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Film Review – Romeo & Juliet

October 11, 2013 by Katya 2 Comments

Of all the enduring love stories in literature, none is more epic, well-known and passionate than William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. The timeless tale of ill-fated love between teens from feuding families has enthralled us for hundreds of years. After all haven't we all been a teen in love at … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Entertainment, Movies Tagged With: Douglas Booth, Julian Fellowes, movie review, Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare

Tolerance and An Open Mind

April 17, 2012 by Jen

I created UrbanMoms and I still, seven years later, feel passionate and protective of this space and the community. We have grown and changed but, at the core, our values are still the same - Your Voice. Your Place. My goal was always to represent the diversity that is Canada. I wanted to give a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: acceptance, aristotle, Community, growth, learning, negativity, Oprah, parenting, Shakespeare, tolerance

Can Puppets Make Shakespeare Relevant?

April 14, 2011 by Racheal

It's not often that you go to a Q&A after a play, let alone a Shakespeare comedy, and hear questions like "why did you pick bears and cats to be couples?" or "why doesn't the alligator get married?" But that's exactly what Jane McClelland & Mike Petersen are getting after their … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: AS You Like It, As You Puppet, Cocktails & Curtain Calls, Jane McClelland, LKTYP, Mike Petersen, Racheal McCaig, Shakespeare, stuffed animals, theatre

Why is Theatre important?

January 28, 2011 by Racheal

Long before there was Reality TV, there was Theatre. Aristophanes, Shakespeare, Shaw - they were all making social commentaries of their time: they mocked, questioned, entertained and provoked conversation.  And while Jersey Shore is certainly no Hamlet, you can certainly draw … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Broadway, Canadian, Cocktails & Curtain Calls, comedy, Ellen Page, Jersey Shore, Jim Carrey, Mike Myers, Racheal McCaig, Rachel McAdams, Shakespeare, theatre, Theatre 20, West End, You Tube

Words of Wisdom

April 22, 2009 by Kath

Do you remember high school English? Remember studying Hamlet? Remember the character Polonius (he was Ophelia's father), and how he spent a whole scene spouting off advice to his  son, Laertes? He offered up such gems as:"Neither a borrower nor a lender be" (hah! how true that one is these … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family Tagged With: Polonius, quotations, Shakespeare, words of wisdom

My lifetime love affair

March 19, 2008 by Jen

Hey! Get your mind out of the gutter. I am a married woman! Plus, my mom and my sister-in-law (not to mention my sexiest-man-alive husband *sheepish grin*) read this blog so...as IF. Anyway on to the real post... I can't explain it but there is something about certain writers that resonates deep … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: andromeda strain, anne of green gables, are you there god its me margaret, blogs, books, chaucer, contact, Diana Gabaldon, Maeve Binchy, margaret atwood, margaret clarke, memoirs from away, nancy drew, reading, Shakespeare, the cutting season, The Glass Castle, the handmaids tale, the memory keepers daughter, the red tent, wifey, writers

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