March 2016 Vol. 75 No. 3

The Breakfast Roundtable SeriesPublic Policy and the Arts

Protecting Creativity: Guarding the Rights of

Writers and Artists

Thursday, March 3

New technologies present opportunities and challenges to writers, artists and other creators. Copyright provides protection for original creative work. But how effective is this protection in the face of new technologies and

digital innovation? And what is the impact of the federal government’s recent “copyright modernization”

on the ownership rights of writers and artists?

The Arts & Letters Club is pleased to welcome 

RoAnie LevyExecutive Director of Access Copyright (also known as the Canadian Copyright

Licensing Agency)

for a discussion about the current state of copyright protection in Canada and the possible future direction of copyright reform. Club members and their guests

interested in the ownership rights of writers, artists and other creators are encouraged to attend and participate

in this discussion.

Members are encouraged to invite guests.

7:30a.m.•continentalbreakfast 8:00–9:00a.m.•roundtableanddiscussion

$15 for members; $25 for guestsReservations required

Be sure to read the expanded on-line issue of this LAMPSletter

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Members’ DinnerThursday, March 17

Bar 6:00 p.m., Three-course Dinner 7:00 p.m. $32•byreservation

An evening with violist

DouglAS McNABNeyArtistic Director

Toronto Summer Music

As it enters its second decade, this very successful three-week chamber music festival featuring concerts, lectures

and masterclasses by world-renowned artists has become a highlight of summer in Toronto.

And its Academy program brings emerging musicians at the threshold of their careers to the city to work and

coach with the masters.

President’s Column“The Best-Laid Plans …” I was happy to meet past president Marianne Fedunkiw at the Club recently. She is doing well these days but her father’s health is failing and he requires a great deal of her time and support. I offered her my sympathies, and those of the Club as well. When I mentioned my own situation, she

exclaimed, “Being Arts & Letters President is dangerous for your health!”

I need to let everyone know that Susan and I both have to undergo joint replacement this year. We are encouraged that many of you have been through such operations quite successfully, but we also realize that we will have a period of decreased mobility and that other commitments (such as physiotherapy) will make demands on our time. Although I fully intend to carry on my responsibilities as President, I have had to adjust some of my plans and expectations for this year.

Unfortunately, our plans for a major fundraising event in April are going to have to be postponed. This postponement is due also to other factors. Before we can launch a full-scale fundraising scheme, some structural changes need to be made, many of which are in process but are not yet fully accomplished.

For example, the Board of Directors has recently decided to form a Capital Expenditures Committee to determine specifically the projects that we must undertake and how we are to finance their costs. We need to implement some kind of Capital Reserve Fund, much as a condominium corporation does, to build up a “pot of gold” for major planned or unexpected expenditures. One mandate of this committee will be to examine the possibility of starting such a fund now. Our recent experience with the roof repair showed us that we need to be better prepared for the expenses that we know lie ahead. The committee will also need to consider the range of options available to us for meeting these expenditures, including other sources of funding such as heritage grants, fundraising, debentures and bigger, more exciting ventures.

In addition, we need to be better at recognizing the members who have already supported the Club financially. The Heritage Toronto funds have been in existence for several years now, but we have been remiss in expressing our thanks and appreciation. Measures are in place to acknowledge donors more appropriately in future.

Ian McGillivray has been hard at work developing plans and timelines for our infrastructure requirements, plans that we will be sharing in our annual report to the membership. In the meantime, we encourage members to consider a tax-receiptable donation to the Heritage Toronto Arts & Letters

Funds. Building Fund 1, in particular, which is to cover the cost of repairing the front façade of 14 Elm Street, currently has a balance of $12,205—approximately one tenth of the amount needed to accomplish the work. (Projects included in this fund when originally established—exhibition hanging, and improved sound systems, for instance—have now been completed, so contributions made up to now have largely been expended.)

Thank you all for your devotion and support to the Club. My messages requesting donations and contributions should not be taken as any indication that the efforts that so many of you make on behalf of our strong and vibrant Club are not welcome and appreciated. They are! The reality is just that we do need more, and your cooperation in identifying sources for our “pot of gold” would be most welcome.

Thank you all.John Goddard, President

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A great Mardi gras at the Club!Guests at the Club’s Mardi Gras party thoroughly enjoyed themselves! How could they avoid it, with a great little jazz group from the Humber College Music Program, yummy New Orleans-style finger food from the Chef, and a King Cake—with a crowned King and Queen! Guests were able to have a good chat with old and new friends, and spontaneous dancing broke out. There were wonderful masks—it was very hard to choose the three best. Thanks very much to Fiona McKeown and Club staff! And apologies to members who got no closer to the action than the waiting list.

Please watch for announcements of upcoming parties—including another Mardi Gras in 2017.

Margaret Kerr, Membership Committee

The ceremonial knife is applied to the haggis

“Nosing”

2016 Burns Day celebrations

Och aye, a lassie

Our piper!

Who were those masked members?

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Plein Air (open air): The act of painting outdoors.

Summer Plein Air Gathering: open to ALL members

Our Plein Air gatherings are potluck social events with a focus on the creative. Come and paint, draw, write, snap photos and express

your creative self in a fun social setting. Plein Air gatherings are open to members and guests and are free of charge.

