Here is how the two newspapers in Toronto marked the end of the war 100 years ago, and how Romania was mentioned that day in the Canadian press.
Victory! 100 years since 11/11, the end of War World I
Text/image web log in English.
Piano Lightscapes by Teo Milea: A Halloween Night to Remember
Teo Milea and Kurt Laurenz Theinert: Piano Lightscapes, 918 Bathurst Culture&Arts Centre, Toronto. Sunday 29 October 2017 (Sold out concert).
Autumn Concert: Teo Milea and Kurt Laurenz Theinert Live
There is nothing better for your soul this autumnal passage than uplifting live piano music in a spectacular concert place. Wait! There is.
The Moody Blues rocked Toronto for its DAYS OF FUTURE PASSED 50th anniversary tour
Who knew? Back in 1968, for its first concert in Toronto, The Moody Blues was an opening act for… Canned Heat. Things were different for two hot nights in July 2017.
A bright new beginning for Teo Milea (concert notes, May 2017)
For his sole live appearance in Toronto in 2017, pianist Teo Milea took a leap of faith, and…
Two foreigners who set the spotlight on Romania in 2016
Thanks to key influencers such as best selling author Robert D. Kaplan and star traveler Rick Steves, Romania was in the spotlight in 2016.
Teo Milea sells out Toronto. What next?
It was a sold out performance last night for Teo Milea at the Betty Oliphant Theatre in Toronto: a fitting gift for celebrating one year since landing to Canada.
North West Jazz Festival: Baia Mare, Romania, 9-11 September 2016
One of the things I enjoyed most behind the Iron Curtain at the famous Sibiu Jazz Festival during the 1980’s was … regionalism.
Romanian FM jocks Mihai Morar & Daniel Buzdugan unleash outright racist rant on air at Radio Zu
Romania’s soccer team drew 1-1 to DR Congo last week in a friendly game in preparation for the EURO 2016 France.
The weak performance against Congo (rated 52 by FIFA) drew the ire of two of the most popular FM radio disc jockeys in Romania, Morar & Buzdugan, the morning show hosts at Radio Zu (a privately own station with national coverage).
And they channeled that ire into an outright racist rant against DR Congo’s players. More, they dropped insults to France’s national soccer team (Romania’s opponent in the opening game at EURO 2016) and used a famous Disney song as a racist joke.
Buzdugan (first left) and Morar (second right) offering apologies to Congolese diplomats in Bucharest – source: RadioZu.ro
Rare Romanian finds at Toronto Library
It takes only two little steps to uncover a couple of digital treasures of Romanian origin in the publicly available digital archive at the Toronto Public Library.
They are free children books published in … 1896.
Here is how to get them.
George Motoc 