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2 The Senior Times September 2018 Federal fund offers NDGers lifts, computer training Irwin Block for members of New Hope. Mem- For English speaking seniors, lack- bership costs $24. ing computer skills can be a major “It’s accomplishing more than handicap in using social media to we had anticipated,” Taisier said. connect with family and community. “There is a liveliness that comes Because those in the 55-plus de- with being in a classroom setting, mographic often live alone, with with people learning things that are family far away, transport and ac- helping change their lives, and that companiment to appointments is brings the students together. There another need. is a lot of joy in the classroom, and Two innovative and sustain- it’s good for self-esteem, encourag- able projects targeting these needs, ing and hopeful.” are among 10 programs in Barbara Ann Howard said she sharing in a $1 million Community enrolled in the program to learn to Innovation Fund, provided by the send e-mails and improve her Google searches. It was so beneficial that after federal government’s Social Part- Barbara Moser nership Development Program and completing her first six-week session, Photo: she enrolled in a second one. managed by the Quebec Commu- Gabriel Valesco, Amel Taisier, student Margaret Valitoua, volunteer Jing San, and Taisier’s nieces nity Groups Network. Melody and Harmony Ossom “I could receive emails but I The New Hope Senior Citizens’ enabled them to lease laptops, tab- send emails.” In addition, seniors couldn’t send back to my family, who Centre in NDG is using its $87,840 lets, and digital cameras, and hire want help with increasingly com- are all over the world. The training we grant over two years for classes that the teacher, Gabriel Velasco. plex Smart Phones. To ensure the get is excellent. We get individualized help seniors upgrade their computer Interest was high among those classes were successful, the program help and the teacher is terrific.” skills and thereby break isolation. who use its programs, including the recruited volunteers to provide one- Nicole Wernhart joined as an in- The classes are popular and well Rendez Vous series New Hope runs on-one help. Lessons are 90 min- termediate, wanting to upgrade her attended. They fit into the social re- with the NDG YMCA. utes and Tuesdays and Thursdays, IPad skills. “I needed to brush up ality of NDG because it has one of “A lot of people had been asking the students practice for 90 minutes on a lot of things, and it’s been very the highest concentrations of Eng- about computer programs. They with volunteers. useful. If you’re confused about lish- speaking seniors in Quebec, an have their grandkids who are using Participation is limited to 33 stu- something, you get help right away,” estimated 41 per cent of whom live devices,” Taisier said. “Many fam- dents, most over 55. There are two she observed. Instructor Gabriel alone. Amel Taisier, program coor- ily members have left the province intermediate level classes and one Valesco says the word is getting out dinator at the centre, says the grant and they want to use Skype and for beginners. The program is free Continued on page 4

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4 The Senior Times September 2018 theseniortimes.com Voters want change, says Bernard St-Laurent Irwin Block Bernie’s back, and for those among us who are trying to make sense of this weird Quebec election cam- paign, that’s good news. We’re talking about veteran jour- nalist and broadcaster Bernard St- Laurent, who retired in 2015 but returned to CBC radio last year with a weekly political column. During the AND THE JOHANN STRAUSS ORCHESTRA election he is being featured Mon- days and Thursdays, at 7:40am on CBC Radio’s excellent morning show Daybreak, hosted by Mike Finnerty. With his easy laugh and affable per- sonality, everybody, including major political leaders, calls him Bernie. Photo: Irwin Block CAQ poised to win, veteran analyst says Having covered the political scene since the 1970s for a variety of media would normally vote Liberal feel it’s — mainly CJAD, the Montreal Daily OK to vote for them, and the same News, and CBC radio and television is true for Péquistes who are tired of — St-Laurent in his reportage and their talk.” commentary has earned respect across Propelling the CAQ support, which political lines for his fairness, insight, is comfortably ahead in early polls, is and vast institutional memory. a desire for change — “a perception The proud father of three and that the Liberals have been in power grandfather of five is married to for most of the past 15 years, and the now retired CBC executive Patri- lingering effects of the austerity mea- cia Pleszczynska. His work has won sures of a few years ago.” him awards from the broadcasting Voters remember the pain, but are industry, Commissioner of Official not giving the Liberals credit for the Languages, and even the National strong state of Quebec finances, St- Assembly, testaments to his jour- Laurent noted. nalistic excellence and easy-going “The economy is performing ex- people skills. tremely well, unemployment is low, His great uncle was Louis St-Lau- the budget is balanced … all positive rent, the Liberal prime minister from for the Liberals.” 1948 to 1957, who used to visit the “As long as the ballot-box question family’s general store in Compton, is: Do you Want Change, I think the where Bernard and Patricia spend CAQ is going to win. If the Liberals part of their time. As the campaign can change the ballot-box question to was entering its second week, we sat something like, Do We Want Stabil- down to get his take on it. ity at a time when the North Ameri- SEPTEMBER 25 For the first time in some 50 years, can Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) the sovereignty/referendum issue is might be going out the window, and absent from the campaign, he said. other changes coming, it might be an “That is one main reason why the opportunity for them to get back in BELL CENTRE CAQ (François Legault’s Coalition the game. Otherwise, it is going to be Avenir Québec) has been able to get very, very hard for them.” support because francophones who Continued on page 6 MONTREAL