 On Saturday June 18th, Sue and Peter Russell will host plein air artists and friends at their cottage on Minnicog Island in Georgian Bay. Overnight accommodations are advised for this outing. Transport to and from the marina is provided. Dinner will be provided. You just have to bring your lunch

and creative supplies. 

Please contact Sue Russell sewellr@sympatico.ca for more information and to RSVP. Sue will provide you with a list of

accommodations and further details. For general information about Plein Air gatherings, email Corin

Pinto of the Art Committee at corin@corinpinto.com

(L to R) Stage Chair Ashley Williamson with the 2015 Robert Beardsley Awards for New Playwrights winners, Remi Long and Luke Reece, and Richard Moorhouse, Chair of the Arts and Letters Club of Toronto Foundation, at the February 8 Club Night reading of the two plays.

At the Reception for New Club Members, February 8

Some of the crowd of about 100 people who attended the Public Opening of the Winter Group Show on February 8

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Al Gilbert J.e.H. MacDonald Honorary Member for visual Arts, 2016Al Gilbert is a Canadian portrait photographer whose work is deemed to be of “outstanding significance and cultural importance” by the Canadian Cultural Property Review Board. He is renowned internationally for his classic portraits of artists, celebrities, politicians and other prominent personalities, and local luminaries such as Oscar Peterson, Dr. Charles Best, John Diefenbaker, Raymond Moriyama, Liona Boyd, along with Frank Sinatra, U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden and the prime ministers of Canada and Israel. He

New MembersJanet Hendershot is a visual artist who won the top award in the Club’s Next! Exhibition. Her paintings have been exhibited internationally, and she represented Canada in a group show at the XXI Olympics. She looks forward to returning to writing poetry, and the Calliope poetry group is of special interest to her. Janet is sponsored by Zora Buchanan, Andrew Benyei and Carol Anderson.

We are sad to note the death of long-time member Peter Oliphant. Our sincerest condolences to his partner, Robert White.

Our condolences go to Life member James (Jim) Hubbard and family on the recent death of Jim’s wife, former Club member Diana Wessels.

has even photographed Yousuf Karsh. Was it intimidating photographing the great Karsh? “Not a bit,” says Gilbert. “When you’ve shot everybody from the Pope on down, what’s another photographer?” Gilbert’s father opened a photography studio in Toronto in 1922. As a child, Al began working in the studio using glass plates; decades later, in 1990, he was one of the first professional photographers to make the jump to digital images. The studio continues to this day under his guidance—the oldest continuously operating photographic studio in North America under one family. Al Gilbert was made a Member of the Order of Canada in 1990 and awarded the Confederation Medal of Canada in 1992. He is a Fellow of the Professional Photographers of Canada, of the American Society of Photographers and of the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain. He was voted Photographer of the Year three times and has received Lifetime Achievement awards from the Professional Photographers of Canada, the Photographic Industry of America and the International Award from the American Society of Photographers. In 2007 he was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Professional Photographers of America, one of only seven people to have received the award and the only Canadian ever to be so honoured. Many of Gilbert’s photographs were donated in 2007 to the Ontario Jewish Archives, and a recent exhibition of his work at the Market Gallery was drawn from OJA collections. Gilbert was a guest speaker in 2010 at the Club and donated two of his published books and photos including portraits of A.J. Casson and Robertson Davies.

And Now a Word About Our Sponsors!So far in the 2015/16 fiscal year, we have had 54 new members join the Club. This welcome influx is due in no small part to those who have thought to invite and sponsor them. A big thanks to the following sponsors both for your commitment to the Club and your help in filling it with interesting people! This year’s sponsors are:

William AideCarol Anderson Peter Aykroyd Andrew Benyei (2)Lynn BertrandVictoria BigliardiRon Bolt Bill Buchanan (2)Zora Buchanan (8)Heidi Burkhardt Gillian BurtonJudith Davidson-PalmerJoan DubroisJean EdwardsMarc Egnal

Dollina MacMillan Birch (2)Charles Maurer (2)Bonnie McGeeTim McGee (2)Michael McKeownDon McLeodBarbara MercerMargaret MeynellEllen Michelson Ruth MorawetzKate MurfinRollo MyersFarhad Nargol-O’NeillCathy NasmithCecil Pace-Asciak (2)

Pat FairheadGord FultonJack GilbertJohn Goddard (2) Susan Goddard (2)Farrell HaynesMarianne HellerMark HoughtonJudy Raymer Ivkoff (2)Scott JamesMarvyne JenoffJonathan KrehmDiane KrugerJohn LawsonNatalie Logan

Brian ParkerDavid PhillipsPeter RaymontNorma RowenPeter Russell (3)Sewell Russell (3)Ezra Schabas (2)Pat SedgwickDavid Skene-MelvinMichael SpenceVeronica TsyglanTamara VuckovicAshley Williamson

Susan Goddard, Chair Membership Committee

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Members’ News

The Curatorial Circle is pleased to announce, with enormous gratitude, the donation by member Callie Stacey of a bronze sculpture titled The Football Player by William McElcheran RCA. The work can be viewed in the case on the lower level.

