Cool stuff for hot days
- elainebac1
- 12 minutes ago
- 2 min read
Events:
Shakespeare is taking a break this summer. Instead, Oscar Wilde's play "The Importance of Being Earnest" is coming to a park near you. It's a joint production of Repercussion Theatre (who usually do Shakespeare in the park) and Persephone Theatre.
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Expérience de réalité virtuelle – Un soir avec les impressionnistes Paris 1874.
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The Quebec Goan Association hosts its annual event “Gollywood: A Night in Goa” on Saturday, July 19th in Vaudreuil. We speak with the president of the association, Blanche Da Costa and the main organiser of the event, Charmaine Carvalho, about the unique culture of people from the state of Goa in Western India. For tickets and information, go to the association's Facebook page or Instagram.
Quebec Goan Association:
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Films:
Dorchester : au coeur de la mêlée
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Fantasia Film Festival:
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Arts news:
A special felled tree becomes art:
The trunk of the Sycamore Gap tree, the centerpiece of an exhibition in northern England. Credit...The Bigger Picture/NNPA
The whole story:
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Check out these videos from The Art Assignment on PBS:
The Case for Surrealism:
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Artists to know about:
Michael Harnish:
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Creativity according to Rob Walker:
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Books:
Bonny Reichert grew up hearing her father’s stories of the Holocaust and finding comfort in sharing traditional recipes with him. The Canadian journalist-turned-chef shares her dad’s story, and the trauma she herself carries, in the new memoir “How To Share An Egg”.
The book:
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A new twist on archeology:
Have you ever wondered what the food from Ancient Rome might have tasted like, how they created those iconic Roman hairstyles or how you can mummify a person today? These archaeologists have. They’re called experimental archaeologists, and they work to bring the past alive. Sam Kean has written about them in his new book: Dinner with King Tut: How Rogue Archaeologists Are Re-creating the Sights, Sounds, Smells, and Tastes of Lost Civilizations.
The book:
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