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theseniortimes.com September 2018 The Senior Times 5 There are no secrets to investment success, only a cool head Many people look for the secrets to investment This type of investing may not sound glamor- success. Is it timing the market just right? Is ous, but a strong foundation is better equipped it finding those hot stocks or getting in on the than a possibly shaky ground floor to withstand “ground floor” of the next big thing? Financial Fitness the shifting winds of market forces. Actually, these types of moves have little rele- It’s cool-headed thinking, not chasing “hot vance to the vast majority of investors — even the Deborah Leahy stocks.” If you browse the internet or watch in- most successful ones. Let’s look at effective steps vestment shows on cable TV, you’re bound to that help you work toward your financial goals. your portfolio, can make it hard for you to follow read or hear about “hot” stocks. But by the time It’s time in the market…not market timing. a consistent, unified investment strategy. You’re the news reaches you, these stocks may already be Some investors think they can succeed at “mar- better off purchasing quality investments and cooling off. Even more importantly, they might ket timing” — buying when the price is low and holding them for the long term, until either your not be right for your needs in the first place. In- selling when the price is high. And this would needs change or the investments themselves no stead of chasing after hot stocks, which, by their indeed be a good strategy if they could predict longer possess the same attributes they did when nature, carry a strong emotional component highs and lows. No one can accurately forecast you purchased them. (namely, the desire for quick, big gains), try to these peaks and valleys, though. So, instead of It’s building a strong foundation — not get- coolly and dispassionately analyze your situation ducking in and out of the market in a vain attempt ting in on the “ground floor.” Many people to determine which investments are really most to catch the highs and lows, simply stay invested. regret not being one of the initial investors of a appropriate for your goals. The more time you spend in the market, the lesser company that has done spectacularly well. But There really aren’t any shortcuts to reaching the impact you’re likely to feel from short-term most new companies don’t achieve anywhere your desired financial destination. But by taking price swings. And if you’re always invested, you’ll near that level of success. 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Frequent trad- Liberals hope for “ballot-box bonus” ing, with all the additions and subtractions from Continued from page 5 But there are issues with some of their top The Liberals can benefit from what Robert people: party president Stéphane Le Bouyonnec, Bourassa called the “ballot-box bonus” — two a former CAQ MNA, resigned and withdrew as BERSON & PAPERMAN to three points in the polls that account for a candidate, after it was revealed he was on the MONUMENTS INC respondents’ unwillingness to self-identify as board of an online loan service that charged as- Liberal, even if that is how they will vote, but it may tronomical interest rates that would be illegal in Brandee Berson-Klein not be enough to counter the desire for change, Quebec. And CAQ MNA Éric Caire was blasted he continued. by the National Assembly Ethics Commissioner Office: 514-845-7700 Fax: 514-845-3038 Can strong candidates make a difference? for accepting a $55,000 loan from a suburban E-mail: [email protected] “A really super candidate can maybe make a mayor in his riding of La Peltrie, Address: 5635 Ferrier, Mont-Royal three or four percent difference in a riding, but which put him in “in a situation of potential con- Web: berson-papermanmonuments.com apart from exceptional cases, who the candidate flict of interest.” is does not have that much impact.” Still, St-Laurent says, the CAQ now is more than OFFICIAL FRAMERS When it comes to positives, the Liberals can Legault’s party and has moved more toward the FOR THE ASSOCIATION Our prices OF JEWISH ARTISTS centre in its rhetoric to broaden potential support. are more than count on a solid voting base and argue that the competitive pain of belt tightening was necessary because “we However, his immigration policy could alien- Happy were borrowing to pay the groceries.” ate some. 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6 The Senior Times September 2018 theseniortimes.com Quebec federation want specific, concrete changes, not costly promises Irwin Block personnes retraitées et préretraitées put this project in socio-economic (AQDR), did not dismiss the CAQ context, and above all, we want the He’s calling it “the project of a gen- plans, but emphasized that smaller concerns of seniors to become a na- eration,” and within 20 years, Coali- homes for long-term care patients tional priority.” tion Avenir Québec leader François is appropriate for certain seniors FADOQ also seeks action in these Legault wants to replace the entire such as those with Alzheimer’s. Such areas: network of long-term care facilities homes exist in B.C. and Holland. • Each regional health and social in Quebec at an estimated cost of “This proposal cannot be seen in services agency should have a fixed $20 billion in today’s dollars. isolation. It has to be looked at as fund to support home care, based Is that really what Quebec seniors part of the bigger picture of services on health and social services depart- want at this time? Photo: Courtesy of AQDR offered to seniors. We cannot say ment criteria. In fact, major associations ear- Judith Gagnon says CAQ plan “not a panacea.” that this (CAQ plan) is a panacea, • Standardized criteria for admis- lier this year spelled out what they They asked that the public system because above all we need to support sibility to home-care programs want, and it’s a long way from the cover the cost of a second hearing and maintain home care. for such services as bathing, a 15 CAQ’s grandiose scheme to replace aid, rather than the current system “There is a shortage of attendants percent increase in the numbers all CHSLD with “maisons des aînés,” that covers only one hearing aid for in senior residences. We need to Continued on page 8 each hosting 70-130 residents, with seniors after being tested by audiolo- 30 homes to be built in the first four gists for hearing loss. years at cost of $1 billion. They want free parking for visitors Five groups that are part of to residents of long-term care facilities FADOQ (Fédération de l’Âge d’Or as a way of combating isolation. Park- du Québec), which claims to speak ing can cost up to $30, officials said. for some 700,000 Quebecers in the There is no costing of this wish 50-plus demographic, have put for- list, they are not headline grab- ward more modest aims that could bers, but practical and immediate be undertaken immediately. changes that can improve the lives For example, among 16 demands, of many seniors at a relatively mod- they asked that RAMQ, the prov- est cost, compared to the CAQ’s $20 ince’s medicare system, cover costly billion adventure. Judith Gagnon, inoculations for seniors to prevent the Quebec City-based president [email protected] shingles, which can be painful and of the 30,000-member Association last for months. Québécoise de défense des droits des

