By Karen Bliss Liberty-resident Liisa Ladouceur doesn’t sleep in a coffin or only come out of night, but there are a few tip-offs that she is a goth. Her hair is jet black and straight and she fancies corsets and fishnet stockings, but there’s much more to goth culture than aesthetic. Ladouceur, a well-respected music [...]

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By Justin Crann Lee Harvey Oswald was a patriotic American, a government agent fiercely loyal to his President, and a patsy framed by the conspirators who really killed John F. Kennedy. That’s the truth according to Judyth Vary Baker, author of Me and Lee, a 600-page memoir recounting her teenage years and brief romance with [...]

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By Perry King A group of Annex-area educators and parents are eagerly awaiting the TDSB’s response to a proposal they put forward two weeks ago. The working group—based at Annex Montessori school at Trinity St. Paul’s Church (427 Bloor St. W.)—formally told the board of their intent to bring a new alternative school to Ward [...]

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By Perry King Lillian Jarvis’ stretching and strengthening techniques loosen tight muscles, strengthen weak ones, and align posture—including my own. A former principal dancer with the National Ballet of Canada who holds classes in her Seaton Village studio (681 Markham St.), Jarvis has been teaching a movement education system called Somatic Stretch since 1980. “I [...]

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By Nathaniel G. Moore The fall is a maelstrom of literary frenzy: the International Festival of Authors, Giller and Governor General Award nominations, Word on the Street, and a flood of book launches. But where in this vast city do publishers tend to roll the dice with their new heady wares? The Gladstone Hotel, Supermarket, Garrison, [...]

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