As a second-generation Korean immigrant to Canada, Ins Choi has many stories to
tell. A versatile artist taking the roles of playwright, director, actor, poet,
and musician, Choi spins his tales in creative
The composer John Tavener is dead. Known for his strikingly gaunt physical
features – which resulted from the same genetic condition that eventually killed
him – and strong Orthodox Christian faith, Tavener stands among the
I went to see a play a few weeks back, at a fancy-ass theater just a mile away
from my apartment. For months I would jog or ride my bike past this theater,
I first discovered American folk music in books.
It is bedtime, and I’m curled up under Great-Grandma’s patchwork quilt as Mom
reads chapters from the Little House books, comes to a
“I never travel far without a little Big Star.” – Alex Chilton, The Replacements
There is this moment at the end of the documentary Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me
, and it is perfect.