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theseniortimes.com September 2018 The Senior Times 7 Erdito ial Even with their faults, the Liberals are preferable to the alternative As all four political parties seek to Nationale, and now running as its immigrants. It sends the wrong mes- respect for the views of the Other. outdo each other in making prom- candidate in Pointe-aux-Trembles, sage to those thinking of moving Even the current law passed under ises we suspect they can’t keep, what the party is committed to showing here. Criteria for obtaining landed the Couillard government that bans to make of this odd Quebec election that Canada does not work. immigrant status are set by Quebec public service to those who wear campaign? Most of us understand Québec Solidaire is fully commit- — including additional points for a face-covering niqab or burka is that at least some of these promises ted to social democratic values, but knowledge of French — and to then bound to face a court challenge. We are not worth the paper they are there is no chance it can be anything penalize them because their French are concerned that among Legault’s printed on. So how to decide? more than a rump and a vote for it may not have reached a certain level top economic team is Youri Chassin, The big question is, which party is can only end up helping François of competency is short-sighted. As candidate in Saint-Jérôme. He not best placed to ensure continued eco- Legault and his centre-right Coali- for the values test, we have laws and only opposes supply management, nomic growth and political stability, tion Avenir Québec. two charters of rights and freedoms which is essential to maintain family and is committed to policies that will François Legault has done a good to establish a legal framework for dairy farms here, he also believes that enhance these goals. For us, it is clear job since he quit the PQ to build values. No test is necessary, and to private health care is better than our that in spite of problems and some up the party as he repeatedly states impose it smacks of xenophobia. cherished if imperfect public system. missteps in the past four years, the his intention to “never” support a Worse, the CAQ plans to prohibit Yes, the bulldozer approach of under Philippe sovereignty referendum. However, any public-sector employee, includ- outgoing health minister Gaétan Couillard is the best possible choice, his pledge to demand more pow- ing primary and secondary teachers, Barrette has left scars, but he has cut given the alternatives. ers from , and possibly use from wearing a religious symbol. back on the over-bureaucratization This election comes at a particu- threats to get results, might plunge This retrograde step would pre- of the system and service has im- lar moment in Quebec history. As us into the bad old days of constitu- sumably affect doctors and nurses, proved, even if more must be done. veteran political analyst Bernard St- tional conflict. police, judges, and members of the Yes, the promise of extending free Laurent points out elsewhere in this Quebec has the power to select National Assembly, which would dental care to children aged 16 from issue, it is the first campaign in 50 immigrants, and the mayors of keep out turban-wearing Sikhs, hi- 11, and low-income seniors, has years where Quebec sovereignty and Drummondville and Quebec City jab-wearing Muslim women, and been promised before. But we are the prospect of a divisive and costly are pleading for workers, yet Legault kippah-wearing Jews from hold- convinced that a Philippe Couil- referendum is not at issue. wants to cut immigration targets by ing office and having equal access lard government would do its best For two of the parties that could be 20 per cent, from 50,000 to 40,000. A to a host of professions. There are to carry out this pledge, and keep in contention for leading the province, certain percentage of newcomers will laws and regulations in place which Quebec on a path of growth, pros- sovereignty remains a key goal. Que- always decide to move elsewhere, prevent any official from imposing perity, concern for the weak, and a bec independence still is the raison but reducing the intake can only religious prejudice against anyone. serene social climate that makes this d’être of the Parti Québécois. Its ever- mean fewer stay. This policy seems Again this policy is narrow-minded, a great place to live and work. This crafty leader, Jean-François Lisée, in designed to tap into deep rooted xenophobic, and contrary to the val- is not the time to experiment with many ways is a poster-man for the insecurity among many Quebecers, ues of pluralism, equal access, and alternatives. party’s shifting tactics. It retains a that newcomers will not integrate, Your willingness to publicize infor- commitment to social democratic val- but the evidence is to the contrary: A letter of appreciation mation about resources and upcoming ues, but few voters want to return to When given a chance to settle and Once again, congratulations to you events is crucial to maintaining an the uncertainty and economic cost of work here and attend school, which and your team on a super edition of informed community and supporting flirting with separatism. since Bill 101 is in French, new Que- The Senior Times! The informative, organizations and their clients. The PQ, committed to French-style becers by and large are enriching interesting, and varied content; the I also appreciate your ongoing sup- secularism, is wrong on insisting that Quebec society on every level. engaging writing; the effectiveness of port for animals in need, of whom state employees be barred from dis- More worrisome is the CAQ the layout — I look forward to each there are so many, through Gerdy’s playing ostentatious religious sym- pledge to impose a French compe- issue. I always learn something and Pet Parade. The Senior Times really bols, such as wearing a kippah. With tency and “values” test on immi- frequently am inspired by the mate- does have something for everyone, no the return of Jean Martin Aussant, grants: Those who fail will be refused rial — this time Irwin Block’s article matter their age or interests. the former MNA who quit the PQ full access to the rights of citizens. about Cecile Klein’s life and example, —Kathleen Greenfield, Coordina- to found the more radical Option Surely, this is no way to attract and his write-up about Ellen Bessner’s tor, Community Relations, Volunteer book launch. West Island Upgrade training for work with seniors, FADOQ says Continued from page 7 coverage, for low-income seniors to accepted for the program, and en- purchase, replace, or adjust glasses suring that requests be considered every five years and for eye exams in for at least six months. order to renew driving permits. • Better and standardized train- • Increase to $5,000 from $2,500 ing for professionals, such as social of the death benefit payable to the workers and dieticians, who work surviving spouse. with seniors. • Medical expenses should be de- • Transportation costs should be ductible for each spouse in a mar- covered by RAMQ for volunteers riage, as it is with the federal tax that accompany low-income seniors form, rather than together as a to medical appointments. couple, as it is now calculated for • Financial support, or RAMQ cov- Quebec tax . erage, rather than an income tax • Reducing the waiting period to 12 rebates for low-income seniors to months from 24 months for admis- purchase dentures, renewable every sibility into the Quebec government five years. program to adapt homes so seniors • Financial support, or RAMQ can live in greater safety. 8 The Senior Times September 2018 theseniortimes.com What are my rights as a common-law spouse? The term “common-law spouse” has spouses were treated with legislative • De facto spouses can also draft a number of definitions. We focus Legally and social hostility are long past. a contrat de vie commune signed here on couples considered to be speaking Since so many people in Quebec before a Notary, and thereby stipu- legally married, without ever having Daniel Romano live together as spouses without late additional rights and obligations had a formal marriage ceremony. BCL, LL.B, MA getting formally married, laws have The concept of common-law is In most jurisdictions, common-law been created to address the issue. evolving, both socially and legally. spouses have the same rights as in a regular divorce. The rights of Common-law couples are referred Although common-law marriages formally married couples. children are unchanged, however. to in Quebec as de facto spouses and are not legally recognized in Quebec, The most frequent question we are Children always have an equal right can receive special consideration in there are so many exceptions to the asked is: “How long can we live to- to support, regardless of the status the following specific circumstances: rule that it is no longer accurate to gether before we are legally consid- of the biological parents. Unless • Providing consent to care on be- claim that Quebec is especially dis- ered to be common-law spouses”? In there is a formal adoption or under- half of a spouse who is incapacitated tinct in this respect. the rest of Canada, the number var- taking to do so, the common-law • Granting a life annuity to a spouse Daniel Romano is an attorney with ies between two and three years. In spouse in Quebec will not be held • Obtaining benefits from a Quebec KALMAN SAMUELS, a family law most of these cases, the time is short- liable to pay child support, no matter Pension Plan firm. Next issue the column will ened if you have a child together. how long that person acted as a • Assuming a residential lease after address Child Support for children Common-law marriages are not parent to the child. the death of a spouse who are over 18 — How long must I officially recognized in Quebec. 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10 The Senior Times September 2018 theseniortimes.com 2018.09 Education Conference [Senior Times].indd 1 2018-08-31 4:08 PM A world that was and a world that might have been Churchill At Munich by Michael Carin unequivocal about the absence of a statesman the R eviewed by Barbara Moser likes of Churchill today: “Given the spectacle of Have you ever put off finishing a book for fear appeasement we recently witnessed in Helsinki, of saying goodbye to the world and the charac- it’s fair to argue that Churchill’s diametric oppo- ters the author has created? site, namely the deluded and deceived Chamber- Churchill At Munich, Michael Carin’s novel, lain, has been reborn and today occupies the Oval depicting both history and an alternate his- Office in Washington.” tory, is just such a book. This is an engross- We have not learned our lessons from Munich, ing read, portraying in immensely moving and Carin says. “Russia’s takeover of Crimea is a per- breathtaking detail the Nazi hold on power in fect reminder of Nazi ’s annexation of the 1930s and the inability of world leaders, in the Sudetenland. The democracies commit the particular Britain’s leaders, to recognize and same mistake over and over again — they fail to respond to the menacing evil that was Nazi make pariahs of aggressors.” This is a great book Germany. The form of the novel is both simple in every sense of the word. It is a novel to be and ingenious: it consists of letters from a happily cherished and passed on to children and grand- aszlo Montreal married British ex-boyfriend to his ex-girlfriend, L children. who has married an American and now lives in Published by The Metropolitan Press, Churchill At

