Gadzooks! episode thirty-eight

This is a person in your neighbourhood...

THIS IS BILL HICKOX

If the shoe fits they’re probably Roterings...

Sarah Rotering made her first pair of shoes at age ten. Inspired by high heels she was forbidden to own, she took matters into her own hands.

Neighbourhood moment...

This was the scene at Shirley and Brock on Tuesday.

Thoughts From Away: Toronto...

As a No Fly Zoner for six years now I can finally step back from my roots with a less jaundiced eye. When I originally left my home in the Maritimes I couldn’t wait to get out. In fact the decision to leave was made almost on a whim and within a month I was gone.

YOU TOO COULD WIN A FREE TEE SHIRT!

Gadooks! is extending its tee shirt contest by another week, because we screwed up the email address and didn't get a single entry.

Enjoy great Italian films at the 8th Annual Italian Film Festival from Wednesday June 7 to Sunday June 11, The Bloor Cinema, 506 Bloor Street West. Tickets starting at only $8.00. For more information, visit www.italianfilmfest.com or call 416-657-0100.

Thursday, June 8, Toronto WordStage presents Dan Yashinsky, Rishma Dunlop, Corrado Paina and Pike Wright at Cervejaria, 842 College St. (just west of Ossington), doors open at 7pm, free.

Pat Deighan & The Orb Weavers from Charlottetown, PEI at the Black Bull 298 Queen West as part of NXNE. Friday, June 9, 9pm.

The full title of the painting which inspired our magazine title is Homo sapiens, Lepidium sativum and Calliphora vomitoria - a wise man, some cress, and a bluebottle. It is the work of British artist Stuart Pearson Wright.

"At the end of the first sitJating, the Prince inspected the work and exclaimed 'godzooks' or 'godzounds', the artist was too alarmed to remember which."