Perfection … Montréal Style
Cher Yukon, Comment ca va? Today’s letter is about my search for the elusive perfect coffee shop. When I say, “coffee shop”, I am referring […]
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Getting Schooled in Empathy
Cher Yukon, Comment ca va? I have just spent the last 40 minutes walking, busing and metro-ing to get to my 9:15 a.m. dance class.
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Butt Watching; But Not the Good Kind
Cher Yukon, Comment ca va? Today’s letter isn’t a funny story or even a human-interest story. It is a little bit more in the realm
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Christmas has exploded 12 doors down.
Cher Yukon, Yes, it is that time of year again. I can’t believe I have been in Montréal almost four months. Of course this festive
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The Feeling of Home
Cher Yukon: Comment ca va? I am in a pensive mood today. For the past four months, I’ve been feeling like a fish out of
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Multicultural Miscommunication
Cher Yukon, Comment ca va? Today I am not recounting a funny or touching incident. Instead I would like to share just one of the
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Cardio à la ‘Just About Anything’
Cher Yukon, Comment ca va? In the world of the self-employed, contract artist, one learns how to say, “Yes, I can do that!” to just
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The Joy of Friperies …
Comment ca va? There is a word the French in Québec have come up with to describe a type of store. That word is friperie.
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A View of the North in the East
Comment ca va? It is amazing how many people from the Yukon that Grant and I have seen or met while living here in Montréal.
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Doggy Do’s and Don’ts
Cher Yukon, Comment ca va? Today’s letter is going out to all of you dog lovers and owners. Before we came to Montréal, we gave
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Practically a ‘Religion on Ice’
Cher Yukon, Comment ça va? Despite the fact that Québec cities and towns are adorned with churches and cathedrals, Québec is known to be one
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The Season’s Unsuspecting Victims of Seasoning
Cher Yukon, Comment ca va? I think I have just discovered why there are so many shoe stores, boutiques, discount boot outlets and cordonneries in
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Ode to the Dépanneur
Cher Yukon, Comment ca va? In any urban centre, on the island of Montréal, or in any neighbourhood, just about anyone can go to their
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A Plastic Pest
Cher Yukon, Comment ca va? This will be my last article from La Belle Province as, by the time this gets out, I will be
Happy 20th Birthday, NLSD!
On April 1, 1989, the papers were signed and Northern Dance Phrase became the tenant of a little studio space at 211 Black Street. This
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A Joy-Filled Listen
It’s fitting that my first assignment as a CD reviewer for What’s Up Yukon is by the Done Gone Stringband. It is called Joy and
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A One-Man Rock ‘Sonic Novella’
The decade of production work on this CD, JJS3, says to me that Jonas J. Smith III is very committed and passionate about his work.
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Yukon Dancers Are Here to Stay
Jude Wong and I sit facing each other, sipping our coffees. She is nibbling on toast, and I am picking at a muffin – two
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Very Close to Home
Wow! Talk about your Northern content … The cover of Barbara Chamberlin’s latest CD, Of Ice and Men, is the work of renowned Yukon artist,
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A Christmas Classic Is on Its Way
It is 3:30 in the afternoon, on a beautiful fall day in Whitehorse, and the long narrow hallway at Northern Lights School of Dance (NLSD)
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Music that Captures the Soul of the North
The Moonshine Brigade is just as the title describes: it is a collection of poetry, political commentary and a depiction of one’s intoxication with our
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Dance Gathering
“A dance gathering?” you ask. Yes, that is exactly what it is: people gathering together to dance. I attended the Yukon’s first dance gathering on
Music Man on a Mission
Am I in a club, or at a rave? Am I at a funky clothing boutique down in Vancouver or Toronto? The CD, Melodic Trance
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Decidedly Jazz Dance Workshops
The working life of a dancer is not all showbiz and stage time. Countless hours are also devoted to rehearsals, choreography, classes and workshops. Workshops
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‘Jill’ of the Dance
What makes dance such a passion for some that, despite the journeys of life and the different roads taken, it remains in the heart of
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A Contemporary Aboriginal-Dance Passion
I have known Andrameda Hunter since she was a youngster, but when I recently met her for coffee, I was immediately taken by her radiant
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Gallant Talent
At 17, Calvin Laveck is a remarkable singer, dancer and musician. All these gifts, however, have not gone to his head, and his attitude is
Can Can Becky
You’ve seen her photo in countless tourist brochures and flyers as the saucy cancan dancer. You know her as a dance teacher, but Rebecca (Becky)
Tis The Seasons
Do you have a story to share about your first year here in the Yukon? Do you have a poem, a song or a silent
A Dancer’s Life from Mud to Snow
It’s a beautiful, blue-skied sunny afternoon. We have just come from our SYIDA ballet class and are both commenting on how our bodies feel. “Boy,
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Students Put It All On the Stage
It is difficult to pin this lady down. She is always so busy scurrying from one engagement to another. Whether it is a dance class,
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Youth Empowered Through Dance
ith an eye to creating a national community of breakdancers and urban artists, Sami Elkout is in Whitehorse to organize Cypher for Change. “It’s like
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Finally, the Slipper Fits
Has it been a year already? It seems like only a few weeks ago the dancers at Northern Lights School of Dance (NLSD) were filling
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Cardio With a Touch of Poetry
In this time where such importance is placed on body image and hardcore workout geared to “feeling the burn”, I thought I would talk a
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Dancer Has Found Her Home
The’s a dancer, she’s a teacher, she’s a choreographer, actor, singer and performance artist. She is dancing all over this town. At the age of
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Multicultural Miscommunication
Cher Yukon, Comment ca va? Today I am not recounting a funny or touching incident. Instead I would like to share just one of the
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No Haggling At This Garage Sale
Cher Yukon, Comment ca va? Today’s story from the borough of Verdun is about our amazing “dresser find”. I will preface by saying, “Yukoners, you
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My Lovely Chinese Lady
Cher Yukon, Comment ca va? I am now living in “La Belle Province”. I think I should first give you a brief history about how
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