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theseniortimes.com September 2018 The Senior Times 13 MacKay L. Smith’s latest book focuses on the city’s green heart invitation, and wrote his second project. Park was in- Irwin Block book, A Christian in Israel. augurated on May 24, 1876, Queen When the city is green, and even All his books were self-published Victoria’s birthday. when covered in white powder, as part of InfiniteBooks, which he The Westmount Summit Woods our Mountain, so rich in flora and founded. After a book on golf, and and Belvedere Park came about fauna, has always been an oasis, a two on his world travels, with pho- when Sir William Macdonald was source of joy and beauty. tos, Smith turned his attention to the concerned that the mixture of farms, Celebrating its glory in print has city he loves, researching, writing, estates and vacant land was about sparked the interest of many a pho- and taking photos and collecting to be developed, and bought it all tographer and writer, and promi- others for four coffee-table format from six owners, then sold the land to nent among them is MacKay L. books on the architectural and natu- McGill University, which later used it Smith, the Montreal businessman ral highlights that surround us, from as the site for its Survey School. In 1940 who retired some 25 years ago, never Sherbrooke St., McGill University, McGill sold the land to Westmount having written anything but memos. and the Golden Square Mile to the Photo: Irwin Block for $300,000, the deed of sale specify- From his modest abode in the Mc- 49 historic communities along the MacKay L. Smith, with his fifth book on the city ing that it was to remain “a park and Gill ghetto, the former resident of island’s shores. All of them sold out. pages, $46.95) and contains a gold- playground in perpetuity.” Upper Westmount tackled, as his His latest work, fifth in a series, mine of fascinating information and In Outremont, the summit and its first “retirement project”, his well-re- continues in the standard he has set insights into the three summits that belvedere is owned by Outremont searched and informative The Jews of of sterling scholarship with carefully we call The Mountain. and the Université de Montréal. It Montreal and their Judaisms: a Voy- selected and meaningful research, The main summit we know as is now leased to Montreal and for- age of Discovery. It sold a remarkable historic photographs from various Mount Royal Park, which attracted mer Mayor gave it 2,000 copies, an achievement for a collections, and his photography, in 4 million visitors in 2017. It also is a a Mohawk name, Park Tiohtià:ke writer who lacks the usual credentials colour and black and white. haven for 180 types of birds and 22 Otsira’kéhne — Place of the Big Fire. for this kind of project. It’s called On and Around Mon- species of mammals. Smith’s geological research indi- Propelled by its success, he fol- treal’s Three Mountains: The Green It was designated a park in 1869 cated that the three summits are the lowed that with a visit to Israel, on Heart of the City (InfiniteBooks, 120 after the provincial legislature au- highest points of three intrusions of thorized the city to borrow $350,000, igneous rock called plutons. They later increased to $1 million, to formed under the extreme heat of expropriate all the land of Mount volcanic material and the resulting Royal from 16 owners. pressure crystallized. The city then hired Frederick Law The three summits are part of a Olmsted, who had designed New chain of plutons, including Mont York City’s Central Park, to design the St. Bruno, Mont St. Hilaire, and the park here. Olmsted, Smith writes, “felt various other Montérégian Hill plu- that all citification of the site should tons at Rougemont, Yamaska, John- be resisted to retain the site’s inherent son, Shefford, Brome, and Mégantic. ‘dignity, serenity, and strength’.” It’s all part of an information- Olmsted’s vision was “to keep the packed read, laced with maps, charts, site as primitive as possible, allowing photographs, and lists that gives dirt roads and paths to accommo- historical perspective to our city’s date visitors” — clearly not a vision central feature and highlights iconic that would allow through traffic by buildings and sites connected to our cars, which reflects the thinking in city’s greatest natural treasure. the current restriction, part of a pilot [email protected]

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14 The Senior Times September 2018 theseniortimes.com McGill Chamber season offers Hebrew, Mohawk music — even ET! Irwin Block Cellist Stéphane Tétrault, 25, reprises the works he first performed at age 12 with the McGill Cham- Continuing its bold and innovative program- ber Orchestra — Alexander Brott’s Arabesque ming, the McGill Chamber Orchestra kicks off and Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations, followed th its Best of Our Own 79 season with music from by the Russian composer’s Serenade for Strings. the gifted Quebec composer François Dompi- Jan. 19, Salle Bourgie, 7:30 pm. erre directing his own work. Violinist Alexandre Da Costa and his Stradi- The program features the orchestra conducting varius focus on operatic music by Strauss and Dompierre’s Concerto de Saint-Irénée, with Ser- Wagner, including the Siegfried Fantasie and hiy Salov at the piano, les Diableries duets, with Liebeslied from Die Walküre. Feb. 9, Salle Bourgie, violinist Marc Djokic — the MCO’s new concert- 7:30 pm. master — and a medley of film-score favourites French music by Maurice Ravel, Hector Berlioz from such hits as Denys Arcand’s The Decline and Quebec composer Jacques Hétu, part of his of the American Empire and Jesus of Montreal. 6th Symphony, based on a Paul Éluard poem. So- Sept. 22, Salle Bourgie, 7:30 pm. prano Sharon Azrieli will sing Berlioz’s Les nuits The Azrieli Music Prizes award winners will d’été, in a new arrangement for strings by François gather at a gala for this special evening of new and Vallières. March 11, Oscar Peterson Hall, 7:30 pm. traditional music. Violinists Lara St. John solos Music for the family, introduced by Daphne the on Avner Dorman’s Nigunim for Violin and Or- Photo: Shayne Grey Dinosaur, is designed to impress as she hatches Marc Djokic, MCO’s new concert master chestra, followed by Sephardic themes, composed from an egg and searches for her family, to the tune by Kelly-Marie Murphy, with Erica Goodman, director Alexjandro Roncarta joined forces on of the “storm” from Beethoven’s 6th and Strauss’s harp, and Rachel Mercer, cello. Soprano Sharon this theatrical work, with actors, dancers, chorus Also sprach Zarathustra, followed by John Wil- Azrieli will sing Hebrew melodies, followed by and ambitious visuals. Mohawk violinist Tara- liams’ scores for ET and Jurassic Park. April 11, Mendelssohn’s sumptuous Italian Symphony, Louise Montour is featured in Malcolm Forsyth’s Oscar Peterson Hall, 9:30 am and 10:30 am. with Yoav Talmi conducting. Oct. 15, Maison Trickster Coyote — Lightening Elk concerto, Two brilliant young pianists, Emily Oulousian Symphonique, 8 pm. which explores Mohawk chants and dances. Oct. and Zhan Hong Xiao, winners of Radio-Canada’s Indigenous Visions & Voices, in collabora- 20, Église Saint-Jean Baptiste, 7:30 pm. Virtuoses series, are featured in an all-Mozart tion with Kahwawake’s artistic community, Mezzo soprano Julie Boulianne, with flutist program — the Double Piano Concerto, Sym- highlights a new multimedia orchestral work Timothy Hutchins and oboist Theodore Baskin phony No. 29 in A major, and the beloved Eine by Odawa composer Barbara Croall, honouring perform Bach, Telemann, and Vivaldi and with Kleine Nachtmusik. Kateri Tekakwitha, the Mohawk woman who was the orchestra play the world premiere of Zasak- May 11, Salle Bourgie, 7:30 pm. named a Roman Catholic saint. Mohawk writer waa by Barbara Croall. Nov. 27. Église Saint-Jean Ticket information: Darren Bonaparte and Indigenous Columbian Baptiste, 7:30 pm. orchestra.ca/currentseason/

