Category: Columns
Best Picture Nominees
With the Oscars just around the corner—taking place this Sunday, February 24—offered here is a quick look at the five…
Things to Eat: Chocolate Chip Cookies
A few of you may know that I like to bake a lot. When I was younger, I would watch…
Things to Do: Angelica Main Street
If you haven’t taken a trip to Angelica’s Main Street yet, shortlist it right now. If you have, you know…
The Grammys: A Broken Promise
Although such declamations are hardly conventional, this article had better begin with full disclosure on two accounts: I did not…
Artist of the Week: Tricia Powles
Tricia Powles I love sculpture, primarily sculpture done in clay. There is something about the relationship with the…
Things to Eat: Ajvar
Ajvar (pronounced “eye-var”) is a roasted red pepper and eggplant relish commonly found across the Balkans. I first discovered ajvar…
Things to Do: Maple Tree Inn
If you haven’t yet eaten at Cartwright’s Maple Tree Inn, add it to your bucket list immediately. Open this season…
Spot: Boom Roasted
Thank you (pause, followed by mood-setting piano music) Colin Lauer and Graeme Little (pause) for being one of the very…
Pops is Synthesis of Music and Dance
The theme of tonight’s Houghton Pops Orchestra concert is Hearts of the Highlands II: A Song to Remember, directed by…
Intricate Ceramics Exhibit
An exhibition by Jason Green entitled “Past and Present” is currently on display in the Ortlip Art Gallery. The exhibit…