Just days ago, the state of Israel razed more houses in the West Bank that belonged to Palestinian families. Their actions are not being stopped but are receiving wider criticism from the international communities with boycotts springing up across the globe, such as the recent boycott of Israeli foods from a food cooperative in Rachel… [Read more…]
June 16, 2010
Imagine you are a mega film producer who makes some of the goriest films ever produced to fund independent projects that directly deal with ignorance and racism. You are attending the wedding of your only child, a golden daughter – a brilliant cross-cultural success, an extraordinary beauty, and the object of your deepest affection. The… [Read more…]
June 5, 2010
I didn’t know what to expect in hearing that Kitchener-Waterloo Youth Theatre was going to be staging a production of Merchant of Venice. This bit of Shakespeare has really hit the public agenda in recent times. There have been questions about whether or not it should be produced or even studied in school. The overt… [Read more…]
May 5, 2010
Never is there any doubt about the brilliance of the MT Space as an important social and artistic institution in this community: they continue to create, produce, and serve up important performances with powerful messaging about multiculturalism and immigration. Not only does the MT Space work in this social justice frame, but they also pulled… [Read more…]
October 12, 2009
What a wonderful September we had here in K-W. It is no small wonder that I haven’t posted a single blog in weeks! K- W saw not only CAFK+A and its wonders but also the opening of a new festival: IMPACT. IMPACT (International Multicultural Platform for Alternative and Contemporary Theatre) was a phenomenal event that… [Read more…]
July 26, 2010
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