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Swayed by Icons: a review of the Shab-e She'r reading series for Tuesday December 20th

On Tuesday, December 20th I got an email telling me that I wasn’t one of the fifteen poets chosen for the January workshop being run by this year’s writer in residence, Murakami Sachiko. It made me a little angry, not because I wanted to workshop my poems but because I wanted to win. I looked up her poetry to see if I was missing anything. I found five but I only liked one of them. Her imagery is not all that strong and she doesn’t really go to new places with language. That evening

The Science of the Carnival’s Mas Arts Reyes and Eustace receive top Science Award on the weekend

The newest selfie hot spot at the Ontario Science Centre is in front of Michelle Reyes’ award-winning costume De Rise of the Cherry Blossom. Since the installation of the Queen costume earlier this month, fans of the Mas arts have been lining up to get their pictures taken with it! On Sunday afternoon, Michelle Reyes was at the Science Centre to receive the Innovation in Mas' Award for the Queen costume she designed, built and wore at the King and Queen competition and the Toronto Carnival