In today’s edition of This City: a Q&A with Jean Yoon, everyone’s favourite umma from Kim’s Convenience. Plus, principal dancer Heather Ogden on the National Ballet’s production of Emma Bovary, a lavish week-long Hindu wedding ceremony, and more. Visit torontolife.com for all our city coverage. |
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Jean Yoon is best known for her role as Umma in the stage-show-turned-CBC-series Kim’s Convenience. Since the show ended in 2021, Yoon has had a guest role in the Amazon series The Horror of Dolores Roach and loaned her voice to the Audible series Mistletoe Murders. Ahead of the second season of the holiday whodunit, we spoke to Yoon about the particularities of voice acting, Asian representation in media and her holiday plans. |
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| | Heather Ogden takes centre stage as the titular character in the National Ballet of Canada’s production of Emma Bovary, an adaptation of Gustave Flaubert’s classic novel Madame Bovary, developed by choreographer Helen Pickett. Ahead of the show’s world premiere at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts on November 11, we caught up with Ogden for a peek into her pre-performance routine. |
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| | Shaelyn Fitzpatrick met Krunal Kanani when he slid into the DMs of her travel Instagram in 2016. Several shared trips later, on a vacation to Cape Breton, Krunal proposed. The couple were wed over a week of multicultural celebrations this past May. Here’s how it all came together. |
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What to read, watch and listen to in November |
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| | Feeling craft-curious? The One of a Kind Winter Show is the place to explore. This 11-day festival of artisanal wares promises a generous variety of homemade goodies in an environment that celebrates local makers and small-scale shopping. November 23 to December 3, Enercare Centre, CNE |
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