Sneak preview of Die Fledermaus

Last night I attended an open orchestra dress rehearsal of Act 1 of Christopher Alden's new "Freudian" production of Die Fledermaus. I was impressed. More...

Raccoon city

Last night while walking home from the opera house we ran into the two largest, most bad ass raccoons I have ever seen (and I've seen a few). It was on the corner of Front and George so absolutely downtown core. They were the size of medium sized dogs and were casually rooting among the bins outside Pagnanelli's. I confess I crossed the road rapidly as soon as the light changed. It's Nuit Blanche tonight so there will be people randomly scattering food remains around the city all night. I wonder if the racclans are gathering. Come to think of it maybe Nuit Blanche was their idea in the first place.