point-ofview
at Bloor and Sussex. We
thank Olivia Chow and other
residents such as Alan Campaign
for supporting this plan.
Another very welcome
addition to the LRT plan, will be
an underground tunnel walkway
which will exit from the west side
of Spadina station to the first
apartment building lot on Walmer
Road near Bloor.
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Alexandra Park
CO-OP CONVERSION
drive continues:
referendum date set
The Resident's Co-op Education
Committee has been meeting
weekly to figure out ways of
getting information out to
everyone in Alexandra Park about
what a resident run co-op would
be like.
The first community_ wide coop
information meeting was to be
held Wednesday, December 14 at
7:00p.m. And a date for a
referendum on co-op conversion
has been set for April 22 1995.
To find out more, drop in to see
Nick Saul at the Alexandra Park
Community Centre or give him a
call at 367-9603.
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PANDA MOUNTS
NUTCRACKER
"It will be a full production priced
so that entire families can afford
to attend", says Panda's Artistic
Director Xing-Bang Fu. (Tickets
are $8 for adults and $5 for
children, students and seniors.)
Performanc.es are at College
Street United Church, 454
College Street. See ad page 12.
Panda Dance Theatre fuses
Chinese classical and folk dancing
with ballet and contemporary
ballet.
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QUEEN WEST:
IT'S OLD, IT'S NEW,
IT'S THE SAME,
IT'S CHANGED
1087 Queen Street has been,
among other things, a YMCA, a
speakeasy, a Polish Centre, a
Music Gallery, an Art Centre and
host to some of the most
memorable after hour parties.
It is now owned by The Quays
Community Church (pronounced
"keys").
The Church worships in The
Great Hall Sunday mornings at
11, but rents out the space for
receptions, concerts,
performances, and parties. Other
space in the building is being
rented to arts groups and
musicians. A refugee reception
centre will operate on the top
floor.
There will be a special
Christmas Eve Candlelight Service
on Saturday at 7:30pm.
University Settlement
Recreation Centre
23 Grange Road, Toronto
(Dundas/McCaul)
announces
Winter Program
Registration
To December 16th
. Winter Break Camp
. After School Program
. Aquatic Programs
. Martial Arts & Fitness
. Leaders-in-Training
41 6-598-3444
Register in Person
Monday to Thursday
3pm-7:30 pm
Friday 2:00pm -6:00pm
KEEPING IT ALIVE IN NINETY-FIVE
NOW WE ARE TWO!
1l1e KENSINGTON MARKET WORKING GROUP is beginning to gear up for the Annual
General Meeting on March 29, 1995. It will mark two years of hard work and accomplishments, l
and we think we should celebrate a bit. You can expect some refreshments, some special guests, l
and the election of a new Board of Directors.
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VOTE, VOTE, VOTE! 1l1e Municipal elections, to look at options for Community Economic
the Kensington Business Association elections, Development (CED). Allen Flaming of St.
and now the Working Group elections! Don't Stephens Community Centre is heading the
get bored, get involved. Our electoral rule committee, and we hope to join forces with St.
requires that voters have attended two of our Stephens and the Kensington Business
monthly meetings in the past year, so if you Association to begin a process called "Strategic
haven't been coming, you've got three
Planning". 1l1at means finding out who is
opportunities to qualify for voting: We won't coming to shop in the Market and why,
have a December meeting due to the holidays, identifying our strengths and weaknesses,
but we will resume the regular last-wednesday-of gathering ideas from merchants and residents l;
the-month meetings for January, February, and to improve the Market as a shopping area and (
March. tourist destination, and developing a specific :
STEP BY STEP In addition to the usual plan to implement the best ideas. With Allen's!
business, all of these meetings are part of the guidance, we are working on a proposal for a i
election process: Nominations for the new board Jobs Ontario Community Action (JOCA) grant!
will be opened at the January 25 meeting, the · so that we can begin work in this in1portant ;,
nominations will close at the February 22 area.
meeting, and the election_ will be held at the COLLEGE DAZE Our MPP, Rosario ,,
March 29 Annual Meeting. These three Marchese, reported that George Brown Colleg~
meetings give you the opportunity to put forward will definitely close down the Kensington i
your candidate, tell the candidates about your Campus during the next year, although the
concerns, listen to the candidates' responses, and official notice has not yet been given to the
choose the people who will work for our Provincial Government. When the College ,
community. It's important to have a Board that leaves, the Province has the option to take ove~
represents all the interests of the Kensington the property, and it is definitely interested in ~
Commuiiity, and that will work to make our the fate of the building. David Kehler, of tlie !
neighbour~1<?od .a better pl~ce to live and work. Working Gr~:mp, has. discovered that the City I
Your participation makes 1t happen. Keep your also has an mterest m the College, and that th ·
eye on this column for election updates, and Official Plan for Kensington (Bylaw 189-81)
watch your mailbox for flyers.
declares that "Council shall undertake a study
GROWING OUR LOCAL ECONOMY We all to consider alternate uses for the site having
know that Kensington has suffered in the particular regard to the feasibility of residentia
recession of the last few years. 1l1ere are too and/or commercial uses~ ' if the College vacates
many empty shops, struggling merchants, and the campus. Our new City Councillor, Dan
unemployed residents. As we reported last time, Leckie, is aware of this by-law, and will move
The Working Group has set up a committee to implement a study.
ICE IS IN! SKATERS ARE OUT!
Dig out your hockey equipment
and sharpen your blades. Another
skating season in the City has
begun. November 26, Parks and
Rec opened all of their 26
artificial ice rinks for pleasure
skating and permit and shinny
hockey.
Monday through Saturday 9
am to 1 Opm; Sunday 1 Oam to
6pm. Admission-to all rinks is
free. You can call Parks and Rec
Info Line at 392-1111 for a
brochure and more information.
City rinks in our area:
Alexandra (Bathurst/Dundas);
Barbara Ann Scott (Yonge/
College) ; Nathan Phillips Sq.uare;
Christie Pits (Bloor W & Christie)
Trinity-Bellwoods (Gorevale Ave,
s of Dundas Street West)
High hopes for health? r
Join the club! ::
University Settlement !
Recreation Centre ·
23 Grange Road,
(Dundas/McCaul)
416-598-3444
has memberships available:
Variable rates: Children .,
(free) Youth (12-15); Young i.
Adult (16-19) & Students; ::
Adults (20~59) and Seniors !
(60 +) ~!
Combined! memberships
(pool/weight room/gym), or
separate (Pool or Weight
Room or Gym) •
By the month, half year or
year. Day passes also
available.
High hopes for health?
Join the club!
University Settlement 598-3444 !!
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Scadding Court
Community Centre
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707 Dundas Street West (at Bathurst)
Multi-lingual Access
to
Social Assistance
for Chinese and Vietnamese
We offer the following services:
- information and referral
- counselling
- filling in application forms
- interpretation
- information workshops
far more information, please contact
Ming AuYeung or Leon Lau
at 363-5392
Bread & Roses
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Support
community eco·nomic
development by
joining a locally
controlled financial
cooperative!
Call us today.
Our members are
our owners.
Bread & Roses Credit Union
16 years of Social Justice Banking
348 Danforth Ave., Suite 211, Toronto
461·7882
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TIME RUNNING OUT FOR
seniors' to apply for
$1 00 TAX CREDIT
City of Toronto seniors eligible for
the City's $100 tax credit have
until 4:30 pm on December 3 1 to
apply. If you're over 65 and have
owned and occupied a home in
the city for 5 years, you probably
qyualify. Call 392 ~ 7036 for
details.
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Looking for
DOWNTOWN
? DAY CARE?
CONSIDER
UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT
for children 4 months to 5
years of age.
We are located on Grange
Park behind the A.G.O.
Our programs include music,
swimming, kindergym.
We are non-profit
• United Way agency
• knowledgeable and caring
staff
• parent involvement
QUALITY CHILD CARE
BETWEEN 8 AM AND 5:30PM
Non-Subsidized spaces now
available for children .
Call 598-3444
23 Grange Road, Toronto,
Ontario M5T 1 C3
JOB POSTING
St. Stephen's Community
House's HARBOl_lRFRONT
CHILD CARE CENTRE
requires casual staff
to replace E.C.E. teachers
due to: illness, vacation, etc.
JOB QUALIFICATIONS:
Experience with infants and
toddlers in a daycare setting.
Recent medical assessment
and updated immunizations.
JOB DESCRIPTION:
•Replacing E.C.E. teacher in
his/her absence.
•Responsible for the
appropriate guidance and care
of the children in groups during
their play' learning activities
and routines
•Responsible for ensuring the
program practices are
consistent with the regulations
and guidelines set out by the
Day Nu(series Act, Metro
Operating Criteria, and policies
and philosophy of St.
Stephen's Community House.
•Responsible for the safety
and hygenic conditions of t/le
playroom, playground and
children's washrooms.
•Other duties as assigned by
the supervisor.
TO APPLY, send a resume to
Charlotte Sam, 627A Queen's
Quay West, M5V 386,
Toronto.
Alexandra Park
Child Care Centre
75 Augusta Square
392-5515
•Subsidized child care
provided for children
0-5 years _
• Parental Involvement
Invited
•Creative art/movement,
music activities, outdoor
programming, trips
• Visits to the library and
other community agencies,
special functions celebrated.
HERE FOR YOU
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Right: the eleven member
board of the new Kensington
Business Association at their
first meeting:
Back row, l. to r.
Renee Wortzman (board
member Anshei Minsk
Synagogue), David
Montiero (Miramar
Furniture), Bob Wilson·
(International Donuts and
Diner), Chok Keung
(Herman) So (CAAM
Hardware), George
Kalomiris (People's Fish
Market), Tim Chiu
(Cheese Magic), and
Shaim Jafri (Alvand Food
Mart);
Front row, r. to l. Shuresh
Ajodha (The Roti
Factory), Yvonne Grant
(Caribbean Comer),
Maihyet Burton (Lilith's
Garden), Peter Dean
(Bikes on Wheels).
And in the
other election
•Joe Pantalone and Olivia
Chow were elected to Metro
Council (Joe west of Bathurst,
Olivia east.)
•Martin Silva (w. of Bathurst)
and Dan Leckie were elected to
City Council
•John Campey and Tam
Go0ssen were elected public
school trustees for ward 5 (east
of Bathurst), and Fiona
Chapman was elected public
school trustee for ward 4.
•Metro Separate trustee for
wards 3,4, and 5 is Tony
Letra. ·
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Alexandra Park
Childcare Centre
75 Augusta Square, 392-5515
Subsidized care for children 0-5 yrs.
Parental involvement, an, music, library,
outdoors and more.
Palmers ton
Community Uaycare
734 Palmerston Ave., 533-9526
Nonprofit community-based daycare for
preschool and nursery chiUlren, school age
to age twelve.
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Community House
91 Bellevue Avenue, 925-2103
King Edward, 922-8705
Tel.: 368-2093
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• government policies
• advocacy
• community issues
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M5T 2L7
Constituency Office: 854 Dundas St. W, Toronto, M6J 1 VS
34 St. Andrew Street 593-9530
SEASONS GREETINGS
Year.
Also, manythanksfor
your support iii the recetlf
local elec;tioh$; We lookc •-·
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Toronto Board of Education
155 College St., Toronto M5T 1P6
397-3060
Authorized by the CFOs of
the John Campey and Tam
Goossen Campaigns
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"NEIGHBOURS"
NEEDS MORE
NEIGHBOURS
Dear DRUM:
As a result of articles about
us in Drum people have
phoned asking for examples
of what we do. Please help
spread the word.
Neighbours Helping
Neighbours links neighbour
to neighbour by introducing
helpers to people who need
help. Of course, many
people in this neighbourhood
do this already. We try to
build on this natural
foundation.
In our project, for
example, we have a women
whose husband has an illness
requiring constant nonmedical
attendant care. We
arranged a male volunteer to
sit with her husband a few
hours every week while she
attends her women's group.
She gets to carry on an
activity she enjoyed before
her husband became so ill;
the two men enjoy sitting
and chatting. Everyone
benefits. That's what we
mean by Neighbours
Helping Neighbours.
Another example: we have
a senior volunteer who is
active and independent but
new to the neighbourhood.
We have linked her with a
parent-child program. She
visits once a week to read
stories, do activities, chat.
She is giving, and she is
getting. Should she find
- herself in need of a favour,
there will be neighbours now
who know her.
A final example: a man
in our program who
struggles to walk, and must
visit his doctor's office
every two weeks. We have
linked him with a young
volunteer who owns a car,
and speaks his language.
The helper takes him to
his appointment, waits with
him, and then drives him
home. Most times, he comes
in for a coffee and.asks if
there is something that needs
doing; a light bulb that needs
changing, or an errand to the
store, etc. -just what he
would do for his own
grandparent if he had one in
this country. Again both
men benefit.
We already have
volunteers with a variety of
skills who speak 9 languages
at last count.
So how about it? Call us if
you want help (or if you
can offer it) with things like
grocery shopping, meals,
changing the battery in a
smoke detector, shovelling
snow, escorting to
appointments, a friendly
ear, a partner to play cards
with, someone to read a
letter to you, "checking in"
regularly to make sure things
are ok . . . The list goes on.
We are at St. Stephen's
Community House, 169
Brunswick A venue 926-
8221. Ask for Carolyn
Moore, David Cheng or
Zizina Estevens
SPADINA LRT:
DEFENDED
Re: Isobel Harry, "Spadina III:
Working on Preserving the
Comfort Zone", Drum, Nov '94
Wrong again! Harry assei."ts that the
LRT is incorrect historically and
ugly. It was not long ago that
streetcars plied Spadina. The
Spadina streetcar operated till 1948,
and the Harbord streetcar continued
to use the avenue till 1966.
In fact, if one looks at old pictures
of Spadina, one may see what
amounts to LRT. Light Rail Transit
is a mode of transit using streetcartype
vehicles in a reserved right-ofway,
like the one that used to be on
Spadina, bordered by treed median
strips. LRT is entirely appropriate
for Spadina and together with the
beautiful streetscaping will restore
the avenue to its glory.
Ugly? For Harry's information the
Spadina LRT Streetscape Design
consultant won an award of merit
from The Canadian Society of
Landscape Architects. Regards and
appreciation are due to David
Perlman and the other residents
who participated constructively in
the streetscape design study.
