Arts & Culture

Submitted by Ryan Scott As the nights creep in earlier, the trees become skeletal, and the autumn winds howl with torment, it’s time to settle into spooky season with a book of stories to match. While tales of terror are plentiful, why not start with the grandfather of modern horror himself, Edgar Allan Poe? Born in Boston in 1809 and losing both parents before age three, Poe stumbled through a life of addiction, poverty, illness, and death. He became one of...

'An Author & A Filmmaker' features local author Gwen Lamont, The View From Coffin Ridge: A Childhood Exhumed, and Toronto filmmaker Penny Eizenga of Dog Eared Productions, for an evening celebrating women’s stories at the Marsh Street Centre on Friday, October 30 at 7 p.m. Lamont's memoir was released in spring 2024. More than 3,000 copies have been sold, and the book has been optioned by Toronto filmmaker Penny Eizenga for a full length feature film. Thirteen hundred people have...