tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11581486507623343322024-03-05T02:20:50.271-05:00A Lit ChickLiterary themes and events discussed, book and film reviews, short essays on life such as it is.A Lit Chickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02234012550396102951noreply@blogger.comBlogger783125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1158148650762334332.post-52913580098624300952019-12-31T13:18:00.001-05:002019-12-31T13:20:26.746-05:00On to new things in 2020
This will be my last blog post. I have had the A Lit Chick blog for twelve years. As we are on the cusp of a new decade I would like to branch out into new avenues ... please stay tuned. It's been a fun ride. Thank you for reading it and your occasional comments.
Peace and love ...
A Lit Chickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02234012550396102951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1158148650762334332.post-57079510745032324082019-12-31T08:46:00.000-05:002019-12-31T13:13:21.235-05:00December Cultural RoundupFilms
The Irishman (U.S., 2019)
Knives Out (U.S., 2019)
You can count on me (U.S., 2000)
A Marriage Story (U.S., 2019)
The Deer Hunter (U.S., 1978)
Emma (U.K., 1996)
White Christmas (U.S., 1954)
A Christmas Carol (U.K., 1951)
Sleepless in Seattle (U.S., 1993)
63 Up (U.K., 2019)
Queen and Slim (U.S., 2019)
Zodiac (U.S., 2007)
Books:
Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow
Drinking: A Love Story by A Lit Chickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02234012550396102951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1158148650762334332.post-84910326981168159392019-11-30T08:57:00.000-05:002019-11-30T08:57:05.795-05:00November Cultural RoundupBooks:
The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
Basic Black with Pearls by Helen Weinzweig
The Fever by Wallace Shawn
A Lit Chickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02234012550396102951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1158148650762334332.post-69261044958251320502019-10-31T11:03:00.000-04:002019-11-02T15:55:21.939-04:00October Cultural Roundup
Films
Nosferatu (Germany, 1922)
Seven (U.S., 1995)
Books:
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
Awards
Arbor Awards at the Carlu, October 10thA Lit Chickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02234012550396102951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1158148650762334332.post-2597752449244286742019-10-01T11:50:00.003-04:002019-10-04T19:37:46.933-04:00September Cultural Roundup
The Glass Menagerie at the Shaw Festival
Theatre:
The Glass Menagerie at Shaw Festival, September 8th
Films:
Vanity Fair (U.K., 2204)
The Goldfinch (U.S., 2019)
Judy (U.S., 2019)
Books:
The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James
Love and Ruin by Paula McLain
A Lit Chickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02234012550396102951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1158148650762334332.post-52032996811835423442019-08-31T09:35:00.000-04:002019-08-31T16:04:06.006-04:00August Cultural Roundup
Books
The Need by Helen Phillips
Films:
Once upon a time in Hollywood (U.S., 2019)
Luce (U.S., 2019)
This changes everything (U.S., 2019)
Brittany runs a marathon (U.S., 2019)A Lit Chickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02234012550396102951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1158148650762334332.post-75705358166245235002019-07-31T21:36:00.000-04:002019-07-31T21:36:00.355-04:00July Cultural RoundupBooks
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Strange Pilgrims by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Films
Yesterday (U.K, 2019)
The Farewell (U.S., 2019)
Booksmart (U.S., 2019)
Art
Vija Clemins
Photographs 1920s- 1940s: Women in Focus, AGO, July 20th
Literary
The 4th Annual Love Poetry Festival honouring Milton Acorn and Gwen MacEwen at Queen Books A Lit Chickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02234012550396102951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1158148650762334332.post-50422846303670038242019-06-30T10:19:00.000-04:002019-07-03T21:43:24.315-04:00June Cultural Roundup