As for the streetcars themselves, '
Toronto's streetcars are among the
most aesthetic transit vehicles in the
world. They are so round, feminine
and sensual. The older PCC
streetcars and even the Peter Witt
cars were masterpieces of design.
What happened to Toronto's love
affair with ·the streetcar?
Twenty-five years ago, there was
not only a battle to stop the Spadina
Expressway, but a battle to retain
streetcars when the TTC wanted to
scrap them. Streetcars are one
of the reasons Toronto is such a
pleasant city in which to live. Ask
anyone who ever left Toronto what
they miss the most and often the
answer is the TTC and its
streetcars. If only others were so
lucky.
Many other North American cities
have restored streetcars in the form
of LRT to their transit operations.
These include Portland, San Diego,
Santa Clara, Denver, St. Louis,
Sacramento, Buffalo, Calgary and
Edmonton. LRT makes possible
what would be impossible with
subways -- the provision of quality
transit at a fraction of the price,
1/3 to 1/6 that of subways.
Strangely enough, some opponents
of the Spadina LRT wanted a
subway on Spadina. One poor
misguided soul at the infamous
public meeting of October 1st,
1986 actually said, "The LRT is
too expensive, build a subway
instead." Others were oblivious to
the severe disruption subway
construction causes, muchmore so
than LRT. And worse, after
construction the areas around the
stations would have become prime
real estate, subject to land use
intensification.
And why does Harry obliquely
blame the LRT for housekeeping
activities on Spadina? The market
area and Spadina A venue are
working environments. They have a
life that starts early in the day. This
is part and parcel of living here. I
suggest that if Spadina merchants
would do as in Europe and clean
the sidewalks themselves, Harry
would be spared the swooshing of
the sidewalk cleaning machine.
And if Harry is so concerned
with the historicity of Spadina
A venue why does she not concern
herself with historical preservation
of the street's architecture. The
photo of the building she provided
is such an example. It has been
defaced and mutilated. Unauthentic
materials have been used to cover
its beautiful cornices among other
things. This is something that
should be pursued. Restored
buildings together with the
historically concordant new
streetcar line would be a crowning
achievement of citizen action.
John Thompson,
Palmers ton Ave
Reply to John Thompson
From Isabel Harry
I am not saying that streetcars on
Spadina are "incorrect historically"
or that I hate streetcars. I am
saying that these new streetcars are
ugly, they are too big for the size
of the street's buildings, they do
not "fit" the avenue's architectural
integrity or history nor do they
enhance them.
Nor am I saying that only
old is beautiful and that nothing
modern can blend with the
historical. Rather that this LRT
has not been designed properly and
all the "beautiful streetscaping" you
refer to actually lessens the
inherent beauty of the street.
Those curving plexiglass transit
shelters in the drawings may be
beautiful to you but they look like
more of that tacky "world class"
planning department schlock to me.
They diminish rather than heighten
the historical references in the
existing buildings and turn the
street into a mishmash in which
nothing is clearly one style or
another: All of which causes ·
anxiety and frustration in the
viewer (pedestrian, resident, transit
rider), rather than ease and a
pleasurable aesthetic and historical
experience.
I am not obliquely blaming
the LRT for housekeeping
activities, I blame it directly. The
TIC does not accept responsibility
for any of the peripheral work that
is going on on the avenue in
anticipation of the LRT
construction such as the digging by
Hydro that is now going on
curbside the whole length of the
street between Queen and Dundas
in order to bury cables, nor any of
the other utilities work that is or
will be occasioned by LRT
construction, such as gas mains
which will need to be repositioned
or whatever.
As for the rest of the noise of
garbage collection, sidewalk
sweeping, and so on, all I am
saying is that there are residents on
Spadina ALSO, not just businesses.
No-one tells the residents when
new lightbulbs will be clangorously
installed on the street at 2 a.m.,
and that they will light up their
front rooms in a white blaze like a
Blue Jays game. Is it just the
residents' tough luck to live on
Spadina? Can no consideration
whatsoever be given to their
comfort? Maybe the message is that
we shouldn't be living here
anyway.
And so, that is why the LRT
makes me shudder. I can feel the
vibrations from those rolling metal
behemoths already. I can hear the
clickety clack of the metal on
metal, the grinding and squealing
as they round the circle. Add these
to the existing cacophony and
you're living in hell, John.
(Yes I know in your Nov. letter
you wrote that you live "adjacent to
Bathurst Street" and 9an "attest to
the fact that Toronto streetcars are
flOt loud." But now that I know that
"adjacent" means Palmerston
Avenue, I'm not reassured.)
Why not noiseless transit? Why
couldn't Spadina be considered for
a truly revolutionary,
compassionate transit plan? That's
what I would call a satisfactory
blending of the old with the new.
And speaking of that "infamous
public meeting of October 1st,
1986", which I attended, I recall
that the public clamour was
overwhelmingly against the LRT.
Who 'approved it, finally? Not the
community.
Regarding your last comment on
historicity, I will be addressing that
in another column. You make it
sound so easy, but it isn't.
Restoration of buildings is up to the
owner of the building. Do you
know there are only two declared
"historical areas" in Toronto: Fort
York and Wychwood Park.
"Crowning achievements of citizen
action" take decades of hard
slogging. It must be a smoother
ride on the TTC bandwagon.
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WHERE OUR ECONOMY
HAS GONE ... AND WHY!
"( ... 111e desire by Canadians for accident. The letter is an early Regrettably, the majority of
a higher standard of living) is example of the continuing failure CIV AC members, led by Messrs.
being frustrated by the rapidly by our leaders to understand what Crombie and Eggleton, saw no
increasing costs of living in our is really happening in the cities of reason to take on the task either.
large population centres." our Nation. . They were concerned mainly with
Next, we observed that these Our final appeal to Mr. getting into public office. That
higher costs were being exported Belaire, on November 8th, 1968, would be refonn enough; save the
to other sections of the country. is also revealing. In it Mr. Wright City from all the bad old
Costs of the cities, we said, were stated the following: "A more politicians, and the Economy
LATE in November, there was a continue to be for the worse. being "transported to 'depressed realistic [economic analysis] would take care of itself. With
Conference here, dedicated to rediscovering
what must be done to course, be true. After all, the ever increasing numbers of City of Toronto with Guelph or wouldn't go away.
Both observations must, of areas' at the same time creating could be 1nade by comparing the them in charge, Lake Ontario
revive the Metro economy (THE speakers had experience and insufficient income people in the Kitcfiener both of which by virtue How right they were.
ECONOMIC FORUM ON THE research to back up their ideas. cities the1nselves." . of s1naller size have been far **********************
FUTURE OF THE METROPOLITAN
Pity, isn't it, that we didn't start (This 30 year old insight was more efficient in creating wealth The latest on Metro Council: If
TORONTO AREA). I think the
our own fundamental research the Cornell Urbanologist's main for their citizens, than Toronto." we are to to believe our media,
impetus for the gathering came
when we needed to, years ago? point.) On Monday December 5th, Allan Tonks' routine refrom
the business sector, but
I have felt that way since May In our next report to the the Toronto Globe and Mail led coronation as Metro Chairman
participants included the
of 1968. Let me explain why. ECC, sent in August 1968, Mr. off its Business Section, with an was preceded by a "fierce threemandatory
Academics, Civil
In the spring of 1968, I met Wright strongly criticized the item detailing the dramatically way race for the Chairman's
Servants and of course, former
with Mr. Fred Belaire, Secretary "tendency to artificially split by higher levels of economic growth job."
Toronto mayor, David Crombie.
of the then 4 or 5 year old zoning lines, various land uses in the Cambridge (formerly If true, this would be a
(Since he quit politics, some
Economic Council of Canada that are basically compatible and Guelph) and Kitchener regions of comfort: as the Lesser Historian
years ago, Mr. Crombie has had
(ECC). Mr. Belaire told me that interdependent." Ontario, compared with Metro. says: "The more irrelevant the
a whole number of appointments,
the newly elected PM of Canada, (This was precisely the point (This is the very thing thatMr. Institution, the fiercer the struggle
including one from the Province
Pierre Trudeau, had acknowl- made by the Austin City Belaire said could not happen.) for a favoured place on it."
to watch over Lake Ontario,
edged the ECC as the nation's Manager, adding that the Naturally, Belaire was
vigilantly. He must be doing a
pre-eminent economic planning tendency had now led to a sufficiently impressed by our
wonderful job, because the Lake
agency, in a personal meeting destructive "war" between the '1968 research proposal to suggest
is still there.)
with him, and had signalled his core city and its surroundings.) that it would be important for
Two speakers seemed to gain
intent to use it in that fashion. So what was the reaction of some other level of government to
more media attention than the
Following that meeting, my the Secretary of the ECC to our carry it out. A responsible
others. One was was a Professor
colleague and partner, Ken 1968 draft proposal, in terms of Toronto organization should be
of Economics and Urbanology
Wright, and I decided to carry on its basic premises? Well, on Oct found to sponsor it. Easier said
from Cornell University, NY, and
the dialogue with the ECC. At a ll, 1968, Mr. Belaire sent me a than done.
the other was the City Manager
further meeting, Mr. Belaire letter containing the following: City Council was in the
of Austin, Texas.
expressed strong interest in
"-; •• the fact remains that as control of an "old guard " much
The Urbanologist pointed out receiving a proposal from our the size of the city has as Metro Council is today. There
that the cost of running our
company, Research Planning grown, so also has its its was little hope that Council would
Metropolitan cities has been Consultants. May 21, 1968 we capacity to provide rising care to know anything unpleasant.
grossly underestimated by
obliged with a "draft study levels of income per person There was a reform-minded
economic experts, and hence,
outline." and per capita .... it appears group on the scene, mind you,
politicians.
This is not the place for a the larger the agglomer- calling itself CIVAC, a civic
The City Manager asserted
de.tailed presentation of the ation, the greater are the reform party. It was headed by a THE BIG BM
that the notion of suburban
proposal. But a brief mention of. potentialities for achieving young man who had not yet won .
prosperity vs. inner city poverty
what it was about_, a~d . higher._.. inc_ome." polit~cal offic~, ~avid Crombie, ' IN THE SKY
idea is a myth--that the two
whathappened to it, iS certainly · This letter iS an important and mcluded m its ranks a future K t B t M N .
economies are linked for better or
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germane. document, proving that the mayor, Art Eggleton; and some .
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for worse. And unless core and The second paragraph of our mismanagement of the Economy "young Turk" politicians like OOPSh Wh~':l ~ast h~ard from I
'burbs work together, it will Proposal reads as follows: since the 1960's was not an Tony O'Donohue. was r apso iZmg a out m~ new
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Jerry Miller's
"Unreadable
world" article
strikes chord
Dear Jerry:
I'm an adult student. I go to
Clinton School at 460
Manning and I read your
story about your past. I'm
sorry to hear about your
past. But now I'm happy to
hear that you can read and
write very good. I hope one
day I will be able to read
and write as good as you.
Yours truly
Alvina Halbot
Dear Jerry:
We are adult students at
Clinton Street Public School
at 460 Manning Ave. We
read your article called an
unreadable world. We
understand you are going
through. You have
accomplished a lot in schooL
There is a lot more to
accomplish. We wish you a
lot of success.
Yours truly,
Tom, Stephen, Joe,
Stanley, Seatceah
TOWARDS BETTER
ROOMING HOUSE
HOMES
Toronto's many better roorriing
houses.
Certainly, they have never
asked themselves "What does it
take to provide good rooming
house homes for the tenants who
Many thanks to Drum for
addressing, after all these years live in them?" The answer is
some. of the problems faced by ' not in ~e-inventing the wheel.
roorrn?g house operators. Up to Better JUSt to fi~ the flat. The big
now, it seemed the only "good advantage of pnvate rooming
rooming house story was a bad house stock is we do not have to
rooming house story". This has spend millions to build and
led to the sad present state where operate it from scratch. We only
many forms of discrimination are need ways to encourage rooming
flourish.ing against rooming houses · house operators to stay in the
and then tenants.
market ~nd upgrade their buildings
About 50% of this good, low and service~. _We were able to
cost housing has been lost over
the past 15 years.
develop pohcies to produce a
healthy film industry in Toronto.
We are a group of rooming Why not do t_he same to save this
house owners working to advocate ~orm of ~ousmg for Toronto's low
for this kind of ?ousing. Recently, mcome smgle tenants? We
some members m our community adv~ate for non-profit and co-op
have been asking a dangerous housmg, why not for this other
question: are rooming houses much-needed low cost housing?
obsolete?
We know many
We were glad to see the neighbourhoods do not want
majority of respondents, to your rooming houses because. they do
survey replied that rooming not conform to ~he_ single-family
houses are needed and should be house norm. This mfluences some
s';lpport~. We were very . politici~s agendas. But the
disappomted with Olivia Chow's answer iS not, as one candidate
response that "Homes-First" type suggested,_ banni~g low income
of government housing is the only people to mdustnal areas. Better
good answer. It is hard to for us to face the NIMBY monster head
to believe that she does not object on a~d ~d~ocate for the removal
to the loss of Toronto's rooming
houses.
of discnrrnnatory zoning codes,
such_ as nonsensical parking
We agree there is a need for reqmrements and severe
non-profit and co-op housing, but restrictions in the number of units
there is no evidence that these
forms of housing could ever
allowed.
We are. hopeful and
replace the large numbers of encouraged by the replies given
rooming house units that have by Barbara Hall, Joe Pantalone
b~n lost in recent years. We and Martin S~lva. They have
thmk mlmy of those opposed to shown by then answers that they
~ooming houses are overly have taken a very important step
mfluenced by the many one-sided beyond token support for rooming
sl~ze and bum stories seen in our ?ouses to advocating solutions. It
media. These people should take iS our hope that we can have a
the time to look at one of chance to work with this kind of
elected representative in order to
develop solutions to Toronto's
rooming house problems .
With regards to rehabilitation
grant funding - we feel that this
form of funding sometimes
rewards those rooming house
operators who let their buildings
get run down. Why not reward,
by promoting, those operators
who keep their buildings well
maintained and provide good
service? This would send out the
right message and effect far
greater results through leveraging
of scarce funding. This would be
a · start towards creating conditions
that would act like a vacuum to
draw in good rather than bad
operators.
