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Joan Brennan TABLE OF CONTENTS
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COAKLEYS, A MODERN COBBLER 6
Managing Editor/
EAST LONDON LUNCHES 8
Sales Director
Craig Hancock A PORTRAIT OF THE WESTLAND ART GALLERY 10
londonmagazines@gmail.com
BANISH THE RETIREMENT BLUES 12
Document Design BOOK REVIEW: REDUX by J. ROBERTS 14
Karin More
KEM Document Design INTRO to GO GREEN LONDON 16
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BYRON SEED LIBRARY OPENED 16 Event First Aid Services
Therapy Dog Services
Photography HARVESTFEST UPDATE 16
Krysta Elliott
krystalou@msn.com A GROWING TREND IN COMMUNITY GARDENS 18

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LOCAL CRAFT BEERS ARE FLOWING 20 First Aid Training
SAY "I DO" TO GREEN WEDDINGS 22
THE RISE OF COMMUNITY MARKETS 24
GET OUTTA TOWN: ORGANIC FARMS 26
LONDON ONTARIO SAMBA TROUPE 28
ART IN YOUR HEART: LONDON PUBLIC ART 30
RECIPE: STUFFED PEPPERS 32
SHOPPING ARGYLE BIA 34

LETTER FROM LOCAL CELEBRITIES: ELTORO VENUS 36

SAVE YOUR 'GREEN': 38
MAGZTER: GOING DIGITAL 40
THE COLOUR OF ROMANCE: BORA BORA 42
THE PUBLISHER
COLOURS OF LONDON PHOTO CONTEST 44

THE GREEN ISSUE

Do you think about the things YOU could do to be greener? I know I have. Why
aren’t we doing more to help our ailing planet? No time, not a lot of money to do
more things, and maybe a feeling of futility that whatever you ARE able to do,
really amounts to nothing on a global scale. I believe that if we all did a bit, every
day or week, it actually WOULD make a difference. There are a lot of us.
TRY OUR
A supermarket chain in France made a huge difference with a program to sell the
“ugly” produce that normally would be discarded. This movement has spread to
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other European countries and Canada. Vancouver has banned supermarkets from
throwing out food. They are legally required to donate it. Large steps indeed.
We can all spend 10% of our food budget locally. The difference to the local
economy? Huge. Plus fresher food; less air pollution, and fewer long-haul trucks
on the road mean less road repairs.
Why not plant your own garden or balcony? Or go foraging? 519-432-1352
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Joan Brennan works in Hospitality.
As one of the founders of Slow Food London, her mantra has always been
“Buy local, then Ontario, then Canadian, and then from outside Canada.”
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COAKLEYS
A Modern Cobbler in The New World
One of the biggest complaints about London’s get a hair trim at Ninth House Salon, or a pedi-
downtown is the lack of parking. Usually this is mani at Posh. And you can drop your dry clean-
in contrast with the ‘burbs where the strip malls, ing off, get a key cut and your shoes repaired at
big box stores and malls all have lots of parking Coakleys.
fairly close to the store entrances.
My green instincts are up for Coakleys. Gary
But there is a strip mall smack dab in London’s Coakley spends his days amidst shoes to be re-
core where it feels a bit like a village. You know, soled, glued, restitched and shined up.
the kind of place you head to to get all your
Go in with your old shoes, come out with your
needs in one block of small shops. The main
impulse buy- a new pair of Boulet or Rugged
branch of the Liquor Store is in this plaza on York
Country Boots maybe? Or a Barmah hat made of
St at Ridout. But take a look around while you
soft Australian Kangaroo leather. Very stylish.
are there.
This is an old-time shop of the best kind. Gary
There’s a terrific Thai restaurant - Ben Than, you
Coakley apprenticed with a cobbler back in Bury
can get some pet supplies at Pet Smart, grab
St. Edmunds near Cambridge in England. At fif-
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teen, working at a market stall in the rain, his life While speaking with him about his shop, my
changed for the better when the local cobbler mind wandered back to my childhood where one
posted an “apprentice wanted” sign. He’s been at local entrepreneur paired his shoe repair shop
it for 20 years now. with the sale of everything you
need to make beer at home. And
What brought him to Canada,
across the street where we kids
and keeps him here, is his wife
bought our penny candy, there
Krisandra. After a meeting in Do-
was a back room where one
minican, and five years of long-
could buy religious items such as
distance dating, it was “Jump or
rosaries and pictures of the Holy
jump ship” time and they married
Family. I didn’t learn until later
this year.
in life that behind that room was
He worked for five years at a a third room where bootlegged
local shoe repair shop and then alcohol was sold.
made the big decision to open his
Now that’s entrepreneurship!
own shop, which is in its second
year.
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 $5 g $10 g $15 LUNCHES
IN LONDON’S EAST SIDE
Nova Era Bakery g 460 Egerton St. g (519) 453-8300 g novaera.ca

