This weekend is the celebration of Culture Days with free, interactive arts and cultural activities all across Canada. According to the Culture Days website, the purpose is “to raise the awareness, accessibility,participation and engagement of all Canadians in the arts and cultural life of their communities.” It’s a volunteer movement which allows community …
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Native Harvest Festival and Powwow (picture heavy!)
Last weekend was the Native Harvest Festival and Powwow at the Museum of Ontario Archaeology. I had a lovely day there with some friends taking part in a variety of traditional Native Canadian activities. The day started with a drum circle to gather everyone together and then sing as the participants entered. (Check out the …
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Happy Independence Day!
Flickr, Carissa GoodNCrazy Just like my annual Canada Day quiz a few days ago, here’s my annual 4th of July quiz to see how much you know about the United States! Some of the questions should be pretty easy (they’re straight from the US citizenship test), while others are a little more obscure. Here’s a …
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London Ontario Public Sculpture Part 2
In case you missed it, you’ll find the first part of this London Ontario Public Sculpture series here. These pieces were commissioned by and are in front of the courthouse here in London. They’re called Xabis and are by Walter Redinger (Canadian) who created them out of fibreglass in 1974 for the opening of …
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Eldon House
Eldon House is the oldest surviving private residence (now museum) in London, Ontario. It was built in 1834 and housed 4 generations of the Harris family. During its prime, Eldon House was very much the centre of the London social and cultural scene. In 1960, surviving members of the family (the great grandchildren of John …
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London Art Hike: Downtown Murals Pt. 3
The final installment of the super cool tour I went on will be showing you some indoor murals found within some of the buildings in downtown London, Ontario. 90% of these were new to me and there are some real treasures here! Brian Jesney was the artist responsible for the mural above. It’s painted on …
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