Little Edie Beale of Grey Gardens fame
Films:
Grey Gardens (1973)
Grey Gardens (2009)
Pride and Prejudice (U.K., 1940)
Books:
The Dead Celebrities Club by Susan Swan
Cherry by Nico Walker
I'm afraid of Men by Vivek Shraya
History
Tour of Dundurn Castle, June 20th
Art
Art Gallery of HamiltonA Lit Chickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02234012550396102951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1158148650762334332.post-91675252298897531212019-05-31T07:48:00.000-04:002019-05-31T09:38:47.595-04:00May Cultural Roundup
Freddy McConnell, a transman, in the documentary Seahorse
Films:
Shooting the Mafia (Ireland, 2019)
Seahorse (UK, 2019)
Una Primavera (Italy, 2019)
XY Chelsea (UK, 2019)
Growing up Female (U.S., 1971)
Sparkle (U.S., 2012)
I love you, now die (U.S., 2019)
Crazy Rich Asians (U.S., 2018)
Meeting Gorbachev (Germany, 2019)
Books
Women Talking by Miriam Toews
Literary:
John Madott Fine Arts A Lit Chickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02234012550396102951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1158148650762334332.post-28292722834297638452019-04-30T11:51:00.000-04:002019-04-30T19:06:29.378-04:00April Cultural Roundup<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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A Lit Chickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02234012550396102951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1158148650762334332.post-58781738200982894562019-03-31T10:14:00.000-04:002019-04-06T11:56:10.511-04:00March Cultural Roundup
The Soul of Yellow Folks by Wesley Yang
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Films:
Leaving Neverland (U.S., 2019)
My Brilliant Friend, episodes 3-6 (Italy, 2018)
Do the Right Thing (U.S., 1989)
Garry Winogrand: All things are photographable (U.S., 2019)A Lit Chickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02234012550396102951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1158148650762334332.post-69167617623816524402019-02-28T06:56:00.000-05:002019-03-03T13:40:27.155-05:00February Cultural Roundup
Art & Exhibits
Being Japanese Canadian exhibit at ROM, February 2nd
Films:
Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists (U.S., 2018)
The Favourite (U.K., 2018)
Everybody Knows (Iran, 2018)
Mapplethorpe (U.S., 2018)
Promise At Dawn (France, 2017)
The 5 Browns (U.S., 2018)
Every Act of Life (U.S., 2018)
Who Killed Lt. Van Dorn? (U.S., 2018)
Ghost Light (U.S., 2018)
The Hello A Lit Chickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02234012550396102951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1158148650762334332.post-37911703501196799052019-01-31T05:47:00.000-05:002019-02-05T16:09:38.835-05:00January Cultural RoundupFilms:
Chicago (U.S., 2002)
Pretty in Pink (U.S., 1986)
Bird Box (U.S., 2018)
My Brilliant Friend, Episodes 1 & 2 (Italy, 2018)
Books
Educated by Tara WestoverA Lit Chickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02234012550396102951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1158148650762334332.post-90578089317184922752018-12-31T20:59:00.000-05:002019-01-02T17:59:50.740-05:00December Cultural RoundupFilms:
White Christmas (U.S., 1954)
Miracle on 34th Street (U.S., 1994)
Fight Club (U.S., 1999)
It's a Wonderful Life (U.S., 1946)
A Star is Born (U.S., 2018)
Roma (Mexico, 2018)
My Man Godfrey (U.S., 1936)
The Last Picture Show (U.S., 1971)
Pick of the Litter (U.S., 2018)
Green Book (U.S., 2018)
La La Land (U.S., 2016)
A Lit Chickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02234012550396102951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1158148650762334332.post-69604406953069517542018-11-30T08:22:00.000-05:002018-11-30T08:22:00.394-05:00November Cultural RoundupGalas:
True Patriot Love Gala at Metro Convention Centre, November 8th
Art:
Gordon Park: Flavio's Story at Ryerson Image Centre
Books:
1984 by George OrwellA Lit Chickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02234012550396102951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1158148650762334332.post-55498121828309887742018-10-31T13:33:00.000-04:002018-11-04T17:05:34.756-05:00October Cultural Roundup
M.I.A.