$5
A terrific value lunch is to be found tucked away in back
of the Western Fair Racetrack. Nova Era Bakery has re-
markable, fresh Portuguese sweets, cakes and breads, a
deli counter and delicious savoury pastries. We had the
cheese sandwich for $3.99 and a sliced grilled chicken sandwich for
$5.49. You could also choose between pork or beef. And surprise!
They were BIG! Each came on a choice of rye, crusty or soft roll.
They came custom-made with lots of choices: tomato, lettuce, pickles,
mayo, mustard, etc. They will even split a sandwich for you to share
on two plates.
The place was rockin’ the day we went in. (No wonder!) Lots of work-
ing men, moms with infants in baby carriages, and high school kids. And when I left I loaded up on Broa, my favourite corn
bread and some egg custard tarts.
I thought I would need to change this section to $10 $15 $20 lunches because of the difficulty of finding a good $5 lunch,
until we found this place. Excellent value!

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$10
We were happy to find The Spare Parts Diner because London East is filled with
mostly chain restaurants. Spare Parts is another family-run restaurant and de-
scribes itself as serving Homestyle Greek Cuisine. They locally source their ingre-
dients, using Canadian beef which is antibiotic and hormone free. This is the way
to MY heart!
They make their own brisket and I enjoyed a skillet ($8.95) of this tender meat. A
sizzling-hot oven dish was loaded up with homefries, well-seasoned sauce, 2 cheeses
and 2 poached eggs, which most kitchens do not appreciate having to make. They
were perfect.
My companion’s Ooey Gooey Grilled Cheese sandwich $6.95 came with a side of
fries. There was lots of melted mozzarella & cheddar on Texas toast. And the plates
were loaded with food. Most dishes were priced between $6.95 and $11.95 and you
can get Burgers, Pizza, Panzerotti and Fish & Chips.This is a good place to head to for
their All Day Breakfast ($4.95).

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$15
When we opened the door to MexiCactus, we both stopped in amazement. The place, which we thought would
be a little greasy spoon turned out to be spacious - 100 seats spacious! And
very nicely decorated with a Mexican theme. It is run by Clara and her fam-
ily who are from El Salvador.To complicate things, we had to be out in a
half hour. They killed it!
We were immediately presented with a dish of home-made corn chips and salsa. We
had a Chicken Chimichanga ($15.35) and an order of Chicken Tacos ($13.45). Both
meals had a filling of shredded chicken plus various spices and vegetables. Both en-
trees were wrapped in a flour tortilla and deep fried, including the tacos. They came
with refried beans and Spanish rice. The dishes came with a small tossed salad of ice-
berg, tomatoes and a very nice vinaigrette. They were hot, delicious and impressively
large. We both took home half of our meals!
There were also 11 tequilas on the bar. We must go back in the evening, when there is
no time restraint.

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 When I lived in Wortley Village, the main street

Westland Gallery was packed with cool shops: from junk to junque,
from collectibles to gently-used items. And I used to
prowl the rooms feeling like a modern archeologist.
There was always great stuff to find, some of which
I could afford.
Jonathon Bancroft-Snell had a shop here before
moving downtown. All the old ”Shoppes” are gone
now, repurposed into pet boutiques, restaurants, ho-
listic health centres etc. And one of the real An- John Huggins
tique stores became The Westland Gallery, a place
for viewing fine art.

Bijan Ghalehpardaz

Al & Karen Stewart, the owners, started in the Vil-

lage fifteen years ago with The Art Exchange. It is
still running and is focused on framing, but they also
show the work of around 50 artists.
With the dedicated gallery space of the Westland
Gallery, the Stewarts can accommodate bigger
shows. Some could be called smaller shows, such Brian Dirks
as the Square Foot Show, with the small size of the
pieces being the criteria for entry.
They launch a new art show every three weeks. The
public is welcome, of course and the pieces are for
sale.
The gallery is also available to rent for parties, com-
munity events, creative workshops, even luncheons.
It is a very beautiful space and I am glad that the
windows were retained, with their gothic ginger-
bread detailing. Eric Styler

