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Winter Reading 2016
Dec 15/15
Nov 19/15
Fall Reading 2015
Oct 29/15
Sept 16/15
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July 29, 2015
July 1, 2015
June 7/15
Summer Reading 2015
May 19/15
Apr 30/15
Apr 19/15
Spring Reading 2015
March 23/15
March 11/15
Winter Reading 2015
Feb 20/15
Feb 8/15
Jan 29/15
Jan 20/15
Highs 'N Lows of 2014
Dec 19/14
Dec 2/14
Nov 10/14
Oct 29/14
Fall Reading 2014
Sept 17/14
Summer Reading 2014
Aug 22/14
Aug 8/14
July 11/14
June 16/14
May 28/14
Apr 30/14
Apr 16/14
Apr 2/14
March 21, 2014
March 13/14
Feb 11/14
Sept 23/13
Favourite Works: 2004-2013
Two Novels by BARBARA PYM
Sabbath's Theater by PHILIP ROTH
July 18/13
Summer Reading 2013
June 19/13
May 30/13
Spring Reading 2013
May 10/13
Apr 18/13
Mar 29/13
March 14, 2013
The Artist Project 2013
Feb 25/13
Winter Reading 2013
Feb 7/13
Jan 22/13
Jan 12/13
A Toast to 2012
Dec 19/12
Dec 16/12
Dec 4/12
Fall Reading 2012
Nov 17/12
Nov 6/12
Art Toronto 2012
Oct 23/12
Oct 4/12
Sept 28/12
Summer Reading 2012
Aug 26/12
Aug 8/12
Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition 2012
July 14/12
June 28/12
MIMC
May 27/12
May 20/12
May 4/12
La Traviata: Met's Live HD Version
Apr 21/12
Apr 6/12
Mar 22/12
Mar 9/12
The Artist Project 2012
Academy Awards Show 2012
Feb 26/12
Feb 11/12
Jan 23/12
Jan 15/12
Jan 7/12
Dec 20/11
Dec 12/11
Nov 27/11
Nov 18/11
Nov 7/11
Art Toronto 2011
Oct 22/11
Oct 17/11
Sept 30, 2011
Summer Reading 2011
Aug 11/11
July 28, 2011
July 19/11
TOAE 2011
June 25/11
June 20/11
June 2/11
May 14/11
Apr 29/11
Toronto Art Expo 2011
Apr 11/11
March 24/11
The Artist Project 2011
March 11/11
Feb 23/11
Feb 7/11
Jan 21/11
HIGHS 'N LOWS OF 2010
Jan 17/11
Dec 21/10
Dec 6/10
Nov 11/10
Fall Reading 2010
Oct 22/10
Summer Reading 2010
Aug 9/10
Aug 2/10
TOAE 2010
July 16/10
The Shack
June 27/10
June 3/10
May 5/10
April 17/10
Mar 28/10
Mar 17/10
The Artist Project 2010
Toronto Art Expo 2010
Feb 22/10
Feb 3/10
Notables of '09
Jan 11/10
Dec 31/09
Dec 17/09
How Fiction Works
Nov 24/09
Sex for Saints
Nov 11/09
Housekeeping
Oct 22/09
Oct 6/09
Sept 18/09
Aug 23/09
July 31/09
July 17/09
Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition 2009
Toronto Fringe 2009
Zen Wrapped In Karma Dipped In Chocolate
June 28/09
June 6/09
Myriad Mysteries 2009
May 10/09
CBC Radio -- "The New Two"
April 14/09
March 24/09
Toronto Art Expo '09
March 1/09
The Jesus Sayings
Feb 8/09
Jan 26/09
Jan 10/09
Stand-outs of 2008
Dec 24/08
Dec 4/08
Nov 16/08
Oct 27/08
Oct 16/08
Sept 26/08
Sept 5/08
July 21/08
Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition 08
July 5/08
June 23/08
June 4/08
May 18/08
May 4/08
April 16/08
March 26/08
Head to Head
Feb 26/08
Feb 13/08
Jan 30/08
Jan 17/08
Notables of 2007
Dec 30/07
Dec 8/07
Nov 22/07
Oct 25/07
Oct 4/07
Sept 18/07
Aug 29/07
Aug 8/07
Summer Mysteries '07
July 20/07
June 28/07
June 8/07
May 21/07
May 2/07
April 14/07
March 23/07
Toronto Art Expo 2007
March 8/07
Feb 16/07
Feb 2/07
Jan 24/07
Notables of 2006
Dec 27/06
December 11/06
November 28/06
Nov 8/06
October 14/06
Sept 22/06
Ring Psycho (Wagner on CBC Radio)
Sept 6/06
August 12/06
July 18/06
June 27/06
June 9/06
May 23/06
Me In Manhattan
May 2/06
April 12/06
March 17/06
March 9/06
Feb 16/06
Feb 1/06
Jan 11/06
Dec 31/05
Dec 12/05
Nov 25/05
Nov 4/05
Oct 24/05
Sept 7/05
Sept 16/05
Sept 1/05
Aug 10/05
July 21/05
Me and the Jays
July 10/05
June 15/05
May 18/05
April 27/05
April 18/05
April 8/05
March 21/05
Feb 28/05
Feb 21/05
Feb 4/05
Jan 28/05
Jan 19/05
Jan 5/05
About Me
Dec 20/04
Dec 5/04
MOVIES
BOOKS
RE-READINGS
MYSTERIES/CRIME books
VIDEOS and DVDs
PLAYS
OTHER STUFF: Art Exhibitions, Concerts, etc.