Barbara Mitchell (Curator), John Snell, Kathryn Minard, Andrew Benyei, Doug Purdon, Scott James (Archivist)

Be an “A” Team Sponsor!For the Club’s 100th anniversary, the Architecture Committee produced posters of 20 former Architecture members. A montage of these posters can be seen on the bulletin board downstairs near the elevator.

The committee would like to continue recording members from the Architecture disciplines (interior designers, engineers, authors and others writing about or promoting architectural arts). Club Members may sponsor posters of past or present “A” members for $25 each; the proceeds will go to the Capital Reserve Fund or one of the two Toronto Heritage funds (front façade or Great Hall project) as the sponsor directs. The Toronto Heritage funds are eligible for charitable donation receipts. The sponsor will receive a coloured poster in digital and 8-1/2” x 11” format.

The Club will display these posters at suitable occasions, will retain copyright and may eventually publish them in a booklet. A template is on display on the Architecture bulletin board. If interested, contact George Hume, Ian McGillivray or Fiona McKeown.

Ian McGillivray

Zora Buchanan is having a solo exhibition of her vibrant new acrylic paintings in the Commerce Court West Lobby, located at the corner of King & Bay Streets (King subway stop). Spring Awakening is on view every day from March 21 to April 8 ... 24/7! Please join Zora on Thursday, March 24, March 31, or April 7 from 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. in the Commerce Court West Lobby, or by appointment a 416-596-0248. Please visit www.zorabuchanan.com or www.commercecourt.ca for more information.

Kira Dorward has recently become the volunteer Social Media Coordinator for DAREarts. DAREarts empowers children in Canada’s underserved communities with discipline, self-esteem, and leadership skills through our innovative arts program. The DAREarts Leadership Awards Gala is on May 5, 2016. Contact Kira at kira.dorward@gmail.com if you would like more information.

Gerry Sevier, Life member of the Club and past president of the OSA, will be participating in the exhibition Painters Three along with fellow artists John Mardon and Joe Catalano at the Joseph D. Carrier Gallery in the Columbus Centre. The exhibition dates are March 9–April 4, 2016, with an opening reception on Thursday, March 10 from 6:30–9:30 p.m. in the Lower Gallery.

Rati Vajpeyi has two works in the Heliconian Club’s Monday Sketch Group’s Annual Show, from February 8–March 9. One of the sketches, in the alla prima style, was done in the Club’s Friday Painters’ Studio. Rati is a relatively new member of the Club. Put All Your Eggs in One Basket and

Indulge with a Sumptuous

easter Buffet

Sunday, March 27

Let us tempt you with a Spring Cocktail and delicious culinary fare.

For the kids, an Egg-sploration Huntand there’ll be a Show of Illusion

never seen before . . .

Cash bar 12 noon; Buffet 1:00 p.m.

Adults$42.00•Children(6-12):$19:00Children (under 6) $10:00

Advance Reservations required

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A Conversation with Mark CullenMark Cullen is Canada’s best-known gardener. He will introduce his new book, The New Canadian Garden, at the Lit Table on March 8. (Mark has a connection with the Arts & Letters Club. Howard Dunnington-Grub, founder of Sheridan Nurseries—which took over Weall and Cullen—was a long-time early Club member, and both Mark’s father and father-in-law knew him well).

You and your siblings grew up with a gardening business background. Many of us bought plants from Weall and Cullen Nurseries. Can you tell us about the business?Dad, Len Cullen, was 22 years old when he purchased John A. Weall Landscaping from J.A. Weall in August 1947. He opened his first garden centre on Sheppard Ave in Willowdale in 1952.Did you and your siblings work in the five garden centres? And did you continue in the horticultural industry?The five of us all had jobs at with Dad in our youth. None are currently working in the horticultural industry though eldest brother Peter owned a landscape company in Ottawa for 12 years and sister Sue took over Cullen Gardens and Miniature Village about 2001. Did you have horticultural or business training, or did you initially pursue other paths?I left the family business in 1978 for a season to work with Bachman’s Inc. in Minneapolis. I was looking for experience away from the family enterprise. They were the largest garden retailers at the time in the U.S.Your Dad’s dream show garden opened in Whitby in 1980, where it was a major attraction for 25 years.Dad started a nursery farm in Brooklin in 1955. A barn that stood in the way of the 401 where it intersected with Victoria Park was moved to the farm and we used it for 50 years. I now have it on my country property in Stouffville. The farm was used to grow nursery stock for Weall and Cullen retail garden centres.Cullen Gardens and Miniature Village was opened on adjoining property. Yes, this was my Dad’s dream garden and it grew to become the largest tourist attraction between Montreal and Toronto in the 80s and early 90s. At its peak, over 300,000 people came annually.After 9/11, attendance at CGMV dropped dramatically (American visitors dried up) and my sister Sue was forced to sell the enterprise in 2006. You were writing the Nursery Newsletter in 1975. Was this your first garden writing?It was! My father was very generous in giving opportunities for me to write and this was one of them—he was being more than kind—it also meant that he didn’t have to do it! He was always moving on to the next thing: a serial entrepreneur.  I think you take after him! You have embraced the information age and are on Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, and Pinterest and have a

