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OA’s First Canadian Place Performance

It’s hard to imagine going into our 15th season at First Canadian Place! These live presentations at the Waterfall Stage are the brainchild of the visionary Brenda Parres, FCP Events Director. I can never get over the thrill of seeing so many hundreds of people taking a break from their busy work day in order [...]

Our brief trip to New York

Jeannette and I have just returned from New York where we attended the glorious Pierre Bonnard exhibition at the Met, followed at once by the ravishing – utterly disorienting fashion show by Ralph Rucci which took place in a gigantic white tent which filled Bryant Park at 6th and 41st. The sheer number of security [...]

Backstage at the Chado Ralph Rucci fashion show

Off to New York fashion week…

I’m very excited! Jeannette and I have received our official invitations to CHADO, Ralph Rucci’s fashion show which will close fashion week in New York. This much coveted invitation to the Fall/Winter 2009 collection comes to us courtesy of Canada’s spectacular high priestess of fashion, Jeanne Beker.   Jeanne has been coming to OA shows [...]

What I’m reading…

“Manon Lescaut has it’s assured place among the immortals; and it is the most perfect story ever written just as Madame Bovary is the most perfect novel ever created”   – Percy Shelley I’m not certain I agree 100% with Mr. Shelley, but having just finished re-reading Manon Lescaut (by the Abbé Prévost) for the [...]