This living post of Artsy things to do New Year's Eve '24 that will continue to be added to throughout the month.
Sometime we want to party all night, other times we want to crawl into bed with a sexy partner. tiff...
You are invited to this free event,
MARCELLO TARANTINOpresents
Bedda Sicilia Terra di ’Ncantu (Beautiful Sicily, Land of Enchantment)
his 12th annual photographic exploration of Italy
at
Carrier Gallery, Columbus Centre
901 Lawrence Avenue West, Toronto
in honour of Canadian Italian Heritage Month 2024
OPENING reception - Tuesday, June 4,...
Reality TV detective Christina Cocca has taken the time to map out the timeline of just how awful friends Lala and Scheana were since Scandoval happened. Did we need this video? no. Do we love it? yes. Did Lala respond? Kind...
002 Welcome to The Dip - a weekly round-up of thoughts, music, ideas, fashion, cocktails, and the most interesting things I spent the week dipping into.
This week was a long one, I had to say goodbye to the gorgeous countryside in...
001 Welcome to The Dip - a weekly round-up of thoughts, music, ideas, fashion, cocktails, and the most interesting things I spent the week dipping into.
This has been another beautiful week in Italy, the weather may not have been the warmest...
ICFF and The Distillery District are proud to join forces and announce the 2022 Lavazza IncluCity Festival will take place for the first time at The Distillery Historic District, from June 27 – July 16, 2022.
The Distillery Historic District transforms into a cinema village from June 27 to...
Music in the Barns makes a triumphant return with their latest installation concert, animating three of the Artscape Wychwood Barns' spaces for a fully-curated evening of art, music and food celebrating the collective's debut album. Experience the best in new Canadian...
Can virtual Film Festivals ever compare to the real thing? Thanks to TIFF and ICFF, we see that it's possible, but first, we need to take a look at what makes a Film Festival come to life.
Collective Energy
There is something about...
Diana Di Mauro will be performing By The Roadside, a set of 5 Miniatures based on the poetry of Walt Whitman, and composed by Ronald Beckett at Music in the Gardens with Arcady on September 12. The song cycle was composed...
Konstantina Mantelos joins Diana Di Mauro to talk about acting in a hopeful horror film, heading up a film production company and flipping the narrative on Baba Yaga and the witch in the woods.
Anything for Jackson at the Fantasia Film...
Music is a gift of comfort; of connection. Music creates a space for acceptance, inspiration and strength. Most importantly, music heals.
I think we all know this, even if only subconsciously. I know we would live in a much different world...
Opera Philadelphia presents its first-ever digital festival this summer with free on-demand streams of past productions. Enjoy opera on the couch with their first-ever Digital Festival O, featuring streams of Denis & Katya, We Shall Not Be Moved, The Barber of Seville, Sky on Swings,...
Since quarantine began, London's National Theatre has been streaming some of their top productions for free on YouTube. Every week there is a new offer, and this week, couch-bound audiences are being served with a modern take on British Politics in...
Tafelmusik hosts a musical party with glamorous musicians, a comedic servant and a good dose of artistic personality.
Sometimes the simplest ideas are the most effective, and in Tafelmusik’s winter concert, Harlequin Salon, this was absolutely the case. The concept for...
Book review of “The Hard Bargain: Music, Medicine and My Father (Richard Tucker, Opera Legend)” Authors David Tucker and Burton Spivak. Xlibris, 2018. By Diana Di Mauro
We all know the story: an aspiring musician grows up wanting to make a career...
What happens when a push for social justice, and comedic one-liners tips the scales so far that liberalism becomes equated with conformity and close-mindedness? Have the snowflakes or the capitalists taken over? Is it even possible for an attitude of inclusion,...
The Canadian Opera Company premieres An Opera For Our Time
The Canadian Opera Company took a exciting risk by commissioning an opera from Rufus Wainwright about the fascinating history of the Roman Empire, and one of its most important emperors, Hadrian.
For those...
ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL: THE OPERA
Based on the lyrics and music of Roger Waters’ The Wall
Operatic version composed by Julien Bilodeau
Concept & Stage direction by Dominic Champagne
Toronto – Award-winning Another Brick In The Wall: The Opera, is a revolutionary opera...
There is no denying that politics and the economy have caused major problems for the arts in Europe, but to hear an honest account of the cultural climate in Italy from an internationally acclaimed opera...
Verdi just turned 200, and to celebrate the region of Emilia-Romagna and the Province of Parma, Italy, have created a beautiful website dedicated to the genius that is Giuseppe Verdi. Here you can find biographies,...
Patrice Chéreau, groundbreaking opera and film director, died of cancer on October 7, 2013. He was 68 years old.
Chéreau is the French theatre director best known for his controversial staging of Wagner’s Ring Cycle at...
I know, I know, I've been on summer hiatus. Don't worry, I'll be filling you in on the Art Life and Stilettos summer transcontinental trek in no time. In the meantime why not take a...
Every once and a while I try to step out of my box and have a new experience. Attending opera and classical music performances is obviously on the top of my list of regulars, along...
Hello lovelies, thanks for stopping by today. I've been expanding my horizons and have published an article in Panoram Italia Magazine. It's a profile on Bruno Billio, a sculptor and designer who is the current...
Every once and a while I find myself having to take a small break from writing and maintaining this wonderful site because something has come up in another aspect of my life.
If only time were...
Talk about understanding where your target audience is. Placido Domingo was the special guest on yesterday's Colbert Report. Who knew Colbert knew so much about opera, and Domingo so much about PR?
Canadians can view the...
You are invited to this free event,
MARCELLO TARANTINOpresents
Bedda Sicilia Terra di ’Ncantu (Beautiful Sicily, Land of Enchantment)
his 12th annual photographic exploration of Italy
at
Carrier Gallery, Columbus...