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theseniortimes.com September 2018 The Senior Times 17 Thirty six hours at la maison de la casa house You may have seen travel articles about how to get as many mosquitos as possible, and try to get a good the most from a brief visit in a well-known city. night’s sleep. There’s still all of Sunday ahead and They give advice for 36 hours in or Your the plumber may come. best weekend ever in Hong Kong. Flavour Guy Hamburgers two ways There is breakfast at a spiffy espresso counter, din- While waiting for the plumber, why not cook up ner at the trendiest bistros in town, several notable Barry Lazar some hamburgers? A current conundrum among attractions, a club or two, and shopping at that pe- the BBQ set is whether to go with flatties or burg- tite chic boutique even the locals don’t know about. Saturday morning. Hmm, the plumbing isn’t ers. Flatties are thin patties cooked to well done on While we’re invited to replicate these trips, I am working. Call the plumber and get an appoint- a griddle or frying pan. Burgers are heftier, made usually exhausted by the end of the first paragraph. ment for tomorrow, maybe. In the meantime. we on the grill, and can be served rare, medium or well Instead, I offer the little known but highly recom- check out Canadian Tire and see if those 23 litre done. Some advocate putting a frying pan on the mended la maison de la casa house currently situ- jerry cans for water are still on sale. Maybe buy two. BBQ which strikes me as silly; but why not, if you ated near me in Tracadie Bay PEI. This brings back memories of the “fun” we used to want to make both types at the same time? Arrive Friday evening just a little too late to see a have camping, which is why we stopped camping In either case the quality of meat is important, not magnificent sunset by the water’s edge but getting and came here. It’s noon and we still haven’t had too lean, with about 25% fat. Chuck is a good cut for some much-needed exercise after the long drive, breakfast (there was nothing in the fridge). After this. Ask a butcher to grind it fresh. moving quickly to swat away mosquitoes. Long- all of this running around, it’s great to drop into I use about 4 oz. for a flattie, 6 oz. for a burger. I first term residents have just the right moves (jump, a friendly spot like the fish and chips shack on the mix up a half cup of olive oil, with a clove of finely swat, twist, repeat). We follow what they do and get pier. We ignore the menu posted outside until we chopped garlic and add a quarter teaspoon each of salt back inside. get to the window and then ask what is in the chow- and pepper. I make sure that the pan or bbq grates are der, whether the fish in the fish and chips is made clean and very hot, but I don’t oil them as a hot fire with hake, halibut, or haddock and if we can get it burns off the oil. Instead, I brush the oil mixture on the gluten free, if the fries are fresh cut or frozen, and patties just before cooking them. (This oil is also great who caught the lobsters. on grilled vegetables like zucchini or asparagus.) When Here, we could also schedule a deep sea fishing the bottom of the flattie or burger is slightly charred, the cruise but first consider the viridescence of those meat turns over easily. If it sticks, it isn’t ready. I turn the stumbling off the boats after three hours at sea. flatties and then I press them onto the frying pan with In the evening we check out the nearby sea shanty a spatula. I like two per serving with a slice of cheddar song shack. After a few beers, our inhibitions melt slipped between them when they are done. away. We’re always surprised at how few songs we Back to the grill, the meat juices will start to show actually remember as we loudly sing all the verses soon after the burgers are turned, which indicates of Barrett’s Privateers and repeatedly belt out the that they are rare. I let them cook a minute longer chorus of Kumbaya. It’s been a lot of fun; but finally depending upon how well done I want them. The it’s time to lug the jerry cans back to the cottage, kill burgers can sit a bit, off the fire, before serving.

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18 The Senior Times September 2018 theseniortimes.com Centaur’s opens with “bracing and provocative” musical Présentateur de saison Season Presenter Irwin Block Ricketts is musical director and arranger, Rachel Les talents de chez nous • The best of our own 2018 • 2019 th Forbes designed the set and costumes, and An- Centaur Theatre launches its 50 season next BORIS BROTT, directeur artistique et chef d’orchestre/ ORCHESTRE DE CHAMBRE MCGILL drea Lundy designed the lighting. Artistic Director & Conductor TARAS KULISH, directeur général/Executive Director MCGILL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA month with a musical that, based on reviews it Steven Charles, plays Pharus, one of five student received when it opened off-Broadway five years choir boys in the play, Quincy Armorer, the vet- DOMPIERRE EN CINÉMASCOPE ago, is likely to be a smash hit here. eran actor and artistic director of the Black Theatre The play is called Choir Boy, it’s laced with up- THEY SHOOT HE SCORES Workshop, plays the headmaster, while another 22 SEP - 19h30 lifting gospel and joyous R ‘n B music, and the Salle Bourgie - 1339 rue Sherbrooke O veteran, Paul Rainville, plays Mr. Pendleton. 20 $ - 55 $ Centaur production is a prelude to the planned The play reflects the commitment by Centaur’s opening on Broadway of a separate production new artistic director, Eda Holmes, to inject more La musique de January 22 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. The music of inclusivity to the programming. François Dompierre Tarell Alvin McCraney, who wrote the play, is Other principal productions at the Centaur: the Oscar winning screenwriter of the film Moon- The Children, by Lucy Kirkwood, directed by light, and recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship Eda Holmes, Nov. 6-25; True Crime, created Grant. The Manhattan Theatre Club first commis- by Torquil Campbell and Chris Abraham, with sioned the play. It is set at the Charles R. Drew Julian Brown, Jan. 8-27; The Last Wife, by Kate VISIONS ET VOIX AUTOCHTONES Prep School for Boys, dedicated to the education Henning, directed by Eda Holmes, Feb. 12- INDIGENOUS VISIONS & VOICES of strong and ethical black men. As the blurb says, March 3; The Shoplifters, written and directed by “One talented student, Pharus, has been waiting Morris Panych, March 19-April 7; Blind Date, by Un concert multimédia A multimedia concert for years to take his rightful place as the leader of Rebecca Northan, April 9-28. the legendary gospel choir.” Info and tickets: 514-288-3161, “But can he make his way through the hallowed or centaurtheatre.com/tickets.html halls of this institution if he sings in his own key?” Is that meant literally, figuratively, or both? Only those who attend the play will find out. 19 OCT - 19h30 20 OCT - 20h Kahnawake Catholic Église The play includes a love story that adds spice Church Saint-Jean-Baptiste 1 River Rd, Kahnawake 309 Rachel Est, Montréal and tension to the narrative. The original perfor- 22 $ - 35 $ 20 $ - 75 $ mances were praised by New York critics, with such adjectives as “vivid, magnetic, and moving,” www.orchestre.ca • 514-487-5190 in the New York Times, and “bracing and pro- vocative,” in the New York Post. Mike Payette directs the Centaur production of Choir Boy, which runs from Oct. 9-28, Floydd

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20 The Senior Times September 2018 theseniortimes.com Montreal Runners reach BC and welcome donations A small crowd gathered in the rain Terry Fox said: “When I started Paula Moser at Simon Fraser University to cheer this run, I said that if we all gave In May I wrote about six young the runners over the finish line. It was one dollar, we’d have $22 million men embarking upon a challenge an emotional end to a fantastic jour- for cancer research, and I don’t care most of us would consider folly: a ney. Keiston was handed crutches man, there’s no reason that isn’t run from Montreal to Vancouver as his knee was in need of medical possible. No reason!” Another quote in 28 days, 4,632km in the name of attention. The six men hugged and from that wise-beyond-his-years 23 cancer research. cried. Passersby handed them $10 or year old: “It took cancer to realize Their goal was to raise $50,000 for $20 for the fundraising effort. that being self centered is not the the Terry Fox Foundation. And they With Vancouver in sight, thoughts way to live. The answer is to try and did it. Well, not the $50,000, yet, but of lodging in Canada’s most expen- help others.” the run! Akshay Grover, Keiston Her- sive city loomed over them. Here is The Montreal runners have chel, Muhan Patel, Declan McCool, where the whole purpose of their learned this lesson early! They hope Marc-André and Mathieu Blouin ran trip came in to focus, where a kind no one has to face cancer to learn together for 28 days and arrived to- soul, a runner herself, offered ac- this message. The Terry Fox Foun- gether with smiles and tears. Michael commodations to the team as her dation funds research into cancer Davies, had to drop out before the

