by Thom Bryce McQuinn
on April 9th, 2015
in Blood Wedding, Response
I confess my introduction to Federico Garcia Lorca’s Blood Wedding after initially reading it in university was befuddling, to say the least. I remember not knowing where to begin: the more I tried to grasp the text, the more its …
by Thom Bryce McQuinn
on February 13th, 2015
in Rhubarb
It’s a cold and snowy morning in mid-January, and a group of people are gathered in a small rehearsal space, charmingly called The Box and tucked away just off Niagara Street. They’re here to rehearse ‘Ohio’ & Tadeu End Their …
by Thom Bryce McQuinn
on June 18th, 2014
in Buddies350
Last Thursday evening I stood at the back of a packed cabaret space and watched and listened as Sky Gilbert took the stage and sang these words: Buddies of mine in bad, bad times — I’m on my way! …
by Thom Bryce McQuinn
on February 6th, 2014
in Rhubarb
The final post in our series about Rhubarb’s 35-year history features Thom digging into what happens after Rhubarb. You can also head over our brand new on-line archive where every Rhubarb show is now listed. As my work exploring the festival archive …
by Thom Bryce McQuinn
on January 30th, 2014
in Rhubarb
Over the next month, we’ll be hearing from our Research Intern Thom Bryce about his experiences tracking down, unearthing, exploring, and cataloguing our 35-year archive of materials from The Rhubarb Festival. We’ll also be launching a new decade of material on …
by Thom Bryce McQuinn
on January 23rd, 2014
in Rhubarb
Over the next month, we’ll be hearing from our Research Intern Thom Bryce about his experiences tracking down, unearthing, exploring, and cataloguing our 35-year archive of materials from The Rhubarb Festival. We’ll also be launching a new decade of material on …