Monthly Archives: September 2018

of the French Impressionists exhibit at the Wpg. art gallery.

Winnipeg and the city in China which raises panda bears are celebrating their long-time partnership this fall until the middle of October. Lights of the North is a large outdoor light show (best I’ve ever seen) with many exhibits reflecting … Continue reading →

A recurring theme: young women models A.Y. Jackson of The Group of 7 Figure in front of the museum Mol painted numerous animals. Near his old studio. Busts inside the museum The Temple and large pond At the Temple Another … Continue reading →

is the number 1 place to visit if you go there. A very distinctive spiralling building arises from the site at the Forks. Its appearance is very deceptive. Inside are about 8 levels of exhibits with a spiral staircase at … Continue reading →

(a poor judge of literary talent) (his belief in his material despite numerous rejections led to literary heights) of Faber and Faber publishing, who turned down not one, but two of George Orwell’s books for publication–Down and Out in Paris and … Continue reading →

(also, a recommended book) PBS’s new documentary, American Masters: Wyeth, is the most comprehensive overview ever of Andrew Wyeth,  the great American artist, his life and career. He is, of course, best known for “Christina’s World” and the Helga pictures. A highly … Continue reading →

There was only one Louis Armstrong (pronounced ‘Lou-is’). He was the man who single-handedly invented jazz, America’s only original medium contribution to the world of music. Jazz writer Gary Giddins who wrote the visual bio with the same title, co-directs … Continue reading →

One of the great novels of the twentieth century which foreshadowed our absurd modern terrorist/anarchist world was Joseph Conrad’s The Secret Agent. The novel arose from a true story from the 1890s, about a man who was unsuccessful in blowing … Continue reading →

Finally got to viewing the Nicolas Roeg-directed adaptation of Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness novella. It is reasonably faithful to Conrad’s original text, atmosphere, and themes, though not as hard-hitting as Coppola’s Viet Nam take in Apocalypse, Now. Tim Roth … Continue reading →