PinnedGerry FlahiveNEW BOOK DARES TO ASK: “DOES TORONTO EXIST? AND IF SO, WHY?”Twitter favourite @MovieMayor makes his book debut May 17th in I OWN THIS TOWN: THE MAYOR BERT XANADU XANTHOLOGYApr 7, 2022Apr 7, 2022
Gerry FlahiveTHIS IS WHY WE CAN’T HAVE TACKY THINGS Learning from Toronto’s forgotten and prescient Imperial Six…Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to be bored.Jun 28, 2023Jun 28, 2023
Gerry FlahivePERIPHERAL VISIONS: PIERRE TRUDEAU’S FUNERAL AND INCIDENTAL HISTORYA funeral has all the natural elements of a story. A beginning, a middle, and an end (so to speak), and ‘characters’ who find themselves…Oct 20, 2020Oct 20, 2020
Gerry FlahiveAndy Warhol Is Here To Save Restaurants“I really like to eat alone.” — Andy Warhol, 1975.May 29, 2020May 29, 2020
Gerry FlahiveTHINGS THAT ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN LIVING“Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) called for the reopening of his state and the country late Monday, saying there are “more important things…Apr 22, 2020Apr 22, 2020
Gerry Flahive“I’m Sure You’ll Agree There’s Some Truth in What I Say” — — The documentary roots and A.I.When I first saw 2001: A Space Odyssey, I thought it could have been a documentary.Jan 31, 2020Jan 31, 2020
Gerry FlahiveInevitably Canadian: What Canada’s World Fair branding says about our countryJuly 1, 1939, may have been Dominion Day in Canada, but it was Canada Day at the New York World’s Fair. Dignitaries, Mounties, sailors and…Jan 31, 2020Jan 31, 2020
Gerry FlahiveDANGEROUS GAME: THE BANNING AND UNBANNING OF ‘THE BOYS OF ST. VINCENT’ By Gerry Flahive(A shorter version of this story appeared in the Globe and Mail on December 4/19…Jan 28, 2020Jan 28, 2020
Gerry FlahiveTHIS IS MY RAPTORS PARADE STORY, by 10-year old meTHIS IS MY RAPTORS PARADE STORYJun 17, 2019Jun 17, 2019