Thursday & Friday in Edmoton

Well, Leandro and I decided to drive to Edmonton while Kerry was in Montreal. So I took two days off work and headed to Edmonton on Thursday. We spent time withe grandparents and great-grandparents. It was fun! We timed so we would pick up Kerry in the airport on Saturday. Here are a few pics of this time!

Dorothy the Dinasour Show at Martha Cohen Theatre - Just Leo & Mommy

Leandro and I spent some 'mom and son' time alone, as Daddy went to Montreal for a week (work reasons). So, we decided to enjoy a show at the local theatre. It was Dorothy the Dinasour at the Martha Cohen Theatre (Epcor Centre for the Performing Arts) in downtown.

The show stars Dorothy the Dinosaur, a graduate capital of R.A.D.D (The Royal Academy of Dinosaur Dancing!) Australia’s favourite dinosaur has performed at New York’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, the Apollo Theatre in London and even in Shanghai and now returns to the Australian stage for this brand new show! The new Dorothy the Dinosaur show has been written by Blue Wiggle, Anthony Field, who also produced the music. Anthony Field (Wiggles) has recorded the Rosy Orchestra performing songs for Dorothy and her friends to sing along with, such as the delightful "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star"! Children will love dancing to "Dr Knickerbocker" and bouncing up and down to "Come On Let’s Jump"! Captain Feathersword will be joined by Don the Postman, who sings his signature song. Wel shaked our hips with Wags the Dog and dance a fairy jig with "The Fairy Dance". Along with such hit songs as "Romp Bomp A Stomp", "To Have A Tea Party" and "Balla, Balla Bambina", audiences were ecstatic as the show culminates with "Let’s Have A Party"! The dancing is delightful and the music is really rosalicious.

Meu Amigo de Ouro

Amizade
Sincera amizade
Faz de um amigo um irmão
E do irmão um amigo
Do peito, do coração,
Amiga irmã, irmã amiga,
Não importa conotação,
O que importa é o sentimento
Que temos no coração.

“A amizade é a forma mais doce do amor”
- poesia de de Inoema Nunes Jahnke

* Poema dedicado ao amigo de ouro do Leandro. Foto tirada no evento Thomas The Train at the Heritage Park, Calgary, Alberta (12 de Maio de 2009)

The Garden

THE GARDEN is an engaging and powerful look at the famous political and social battle over the largest community garden in the US (located in South Central Los Angeles). A follow-up to Kennedy’s award-winning documentary OT: OUR TOWN, the film shows how the politics of power and greed (backroom deals, land developing, green politics, money) tragically intersect with working class families who rely on this communal garden for their livelihood. Equal parts THE WIRE and HARLAN COUNTY USA, THE GARDEN exposes the fault lines in American society and raises crucial and challenging questions about liberty, equality, and justice for the poorest and most vulnerable among us. Kenneth Turan of the LA Times said: “It’s tempting to call “The Garden” a story of innocence and experience, of evil corrupting paradise, but that would be doing a disservice to the fascinating complexities of a classic Los Angeles conflict and an excellent documentary that does them full justice.”