A Lesson on Blackface

My reporting on the controversial University of Toronto blackface debacle.

Leona Drive Project.

Very cool art installation that closed Oct. 31 in Willowdale. Check it out.

Meryl Mesmerizes the Masses

My coverage of Meryl Streep's ROM visit. Via Torontoist.

Back on November 4th.

I've taken a bit of a blog hiatus, but will be back with much more regularity starting Wednesday November 4th.

In the meantime, follow the blog love!

The Secret's out.

Secrets of a Black Boy opened Friday September 25th, in Toronto to packed audiences.

The audiences love it. The reviewers - well, it's a mixed bag:

The Toronto Star - *** "It is honest and forthright, with some delightful touches of humour"

Now Toronto - NNN- "Powerfully engaging"

Eye Weekly - *** "entertaining"

Globe and Mail - *1/2 (really didn't like it). "frank and honest"..."fascinating"

Torontoist - (really, really didn't like it) "the audience loves it"

The Patent Spot "a definite must-see"

Toronto Stage - "powerful"..."passionate performances"

Mooney on Theatre - "a delightful way to spend an evening"

Secrets of a Black Boy runs until October 3rd. Tickets available here.

The strange, horrific case of Suaad Hagi Mohamud

A helpful timeline of events from the CBC.

Weeks later, there are still many questions about how this happened.

The Globe and Mail's piece a few weeks back keeps us focused on the greater problem. Money quote:

Commenting on Ms. Mohamud's case, the Prime Minister recently – and correctly – observed the potential difficulty in dealing with such matters when foreign governments are not co-operative. But he missed the point, since so many of the recent cases have nothing to do with the actions of foreign governments.

Rather, it is the action and policy of the Canadian government that has created the problems. Canadians should be rightly concerned with these developments. If not, the ghosts of Arar, El Maati, Almalki and Nureddin will haunt us for years to come.

Secrets of a Black Boy

A new play presented by trey anthony, writer and executive producer of the play and television series, 'da kink in my hair', taking a look into the lives of black men.

It also tackles the complicated issues affecting the residents of Regent Park:



Some candid thoughts from Darren Anthony, playwright can be found here.

More information about the play can be found here, here, and here.