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3 May 2025
Here's my profile on Madeleine Thien, whose first novel in nearly a decade arrives next week.
We spoke about Hannah Arendt, visiting Palestine, the limits of autofiction and much more.
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Toronto Star Culture retweeted
7 May 2025
Luigi Mangione, the suspected health-care CEO assassin turned folk hero, is the subject of a new musical. Is that depraved or potentially brilliant? thestar.com/entertainment/st… via @torontostar
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Toronto Star Culture retweeted
23 Apr 2025
Spoke to music fans and critics about Arcade Fire's comeback, less than three years after Win Butler was accused by multiple people of sexual misconduct.
Announcing a tour without addressing the allegations is "deeply cynical," one (lapsed) fan said:
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Toronto Star Culture retweeted
23 Apr 2025
The new Canadian musical 'Life After' is a triumph at Mirvish (@Mirvish). But is it ready for Broadway? #theaTO
My review of Britta Johnson's astounding chamber musical is now up @TorontoStar:
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Toronto Star Culture retweeted
17 Apr 2025
“It is a solemn record," Hussein told me. "But the despair is not overwhelming. It is hopeful. It is full of light.”
Check out the full profile here:
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Toronto Star Culture retweeted
17 Apr 2025
“Light for the Midnight” – a title inspired by a Gwendolyn Brooks poem that Ladan Hussein says profoundly captured her experience with psychosis – is an extraordinary comeback album from Cold Specks, one that sublimates pain and inner turmoil into a work of breathtaking beauty.
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Toronto Star Culture retweeted
17 Apr 2025
Her musical ‘Life After’ began on a tiny Toronto Fringe stage. Now, it’s playing at Mirvish’s biggest theatre — and shooting for Broadway. #theaTO
Here is @glennsumi's feature in @TorontoStar:
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Toronto Star Culture retweeted
9 Apr 2025
Also had the honour of speaking with Chantal Kreviazuk and Portishead guitarist Adrian Utley, who were both instrumental in brining this project together:
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Toronto Star Culture retweeted
9 Apr 2025
Nearly 8 years after Cold Specks was hospitalized with mental illness, the Toronto "doom soul" singer has returned with an extraordinary comeback.
Here's how "Light for the Midnight" – my favourite Canadian album of the year so far – came together.
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Toronto Star Culture retweeted
15 Mar 2025
Profiled Saya Gray for @TorontoStar
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Toronto Star Culture retweeted
5 Mar 2025
“A public PACBI endorsement is a clear and vocal stance in solidarity with Palestine," said Natasha Greenblatt, a playwright and organizer with Theatre Artists for Palestinian Voices (TAPV).
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Toronto Star Culture retweeted
5 Mar 2025
#NEW: Buddies in Bad Times Theatre (@buddiesTO) — the largest queer theatre company in the world — has endorsed a cultural boycott of Israel, along with 17 other Canadian performing arts orgs.
“There is no queer liberation without the liberation of Palestine." 🔗⬇️
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Toronto Star Culture retweeted
6 Mar 2025
STAR EXCLUSIVE: The Tony Award-winning musical "Kimberly Akimbo" will play in Toronto next year in a new Canadian production, after a run at Montreal's Segal Centre for Performing Arts. #theaTO
More details in @TorontoStar:
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Toronto Star Culture retweeted
22 Feb 2025
Spoke to Sebastian Gaskin about his journey from Tataskweyak Cree Nation to Toronto, and his debut studio album with @IshkodeRecords. 👇🏼
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Toronto Star Culture retweeted
15 Feb 2025
For 2000s week, I took a stab at compiling a list of the Canadian albums that shaped the sound and culture of the decade.
Take a stroll down memory lane and don’t yell at me 👇🏼
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Toronto Star Culture retweeted
4 Feb 2025
BREAKING: A Michael Jackson jukebox show and a new Canadian musical will headline Mirvish’s 2025-26 season, along with "Some Like it Hot," "The Outsiders," "Shucked," "A Beautiful Noise" and "& Juliet." #theaTO
Full details in @TorontoStar:
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Toronto Star Culture retweeted
4 Feb 2025
Tim Heidecker Neil Hamburger performing at the @TheDanforthMH this evening..
A little preview reading for those attending:
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Toronto Star Culture retweeted
4 Feb 2025
One final update here. The Star has confirmed that Jordan Abel and Aaron Tucker have both withdrawn from the 2025 Giller Prize jury, which was announced just 2 weeks ago.
Abel says he withdrew for "ethical reasons."
Three authors remain on the jury.
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Toronto Star Culture retweeted
29 Jan 2025
Wrote about the incredible @GoldieBoutilier for the @TorontoStar!
She went from modelling in Paris to living in her parents’ Cape Breton basement — it helped Goldie Boutilier become an indie star: thestar.com/entertainment/mu…
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Toronto Star Culture retweeted
29 Jan 2025
Such a fun read from @MarkColley on the dramatic rise and fall of Canadian Tire money.
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