Archive for 'Kevin Plummer'

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Historicist: Throwing Intellectual Bombs

Rabble-rousing feminist and anarchist Emma Goldman died in Toronto in 1940.

By Kevin Plummer May. 19th, 12:00 pm

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Historicist: Stone Free

That time Jimi Hendrix mistook heroin for Bromo Seltzer and got arrested in Toronto.

By Kevin Plummer May. 5th, 12:00 pm

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Historicist: The Grand Tour

Frederick Gardiner and Tracy leMay show off the possibilities and problems of their newly created realm: Metro Toronto.

By Kevin Plummer Apr. 21st, 12:00 pm

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Historicist: Playing the Field

The double life of Arthur Irwin, baseball star and polygamist.

By Kevin Plummer Apr. 7th, 12:00 pm

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Historicist: The Symphony Six

Finding Communist "Reds" in the woodwinds and strings.

By Kevin Plummer Mar. 24th, 1:30 pm

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Historicist: “Room At The Top”

An Oshawa native scores the men's world figure skating championship by landing the sport's first triple lutz.

By Kevin Plummer Mar. 10th, 12:00 pm

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Historicist: Yorkdale Mall and the Aesthetics of Commerce

Beloved by shoppers and blasted by critics, Yorkdale opened 48 years ago this week.

By Kevin Plummer Feb. 25th, 12:00 pm

Historicist: Empire State of Mind

Struggling writers from the University Of Toronto to the Big Apple.

By Kevin Plummer Feb. 11th, 12:00 pm

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Historicist: Nights Out At The Naaz Theatre

From a village in Punjab to the first dedicated Bollywood theatre in North America.

By Kevin Plummer Jan. 28th, 1:00 pm

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Historicist: The Cree & Ojibway Indian Hockey Tour

In 1928, two teams of aboriginal hockey players embarked on a barnstorming tour through Ontario and the northeastern United States.

By Kevin Plummer Jan. 14th, 12:30 pm

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Historicist: “The Warmest Welcome, At An Inn”

For more than 100 years, a modest hotel graced the northeast corner of King and York Streets.

By Kevin Plummer Dec. 31st, 11:00 am

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Historicist: The Two John Boyds

A father-son photography duo captured 80 years of Toronto's history.

By Kevin Plummer Dec. 17th, 12:00 pm

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Historicist: Armed with a Felt Pen and a Sense of Humour

Master of the cartoonist's pen but burdened by inner turmoil, George Feyer is a long-neglected mid-century pop culture figure.

By Kevin Plummer Dec. 3rd, 12:00 pm

Historicist: The Lasting Legacy of Darling and Pearson

Frank Darling and John A. Pearson defined an era in Canadian architecture.

By Kevin Plummer Nov. 19th, 12:00 pm

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Historicist: Arch Enemy of the NHL

A renegade Toronto hockey team owner, and the contentious path to the creation of the National Hockey League.

By Kevin Plummer Nov. 5th, 12:00 pm

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Historicist: Storm’d At With Shot and Shell

Canada's first Victoria Cross recipient, Alexander Roberts Dunn, was a native of York, Upper Canada, who fought in the Crimean War and charged with the Light Brigade.

By Kevin Plummer Oct. 22nd, 12:00 pm

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Historicist: On the Waterfront

The evolving, modernizing waterfront through the lens of Toronto Harbour Commission photographer Arthur Beales

By Kevin Plummer Oct. 8th, 12:00 pm

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Historicist: A Perfect Crime, Forgotten

"We're completely in the dark," a Trans-Canada Air Lines official admitted after thieves took gold bullion from Malton Airport in 1952 in a seemingly perfect and still-unsolved caper.

By Kevin Plummer Sep. 24th, 12:00 pm

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Historicist: Queen of the Great Lakes Aflame

The 1949 fire aboard the SS Noronic took 199 lives. As the worst disaster in Toronto's history, the tragedy led to both heroism and a grisly aftermath.

By Kevin Plummer Sep. 10th, 12:00 pm

Historicist: Patriotic Fervour at the CNE

At the Canadian National Exhibition during the First World War, Torontonians on the home front got a glimpse of the war effort overseas.

By Kevin Plummer Aug. 27th, 12:00 pm

HOT DOCS 2012

Reviews listed alphabetically:

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (★★★★☆) Back to the Square (★★★½☆) Beauty Is Embarrassing (★★★☆☆) Beware of Mr. Baker (★★★☆☆) Big Boys Gone Bananas!* (★★★½☆) Brooklyn Castle (★★★★½) China Heavyweight (★★★★★) Detropia (★★★★☆) Dreams of a Life (★★★★☆) El Huaso (★★★★☆) Fists of Pride (★★★☆☆) Francophrenia (Or: Don’t Kill Me, I Know Where the Baby Is) (★★½☆☆) G-Dog (★★★☆☆) Garden in the Sea (★★★☆☆) GLOW: The Story of the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling (★★★★☆) Herman’s House (★☆☆☆☆) Indie Game: The Movie (★★★★☆) Inocente (★★★½☆) Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet (★★★½☆) Jeff (★★½☆☆)

Reviews by star rating:

China Heavyweight (★★★★★) Brooklyn Castle (★★★★½) The Final Member (★★★★½) The World Before Her (★★★★☆) Smoke Traders (★★★★☆) Ping Pong (★★★★☆) Oma & Bella (★★★★☆) The Queen of Versailles (★★★★☆) Who Cares? (★★★★☆) Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (★★★★☆) The Betrayal (★★★★☆) Private Universe (★★★★☆) Detropia (★★★★☆) Indie Game: The Movie (★★★★☆) El Huaso (★★★★☆) One Day After Peace (★★★★☆) Dreams of a Life (★★★★☆) GLOW: The Story of the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling (★★★★☆) Big Boys Gone Bananas!* (★★★½☆) Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet (★★★½☆)

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David Chang Talks About His Upcoming Toronto Debut The celebrity restaurateur says plans for the Toronto branch of his Momofuku empire are still in flux, and he likes it that way.	Lights, Camera … And Everything Else
Weston-Mount Dennis Residents Discuss Police Stops	Historicist: Throwing Intellectual Bombs Rabble-rousing feminist and anarchist Emma Goldman died in Toronto in 1940.
OIPRD’s Assessment of the G20: A Good but Marred Effort Two years later, we finally have OIPRD's comprehensive assessment of police action during the G20. It's a report that tries to be fair to all sides, but ends up being too generous to police on some key points.	Vandalist: You Never Call Anymore

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