A version of this article appeared in my
New Earth Chronicles blog in June 2008.
Back in October 2006 when I was visiting Toronto, a friend treated me to a ticket to Barbra Streisand's first-ever concert performance in that city. Although we were sitting high in the rafters in a hockey arena that was anything but intimate, I was startled by how fully and personally her energy filled every corner of that venue.
"She's larger than life," I remember gushing to my friend at intermission.
I recalle...
Published on January 03, 2010 16:55