2 Comments
4 images
For 35 years, toy train tracks, pillow pit reading spots and shelves of donated books characterized the Children’s Storefront, a laid-back family drop-in centre. There was no set schedule for playgroups or reading circles, and parents appreciated the flexibility of a centre that worked around their schedules.
But on Oct. 31, a fire destroyed the building, and decades of memories along with it.
3 Comments
4 images
On Wednesday night at The Tranzac downtown, a 34-year-old man took to the stage and spewed more than 60 insults and obscenities to a large crowd. They hooted with laughter, gasped at the more taboo terms and broke out into applause when it was all over.
Andrew Jehan’s performance was an extreme example of what audiences might hear at Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids, a free reading series whose name pretty much says it all. This was the eighth installment of a show where people read old diary entries, angsty teen poetry and mystifying grade school assignments to a roomful of strangers.
