Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children: A Book Review...
In Arts | By CCMA | On October 6 2011 06:50 PM | Comments Off on Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children: A Book Review
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
By Ransom Riggs
Random House
Reviewed by: Aha Blume
For a first novel, Ransom Riggs pulls out all the stops. Although classified as a novel for young adults, teens and adults alike would enjoy this book. Innovative, ... Read More
Eshe and The Beauty of the Belly takes to the stage on Octob...
In Arts | By CCMA | On October 4 2011 06:48 PM | Comments Off on Eshe and The Beauty of the Belly takes to the stage on October 6th
By Daniel Kim
“Harem Vol. 4” will see several shimmying beauties gracing the stage at the Casbah in downtown Hamilton for a night of alluring bellydancing on Thursday, October 6.
The event is being presented by Eshe, a Hamilton native who has ... Read More
Last Thing – Carleton Stone
Carleton Stone performs "Last Thing" live at The Rivoli in Toronto. The track is from his self-titled sophmore album, released on September 6/11 and produced by JUNO Award-winning Canadian artist Hawksley Workman. Read More
Disco (Still) Sucks: Experience the politics, power and humo...
In Arts | By CCMA | On October 1 2011 06:45 PM | Comments Off on Disco (Still) Sucks: Experience the politics, power and humour of D.O.A
By Cyndi Ingle
Now more than ever we are all seeking mantras and “words to live by.” The question is, can inspiration come from a guy who has been in an anarchist hardcore punk band for over 30 years? You’ll know ... Read More
Various Positions: A Book Review
In Arts | By CCMA | On September 24 2011 06:42 PM | Comments Off on Various Positions: A Book Review
Various Positions
By Martha Schabas
Random House
Reviewed by: Alicia Gallant
For a journalist to expand into novel writing is a challenging task to master; the writing formats are different, and an inspired idea must be hatched. Various Positions, the debut novel by ... Read More
The Thirteen: A Book Review
The Thirteen
By Sue Moloney
Random House Canada
Reviewed by: Aha Blume
This book has been described as a cross between Desperate Housewives and Witches of Eastwick. Everyone who is still mourning the cancellation of the TV show Eastwick, would enjoy this book.
Hearing that ... Read More
The Opposite of Falling – A Book Review
In Arts | By CCMA | On September 17 2011 06:36 PM | Comments Off on The Opposite of Falling – A Book Review
The Opposite of Falling
By Jennie Rooney
Random House
Reviewed by: Darko Milenkovic
In Jennie Rooney’s second novel, The Opposite of Falling, a young woman is abruptly abandoned by her fiancée, and takes to traveling the world of the late 19th century as a ... Read More
Kojo ‘Easy’ Damptey – Broken Promises
In Arts | By CCMA | On September 15 2011 07:32 PM | Comments Off on Kojo ‘Easy’ Damptey – Broken Promises
Songwriter, Kojo "Easy" Damptey, is determined to help battered women in his community with the release of his new, soul single, Broken Promises. Every purchase of the song raises money for Interval House so that they can continue to provide ... Read More
More than Nostalgia : Steampunk as Blueprint for an Imagined...
In Arts | By CCMA | On September 14 2011 06:55 PM | Comments Off on More than Nostalgia : Steampunk as Blueprint for an Imagined Future
By James Schafer & Kate Franklin
In the 1980’s and 1990’s a small group of science fiction authors wrote a series of novels and short stories about the links between social disruption and technological innovation. Unlike the myriad of such stories ... Read More