We feel that there are many
low-cost and no-cost solutions to
more and better housing that need
to be developed before we
continue throwing grant money
and non-profit money at the
problem. And so, over the
Christmas season, soine of us
dreamers will be watching Jimmy
Stewart in "It's a Wonderful
Life", which depicts an era,
perhaps a golden era for rooming
houses, when they were
considered good homes where
even our mother might be the
landlady. We will be dreaming of
the return of this golden era. If wt !
built it, it will come.
Larry Chilton
Toronto Rooming House
Association
PS With the introduction of Bill
120, there is another much larger
group of small landlords (about
JOO,()(X) units province-wide), that
will now face many of the same
problems that caused such a
severe decline in Toronto's
rooming houses.
graduated highschool, on the road
is my happiest natural state. My
greatest fear is motionlessness.
So, in a big box of a room in
the Spadina Hotel, I sit facing
north. The bright little BM (Bank
of Montreal or a family short
form for an unmentionable
function) logo sits comfortingly
steady and true neon blue, the
highest sign in my sky. Next, a
little down and to the right the
Holiday Innvitation. Still further
right, brightest item in my sky, is
the Metro loopy logo crowning a
weird round building wearing a
little party hat. ·
If I lean way forward, looking
back and up, the Canada's
famous phallus, CN's longest
spike, looms. When father townplanned
Scarborough, he would
proudly point out it was the
world's tallest free-standing
structure. Is it still free?
12:24pm Fri, December 2
Agonies of deadline-meeting as
usual left me reading and
rereading my diarized litany of
troubles. But it all pales beside
the troubles of Mr. Bouchard.
Months ago I notoced with
ghoulish interest this wicked
flesh-eafing disease.
In one way or another, I
suspect, most of us wish him
well. The Bouchards of the woHd
help us know how we.stand.
Without him the balance will be
out of whack, even: in Quebec.
Hang in, eh.
Saturday, December 3
Last Tuesday, Kate's Place (jazz
at the Cabana Room) was such a
success we're going to do it until
someone tells us not to.
Performance time ?:00 pm (after
din-dins) Tuesdays at the Cabana
Room, King and Spadina. Come
and celebrate life with me.
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Failte! Welcome! My name is
Khaeli and like Tammy Thome
in the November DRUM I am
writing this article in hopes of
h.elping to preserve the previous
:xlitor's energy put into The
Pagan Way. By writing from
both personal experience and
research, I hope to dispel some
Jf the myths imposed on the
term pagan.
Caring for our mother earth,
worshipping whatever deities one
wishes, praying (and acting) for
humanity, celebrating our
ancestors and celebrating the
earth's cycles are some aspects
of the pagan way.
A few months ago, I
responded to an ad in a· Wiccan
publication in which a Pagan
was seeking contacts in his area
(close to my neighbourhood). In
responding, I learned very
:J_uickly that his definition of
Jagan had a very sour flavour.
fie was looking for an
'eliminator" - someone to "get
:id of' his 85-year-old mother.
fie thought I might be inclined
o "light candles" for this
mrpose, for a fee - and I believe
'rom the desperate tone of his
voice that he would have paid
ne a significant amount of
noney to complete this task. His
nother, in his mind, was
What is wrong with this
picture? ... Where do I begin?
... This ign5lrance of the true
meaning of the pagan way is
indicative of society's general
view. This man may well have
been informed by Webster's
Dictionary, which defines pagan
as "a person who does not
acknowledge God in any
religion; a heathen" (p.323).
Heathen is further defined as "as
person or nation that does not
recognize the God of
Christianity, Judaism, or Islam;
in the Old Testament, a Gentile;
non-Jew" (p.213).
But simply not believing in
the Christian God does not in
itself make one a pagan.
Paganism is an encompassment
of many non-organized nature
religions, ih which one or more
of many deities, including the
Christian God, may be
worshipped.
The primary deity whom I
worship is Brighid, an ancient
Celtic goddess, because my
heritage is predominantly Celtic,
and Brighid is associated with
many things with which I relate.
However, I also believe in a
whole array of deities, male and
female, including the Christian
God.
Throughout the centuries, the
term pagan has acquired aiL
kinds of false definitions due to
organized "Churches"' attempts
to undermine a power that would
not fit into their mould.
I recall, from childhood, a
movie in which college students
were shouting vehemently to
another student, "Pagan!" There
were also several movies in
which "pagans" used pentagrams
tO Call On m>llP.vnlrant cnintc mhn
inevitably harmed people. (See
Note*)
Throughout my childhood,
the message became imprinted' in
my brain; whatever the word
pagan meant, it was evil. Thank
Goddess I had the determination
to ' search for- I don't know - the
Jppressing him with organized
~eligion, when he did not believe
.n "God". · truth? The truth is clear to me.
He went on to say that he
.vanted to become Wiccan and
tsked me if I could initiate him.
Lie also asked if he could
'worship me as a goddes"s.
Being pagan is the farthest thing
from evil. The pagan way
includes taking care of the Earth,
whom people continue to
systematically destroy.
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*Note: The pentagram in Wicca
is a symbol of protection and the
Goddess. The five points
represent the human being: one
head, two arms and two legs.
And along with four elements,
(fire, earth, air and water/is the
essential fifth (the spirit).
The pentagram is not
indicative of "satan worship"
and is not used to bring fonh
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Seeming so ...
My intentions to write about
something inspiring this month
were overshadowed with my
own melancholy.
Instead of sitting in front of
my typewriter this afternoon, I
went for a long walk. I walked
to the lake and I just stared at
the sky. The sky seemed to
understand ~y feelings.
I walked to High Park and
the swans seemed to make the
noise I haven't been able to.
On the street again, before
returning home, I met four or
five people along the way who
offered the widest most genuine
SMILES and a few said hello.
The last person was a child of
three. She chose me out of the
crowd of people passing by and
SMILED the brightest smile you
can imagine .
I don't know what I did, if
· ·anything, to inspire the grace of
these smiles but I am starting to
feel better.
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by Ruth Morris
Recently, a little
organization called the
Harriet Tubman Association
has been in the news.
They were attacked by
a Crown Attorney called
Michael Leshner for
allegedly demanding special
privileges for black youths,
and possibly even wanting
a separate justice system
for blacks and whites.
There was a big furor.
What was it about?
In some ways the Harriet
Tubman Association can thank
Michael Leshner for bringing
their name into the news. Many
of us had never heard of them
before. I looked them up in both
the phone book and the Blue
Book Directory of Social
Services without success, and
finally got hold of them through
Bell's Information service. Now
most of us have read about them,
at the centre of a storm of
controversy.
Harriet Tubman, as many of
us know, was a lady who never
scorned controversy or risktaking.
Having escaped the
horrors of slavery herself, she
returned again and again to the
American south, to escort groups
of slaves north to Canada to
freedom. They used the stars for
guidance, and "Follow the
Drinkin' Gourd" was one of their
theme songs, as they used the
heavenly pointing stars of the big
dipper to guide them on their
hazardous and painful journey to
freedom.
So what is an agency named
after this courageous lady getting
into?
History of the Proposal
As part of its work to help black
youth, the Harriet Tubman
Association has a court worker
program, launched in June of
1993. As with all new programs,
there was an evaluation
component. The evaluation of the
new program pointed out the
need for a service that was
directly focused on black youth,
in the courts. In July of 1994,
after studying the evaluation
report, the Harriet Tubman.
Association approached the
Attorney General with their
concerns, and what emerged was
a proposal for an Alternative
Measures program with a special
cultural program for black youth.
Alternative Measures is a
program which has been going
in· most provinces for some time.
Ontario, under the influence of
the neanderthal Attorney
Generals offered us by every
party in power, dragged its feet
until a court appeal forced it to
offer its youth the same
opportunities as other provinces.
Now we are working at catching
up. Alternate Measures offer
youth who admit responsibility
for a criminal act a chance to
take responsibility in ways which
court route, but works out a
response to the· offence that
shows full responsibility and
offers growing opportunities for
the offender.
So why did the Harriet
Tubman group get into this act?
They felt that the alternatives
offered were not recognizing the
particular cultural experiences of
black youth. We know that native
people need programs that offer
them native spiritual resources
and pride; Spanish speaking and
other language minorities are
offered programs that respect
their language and heritage. The
Harriet Tubman group was
suggesting that black youth,
having inherited a common
history of African origins, the
ugly shadow of slavery, and the
continuing burden of racism,
have some things in common that
should be recognized.
Enter the
Crown Attorney
In submitting their proposal to
the Attorney General, the Harriet
Tubman Association agreed to its
being circulated. Among the
Crown Attorneys who read it
was Michael Leshner, a senior
Crown at College Park. Mr.
Leshner reacted strongly. He
went to the press and made
comments implying that the
Tubman group wanted a separate
justice system for blacks and
whites, and at the least,
preferential treatment. He
threatened that there would be
meltdown in the system if this
Misery justice never
seeks to heal or help.
It always seeks justice
in TAKING AWAY and
MAKING MISERABLE.
program were offered. I talked
with Mr. Leshner, who was as
helpful as he could be, but was
unable to talk to me at this point
because there is a hearing
coming up about his remarks.
So how did we get from a
black cultural respect program to
preferential treatment and two
separate systems?
Some Perspectives
Sheila Gallaway of the Harriet
Tubman Association stressed to
me that services were not being
denied to whites, nor forced on
blacks. Nor would the program
in any way affect the free
decision of Crown Attorneys to
offer diversion or not offer it to
any young offender.
It appears that several
factors are involved in this
misunderstanding.
--We accept the value of cultural
programs for language and ethnic
minorities, and for native people,
but we remain ambivalent about
the fact that centuries of racism
has given black Canadians a
common cultural heritage which
they also need to understand and
respect.
--The common instinct of our
retributive justice system is for
something I call "Misery
Justice.'' That is, we never
seriously try to heal victims, or
any of the families of victims and
offenders. Rather, we seek
justice by making offenders as
miserable as everyone else.
Misery justice never seeks to
heal or help. It always seeks
justice in TAKING AWAY and·
MAKING MISERABLE.
The dramatic anxiety that
black youth might actually get
something good that white youth
aren't getting never led anyone to
say, "What a great idea - why
not offer this to whites AND
blacks!" Rather, the traditional
knee-jerk response of Misery
Justice is "Let's make sure
NEITHER group gets anything
that could help them or heal
society!"
Ms. Gallaway spoke
feelingly about the struggle to do
something positive for our young
people today. She spoke of the
endless destruction we see
through our whole misery justice
system. She said, "We of the
African Canadian community
want to be responsible. But this
system is
FAILING. And when we try to
take responsibility, to get
involved in a positive program,
we are attacked for it. If we
don't take responsibility for our
own youth, the system isn't
going to do it."
/Where is it now?
I wondered where the program is
now: had the public furor killed.
it? Not yet - but it has slowed it
down. It is hanging in the
balance, and the Harriet Tubman
folks are struggling to keep it
alive, in the face of so many
confused allegations. It seem~ we
need their ancestral spirit with us
again. Harriet Tubman led a lot
of lost, yearning souls from
darkness toward the light of
freedom. 150 years later, here
we are wandering in the swamps
of Misery Justice. Where are you
now, Harriet, when we need
·you?
HEALING JUSTICE
BOOKLET SERIES:
by Ruth Morris
1. A PRACTICAL PATH TO
TRANSFORMATIVE JUSTICE:
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What's better? How to get there.
2. CREATIVE ALTERNATIVES TO
PRISONS: 23 existing alternatives.
3. BUT WHAT ABOUT THE
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results of prisons and alternatives
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Dear Tom,
My good news for the holidays?
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or
festive food, I used to welcome
sharing in the ritual of washing
dishes at holiday gatherings.
Sleeves rolled up to wash or dry
the effort was rewarded with
gossip and laughter. Now,
disposable throwaways have
leaked into homes everywhere!
Last season I attended six festive
celebrations of ten or more
persons. At each party, two or
three large glad bags were filled
with disposable trash. I don't
even particularly like doing
dishes in my own home or at
least I avoid it, so I may seem
like an odd "wash your dishes"
advocate, but I do miss the ritual
at parties because I always sort of
liked it.
I am writing this letter to inform
your readers of some of the
incredible benefits of Cannabis
Hemp. I apologize for the length
of the letter, but a smaller letter
would have just left out too much
information. Hemp definitely
deserves the space.
First, please note that Cannabis
hemp has ridiculously been given
a bad name because of its
association with Marijuana.
In my view Marijuana itself has
some wonderful benefits, in the
treatment of [many medical
conditions] . . . Also, as a
recreational drug, Marijuana is a
thousand times bt<tter for our
bodies and minds than alcohol or
tobacco ...
Nevertheless, Marijuana
invokes instant negative feelings
in too large a proportion of the
general public. For this reason, it
is necessary to point out that a
strain of Cannabis can be and is
being grown (even in Ontario on
a small-scale test basis) that
contains so little of the
intoxicating ingredients that it is
of absolutely no use as a source
of the recreational (and
medicinal) drug. These plants are
good only for industrial purposes.
Which leads us to the industrial
uses of Cannabis Hemp. These
are no less impressive than the
medicinal uses of Marijuana.
We could end our dependency
on fossil fuels and provide all of
our gas and oil energy needs by
farming only 6% of North
America's acreage with Hemp for
Biomass. Burning the gasoline or
methanol produced from Biomass
gives off no sulphur and would
help solve our acid rain
problems.
One acre of Hemp produces 4.1
times as much pulp for paper as
an acre of trees. Hemp is
obviously a perfect replacement
for trees as a source of pulp.
Hemp paper can be produced
without many of the pollutants
(including dioxins) necessary for
the production of paper from
trees.
, Hemp can also be used to make
high-quality construction
materials such as press-board,
more elastic and durable than
hardwood, again reducing
deforestation. Hemp seed oil can
be used to make all sorts of
products such as paints, varnishes
and lubricants.
Hemp would also be a perfect
replacement for cotton as a
source of fibres to make rope,
clothing and canvas. Hemp
produces the strongest, most
durable natural soft-fibre on
earth. Hemp cloth is also warmer
and more absorbent than cotton.
