Author: mcwiner

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Every time I say Goodbye to the Piano, I cry a little

For years I’ve had a love hate relationship with the piano. I have tremendous respect for piano players and the instrument. Just the same, it’s confounded me for years. The best I could do is come to a pretty mechanical sounding rendition of my favourite songs. I haven’t played since 2005 having decided that life […]

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Winterfolk VIII – A Different Type of Folk Festival

FolkPrints  http://www.ocff.ca/services/folk_prints.html – Winter/Spring 2010 Record crowds attended the eight annual Winterfolk Roots and Blues festival held in downtown Toronto, centered around Broadview and Danforth, over the weekend of February 12-15, 2010.  Most of the venues were at, or over capacity.  Similar to a summer park festival, schedule-toting attendee’s walk from stage to stage to […]

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Paris 1919 – Treaty of Versailles

(From TVO) For six months, Paris was the capital of the world. The last shots had just been fired in the most devastating war of all time, and the old global order lay in tatters. Delegations from over 30 nations descended upon Paris for the most ambitious peace talks in history. Inspired by Margaret Macmillan’s […]

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Vitamin D and Cancer: State of the Science – Dr Joan Lappe

An educational webinar on Vitamin D Vitamin D and Cancer: State of the Science Presented by Joan Lappe, PhD, RN, FAAN Dr. CC & Mabel L Criss & Drs. Gilbert & Clinton Beirne Endowed Chair in Nursing Professor of Medicine Creighton University Omaha, Nebraska Tuesday, April 12, 2011 11AM (CST) to 12PM (CST) Space is […]

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