#Wedding Halls Toronto

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Wedding Banquet Halls Toronto

Are You Planning an Event in Toronto? Congratulations, as Toronto offers many spectacular banquet halls and event venues that can turn your dream event into reality. Crystal Grand Banquet Hall stands out as an iconic gem within Toronto. Moreover, we will guide you on a tour through Toronto wedding banquet halls.

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[mostlysignssomeportents]

RIP, Roger Wood, genius assemblage sculptor

Last week, my dear old friend Roger Wood died, very suddenly, of cancer. He was 80. Roger was a brilliant sculptor, a Canadian veteran navy gunner, and gay. He was my neighbour for a decade. I miss him already.

Roger and I both lived in an old WWI munitions factory in Toronto, which had been turned into 15 illegal live-work studios with 20-foot ceilings which leaked, massive south-facing windows (which leaked), and a warm and collegial vibe of weirdos and artists.

Roger was a self-taught sculptor, a mad collector of all sorts of junk: scrap metal, old toys, discarded electronics, decorative items. He tore these apart, painted and mutated them, and turned them into whimsical assemblages.

Many of these were built around clocks; often with a small feather attached to the second-hand that quivered as it revolved around and around the clockface. Roger was making things that could be called “steampunk” before the term existed — and once he learned it, he embraced it.

In those years, I was working very long hours on the early web, but I was often and easily sidetracked at Roger’s studio, where I’d sit and smoke cigarettes with him and hear navy stories (his time with the big guns had left him somewhat deaf) or just tour his beautiful new pieces.

Roger, too, had an incredible work ethic. He told the Toronto Star’s Barbara Turnbull, “Even on Sunday mornings, when good citizens are off to church, I’m off to the local flea market, always scrounging different bits and pieces.”

https://www.thestar.com/life/2007/10/13/timepieces_of_art.html

And he was content: “But I survive, so why complain? I think mere survival as an artist in Canada propels me into the top 10 per cent of the ranks in this country.”

Turnbull really captured Roger’s studio when she wrote: “But it’s the overwhelming number of storage containers, loosely labelled and filled with the items he uses for his fanciful designs that makes the jaw drop: picture lamp bulbs, lamp parts, wooden balls, drawer pulls, buttons, clock springs, gears and faces, dials, jewellery, candlesticks, shoemaker moulds, picture frames, musical instrument parts, vacuum tubes from old radios, gas lamp parts, typewriter keys, bottle caps, old gauges, camera lenses and nameplates.”

Roger loaned me dozens of his largest, most impressive pieces for my wedding, where he was resplendent in a hall that was filled with his sculptures. I was living in the UK at the time, and shortly after, high Toronto rents pushed Roger out of the city and to Hamilton. I saw him again a few years later when he came to an event of mine in Hamilton and we had dinner.

But then he moved back east, to Nova Scotia, where, he emailed me, he built the studio he’d always dreamt of. I didn’t see him after that, though we corresponded some. Mostly, I felt in touch with Roger because I’ve got so many of his sculptures in my home, including the diptych he gave us as a wedding gift.

Knowing Roger is gone has left an ache in my heart. He deserved to be so much better known, and better treated by the cities he graced with his art and his presence. He was a sweet, kind, talented, funny man and it showed in his art.

In Roger’s obituary in the Globe and Mail, his family says, “Donations to the Charity of Your Choice or support an artist, buy an original piece of art.” Support the artists in your life, folks, and cherish them. Goodbye, Roger. I was very lucky to count you a friend.

Here are some of my photos of Roger, his studio and his work:

https://www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=37996580417%40N01&sort=date-taken-desc&text=klockwerks&view_all=1

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UPCOMING EVENTS 2023

Tour Dates - http://www.darrencriss.com/tour

A Very Darren Crissmas Tour 2023 http://www.darrencriss.com/averydarrencrissmas2023

November

・Tue Nov 21: Atlanta, GA - Atlanta Symphony Hall ・Wed Nov 22: Charlotte, NC - Knight Theatre ・Fri Nov 24: Charleston, SC - Charleston Music Hall ・Sat Nov 25: Clearwater, FL - Capitol Theatre ・Mon Nov 27: Fort Myers, FL - Barbara B Mann Performance Arts Hall ・Tue Nov 28: Ft. Lauderdale, FL - The Parker ・Wed Nov 29: Orlando, FL - Steinmetz Hall at Dr. Phillips Center

