Tag Archives: Toronto

When Things Don’t Go to Plan.

Posted on December 1, 2018 by Arvin da Brgha

Just another hotel that looks onto Bloomsbury’s Russell Square. Monday morning, November 12, 2018 rolled around with me being a bit on the antsy side. Just a couple of days before leaving on the trip, I received an email notice … Continue reading →

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Gosh that was fun!

Posted on November 26, 2018 by Arvin da Brgha

Thanks to World Ballet Day, there was positively nothing or no one that was going to dissuade me from hitting London town. Armistice Day and La Bayadère, you say… ha! Naturally, I returned to London, in my ongoing research/quest for … Continue reading →

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Two Weddings, A Baby, A Gaggle of Racial Predators and Hadrian’s frightful ghost.

Posted on October 24, 2018 by Arvin da Brgha

The recent wedding of the Duke of Huescar to his handsome bride was a stunning bit of theatre. He is, of course, the future Duke of Alba, grandson of one of the grandest nobles of the last century, the inimitable … Continue reading →

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@ROM

Posted on July 26, 2018 by Arvin da Brgha

Monday past, in a bid to escape the near-insufferable heat – why does it seem to be even hotter at nighttime? – I rode up onto the sidewalk from the bike lane in a bid to park my bike, I … Continue reading →

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Three Sketches of Fraggle Rock

Posted on September 9, 2017 by Arvin da Brgha

Back in late 1982, a couple of evenings after rehearsals, I made it home to the Trockadero loft which Merlin had sublet in Chelsea — across the street was a massive green-painted block long edifice at 645 Sixth Avenue — … Continue reading →

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Here’s to Life! A celebration of the 70th anniversary of Merlin’s birth.

Posted on July 21, 2017 by Arvin da Brgha

On this the eve of the July 21, 2017, 70th anniversary of Merlin’s birth, I am still over the moon and greatly inspired for having travelled to London, England, Paris and Versailles France and Amsterdam, the Netherlands in June. I wanted … Continue reading →

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Happy Reading…

Posted on June 4, 2017 by Arvin da Brgha

Recently, I made a quick visit to Montréal to catch the March Chagall exhibition at Musée des Beaux Arts de Montréal. The exhibition closes on June 11, 2017 when I will be away. For that reason, I simply had to … Continue reading →

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In Memoriam: George F. Hawken

Posted on December 26, 2016 by Arvin da Brgha

(George F. Hawken – February 5, 1999, Montréal, Québec) ______________________________ This past Friday, December 23, 2016, I went to my doctor’s to get my test results for HIV. The doctor whom I had not seen in long ages was unusually … Continue reading →

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Two Men in the Studio.

Posted on March 21, 2016 by Arvin da Brgha

Oil on Canvas 185.4 x 120.7 cm 1987-1989 Lucian Freud Masterful. __________________________________ If only I had begun audiocassette-recording the dreams on awaking prior to February 1989. In mid-1987, I had the most lucidly awakened dream encounter with the artist, Lucian … Continue reading →

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On The Sunny Side of The Street, It’s Black History Month!

Posted on February 1, 2016 by Arvin da Brgha

Happy Black History Month! Who cares about the Oscars? The most important point of power in all situations is being able to see through to the structure of anything. Those who cannot manipulate real time events to show themselves, chosen, … Continue reading →

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