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NOW Magazine Tomson Highway believes controversy is good for art As Stratford remounts his play The Rez Sisters, the writer reflects on residential schools, casting of Indigenous actors and protests By Glenn Sumi and Jon Kaplan Jul 12, 2021 30 years after his NOW cover, Tomson Highway believes non-Indigenous actors should be able to play Indigenous roles. Tomson Highway loves a scandal. In fact, he says art needs more of them. When his play Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing was mounted at the Royal Alexandra Theatre 30 years ago, protesters picketed the show, complaining about wh...

NOW Magazine 40 at 40: Cirque du Soleil flips back into action after pandemic As the world's most famous circus company reopens shows in Vegas and elsewhere, we look back at a story we did on them back in 1988 By Glenn Sumi and Jon Kaplan Jul 5, 2021 Original photos by Algis Kemezys Back in 1988, the future global sensation was still close to its roots in street theatre. It wouldn’t be summer without the circus – specifically Cirque du Soleil, who are back on stages after an absence of 15 months. Because of the pandemic, the internationally-acclaimed company was forced to close o...

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Credit: Bloomberg Pinterest Inc. is expanding its advertising business to Latin America, rolling out ads in Brazil this week in an effort to generate more sales from outside the U.S. Almost 79% of Pinterest users are international, but only 17% of revenue came from beyond America’s digital shores last year. Brazil, with a population of more than 210 million, has long been an attractive market for U.S. tech companies looking to expand. Facebook Inc. has made the country a key part of its international strategy. Jon Kaplan, global head of sales at Pinterest, said Brazil is one of the company...