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Gregor’s Bed – The Story of Film

Film: The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2012) Interviews featuring the following: Bernardo Bertolucci, Charles Burnett, Jane Campion, Claudia Cardinale, Youssef Chahine, Terence Davies, Claire Denis, Stanley Donen, Kyoko Kagawa, Abbas Kiarostami, Baz Luhrmann, Paul Schrader, Alexander Sokurov, Robert Towne, Gus Van Sant, Sharmila Tagore, Lars Von Trier, Wim Wenders, Haskell Wexler, Yuen Woo-Ping Director:… Read more »

Gregor’s Bed – Song from the Uproar

Album: Song from the Uproar: the Lives and Deaths of Isabelle Eberhardt (2012) Artist: Chamber opera by Missy Mazzoli; libretto by Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek ?Every perfect life is a parable invented by God.? Simone Weil The Joy and Discontent of a Holy Nomad In 1904 a lovely young Swiss aristocrat, Isabelle Eberhardt, rents… Read more »

In Conversation – Ingrid D. Johnson, Part II

Ingrid D. Johnson is a Winnipeg-based singer-songwriter with a deeply soulful rhythm-and-blues feel that evokes girl pop singers of the early ?60s. She recently released her debut full-length album What About Love? with her band The Funky Fresh Crew. A Jamaican who immigrated to Canada with her family at the age of four, Ingrid’s contribution… Read more »

Health Matters – Stress and Your Size

Stress is ubiquitous today. Our jobs are stressful, our lives are full of deadlines and expectations, and even our families and children are stressed. Many of us feel constantly ?under the gun? and, as a result, our health suffers. But did you know that stress can also affect our weight? It’s all about the individual… Read more »

In Conversation – Ingrid D. Johnson, Part I

Ingrid D. Johnson is a Winnipeg-based singer-songwriter with a deeply soulful rhythm-and-blues feel that evokes the girl pop singers of the early ?60s. With her band The Funky Fresh Crew, she released her debut full-length album What About Love? on October 9. A Jamaican who came to Canada with her family at the age of… Read more »