December

・Fri Dec 1: Durham, NC - Carolina Theatre ・Sat Dec 2: Vienna, VA - the Barns at Wolf Trap SOLD OUT ・Sun Dec 3: Vienna, VA - the Barns at Wolf Trap SOLD OUT ・Mon Dec 4: Red Bank, NJ - Hackensack Meridian Heath Theatre ・Tue Dec 5: New York, NY - The Town Hall ・Wed Dec 6: Ridgefield, CT - The Ridgefield Playhouse ・Thu Dec 7: Boston, MA - Emerson Colonial Theatre ・Sat Dec 9: Toronto, ON - Elgin Theatre ・Sun Dec 10: Detroit, MI - Fisher Theatre ・Mon Dec 11: Chicago, IL - Athenaeum Theater ・Tue Dec 12: Madison, WI - Barrymore Theatre ・Wed Dec 13: Columbus, IN - The Commons at Nugent-Custer Performance Hall SOLD OUT ・Fri Dec 15: Northfield, OH - Center Stage at MGM Northfield Park ・Sat Dec 16: Indianapolis, IN - The Cabaret at Columbia Club SOLD OUT ・Sun Dec 17: Indianapolis, IN - The Cabaret at Columbia Club SOLD OUT ・Tue Dec 19: Lexington, KY - Lexington Opera House at Lexington Center ・Wed Dec 20: Nashville, TN - CMA Theatre at the Country Music Hall of Fame

[elliehopaunt]

By Matt Grobar

EXCLUSIVE: Sheryl Lee Ralph (Abbott Elementary), Timothy V. Murphy (Appaloosa) and Bruce Greenwood (The Fall of the House of Usher) have boarded The Fabulous Four, a new comedy from Bleecker Street, which has entered production in Georgia under an Interim Agreement from SAG-AFTRA.

The actors join an ensemble that also includes Susan Sarandon, Bette Midler, and Megan Mullally, as previously announced. Ralph takes over the role of Sissy Spacek, who was attached as of last fall but was forced to drop out due to scheduling conflicts. Bleecker Street nabbed North American rights to the pic last October and will release the film in U.S. theaters in 2024. UTA Independent Film Group and CAA Media Finance arranged the financing and brokered the deal for U.S. rights, with Sierra/Affinity repping international sales.

Written and directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse, the Cannes prize-winner best known for her Kate Winslet pic The Dressmaker, the film follows three life-long friends (Sarandon, Mullally, and Ralph) who travel to Key West, Florida to be bridesmaids in a surprise wedding of their college girlfriend Marilyn (Midler). Once there, sisterhoods are rekindled, the past rises up again in all its glory, and there are enough sparks, drinks and romance to change all their lives in ways they never expected.

Richard Barton Lewis’ Southpaw Entertainment is producing alongside Lauren Hantz of Hantz Motion Pictures.

An icon of stage and screen, Ralph has won an Emmy and numerous other accolades for her portrayal of kindergarten teacher Barbara Howard on Abbott Elementary, the ABC mockumentary that has emerged as one the most popular scripted series on linear. The show, created by and starring Quinta Brunson, was renewed for a third season in January but only recently returned to the writers’ room, following the conclusion of the WGA strike. Otherwise perhaps best known for her Tony-nominated turn as Deena Jones in Broadway’s Dreamgirls, Ralph has also been seen in Mistress with Robert de Niro, To Sleep with Anger with Danny Glover, The Distinguished Gentlemen with Eddie Murphy, and Sister Act 2 with Whoopi Goldberg, along with such series as Moesha and Ray Donovan.

Most recently recurring on Law & Order: Organized Crime and ABC’s The Company You Keep, Murphy previously reprised his role in Uni’s comedy MacGruber on the same-name Peacock series. Other recent credits for the actor on the TV side include S.W.A.T., Snowpiercer, Westworld, and True Detective, to name just a few. Additional feature credits include In Full Bloom, The Lone Ranger, and National Treasure: Book of Secrets.

Greenwood puts in a stellar turn as Fortunato Pharmaceuticals CEO Roderick Usher in Netflix’s Edgar Allen Poe-inspired miniseries The Fall of the House of Usher from Mike Flanagan, which bowed on the platform earlier this month. He also recently starred in the Fox medical drama The Resident, which ran for six seasons, and will soon appear in fantasy pic The Invisibles with Tim Blake Nelson and Gretchen Mol, among other projects.