An acre of Hemp will produce 2
to 3 times as much fibre as an
acre of cotton. Cotton cannot be
grown in Canada, while our
climate is prefect for top-quality
industrial hemp. Cotton
. production accounts for
approximately half of all pesticide
use in the United States. Hemp
discourages the growth of weeds,
is insect, disease and drought
resistant, grows like crazy with
hardly any effort, and is easy on
the soil (thus reducing
agricultural reliance on chemical
pesticides and fertilizers).
Hemp can also be used to make
plastics.
And to top it all off, Hemp
seed is arguably the world's best
source of protein and essential
fatty acids. While Soy produces
more protein than Hemp seed, the
protein from Hemp seed is of
hillher aualitv. Hemo seed is the
only seed which contains the '
essential fatty acids and almost no
saturated fat.
So there, in as little space as
possible, is a quick mention of
the benefits of Cannabis Hemp.
There is obviously a lot more
information available to your
readers, and as society becomes
more educated on the issues
surrounding Cannabis, new
information is and will be
becoming available.
For now, you need to know
where to get Hemp products ...
.(HEMP --Help End Marijuana
Prohibition-- and NORML -
National Organization for the
Reform of Marijuana Laws -- are
two organizations working to
educate Canadians on the issues
surrounding Cannabis)
There are quite a few
companies in Canada
manufacturing and/or importing
Hemp products. Mama Indica and
Sister Sativa's, The Emperor's ·
Clothing Co., and Ecosource
Paper are a few providing such
products as nutritious hemp-seed
based snacks, clothing and paper.
Toronto Hemp Co. is a retail
store located at 593 Y onge Street,
Suite 217, near Wellesley. Our
phone number is (416) 923-3556.
We have a large selection of
books and research materials,
Hemp clothing, and much more.
Please come by and pay us a
visit. Hemp is a truly incredible
plant that can help save our
planet.
Yours sincerely,
Dom Cramer
Partner, Toronto Hemp Co.
Thanks so much to the other
readers who've responded this
month with questions. I'll have
answers to your reusable
questions next issue.
P. S. keep writing! R. R.
Hello Rene Renew:
My blue box is both split and
cracked. Getting a new one
should be no problem, but what
can I do with the old one? Since
it is made from recycled plastic,
can it now also be recycled
again? Thank you.
E. Bauer, Toronto
The Dept. of Public Works &
Environment agreed that this is a
good question and after some
inquiry, the answer is that old
blue boxes can be recycled. When
you call in for a replacement,
also arrange to have your
cracked blue box picked up.
Phone 392-7742.
are now
available! For $9.99 you can be
part of making this dream a real
facility. A fundraising and
publicity launch is planned for the
end of January.
The GARBAGE PALACE can be
described as a non-profit
organization dedicated to the
creative re-use of garbage to
enrich individuals, schools,
community centres, daycares and
families in Toronto. For more
info, to become a founding
member or to become involved
write: The Garbage Palace, 105
Massey Street, Toronto M6J 2T5
or phone Patti Smyth 863-6778.
Avenue Phone 466-2841. What
an amazing store! You can bring
your fine paper for recycling
here, they sell a variety of hemp
products, clothing, cloth
menstrual pads, ecoinventions and
a large selection of recycled
paper products including envelope
labels for those envelopes you
want to re-use.
•TORONTO HEMP CO., 593
Yonge St., Ste. 217, Phone 923-
3556 is selling hemp clothing,
twine and info. ·
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,~ Plants and Clean Air
i: Speaking of inside, Philodendron, Spider Plant and Pothos were
::found to reduce levels of formaldehyde in an enclosed space by
::over 80% in a 24 hour period. During photosynthesis, air is
::constantly absorbed, cleaned and released into the atmosphere.
j NASA Studies concluded plants absorb pollutants and carbon
!'dioxide from the air in exchange for oxygen. They are very
\! effectivein filtering benzene, formaldehyde and trichloro-
1 ethylene. NASA recommends one 5' plant per 100 square feet.
Next time, some thoughts on tropical plants.
r·x;~s Trees
:: There are a variety of shapes
·: and sizes & prices are very
~: good. Many people still prefer
i! real trees and all the work
''i that goes with them.
1: A few benefits of a real tree:
:: 1. the wonderful smell
:~ 2. brings people together
:~ 3. fun arguments on what tree
!! to choose and how to ~decorate
!1 ~~;~~~~:n~~~e a::;ular
1:: trees are scotch pine, white
!! spruce, Norway spruce and
~: Balsam Fir. Each one has its
!: distinctive characteristics.
!! ,. Balsam fir seems to last a
1~ little longer.
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:~ To make your trees last:
~! 1. place in cool area (if
:! possible); 2. spray daily;
:~ 3. place bottom of tree in a
:' small container of water
I
:: Poinsettias
! Be sure to wrap well, these
! plants are very sensitive to
'cold. Latin Name - Euphorbia
!~ Pulcherrima; History - US
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(1825) Joel Robert Poinsett sent !,
a few back home. Fact -
Poinsettias are not poisonous.
The stems contan a nulky white i
substance which may cause ·
minor irritation. Care -
Place plant in a bright area.
Keep very moist. Leaves! wilt
if plant is too wet or too dry.
Amaryllis
These plants grow best when
pot bound so pick a pot about
6-8 inches deep but only
slightly widerr than the bulb.
Make sure the pot has drainage
holes, amaryllis will die from
soggy roots. Cover the holes
with small stones or pieces of
broken clay pots.
Use commercial potting soil,
top 1h of bulb should stick out .
above the soil line, pack firmly. !
Water well, but only once bulb ·
shows active growth.
Well, that's it. Happy holiday
folks, and if watering is too
much work, try selfwatering
containers.
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All tropical plants come
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Community Centre
I 05 Grang~ Court 367-9603
Playgroup Drop-in, Toys, Crafts, Gym ,
Librmy visits & young children's clothi
Parent relief for regulars. Info. Judy
(Et1glish , Cantonese, Mmularin). Tues I<
Fri lOam-noon.
Centre 276
276 Augusta Ave, 966-4059
Southern Africa supp011 and infonnatiori
Crafts, music & more! Drop in!
Harbord Street Business
Improvement Area, 961-1698
Serving our neighbourhoods.
KYTES - Kensington Youth
Theatre & Employment Skills
457 Richmond Street West (basement),
504-0597, fax 504-0598
A progressive employment training pro~
for disadvantagetl street youth. Call San
for theatre space rental.
Mr Rosario Marchese,
Member of Provincial
Parliament, Fort York.
Constitu~ncy office:
854 Dundas St. W., 363-9664,
fax: 363-0835.
Advocacy, community issues, provincial
policies. Serving downtown & the west
Scadding Court
Community Centre
707 Dundas St. W.,
M5T 2W6, 363-5392~;
The Centre offers a vft1;ie~ .-s)( social,
recreational and edui(uir·m•;:,Hograms
Sistering: a women' s organization
providing practical and emotional suppi
to wom~n living in poverty and wom~
who are socially isolated.
•Drop In , 523 College Street,
9:30am-3:30pm, 926-1946
•Administrative office 926-9762
•Outreach program 588-3939
St. Stephens
Community House
91 Bell~vue
•ESL, Daycare, Yo111h
Recreation, 925-2103;·
• Community Work, Senior Setvices
Adult Setvices, Conflict Resolution,
926-8221;
• Youth Employment
Counselling Centre, 531-4631;
•A.I.D.E.S. 323-1498;
• T7te Comer Drop-In, ,
964-8747;
•The Youth Arcade, Senior Drop In
920-8980;
•King Edward Daycare, 922-8705
• Harbowfront Childcare Centre
363-1370
University Settlement House
23 ~range Rd. at Grange Park, 598-3
Mustc school, recreation centre, dayca
ESL, employment and other social servii
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TwENTY BOATS. .
The boat you see here was
designed by Robert Bosley to be
used on Lake Michigan. It was
the one boat in the book that
interested me and my
grandfather. We plann~ o~
building it. But I left Wmmpeg
, to become a cadet on a
Newfoundland tug and then a
little thing like WW2 intervened.
But I had the book with me.
I've carried that book with
me everywhere I've gone for the
last sixty years. And I dreamed
of having her built.
by Hal Conroy . It's about to come true.
Alongside is a picture of anctent
history--1935 to be exact.
It's from a book called HOW
TO BUILD TWENTY BOATS
published in Chicago back w~en
I was 15. it cost SOc, today 1t
would cost probably $15-20 and
from what I see of modem plans
My friend Jerry Pelletier
and 1 are going to build the little
1311 2 footer for anyone who has a
couple of thou.sand bucks--
however if their are any embryo
boat builders among my readers
who would like to build this boat
for themselves just send me a
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CAaiN CRU15£R--.,
couple of bucks for mailing and
I will send you the plans.
A simple boat to build, little
argosy is a flat-bottomed rowboat
with a cabin. she is a safe boat
and designed for inshore, smalllake
and river cruising. she is
ideal for someone who wants a
(By the by, it may be of
interest to you to know that you
could build this 131/2 foot cabin
cruiser for $45. back in 1935).
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An Business & Individual Returns
Best Rates including Bookkeeping
Computerized Results
Direct Deposit Refunds
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Note: Anyone who knows of a
good warm garage/workshop
Anthony Brett Campbell .
with wide doors, power and
boat, who hasdn't got much light, and reasonable rent, for .
money, or room for a big boat, Jerry and me to build in, call the 11 Temple Ave., Suite #6
and the boat can be driven by as DRUM at 363-3786 and leave a Toronto, Ontario M6K IC7
small as a 5-hp outboard. message for me. Hal. (416) 532-5469
bikes -,on wheels
A WORKERS' CO-OP
Pre-cycled bikes bought and sold, repairs,
classic bikes, new and used parts and
acessories, customizing and rentals.
Finandal Ser-.i~es
A.B.C. Tax Services,
II Temple Avenue, Suite #6
532-5469 - contact Brett Campbell
Tax return preparation and bookkeeping.
Local Employment
& Trading System
974-9555 Nonprofit community barter
network that works to create sustainable
local economies. LETS allows people to
meet their needs outside the cash economy.
1\Ietro Credit Union
(formerly Unicoll)
245 College, 978-5505
Still your full service banking altemative
Queen Financial Services,
744 Queen St. W.
(at Niagara), 504-0254
£-File or regular tax rewms starting at
$25. Certified bookkeeping and
accounting, personal or corporate. Drqp in
or call.
Plants & ·• 1
A Thousand
Leaves and Plants
538-9789
Gardening inside & out.
Free house calls.
GJve your old racing bike
ci''new life wider tires
straight handlebars
new brake levers
thumb shifters
A
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691f2 NASSAU ST
Kensington Market
599-8799
rs.
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Terry Cooper, Home Cleaner
Dear sir or madam,
I do all house and apt. chores, paint,
fix, plant care and more. Please call
656-2414. P.S. I clean offices and other
businesses too.
CAAM United Hardware
160 Augusta, 598-8195
Ten years in the community.
Open Sunday
Locksmith & Safemen
38 Baldwin, 597-1212
Builder's and Locksmith Hardware.
Leading brands
Miramar Furniture &
Appliances Inc
244 Augusta Avenue, 368-2093
Everything for the home at low prices.
Mould's Custom Carpentry
Your neighbourhood specialist
Free estimates, finish carpentry, cabinetry,
outside work, no job too small.
Call Melvyn Mould, 381-6046
Neil N Wright
Real Estate Ltd.
94 Harbord Street, 961-1698
Respectable! Reliable! Responsible!
Paul Oberst, Architect
201f2 Bellevue Avenue
For all your building projects and
problems. Design consultation, pennits and
review of constmction. 862-2716. No
charge for our first meeting.
Reingewirtz
Paint Stores Ltd.
107 Baldwin, 977-3502
Paints, varnishes and imported wallpapers.
Pets & Vets
Annex Animal Clinic
716 Bathurst St. 537-3128
Medical, diagnostic, surgical and dental
facilities. Parking
Annex Pet Supplies
718 Bathurst St. 588-1925
Specializing in pet nutrition. Next to Ann~
animal clinic. Open Sundays.
Pet Vatu
339 College (at Augusta)
Discount pet food and supplies. For
infonnation, call Anny 944-0314.
Services
Dinoris Leather Clinic,
303 Augusta, 968-0890, fax 323-1828
Repairs, alterations, new linings, new
zippers, cleaning.
Samko Coin Laundry
150 Augusta, 595-5277
Clean and Friendly, 7 days a week.
Dry Cleaning Too!
Spadina West Postal Outlet
576-578 Dundas, 593-0612
Full service retail postal outlet. Fax and
photocopying.
Sun King Cleaners
576-578 Dundas,-593-8885
Quality Dry Cleaning, Repairs and
Alterations - Fast!
Sun One Hour Photo Lab
310 Spadina, 591-9307
One hr. processing, cameras, accessories,
passport photos.
Wringling Electronics Services
1860 Queen St. East, 698-9767
Recycle by Repairing! Radio, Hi Fi. VCR
and video. New & Antique. Sales and
service. Spacious new premises. Same
great service. Come across town and see
us.
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by Allan Pulker
Satisfaction times six:
Friday, November 4,
the English medieval vocal
ensemble, The Gothic Voices, in
its Canadian Debut at St. Paul's
Church presented a programme of
two, three and four-part
compositions - rondos, virelais
and ballades - composed in the
fourteenth and fifteenth centuries,
~orne by relatively well-known
figures, like Machaut and Dufay,
others by less known composers,
such as Solage, Cesaris, Cordier,
Morton and Enzina.
Literally half the program
consisted of compositions by
anonymous musicians. Besides
the fact that all the music they
sang was secular, mostly songs
about unrequited love (things
haven't changed much, have
they?), its technical difficulty was
remarkable, and indicative of a
highly developed vocal art five
and six centuries ago.
To the Gothic Voices, no
technical difficulty was too great,
as they performed consistently
with ·a practically unsurpassable
~erfection - their rhythm,
intonation and dynamics had been
carefully and artfully worked out
to a point where they could
hardly have been better.
Congratulations to the Toronto
Early Music Centre for bringing
us the Gothic Voices.