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 Lifehacks to Banish
the RETIREMENT BLUES
If you are retiring this year, you are a Boomer. And
as everyone knows, being a Boomer means you are
a member of the generation which is used to setting
the pace. From music -- Hello Rock ’n’ Roll! -- to ev-
ery aspect of culture, Boomers changed things more
profoundly than any generation before or since. So,
what exactly does it mean to retire as a Boomer?
For previous generations, it may have meant a life
spent golfing or travelling or just laying around.
But we are living longer, so what does this mean
for you for the 30 per cent of your lifespan which
is ahead of you? Does it mean being totally out-of-
sorts and not really knowing what you want? I’ve
noticed that some people’s dreams and wishes for
their retirement are formed when they are young
- 20 -30 years young. And then you get to the magi-
cal retirement age and these dreams and aspirations
just don’t seem to apply anymore.
The same way we should plan for our retirement fi-
nancially, it might be an idea to update those dreams
as well.
You know, no one when they’re going to the Unex-
plored Country, as Shakespeare called it, ever said
“I sure wish I had worked more.”

1. Keep busy - volunteer, consider changing careers, going

part time or on contract or starting a business. You could
walk dogs, house-sit cats or houses, or babysit kids - every-
one has saleable skills.
2. Consider a hobby which is satisfying and could also bring
in extra income.
3. Go back to school to change careers or to just study for DID
pure interest.
4. Sell your house and rent a home - less stress, responsibility
YOU KNOW?
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6. Scale down - possessions are a trap. PLAY YOUR WAY!
7. Consider reorganizing how you do the holiday FamJams. SIGN UP TODAY!
Schedule your family event either before or after the big
day. A big plus is that everything is cheaper from holiday
turkeys to Easter chocolate to Christmas presents. Plan it
right and you can get everyone together with no conflicts
8. Learn to use social media - you will have less human con-
tact not going to work every day - so keep up with people
via Facebook/ email / Instagram etc.
9. Do not trade in your spouse and buy a red sports car.
10. Do not give up: you will need to adjust. Expect it.

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REDUX: Recycle and Reveal
Designs that Reduce,
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but, hey, I got excited. Here’s
a Do It Yourself Book that
features excellent designs for living spaces that are beautiful, re-
sourceful, doable and revel in the Three R’s of a Green World!
Why bother to tear apart and reimagine pre-loved building material?
This is what the author says:
Individuality - if you want your home to be as individual as you
are.
Quality - “If something has lasted long enough to make it worth
reusing, it was likely well-made or of superior quality in the first
place.” Especially antique wood.
Beauty - you find beauty in a found

Column and table tops from fallen live oaks

object and remake it your own.
Visibility - a house of salvaged items has more bragging-rights
than store-bought-available-everywhere. So do it and brag
away! I think people will be interested.
Romance of the Past - they contain stories, give us a sense of
place, of time, of culture past.
And of course it is Green to reduce the pressure on the earth
for its non-renewable resources.
Be brave! Reuse.
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 LONDON JUST GOT
GREENER!
This issue of Colours of London
Magazine contains an introduc-
tion to GoGreen Magazine which
will be fully and independently
launched in 2016.
We will be helping Londoners to
do their bit to Go Green and help
the environment.
See our website for more ways to
find your ”Shade of Green.” Our
hope is that it will get
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and you will become
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London Seed Library

A gift boutique with Opens Branch in Byron
something for everyone Seed exchanges are not new: London
hosts Seedy Saturdays and many more
seed exchanges at different locations
every year. People load up their own
unused seeds and bring home seeds that
the other participants have brought.
This results in a diversity of plantings,
an exchange of ideas and convivial-
ity, and a strengthening of community.
Some will specialize in organic seeds,
or rare, heritage or non-commercial
seeds that they may have been nurtur-
Any time is a good time ing for many years, passed down from
family or friends. Others are dedicated
for a gift to veggies, flowers, Carolinian plants
or trees. You never really know what
you will find. It’s part of the fun. Like
hunting for antiques or collectibles.
The London Seed Library is now in two
London libraries. You can get free seeds
for your spring planting, and in the fall
return seeds to the library. They sug-
gest one plant be allowed to go to seed
to replenish the library. The Crouch
Childhood Resource Centre in the East
end and Byron Library in the West can
be accessed during library hours.
Food Not Lawns is considering a (mini) Mo-
bile Seed Library to circulate around the city.
Seeds have been donated by The Cot-
tage Gardener and Hawthorn Farm Or-
ganic Seeds.