blog as well as a website. I read your weekly column in the Toronto Star and your monthly E-newsletter. I also hear you on the radio. Then there are TV and magazine articles.True: I have many media masters: 28 newspapers weekly, six radio stations, five magazines, 21 books to date—it goes on. I love this work (communication) and it is my #1 priorityHow much time does all this take?Winter is when I do much of my writing, when demand on my time is less than in other seasons. I build “inventory” at this time.Which is your favourite of the above?This has become my weekly newspaper writing, as it provides my best access to an engaged audience A few years ago I would have said radio. But I was fired from my job at CFRB after 22 years when the station moved on with different programming, alas. God closes a door and opens a window!I really enjoy the feedback that I receive from readers. Facebook is unique this way: “followers” are either engaged in what I am doing or they are not “followers.” I enjoy their comments, even when critical, as they help keep me grounded.  You are a spokesperson for Home Hardware Lawn and Garden and have introduced many products under the Mark’s Choice label. Are any of these your own invention?Bahahahaa!! You make me laugh Anna! Yes: some are hatched from my very own head, mostly based on my experience in my ten-acre garden.But most are hybrid ideas?  I find something that is interesting (often while travelling in the UK, where they are a generation or two ahead of us on this score) and the product development team at HH works with me to create a product that is suitable for Canadian gardeners.  On other occasions some of our trusted vendors bring us product ideas. Some are modified based on our experience and sometimes they are accepted as-is. A new two-wheeled wheelbarrow was a huge hit last year, brought to us by our Canadian supplier, Erie Brand, here in Ontario. We sold thousands. (AL: I think I will buy one!)There are now over 170 products in the Mark’s Choice line up. Regardless of whose idea the product was in the first place, I “torture test” every one of them in my ten-acre garden. There is no point in introducing a product that may disappoint. The idea is to surprise and delight customers by surpassing their expectations for quality and usefulness. Once again, Facebook provides a forum for honest reviews: I get the good, the bad and ugly—and it is all helpful.When did you have your own first garden? At my first house in Agincourt, in 1980. I was 24.Do you have time to garden in your own extensive garden?I spend many hours a week “gardening”—thanks for not asking me to quantify it. If I kept track of the hours it would not be deemed “for pleasure,” would it? I love soil—the smell and feel of it, especially in spring. I enjoy weeding, especially young weeds that come down or “out” with

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a gentle chop with a sharp hoe. The rhythm of hoeing provides great “thinking” time, and I hatch some of my best stories while weeding! I also love to play in mulch, especially clean, new cedar mulch. The smell of it is intoxicating. The feel of it on my mulching fork is exhilarating and the effect on my garden a pleasure to behold.  I don’t especially like standing at the end of a hose hand-watering and I don’t believe in in-ground watering systems. I do have help two days a week. Rudy Mitchel has worked for me for 25 years. He is a gem. I seldom have to tell him what to do!Does your family garden?Ummmmm—honestly, not much. My wife has some favourite jobs—she loves the herb garden, weeds round the house in the butterfly garden. Kids have lives of their own—in their 20s one in 30s and now a new granddaughter.Do you still plant Narcissus (daffodils) every fall? Are they all surviving?I’ve planted 2,000 per year for 10 years: 20,000 in total! Last year was my last. The truth is that adding more at this point is redundant—clumps of them get bigger and the show is so grand that I don’t need more.

Then all the varieties of tomatoes. Which are your favourites? • SweetOneMillioncherrytomato• SanMarzanopastetomato• LemonBoyyellowhybrid• BrandyWineheritage• EarlyGirlearlytomatoYou were the Baillie Birdathon Guest Birder in 2013, raising over $17,000 from sponsors. Where did you bird? What was your favourite species?Tommy Thompson Park (the Leslie Street Spit) and High Park. We saw over 130 different birds on a day in mid-May. My favourite species, that day and every day, is the tree swallow. Amazing insectivores that swoop and scoop, nest in my meadows in my 28 nesting boxes, arrive mid-April each year and leave the third week of August. I’ve studied them from my home-office window for a few years now and they never cease to amaze me. Trees for Life and SHARE Agricultural foundation are two of the non-profit organizations you are involved in. How about Canada Blooms? What else?Trees for Life became the “Highway of Heroes Living Tribute” www.hohtribute.ca. We are planting 117,000 trees along the Highway of Heroes—one for each of Canada’s war dead since

