October 1, 2013 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture
Ruth McKendry is a well-known textile expert and author of Quilts and Other Bedcoverings. Her personal collection of more than 300 quilts was acquired by the National Museum of Civilization in the late 1970s. Classic ... Read More »
Whether pretty posies or practical aromatics, book publishers are offering a stack of craft books on creating items for home, body, or gift giving from the garden’s bounty. From the glossy front cover of Living ... Read More »
October 1, 2013 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture
Whether pretty posies or practical aromatics, book publishers are offering a stack of craft books on creating items for home, body, or gift giving from the garden’s bounty. From the glossy front cover of Living ... Read More »
October 1, 2013 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture
Whether pretty posies or practical aromatics, book publishers are offering a stack of craft books on creating items for home, body, or gift giving from the garden’s bounty. From the glossy front cover of Living ... Read More »
October 1, 2013 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture
Thirty years ago my wife and I bought an ancient pine sideboard from an antique dealer we privately referred to as “The Pirate.” “Early Upper Canada,” he said as we tied it onto the roof ... Read More »
October 1, 2013 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture, Children and YA Non-fiction
There are few things more central to music criticism than list making. In the introduction to his new volume, music critic and biographer Jim Brown suggests every reader should have his or her own list ... Read More »
February 21, 2013 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture
Among Leonardo da Vinci’s writing and journals, one note in particular reveals his genius: his desire to paint “Man, and the intention of his mind.” Da Vinci’s constant search for new ways to reveal the ... Read More »
February 21, 2013 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture
In the not-so-distant past, the humble comic book found itself elevated to its own distinct category in bookstores: the graphic novel. However, as University of Calgary professor Bart Beaty points out, this distinction privileges the ... Read More »
December 10, 2012 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture
In the introduction to Sam Sutherland’s Perfect Youth: The Birth of Canadian Punk, the author eruditely sets out the far-reaching effects of the first wave of punk in Canada, and – in appropriately irreverent fashion ... Read More »
December 10, 2012 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture, Children and YA Non-fiction
That a musical shape-shifter like Neil Young would take an unorthodox approach to his memoirs is to be expected. Indeed, this charming, poignant volume is much like Young’s oeuvre: sustained periods of pure delight punctuated ... Read More »
November 12, 2012 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture