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Part One: Newfoundland, Reilly Fitzgerald, AGO, and the Canadian Group of Seven Artists
By Michael Downingwith Reilly Fitzgerald Sometimes, certain things are just meant to happen. In late 2024, I deleted my Threads account. But just before I left, I was lucky enough to bump into the colorful and truly magnificent art of Reilly Fitzgerald, of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. I was struck by his work right away:…
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Canada 2024 Part Six: Hamilton, Locke Street, Dundurn Castle, Art Gallery of Hamilton (AGH)
By Michael Downing As we drove south on York Boulevard into Hamilton, we couldn’t help but notice the magnificent Hamilton Cemetery, which runs along the right side of the road, directly across from Dundurn Castle. Neither of these sites were on my scouting radar, but it was nearing dinner time, so we made a mental…
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Canada 2024 Part Five: Marie
By Michael Downing Marie: Part One We had been waiting outside the apartments that morning for our Uber to arrive when a young woman who I’ll call Marie stepped through the security doors and said to us, directly, “You’re trespassing.” “Huh?” I thought. Jackie and I looked at each other. “No they’re not…no they’re not,”…
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Canada 2024 Part Four: Toronto’s Chinatown, Kensington Market, St. Lawrence Market, and The Distillery District
By Michael Downing We stepped out of the subway, onto Dundas Street, turned left and walked straight into Chinatown. It was impressive: Clothing, jewelry, grocery, restaurants. They have it all. We stopped at a little souvenir place and bought some keychains and magnets for next to nothing and walked through several grocery stores, checking out…
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Canada 2024 Part Three: Growing Up ‘Canadian’ (Sports Edition); Hockey Hall of Fame (in Toronto)
By Michael Downing Raised Canadian For the record, I am not a Canadian citizen. I was born in Erie, Pennsylvania, which is along the south shore of Lake Erie, making me a citizen of the United States. However, I began to learn something about myself when I moved north of Philly 2007: I have a…
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Canada 2024 Part Two: Art Gallery of Ontario, Group of Seven Canadian Artists, KAWS
By Michael Downing When we travel, we tend to visit book stores, music shops, and art galleries. We’re both avid readers, so the pull of new titles is strong. As for music, we met in a band called Evolution Circus back in 2003–Jackie as the lead singer and me on percussion and backup vocals–so we’re…
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