BY JIM SLOTEK, www.samaritanmag.com
All eyes have been on American actor Josh Hutcherson (The Kids Are Alright) since he was cast as Peeta Mellark opposite Jennifer Lawrence in the movie of the post-apocalyptic young adult best-seller Hunger Games (opening in March). Now he wants to use his newfound fame to open those eyes to the realities of homophobia.
Hutcherson, 19, is one of the founders of Straight But Not Narrow, a coalition of straight young actors speaking in a series of online videos to young straight males against the bullying of gay males (see below for Hutcherson's clip)....
BY KIM HUGHES, www.samaritanmag.com
When actor Michael Kash mounts the stage at Toronto’s Theatre Centre on February 20, he’ll be doing more than just channeling his character in Eugene O’Neill’s gripping and rarely performed play, Hughie. He’ll also be assisting people living with asthma and serious allergies by raising buckets of cash.
All proceeds from that night’s performance - potentially $7,000 to $12,000 – will benefit Anaphylaxis Canada, a national registered charity, information resource and support group for children and adults grappling with allergies, especially those relating...
BY IAN WALKER, www.samaritanmag.com
As a young boy back in Beirut, Lebanon, Marwan
Hage, now the Hamilton Tiger-Cats offensive lineman and founder of the charity Hage's
Heroes, often drifted off to sleep to the echo of gunfire.
During the day, he couldn't just step outside
on a whim to visit with friends. Instead, the basement of his childhood home
often served as his playground, especially when the war outside got too close.
It was there that family members would try their best to distract the youngest
of four children from the fighting on the streets.
Hage contends he's a better man for...
BY KAREN BLISS, www.samaritanmag.com
The metal music community is continuing to come
up with ways to raise money to help with medical expenses and eventual
post-care for a 25-year-old guitarist who was paralyzed in a robbery last
October in Buffalo, New York.
Members of death metal legends Cannibal Corpse,
whose original line-up is from Buffalo, have all signed a brand new custom
Dean Cadillac Kill guitar presently being raffled off via the Facebook group Metal
For Tony, and other bands, such as Quebec’s Voivod, Texas-based King Diamond,
Maryland’s Dying Fetus and Czech Republic-based...
BY KIM HUGHES, www.samaritanmag.com
It’s hard to believe that another chapter could possibly be
added to the story of yoga, which already spans the globe and the millennia. And
yet a new, perhaps unlikely group — at-risk and incarcerated youth — is
discovering the stress relief, mood-enhancement and improved balance and fitness
benefits of regular yoga practice.
That’s thanks to the New Leaf Yoga Foundation. The Toronto-based
registered charity brings downward dog, shavasana, meditation and conscious
breathing — and the above-mentioned benefits they confer — to teens “overcoming
histories...
BY KAREN BLISS, www.samaritanmag.com
Cristina Scabbia, co-vocalist for Italian metal band Lacuna
Coil, has a water well in her name in Kajiado area of Kenya from her
contribution to Rezophonic, an ambitious collaborative album, whose proceeds go
to the world renown African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF).
“Rezophonic is a musical project that involves more than a
hundred artists from the underground, mainly the rock scene. Now it involves
more people even from different scenes, even the very big Italian artists,”
Scabbia tells Samaritanmag.com.
“I got a call from them the...
BY KIM HUGHES, www.samaritanmag.com
When actor Michael Kash mounts the stage at Toronto’s Theatre Centre on February 20, he’ll be doing more than just channeling his character...
BY IAN WALKER, www.samaritanmag.com
As a young boy back in Beirut, Lebanon, Marwan
Hage, now the Hamilton Tiger-Cats offensive lineman and founder of the charity Hage's
Heroes,...
BY KIM HUGHES, www.samaritanmag.com
It’s hard to believe that another chapter could possibly be
added to the story of yoga, which already spans the globe and the millennia. And...
BY AARON BROPHY, www.samaritanmag.com
On any given weekend you might find Oshawa, Ontario's Rob Weir catching a pass from former National Hockey League legend Darryl Sittler,...
BY JIM SLOTEK, www.samaritanmag.com
All eyes have been on American actor Josh Hutcherson (The Kids Are Alright) since he was cast as Peeta Mellark opposite Jennifer Lawrence in the movie of the post-apocalyptic young adult best-seller Hunger Games (opening in March). Now he wants to use his newfound fame to open those eyes to the realities of homophobia.
Hutcherson, 19, is one of the founders of Straight But Not Narrow, a coalition of straight young actors speaking in a series of online videos to young straight males against the bullying of gay males (see below for Hutcherson's clip)....
BY KAREN BLISS, www.samaritanmag.com
The metal music community is continuing to come
up with ways to raise money to help with medical expenses and eventual
post-care for a 25-year-old guitarist who was paralyzed in a robbery last
October in Buffalo, New York.
Members of death metal legends Cannibal Corpse,
whose original line-up is from Buffalo, have all signed a brand new custom
Dean Cadillac Kill guitar presently being raffled off via the Facebook group Metal
For Tony, and other bands, such as Quebec’s Voivod, Texas-based King Diamond,
Maryland’s Dying Fetus and Czech Republic-based...
