Wanderlust and Words

Local News  The Saskatoon Heritage Society is hosting an online auction . You have until March 7 to place your bids on items ranging from books and ornaments to heritage items.  Persephone Theatre is hosting an online performance of 1 Hour Photo , “the story of Mas Yamamoto, a man whose life was swept up by the major currents of the 20th century. From growing up in a fishing village on the banks of the Fraser River, to being confined at a Japanese Canadian internment camp during World War II, to helping build the Distant Early Warning Line in the Canadian Arctic during the height of the Cold War.”   Art & Architecture  I love bright colours and am intrigued by innovative architecture, but when is it too much of a good thing? Do we really want a football stadium in the shape of a giant lotus flower ? How much bright paint would you want in your home? I’m not sure I could handle Tamsin Chislett’s home : “She is standing in her kitchen, beneath a canary yellow steel...

  Local Happenings  The Saskatoon Heritage Society’s annual luncheon is at 12 pm, Mar. 15 , at the Sheraton Cavalier. The guest speaker, Elizabeth A. Scott, curator at the Western Development Museum, will share stories of life in Saskatchewan told through the clothes we wore. Sparrow Coffee Shop, the sister to City Perks, is starting to be open. Like them on Facebook to find out when you can drop by. I’m looking forward to browsing the book collection later in the spring. Two Saskatoon coffee shops are on the list of the 50 best coffee shops in Canada – City Perks and Collective Coffee. 33 1/3 Coffee Roasters in Regina also makes the list. A new company with Saskatoon links aims to replace plastic with natural materials that will quickly decompose in backyard compost. Cogomelo’s “products are made from mycelium-based composites, where we use a substrate – in our case, agricultural waste – that is partially replaced as the fungal biomass grows and consumes it.” T...