Sunday, November 6
two days later, the choir of
Christ the Saviour Russian
Orthodox Cathedral, under the
direction of its new conductor,
Galina Belov, with guest
conductor, her predecessor.,
Sergei Boldireff, presented a
programme of music of the
Russian Orthodox Church. Ms.
Belov, who came here from
Russia two years ago and who is
a demanding, dynamic and, at
times, exciting conductor, called
from her singers an impressive
energy, attention to detail and a
dynamic range.
Indeed, one of my usual
complaints about choirs in general
is that they seem chronically
incapable of producing a true
pianissimo. Finally, in this
concert I heard a true pianissimo;
there is something incomparably
exciting about hearing fifty voices
produce a sound barely louder
than a whisper. Of course, when
the whisper becomes a · gradual
and controlled crescendo that
grows into a full-voiced
fortissimo, as occurred several
times in this concert, the effect is
breath-taking!
Just a few days later
another church choir, the choir of
the Church of St. Mary
Magdalene, gave a concert under
the direction of Dr. Robert
Hunter-Bell and assistant
Healey Willan's compositions, as
one might hope, were definitive.
The alto section is to be
especially commended for its
strength, resilience and
expressiveness, qualities shared
but to a lesser degree, by the
other sections.
Sunday evening,
November 13,
pianist-composer, Alice Ho; with
violinist, Carol Fujino, cellist,
David Hetherington and pianist,
Winnie Yeh premiered eleven
new works by Canadian
composers, in celebration of the
thirty-fifth anniversary of the
Canadian Music Centre.
I was unable to attend, but my
colleague, Anne Chan went and
reports "It was an evening filled
with a kaleidscope of sounds - the
type that tease your ears and
stretch your imagination." She
also enjoyed meeting and talking
to the performers and composers,
but lamented the absence of
melody in their work.
The evening of Friday,
November 25,
the University Settlement House
Music School presented an
evening of Italian music,
performed by its students,
teachers and guests. If the quality
of the playing by Christoper
Doan, who played the piano with
a facility and maturity beyond his
ten or so years, is any indication,
then the music school and
teacher, Tania Lee Osmond, are
doing a fine job.
Another student, Cheryl Joseph,'
sang two love songs with an
entirely appropriate tenderness,
sensitively accompanied on the
piano by Tania Lee Osmond.
Other highlights were baritone
James Westman, who sang with
beautiful diction and great style -
totally engaging! Soprano, Linda
Karry, who, with mezzo soprano,
Margaret Ball, performed
Rossini's riotously funny Duetto
Buffo di due Gatti (the funny two
cat duet) sang with flawless
intonation and perfect control.
Her acting too, subtle and
understated, done mostly with her
eyes alone, was both entertaining
and supportive of the music. Che
Anne Loewen's accompanying in
these and other pieces was
superb, imbued with an energy
James R. Tennyson
Certified Piano Technician
dedicated to the support of the
soloist and yet retaining its own
character without ever getting in
the way.
Friday, December 2nd
was my last event of the month at
St. Patrick's Church, where the
Elmer Eisler Singers, the
MacMillan Singers and the
Toronto Children's Chorus
joined forces to present an
evening of choral music for
Christmas.
In the first half of the
programme the Eisler and
MacMillan Singers combined to
present Wie Schoen Leuchtet Uns
der Morgenstern, by Praetorius,
four Motets for the Season of
Christmas by Poulenc, and twelve
carols composed or arranged by
Canadians. Five of these were
composed for the Amadeus
Choir's annual carol-writing
competition. ·
The Praetorius composition is a
magnificent work in nine parts,
that conveys with fervour not
only the message of the season
. but also what lwould term the
possibility. of the Christian
experience. The acoustics of the
building, unfortunately,
diminished its impact, turning the
density of the texture into a1;1
aural blur.
The Poulenc motets came,
therefore, as ·a relief, their more
open textures navigating more
readily the acoustical ravages of
the environment. It was possible
to appreciate the finesse with
which all the singers treated all
details ofarticulatiori, rhythm and
intonation. I really cannot even
imagine a better interpretation of
these motets than I heard that
night.
The combined choirs sang the
Canadian carols with equal
polish. These short but delightful
compositions conveyed the
musical vitality of our country,
and I thank Dr. Eisler and his
singers for including them.
The Toronto Children's
Chorus, directed by Jean
Ashworth-Bartle, then joined the
Eisler and MacMillan Singers in a
performance of "A Boy Was
Born", an early work by
Benjamin Britten. It was a
superb performance, that made
me appreciate more than ever
Britten's incredible imagination
and originality.
Best of all, while the
complexity is there, the utter
-melodic and tonal originality,
never overwhelms the text,
always serves the underlying
emotion and atmosphere.
To return to the performers,
who put themselves with such
commitment in the service of the
music, their labour was
acknowledged with a standing
ovation by the audience.
Bra vi!
conductors Stephen Halloway and
Andr~w Agar. This is~ lo~g
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superbly blended, relrable styhsttc '"'" •
sense. Its interpretations of
Classical heaven
on $100 a month
This time "Classical Heaven"
spans about six weeks, so I've
upped my budget to $1 03!
•I'd like to hear the conjunction
of five of Canada's top recorder
players at the Church of St.
George the Martyr on Sunday,
December 18 at 3:00. They will
be performing on a matched set of
Renaissance recorders 16th
century settings of music for the
festive season by composers such
as Tye, Gibbons, Praetorius, Senfl
and Isaac. Ticket prices are $14.
and $8.00 (Students, seniors,
unemployed).
- •The very next everiing, Monday,
December 19, a group called the
St. Andrew Chorale will be
performing "A German Baroque
Christmas", music by
Hammerschmidt, Buxtehude,
Pachelbel and Bach, for choir and
orchestra. This is at St. Andrew's
United Church, 11 7 Bloor Street
East.
•After this the concert scene is
quiet until about the second week
of January. On Tuesday, January
10 at 8:00 Benjamin Butterfield, .
described in the publicity as " .. ,
one of the most exciting young
tenors in Canada today" will
perform music from the French
Baroque period with Les Coucous
Benevoles at the Glenn Gould
Studio. Ticket prices are $15.00
and $10.00.
•Saturday, January 14 will bring
harpsichordist, Maria Ezerova, to
the stage at Eastminster United
Church, 310 Danforth Avenue,
playing works by Royer, Couperin
and a Scottish composer, W.
Kinloch. Admission is $14.00,
$8.00 for students and seniors.
•Monday, January 16 at 8:00 in
Walter Hall a woodwind quintet
(flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and
horn). the Meridian Ensemble will
perform works by Beethoven,
Holst, Villa-Lobos and Poulenc
with pianist Kent McWilliams.
Admission is $15.00.
•Saturday, January 21 at 8:00,
also in Walter Hall, flutist par
excellence, Susan Hoeppner, w ill
· b~ playing works by Berio, Villa
Lobos, J.S. Bach, Crumb and
Hanson, solo, with piano and
with string ensemble.
•Friday, January 27, the Toronto
Consort will be back, this time
with "Hidden Treasures" from the
Renaissance, little known works
by Dutch, Jewish and Scottish
composers. This will be at Trinity
St. Paul's Church. Admission is
$20.00 and $15.00.
•There are also a couple of free
noon hour concerts in Walter Ha ll:
Thursday, January 19, U. ofT.
jazz ensembles at 12:10 and
Thursday, January 26, student
chamber ensembles, also at
12:10.
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Christmas Eve Dec.24 7:30 P.M.
Candlelight Service
Christmas Day Dec. -25 10:30 A.M.
New Year's Eve Dec. 31 11:00 P.M.
Watchnight Worship & Party
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ST. PATRICK'S CHURCH
THE REDEMPTORISTS
141 McCaul Street
Toronto, Ont., Canada
MST 1W3
Telephone:: (416) 598-3269
Dec. 15: sacrament of reconciliation 7-8pm
Dec. 19 & 23: celebration of evening prayer 5:05 pm
Christmas Eve: 8pm and midnight;
Christmas Day: 8:30am & 12::10pm
Jan. 1: 8:30am & 12:10.
ST. PATRICK'S PARISH COMMUNITY WISHES
YOU JOY AND PEACE IN THIS HOLY SEASON
C H R I S T M A S IN B E L L W 0 0 D S
St. Matthias Church
(Anglican)
45 BELLWOODS AVE.
366-6720
Dec. 24:
4:30Pm,
Children's Mass
& Mummer's Play
11:00 Pm,
Christmas Tableau
by Sound Image Theatre
and Midnight Mass
Dec. 25:
10:30 Am Sung Mass .
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The Church in The Great Hall
1087 Queen St. West (Southeast Corner of Queen & Dovercourt).
Worship at ll:OOa.m. Sundays. Dress casual. 533-3241.
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College Street United
(Colleg.: & Bathurst), 929-3019
A wam1 welcome awaits you.
The Quays
Community Church
1087 Qu.:en Street West(comer of
Dovercourt and Queen) 533-3241
Sundays at 11 am a new community in your
community.
St. George the Martyr
197 John Stre.:t, 598-4366
Sundays 9:30 and 11:00 am. Loving our
neighbourhoods
The Church of St. Mary
Magdalene (Anglican)
477 Manning Ave. (at Ulster)
531-7955
Sunday Mass, 8:00am, 9:30am, ll:OOam.
St. Matthias' Anglican
45 Bellwoods Ave., (6 blocks west. of
Bathurst, I block north of Queen),
366-6720
Serving Trinity-Bellwoods and Niagara
since 1873.
St Patrick's Church (Catholic)
141 McCaul Street, 598-3269
A caring Catholic community
St. Peter's Catholic
840 Bathurst Stre.:t (jusl north of Bloor)
534-4219.
Sunday mass: Saturday 5pm, Sunday 9am,
]0:30am, noon, 7pm.
St. Stephen
-in-the-Fields (Anglican)
103 Bdlevue, 921-6350
All are welcome.
C H R I S T M A S IN B E L L W 0 0 D S
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Chiesadi 5. Pietro·lgreja de 5. Pedro· Iglesia de 5. Pedro
659 M a rkham St.
. Toronto.Ontario M6G 2M1
Christmas Masses:
Dec 24: 8:00 p.m. English
Midnight Four Languages
Dec 25 9:00 a.m. Italian
10:30 a.m. English
12:00 noon English
2:00 p.m. Portuguese
5:00 p.m. Spanish
(416) 534-4219
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477 Manning Ave. at Ulster St. 531-7955
Sunday 18 December 1994: ADVENT IV
. 8:00 am Low Mass, 9:30 am Sung Mass - Modem Rite
11:00 am Solemn Mass with music of Palestrina
4:00 pm Neighbourhood Christmas Carol Sing-a-long
Saturday, 24 December: CHRISTMAS EVE
- 11:00 pm Solemn Mass & Procession with music of Victoria,
followed by Reveillon
Sunday, 25 December: CHRISTMAS DAY
8:00am Low Mass; 10:00 am Folk Mass (Children most welcome)
Sunday, 1 January 1995
8:00am Low Mass; 9:30am Sung Mass- Modem Rite
11:00 am Procession & Solemn Mass with music of Willan,
followed by New Year's Day Levee. Everyone welcome.
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CHRISTMAS/CHANNUKAH
SOLSTICE SHOPPING:
•Uniqt,~e and fine art gifts are a
welcome alternative to the mass
merchandizing in malls. Instead of
buying something safe and usual,
take a chance on something truly
reflective of the person for whom
it is being bought. And in case
you are worried your budget
doesn't allow for such a purchase,
these suggestions should help
•Gallery Gabor is hosting a group
show featuring paintings,
drawings, etchings and collages.
Works are priced from $50-$250.
•Art Auctions are becoming
extremely popular and there are a
number of them taking place this
month. "Artfair" hosted by Cold
City Gallery (nothing over $1 00),
the "Mistletoe Magic" auction at
the John B. Aird Gallery and the
9th Annual Miniature Auction and
Art Sale at Gallery 788 to name a
few.
• The "Artist Proof and Sale" at
Open Studio offers original prints
with nothing over $200. Gallery
44's "Annual Mini-Print Show &
Sale" features framed 8" x 10"
original photographs for $44 each.
The Craft Gallery's "Holiday
Collection" will run until December
24th.
•Mariposa Stained Glass has
windows, lamps and clay and
ceramic decorations ranging in
price from $6 to over $600. They
will also custom design any
stained glass item which you
might want.
• Wonderworks offers small
s~atues, unique jewellery and
beautiful objects, which are all
inspired by a love of the· earth and
harmony in the universe. From
Celtic window decals that are a
couple of dollars to more
elaborate art
• Native Arts & Crafts Sale: There
will be a TWO DAY SHOW, Sat.
Dec. 17 & Sun. Dec. 18 at the
Native Canadian Resource Centre
of Toronto, 16 Spadina Rd.
(north of Bloor). 1 Oam to 4pm.
Authentic Foods, Turkey Raffle.
Everyone Welcome.
BE NICE, SLICE SOME ICE!
•Once again the City invites
professional and amateurs to take
part in the annual Ice Sculpture
Competition on Nathan Phillips
Square, December 28-0.
Trophies and cash prizes of $500,
$300 and $1 00 for amateurs &
pros. For more information call
(416) 392-7902. Registration
deadline is Friday, December 16.
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THE MIXMED
STUDIO
GALLERY:
Within the "art world" itself, one
can see evidence of
compartmentalization. The
musician may not know film, the
poet doesn't know painting and
the sculptor doesn't know dance.
In the 1920s Picasso, Stein and
Stravinsky would meet in cafes,
sip coffee, swig brandy and
discuss art, culture and everything
in between. By meeting with
each other they had a chance not
only to further define their
particular craft but to do so by
interaction with fellow artists.
There really hasn't been a place
which has filled that need for
artists in present day Toronto.
Vladimir Nikolic hopes to provide
just that though.
In a pre':iously industrial space
at College and Bathurst the
Mixmed Studio Gallery is set to
become a meeting place for artists
of all sizes and persuasions.
It's divided into three large
rooms. The first houses a bar,
eclectic furniture and
knickknacks, a totem pole,
woode_n monkey and large black
book case. It's a place where
you could sit alone, with three
friends or circulate amongst 100
and always feel comfortable. It
lends itself naturally to a
comfortable ambience. There are
large windows, and paintings .
decorate every wall.
