When Maria Hawkins, a blues singer, asked a group of developmentally challenged adults to express their thoughts through music, one participant created these lyrics . . .
Blues singer’s program could give voice to disabled
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Month: November 2003
Local students honoured for artistic achievements
Matthew Daye and Marven Metellus are not child prodigies. They haven’t devoted their childhoods to attending music lessons or studying at an art school. But if winning an arts award for talent, passion and commitment to their work means anything, then that hasn’t hurt them.
Storytellers to share their gift of gab
Ruth Stewart-Verger and her husband, Dean Verger, sit in the middle of their cozy living room telling the story of an evil Count brutally torturing a man. The seven people listening in the room shudder as they can actually hear the man scream.
Column: Harris’s leadership decision finally shows common sense
It seems the former Ontario premier has seen the light . . .