Confederation. Plus 2.2 million more on adjoining lands—one for each person who has served in the Canadian Armed Forces—ever! I am very excited about this—all the royalties from this book (The New Canadian Garden) are going to support the HoHLT. We are raising $20 million over five years and currently have over $700,000 in cash or pledged. Not bad for a launch on November 6, 2015!SHARE is amazing. I am going on a monitoring trip with them to EL Salvador in two weeks: www.shareagfoundation.org.Canada Blooms is our best opportunity to show the world what our industry is capable of. I’m a huge fan and donate a lot of time to it. My wife, Mary, and I are also supporters of the scholarship program at Landscape Ontario through the Horticultural Trades Foundation. There are now over 30 scholarships in horticulture for Ontario students: www.landscapeontario.com. I am also pleased to serve as honorary chair of the Hearts and Flowers Fundraising Campaign at the Toronto Botanical Garden.We are looking forward to your new book, The New Canadian Garden. Is this really the 19th book?My 21st book. My 20th book, Extra Ordinary, was a biography of a Canadian D-Day vet, Hugh Beaty.I am working on my 22nd book, also a biography, about a woman who started her own business in her mid-70s because she was bored. She is 89 now and going strong! How can you find more to say on the topic of gardening?How much space do you have? is there a limit to your word count? I could go on and on. Suffice to say that I am very motivated each morning to get up and get going for this reason alone. I challenge myself to see how many Canadians I can encourage to take up the trowel and start gardening. To give them reasons to turn their attention to our “hobby” or “profession.” And for every person who is gardening already, to encourage them to do more of it (perhaps for reasons that they are not aware of ).It is my job to excite, inform and educate, using the message of horticulture. Everything else that I do falls out of this.    

Interview by Anna Leggatt 

Gea, painting by James MacDougallone of the works in his March solo exhibition

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MARCh: two concurrent solo shows, March 5 to April 1 Rosemary Aubert, City Love, Lounge and Foyer James MacDougall, A Brush with Others, Great Hall

APRil: two concurrent shows, April 2–29John Inglis Solo show, “Quest: A Retrospective, 1960–2016,” Great HallSpring Boutique Group Show, Lounge and Foyer (this is not a theme, just refers to the season). Members may submit a maximum of two pieces.• Intake:Friday,April1andSaturday,April2.• Pick-up:Saturday,April30.

Looking aheadMAyPhotography Show: Conveners: Peter Alberti, Sue RussellThe photography show will run from April 30 to May 27, with a Sunday Public Opening on May 1. All shutter-happy members may submit up to five images. NEW: both photography and mixed media based on photography are welcome. Start snapping. (from Sue Russell)• Intake:FridayApril29,andSaturdayApril30;

• Take-down:May28.

Art Committee Co-Chairs: Marvyne Jenoff, Administration Chair (mjenoff@istar.ca); Alan King, Exhibitions Chair. Alan’s new email address is alanking641@gmail.com.

Compiled by Marvyne Jenoff

February 7 Public openingThe Sunday Public Opening of the Winter Group Show, on February 7, attracted a crowd of about a hundred people. Many stayed for quite a while and, in addition to the show, enjoyed the Club’s friendly ambience and interesting history. Two of the guests bought art. Membership kits and LAMPSletters were handed out to many interested guests. Even though we ran out of cookies the spirit remained lively all afternoon. We look forward to more such successes in future.

We are delighted that Al Gilbert, Master Photographer, has accepted the J.E.H. MacDonald Honorary Membership for Visual Arts for this year. He is the scheduled speaker at the Club Night opening of the Photography Show in May, and is profiled on page 5 of this issue.

new initiative A Visual Art Program of Study and Practice

John Inglis AOCA, CSPWC, former faculty member and past Chair of the Fine Art Department at OCADU (formerly OCA), is offering a complimentary course of study to Club members. The first “class” will introduce the program and will be held in the Studio on Thursday, March 17, from 2:00–4:00 p.m. Please bring a 6” by 9” note pad or inexpensive sketch book and an HB drawing pencil, and an eraser if required.

exhibitionsFeBRuARyWinter Group Show• Lastdayofviewing:Friday,March4• Takedown and pick-up: Saturday, March 5, 8:30–11:00 a.m.

Visual Arts News

ARTiSTS’ JAMBoRee Arts and Letters Club, April 4, 1925As a special historical feature, two paintings are on display in the foyer until March 4. The larger one is by artist “Josh By Joshton” (Frank Johnston), on loan from Kent Beattie; the square one, by artist “FREE Pants” (L.A.C. Panton), is on loan from Tom Humphries.These paintings are survivals from a remarkable event organized by the Arts and Letters Club in 1925: The Artists’ Jamboree. An Exhibition featured 50 works by 17 Club artists (including all of the members of the Group of Seven), with names and painting titles subject to the humorous invention of the program editor (as can be seen from the labels). For example, Panton’s Soron Paris is a pun on Lawren Harris’s name and the painting a satirical comment on his growing tendency to abstraction. The works were produced solely for this event and all were for sale, with the prices quoted in the program.Also on the agenda was a banquet and extensive vaudeville show. The elaborate Program for the event can be seen in a related display in the archival cases on the lower level, together with a photograph by A.S. Goss of part of the installation.Members should keep their eyes open for other potential survivals from this show.

Scott James, Club Archivist Soron Paris, painting by L.A.C. Panton

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Tuesday, March 29

CLUB PUB niGHT

Our once-a-month pub nights are an opportunity for members and guests to enjoy a casual,

drop-in-style evening of camaraderie and good conversation from 4:00 p.m.

$12 Pub Supper from 6:00 p.m., while quantities last.

Reservations are NOT required.

ART DiSCUSSion GRoUP5:00–7:00 p.m.