At this year’s Toronto Film Festival, Bleecker Street nabbed U.S. rights to James Hawes’ One Life, starring Anthony Hopkins, and the starry British comedy Fackham Hall, which goes into production next year. The company also locked down UK rights, alongside Elysian Film Group and Anonymous Content, to Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron. Upcoming releases include the Meg Ryan-helmed rom-com What Happens Later, coming to theaters November 3, which she leads with David Duchovny, and Sara Bareilles and Jessie Nelson’s Waitress: The Musical, out December 7 with Fathom Events.

[testostertunes]

Emily Robb Summer Tour starts today!! Today in Brooklyn w/ Rosali and then a bunch of nights w/ Kurt Vile & his Violators...

Emily has a string of gigs coming up, and she'll be joined by yours truly on stage with a little organ. Please come out and have a blast and say hello to us. As we get further from Philadelphia, we would especially love to meet anybody willing to let the two of us sleep at their place after the show. Email richie.charles@gmail.com if so inclined.

Either way- don't be shy come say what's up!

Emily Robb Live Dates Summer 2024

Sun 6/16 Brooklyn, NY @ Union Pool w/ Rosali Mon 6/17 Harrisburg, PA @ HMAC * Tue 6/18 Wilmington, DE @ The Queen * Thu 6/20 Atlantic City, NJ North to Shore Festival @ Anchor Rock Club * Sat 6/22 Charlotte, NC Neighborhood Theatre * Sun 6/23 Cincinnati, OH @ Taft Theatre * Mon 6/24 Indianapolis, IN @ State Street Pub w/ Kind Buds Tue 6/25 Evanston, IL @ SPACE * Wed 6/26 St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant * Thu 6/27 Kalamazoo, MI @ Bells * Fri 6/28 Detroit, MI @ Spread Art w/ Deadbeat Beat, Shells Sun 6/30 Norwalk, CT @ District Music Hall *

Tues 7/23 Montreal, QC @ Sotteranea w/ Mountain Movers, Feeling Figures Wed 7/24 Prince Edward County, ON @ Glenwood Cemetery w/ Mountain Movers, Stonegrass, Craig Currie, Paul Lowman Thurs 7/25 Toronto, ON @ Monarch Tavern w/ Mountain Movers Fri 7/26 Rochester, NY Carbon 30YR Fest @ Radio Social Sun 7/28 Williamstown, MA @ Clark Art Institute w/ Glenn Jones Fri 8/2 Philadelphia, PA @ Century Bar w/ Nod, Mike Polizze (of Purrling Hiss/Birds of Maya) Mon 9/23 Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s w/ Mystic 100’s

* w/ Kurt Vile and the Violators

And other upcoming Petty Bunco shows… July 5 - Mordecai, The Spatulas, Overt Hostility @ Jerry’s On Front Aug 2 - Nod, Emily Robb, Mike Polizze @ Century Bar

We'll have copies of the newly landed "If I Am Misery Then Give Me Affection" repress at the merch table. See ya there!

polaroid by Kurt Vile

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Styld Spaces Events Studio 1320 Ellesmere Rd unit#5, Scarborough, ON M1P 2X9 Phone: (437) 260-1125

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Rupi's Poetry (Revisited)

[A Writer's Achievement]

Walking with purpose across her living room, lighting candles and turning the ceiling lights off

Sitting down with much to do, at peace with herself as reflected in her lovely brown eyes

The sound of trucks and cars on the 427 fades in the distant night time

She's changed, and everything is going to be all right

And it's Rupi, writing poetry in her room

Writing words of love and words that are true

Calmly looking closer with her eyes, a pleasurable delight she has found at the sight of her body

Outside in the Indian garden, the full moon is bright

More than 4 million women, children and men scroll across their phones, reading what Rupi wrote slowly

She walks back and forth with pen and paper held firmly in hand

...And it's Rupi thinking about poetry that she is going to write for you

She writes about pain and suffering and love

Most of what she writes about is true

Far from here

Only she rightfully decides, who she is to embrace in her arms

Feeling good again

For some

Most of the time

[She's A Twenty First Century Woman]

She gets emotional like the kind of scholar that she is who reads book after book like a charm

