Wedding season means many things: piles of wedding invitations on your counter, hours upon hours spent browsing through gift registries, and countless outfit options for you to try. When figuring out what to wear, we all know the universal wedding guest rule – don’t wear white! Although this option is clearly cut out, there aren’t many tips when it comes to other colours. One common question that wedding guests usually ask themselves is “can I wear black to a wedding?”
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Abuse victim to published author: the woman who rewrote her destiny
Your wedding day is meant to be where the fairy tale begins. For some, it is the beginning of a nightmare. For too many forced into arranged marriages, the nightmare has already begun.
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The Cure on the Main Stage at Bestival Toronto finale. Photo: Cherryl Bird
Scotland is full of friends you haven’t met yet
My Scottish love affair is steeped in a need for mountains and water to soothe my easily-overwhelmed nature, and marked by my affection for its people, many of whom are lifelong friends now: they are warm, friendly, generous, and chat as readily as I do with newcomers back in Canada.
Continue reading Scotland is full of friends you haven’t met yetRock fiction writer’s first live concert since lockdown on trip to the UK
On Dec. 10, 2019, I stepped out on a whim to see Frank Turner reunite with his former band Möngöl Hörde at Lee’s Palace in Toronto. It was a loud punk rock set, and a great end to the year’s busy concert calendar.
And then the world pressed “pause.”
Continue reading Rock fiction writer’s first live concert since lockdown on trip to the UKSultans of String go global with local ambassadors of world music [article | video]
This ambitious, diverse, inclusive and passionately political album puts the band face-to-face with a VIP roster of global ambassadors of music, some of whom are recent immigrants and refugees to Canada, as well as important Indigenous voices. All are masters of world music who communicate with each other through the global language of sound.
Afro-Colombian musician finds refuge in Canada’s largest city
Toronto-based, New York Times and Billboard-charting global music supergroup Sultans of String have released their brand-new single, Mi Santuario, featuring the four core Sultans as well as an incredibly talented and inspiring special guest, Juan Carlos Medrano.
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translated from French by Anna Infantino
photos: © Anne-Marie Giroux
Visiting Ussher Fort, an old slave-trading post in Ghana
On our way to Makola Market
In Accra, Ghana you can get your clothes measured to fit and made by a tailor with materials you select from Makola Market.
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