Westbound, Bloor and St. George

Caucasian female, late 20s, with short curly brown hair, wearing red collared T-shirt, faded jeans with rolled cuffs, and black Vans.

The Raw Shark Texts, Steven Hall (Harper Perennial)

Page 237:

The old man was about to come back with an explosion of his own, a shouting stretch-faced barrage from under that mass of hair. It almost happened, the world sucking in breath like the sea pulling back before a tsunami wave, but then it didn’t, he didn’t. In the heart of the pressure cooker, something gave.

The day her divorce came through her father sent flowers. It had taken some time for him to get used to the marriage. Initially, he’d been opposed. But, as the card read, there were a lot of fish in the sea. And if he knew one thing for certain, it’s that there was another woman out there for his baby girl.

Southbound, Spadina streetcar

Caucasian male, early 40s, with short grey hair and beard, wearing glasses, blue collared shirt under black fleece, and carrying a leather book bag.

Helpless, Barbara Gowdy (Harper Perennial)

Page 199:

He sits at his desk and presses a hand to his throbbing temple. He thinks, nothing prepares you for loving a child. Even when you know that you love her, you still may not have any idea how much because the feeling is so ordinary and instinctive, like a love for life or truth.

He and his wife decided together that they would not have children, a decision they continued to feel good about as the cat pawed at the powdery pink tip of the negative pregnancy stick.

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Open Stage Night

Wednesday, March 25, 7:30pm, Brigantine Room

Line up for this lineup!

Oana Avasilichioaei
Catherine Black
Clara Blackwood
Kyle Buckley
Dani Couture
Asher Ghaffar
Jason Guriel
Jennica Harper
Angela Hibbs
Ryan Kamstra
Jp King
Michael Knox
Jacob McArthur Mooney
Alison Pick
Alessandro Porco
Johanna Skibsrud
Meaghan Strimas
Angela Szczepaniak
Natalie Zina Walschots
Zoe Whittall