The next room over is used for
performance. It's darker and
slashed down the middle of the
ceiling are vibrant red, green and
tangerine lights. A small stage
provides performance space for
poetry readings, plays and bands
for late night parties. The third
section is devoted to Nikolic's
worlffoom and display area for
the Incredible furniture he both
restores and creates, under _the
name of "Iron Fist".
CATHERINE CARROLL)S
POTTERY STUDIO
ORIGINAli-IANDPAINT[D POTT[RY AND Til[~
((CHRISTMAS SALE))
December.z DaHcv
I O:OOam to 6:OOpm
Thw:zsoa;y onl;y - ll:OOam to 9:00pm
WE CARRY A SELECTION OF
UNIQUE HANDPAINTED TILES
BY CANADIAN ARTISTS
60S Mankbam Stneet, Minoisb ViLLage, Tononto
1-416 -S16 -47 9 2
Donations for the Toronto Food Bank are welcome!
Pottery Classes Available
The Mixmed Gallery, which
opened in October 1994, is
already establishing itself as the
place to go for interesting times.
On a regular basis events as
divergent as a French opera,
Egyptian theme night or an
African Drummer's CD release
party will be held.
On the third Sunday· of every
month the Les Amis Concert
Series will host a workshop. And
during February and March the
Late Harvest Journal of Creative
Culture will hold its "Festival of
Creative Culture" featuring visual
arts, film, dance, music and
poetry.
From A·Z.
there's morel
See our DlllECTORY
INDEX
on the bat!k a e
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A SPACE 364-3227 183 Bathurst
To Dec 17 "Unforgiven"
Jan 14-Feb 25 "Time, Space, Realities"
JOHN B. AIRD GALLERY 928-6772
900 Bav
Dec 8-Dec 31 "Royal Canadian Academy
of Art"
Jan 3-28 "The Eye of the Beholder"
opening Jan. ~th.
ART GALLERY OF MISSISSAUGA
905-896-5088 300 Citv Centre Drive
Dec 15-Jan 21 "Vi-sual Arts Mississauga:
17th Annual Juried Show of Fine Arts"
ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO
977-0414/979-6648 317 Dundas W.
To Dec 31 "The Barnes Exhibit"
To Jan 8 "Perspectives 94"
To Jan 15 "John Gutmann: Portfolio"
To Jan 22 "Satisfying Companions"
To Jan 22 ..!: Line and Form"
To Jan 29 "Bruce Nauman: Editions"
To Oct 29, 1995 "18th Century British
Landscapes and Portraits"
ART METROPOLE
367-2304, 788 King St. W.
Dec 3-Dec 24 "William Wegman"
JUSTINA M. BARNICKE 978-8398
Hart House, Universitv of Toronto
Dec 8-Jan 1995 closed
_ BAU-XI 977-WXJ 340 Dundas w.
Nov & Dec "Group Show: Gallery
Artists"
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To Feb 1 "New Works by Ted Godwin"
COLD CITY 363-6681 686 Richmond w.
Dec 19-Dec 21 "Artfair"
Jan 5-Jan 28 "Dyan Marie, Shirley
Yanover, Cathy Daley"
COSTIN & KLINTWORTH
363-7800 80 Spadina
Nov & Dec "K.M. Graham"
Jan 3-Jan 28 "Gallery Artists"
CRAFTS GALLERY 977-3551 35 McCaul
Nov 3-Dec 31 "Holiday Collection"
DELBELLO GALLERY 504-2422
788 King W.
Dec 4-Jan 28 "9th Annual Exhibition and
Sale of Miniature Art"
GALLERY 44 363-5187 183 Bathurst
Jan 7-Feb 11 "Cicatrix: Donna Nield"
GALLERY 788 363-9280 788 King w.
Dec 4-Jan 28 "9th Annual Exhibition and
Sale of Miniature Art"
GALLERY GABOR 534-1839
To Dec 31 "Group Show: Buzanko, Patt,
Boyd, Roberts, Doiron, Seigfreid, Mezei,
K. Rutherford, Aikins, R. Rutherford"
Jan 1-Feb "20 years in the Art Business:
From the beginnings on Prince Arthur to
Markham Street"
Ooen Studio
52.0 King West
a nonprofit artist-run centre; safe
qffonlable and well-equipped prinrmaking
swdios. Gallety on site featuring local
national and imemational primmakers.
Call 368-8238, M-F 9:30-5:00
Parentbooks
201 Harbord, 537-8334
(just e. of Bathurst). Boob on family
issues for pare/lis and professionals
Portuguese Book Store
86 Nassau, 364-7954.
Jomais, Revistas, Lh.,-os, Discos;
Porwguese Cook Boob in English
Tern II Art Supplies
363 Spadina Ave.
.-.IITS _._ LETTEIIS 596-6543,596-8513 (fax)
..t1l ~ !' Anist supplies for students & professionals
nooKS A STIJFF
After Dark Video
That Stoopid
Bookstore • Cafe
1043 Bathurst Street (2 blocks n. of 256 Augusta Ave, 944-3665
Bloor). 533-7500
We've moved! We're new and improved!
Cult, foreign, B-jlicb, indies, horror, Full menu, readings & entet1ainment. Call
altematives and new releases.
for info.
Catherine Carroll's
Wonder Works
Pottery Studio 79A Harbord, 323-3131 . .
608 Markham Street (Mirvish Village) Bo_oJ:s &_tapes on alternative healmg,
Christmas sale, December lOam to 6pm,
Thut~<day's llam Jo 9pm. Original hand-
~pmtuallty, ecology. _Also crystals,
;ewellery, natural skincare products,
painted pottety and tiles. Pottety classes herbals, 1eJton menstrual products.
available.
ComnJon Knowledge Books,
Etc. 602 Markham St. 539-8550
Wiele selection of "books for people. "
Coffee house, event space. Stmytelling,
special guests, crajis.
Checkerboard Gallery
204A Baldwin, 979-7254
Peter Matyas, Market Artist, Kensington
Artwear
Japanese Paper Place
887 Queen Street W., 369-0089
For paper/overs!
Metropolitan Cinema
Collt:g.: & Euclid (one light wcst.of
Bathurst) 323-3233
(24 hour infonnation line). Toronto's only
indeperuiem jirst-nm art cinema.
.1\fiki Toma, Photographer
593-0833
Promotional photography, digital photo
enhanceme11t, I can preserve, modify and
enhance any photo or snapshot.
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GARDINER l\IUSEUl\1
586-5858 !II Queen's Park
Until Jan 22, 1995 "Home Sweet Home:
Pastille Burners of the 19th Century"
GARNET PRESS 366-5012
580 Richmond W.
to Spring 95 John Abrams: Brute -
Outdoor Wall Mural
To Dec 20 "I Oth Anniversary Exhibition"
reopening March 1995
YDESSA HENDLES ART
FOUNDATION
941-9400 778 King W.
To Mar 31, 1995 "Bernd Becher and
Hilla Becher, Eddie Adams, Hanne
Darboven, On Kawara"
SUSAN HOBBS
137 Tecumseth 363-3699
Dec 1-Jan 15 "Ian Carr-Harris"
LEO KAMEN GALLERY 365-9515,
80 Spadina
To Dec 17 "Group Show"
Jan. 5-28 opening Jan. 14 "Jolin Kissick:
Ether Day and Other Stories"
Feb 11- "Gordon Rayner"
LAKE GALLERIES 863-5234, 624
Richmond W.
To Dec 9 "Lise Melhorn-Boe"
Dec 10- Jan 7 "Recent Acquisitions
Special Section Carl Beam"
Jan 7-Feb 3 "Mendelson Joe"
L' ALLIANCE FRANCAISE 922-2014
24 Spadina Road _
To Dec 17 "ChristopheBonniere: Ariege
Terre Courage"
MADISON GALLERY 365-7332 80 Spadina
To Jan 15 "Lui Liu"
Jan-Mar "Group Show: Gallery Artists"
MARKET GALLERY 392-7604, Front and
Jarvis Sts.
To Feb 5 "A Century Ago: Art in
Toronto 1890 - 1910"
MEZZANINE GALLERY, 392-1090, Cecil
Community centre, 58 Cecil Street
To January 31 "Recent Landscapes by
Maris Gailitis"
OPEN STUDIO 368-8238 520 King West
Dec 2-22 "Annual Open House and
Artists' Proof Sale"
Jan 3-28 "Ina Brekelmans: Dress Me Up"
(opening Jan 5)
POWERPLANT 973-4949
231 Queen's Quay W.
To Jan 8 "Kiki Smith"; "Vera
Frepkel: ... from the transit bar--";
"Stephen Schofield"
Feb 3-Apr 2 "Spring Hurlbut"; "Robert
Youds"; "Peter Bowyer: Future
Arrangement"
Hotly & Soul
Oracle Tearoom
596 St. Clair Ave. W.
653-4648
Reservations 11 :AM-til 9:PM daily. All
readings include free tea cup reading,
buffet refreshments, & cass.ettes.
RED HEAD 863-165-1 96 Spadina
To Dec 24 "Bridget Corkery"
Jan 3-Jan 28 "Gene Threndyle: The
Omnipotent Pansy"
ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM
586-5858 100 Queen"s Park
To Dec 31 "Visual Journeys: The
Photography of Roloff Beny"
To Jan 2 "Art of the Persian Courts"
To Jan 8 "The Centre of Attraction:
Centrepieces for the Table";
to Spring "In the time of the Kayak";
To Jul 9 "Krieghoffs Canada: An
Artist's View 1844-1872";
indefinite run "A Canadian Portrait
Gallery"; "Bedroom to Boudoir"
RYERSON GALERY
368-2235 80 Spadina. Ste. 305
Dec 2-17 "5th Annual Student Show"
Jan 24-Feb 11 "Darby Goulden: In Point
Form"
SCULPTOR'S SOCIETY OF CANADA
GALLERY 21W 389 1st Canadian Place
Dec 6-Jan 13 "Themes and Variations:
Desmond Scott"
TORONTO SCULPTURE GARDEN
485-9658 115 King Street East
To Apr 15 "Bernie Miller: Cornucopia"
WOMEN'S ART
RESOURCE CENTRE
86Hl074 80 Spadina
To Dec 17 "Mary Paisley"
Jan 5-Feb 4 "Cindra McDowall"
WlYNICK!fUCK 364-8716 80 Spadina
To Dec 17 "Tony Urquhart"
Closed Dec 8-Jan 7
Jan 7-28 "Gallery Artists:: G. Curnoe,
G. Ferguson, J. Hall, L. MacKenzie, G.
Molinari, E. Penny, A. Stamp" ·
YORKQUA Y GALLERY 973 ~5319
235 Queen's Quay W.
ARTSEE: AROUND THE
GALLERIES
is free to our community's artists,
galleries, and art resource centres.
Next deadline is January 15 '95
Phone 363-DRUM
or fax 363-8743
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Looking
Back and
Forward
Late in 1992, I launched this
column in the Drum. The focus
was to be owner-operated
bookstores within walking
distance of the Market; secondhand
dealers, because there were
so many, and because they sold
books at moderate prices, were
to have pride of place. By and
large, barring the odd digression
into politics· and science fiction,
I have kept to this theme.
Now, about two years since, it
is time to look back, to see what
has changed, what has remained.
Also, it is time to think about
books as holiday gifts.
Now as then, the area around the
Market (which for a reasonable
walker includes the University,
the Annex and Queen West)
supports many bookstores.
Though some have closed,
others have opened; and most of
the well-established ones are still
there.
In my first column, I wrote:
"It would be terrible if the
Market had its own second-hand
bookstore: I don't need anv
more excuses to spend money."
Well, that "excuse" has arrived.
As I wrote a few months back,
we now have 71wt Stoopid
Bookstore, also a cafe, at 258
Augusta. (I recommend the
chili.) And another store,
Common Knowledge, with a
wide spectrum of new books and
magazines including children's
books, has opened at 602
Markham in Mirvish Village.
We must count some losses,
Old Favourites, to escape the
value-added tax, moved to
Pickering; College Books, once
on College near Augusta, has
given way to ' a computer store,
and Abbey Books, on Harbord
west of Spadina, to a cafe.
Likewise the Book Factory on
Bloor near Bedford: it was a
restaurant years ago, and appears
to be on the way back to cafeite.
(According to a September 1994
article in Quill & Quire,
Abbey's former owner Brian
Spence has another bookstore in
Paris, France, which is alive and
well. Operating two stores
somewhat more than walking
distance apart can pose problems
of logistics.)
Since the death of Christine
Duff; long-time owner of Ten
Editions at 698 Spadina Avenue,
her daughter Susan has taken up
the torch; Ten Editions is still
open for business_,_ Live long and
prosper, Susan!
In general, owner-operated
bookstores have staying power,
Atticus and About Books, at 83
and 84 Harbord respectively, are
still offering readers a wide
range of used scholarly and
literary titles, including
languages other than English;
Annex Books, at 1083 Bathurst
just south of Dupont, still offers
its rich selection of used
Canadiana.
Seekers, at 509 Bloor West,
has always appealed to me
because it's in a basement.
Besides second-hand books of all
kinds, it stocks new and used
tapes and CD's, as well as new
titles on occult, myth and New
Age themes. Usually, it's a rich
source of used SF, fantasy,
mystery and horror -- except that
everyone seems to know this, so
the stock is sometimes depleted
in a hurry.
New-book dealers seem as
stable as second-hand. Pages has
been there for ages, at 256
Queen West, as has Bob Miller
at 180 Bloor West. Between
these two, and the U of T
bookstore at the corner of St.
George and College, it should be
possible to locate any new title
which qualifies as serious,
however scholarly or bohemian.
Book City is a new-book
chain, hence usually outside the
scope of this column. The staff
at their 502 Bloor West branch,
however, are pleasant and
helpful; they have interesting
bargains from time to time; and
they carry plenty of illustrated
books.
Also, back when the Ayatollah
Khomeini put a price on Salman
Rushdie's head, both Book City
and Pages did not just sell, but
displayed The -Satanic Verses.
Since the dangers of censorship
are always with us, their courage
must be remembered.