Harvestfest Update
The 2014 and 2015 Lambeth & Community Harvestfests were great successes
for the community and the organizers.
This was a huge relief for the volunteer community members who learned that
they had successfully beat the alcohol charges, which had caused the 2013 Har-
vest Fest to be cancelled.

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 COMMUNITY
GARDENS
Growing so good!
A community garden is a shared piece of land Plots are rented on a geared-to-income basis.
where plots are rented to grow vegetables, fruits, The rental fee ranges from $15 to $40 for ap-
herbs and flowers. Since 2002 London Com- proximately 400 sq. ft. for the season. The fee
munity Resource Centre (LCRC) has rented out structure is based on a total combined house-
these plots for the City of London. There have hold annual income.
been community gardens in London And new and seasoned gardeners
for about 30 years. can get tips and advice on the
Gardens are on city-owned LCRC website.
land, some are on lands do- Get a copy of the
nated by the companies that Guidelines from
own them and some are on LCRC.
private land. The City of
London regulates the use Since its found-
of the garden plots. ing in late 1974, London
Community Resource
My closest garden is Centre has housed over
Thames Garden, located 100 charitable and non-
in Thames Park. The garden profit organizations. With
has been in operation since a diversity of organizations
1999. We took some pictures under its roof, it provided one-
of what the fall garden looks like. stop shopping for many citizens
For inspiration see photos on seeking help. The centre initiated
our site: gogreenlondon.info. and developed nu-
More photos can merous community DID
be found on LCRC’s projects and linked YOU KNOW
site. To get your garden plot individuals with
go to the LCRC website. organizations
that the use of pes-
and resources in ticides, insecticides,
There is a contact form to fill out if
and herbicides are
you are interested in a garden plot for next year. the community.
Once you have a plot, you have the option to forbidden in London
come back the following season. If you decide Community
not to return, your plot is assigned to the first per- Gardens?
son on the waiting list.

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 Local Beer Flowing
There is a Whirlwind happening in the Beer World.
A return to some of the older ways of doing things is radical thinking, indeed!

Craft BEER is the ONLY segment of BEER sales that is growing!

And Craft BEER production has come to The Forest City big time, with a HUGE EXPLOSION OF BREWERIES in
the past year or two. Glatt Brothers had the first craft brewery which despite extraordinary products, closed after several
years. Home Town Brewery had a run of a year or two while located in the Small Business Centre’s Business Incubator.

FORKED RIVER has done so well in its 2 years that it’s already expanding. In 2014 two of their beers won awards:
a gold in the blond category at the Canadian Brewery Awards for their Capital Blond and a bronze at the US Beer Open
Championships for the Belgian Triple.

THE LONDON BREWING COMPANY has opened in conjunction with The Root Cellar Cafe. The brewery
so far supplies beer only to The Root Cellar and proudly uses local and organic ingredients, including London-grown hops. And
the employees can buy shares in the co-op, The London Brewing Co-operative. They plan to hold periodic pop-up beer stores at
The Root Cellar where you can buy your favourite beers, also branded glasses and t-shirts.

TOBOGGAN BREW PUB joins THE CEEPS as Richmond Row’s second Brew Pub. Toboggan is owned by
Mike Smith of Joe Kool’s fame.

MILOS’ CRAFT BEER EMPORIUM, the best craft beer bar in town has recently acquired their own beer,
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SAY “I DO”
...to GREEN
There are ways to be green and still have a fabulous wedding recep-
tion. In a lot of ways, going green is about supporting local and sustain-
able businesses as well as following the Reduce, Reuse and Recycle slogan.
Minimizing our carbon footprint is quite doable. We already use a local
photographer, caterer, hall, designer, planner and DJ, so that’s a good start.
Use real tableware and cutlery.
Forget about the 100 bottles of water, and instead opt for pitchers of water
infused with sliced fruit and mint, for flavour and beauty.
Go with raw food, vegan, vegetarian menus or use grass-fed beef or free-
run chickens, local cheeses and breads from a local bakery. Or buy food
grown within a 100 mile radius. Check out local Farmer’s Markets for sea-
sonal produce and buy fair trade coffee and tea.
If there is leftover food, donate it to a local shelter.
Lengths of natural fabrics can be used on the tables and cleaned and re-
used later.