A discussion led by an artist speaking about his or her work, and other subjects of interest.

Professional Visual Arts members will find these sessions of particular interest.

All members welcome.

CALLioPe PoeTRy GRoUP7:00–9:00 p.m. in the Boardroom

Doors open at 6:00 p.m. • Reading starts at 7:00 p.m.No reserved seats • Everyone welcome

For information: Diane Boyer diane.boyer@gmail.com

MUSiC SALon8:00–10:00 p.m. in the Great Hall

Please check your e-Bulletin for programming and our Music Salon tab on the What’s On scroll-down

on the Website navigation bar.

Those interested in taking part, please contact Jonathan Krehm: jkrehm@look.ca

WHAT’S ON IN MARCH

Super Tuesday

HotShots pick for February: Swan and friends by Judith Davidson-Palmer

Wednesday, March 9, 6:00 p.m.in the LAMPSroom

The topic is Homer’s Odyssey

To order a sandwich please contact the Club no later than Monday, March 7

Hosted by Carol Vine: carolvine@bell.net

The Art of Conversation

“Ice and Snow” was our project for the February meeting.

We were all surprised at the variety and depth of the winter scenes, considering that the evening was a sultry 14 degrees!

Moderator Jack Gilbert offered comment and explanation of the power of post-production techniques in Photoshop

to improve photos. The February pick was Judith Davidson-Palmer‘s “Swan and friends,” captured at Cherry

Beach on a very cold January 31. The second pick was Anna Leggatt’s “Early morning in Antarctica.” 

The next meeting’s challenge is: “Faces”

Wednesday, March 2 at 6:30 p.m

Sandwiches are available if ordered by Monday at noon.

NOTE THIS CHANGE: Please send two high-resolution images by email to Jack Gilbert: jack.gilbert@rogers.com

by Monday February 29

or contact him for further information.

HotShots Photography Group

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WHAT’S ON IN MARCH

Bar 5:30 p.m.; Dinner 6:30 p.m. By reservation • $24.50

Monday, March 7

RoSeMARy AUBeRT

“A Lover Among the Masters”

Rosemary will ask the question: “What is an amateur?”

Monday, March 14

RoBeRT AiTKen, flute

WiLLiAM AiDe, piano

Not to be missed! Two of Canada’s most prominent musicians in performance together. Robert Aitken is a world-renowned flutist, composer and conductor.

They will play a varied and interesting program of works by Burton and Meyer-Obersleben, as well as transcriptions of Schubert songs by Boehm and Linton-France.

Monday, March 21

MARiAnne McKennA

“Koerner Hall”

An outstanding member of the architectural profession, Marianne McKenna is the ‘M’ partner in KPMB (Kuwabara

Payne McKenna Blumberg) one of Canada’s most acclaimed firms. In 2012 she was invested into the Order of Canada for

her contribution to architecture.

Monday, March 28

The Club is closed for Easter Monday

Wednesday, March 23, 6:30 p.m. hosted by Peter Harris

Genevieve (UK 1953)

And starring, as Genevieve, a 1904 Darracq!What happens when you have two overly exuberant young males, wife and lady friend in tow, driving in the traditional London-to-Brighton Veteran Car Run? They end up racing against each other, of course—even if the cars are close to 50 years old, and the event is definitely NOT a race, but a

sedate “run” (top speed: 32 mph).

Critic Bosley Crowther gave a wonderfully over-the-top review of Genevieve:

“on the breathless chase home … the dear ladies alternately cheer and heckle, badger and spur their crazy men, complicating with emotional explosives

the howlingest lot of popping and banging you’ve ever seen. The four of them give as delightful a performance

of romance and farce… as anyone could wish; a ding-dong entertainment film. “

Film night

Club night

12 March 2016

Bar 12 noon; lunch 12:15 p.m. by reservation • $20

Tuesday, March 1

AnDReW BoRKoWSKi

“Writing Home”

Andrew Borkowski reads from his Toronto Book Award-winning story collection, Copernicus

Avenue, and talks about how he turned his youth in Roncesvalles Village into fiction.

Tuesday, March 8

MARK CULLen

“The new Urban Garden”

Join Mark Cullen at the launch of his latest book, The New Canadian Garden, and hear one of Canada’s foremost

gardening experts speak about trends in urban gardening

(see also the interview with Mark Cullen on pages 7-8)

Tuesday, March 15

STeven DUFF

“Rime of the Moderne Mariner”

An artist and writer with seven novels to his credit, Steven Duff also collaborated with two other writer/historians on

The Grey Ghosts, a history of the Lower Lakes Co., whose ships deliver road salt to Parry Sound. The sea forms the

major theme of both his writing and his visual art.

The narrative of this latest book is carried by tales of sailing on the Great Lakes. The main character is a sailor

artist who indulges his twin passions of sailing and art by telling these tales of adventure and intrigue.

Tuesday, March 22

AnDReW PyPeR

“Writing Suspense: Secrets, Questions, The Face in the Rear-view Mirror”

Andrew Pyper is the author of seven bestselling novels, most recently The Damned. His previous books include The Demonologist (winner of the International Thriller

Writers Award), The Killing Circle (a New York Times Crime Novel of the Year), and Lost Girls (a New York Times and

Globe and Mail Notable Book). 