With eyes that are clear, there is much to digest

Knowing what you know can only take you higher

Putting you in all

She's here again

Here to perform

Putting you in all

Love and peace

Find yourself being released

She's an author, poet, illustrator, performer and artist

She's a twenty first century woman

There is much to what she writes

And all her followers

who have come from many different lifestyles and career paths

will have the time of their life

by buying a ticket and sitting down inside

Where more than a few

are seated

hand in hand

Mostly everyone's glad

She's a walking breathing miracle

She sells eternal sanctuary

She will entertain you

No matter what the temperature is outside

with Rupi inside

Everyone will feel warm

[Brampton And Malton And Toronto Heaven Sent]

We've got a feeling

there's a time to work

and a time to rest

Walking in our hometown fields

Fields that have seen generations of children

Children of the west

British descendants and the rest

Now a land of many brown skinned entrepreneurs

Standing still above ground

Safe and sound

Beating down any personal struggles

The day's chaos has begun, the workplace can be tense and ill at ease

Working hard to please...

And the chance to live in a wonderful world

without hectic commotion

Because love is where all of us need to be

and overtaken by that emotion

And even though everyone's in a good mood

Better to play it safe than sorry as usual

September has been a month to celebrate

And to have a slice of some delicious wedding cake

One of many lovely couple's have sealed their matrimonial fate

A time for celebration

and wedding hall dancing

here on earth before God

[Why Is She So Beautiful?]

Wandering through the forest

the conflicts of the world she has left

Climbing up a mountain of success

To a plateau of fresh, green grass

and tall trees full of life

Her young figure sits still

her reflection in the water she admires

that's natural

She's been published

and for that she's grateful

Salvador Dali's painting

"The Metamorphosis Of Narcissus" is beautiful

Such a brilliant painter

Narcissus blooms into a flower

Colourful and pleasing

Over and over

[Heydon's Farm]

If you go down to Heydon's Farm

You'll find a gathering of hovering Monarch butterflies

See forever eyes

that's not a surprise

Fox on the run

Over the road rocks by the jet

And there's the large lots

Memories of my mother there before

at the skating rink

where Michelle and her daughter are today

Just like everyone

Feeling both happy and sad

And of course there are good people in the world

Happy to be here

Championship drag racing

In a fast rush

Dealing with problems before the starting flag was raised

that had to be crushed

The moon and the prince

The prince was at the sticker factory

The sticker factory was beside the train tracks

The train tracks are still there amongst the enormous bustle

The bustle is what puts food on the table

and comfort all year round

Fly on a jet plane away

Sweet thing

Up on near the hikng trail

Places to go to and places you've been

You've changed into a fantastic human being

Yes

Happy as can be

And glorified as anyone can see

And fresh and clean in the morning

You've got everything

Always in

Never out

Wildwood wild things

throughout the summer blooming

in a roundabout

Changing seasons

Changes for one and all

Wish you were here

And some Hollywood stars are near

Time has come today

Time has come bringing change

Feel your body, it belongs to you and you alone

A gift from your mother and father

And from them you learn

what it is to work

during working hours

Earning your success

Making you feel tall

In my world

I hear a lot of lies

Up to here

listening to all these lies

Going with the flow

Rupi

In your world are there many that want you now?

And as you listen to your inner voice

To look for hidden doors, decorated floors and audience applause

Here for a good time

Everyone likes you a lot, they like what you've got

Your ancestral history can be felt and found throughout the land

Yes, deep in the land

And in the end, I heard before me, a clairvoyant having a spirit whisper in her head that in the end, we will find ourselves amongst those who all share similar interests

And that we'll all fit into our places

[Alpha Centauri Of The Constellation Centaurus]

With the stars of Centaurus shining bright around

A rocket ship moves slowly upward from its place underground

Rupi is strapped in, tilted back and coming up from beneath

Shimmering silver glitter around her head to below her knees

She lights up the fire in the skies

She knows she's doing well by the look in everybody's eyes

Her poetry is as rich as a sunrise

It ain't easy

Living in a painting and poetry fantasy

She is no longer alone

Made of hardy stock and thick to the bone

And the rocket engines roar

Roaring right down inside your soul

The stars of the constellation Centaurus shine alongside all of their moons

On stage, there's Rupi, reciting the words of a brand new poem

And it's Rupi, with her spoken words so true

At work and not lazy, thinking about the colour blue because it is such a fun thing to do

She's so far from here

Only she, and she alone rightfully decides who she is to receive in her loving arms

Rupi's back again, and everyone in the theatre will have a good time

[Poems]

Can't you feel your imagination get out of sight?