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theseniortimes.com September 2018 The Senior Times 21 What’s in a literary surname? What do the Dickensian character His surname Dedalus derives from Professor Remus Lupin teaches a Ebenezer Scrooge, Shakespearean The Word Nerd the character in Greek mythology, course “Defense Against the Dark character Mistress Quickly, and Daedalus, a crafty architect who built Arts.” Guess what he turns out to be? Richard Sheridan’s character Howard Richler an elaborate labyrinth for King Minos Those who know Latin and Roman Mrs. Malaprop have in common? of Crete so that he could imprison mythology will be able to divine that They are all aptronyms. The Oxford his wife’s monstrous son. Later, he is a werewolf. According to lore, Companion to the English Language described as “squeezing, grasping... Daedalus builds wings, for human Remus, the co-founder of Rome, was defines an aptronym as a “name that and hard as flint,” and Old Fezziwig; flight and this leads to the death of his suckled by a wolf, and lupus is the matches its owner’s occupation or Oliver Twist gives us the trio of the son Icarus. It would seem in Ulysses Latin word for “wolf.” character, often in a humorous or fussy official Bumble, Mr. Grimwig that Dedalus too wants to “fly away” So thanks to J.K. Rowling’s ironic way, such as William Rumhole, and the burglar Toby Crackit. From from the constraints that politics and magical aptronymic characters, a London taverner.” The word A Tale of Two Cities, we find the religion places on an artist. literary aptronyms might possibly was coined in 1938 by American Crunchers, a family of grave-robbers If you are a fan of literary be making a comeback. newspaper columnist Franklin P. and in David Copperfield, we meet the aptronyms, you’ll be happy to know Richler’s latest book is Wordplay: Adams. He rearranged the first villainous Murdstone, whose name that they returned with a vengeance Arranged and Deranged Wit two letters of the word patronym, suggests “murder” and “merde.” thanks to J.K. Rowling’s hugely the naming from one’s father, and In the post-Dickensian era, the popular Harry Potter series. Harry’s Help dealing with loss arrived at the word “aptronym,” practice of naming literary characters nemesis is the evil Draco Malfoy. A group for those in mourning will which refers to an “apt” surname. based on their personality, was not Here, both the first and last names commence at Dorshei Emet Syna- English literature has brought us overly popular. Of course, there were describe his character. Draco is Latin gogue in Hampstead circa October some memorable aptronyms. Shake- exceptions, such as Oscar Wilde’s for “dragon” and it was also the name 15. This group is open to all faith speare provides several, including Jack Worthing in The Importance of of the “zero-tolerant” seventh century communities. Howard Richler says Shallow, Quickly, Bottom, Falstaff Being Earnest and Shaw’s Candida. B.C. Athenian lawmaker who lent that dealing with the loss of a loved and Toby Belch; Henry Fielding, in More recently, J.R.R. Tolkien in Lord his name to the word “draconian.” one in a group context has been Tom Jones, presents us with righ- of the Rings named Bilbo Baggins’ Mal foi is French for “bad faith” helpful after the loss of his wife Ruth. teous Squire Allworthy and in Jo- mother Belladonna and presented and the name Malfoy conjures all When a group of six to eight has seph Andrews with Lady Booby; Paul the reader with the riddle of whether sort of malicious and malignant expressed interest a social worker Bunyan in Pilgrim’s Progress gave the name referenced her beauty or words. Harry’s supreme foe is Lord will be engaged. us the pair of Mr. Talkative and Mr. her poisonous nature. Voldemort whose name does double Info: [email protected] Worldly Wiseman. James Joyce used aptronyms duty as vol de mort in French means Nineteenth-century writers in sublimely. His selection of the name “flight from death” or “theft of JULY SOLUTIONS particular seemed to have enjoyed Leopold Bloom as his protagonist in death,” and “vole” is also a type of rat- creating aptronymic characters. Ulysses is a study in irony. “Leopold” like rodent.Most of Harry’s teachers Thomas Hardy in Return of the Na- means a free man who is strong yet at Hogwarts wizardry school have tive named a character Wildeve, R.S. “bloom” refers to a fragile . evocative names. Professor Quirrel is Surtees named a character Leather Also, Bloom’s real surname is Virag both quarrelsome and squirrelly and in Mr. Sponge’s Sporting Tour and and this name seems to be a play on Professor Severus Snape is severe Anthony Trollope unveils the (pre- virago, a word designating a war- and a cross between a snipe and a Kevorkian) Dr. Fillgrave in his novel like woman. Then we have Stephen snake. Hogwart’s professors tend to Doctor Thorne. Dedalus. Stephen means a crown gravitate to fields that match their Charles Dickens, in particular, was and Stephen is the crown of his names. Vindictus Veridian teaches a a master of the literary aptronym. In family with the burden of making a class on curses and Professor Sprout’s A Christmas Carol, we find Scrooge, name for himself in Dublin society. area of expertise is herbology.

