The 121st World Series is now set and will start on October 24th, 2025.
The Los Angeles Dodgers (93-69) will face off against the Toronto Blue Jays (94-68.) The Blue Jays will have home field advantage due to their better record.
The Dodgers beat the Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies, and Milwaukee Brewers to make it to the World Series while the Blue Jays beat the New York Yankees and Seattle Mariners to make it to the World Series.
Continue readingI was able to attend the October 19th, 2025 performance of Christoph Willibald Gluck‘s Orfeo ed Euridice at the Canadian Opera Company (COC.)
The performance is a revival of Robert Carsen’s production from 2011, co-produced with Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Fondazione Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Opéra Royal Château de Versailles Spectacles, and Lyric Opera of Chicago.
The performance starred Iestyn Davies (Orfeo), Anna-Sophie Neher (Euridice), and Catherine St-Arnaud (Amore.) Bernard Labadie conducted the COC Orchestra.
Continue readingThe Major League Baseball (MLB) 2025 playoffs have now reached the American League and National League Championship Series (ALCS and NLCS) and only four team remain.
Let’s take a look at the match-ups:
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Famed actress Dame Patricia Routledge has passed away.
Dame Patricia was born February 17th, 1929 in Tranmere in Birkenhead, Cheshire. She would earn a degree in English Language and Literature with honours from the University of Liverpool before going into acting with the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.
She would start out in the theatre appearing in a number of productions in New York and London, including Richard III, Little Mary Sunshine, Cowardy Custard, Virtue in Danger, Noises Off, The Importance of Being Earnest, and The Solid Gold Cadillac.
Continue readingThe American League Divisional Series (ALDS) and National League Divisional Series (NLDS) are now set.
Let’s take a look at the match-ups for the divisional series:
In the American League:
Continue readingFamed anthropologist, primatologist, and zoologist Jane Goodall has passed away.
Dr. Goodall was born Valerie Jane Morris-Goodall on April 3rd, 1934 in London, England. She was given a stuffed chimpanzee as a child which developed her interest in animals.
She would receive a Doctor of Philosophy degree in ethology from Darwin College, Cambridge in 1966.
Continue readingThe first round of the 2025 Major League Baseball (MLB) playoffs are now set.
Six teams from both the American League (AL) and National League (NL) have qualified for the playoffs.
In the AL, the following teams secured a spot in the postseason:
Continue readingMy main Youtube Channel passed the 500 Subscribers milestone recently.
I made a new video in honour of this milestone with clips from other videos I have taken over the years.
Thank you to everyone who has subscribed to my Youtube Channel (and this blog) and I hope others will continue to do so.
Continue readingCongratulations to the Toronto Blue Jays who have won their seventh American League East Division Title with a 14-3 win over the Tampa Bay Rays at home today.
The Blue Jays will now make their 11th postseason appearance with their seven American League East Division Titles (1985, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2015, 2025) and four wild card appearances (2016, 2020, 2022, 2023) plus their two American League Pennants and two World Series wins (1992, 1993.)
Go Jays Go!
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