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Win two tickets to see Stephen King
Win two tickets to Stephen King’s exclusive in-person appearance to promote his new book, Under the Dome in Toronto on November 19th, 2009 at the Canon Theatre at 8 pm.
King will be joined in conversation by highly-acclaimed Canadian director, writer, and producer David Cronenberg. Hosted by Canadian television and radio personality George Stroumboulopoulos, host of CBC television program The Hour.
Just send an email to talkback@drivenmag.com and tell us the name of your favourite evil clown created by Mr. King.
Under the Dome available November 10th.
The Adventurer: Artist Derrick Hodgson
Derek Hodgson’s, who posed as our “adventure capitalist” (the man who capitalizes on autumn opportunities for adventure) on page 22 of the October issue, doesn’t just look dashing in canoe — he’s also an accomplished visual artist. The following is taken from Mr. Hodson’s biography at magic-pony.com.
Derrick Hodgson is a Toronto-based artist who’s paintings and drawings are renderings of complex social spaces crowded with familiar and mutated characters. Hodgson grew up on a farm and subsequently moved to Toronto. This progression from nature to urban provided the breeding grounds for the first seeds of mania. Using aspects of cartoon, graffiti and contemporary design, Hodgson created a style and environment that quickly advanced him to the forefront of contemporary art and character design. In the past few years Hodgson has exhibited his work in Tokyo, New York, Los Angeles, Milan and Melbourne. In addition to this he was the first Canadian artist to be recognized by Sony Creative in Japan where his character illustrations were transformed into 3-D art figures and sold in gatcha-gatcha machines across Japan. This quick rise to success led Hodgson to be a key speaker at the Berlin Pictoplasma conference in 2004 and 2006.
If you want to see a collection of his work stop by the Magic Pony gallery in Toronto, or hit www.madreal.com.
The DRIVEN / OPUS Hotel Montreal Getaway Contest
Send a message to talkback@drivenmag.com or click here to enter DRIVEN and OPUS Hotel’s Montreal Getaway Contest for a chance to win a weekend for two in Montreal.
[Note: Prize does not include transportation to Montreal.]
Stay at the stylish OPUS Hotel Montreal, dine at the award-winning KOKO Restaurant + Bar, and enjoy a chauffeur-driven trip of the city in style in the OPUS VIP shuttle, the Audi Q7, Audi’s award-winning executive-class SUV.
The DRIVEN Calendar, “Soon”:
Toronto Noir
Ongoing to August 15, Toronto – DRIVEN contributor Murray Foster will be appearing in the stage adaption of Toronto Noir, a collection of short stories about Hogtown. Foster, who plays bass for Great Big Sea, will be playing a man who plays bass, but not for Great Big Sea. The master of the bottom end has received at least one rave-ish review.
Sincerely, John Hughes
A director whose films (and their associated catch-phrases) shaped the psyche on a couple of generations, left this world yesterday.
The reminiscing about John Hughes’ body of work — Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Home Alone, etc., etc. — and its impact will go on for quite a while.
However, it is hard to imagine a better tribute to the man himself than this blog post detailing the long and unusual correspondence he had with one teenage fan:
Hot Issue extra: Bonus bathing beauties from “Ship to shore”
The scintillating summer styles of “Ship to shore” can be found on pp42-49 of the Hot Issue. As often happens in fashion shoots, a few extra pictures were snapped during the course of the day. Entirely by coincidence, all of the photos in question this time ’round feature beautiful women in flattering swimwear.
“After the jump” is common parlance for clicking through to the next page but for this one, we recommend that you dive.
Hot Issue extra: I’m with the banned
Lock ‘em out.
That’s a political tactic that seems to be having a moment in vogue right about now. Are you a government that wants to make some kind of political statement? Then why not find some vauguely important foreigner who is planning a visit to your country — one who could be seen to symbolise views you oppose – and simply deny them entry.
Even better, approve their entry in advance, and then revoke it at the last minute.
LTTE in the process of re-branding
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam have renounced violence permanently (as reported by the BBC, hat tip to Doug Saunders in the Globe and Mail), and plan to pursue their goals of Tamil self-determination through democratic means.
Coincidentally, this change in strategy comes at a time when violence has proven to be a spectacular failure for the organization, but the statement does seem more categorical than, say, Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams’ comments earlier this year regarding violence as tactic in the conflict Northern Ireland.
Sure shot: The Keurig Mini B30
gourmet one-cup coffee maker
One of those reduced-size single-cup coffee makers arrived in the DRIVEN penthouse, and it has drastically changed the office java dynamics.
The Keurig Mini B30 is one of those small-footprint, single-cup makers which take a pre-packaged coffee tub (in this case, called a “K-Cup”) to make a single serving of joe. I have not used such a device before, but around the DRIVEN offices, coffee is often a hot, but more-often luke-warm, topic, and the Mini has improved our caffeine flow considerably.
