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< Photo of Maracatu Nunca Antes, Toronto-based Brazilian music group, by Yvonne Bambrick Kensington Market is a colorful, lively place chock full of quaint shops and colorful characters. On the last Sunday of every month they hold an innovative, car-free, pedestrian-only street festival. My pal Grey Coyote is the President of the Kensington Market Action Committee [...] I am a huge proponent of the multiculture. It informs my design and my world outlook. I also teach English and through my teaching have met students from literally every corner of the globe. In my artistic life, as Mikooshka (my musical alter-ego), I craft music which crosses over from genres like reggae, rock and [...] Located at John and Richmond St. in downtown Toronto, the National Film Board’s Mediatheque centre is an inspiring place. You can check out all kinds of short films, animations and documentaries. Once I took a group of students there for a field trip. The presenter was amazing – it was one of my favorite [...] Irina at the edge of the woods in High Park, Toronto – New artwork using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator (Click for bigger image) Last weekend we had a pretty great road trip. We drove from Toronto to the Kawarthas and then on to Bon Echo Provincial Park. It was pretty awesome, despite the cold. Our first stop was the family cottage at Head Lake – lots of fun putting in the dock in the cold, wind and rain! [...] It’s around this time that I start to think about summer weather and getting out and about, taking some new crosstown walks, tuning up the bike, and generally exploring Toronto as it bursts into spring. The eastern forest of North America is one of the most verdant areas on earth – once it finishes [...] A pedestrian braves the cold grey expanse of Warden Ave I was teaching a LINC class recently and the immigrant students were describing some things they liked/disliked about Toronto. I like to play devil’s advocate and present negatives, so I tossed out ‘smog’ and ‘traffic’, as the students easily identified the ‘Islands’ [...] October 4th from “6:52 to sunrise” – Nuite Blanche is an all-night art show in the streets of downtown Toronto. There are all kinds of venues and installations. The cool thing is that the artists set up in the streets, and in parking lots, and parks, so there is a vibe that this is highly [...] Ulysses talks about his art at Peak Gallery Back in August I had the chance to visit with Toronto artist Ulysses Castellanos on the last day of his show at Peak Gallery. It was really cool – he showed me around the gallery and explained his art, and his process - all while my new [...] Hanlon's Point Beach, Toronto Island Summer is officially over and Google marked the first day of fall with a nice little red and gold leaf logo at their pages. On the weekend, we went to the island by bicycle – quite a hike from High Park and Bloor – and explored the islands from [...] |
Mike Simpson is a teacher, writer, musician and designer from Toronto, Canada. He is a new media enthusiast and has been "strongandfree" since 1996. Mike is working on new graphic design, developing websites and multimedia, and leading training workshops on weekends. Check out Strong+Free for his Design and Media work. Check out Mike's Edu-Tech Workshop site. Please contact him at this address: mike | strongandfree.ca 
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