Pulsating colours, in the darkness of night

Like the galaxies that join after centuries, as the cycle of life expands and grows

She has come to your city and to a place that you call home

Rupi's standing shining in the sun, and she's reading with a loud voice

her favourite poems one by one

Poet of poets

Scholar of scholars

She has returned to read to the people, in theatre's close to their home

To make them feel glad that they've come, to listen to her reading her beautiful poems.

-Walter

October 18, 2019

Revisited and revised April 5, 2024

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We are beyond thrilled to announce our North American tour with @whitechapelband + @kublaikhantx and @sanguisugabogg this September/October! Do not miss these shows - we will be playing ‘Pain Remains’ in its entirety!

Tickets will be available starting with:

Citi card presale- May 14 at 12pm ET.

American Express® presale -May 14 at 12pm Citi

The Live Nation and Ticketmaster - May 14th at 2pm ET.

Local presales - May 16th at 10am local time.

General onsale - May 17 at 10am local time

Lorna Shore North American Tour

w/ Whitechapel, Kublai Khan TX, Sanguisugabogg

Thu Sep 19 - Montreal, QC - MTELUS

Fri Sep 20 - Toronto, ON - HISTORY

Sat Sep 21 - Moon Township, PA - UPMC Events Center

Sun Sep 22 - Greensboro, NC - Greensboro Special Events Center

Tue Sep 24 - Orlando, FL - Hard Rock Live Orlando

Wed Sep 25 - Atlanta, GA - Tabernacle

Fri Sep 27 - Louder Than Life Fest - Louisville, KY**

Sat Sep 28 - St. Louis, MO - The Pageant

Sun Sep 29 - Oklahoma City, OK - Diamond Ballroom

Mon Sep 30 - The Midland Theatre - Kansas City, MO*

Wed Oct 2 - New Orleans, LA - The Fillmore New Orleans

Thu Oct 3 - Houston, TX - House Of Blues

Fri Oct 4 - San Antonio, TX - Boeing Center at Tech Port

Sat Oct 5 - Dallas, TX - Southside Ballroom

Mon Oct 7 - Phoenix, AZ - The Van Buren

Tue Oct 8 - Las Vegas, NV - Brooklyn Bowl

Thu Oct 10 - Anaheim, CA - House Of Blues

Fri Oct 11 - Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern

Sat Oct 12 - Aftershock Fest - Sacramento, CA**

Mon Oct 14 - Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom

Tue Oct 15 - Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom

Thu Oct 17 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Complex

Fri Oct 18 - Denver, CO - Fillmore Auditorium

Sat Oct 19 - Omaha, NE - Steelhouse Omaha

Sun Oct 20 - Minneapolis, MN - The Fillmore Minneapolis

Tue Oct 22 - Chicago, IL - Radius

Wed Oct 23 - Detroit, MI - The Fillmore Detroit

Thu Oct 24 - Cleveland, OH - The Agora*

Fri Oct 25 - Silver Spring, MD - The Fillmore Silver Spring

Sun Oct 27 - New York, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom

Mon Oct 28 - Boston, MA - MGM Music Hall

Tue Oct 29 - Philadelphia, PA - The Fillmore Philadelphia

Wed Oct 30 - Wallingford, CT - Toyota Oakdale Theatre

[eyeslikewatercoolers]

WIP Wednesday

Some long-awaited Jasya for your dash :) First look into If Found, Please Burn (aka the sister story to the Wedding Planner au!)

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As the lock on the door to the empty apartment clicked to unlock, Daya and Willow were welcomed with a duet of meows. Both girls were careful to sneak inside and not accidentally let the cats into the apartment building’s hallway.

“Why did I have to come with you here? I could have waited outside the building for you.” Daya pointed out as she removed her denim jacket and threw it over the couch. Jasmine has been out of town for barely a week and Daya has hardly had her vacation from the annoying blonde. Being forced to go to Jasmine’s apartment by Willow wasn’t really on her plans for the afternoon.

“Because I need you to keep the cats busy while I clean their litter, feed them, and give them fresh water,” Willow explained as she started to get to work in the kitchen. “Oh, and their treats. Jasmine wanted to make sure that they got their treats.” She picked up a Temptations box and shook it, getting Aveyah and Theo’s attention.

