by mvboronowski | Nov 1, 2010 | 1000 Community Stories
Did everyone get my Reagan/Family Guy reference in the title? It refers to Ronald Reagan, as he stood in front of the Brandenberg Gate on June 12, 1987, telling Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall, thus ending the USSR’s hopeless communist experiment....
by mvboronowski | Oct 31, 2010 | 100 Community Builders
Who are you? I am Jilly Charlwood. Jilly Jane Charlwood in fact, a name that seems to provide John Horn with an endless source of amusement. As if Horn is any better as a name than Jilly-Jane. I was born and raised in Melbourne, Australia, and I have just returned to...
by mvboronowski | Oct 29, 2010 | 1000 Community Stories
[Editor’s note: a few weeks ago, our Managing Editor, Kurt Heinrich, finally popped the question to his red headed partner, Theo. As a BFF of both these fantastic people – and as a bit of an exciteable showman – I couldn’t wait to pitch some...
by mvboronowski | Oct 27, 2010 | 1000 Community Stories
My brief forays into Vancouver’s local art communities have yielded talented artists making incredible art, though I’ve noticed that the Vancouver art scene often feels like just that: a hipster-centric scene. Even with the rise of public art and a growing sensibility...
by mvboronowski | Oct 26, 2010 | 1000 Community Stories
After 10 months of election campaigning, Rob Ford is the mayor elect for Toronto. While the results are enough to induce thoughts of leaving the city that I’ve called home for the past five years (maybe Calgary is accepting applications for an environmental historian...
