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LISA RAINFORD lrainford@insidetoronto.com Roncesvalles Village’s “Grand Dame”, the Revue Cinema. “is ready for its close-up,” says film critic Geoff Pevere. Pevere, a Revue advocate, stars in a video short plugging the newly launched crowd-funding campaign ‘Renew the Revue.’ One of the country’s oldest movie houses, the cinema is desperately in need of a face-lift, said Mark Ellwood, Revue Film Society board member. “Like your house, you’ve got to keep fixing things,” Ellwood told The Villager Monday at the 400 Roncesvalles Ave theatre. The century-old cinema requires major interior upgrades to its ticket lobby, main lobby and auditorium, including lighting, wall treatments, doors, walls, floors and plumbing. “Our key element is to make the place more functional, to spruce up the bathrooms and fix the front facade of the theatre,” said Joe Ward, another board member. Added Ellwood, “Everything we do is to improve the customer experience. We think we can offer more.” The estimated total cost of the rejuvenation project is $150,000, $90,000 of which will >>>SUPPORTERS, page 17
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COMMUNITY SPIRIT: Amigos Do Minho perform during the third annual Ossington Village Alleyway Party Sunday evening. More photos of this fun community event on page 14.
Musicians play for scholarship program ERIN HATFIELD ehatfield@insidetoronto.com It can be hard to find likeminded musicians, but when two accomplished local artists started to play together the women said they really clicked.
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V i o l i n i s t Su s a n Sp i e r, from Bloor West, and pianist Catherine Maguire, from the Rockcliffe-Smythe neighbourhood in York, have been playing together for a couple of years and on Sunday, Oct. 20 they will come together to present their first public offering in order to
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cal family and has studied music and piano at the University of Toronto and the University of Western Ontario. Spier started playing the violin in public school and went on to study music and musicology extensively at a number of >>>CLASSICAL, page 6
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