Sonia Dhaliwal
Contributions
UTM Arts Festival draws a crowd
Perhaps the best thing about art is that we all do it. It’s something that binds us all together. “Wait,” you might say. “I’m...
Getting ideas on the page
Seventeenth-century English philosopher, statesman, scientist, and author Sir Francis Bacon once said, “A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.” I wonder...
A merry night of song and swordfighting
It’s hard to please a crowd with a musical. People seem to either love them or hate them. For example, I’ve heard mixed reviews...
Montagues and Capulets reinvented
When I asked my best friend if she wanted to have a BFF date on Thursday, I pictured a delicate, girly-girl evening: sushi, gossip...
Live review: Ben Howard
On September 24, singer-songwriter Ben Howard thrilled a packed crowd at Toronto’s Sound Academy. Howard, who was raised in Totnes, a market town in...
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern get absurd
Hart House is kicking off its 2012/13 theatre season with a contemporary, existentialist spinoff of Hamlet. Written by Thomas Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are...
News highlights from TIFF
Skeptics critique festival kick-off
The Toronto International Film Festival, an 11-day screening and celebration of international films, began on September 6 this year in venues...