Both The Damned and The Demonologist are in active development for feature films.

Tuesday, March 29

JoHn SeWeLL

“How We Changed Toronto”

John Sewell served on Toronto City Council from 1969 until he was elected mayor in 1978. During this creative, tumultuous decade, City Council led the way in making

changes that created the city we have today.

John talks about those changes, and some of the important agents of change such as David Crombie, Karl Jaffary and Bill Kilbourn. He will bring copies of his book

How We Changed Toronto for signing and sale.

WHAT’S ON IN MARCH

Literary Table

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Wednesday, March 23

TenoRiSSiMi!

Our sixth annual celebration of up-and-coming young tenors:

Matthew Cairns Matthew Dalen

Conor Murphy Daevyd Pepper

with Holly Kroeker, piano

Wednesday, March 30

LiSA TAHARA, piano

Virtuoso pianist Lisa Tahara returns with a program of impressionistic piano masterpieces that highlights

Liszt’s Les jeux d’eau a la villa d’Este, andRavel‘s Jeux d’eau and Gaspard de la Nuit

WHAT’S ON IN MARCH

Bar 12 noon; lunch 12:15 p.m. by reservation • $20

Wednesday, March 2

JAMeS RenWiCK, guitar

We are excited to feature a solo guitar performance by the fine “future star of the guitar,” James

Renwick, currently completing his MA in Musical Performance at the U of T under Dr. Jeffrey McFadden,

“one of the finest guitarists of our generation.”

James brings us works by Bach, Giulani and Rodrigo.

Wednesday, March 9

“yeARninGS oF THe HeART”Madison Angus, soprano

Rebecca Townsend, sopranoDaniel Robinson, baritone

Peter Warren, bass-baritoneSuzy Smith, piano

Four young singers studying in the U of T Faculty of Music’s performance program program with renowned soprano Lorna MacDonald, with a recital of songs that

tug at the heartstrings.

Wednesday, March 16

AnyA MALLinGeR and WiLLiAM AiDe

“A Major: The Key to Happiness”violin sonatas by Mozart and Fauré

We welcome back the father and daughter duo of Anya Mallinger and William Aide. A student of the celebrated Lorand Fenyves, Anya has established herself as a soloist,

chamber musician, and orchestral leader, as concertmaster of the Sault Symphony Orchestra and a teacher at the Algoma

Conservatory. Bill Aide is well known among us!

Music Wednesday

14 March 2016

WHAT’S ON IN MARCH

6:00–11:00 p.m.

Friday, March 4

TWiP—THiS WeeK in PHoToGRAPHS! Come and show off your best pictures of the week,

month or even last year. For photographers and photo lovers alike.

Friday, March 11

JoTo iMPRov Hosts Stevie Jay and Damon Lum present Toronto’s

friendliest open improv comedy jam. Participate on stage or sit back in the crowd, and meet the next generation of

Canada’s comic actors.

The laughter starts at 8:00 p.m. in the Studio.

Friday, March 18

No Ad Lib tonight—come to Documenting the Art of Exploration

Film Festival

Friday, March 25

Good Friday—No Ad Lib

ReMeMBeR, AD LiB iS yoU! If you have ideas for Ad Lib events for April and beyond, please contact our NEW Ad Lib Chair, Rebecca Collins:

rebeccacollinsart@gmail.com

Ad Lib

ARTWORK CReDITSPage 1: LAMPSletter masthead, Ray Cattell

Page 1: Documenting the Art of Exploration, poster photo from Colours of Edziza by Eric Saczuk of spacehoggraphics.com; poster by Elaine Wyatt

Page 2: John Goddard, photo by Judith Davidson-Palmer

Page 4: The Football Player, sculpture by William McElcheran, from the Club’s collection

Page 5: Gea, painting by Jim MacDougall

Page 6: Soron Paris, painting by L.A.C. Panton, from the Club’s collection

Page 7: Poetry graphic by Diane Boyer

Page 7: Swan and friends by Judith Davidson-Palmer

Page 8: Urban Portal Autumn painting by Rosemary Aubert

Page 8: Robert Aitken, photo by Daniel FoleyPage 8: William Aide, photo from the artistPage 8: Genevieve, Video-cassette cover artPage 9: Andrew Borkowski, Andrew Pyper, John Sewell, photos

from the speakersPage 10: James Renwick, Matthew Cairns, Matthew Dalen, Conor

Murphy, Daevyd Pepper, Lisa Tahara, photos from the artists

Page 11: Ad Lib logo by Andrew Sookrah

LAMPSletter editor: Carol AndersonCopy editor: Jane McWhinney

LAMPSweek in ReviewFebruary 22–26

Monday, February 22 Music: Larry Beckwith,6:30 p.m. Toronto Masque Theatre “Hark the echoing air”: Henry Purcell and The Fairy Queen

Tuesday, February 23 Literature: Norma Rowennoon “Ada Lovelace: Daughter of the Devil”

Wednesday, February 24 Film Night: Cold Comfort Farm6:30 p.m.

