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The Show Must Go On, But Who’s Going to Pay For It?

June 29, 2011 by Racheal

Summerworks is a fantastic, well-respected theatre festival which runs in Toronto every August.  Earlier this week, they found out that the Department of Canadian Heritage, who had previously given them moneys from the federal granting stream, had denied their grant request for the 2011 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: arts funding, Cocktails & Curtain Calls, economics, grants, Jim Flaherty, Racheal McCaig, Summerworks

Why Is This Show So Expensive?

April 17, 2011 by Racheal

People often complain that the reason they don't go out to see shows is because they're so expensive.  Once you factor in your own variables, like parking and babysitters, it can add up to quite a pretty penny. Some of our theatres are publically funded to help offset the costs, but with the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: Cocktails & Curtain Calls, economics, Mirvish, Production costs, Racheal McCaig, The Lion King, theatre Disney

Extremist? I don’t think so, but others do.

September 12, 2010 by erinlittle

I wrote a post the other day about eating well and trying to avoid chemical contamination as much as possible.  Jen posted a comment that included the line "...am not an extremist by nature.."  That got me to thinking about how people who want to live a life that is more "natural" or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: capitalism, economics, extremist, natural living, radical

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