Daya plopped down on the couch, talking to Willow through the wall cut-out between the living room and kitchen. “What do you expect me to do with them? You know I’m not a cat person.” Just another reason that she and Jasmine never got along. Daya never understood how she and Jasmine even belonged in the same friend group, with how often the two argued and bickered.

Willow shrugged as she shooed the cats out of the kitchen and back into the living room. “Play with them, I guess. I think there’s a box of cat toys in her bedroom somewhere.”

Daya sighed dramatically “Fine, I’ll go keep them occupied.” She stood up off the couch and headed down the hall to Jasmine’s bedroom. Before she got too far, Willow’s voice pulled her attention back.

“Oh, and Daya?”

“Yeah?”

“Don’t look through her stuff to use for blackmail.” Willow deadpanned, as she washed the food bowls in the sink.

“I wasn’t going to!” Daya exclaimed as she turned down to the hall and quickly found Jasmine’s bedroom.

She has never been in the bedroom before, but she could tell it was Jasmine’s. Pink wall decorations, stuffed animals all over the bed, and a tall cat tree in the corner. The room was perfect for Jasmine, and Daya felt instantly annoyed at the thought of Jasmine’s presence, even if Jasmine was over 450 miles away from her.

The last time she saw Jasmine was at Kerri’s family’s beach house in Malibu. Kerri invited the friend group for the weekend to spend at the beach house. Kerri said that her moms and younger sister wouldn’t be there that weekend, but Daya saw a motorcycle pull into the driveway outside the house in the morning.

All Daya remembered with Jasmine that weekend was a small thunderstorm started and she jokingly locked the blonde outside, and then Jasmine came back inside very pissed off and stayed in one of the bedrooms for the rest of the night.

A few days after the weekend passed, Kerri texted her and Bosco that Jasmine wasn’t going to board game night, since Jasmine would be in Toronto for the next three weeks.

Daya didn’t care why Jasmine chose to run off to Canada, she was just glad that she didn’t have to deal with her for three full weeks.

This was going to be the most stress-free three weeks of Daya’s life.

Or at least she assumed that was going to be the case.

[daggerzine]

Laetitia Sadier- Rooting For Love (Drag City)

The album begins with “Who + What,” an eerie, moody keyboard-driven melody that builds with layers and layers of instruments and vocals. “I need to I want to I have to; Need to expand, want to expand; Embrace my Goddess; Escape the fortress; The walls are falling down, cultures are communing; Muses are converging; On the verge.” Track 2, ”Proteiformunite,” is the first of many French songs on this album. This time the bass gets the spotlight. Laetitia’s soft vocals take the listener away to another world. And then the band kicks in with a full-out jam! Next up, “Une Autre Attente," is another French track. Eerie keyboards and robotic piano are highlighted here, but the beautiful vocals truly add to this one. Check out the video:

Track 4, “The Dash,” is a soft, gentle, jazzy number complete with “Ba dee dup, Ba dee dup” Bossa Nova vocals. “Through the center; The discreet shine of your darkness; Eyes of children the heart of another; Things we fear are false; A current life; The place inside; Into the night slowly; Swells vitality.” Next, “Don’t Forget You’re Mine” has a stripped-down beginning, but eventually the music soars and swells with beats and strings. “Hey, don't scream with rage it’s vain. I’m not impressed, just exasperated again. A good slap is what you need; a good slap is what you want; take that take that, get up get up babe.” Track 6, “Panser L’inacceptable,” is another beauty of a song. It has a tropical feel to it. Love the horns here. Here’s the video:

Track 7, “The Inner Smile,” is possibly my favorite track with shifting flutes and a major jam near the end. It’s the most upbeat song on the album. “Smile at all parts of your being. Smile at the parts you’re aware of and those you’re not. Smile, smile and thank your whole body.” Next up, “La Nageuse Nue,” is a French-titled song with English lyrics this time. Laetitia gets deep with her poetry. “The dissolution beliefs; The singular world; Volunteers the ego. Social body, For a cleansing and healing, Experience. Which may turn the personality inside and out; Discloses the gold hidden within the heart.” Track 9,“ New Moon,” develops into a hypnotic blast of ambient sound. It actually came out way back in 2021. It’s one of those songs you just don’t want to end. A beautiful video directed by Laetitia and Tanya Small captures the song here:

