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Author Archives: Mark Aidan Bergin
The Celtic Yule
As far back in history as anyone in my family knows, beginning in the hills of Ireland, on this night (December 21, or around that night) our family lights a Yule log, wrapped with holly. On the longest night of … Continue reading
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David Bowie: Dignified Genius
My Metroland Column from December 28, 2016 On January 8, 2016, David Bowie turned 69. His wife, Iman, knew something the world didn’t. Her husband was dying. She tweeted: “I will love you til i die….” Bowie’s album Blackstar made … Continue reading
Posted in David Bowie, Jazz, Music, The arts, Theater, Theatre
Tagged Bing Crosby, Blackstar, Bowie, cancer, David Bowie, Greenwich Village, Grief Porn, Heroes, Iman, Jazz, Lou Reed, New York City, Rebel Rebel, Ziggy Stardust
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Is Youth Wasted on the Young?
One of my Metroland Newspapers columns from March 31, 2016 “I think morals are getting much worse….There were no such girls in my time as there are now. When I was four or five and twenty my mother would have … Continue reading
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Be the Love
My Enchanté column from this week. With Valentine’s Day looming, what is one to do if there is no special someone in the picture? How did we become so programmed to feel embarrassed if we’re single, or guilty if we … Continue reading
Posted in Love, New York City
Tagged Be the Love, Being Single, Chaucer, Diamond Ring, Diamonds, Hayao Miyazaki, Love, Marriage, New York City, Romance, Snow, Valentine, Valentine's Day
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Passion for Life Inspires Artist’s Sculptures
My September 3, 2015 Enchanté column Art has shaped John Boxtel’s life just as he has shaped a life for and from his sculptures. Creation is his destiny. The 85-year-old sculptor lives in a secluded home he built near the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Sculpture
Tagged Art, artist, John Boxtel, OCAD, Ontario College of Art, Sculptor, Sculpture, The Arts
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Dancing in a dangerous time
My Enchanté column from August 13, 2015 Part 1: Dancing despite the odds In his New York City Hell’s Kitchen home, filled with reminders of a dancing life, 86 year old Nathaniel (Nat) Horne lives with Princess, an older and … Continue reading
Chilina Kennedy feels Carole King’s love
My April 16 Enchanté column “I have often asked myself The reason for the sadness in a world Where tears are just a lullaby If there’s any answer, maybe Love can end the madness Maybe not, oh, but we can … Continue reading
Posted in New York City, The arts, Theater, Theatre
Tagged Beautiful, Broadway, Carole King, Chilina Kennedy, New York City, Stratford Festival
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Nevermore: hope hovers beyond darkness
My next Enchanté column There can never be a more haunting line in literature than, “Quoth the raven, ‘Nevermore.’” Likewise, there is no more memorable theatre than the Canadian production, Nevermore — The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Dance, Music, New York City, The arts, Theater, Theatre
Tagged Alberta, Beth Graham, Bretta Gerecke, Catalyst Theatre, Choreography, Dr Theatrical Management, Edgar Allan Poe, Gaelan Beatty, Garett Ross, Gothic, Jonathan Christenson, Laura Krewski, Ligeia, Lindsie VanWinkle, music, Nevermore, New World Stages, New York City, Off-Broadway, Poe, Radio Mouse Entertainment, Ryan Parker, Scott Shpeley, Shannon Blanchet, The Raven, Theater, theatre, University of Alberta
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