Wireless wave

With all of the amazing advances we've seen over the past decade, it's hard to believe that we are still struggling with what seems to be man's eternal technological dilemma ““ the tangling and untangling of cords.

ARTIST PROFILE: Cheryl Laakes

For multi-talented Oakville jewellery and textile artisan Cheryl Laakes, expressing her creativity in a plethora of artistic forms is something she has been doing for as long as she can remember. She captures techniques from embroidery, knitting, beading, pottery, sketching, sewing and quilting to name just a few.

GOODWILL: ArtHouse

Don Pangman believes there's a Pablo Picasso or Ginger Rogers waiting to emerge in every one of ArtHouse's students. And he'll be damned to ever let a lack of money get in the way of the world meeting the next great painter, dancer, or actor.