Please Santa, everything will be alright

Don't jump Santa

On location with 'Canadian Pig Girl'

What's the address

Rideau Street around 4pm

Sandy Hill rink

Strathcona Park

BIG BIG COLD - BIG BIG SNOW

by PETER EVANCHUCK

mmm some things can be overcome

like CANCER can turn some into couch fries burning in remorse and pain

others can make silly movies in BIG SNOW country, NB

one of several uses of an umbrella on location of the filmaking team called

ONE MAN 

good fun yesterday during NB feather snow falling all day no wind so was such a delight for my solo shoot

left fir trees laden heavy with sagging snow creating enormous produciton value

to my little 'no budget' drama ( a no manners drama so anti Canadian )

photo by HELENE LACELLE, in the NB woods during -20c feather snowfall - umbrella keeps snow off my camera ( too bad u can't seen flakes )

The Big Bop, Queen & Bathurst, Toronto, 1993

We lived at 165 Bathurst on the 6th floor, corner loft - right near the action and the all night screeching streetcars. Never slept better.

Last summer

Soon

Soon

Friggin snow

In conversation at the 95 Bus stop

A kindly older woman asked me yesterday morning while waiting for the 95 bus, the way to get to 200 Lees Avenue, the new Ottawa University campus.

" I'm volunteering at the School of Nursing, I play an old lady who's husband has a heart attack at home and dies. We play-out the possible scenarios should they be called to a similar real scene.
I'll kill off two husbands today"

Says me, " Possibly you've done the same thing in your real life"

Nice old lady, " Good God no! My husband of 46 years died in my arms in CHURCH! He went to kneel and passed out on the floor. The priest says his soul never even touched the ground and went straight to heaven"

First Snowman in Sandy Hill

Angie (snowman builder) with neighbor Shane on Chapel Street today.

I was on T.V. today

Bird collages I made a few years ago.

Lacelle art opening, Cameron Public House, 1995, Toronto

Robert Payne & Mark Ciale at one of my many art openings at the Cameron on Queen West in Toronto, 1995.

Stump Girls

Stump Girls in front of the British High Commission on Elgin, by artist Laura Ford

Harry

Harry on Rideau St. proud of the hat he says he made himself but a bit disappointed that all he could find at home was a pink string to tie it down. I asked Harry if that was his Halloween hat he said no but then went on to explain  the time he was in Japan near Mt. High in a field of tall grasses and somehow cut and bent the tall grasses to make himself a pair sandals.

rain

New Collages

Helene and Jessie, Toronto, 1988

My loftmate Jessie decided she would enter the Marilyn Monroe look-a-like

contest one night way back in 1988.  Our friend Jano,

fabulous hair dresser and living in our stairwell at the time, transformed Jessie

into Marilyn.

We took a streetcar to ‘Buddies In Bad Time’ theater for the event. Jessie made a scene on the streetcar by sitting on any man’s lap who would have her.

Once there we soon realized Jessie was going to win without any trouble, her only competition was a 6 foot, 250 pounds  transvestite.

Jessie got on stage, sang ‘Happy Birthday Mr. President’ and 200 gay men went crazy,

she won first prize of $50. 

We took the streetcar back and again Jessie 'worked the floor' to much hilarity. We ended up at the Beresford Tavern on Queen East near Seaton - cheap beer and wild locals.

Helene & Scotty, Toronto, 1992

Classy 75 year old Scotty, our friend and roommate lived with Peter and I for a year. This was 1992.
Donna Lypchuk,  writer for EYE Magazine back in the 80's and 90's, wrote this article about us taking in Scotty.

THE COMPASSION THING

by 

DONNA LYPCHUk

Niagara Falls

'Every Body Out Of The Pool'

Next Month

Girl With Amulet

Experimenting with tea stained paper.

Our first apartment, Elgin Street, Ottawa, 1978

Marie-Christine Sarda, Helene Lacelle and Frank Cole sharing an apartment on Elgin St. while studying Film Production at Algonquin College.

Between Union Station and the National Arts Centre

View from the Cummings Bridge

Over heard on the 95 bus this morning....

A 4 year old boy says to his mom " I can smell plastic "
the mom says " Me too "

Cast & crew of 'HOAX' at Kasper Hauser Gallery, Queen West, Toronto. 1990

Director/Producer Peter Evanchuck in barber's chair knighting his cast & crew of his magical marvelous feature film called 'HOAX' - on location at Gallery Kasper Hauser run by Andreas Wiggenhauser.

At the Cameron, Queen West, Toronto, 1992

Jano, Marc Ciale & Gerry at the Cameron for PETER E. & HELENE L. art opening called ' The Plastic Room ', Toronto, 1992

Overheard on the Byward Market today...

 Overheard on the Byward Market today...

" I haven't had a fucking good day since fucking Christmas"

The Paddock Tavern, Queen & Bathurst, Toronto, 1991

The view of the Paddock from our loft window at 165 Bathurst.

Duke of Connaught, Queen West, Toronto, 1995

Guitar Pete and Peter E. at the Duke on a warm May night in 1995.

Nightclubbing

Helene dancing at the 492AD Club on Queen West, Toronto, 1992

165 Bathurst, Toronto, 1991

Our loft back in the old Toronto days.

Today in the little room

Hunting Season

Evening Sail

Mr. Pig enjoying an evening sail.

RIBFEST - City Hall Ottawa

Mr. Pig enjoying his afternoon at Ribfest.

PIGGIRL - new comedy short by Peter Evanchuck

PIG GIRL shoot Monday

the great talented co-operative cast of paddle board scene

with the ANGELofHOPE and her compadres

Sabine Modder (Angel of Hope)
John Lawford (her helpmeet)
Luka Lawford (thinner, older son)
Matt Lawford (bulky, younger son)

director/camera PETER EVANCHUCK

Savvy on Rideau