DJs with modern, computerized equipment will consume much less

power than a live band. However, an acoustic band trumps all – there
is no power required. Or create your own playlist and employ DJ iPod.
Dance on the green amidst artificial, reusable candles or use solar-pow-
ered lights. If you want candles on the tables for lighting and ambience,
choose soy based candles instead of the cheaper paraffin. You can even
have the guests take them home as favours.
Make your own favours. Preserves and pickles, bags of homemade cook-
ies and squares, little tree saplings, or seeds for the guests’ gardens say
more than a tchotchka with your names engraved on it.
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Perfect Place LocalMarketsareIn Fashion!
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Date Night! THE RISE OF
COMMUNITY
MARKETS
T he big news in local and
green as far as I am concerned
is the rise of markets where you
can buy your fruit and veggies.

Wine by the Glass or Bottle

I was talking to vendors at Cov-
ent Garden Market about the
proliferation of local, fresh food available these days. It seems
Food Boards like there is a new market opening ever week. Such a good
(Local Cheese & Jams) thing!

I
(Gluten & Nitrate-free Meats) compiled a list of current Mar-
kets and the days they are open,
so you can space out your purchas-
es instead of doing that wasteful
“Big Shop” we are conditioned to
do. More frequent shopping means
we are more likely to eat (and not
waste) what we buy. because the
food waste statistics are pretty
Local Ontario stunning. According to the David
& International Wines Suzuki Foundation, in Toronto,
single-family households discard
about 275 kilos of food waste each year. That means one in
four food purchases still
ends up in the garbage.
(Toronto taxpayers spend
nearly $10 million a year
getting rid of food waste
that's not composted.)
The percentages are like-
ly similar here in London.
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 Join us
Here are the MARKETS: for a Glass
in the Heart of
• COVENT GARDEN MARKET, 130 King St. Downtown London
Open Thursday 8-2 and Saturday 8-1
• TRAILS END, 4370 Dundas St.
Open Saturday 7-5
• FARMERS' & ARTISANS' MARKET at the Western
Fair, 900 King St. Open Saturday 8-3
• MASONVILLE FARMERS MARKET,
1680 Richmond St. in the parking lot
Open Friday 8-2 from May-October
• HYDE PARK MARKET, 1331 Hyde Park Rd.
Open Saturday 9-4 and Sunday 10-4
• HAMILTON ROAD ALLEYWAY MARKET,
567 Hamilton Rd. Open Sunday 10- 3
• GLOBALLY LOCAL, 5619 Colonel Talbot Rd, London
Open Thurs 4-8, Fri 12-5, Sat 8-4, Sun 10-2
• SOUTHDALE FARMERS' & ARTISANS' MARKET, Quality Value
1190 Southdale Rd East
Open Saturday 3-6 from August to September Wines at
• CHEAPSIDE MARKET, 929 Cheapside St.
Open Saturday 10-3
Affordable Prices
• FRIDAY NIGHT SOHO STREET MARKET,
Goodwill Career Centre 255 Horton St. East
Open Saturday 4-8
As well, people are getting into harvesting local
fruit trees- their own, wild ones and, in a very
cool initiative, the fruit trees of people who do
not harvest. The fruit is then shared three ways
between the pickers, the homeowners and the food
bank.
Enjoy a Laidback
• FORAGE CITY (LONDON): A good source for contact European Atmosphere
with foragers.
• CAROLINIAN FOOD FOREST: At the southern terminus
of Dillabough St., near Trafalgar Rd and Egerton.

420 Talbot St., London

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GET OUTTA TOWN!
...and Check Out Some Local Farms
Since we are introducing GoGreen Magazine in this issue of are close together, or visit one of our fabulous farmers’ mar-
Colours of London, I am going to concentrate on farms that kets.
are close to London, produce organic produce or all are non- Here’s a resource I use: buylocalbuyfresh.ca
GMO even if not certified Organic. We are so blessed to have Buy Local Buy Fresh Elgin County
a wide range of local farms producing everything from fruit
and vegetables, honey and maple syrup, beef, pork, chicken, And if you can’t get out, consider having the farm
wild game and eggs, as well as wine and baked goods. come to you through a Community Shared Agri-
culture Initiative (CSA) in your area.: csafarms.ca
If you have a whole day, you can visit
quite a few of these farms, but if you only
And go ahead - LOAD UP!!
have a few hours, group two or three that

