Heidi J. Loos

“My Best Day”: Meatless Meat in America

My Best Day (2012) written and directed by Erin Greenwell is a quirky, silly, giggle-worthy, and adorable film. It is very well-cast, and, at least for the most part, the

All Varieties of Art (and Queers)!

The Queer Arts Festival has been bringing out art and artists from Canada’s queer community since 1998. However, when it first started it was not called the Queer Arts Festival

Clean Sheets; Invisible Scripts

At some point on Monday night, five music stands with five thick wads of paper holding page after page of brilliant Deidre Walton dialogue and pink highlighted words, disappeared from

Going Green with Ghibli

Suddenly my dreams are flooded with colour and adorable animated kitties and tree-squirrels and other unspecified cute n’ fuzzy creatures who talk to me in Japanese, and little girls who

East Side Kicks Off Summer of Pride

On Saturday June 29, 2013, Grandview Park was splashed with colour and marked at all corners by big bright rainbow flags. Colourful tents and people scattered the grass like rainbow

Twenty Five Years on the Edge

“Dancers’ bodies are more responsive to music than [even] musicians’ bodies” says composer/performer Petunia at the talk-back with the cast and crew of BAMBOOZLED on Saturday night. Petunia passionately recalls

Maple Syrup Love Songs

Bubbles floated dreamily onto the stage, glistening soft shades of blue and green and pink. The comforting scent of fresh pancakes and Canadian draft beer wafted around The Biltmore on