It’s the heart of the summer, and while we’ve managed to steer clear of the oppressive heat that much of the rest of the continent has been facing so far, there’s something awful refreshing about sleeping with the windows open and going days without wearing socks. And though a bumper crop of raspberries is behind me, I’m still looking forward to tomato season…

Likewise, while I’m up to my ears in new creative projects and looking forward to them coming to fruition later this year, in the meantime I’ll share with you all a fabulous performance by Erato Ensemble from this past spring of their commission “Orpheus Unplugged.” I was thrilled to work again with Kevin Spenst, my favorite Vancouver poet to grab takoyaki with, and Will George really owned his performance as an embodied “holographic noggin.” Take a listen…