One interesting group of farms is the farm buildings along the Trail.
HOPE Eco Farm Coop. This group of
The following farms are closer to London,
Mennonite Farm families have been farm-
or you can visit them on your way to the
ing in the Aylmer area for generations.
Aylmer area:
Franz Seeberger Family Farm
Mazak Farms
10737 Walker Road, Aylmer
40075 Longhurst Line, St. Thomas
This family grows grain for organic stoneground and gluten
This farm features all certified organic: green & white aspara-
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gus, garlic varieties & rhubarb. 519-633-4634
765-1031, ext. 3
McSmith’s Organic Farm
Ira Stoll Family
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50521 Glencolin Line, Aylmer
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Settlement Quilt Tour Map
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They produce certified organic grain and soybean crops, eda-
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farmed in this area since 1830.
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Ian and Connie Foster
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Settlement Quilt Tour
Some farms have the added attraction of being on the
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O ne of the most exciting and out-there
personalities has to be Naomi Nadea,
who has chosen to bless London with her
but, appearing at various corners and parks
in the the downtown core.

presence. She regularly designs and wears

THE best costume in the London Pride Pa-
rade. (One is now part of the collection at
Museum London.)
T hey were approached while busking and
have since appeared at events at The Lon-
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at Westmount Mall, at Nuit Blanche and at
Gathering on the Green in Wortley Village.

A fter being rejected by a Toronto based

Samba group because of lack of funds
to pay to perform with them, Nadea de-
N aomi started out appearing solo at Pride
parades. Then in 2014 at both World
Pride in Toronto and here in London, she
cided to form a had a contingent of 20 dancers and musi-
Samba Troupe cians. Each year her crew gets bigger!
here in London.
She started with
donated drums I n the future, she would also like to go into
schools and teach samba drumming to mo-
Photo: Wilfredo Wolfgang Garcia

but soon bought tivate youth.

real Samba in-
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 While London has some
beautiful and accessible
natural wonders: the Ponds,
the Bog, the River, I want to
take you on a walk through
London’s Public Art. In 2007
London instituted a Public
Arts Program to encourage
the installation of art to high-
lookingaroundlondon.blogspot.ca
Museum London’s Sculpture Garden is worth a check to see
what is happening there. Ron Benner’s As The Crow Flies and
his brother Tom Benner’s White Rhino are both permanent
installations. Ron Benner’s installation features a corn roast
each year.
Investing in Children commissioned the Art Wall at the Forks
of the Thames, a concrete relief made by Beal graduates Aston
Coles and Martin Finkenzeller, and their teacher John Krygs-
man. The colourful painting was done by local school children.

light our heritage, our cul-

ture, our arts and our

LONDON
diversity.
Photo: Greg Wisniewsk

Some of the pieces,

such as the many tree
trunk sculptures and
the brightly-painted
metal Carolinian Trees
(at left) made by Bill Hodg-

PUBLIC
son are scattered through the
city and are very artistically
accessible. Others are mod-
ernistic sculptures. On the grounds of the Federal Building
on Talbot St. is Ed Zelenak’s large piece Convolution. And
around the corner you can find Xabis by Walter Redinger in
front of the new Court House. Redinger also has a sculpture
in front of the old Court House.

ART
Some tell a story about our history. Doreen Balabanoff
and Stuart Reid’s The People In The City (below) is a
laser-cut bronze at Queens and Wellington which tells
a story about our founders.
Some pieces are from an era when a Bronze of a king,
a soldier or an angel were erected to commemorate
past events. Go to Victoria Park to see fine examples Take a drive down Clarke Road
of these. between Gore and Trafalgar and
be amazed! Zubick’s Scrap Yard
Art can also be found on private land and buildings, hosts Welded Wonders, an awe-
such as the Stephen Watson Memorial mural execut- some collection of fantastic, large
ed by Ryan Mahy of Art Fusion. Light shines through sculptures welded from scrap met-
the Great Blue Heron by Ted Goodden on The Renais- al. Fanciful beasts of the land, the
sance Tower to project in perfect alignment on the sea and the imagination line the
King St. sidewalk on the Solstice, while the Illumina- fences, on pedestals and on the
tion moves to Ridout St. on Winter’s shortest day. ground (at left).
Matt Zubick initiated this project and it ran for around 10
years. Students were taken around the scrap yard and they
would stop to grab choice pieces of metal. They could take
anything they want-
ed. The welders at
Zubicks then as-
DID YOU KNOW...
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tures according to schedules walking
the students’ plans. tours regularly? Go
Each year a prize was on your own or join
given to the winning a tour!
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body wrapped in a black cape.

Maybe you were one of the people who were in-

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have a Luchador in our midst. London does not
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From time to time the streets fill with cos-players
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