Category: arts, culture, music

• the May long weekend

  

  Is the May long weekend the best long weekend of the year in Canada? Quite possibly, according to the opening editorial that arrived in my email this morning for the Canadian edition of The Conversation — “academic rigour, journalistic flair” is their tag line (check it out, it’s also available en français). I am biased…

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  Johanne Provençal

  18 May 2024

  all, arts, culture, music, events & festivals, research and academics

  Gemini, Long weekend, Tap Water Jam, The Conversation

• Almost invisible, yet, a thing of beauty

  

  Paper. It’s one of those things that’s become almost invisible. We live in a digital age, after all. Yet, paper envelopes still arrive in the mail, paper notebooks are still used in classrooms. Paper bags have returned to grocery stores and wallpaper (on the actual wall of a room) has had a similar revival. Print…

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  Johanne Provençal

  4 May 2024

  all, arts, culture, music, goods and services

  Au Papier Japonais, history of paper, paper-making, The Regional Assembly of Text

• postcards from Portland

  

  I was in Portland, Oregon for a few days recently and although I didn’t send any postcards, I did notice a postcard flyer for the Booklover’s Burlesque Festival (I would have gone to that, if I had been there when it was on, but no such luck, drat). So, on the theme of postcards, if…

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  Johanne Provençal

  20 Apr 2024

  all, arts, culture, music, events & festivals, nature & landmarks, neighbourhoods, travel

  Alberta Arts District, Booklovers Burlesque Festival, Porltand, Portland Japanese Garden