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Looking Deeper Into Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Rooms
Toronto has gone downright dotty. As in 'polka-dotty' for the Yayoi Kusama exhibition on now at the Art Gallery of Ontario. Not since King Tut's treasures drew over 400,000 visitors in 2009 have I seen such a frenzy to get tickets to an exhibition, made worse by the...
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Get Your Adrenaline Rush at Myrtle Beach’s NASCAR Experience
The first thing I noticed when I walked into the garage in the centre of Myrtle Beach Speedway's track was the ten-foot wide poster hung on the back wall like the centrepiece of an altar, the word Speed scrawled across it in bright red letters. Printed behind the word...
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A Guide to The Junction: One of Toronto’s Hippest ‘Hoods
Your Guide to the Junction in Toronto Toronto is a city of neighbourhoods. Some are defined by the cultural influences from the immigrants who first settled here, like 'Little Italy' near College and Bathurst or "Greektown" on the Danforth. Some are created from...
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Sticks and Stone and More at Brookgreen Gardens, Myrtle Beach
" A quiet joining of hands between science and art". This is how Archer Huntington, the millionaire philanthropist and poet who founded Brookgreen Gardens described his vision for this peaceful oasis on the South Carolina coast near Myrtle Beach. Initially Archer...
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