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24 The Senior Times September 2018 theseniortimes.com The Off gives musicians a chance to play new creations ‘Around the Table Lunch’ Irwin Block trumpeter Simon Millerd, Terri Hron on elec- at Beaconsfield United Church, tronics, with an animated film performance by 202 Woodside Rd, Beaconsfield TheO ff Festival de Jazz, returning for its 19th year Pierre Hébert. 10 pm, Dièse onze. All seniors welcome for our free lunch happening Oct. 4–13, is one of those musical events that are every third Tuesday of every month. There will be • Oct. 6. Solon McDade Quintet plays modern all about discovery. I have been attending the Off a speaker or activity based around seniors. jazz originals, features bassist McDade, saxo- The lunch starts at 12pm. since the start and heard amazing music and met phonists Donny Kennedy and Jeremiah McDade, musicians just emerging on the scene. Please R.S.V.P. to pianist Jonathan Turgeon, and drummer Jim The Off is run by local musicians. It is designed [email protected] or Doxas. 9 pm, Café Resonance. contact the church office at514-695-0600 to give them maximum exposure and a chance • Oct. 7, Roddy Ellias Trio, led by guitarist to perform new creations. That’s what makes the Ellias, with the lyrical pianist Marc Copland, and OFF so unique. bassist Adrian Vedady. 8 pm, Upstairs Jazz Bar This year’s menu offers 21 concerts at various & Grill. venues, plus one master class from New York- • Oct. 10, a back-to-back piano night, beginning based guitarist Ben Monder at McGill’s Schulich at 8 p.m. with award winning Gentiane Michaud- School of Music. The first cluster of concerts is Sparrow Management Company is offering Gagnon, an emerging jazz voice, followed at 9:30 Oct. 4–7, and the second Oct. 10–13. The open- residential properties management services pm by the more established creative outlook of ing and closing concerts are at the wonderful Lion in Montreal: condos, plexes, multi-family. Marianne Trudel. Lion d’Or. d’Or on Ontario St. E., and the others at the main Elena: 514-733-5052 • Oct. 11, -based Allison Au Quartet, jazz bars in town, Dièse Onze, Upstairs, and Café www.sparrowmanagement.ca another award winning group, features saxophon- [email protected] Resonance, l’Astral, Sala Rossa, or at other cul- ist Au, pianist Todd Pentney, bassist Jon Maharaj, tural centres. and drummer Favio Ragnelli. 8 pm, Sala Rossa. A few highlights • Oct. 12, Saxophonist Jean-Pierre Zanella has • Oct. 4. The expansive 19-member Ratchet gathered some of the city’s top jazz players and Orchestra, playing charts composed by bassist a string quartet to perform Australian trumpeter Nicolas Caloia, features a who’s who of city im- Mike Ryan’s Feliciano’s Dilemma, while projecting provisers, plus Vancouver violinist Josh Zubot Alice Kohler’s photographs. 8 pm, PHI Centre, 407 — clarinetist Lori Freedman, saxophonist Jean Saint Pierre, Old Montreal. Derome, trumpeter Ellwood Epps, trombonist • Oct. 13, saxophonist Samuel Blais with the Scott Thomson, viola player Jean René, pianist drumming combo of John Hollenbeck and Dan Guillaume Dostaler, and drummers John Heward Weiss, and the brilliant electric guitarist, Ben and Isaiah Ceccarelli. 8 pm, Lion d’Or. Monder. 8 pm, l’Astral. • Oct. 5. American drummer John Hollenbeck, For the full lineup: lofffestivaldejazz.com who teaches at McGill, has crafted a program or call 514-524-0831 for this ensemble — saxophonist Erik Hove, West Island workshops focus on coping with loss creatively A series of “Embracing Grief” workshops, The Saturday series begins Sept. 22 from 9am to designed by Vivianne LaRivière of The Art of 5pm. Cost: $250 including 30 hours of workshop Soul Care, is being offered together withOR A time and all art supplies. For more information Loss & Living Program, a West Island initiative, visit the ORA Loss & Living Facebook page. to develop coping skills for grieving through Registration: meditation, creative art and group discussion. embracinggrief-saturdays.evenbrite.ca Grief can be caused by many types of loss: the embracinggrief-tuesdays.eventbrite.ca loss of a loved one; a job or dream; physical or 514-712-7323 mental health, mobility or independence (our SEARCHING FOR own or that of someone we love); loss of iden- COMMUNITY RESOURCES? tity; loss of faith; financial loss; global crises; loss of a pet; or even loss of familiar traditions or surroundings. Participants may register for a series We can help you! of five Saturday sessions at the Art of Soul Care stu- dio in St. Lazare or a series of eight Tuesday evening sessions at Ste. Geneviève United Church in DDO.

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Les Chanteurs Stewart Hall Singers, Handel’s Messiah for the December a large community choir located in concert. Rehearsals are held Mon- Pointe-Claire, is holding auditions days 7:30–9:30. Info: 514-630-0331 for the Fall 2018 season, featuring or stewarthallsingers.ca Memoir of Pain opens Sept. 14 The film Memoir of Pain will be novel was written in 1944 and pub- released Sept. 14 at the Montreal lished in 1985. The story: In 1944 Forum, with English sub-titles. Writ- Nazi-occupied France, young writer ten by Emmanuel Finkiel, it won the Marguerite (Mélanie Thierry) is an Prix du Film d’histoire at the Festi- active Resistance member with her val International du film d’histoire husband Robert Antelme. When he de Pessac in 2017. Adapted from is deported by the Gestapo, she be- Marguerite Duras’s work The War: gins a desperate struggle to get him A Memoir, the autobiographical back. Literature and music at Brossard Library Arts Alive Quebec in collaboration Mizyuk, a classical cello duo with the Quebec Writers’ Federa- • 1:30 – Featured writers: Jocelyn tion and The Association of Eng- Parr, author of Uncertain Weights lish-language Publishers of Quebec and Measures; Claire Holden Roth- will hold a free literary and musical man, author of Lear’s Shadow; Phyl- event Sept. 8 at Brossard Library at lis Rudin, author of My True and 7855 San Francisco Ave, 1 pm–4 pm. Complete Adventures as a Wannabe • 1:15 – Musical bookend perfor- Voyageur mance by Dmitry Babich and Olga 26 The Senior Times September 2018 theseniortimes.com LIMITLESS LEARNING Make history come alive Literature. Each seven-week session which their very existence invites Learn for life at McGill The Château Ramezay Historic comprises seven 2-hour lecture and us to speculate. This is not to say McGill Community for Lifelong Site and Museum is now recruiting discussion classes at a cost of $80 that the bible should not be Learning offers Study Groups, Lec- volunteer history guides. Find out plus $20 for the course pack. considered true. It is true in the tures and Workshops for those who more about participating in living The first sessions will be offered same way that all great literature love learning for its own sake, who history programs for children, from September 26 to November is true, insofar as it resonates with want to broaden their horizons and weekend guiding and/or group tours 8, at the Monkland Community paradigms and motifs that hit at enrich their lives. for students and tourists. Open House Centre, 4410 West Hill, just above the heart of the psycho-spiritual Spring, Fall and Winter Sessions at the museum, 280 Notre-Dame E. in Monkland. Should registration experience of human beings. cover the entire spectrum: Art, His- allow, classes will be offered at two 514-484-4872, 514-358-8336 or Old Montreal, across from City Hall, tory, Music, Literature, Science, different times, Wednesday evenings [email protected] is Monday, September 24 between Politics, World Culture and more. from 7 to 9 and Thursday afternoons 10am and 2 pm. A training program MCLL participants have free access from 2 to 4. This first session will is provided. chateauramezay.qc.ca/en New season at Art Society to McGill University libraries as well focus on the first two books of the Women’s Art Society of Mon- 514-861-3708 #229 as tech support. Hebrew scriptures, Genesis and Ex- treal holds Tuesday lectures 1:30— MCLL is in the heart of the world- New Lit course in NDG odus, offering fresh perspectives to 2:30pm at The Unitarian Church renowned McGill University Cam- Yves Saint-Pierre, who has taught believers and non-believers alike. at 5035 deMaisonneuve W. Non- pus at 688 Sherbrooke St. West with English Literature for the past 30 Note that it is a fundamental members $10. New members wel- bus and metro at the door. MCLL is years, will launch of a series of Com- premise of this course that all come including men. Sept. 25, Artist based on peer-learning with no peer munity Courses beginning with a religious narratives are myths, Sylvia Bertolini will speak on “The pressure! For more information call series based on a course he enjoyed created by men, in specific times 13 clan mothers of the 13 moons”. 514-398-8234. teaching for many years, The Bible as and places and for purposes about womensartsociety.com Visit www.mcgill.ca/mcll MOVERS & SHAKERS

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Times and Places Barbara Moser

