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A previously unseen pair of 'highly personal and private' lockets exchanged between Charles Dickens and his sister-in-law are set to go on display in London next month. The author was 23 when he met his future wife Catherine Hogarth, then 19, in Fulham, west London in 1835. At the same time, he was also introduced to her two sisters, Mary, who was 14, and Georgina, who was six.  Some speculate Mary became the true love of his life and the inspiration behind some of his most famous characters, with Charles giving Mary a locket containing a stand of his own hair. She tragically died just thr...

Expanded Cinema, by Gene Youngblood. New York: Fordham University Press, 2020. 464 pages. WHAT IF FILM CRITICISM could be read as science fiction? The thought crossed my mind as I was revisiting Gene Youngblood’s influential 1970 survey, Expanded Cinema. Republished by Fordham University Press on the occasion of its fiftieth anniversary after decades out of print, it’s a book that functions as history and augury at once. Youngblood offers, as the title suggests, an integrative approach to some of the most radical nodes of moviemaking in the 1960s, bringing together bodies of work that mi...

Article content HURON – Creating a music festival in the middle of a global pandemic may seem like an insurmountable challenge, but the Huron Waves Music Festival has successfully found a way to share music with the community through the struggles of COVID-19. After attracting the eyes and ears of over 13,000 viewers over the Christmas holidays, the festival’s virtual program’s availability has been extended until at least the end of January. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Huron Waves extends virtual holiday program Back to video “It’...

Creating a music festival in the middle of a global pandemic may seem like an insurmountable challenge, but the Huron Waves Music Festival has successfully…

Good news for lovers of local art and entertainment. Huron Waves Music Festival has extended the availability of their virtual programing on their website and social media after over 13 thousand views over the Christmas holidays. The one hour programming is narrated by actor Graham Greene who takes the audience on five creative segments. More details including acts can be found below: Acts include: Wingham-born cellist Thomas Beard, ballerina Antonella Martinelli, The Hussey Family singing from Goderich’s Courthouse Park and joined virtually by the Newfoundland Deaf Choir from St. John’s;...