Organizers of the Windsor International Film Festival wanted to do something special for its 15 year anniversary. That something special was A Night at the Oscars: A WIFF Celebration concerts with the Windsor Symphony Orchestra at the Capitol Theatre.
By Kenneth Pastushyn The Montreal Canadiens Alumni Tour came to Amherstburg to play a charity hockey game against the Rotary Club’s “Hockey Heroes” home team. The fundraiser took place at the Libro Credit Union Centre next to the Miracle League
By Kenneth Pastushyn Bad Axe Throwing, the world’s largest axe throwing club, is bringing the thrill of a popular Canadian backyard pastime to Windsor. Bad Axe was founded in 2014 and based in Burlington, Ont., with 20 locations throughout North America.
By Kenneth Pastushyn Binge-watching at the Windsor International Film Festival is quite popular with film buffs, some of whom watch over 40 movies in a week. Many of them are older adults with more flexible work schedules. “The fact is
By Kenneth Pastushyn Greg Sestero, co-star of the movie The Room and co-author of the book The Disaster Artist made an appearance at the 2018 Windsor International Film Festival. Sestero was inside the lobby of the Capitol Theatre prior to the
By Kenneth Pastushyn Windsor’s roller derby team is looking for new recruits. The Border City Brawlers women’s roller derby team were at the Rock Bottom Bar and Grill on Oct. 19, hoping to recruit more players. Women who were new
By Kenneth Pastushyn The Border City Brawlers are looking for some “fresh meat.” That’s what new recruits are called for Windsor’s first and only female roller derby team. The Brawlers were at the Green Bean Café on
By Kenneth Pastushyn Darth Vader and a few of his own Imperial stormtroopers were backstage at Caesar’s Windsor during ComiCon for a meet and greet from Sept. 29-30th. It was all part of the 501st Legion Star Wars Experience
By Kenneth Pastushyn A six-month-old two-toed baby sloth made a special appearance at Windsor’s Tecumseh Mall in March. Chloe the sloth was there as part of Little Ray’s Reptile Zoo’s live animal exhibit for children and their parents to learn
By Kenneth Pastushyn Members of the Windsor Model Railroad Club held their fall open house in hope of increasing their membership. The open house offered a chance for visitors to learn more about the hobby and operate many of the
By Kenneth Pastushyn At VegFest, you can have your vegan cheesecake and eat it, too. You could also have vegan pecan pie, vegan cinnamon sugar donuts or vegan cupcakes from a few of the vendors who took part in
By Kenneth Pastushyn People were able to learn about the agricultural activities the Harrow Research and Development Centre has to offer at its open house. Visitors took guided tours on a covered wagon pulled by a John Deere tractor. The
By Kenneth Pastushyn More than 100 people turned up at the University of Windsor’s faculty of science lecture at the Art Gallery of Windsor to learn about science and wine. From Ice Age to Ice Wine was the first
By Kenneth Pastushyn Remembering Bozo’s Big Top is one of the 500 Ways to Know You’re From Windsor. Bozo’s Big Top was on every weekday at 8 a.m. from 1967 to 1975 on CKLW TV9 before you went to school,
By Kenneth Pastushyn Oliver Wendell Holmes, a former Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court once said “you can’t shout fire in a crowded theatre.” But you can shout obscenities at Susan Sarandon and Barry Bostwick while watching a midnight
By Kenneth Pastushyn “Every Child Deserves a Chance to Play Baseball,” is the motto of Miracle Leagues throughout North America, giving children with disabilities a chance the step up to the plate. The Miracle League of Amherstburg played their next
Members of the Windsor Orchid Society are trying to make anyone with a green thumb aware there is more to orchids than the ones you buy at the big box stores.
Beer drinkers at the LaSalle Craft Beer Festival used their brews to wash down award-winning ribs cooked up by Canada’s national BBQ team. Canada has a national barbeque team and they have done very well in international competition. “These
Volunteers from the non-profit Holiday Beach Migration Observatory are using their Adopt-a-Bird program as their main source of funding for capturing and banding birds. The banding program takes place during the Festival of the Hawks, in the second and third
By Kenneth Pastushyn, Converged Citizen Staff Did you know that big corporations have not taken over Canadian farms? The Real Dirt on Farming, published by the Farm & Food Care foundation, explains the ins and outs of farming. Real
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