We can finally say it: Udaipur is the city to die The rooftop restaurant at Landmark is romantic friendly without harassing us. We took another for. It was the climax of our trip to India. with heaters and lights that flash on when you pull tuk tuk to the Bridge, walked over it to the We took the superhighway from Jaipur with its out your chair. It was nippy but we thoroughly other side where we ate at a recommended restau- numerous toll booths to Udaipur but had trouble enjoyed our salt and pepper vegetables and lamb rant called Little Prince. locating our booked hotel. Finally with a call to the and chicken kebabs, a cut above for slightly above It was suggested in Lonely Planet as having hotel, we were told we’d be picked up in a min- what we usually pay. We were happy to be in Israeli fare but it was a disappointment due to ute, which we were and we followed the large black these pristine surrounding in a lovely and walk- the surly waiter, dirty tables, flies and mediocre mini-van (to add to the drama) to a location with able and were ready to hit the portions. Israeli food has been better. no sign. We were told to follow one man up a steep Udaipur streets. Next we walked through the wide pristine flight of stairs to a lone room that seemed isolated. It’s more airy, more beautiful, easier to navigate, market with jewellery shops and textile/clothing There was no reception and we were told that the more walkable, less polluted, more scenic that the /pashmina/handbag shops, wonderful in their name of the hotel had been changed from the one other places we visiting in January, 2018 and the multifarious colourful offerings. We had coffee at on booking.com, all rather strange. shopping… wow! a lovely café and finally dinner at a scenic, atmo- We took a leap and told the man this was not The first morning we headed out of our classy spheric resto facing the lake. what we had expected and left with our bags and hotel and caught a tuk tuk to the Old Clock This whole area, which is across the bridge, is our driver, only to end up a block away at the fabu- Tower where we explored the market, a big im- the best place to hang out in Udaipur. lous Landmark Hotel, modern with and provement over other markets we’ve seen in India An unassuming designer of costume jewellery all amenities for $80cdn including breakfast. This for its accessibility and safer narrow streets with turned out to be my friend and let me know the place was lavish compared to our other bookings shops lining both sides. We could actually cross difference between real gem stones and fakes. I so we gladly booked for six nights. from one side to another and shopkeepers were bought almost all my gifts from him and returned

Interior of Udaipur’s palace 28 The Senior Times September 2018 theseniortimes.com View from inside palace

twice. It was fun to watch the peo- a wedding venue and not that in- ple go by, sit in our favourite café teresting a place, but the boat ride where we cheated on chocolate was fun. cake and while away the glorious What a gorgeous city! Even the days — such a difference from the dogs look healthier here. There are crowds and harassing shopkeep- so many pictures of the City Palace ers in other towns and cities. And which we visited on our third day. I could actually walk without fear On the last evening we attended a of being trampled. Perhaps there performance of Indian dance in the is in part due to the animal rescue museum in a part of the Old City. that we visited a few kilometers The photo on the opposite page is Mosaic inside palace room from the city. But this rescue and testimony to the acrobatics of the sanctuary for abused and neglected dancers. Yes, this photo is real and animals of every shape deserves its the dancer actually balanced that own article: I’ll write about that in many pots on her head! the next issue. After our six days in Udaipur, we One morning we did a lot of tour- flew to Amritsar, home of the famous ing including the palace and a boat Sikh Golden Temple, where we ride to an island called Jagmandir spent the last three days of our trip.

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Barbara Moser Delft square Holland is all about the canals and architecture Because we remembered Holland fondly from plus more fuel had to be added. Once we finally You hardly see a car here. People walk or cycle. our trip here in 2014, we decided to make it our landed in Amsterdam I was exhausted physically It’s the epitomy of the carless Dutch small town first stop on this summer’s European adventure. and mentally and badly needed a rest and some with human scale and a slow pace of life. Every We landed in Amsterdam and stayed in Rotter- peace. And that is exactly what we experienced in kind of shop imaginable is there, almost all mom dam, making it our base for two or three days, Rotterdam, getting on a train from the Shipol Air- and pop. People are very friendly and helpful, and visiting small towns in the vicinity and then port in Amsterdam and riding about ½ hour to all speak English flawlessly. making our way by train, with Eurail Passes, to Rotterdam where we found our hotel, The James, We shopped in Jumbo, a supermarket, and France and south to , then across to Por- about a 10-minute walk from Central Station. bought our lunch of yes, you guessed it, cheese, tugal where we would end our month long vaca- The James is a new boutique hotel that some- and fish salads. This is the best and most afford- tion in Lisbon for a Jazz Em Agosto, a festival what reminded us of our hotel NYLO in Man- able way to eat and sample the amazing variety of Irwin is covering for a second year. hatten, although it’s a third of the price at about cheeses this country has to offer. With our diet of The trip started off with a bit of a scare. Two $100 CDN. no carbs or sugar and with me being a vegetar- hours into the flight we were told by the pilot we Since we were in Rotterdam in 2014 and visited ian, the healthiest and most fun way of eating is to would have to land in Goose Bay, Labrador, to the city extensively, we decided to travel to Delft, visit the local supermarket and enjoy wonderful evict a passenger who was being uncooperative. on the second day, and Dordrecht on the third. fresh produce. We couldn’t imagine what or who would create Delft, known for its blue and white porcelain, was Why did we choose Delft? We asked a friendly such a fiasco and by overhearing various conver- 20 minutes away on the train, a lovely town criss- agent at the Service counter of Rotterdam Central sations, we gleaned that it was a woman demand- crossed by canals and lined by rows of old, low- Station where he would suggest we go that was ing alcohol who had risen to level 4 out of six storey houses with shops at the bottom. There’s about 20 minutes away and he suggested Delft. levels of disturbances that require a plane to land. one huge square where cheesemakers offer vac- His second choice was Dordrecht where we trav- The stop in Goose Bay added two hours to our uum packed rounds of a local cheese with various elled the next day and as we emerged from the journey and surely caused Air Canada thousands, flavours and spices. Samples abound in the shops. station, whom did we meet but Alex, the same

This Rotterdam building doesn’t look quite straight Lots of bicycles are parked along the canals Delft canals make great photos 30 The Senior Times September 2018 theseniortimes.com The streets of Dortrecht are lined with quaint, old buildings with boutiques on the bottom

Last day of school in Dortrecht Delft is known for its blue and white porcelain agent, who happens to live in Dordrecht. He ran than our Canadian kids. Apparently the sum- to get us a small map of the town and we pro- mer vacation is only six weeks here. There are so ceeded to check out the older section where old many cyclists in old fashioned bikes, sturdy and buildings have been renovated and now house clunky looking but everyone on them looked boutiques. The weather had turned decidedly happy and proud to be pedaling along. Some are chilly and I needed to stop and purchase a jacket equipped with carts for children and baby seats and sweater. and no rider wears a helmet. With almost no Once covered and comforted, we made our cars, they run the show and the streets belong to way along the lovely streets of this old town at them. Dordrecht is the oldest city in the South one point watching children emerge on their Holland province. Back in Rotterdam we spent last day of school, this being July 10, a bit later our last day touring.

Try living in one of these in Rotterdam

Delft has many beautiful canals like this one where riders can park their bicycles This Rotterdam market is one gorgeous quirky building theseniortimes.com September 2018 The Senior Times 31 Visits every day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. with or without an appointment

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