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Opera hitting the big screen
OCT. 11: When the Met goes HD on the big screen tomorrow, there will be a UWO touch to the filming.
Barfoot's Exit Lines touted
NOV. 12, DEC. 3, JAN. 14, FEB. 11, MAR. 11: London writer Joan Barfoot is back as a contender in the 2008-2009 edition of a top local literary program.
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Festivals
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Sunfest's concerts span globe
2008-2009: A few months after filling Victoria Park in early July, Sunfest kicks into its off-season with concerts bringing the sounds of Greece, Chile and Canadian-grown electronica and flamenco guitar to London.
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Family and Children
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Wiggles on way to JLC
OCT 27: Mass wiggling is set to start at the John Labatt Centre on Oct. 27 at 6:30 p.m.
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Stratford Festival
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REVIEW: Moby Dick lost at sea
TILL OCT. 18: Apparently becalmed in the wake of his commercially successful stage adaptation of The Overcoat, playwright/director Morris Panych has clamoured aboard the good ship Pequod and, like some latter day Christopher Columbus, set sail in search of new theatrical lands to conquer.
REVIEW: Big baggage, good voyage
TILL OCT. 25: If ever one needed proof positive that not every work created by a master is by extension a masterpiece -- or even that not all art is timeless -- one might be well advised to look to Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew.
REVIEW: Cabaret steals heart
TILL OCT. 25: This may be your parents' Cabaret -- but chances are, it's going to take them awhile to recognize it.
REVIEW: Sure-footed actor leads Hamlet
TILL OCT. 26: Adrian Noble's direction advances Shakespeare's penetrating plot and tormented characters with confidence and ease.
Twisty road to Stratford
TILL NOV. 1: Eddie Glen's road to the Stratford Shakespeare Festival took a while -- and a few twists.
Boy wonder(ful) at fest
TILL NOV. 1: In 1962, Ron Howard played Winthrop Paroo in the film version of The Music Man.
REVIEW: Goad's talent, charisma to the fore
TILL NOV. 1: It is a role that, for many, will always belong to the late Robert Preston.
REVIEW: Social power play still relevant
TILL NOV. 1: Whoever observed that it's not the fall that kills you, but rather the landing, obviously was not talking about social slip-ups.
AT STRATFORD: All hail Plummer
TILL NOV. 8: Vini, vidi, vici -- I came, I saw, I conquered.
HOT TICKET: Hail Caesar!
TILL NOV. 8: The Stratford Shakespeare Festival adds its star power to George Bernard Shaw's wit and romantic comedy when Caesar and Cleopatra opens Aug. 17 at 8 p.m.
Festival determined to rebound
2009: The Stratford Shakespeare Festival will try to woo more Canadians to its theatres next season as it looks to rebound from a financially troubling 2008.
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Sports
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No Mac for Mustangs on OUA football sked
TILL OCT. 18: The Western Mustangs will open their Ontario universities football season with a Sept. 1 (Labour Day) night game at home against Ottawa Gee-Gees as part of a schedule that includes a Thursday night game.
Olympic launching pad
JAN. 13-17, 2010: London has landed the Canadian figure skating championships for the second time in five years. But unlike 2005, it won't only be about crowning national champions.
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The Music File
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Alice through his looking glass
OCT. 10: Alice Cooper is back in London, his funhouse and dungeon away from home, this week.
Henry Rollins, U.S. punk icon and anti-poet, London-bound
OCT. 21, 28, 30: The last time U.S. punk rocker and spoken word artist Henry Rollins brought his solo tour to Centennial Hall, it was 2003 -- and he made one thing clear from the start.
Concert calendar gets more crowded
OCT. 26, NOV. 13, 25, 29: The London fall concert scene continues to swirl.
Local calendar set to feature many big names
OCT. 30, NOV. 5, 6, NOV. 13, NOV. 22: U.S. country superstar Alan Jackson headlines a lineup of new concerts announced for the fall in London.
RIGHT HERE: Former Merla Mae stars return essential to see
NOV. 8: Back in 1991, you could have found Right Here under the trees in Victoria Park -- enjoying the first London international children's festival and his introduction to a fine young a cappella group called the Humdingers.
COLUMN: Fall concert guide
TILL NOV. 30: From Matt Mays and Feist to Carrie Underwood and Lenny Kravitz, the artists come out to play this autumn in a jam-packed season of music in London.
Gambler rolling into JLC
DEC. 1: Kenny Rogers is coming to town.
Entertainment buzz
DEC. 8: Rise Against on its way
Mighty Wind meets wordplay
JAN. 21, MAY 5: The three London classical musicians who play together as TriofuS start a new venture tonight.
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What's Up
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Need for donations rises in tough times
TILL OCT. 13: Rising food and gas prices have made it so tough, more Londoners are turning to their food bank for help, says the agency's executive director.
Race is on for increased facilities
OCT. 15-16: For neighbourhoods desperate to land the next indoor pool or soccer dome in London, it's time to strap on the elbow pads -- the competition for scarce funds at city hall has begun.
Chretien honour re-scheduled
OCT. 23, 24: Former prime minister Jean Chretien is set -- for the second time -- to get an honorary doctor of laws degree from the University of Western Ontario.
TECHPULSE: Entrepreneur 1.0 course a valuable start-up tool
TILL NOV. 30: Starting a technology-based business can be a lot like Star Trek -- going where no one has gone before.
Barfoot's Exit Lines touted
NOV. 12, DEC. 3, JAN. 14, FEB. 11, MAR. 11: London writer Joan Barfoot is back as a contender in the 2008-2009 edition of a top local literary program.
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On Exhibit
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PALETTE: Art scene hot in June
TILL OCT. 18: The whimsical, wonderful days of summer are here and galleries are opening their doors to the public to explore the visual arts world. There's an abundance of exhibitions to explore close to home.
Group of Seven skewered
TILL NOV. 2: The images are unmistakably Canadian -- Tim Hortons coffee, Bob and Doug McKenzie, hockey, beavers -- and so is the backdrop of Group of Seven images.
THE ARTS: Museum breaking with tradition to broaden audience
TILL NOV. 16: Contrary to some, museums aren't just places for dusty artifacts or shushing security guards.
PALETTE: On the move
TILL NOV. 16: For the last couple of years London artist Ron Milton has "turned" to the Thames for a source of inspiration as a member of the River Project.
MY LONDON: Dance Hall Daze heavenly mix
TILL JAN. 18: Thanks to Maya Hirschman and a strong supporting cast, there's a make-believe ballroom at Museum London's Lawson Family gallery.
Dark Donnelly legend embraced as tourist draw
OPENS MAY 2009: For years, the unspoken word in town was say nothing about the Donnellys.
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