Longhouse, at 497 Bloor West,
is a long-established new-book
dealer which sells only Canadian
books. For both new and used
fantasy and science fiction, with
new books and magazines
predominating, Bakka is still
operating at 282 Queen West, as
it has for two decades.
Two long-standing rare-book
dealers, Steven Temple at 489
Queen West, and Abelard at 519
Queen West, are still very much
Sp.eak Freely
Others can't. Around the world, writers are imprisoned, tortured
and executed simply for what they have written. You can help
end this injustice by sending a generous
tax-deductible donation to:
PEN Camda, Suite 309, 24 Ryerson Avenue
Toronto, Ontario MST 2P3 (416) 860-1448
P E N
C A N A D A
FIGHTING FOR .FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
alive. Steven Temple is still
living up to its reputation for
modern first editions and
Canadian literature, especially
poetry.
This list is far from
exhaustive, reflecting my own
interests. I don't often have
cause to go to Parent Books on
Harbord, for example so I could
well have overlooked it. Everi
so, the list should give an
overview of what is available
and where :._be it for personal
pleasure, or for holiday gifts.
I think that in the future when
I write another retrospective,
there will be some losses, some
gains; but plenty of the old
standbys will still be there.
CLAIM
YOURlS
MINUTES
OF FAME!
TVO's show Imprint (airs
Thursday evenings) is about
books, ideas and they may
have a place for you as a
member of the live audience,
discussing books and ideas
with some of the most
engaging and provocative
names in literature.
Every Monday afternoon
Imprint transports itself to
The Left Bank, at 567 Queen
West. (A restaurant-bar.) So
join them for an afternoon of
Imprint. "Entertaining,
informative and fun" is the
promise.
For tickets and more
information call (416) 484-
2692 (Say you saw it in the
Drum). ·
BOOI( DRIVE
BOOKS NEEDED FOR
COMMUNITY CENTRE
If you have any extra books, our
drop-in centre would appreciate
a contribution to our new library
old books, new books, used books
Call 964-8747 or drop them off at
370 College St., 7:30am to 5:00pm
Merci, Jt,feegwetch, 11wnkyou, Afuchos Gracias
St. Stephen's
«"~'' e•1.. L Community House
DEADLINE FOR 1995
CITY OF TORONTO
BOOK AWARD
SUBMISSIONS
YOUR TORONTO PuBLIC LIBRARY
BRANCH BY BRANCH
•BOYS AND GIRLS HOUSE, 393-7746,40 St. George St.
•CITY HALL BRANCH, 393-7650
•COLLEGE/SHAW BRANCH, 393-7668,766 College St.
•NIAGARA-TRINITY MINI-LIBRARY, 533-7153, 155 Crawford St.
•PALMERSTON BRANCH, 393-7680, 560 Palmerston Ave.
•SANQERSON BRANCH, 393-7653, 327 Bathurst St.
•SPADINA ROAD BRANCH, 393-7666, 10 Spadina Rd.
•PUBLIC LIBRARY FILM DEPARTMENT, 393-7600,
40 Orchard View Blvd.
•OSBORNE COLLECTION OF EARLY CHILDREN'S BOOKS,
393-7753,40 St. George St.
•MERRIL COL(ECTION OF SCIENCE FICTION, SPECULATION AND
FANTASY, 393-7748,40 St. George St.
M UL TICUL TURAL SEASONAL CELEBRA liONS IN
TORONTO PUBLIC LIBRARY BRANCHES
DEC 1994, JAN/EARLY FEB 1995
* ALL EVENTS ARE FREE!
College/Shaw Branch
Monday, December 19, 1994 2:30pm
Portuguese Christmas for classes
•Introduction of Portuguese Christmas traditions
•Portuguese Christmas carols and stories reflecting the Portuguese
cultural heritage
Boys and Girls House
Thursday, January 26, 1995 10:00 am
Chinese New Year celebration for classes:
. Introduction of Chinese New Year traditions and Chinese folk
dance
Palmerston Branch
Saturday, January 28, 1995 2:00pm
Korean Dance Studies Society of Canada presents Korean New Year
traditions, Korean songs, dance and drums in celebration of Korean
New Year.
Everyone welcome!
the poet's corner
poem
by Degan Davis
I am sitting. in a chair at the library
Old men walk past with canes
the young fall over themselves
faces stumbling closed
Their expressions are loud
they fill the room
I sit reading poems
looking at the photos of those who've
spent their syllables
weaving their lives together
wondering if I have in my face
what they have
wondering about their smiles and
marriages and innocences and
the man to my right is dying
to talk
he keeps dropping words and names
to the librarian
Nostradamus
Mozart Puccini
She smiles after each one
and leads him to the shelves
his face reaching for any
chance
extraneous phrase
I am sitting in a chair at the library
reading poems
We are all silent
Words have failed us
pointing
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time in 1994. Send five copies of
each book to the Book Awards
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New theatre season flies, then falters
(/)
by Dominique Russell
The now not so new theatre
season promised to be a good
one, judging from October
November offerings at the
Tarragon and Factory theatres.
Both presented solid productions
of tightly and very well written
plays; ensemble pieces, about
friendship, illusory triumphs,
society: Digging for Fire
(presented by Paramour
Productions at the Factory) set in
Dublin, during the reunion night
of a group of old friends from
university; and Wild Pig's
production of Manfred Karge's
The Conquest of the South Pole
at the Tarragon, which follows a
group of unemployed men's
imaginary excursion to the
Antarctic.
Silliness, pathos
and power
Despairing of a routine that
consists of going to the Jobcentre
and hanging around prinking
Schnapps, Conquest's Scottish
group sets out to reenact
Amundsen's journey to the South
Pole, an adventure that included
robbing the "mountaineering
store", learning to cook and an
almost obsessive reading,
interpretation and re-reading of
the book that recounts the deed.
It's an imaginative set-up
from which both silliness and
pathos emerge. The ending is
particularly powerful,
contradicting the audience's
expectation of facile solutions.
Under Josephine Le Grice's
direction the cast gave fine,
understated performances. David
Jansen was especially compelling
as Slupianek, the leader of the
group, entirely believable, and
very human. Tamara C. Bink
was also noteworthy as "La
Braukmann". Indeed, the overall
calibre of the acting was very
high.
Andrea Lundy's set was
visually compelling, though I
think it might have gained from
more starkness, stripped to the
essentials to represent imaginary
spaces.
Karg's language -in Tinch
Minter and Anthony Vivi's fluid
translation - is a distillation of
everyday speech into its poetic
elements; it is simple and
natural, yet close to poetry in its
symmetry and repetition. The
play is also very carefully
structured, though it falters
slightly by having two new
characters introduced three
quarters of the way through the
second act.
But Karge's work is a
powerful imaginative
construction that centres on the
drama of ordinary life and covers
a range of emotions with nuance
and insight.
In sum, The Conquest of the
South Pole was satisfying theatre:
excellent writing given an
excellent production.
Gen x energy
and intelligence
The same can be said for Declan
Hughes' Digging for Fire, for
different reasons. Where Karge
works with poetry and imaginary
flights, Hughes stays close to
life. These characters, a group of
late twentysomething urbanites,
sound like people you might
meet anywhere. Rooted as they
are in Dublin, there is a
universal element to their
concerns and situation. No mean
feat, this, to get the relationships
and the dialogue so right, nor to
create a moving play from a
situation that's been done before,
a night bathed in booze and_selfrevelation.
But Hughes carries it off,
helped by the fact that the group
he is looking at has been largely
ignored. He deals not with the
stereotyped gen x slacker, but the
ambitious and Gmployed who live
in the boomers' shadow. That in
itself is gratifying.
It was also gratifying to see
the cast do so well, and have fun
with their roles, under Jeannette
Lambermont's sure direction.
There were a few wobbly
moments in the first act, but by
the second it really flew. Shawn
Doyle was excellent as Danny,
wholly embodying the part oLthe
rebel in the group. Lesleh
Donaldson and John Ralston also
gave noteworthy performances.
Mattea Golstein's set was
naturalistic almost to a fault, but
adaptable to the different
environments with a minimum of
fussing.
Digging for Fire was an engaging
and exhilarating; intelligent
entertainment to make you laugh,
and make you think.
"Third Land" misses
in spite of itself
The Third Land, (from Volcano),
now winding down at Factory's
Studio Cafe, tells of an encounter
between two displaced people.
She's from the countryside where
the best thing is that's it's a
beautiful place to be buried, he's
from somewhere apparently
rougher. The action takes place
inside the room where he lives
and waits for work.
Written by Susanne Fritz, a
young German playwright, the
play is skeletal in terms of
re~erence to place and time; the
dialogue is more often than not
opaque. In this first English
language production, translated
and directed by Ross Manson, it
feels built from the outside in.
The scenes are visually arresting
thanks to Jan Komarek's set
design and Laura Taler's
choreography
(It's unfortunate, though,
that a large part of the movement
takes place on the floor of the
stage; at the Factory Studio this
means that those who aren't
sitting at the front tables miss
most of it, no matter how much
neck-craning they engage in).
Waneta Storms and Nigel Shawn. ., -
Williams give fine performances,"---+--' "' ·~·"' 1
bringing emotional intensity and
depth to their portrayals. Storms
is especially good as a woman
whose romantic fantasies .are
always bubbling to the surface.
Rounding it off is Andrew
Miller's haunting music; as it
rises in the last scene, one wishes
there had been more of it.
All of these elements combine to
flesh out the text, or perhaps
even to compensate for it. The
production is decidedly high
quality, very polished,
impressive in its multi-media
combination and its daring to go
all out for mood. But the play is
essentially static, and the
impenetrability of the speeches
makes it ultimately unengaging.
"Nothing sacred,"
falls flat (and folds)
Theatre
briefs
Panda Dance Theatre
(see photo ~bove),
presents a
local and affordable Nutcracker
(with a 30-member cast) at the
College St. United Church (College
and Bathurst). Runs Dec. 16-21.
Info. 929-3019. (See ad on page
12.)
The sixth, annual
Kensington Festival of
Lights Solstice Parade
takes place Wed. Dec. 21 "with
an explosion of light in the winter
darkness" . Don a costume-and
join the parade at St. Stephen-inthe
Fields Church (College &
Bellevue) The parade leaves at
5.30pm sharp.
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YPT' s A Christmas
Carol Revived
Michael O'Brien's adapta-tion of
the Dickens tale, is reprised this
year. John Gilbert returns as
Scrooge but Kyra Harper directs,
leaving Maja Ardal to perform. It
runs until Decemoer 31 with a
PWYC Tuesday. Dec. 20 (tickets
go on sale that day at 11 :00) info:
862-2222.
Lampoon Puppet
theatre-magic
Lampoon puppet theatre
presents' a series of shows
including "Folktales from Around
the World" and "Monkey
Business" at the Palmerston
Library Auditorium Dec. 28, 29,
30, 31 at 10:30 and 2:00
("Clowning Around", pictured
here, on the 30th, morning only).
Also Jan. 7, 14, and 21.
The Theatre Centre
hosts R&D #29,
twelve performances and four
readings dramaturged by Brian
Quirt Dec. 7-20 8:00. Week 2
(Dec 16-18 features Fusion (what
happens to performers when the
tech~icians create the show) and
Laugh Laugh a night of comedy
and storytelling with Toronto's
funniest Black comics.
Theatre briefs
contioue
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Nothing Sacred
falls flat (and folds)
Nothing Sacred could certainly
have done with Volcano's visual
flair: one of the striking things _
about this show was just how bad
the set was. It looked like it was
made from leftover green garden
fencing, with panels riding up
and down obtrusively for no
obvious reason, leaving one
distracted from the performances,
puzzling over this gaudiness.
I'll admit, too, to being
puzzled by the play itself, why
George F. Walker would take the
subtlety out of Turgenev's
Fathers and Sons and play it as
farce. In this incarnation, codirected
by the author and Patrick
McDonald, the main character,
Bazarov, loses his youthful
excesses and political conviction
to become a mocking
troublemaker who wields irony
like a knife for the greater glory
of his own amusement. When he
says that it grieves him to cause
hurt, at least as Randy Hughson
plays it, it's hard to give any
credence to his sincerity.
The play as a whole is that: an
ironic distancing that sets aside all
emotional resonance in the pursuit
of a good quip. Mine is a
minority critical opinion, though.
Nothing Sacred has garnered
praise since it was first produced
in Toronto in 1988. (Note: I've
just heard the production has
closed, somewhat abruptly--just
before DRUM went to press).
Don't get me wrong. There was
a great deal right about the
production. Wit and humour, and
consistently good performances
with the comic characters coming
off best. Eric Peterson practically
stole the show as Pavel, the aging
dandy, rivalled by Sonja Smits
meaty Anna, a free spirit with
political ambitions and the object
of Pavel's misplaced affection.
David Storch was charming in the
central role of Arkady. David
-Fox excellent as his father and
Michael McManus suitably
ridiculous in the part of Viktor.
Randy Hughson's Bazarov, as I
mentioned, was not terribly
likeable, but he has charisma and
is always interesting to watch.
In the end, this was a show
theatre briefs
continued from page 16
Theatre Centre's
January Umbrella
7 2 performances of 9 new shows
come to the same space- ( 1 42
George Street) for Under the
Umbrella Festival, Jan 17-Feb 5.
Works by among others, Tabby
Johnson, Jason Sherman, Jessica
Runge and Alejandro Ronceria.
538-0630 for info.
Two from Buddies
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre
presents Stains by new playwright
Danny Zambilowicz, described as
a "sexy black comedy" . Runs to
December 17 at 8:00.
Also at Buddies is a midnight
"scream play". Each night As You
Sleep I Destroy the World draws
its inspiration from horror films,
the Book of Revelations and the
Manson family. By Richard Feren,
directed by Stephen Seabrook.
Dates as above, at midnight. 12
Alexander St.
BROWN BEAR,
by George
Winnie the Pooh is back at Hart
House for the t}olidays, from
George Brown Theatre School
December 17 at 1:OOpm & 3:00
pm. Box Office 9787-8668
Eyes on Findley at
Passe M uraille
Upcoming at Theatre Passe
Muraille, the Toronto premiere of
Timothy Findley's The Stillborn
Lover from Jan. 12. The awardwinning
novelist's "return to
stagecraft". Top cast, tight play.
