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Entries from November 2009

Happy Halloween

October 31st, 2009 · 3 Comments

Good Magical Evening, it is nearly midnight here in Paris and Elizabeth and I have just uncorked a bottle of champagne and lit the candle in our faux citrouille. It’s actually a goud as we couldn’t find a pumpkin. Our thoughts of course are with you. We’re listening to charming Mr. Gosling’s Dead Man’s Bones [...]

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A Letter From Paris

October 26th, 2009 · 2 Comments

The song in the background is Mayonakano Hitorigoto by Good Face Rockets, my new favourite band.
It’s been raining for weeks. I am permanently damp and cold and sad. If you went to the Scary/Monster/Beautiful show you’d know I was not there, I am not in Toronto. We, the three of us are here in Paris, [...]

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Scary/Monster/Beautiful – Thank You

October 19th, 2009 · No Comments

The tea party was simply magical, so many people came and ate Miss Ly’s cupcakes and chocolate won-tons (mmmmm) and the lovely girls from CyanideNoire made the day simply perfect. Now the gallery is silent and dark and the art and the magic and the ghosts has been packed in to crates and is soon [...]

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Scary/Monster/Beautiful – Last Day

October 18th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Today is our last day at Gallery 1313 and to celebrate we are having a Gothic & Lolita Tea Party from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. There will be all sorts of surprises and magical baked goods by our Miss Rany Ly. Tea will be served by the very lovely girls of CyanideNoire. There will [...]

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Scary/Monster/Beautiful – Gallery Walk

October 17th, 2009 · 3 Comments

Mr. Flowers wandered the gallery today after closing. A prize to anyone who recognizes what song is in the background.
love,
- Sarah

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Beautiful Monsters

October 17th, 2009 · 5 Comments

As we drifted off to the magical poetical sounds of PackAnimal we smiled and thought, yet another perfect night in our magical Pomegranate forest. Thank you Tony Burgess, Sandra Kasturi, Andrew Pyper, Nancy Baker, Liisa Ladouceur and PackAnimal for the most perfect night. Thank you also, Miss Ly, for the most perfect food.
We must sleep [...]

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Monsters In Your Head

October 16th, 2009 · No Comments

It’s oh so very late, but we thought we would post this. This is what you missed if you weren’t at the show tonight. Yes, people are sitting in the dark, in a forest, in a gallery, with headphones on listening to Nick Storring make beautiful music. All three acts were simply breathtaking, thank you [...]

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Scary/Monster/Beautiful – Update

October 15th, 2009 · 2 Comments

What a lovely autumnal Thursday it is. We would say it’s the perfect kind of day for art/ambient music and merry making, no?
As always we wanted to wish you well on your day and to say we are hoping you make your weekend a very pomegranate one (all fraught with metaphor, fecundity, gooey seeds and [...]

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A New Week In Gallery-Land

October 13th, 2009 · No Comments

We’re not a family that celebrates made up holidays,like Christmas or Thanksgiving, but we do use any excuse to make huge harvest meals and roast up a Tofurky. Here in Canada this past weekend was our Thanksgiving. Now we’re all about giving thanks (and making huge harvest meals and roasting up a tofurky) so that [...]

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Scary/Monster/Beautiful – Opening

October 10th, 2009 · No Comments

Oh dear the rain poured down and people exited the city for Thanksgiving, but so many wonderful and brave souls came and made merry and art was seen and DJ Roomtone made the room blissfully sway, and Miss Rany Ly’s food was exquisite and all was lovely and magical and well. Thank you all so [...]

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