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Category: Hamilton

  • Atom Egoyan’s Guest of Honour, at the Playhouse

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    Ronald Weihs

    Poster for Guest of Honour. David Thewlis. Atom Egoyan’s new film, Guest of Honour, was shot mostly in Hamilton. Last night, masks in place, we saw it at the Playhouse Cinema. I am a great admirer of Atom Egoyan’s films. Yes, they are dark and brooding. Yes, they drift and ramble. I’m okay with that,…

  • Photos from Once I Lived in the Box

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    Ronald Weihs

    Some photos taken last night (February 4, 2016) of Learie Mc Nicolls’ Once I lived in the Box, at Artword Artbar. Dancers: Angelo Del Franco, Sharon Harvey, Tanis Macarthur and Learie Mc Nicolls. Music by Edgardo Moreno and lighting by Judith Sandiford. One more performance, tonight February 5, 2016, at 8 pm.

  • Building Dance in Hamilton

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    Ronald Weihs

    Rehearsal photo, “Once I lived in the Box”, L to R: Angela Del Franco, Tanis Sydney Macarthur, Sharon Harvey Artword is presenting Once I Lived in the Box by Learie Mc Nicolls February 3 – 5. I know Learie’s work, and I know the dancers (Angela Del Franco, Tanis Macarthur and Sharon Harvey). I know…

  • Why Hydro One should not be privatized

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    Ronald Weihs

    Hydro One Voltage Lines in Woodbridge Ontario, photo Tom Stefanac, from Wikipedia The privatization of Hydro One is a terrible idea, for many reasons. There is one argument that I have not seen in the press, and I’d like to present it now. The idea that retaining the single largest portion of shares guarantees control…

  • Cycling in London, with Boris Bikes

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    Ronald Weihs

    Boris Bikes at Hyde Park, photo by ZanMan (from WikiMedia) This visit, I decided to try cycling in London. When I first went to London, many years ago, the traffic was scary. The streets were filled with cars tearing around corners at high speed, especially cabs. And, of course, for a Canadian visitor, these cars…

  • Learie Mc Nicolls in Transformation at Artword Artbar

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    Ronald Weihs

    Learie McNicolls in Transformation at Artword Artbar Learie Mc Nicolls confronts the demons of poverty, violence and fear in his powerful new work, Transformation: a Journey of the Soul’s Healing, at Artword Artbar, March 25 and 26, 2015, at 9:00 pm. An Artword Theatre production, directed by Ronald Weihs, Transformation combines dance, spoken word, soundscape…