Films:
Matangi / Maya / MIA (UK/USA, 2018)
Books:
How Should a Person Be by Sheila Heti
A Collection of Critical Essays on "The Waste Land" ed. by Jay Martin
The Collected Poems by T.S. Eliot
Literary
Portraits of the Artists as Men at Queen Books featuring Trevor Abes, Arif Anwar, Valentino Assenza, Rocco de Giacomo, Paul S. Fowler, Luciaano Iacobelli, George Elliott Clarke and A Lit Chickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02234012550396102951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1158148650762334332.post-91297593654609667852018-09-30T06:19:00.000-04:002018-10-07T13:30:46.347-04:00September Cultural RoundupFilms:
Fausto (Mexico, 2018)
The Wedding Guest (U.K., 2018)
American Dharma (U.S., 2018)
A Million Little Pieces (U.S., 2018)
Her Smell (U.S., 2018)
Non-Fiction (France, 2018)
Vita and Virginia (U.K., 2018)
The hate u give (U.S., 2018)
Maria by Callas (France, 2017)
Asako I & II (Japan, 2018)
Searching for Ingmar Bergman (Germany/France, 2018)
Books:
99 Glimpses of A Lit Chickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02234012550396102951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1158148650762334332.post-85313539305061603232018-09-21T12:13:00.003-04:002018-09-21T12:14:47.688-04:00Portraits of the artists as Men
Michelle Alfano (emcee) is the author of the personal memoir The Unfinished Dollhouse (Cormorant Books, 2017) which was selected as one of The Globe 100 Best Books of the Year in 2017. Her novella, Made up of Arias, was the 2010 winner of the F.G. Bressani Award for Short Fiction. Her short story “Opera”, on which the novella was based, was a finalist for a A Lit Chickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02234012550396102951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1158148650762334332.post-45935439770948263362018-08-30T08:27:00.000-04:002018-08-31T10:04:25.586-04:00August Cultural RoundupFilms:
Sorry to bother you (U.S., 2018)
Crazy Rich Asians (U.S., 2018)
Eighth Grade (U.S., 2018)
Books:
Transit by Rachel Cusk
Hollywood Babylon by Kenneth Anger
Love and Ruin by Paula McLain
A Lit Chickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02234012550396102951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1158148650762334332.post-11155505594967681162018-07-31T08:59:00.000-04:002018-08-01T20:40:33.297-04:00July Cultural RoundupFilms:
Hardcore Logo (Canada, 1996)
Three Identical Strangers (U.S., 2018)
Books:
Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood
Birthday Letters by Ted Hughes
The First Bad Man by Miranda July
I'll be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara
Literary
The Third Annual Love Poetry Festival honouring Milton Acorn and Gwen MacEwen at Queen Books, July 28th featuring bill bissett, Dom Capilongo, A Lit Chickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02234012550396102951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1158148650762334332.post-59295755030001568552018-06-30T09:04:00.000-04:002018-06-30T09:04:01.075-04:00June Cultural RoundupArt:
Riverdale Art Walk, June 2nd
Sara Angelucci's Piece Work at Stephen Bulgar Gallery, June 9th
Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Decisive Moment, CP Museum, NYC, June 23rd
RFK Funeral Train: The People's View by Rein Jelle Terpstra, ICP Museum, NYC, June 23rd
Books:
Richard III by William Shakespeare
Another World by Pat Barker
Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote
Film:
Kusama: A Lit Chickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02234012550396102951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1158148650762334332.post-13410384770453176142018-06-26T23:37:00.001-04:002018-06-28T17:34:44.277-04:00NYC Day 2: Looking for Pacino
Two sweet guys at Caffe Reggio
When we first started coming to NYC, I was excited to go to Caffe Reggio, 119 MacDougall Street, near Washington Square. I had read that Al Pacino liked to frequent the cafe. It is small, its walls covered with faux Renaissance paintings and an inordinately large espresso machine sits like a king on his throne in a corner (unused, perhaps broken). The tables andA Lit Chickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02234012550396102951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1158148650762334332.post-46842888696050820442018-06-22T23:57:00.000-04:002018-06-28T17:24:04.209-04:00NYC Day 1: Let them be happy
Why we came to NYC ...
We begin our trip in a panic as our passports had expired and spend a morning and a great deal of money making sure they are updated in time for our trip the next day. Lesson learned, likely this will never happen again. (We hope!)
We race to Billy Bishop Airport to catch our flight. Our son left an hour before us on an earlier flight to join his boyfriend. Porter A Lit Chickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02234012550396102951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1158148650762334332.post-79902692201504442062018-05-31T08:20:00.000-04:002018-06-03T11:52:08.642-04:00May Cultural RoundupFilms:
The Fourth Estate (U.S., 2018)
Running from Crazy (U.S., 2018)
Tiny Shoulders: Rethinking Barbie (U.S., 2018)
My Mother's Letters (U.S., 2018)
The Return (U.S., 2018)
Black Panther (U.S., 2018)
The Rachel Divide (U.S., 2018)
Joan Didion: The centre will not hold (U.S., 2018)
Literary
Wild Writers at Poetry Jazz Cafe, May 1st
Pride Comes Before the Parade Reading - Celebration of A Lit Chickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02234012550396102951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1158148650762334332.post-14765668943897981322018-04-30T08:37:00.000-04:002018-05-31T14:47:20.265-04:00April Cultural RoundupFilms:
A Quiet Place (U.S., 2018)
Ugetsu (Japan, 1953)
Alt-Right: Days Of Rage (U.S., 2018)
Two Worlds Colliding (Canada, 2004)
The American Meme (U.S., 2018)
Theatre
Mixie and the Half Breeds, Pia Bouman School, April 15th
Books:
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
The Marrow Thieves by Cheri Dimaline
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