   The album closes with “Cloud 6,” a repetitive outer space choral vocal exercise complete with blasting horns. “You have a power I haven't got. I have a power you don’t have. We need all the power we can get. Our psyches, well-being, brutalised, The world renounces its liberty because it is in fear. Because it is in fear, because it is in fear.” More deep thoughts from Laetitia as we would expect. Another great one from Stereolab’s Laetitia Sadier from start to finish.  Make sure to check the tour schedule beginning in March to see if she’ll be hitting your part of the world. ERIC EGGLESON

Sat. March 2- San Francisco CA @ The Chapel

Mon. March 4- Portland OR @ Polaris Hall

Tue. March 5- Seattle WA @ Barboza

Wed. March 6- Vancouver BC @ Fox Cabaret

Fri. March 8- Salt Lake City UT @ Kilby Court

Sat. March 9- Denver CO @ Lost Lake

Mon. March 11- Minneapolis MN @ Turf Club

Tue. March 12- Chicago IL @ Empty Bottle

Wed. March 13- Detroit MI @ Third Man

Fri. March 15- Toronto ON @ Garrison

Sat. March 16- Montreal QC @ Bar Le Ritz

Wed. March 20- Brooklyn NY @ National Sawdust

Thu. March 21- Boston MA @ Arts at the Armory

Fri. March 22- Philadelphia PA @ Johnny Brenda's

Sat. March 23- Washington DC @ Songbyrd

Mon. March 25- Atlanta GA @ EARL

Tue. March 26- Nashville TN @ Blue Room

Thu. March 28- Houston TX @ White Oak Music Hall Upstairs

Fri. March 29- Dallas TX @ Club Dada

Sat. March 30- Austin TX @ Parish

Tue. April 2- Phoenix AZ @ Rebel Lounge

Wed. April 3- Pioneertown CA @ Pappy & Harriets

Thu. April 4- Los Angeles CA @ Zebulon

Fri. April 5- Big Sur CA @ Fernwood Tavern

https://www.dragcity.com/products/rooting-for-love

(Photo credit: Marie Merlet)

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*BIG NEWS: Thank You For Coming to have its Gala World Premiere at Toronto International Film Festival 2023!*

The next offering from powerhouse creators of "Veere Di Wedding," Ektaa R Kapoor and Rhea Kapoor has been a well-kept secret. Unveiling today as an Official Selection at the esteemed Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) 2023 is their coming of age comedy "Thank You For Coming".

Handpicked to have its grand gala world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival 2023 on 15th September 2023 at the Roy Thomson Hall, the laugh riot entertainer is the only Hindi feature film to have a gala premiere this year at TIFF!

Directed by Karan Boolani and written by Radhika Anand and Prashasti Singh, The film stars Bhumi Pednekar, Shehnaaz Gill, Dolly Singh, Kusha Kapila, Shibani Bedi, Pradhuman Singh Mall, Natasha Rastogi, Gautmik, Sushant Divgikar, Saloni Daini, Dolly Ahluwalia, Karan Kundrra & Anil Kapoor in a special appearance. The film is slated to have its theatrical release worldwide on the 6th of October 2023.

Talking about the same, Rhea Kapoor shares, "It is a film for this generation and we feel extremely honoured to have the world premiere of our film at TIFF 2023. Even with its unconventional storyline and bold point of view, this movie is an out and out Bollywood entertainer, full of masti and music so it makes this selection that much sweeter! It is a film I am extremely proud of and we couldn't have asked for a better kick-start. I've had the privilege to work with the most talented group of girls that have put their heart and soul into making this movie and we can not wait for the world to see what we have made."

"I am genuinely thrilled to announce that our film, is set to grace the esteemed TIFF platform. This project holds a special place in my heart, and I am eagerly anticipating the moment when I can present it to a discerning global audience. The opportunity to be part of such a prestigious festival is an absolute honor, and I am awaiting the feedback and reception it garners." Says Ektaa R Kapoor, joint managing director Balaji Telefilms Ltd.

Thank You For Coming follows the story of Kanika Kapoor, a single girl in her thirties, and her quest for true love and pleasure.

Produced by Balaji Telefilms Limited and Anil Kapoor Film Communication Network Pvt. Ltd, Directed by Karan Boolani and written by Radhika Anand and Prashasti Singh, Thank You For Coming to release in theatres worldwide on 6th October 2023.