Tarragon times two
PUPPETMONGERS Powell return
to Tarragon for the '94 holiday
season with Tea at the palace.
Combining the allure of Russian
folklore with the magic of theatre
and puppetry. Tea at the
Palacehas played to sold out
houses for the last four years in
Toronto. Tea at the Palace runs to
J anuary 1. Matinees and
evenings.
And also from Tarragon
Last Respects "The relationship
between a troubled young woman
and her blissed-out, serene - and
very dead - 90-year-old Buddhist
friend ... incredibly funny and
touching." By Deborah Kimmell,
author of the 1993 comedy hit
Miracle Mother. Opening Tuesday,
January 3 at 7:30pm (previews:
December 28 to Jan 1 ).
worth seeing on the strength of
the performances, for the wit, and • .,.. --·
the charm of an evening of
commercial theatre. It was not for
purists, however, or those
expecting Russian soulfulness.
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I comedy hit Miracle Mother, I
1 LAST RESPECTS 1
1 opens at Tarragon, 1
1 in the Mainspace, 1
1 Tuesday, January 3 at 7:30 1
Previews : Dec 28-31 at
8pm, Jan 1 at 2:30 pm
Regular run: Tues to Fr at 8
Sat at 4, 8:30 pm
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Sunday PWYC at 2:30pm
(Special prices for seniors
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DRUM's quest
for
lndie 500
Janua1y 26 1995, DRUM kicks
our sputtering pop music
coverage back into high gear
with the start of a long look at
the INDIE music scene.
Colin Puffer sets the stage.
So, just what does the-term
"independent" really mean? You
read it all the time in the music
press. There are indie labels,
indie acts, indie distributors, indie
promoters, etc. Sometimes indie,
when referring to a label, is used
as an antonym of "major" (as in
Sony). Sometimes bands are
considered indie because they
aren't signed to a major label, but
they display aU the trappings of
big commercial acts -
management, agents, publicists, a
couple of successful Cds, and a
' national following. Often indie
seems to be just a synonym for
"cool".
Why then, you may ask, is the
DRUM planning to go indie in
it's music section - especially if
we don't know what the word
means?
There are a number of reasons,
some of them pretty obvious,
some obscure, and some that will
undoubtedly not be revealed until
a later time in the universe's
unfolding.
Most of the DRUM's music
coverage is already oriented
toward independent music.
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writing about Bob Snider, AI
Cromwell, Lori Yates, Sara
Craig, the Nationals, the Spits
and many other acts that are
Market-based or who have strong
ties to the area. So in some ways,
maybe we're just attaching a
trendy name .to what we're
already doing. In any case, the
Market generates more tunes per
square metre than any other part
of Canada and a good deal of that
music is certainly independent, by
some definition at least.
Another good reason to
concentrate on independent music
is the nature of our publication.
When you only come out once a
month (more or less) it's sort of
pointless to cover that Green Day
show at the Coliseum. It's been
hyped, dissected and forgotten by
the dailies and weekly tabs. Does
the world really need another
review of Green Day?
Maybe one of the best reasons
for focusing on independent
artists is to provide a service for
musicians and their potential
audiences. Sometimes being an
independent is almost like being
in a witness protection program.
It guarantees you total anonymity.
The DRUM itself is an indie
paper and we know how hard it is
to make ends meet. Independence
should not be a vow of poverty.
It is an approach to music, or
publishing or nationhood for that
matter. DRUM hopes to
to serve as vehicle to promote
independent artists. It is only
through exposure of these acts
and the ensuing ticket sales, CD
sales etc., that will enable
performers to retain their
independence.
So far we've been working with
the assumption that independence
is a good thing in itself. Well, is
it? That's another thing we hope
to address in these pages. DRUM
is tapping into the Net in January
and with this new tool at our
disposal we hope to open a
discussion on the benefits and
pitfalls of independence. Why go
the indie route? Is it just a
philosophical choice or are there
any real benefits to be gained
from it?
Should artists even be looking
for benefits, i.e. food, clothing,
accomodation, cool designer
drugs, and all those things that
most Canadian's expect? Or
should they be content with
husking for change in front of
European Meats? l)e starving
artist syndrome.
We don't ever expect to come
up with a final definition of
independence. That's not the
point. But examining the word,
and turning it over in our
consciousness, just may make us
better people, bring peace to the
world, end starvation and be a lot
of fun at the same time.
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01ristmas is coming with
Chanuka also still on the way as I
write but gone by the ti1ne you
read this. (Maybe Christmas will
be too!) Me, I'll be at the movies,
first run and repertory,from now
to the next DRUM at the end of
January.
What a month of Premier
Screenings this past one was.
•·ARIZONA DREAM with
Johnny Depp, Faye Dunaway and
Jerry Lewis. Depp and Dunaway
give two brilliant performances as
dreamers with a quest who
confront sexuality, frustration,
suicide and death. The
cinematography is spell-binding.
and what a plot! 4 Silver Stars.
•KILLING ZOE Roger A vary
worked with Quentin Tarantino,
on RESERVOIR DOGS;
Quentin Tarantino moves up (or
down, depending on your view)
to Executive Producer on this
latest Roger A vary piece
KILLING ZOE like Pulp Fiction
is a comic book, comedy
nightmare adventure that will
have you retching in the aisles.
Probably one of the most violent
and thrilling story lines released
in a long time, it makes
RESERVOIR DOGS a walk in
the park. It's like SLEEPLESS
IN SEA TILE meets BONNIE
AND CLYDE.
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FICTION, the other comic
book. In the vein of classics like
RAIDERS OF THE LOST
ARK. But very much its own
movie. John Travolta and U1na
171Unnan steam up the screen in
one of the most talked about dates
in Hollywood history. since
Bogart and Bergman in
CASABLANCA. Maybe the date
stole the show, but what the heck,
I'm a believer. 5 Silver Stars.
•And how about STARGATE,
an MGM Production. A science
fiction and adventure, great
imagination, moving storyline.
Hey, with Kurt (TOMBSTONE)
Russell as army man, James
(WOLF) Spader as scientist and
faye (Crying Ga~ne) Davidson
wearing an outfit that makes him
look and move like an ancient
Egyptian Michael Jackson, what
could go wrong? 5 Stars for the
Outfit, 3 for the film.
• And, yes, I went to
MONTANO at the Metropolitan,
the life and times of Yves
Montand, singer, performer and
actor, a documentary on his life
in his own words. His
relationships to the people he
· worked with, the famous and the
lovely--Edith Piaf, Simone
Signoret, Marilyn Monroe,
including very rare footage and
clips.
Yes, but two and a half hours
worth? in French with English
subtitles {do you know how hard
that is for someone like me who
doesn't like to read?) So am I
recommending it?
You better believe it. Or you
you will miss out on a fascinating
man and a fascinating life next
time it comes round. 5 Silver
Stars.
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Closing Comments:
In the corning months in the first
run category I'm watching for the
following releases:
NELL (In Limited Release),
TRAPPED IN PARADISE, and
SPEECHLESS.
And at the Metropolitan
Cinema, College & Euclid (1
light west of Bathurst) I'm taking
in TANGO, PRIVATE
PRACTICES, SLACKER and
the Monty Python Double Bill, for
starters.
Finally, at the Bloor Cinema
Warner Brothers of Canada and
the Festival Cinemas have a
special presentation of THE
BUGS BUNNY CARTOON
FILM FESTIVAL from
December 16th to January 2nd,
1995. 3 weeks of cartoon
mayhem, something for the entire
family.
Happy Holidays.
ho ho h ..
o .. oh oh!
by Gerald Beeston
The Hectic Holiday season
is upon us again, and we all
get the impulse to check out
some festive films. Now of
course there are the old
classics or standards such as
"It's a Wondeiful Life",
"Holiday Inn", etc. and
newer run of the mill pulp
such as "Scrooged", "Xmas
Vacation", etc.
But what about
something different, darker,
weirder, perhaps even
bizarre?
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Burton of Beetle juice, Batman
and Frankenweenie fame weaves
a warped and wondrous tale of
Xmas gone bad . . Santa is
kidnapped by the Pumpkin King
of Halloweentown who wants to
do Xmas his way with some
rather disturbing gifts and
nastiness galore. It could be the
end of Xmas forever if someone
doesn't save the day. Filled with
a combination of computer
graphics, claymation, and stop
action effects that were nominated
for Academy Awards.
•The Ref 1993- 97 min. Denis
Leary steals the show and the
Xmas spirit in this dark comedy.
A cat b,urglar picks the wrong
chimney when he attempts to hold
up a couple with marital problems
and weird relatives· coming for
Xmas.
• Black Adder's Xmas Carol
1991 - 45 min. Rowen Atkinson
(Mr. Bean) as Ebenezer Black
Adder's sidekick Baldricks, and
Robbie Coltrane as the Spirit of
Xmas turn the classic Dickens
tale upside down and inside out.
They travel through Victorian,
·Elizabethan, and space age times
in this hilarious romp.
•The Silent Partner 1978 - 103
min. This is an excellent suspense
filled psychological thriller and a
Canadian film to boot. Starring
Elliott Gould, Christoph~r
Plummer and the late great John
Candy. Soundtrack by Oscar
Peterson. It's the holiday ·season
and all is merry until a Santa robs
a bank and a teller decides to take
a piece of the action himself.
When the stealing Santa figures
out he didn't get all the spoils he
stalks the teller to get his loot
back and the terror begins.
379 Spadina, 977-7000
Neighbourhood Bar. Mghtly
Entertainment
Heart Pizza
455 Spadina (at College) 599-1-599
Pizza, salads, fresh, fast, great value.
Delivery too
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Starring our own Margot Kidder
and filmed in and about the U of
T's dorm and campus this horrific
thriller is built on spine tingling
suspense. A homicidal psychopath
makes obscene phone calls,
stalks, terrifies and kills sorority
house members and as the days to
Xmas count down, the body count
goes up.
•Christmas Evil 1983 - 91 min.
It's Santa with a butcher knife in
this B-grade Xmas horror. When
a little boy our loser killer sees
mommy making it with Santa ....
he grows up seriously deranged
and working in ... you guessed it
.. a toy factory. He's got a list of
those who've been naughty or
nice and the naughty ones are in
big trouble. Better Watch Out,
Better Not Cry ...
Others worth a look with some
seasonal flavour are "Comfort
and Joy", "Santa Clause Defeats
Aliens", "Silent Night Deadly
Night series" "Die Hard" 1 and
2, "Misery", "Don't Open till
Xmas".
Oh, and do I need to add: Keep
in mind who you're watching
these with - particularly children,
or older relatives who may not
grasp the humour or spirit of
these flicks at family gatherings!
All videos reviewed here,
courtesy After Dark Video,
1043 Bathurst Street
Massimo's
302 College, 967-0527
Sit down, Pick-up, Delivery.
Pizza and Pasta Heaven
Pazzo's Ristorante et Cafe
505 College (at Palmerston) 921-9909
Come to the real creator of Pazzos
International
where food is an art, quality is a
guarantee, and service a pleasure.
Donuts and Diner
29 St Andrew Street (at Kensington) ,
Brealifastsfrom 6.30am!
Pazzo s Sandwich & Deli
Specials to midnight. 257 Augusta Avenue, 345-9373
, • • Sausage, burgers, steak, chicken, bacon
J?hn S ClaSSIC ltahan
on a bun. Always fresh, good, fast. The
P1zza & Cafe
crazy thing about Pazzo 's is the price.
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, 177 B a ld wm . Street, 340-9540
Jumbo Empanada
Fresh hot and delicious_! West Indian
251 Augusta Ave, 929-0353 roli and doubles. Jerk, curry, snapper,
Humitas Pastel De Choclo Vegetarian and other delicacies. Eat in or take out.
Kensington Kitchen Spadina Garden Restaurant
122-24 Harbord St. 961-3404 416 Spadina, 598-2734
Annapurna
Mediterranean specialties.
Szechuan-Hunan & Peking Cuisine.
Vegetarian Restaurant Open 7 days for lunch & dinner Fully licensed, LLBO '
1085 Bathurst Street, 537-8513
Mon-Sat, noon-9 (Wed noon to 6:30). Korinthean Diner
The Greeks (LLBO)
Indian food not available 3-Spm 79 Kensington Ave. 593-2537 1971/2 Baldwin, 597-8771
Newly opened! All home-made.. Greek and Canadian Food.
Brasil Restaurant
Brealifast-lunch-dinner eat in/take out. The Original Special Coffee
83 Nassau Street, 591-6476 '
Authentic Portuguese & Brazilian Food Kos Bar & Grill
The Second Cup
434 College Street, 923-1868 340 College, 323-3702
Cafe La Gaffe,
All-day brealifasl, cheap good draft, 7ired of the same old grind? Try ours.
24 Baldwin Street, 596-2397
Kitchen open Sunday 11-4 & 6-10.
large no-smoking area, families The Silver Dollar Room
Man-Sat 12-4 & 6-11.
welcome. 484 Spadina (at College) 964-2245
Casa Abril em Portugal
Kowloon Dim Sum
Toronto's holiest new club, serving up
5 Baldwin St. 977-3773
the best blues and food thi~ side of the
159 Augusta Avenue, 593-0440
Specialize in Dim-Sum, BBQ & Mason-Dixon line.
Fine Portuguese Dining
seafood. LLBO
Kwangtung Dim Sum
10 Kensington Avenue, 977-5165
Luncheon Special, UBO
Golden Finch Cafe
Last Temptation
2A Kensington, 598-1573/598-3664 I~ Kensington, 599.-2551
Hong Kong style cafe, all-day Dim Smful Food, Temptmg 7imes
Sum. 8 am-9pm. UBO. Free delivery . . The Market Bar and Grill
277 112 Augusta Ave. 977-5959
Grossman's Tavern
Come in for a good time. Pool, big
screen sports, music.
Vienna Home Bakery & Cafe
626 Queen St. W. 366-1278
Fresh fruit pie. Vegetarian soup.
Weekend brunch. Thurs. Fri. Sat. 10-6,
Sun. 11-4
From A-Z,
there's more!
See Index
on the back page.
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WANTED: Do you have a
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