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If I Didn’t Live Here I’d Leave: Cartwrights
Let’s set the scene: the last of the autumn leaves are falling off the trees, and you’re looking at old photo albums you found hidden away and reminiscing on days gone by. That sense of sweet nostalgia—the kind that lingers in your chest—is the essence of the Cartwrights’ new album If I Didn’t Live Here I’d Leave.
Lotus Restaurant
Although Lotus Restaurant is a relatively new establishment on the south side, the idea has been developing for years. “In our home, our kitchen was designated a gathering place for friends and family,” says owner Tunaye Than. “We eventually reached a point where we looked at each other over a crowded dinner table and said, ‘What if we did this for a living?’”
Setting the Stage for the Next 40 Years
Challenges remain, from inflation and at-home entertainment keeping audiences at home to tour routing and being a small city. When asked how the community can help, Edwards points to open conversation. “We actively encourage people to ask questions and to understand the challenges we face," he says.
Gathered Elsewhere
From November 25 to December 9, Co. Lab Gallery + Arts Centre is hosting a new exhibition by local textile artist Tujia Hansen. In Gathered Elsewhere, Hansen explores the relationship between nature, place, tradition, and technology.
The Shows We Remember and the Ones We Miss
Nobody planning a tour has a personal vendetta against Thunder Bay. They’re looking at routing, costs, venues, previous ticket sales, and whether putting Thunder Bay on the itinerary makes sense. Promoters and touring bands are smart enough not to argue with the evidence. If people show up, somebody notices. If they don’t, somebody notices that too.
No Stone Left Alone
For the past five years, a number of elementary schools have been participating in the No Stone Left Alone project, a national endeavour where students place poppies on veterans’ headstones and learn more about local citizens who served.
Ambitious, Exciting, and Innovative
Ambitious, exciting, and innovative—those are three words Brittany Moat, executive director of the TBSO, uses to describe the upcoming 66th season of the orchestra. This year’s tagline, “The music you’ve been waiting for,” reflects the orchestra’s effort to listen to what audiences want, from bringing back popular concert series to introducing new experiences.
10x10 Short Play Festival
You know the rules. 10 Plays. 10 Minutes. That’s right—the 10x10 Short Play Festival is back to celebrate theatrical talent in the city.
A Festival Lineup That’ll Spin You Right Round
The club can’t handle Flo Rida, but Wake the Giant fans can this September.
To Keep Her
Doughty’s film, To Keep Her, is a 90-minute horror/thriller made with his wife Tassia Dorsamy, exploring the literal and metaphorical experience of being in a toxic relationship.
Coppermine
Director Jeremy Torrie and his team at the Winnipeg-based White Bear Films are bringing a haunting piece of northern history to life with Coppermine, a sweeping historical drama based on Keith Ross Leckie’s 2008 novel of the same name.
At Peace: Propagandhi
It’s been seven years since Propagandhi’s last full length and things (gestures to genocidal conflicts, the environment, surveillance technology, billionaires, on and on) have continued on their downward spiral.
Hometown Anthems
The Thunder Bay Art Gallery will host the debut exhibition of local photographer and filmmaker Laura-Lynn Petrick, Hometown Anthems, running until June 8. The show will focus on highlighting Petrick’s experiences growing up in the rural outskirts of Thunder Bay, and provide a behind-the-scenes look at her family traditions and country life, blending her Finnish roots with the unique aspects of life in Northwestern Ontario.
My Friend Saabe
A new short film has gained international attention after its premiere in New Zealand. My Friend Saabe, directed by Morningstar Derosier and Victoria Anderson-Gardner, was filmed in Migisi Sahgaigan (Eagle Lake First Nation), Derosier says, and screened in late March at the Māoriland Film Festival.
Idiopathic: RHOADS
Add a splash of guitar, the essence of Circle Jerks, and a whole lot of angst, bring it to a roaring boil, and voila, there you have it: scalding punk anger—or in other words, RHOADS’s first official release, Idiopathic.
Women of the Fur Trade
Closing out Magnus Theatre’s 2024–2025 season is Frances Koncan’s Women of the Fur Trade, a historical satire inspired by David Lynch, Hamilton, and the fur trade.
Slow Stitch: The Embroidered Landscape
“It was a good opportunity to push my art practice in a new direction,” says textile artist Mary Jane MacDonald of her upcoming debut solo exhibition Slow Stitch: The Embroidered Landscape. “I wanted to experiment with embroidery and textiles and show other ways of doing it.”
Off the Menu: Station 22
Take a moment and imagine this: a horrifying world where the birds cease to sing, and artists refuse to create new works for lack of a muse. That’s the dimension where hot dogs were never invented. Thankfully for all of us, Station 22, located inside Dawson Trail Brewery, is making all of our dreams come true with their Chicago Hot Dog.
Between the Lines
Sometimes, a good book allows us to escape the real world for just a minute. A musical does, too. But what happens when these two things collide? All the Daze’s latest musical Between the Lines will answer just that.