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HARRISON KENNEDY: A CHAT WITH A BLUESMAN WHOSE PAST INCLUDES FOUR YEARS WITH CHAIRMEN OF THE BOARD AND WHOSE PRESENT INCLUDES A 2016 JUNO NOMINATION

Posted on February 12, 2016 by strecker

James Strecker: Harrison, your CD ‘This Is From Here’ has been nominated for a Juno as Best Blues Album of the Year. As its creator, what do you especially like about the album and what about it satisfies you the … Continue reading →

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WHERE SCIENCE AND ART DANCE TOGETHER: AN INTERVIEW WITH ARCHAEOBOTANIST, TEACHER, ARTIST, AND RENAISSANCE MAN RUDY FECTEAU IN MOTION

Posted on January 9, 2016 by strecker

Says Strecker: Several years ago I met Rudy Fecteau and began an ongoing conversation with him on many subjects -with one overlapping onto another or implying another or confiscating another. Some of these are subjects discussed in the interview that … Continue reading →

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GEMMA NEW: AN INTERVIEW WITH THE NEW MUSIC DIRECTOR OF THE HAMILTON PHILHARMONIC, ASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR OF THE NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY, FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF THE LUNAR ENSEMBLE, PRINCIPAL CONDUCTOR OF CAMERATA NOTTURNA, AND GUEST CONDUCTOR EVERYWHERE

Posted on December 23, 2015 by strecker

James Strecker: One of your mentors, Gustav Meier, once told me that he took exception to a remark made by Leonard Bernstein, I think it was, that when he was conducting he felt like the composer of a given work. … Continue reading →

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THE INTERVIEWER GETS INTERVIEWED: JAMES STRECKER, THE PROPRIETOR OF THIS BLOG, JAMES STRECKER REVIEWS THE ARTS, IS INTERVIEWED BY AUTHOR, EDITOR, CONSULTANT, AND DEPTH PSYCHOLOGIST VALERIE HARMS

Posted on December 11, 2015 by strecker

Valerie Harms: James Strecker has reviewed and posted articles on the arts in this column since 2010. Having been a recent subject, I thought it would be of interest to switch sides and ask him questions. After all, he has … Continue reading →

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LAURA CONDLLN (NOT CONDLIN): AN INTERVIEW WITH THE ACTRESS (NOT ACTOR) PLAYING DOCTOR THOMAS STOCKMANN IN IBSEN’S CLASSIC AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE ….AT TORONTO’S TARRAGON THEATRE FROM OCTOBER 7 TO NOVEMBER 1

Posted on October 6, 2015 by strecker

James Strecker: To start, please give me a few reasons why a Canadian audience of today should see a production of Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People from 1882. Laura Condlln: I think this story and this production will especially … Continue reading →

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THE ARTS THIS FALL IN TORONTO-HAMILTON PART I

Posted on September 20, 2015 by strecker

A look at the fall seasons of arts organizations in the Toronto-Hamilton area -in 6 questions THE HAMILTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA 1.What is your name and connection to this organization? Tara Bryk, Manager of Marketing and Development 2.How is your organization … Continue reading →

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DICK GAUGHAN: AN INTERVIEW WITH THE RENOWNED SCOTTISH SINGER, GUITARIST AND SOCIAL ACTIVIST WHO APPEARS AT HUGH’S ROOM IN TORONTO WITH JASON WILSON ON SEPTEMBER 26

Posted on September 6, 2015 by strecker

Jason Wilson & Dick Gaughan James Strecker: I was astounded to read that, because of the political nature of some of your material, folk festivals refuse to book a musician of your stature and quality. What brought this restrictive situation … Continue reading →

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THE DIVINE: A PLAY FOR SARAH BERNHARDT AT THE SHAW FESTIVAL: A PRODUCTION THAT IS CHALLENGING, REWARDING, AND MEMORABLE THROUGH AND THROUGH

Posted on September 2, 2015 by strecker

Theatrical, of course. After all, this is a play titled The Divine: A Play for Sarah Bernhardt. But in Michel Marc Bouchard’s new work, we have, as well, theatrical in religion, in industry, in society, in intimate relations, in one’s … Continue reading →

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THE INTELLIGENT HOMOSEXUAL’S GUIDE TO CAPITALISM AND SOCIALISM WITH A KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES AT THE SHAW FESTIVAL -PROFOUND, MOVING, POTENT AND UNCOMPROMISING- A PRODUCTION THAT ALL SHOULD SEE

Posted on August 20, 2015 by strecker

The Shaw Festival’s production of Tony Kushner’s “The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures” resonates with deep and elusive truth on a number of levels. We in the audience cannot avoid what we … Continue reading →

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SHAW FESTIVAL: J. M. BARRIE’S THE TWELVE POUND LOOK & MOSS HART’S LIGHT UP THE SKY

Posted on August 14, 2015 by strecker

THE TWELVE POUND LOOK The typist, Kate, played by Moya O’Connell, is unknowingly hired by Lady Sims, played by Kate Besworth, to do some work for Sir Harry Sims, played by Patrick Galligan, and Kate turns out to be his … Continue reading →

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