Thursday, February 25 Visual Arts: Glass artist noon Doreen Balabanoff, “Light, Colour and Environment: Embodied Perception”

Thursday, February 25 The Archivists take you on a tour6:30 p.m. and reveal the secrets of the Club

Friday, February 26 Stage: To be confirmed6:30 p.m.

Catering newsMany thanks for all your kind notes to me during my time away from the Club. I must say it’s great to be back!

Did you know that more than 20 members chose the Club to host one or several social or corporate events last year? We are extremely grateful for your patronage and look forward to more opportunities to serve you and your guests. Try us out! Whether it’s your birthday or anniversary, a book launch or recital, the Club has a perfect spot for you. I would be pleased to discuss your event needs and details on the members’ room-rental discount. I look forward to your call.

Joseph Sweeney

April issue Deadline:Wednesday, March 9, at 12 noon

Please ensure that the time and date of each event are clearly marked.If you are planning an article or feature, please contact the editor with as much advance notice as possible, so that space can be reserved. Email submissions no later than the deadline, to the attention of the editor, lampsletter@artsandlettersclub.ca, or place in the LAMPSletter mailbox, to the attention of Naomi Hunter in advance of Wednesday deadline. Late submissions cannot be accepted. The LAMPSletter is also available each month on our website: www.artsandlettersclub.ca/lampsletters.

ReSeRvATion/CAnCeLLATion/PAyMenT inFoRMATion

By email: reservations@artsandlettersclub.ca. By telephone: 416-597-0223, ext. 2 (voicemail). Please specify which events you are booking and the number of places you require. Advance reservations avoid disappointment. Reservations are required for most events with meals except TGIF lunch and Pub Night Supper. Please reserve at least 24 hours in advance, with the exception of Monday Club Night, for which reservations are requested on the preceding Friday by end of day. Payments: Most events with meals are payable at the door, with the exception of Special Events and Members’ Dinners, for which payment is required in advance. The Club prefers payment by cash, cheque, debit and Club card, and accepts VISA and MasterCard. Cancellations: Cancellations will be accepted 24 hours in advance of the day of the event. A refund or credit will be issued for events (some exceptions will apply) that have been paid for in advance, provided that the cancellation is received 24 hours in advance.

March 2016

Events requiring reservations are shown in bold.

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Literary TableAndrew Borkowski,

“Writing Home”12:15 p.m.

Music Cttee 10:45 a.m.

Painters StudioMusic Wednesday

James Renwick, guitar12:15 p.m.

Hot Shots Photography Grp 6:30 p.m.

Breakfast SeriesRoanie Levy

“Protecting Creativity: Guarding The Rights

of Writers and Artists”

7:30 a.m. Breakfast8:00 a.m. Discussion

Painters Studio

TGIF lunchnoon

Ad LibTWIP

Studio 8:00 p.m.

Winter Group Show pickup

and takedown8:30–11:00 a.m.

Literary Cttee Mtg10:45 a.m.

Literary TableMark Cullen: “The New

Urban Garden”12:15 p.m.

Painters StudioMusic Wednesday

“Yearnings of the Heart”Four young singers from the Studio of Lorna MacDonald

12:15 p.m.

LAMPSletter deadline noon

Art of Conversation 6:00 p.m.

Painters Studio

Art Cttee Mtg10:00 a.m.

TGIF lunch noonAd LibJOTO

Studio 8:00 p.m.

Membership Cttee Mtg 5:15 p.m.

Club nightRosemary Aubert

“A Lover Among the Masters” 6:30 p.m.

Sunday Painters

Public Art Opening

1:00–4:00 pm

Literary TableAndrew Pyper

“Writing Suspense”12:15 p.m.

Painters Studio

Music WednesdayTenorissimi! 12:15 p.m.

Film night: Genevieve6:30 p.m.

Good FridayClub Closed

Club nightMarianne McKenna

“Koerner Hall”

6:30 p.m.

Sunday Painters

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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27 28 29 30 31Literary Table

John Sewell “How We Changed Toronto”12:15 p.m.

Super TuesdayPub Night 6:00 p.m.

Poetry Group 7:00 p.m.Art Discussion Grp 5:00 p.m.

Music Salon 8:00 p.m.

Painters Studio

Music WednesdayLisa Tahara, piano

Music by Liszt and Fauré12:15 p.m.

easter MondayClub Closed

easterbuffet

1:00 p.m.

(No Sunday Painters)

Literary TableSteven Duff

“Rime of the Moderne Mariner” 12:15 p.m.

Board Mtg 5:30 p.m.

Painters Studio

Music WednesdayAnya Mallinger and

Wiliam Aide12:15 p.m.

Members’ Dinner: Douglas McNabney,

Artistic DirectorToronto Summer

Music7:00 p.m.

Painters Studio

TGIF lunch noon

LAMPSletter mailing

Documenting the Art of exploration Film

Festival 8:00 p.m.

Documenting the Art of

exploration Film Festival

all day, starts at 9:30 a.m.

Activities Cttee Mtg5:00 p.m.

Club nightRobert Aitken flute, William Aide, piano

6:30 p.m.

Sunday Painters