Arts

It’s hard to imagine a band referred to “Toronto’s folk/pop darlings” would come from the Jane and Finch area of the city.

But Jane’s Party makes it known that they live “around” Jane and Finch, and they didn’t grow up there.

“We actually grew down there,” vocalist, key-player and guitarist, Jeff Giles said jokingly.

In that area, they also recorded their latest album, The Garage Sessions.

Classic Albums Live – Led Zeppelin
Centrepointe Theatre
Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009

Grey hair, long hair or no hair at all, die hard Led Zeppelin fans poured into the Centrepointe Theatre to hear a Led Zeppelin cover band blast the classics Oct. 15.

The band kicked off the show with “Good Times, Bad Times” – and was met by a spontaneous uproar of applause.

Michael Dennis, a full-time Carleton student and Ottawa poet, has been through his first year of university four times.

Now 50 years old, not much has changed, except now it’s his wife who asks him, "How was school today?" and not his mother.

On Oct. 3, Dennis launched his latest book of poetry, Coming Ashore On Fire, at The Manx Pub on Elgin Street.

Fort McMurray, Alta. is described as a “boom town,” riding the discovery of the oil sands just beyond its limits.

Highway 63: The Fort Mac Show, is an eccentric play that weaves a sort of stream-of-consciousness narrative incorporating Fort Mac’s history, environmental concerns and those who call this little community home.

Animators are strange creatures.

I know this because I used to be one. Back in Grade 12, I devoted eight months of my life to drawing, shooting and editing the story of a psychedelic nun in New York City. By the end of it I had 30 seconds of jumpy, clumsy footage, mild carpal tunnel, and the knowledge that animation is a career for crazy people.