Monthly Archives: October 2018

25th Anniversary of ‘Touch ‘Em All Joe’

Posted on October 23, 2018 by Edward Brain

Today, October 23rd 2018, is the 25th anniversary of the most important homerun in Toronto Blue Jays history:  Joe Carter’s walk-off homerun to win the 1993 World Series for the Toronto Blue Jays, and potentially in the history of the … Continue reading →

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2018 World Series

Posted on October 23, 2018 by Edward Brain

The 114th edition of the World Series is set to start between the National League (NL) Pennant winners the Los Angeles Dodgers and the American League (AL) Pennant winners the Boston Red Sox.  The Red Sox have home field advantage. … Continue reading →

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Removing a Board Director is Still Hard

Posted on October 21, 2018 by Edward Brain

Gerry Hyman has another article for the Toronto Star. I want to discuss one of the questions raised: QUESTION:  Some of the owners in our condominium want to remove the director who serves as the board president. If we cannot … Continue reading →

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Anna Netrobko leads a Stunning Aida

Posted on October 6, 2018 by Edward Brain

The Metropolitan Opera (‘The Met’) opened their 2018-2019 Live in HD broadcast series with a performance of Guiseppe Verdi’s Aida.  The production has been in their repertoire for a number of years now, but is still visually stunning, and was … Continue reading →

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Eugene Onegin Soars at the COC

Posted on October 5, 2018 by Edward Brain

I attended the second performance of the Canadian Opera Company’s (COC) production of Eugene Onegin at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts on October 4th, 2018.  And it was worth every minute. The production is new for the … Continue reading →

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