Glenn Kubish

Here's this week's   Three Things podcast . Thanks for giving it a listen. Or a read. 1. Showtime  Auntie Shelagh and I were sitting at the back of the Chez Pierre Cabaret when we met Battista, who was at the table next to ours. It was a few years ago. That night, Darcia and Boris, aka the Mercury Opera Company, late of Edmonton, used the infamous strip club to stage La Traviata, in full voice and fully clothed. At intermezzo, the lights came up, conversation rose and we said hello to the neighbours. Saying hello to strangers in Edmonton isn’t like saying hello in other places. Nobody really asks Where do you live? or Where are you from? or What’s your church? to get a read on someone’s beliefs. It’s more, How are you doing? or Are you enjoying the show? Maybe the prying extends to, Where did you go to high school? But looking at Battista’s Roman profile and judging his age to be within three years or so of mine, I knew his high school was either O’Leary or St. Joe’s. I w...