The listings here come under the headings: TV, Radio, City Life. Sports, YouTube and Magazine Articles. (The tv and radio items don't include the musical ones, which are listed in the Music Index)

Originally, items were posted according to genre and then archived accordingly.  That's why the older items are indexed by genre and the rest by date.

To find an item, scroll down to see what page it's on, then click on the appropriate page in the navigation bar to the left of the screen.

TV:

Academy Awards Ceremony 2011 (March 11/11)

Academy Awards 2014 (March 13/14)

Battle Royal: Britain vs Hollywood (Feb 26/08)

Beethoven's Hair (Feb 28/05)

Belonging: Movie on TVO (June 23/08)

Ben's Big Balcony Scene (April 27/05)

(The) Big Show: Royal Wedding (May 14/11)

CBC TV's Election Coverage (May 14/11)

CBC TV's 2019 Election Coverage (Oct 24/19)

"Dad" BBC Drama (Feb 26/08)

Downton Abbey: First Season (on DVD) (Aug 8/12)

Elementary (Feb 20/15)

Election Night on CBC TV - Oct 19th, 2015 (Oct 29/15)

Election Night in Canada (Feb 1/06)

Leaders' Debate, the (Jan 11/06)

Mercer-Black Collaboration, CBC TV (Oct 4/07)

Monarchy: The Royals at Work CBC TV (Jan 30/8)

Monarchy: The Royals at Work, Part Two, CBC TV (Feb 13/08)

Oscars Ceremony 2013

Pope's Funeral, The (April 8/05)

What Shall We Do With CBC TV? (Essay)  (June 27/06)

 

Radio:

Adieu, Notre Petite Programme (The Singer and the Song) (Oct 4/07)

(The) 1950s on CBC Radio (Sept 6/06)

Backstage with Ben Heppner (Aug 8/14)

CBC Radio Two: Weather Reports (May 2/07)

CBC Radio Two's New Schedule (Other Stuff page)

CBC Radio -- "The New Two" (Essay) on a page of its own, just above the page titled "April 14/09"

Changes at CBC Radio Two (March 23/07)

Coleman Barks and Andrew Harvey: Rumi, CBC Radio One, "Tapestry", (June 4/08)

Flora MacDonald at Eighty (May 23/06)

How To Do it, CBC Radio One (July 18/13)

In Tune, CBC Radio Two (June 4/08)

Intersections, CBC Radio One (July 18/13)

James Loney on "The Current" (June 9/06)

"Knitting A Prayer" -- Documentary, Tapestry, CBC Radio (Oct 25/05)

Learning to Listen to Brahms -- Response to CBC's Studio Sparks (August 12/06)

(The) Nelligan Variations (CBC Radio Play) (Feb 21/05; follow-up Aug 2/10)

No Tears for CBC's Radio Two (Essay) (Apr 21/12)

Ominous Noises at CBC Radio Two (March 8/07)

Shift with Tom Allen on CBC's Radio Two (Dec 17/09)

Stuart Hamilton Interview on "The Sunday Edition", Jan 6/13 (Jan 12/13)

Think About It, CBC Radio One (July 18/13)

This Is That (Dec 15/15)

This Is  That (Aug 3/17)

Wretched Repeats: CBC Radio Two (Aug 8/07)

 

City Life (My experiences)

Go Train (Dec 12/05)

Montreal (May 18/05)

New York (Me In Manhattan)

 

Sports

Toronto Blue Jays Game (Me and the Jays)

World Cup Soccer Final (June 27/06)

 

YouTube and Video

A Talk of the Town Story Meeting (Aug 11/11)

Kitty Slam (June 8/07)