John Law

Niagara Falls

Reporter at Niagara Falls Review

Arts & Culture writer for @NiaFallsReview

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Articles

Before this weekend’s Comic Con, thousands of students attend Niagara Educon

1 week ago | niagarafallsreview.ca | John Law

Chris Dabrowski recalls plenty of school field trips as a kid. To museums. Nature sanctuaries. Art galleries. “But no one’s ever been to Comic Con for a class trip,” says the co-owner of Niagara Falls Comic Con. Until Friday morning. For the first Niagara Educon, a couple of thousand Niagara students were bused to Niagara Falls Convention Centre to experience the pop culture bonanza before it officially opened to the public Friday afternoon.
Q&A: The wide world of Niagara’s diverse Maja Bannerman

1 week ago | niagarafallsreview.ca | John Law

Since leaving Toronto’s hip Queen Street West arts scene to come to Niagara, Maja Bannerman has been like a cultural chameleon. She writes. She acts. She sings. For her one-woman shows, she has been everyone from Anne of Green Gables to Maria Callas to Laura Secord.
Q&A: The wide world of Niagara’s diverse Maja Bannerman

1 week ago | wellandtribune.ca | John Law

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Q&A: The wide world of Niagara’s diverse Maja Bannerman

1 week ago | stcatharinesstandard.ca | John Law

Since leaving Toronto’s hip Queen Street West arts scene to come to Niagara, Maja Bannerman has been like a cultural chameleon. She writes. She acts. She sings. For her one-woman shows, she has been everyone from Anne of Green Gables to Maria Callas to Laura Secord.
Shaw Festival seeks ‘real human connection’ in fundraising

1 week ago | stcatharinesstandard.ca | John Law

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Shaw Festival seeks ‘real human connection’ in fundraising

1 week ago | niagarafallsreview.ca | John Law

Shaw Festival’s transformation over the next few years won’t just be physical, says executive director Tim Jennings. It’s about making the Niagara-on-the-Lake theatre company a haven for “real human connection.”That’s the rallying cry for a $150-million fundraising campaign that will lead to a new Royal George Theatre, a new artists village and new programming. “We’re doing this for a reason,” Jennings said. “It’s not just because we need new buildings.
Getting blunt with Tommy Chong as he looks ahead to Niagara Falls Comic Con

2 weeks ago | niagarafallsreview.ca | John Law

What, you may wonder, was Tommy Chong thinking about while he sat in a jail cell for 20 months? What was one half of comedy’s greatest stoner duo feeling stuck in a U.S. federal prison after a career full of classic albums and movies? Turns out, he was loving it. “I was ordained to go to jail,” says Chong about his 2003-04 prison stint for selling drug paraphernalia through a website his son started.
Getting blunt with Tommy Chong as he looks ahead to Niagara Falls Comic Con

2 weeks ago | wellandtribune.ca | John Law

What, you may wonder, was Tommy Chong thinking about while he sat in a jail cell for 20 months? What was one half of comedy’s greatest stoner duo feeling stuck in a U.S. federal prison after a career full of classic albums and movies? Turns out, he was loving it. “I was ordained to go to jail,” says Chong about his 2003-04 prison stint for selling drug paraphernalia through a website his son started.
Trail Mix music fest to feature Niagara artists at The Exchange

2 weeks ago | stcatharinesstandard.ca | John Law

It started as a music stream of Niagara Falls artists you could listen to while walking the Millennium Trail. On June 22, Trail Mix will get its own music festival. A full day of performances on two outdoor stages will fill the Niagara Falls Exchange starting at 1 p.m. for the inaugural Trail Mix Live & Local Music Festival. Nine singers and bands are scheduled to perform for the all-day free event open to all ages.
From Niagara to Scotland: Thorold singer to perform at Edinburgh Fringe Festival

2 weeks ago | thespec.com | John Law

Niagara singer Angela Seeger spent several years banging on the music industry’s door, fronting a rock band, before it hit her: she could make more money being someone else. Adele. Janis Joplin. Ann Wilson. The venues were suddenly packed and she was in demand, playing the likes of Massey Hall. “When you have kids of a certain age, it’s more about, ‘What money can I get?’” says the Thorold performer. “It’s not about the fame.