Kelley Teahen 🇺🇦 🇮🇪 🇨🇦
@kteahen.bsky.social
Former journalist, now VP, Communications and Marketing at Parachute, Canada's national charity dedicated to injury prevention. Stratford resident. I ❤️ theatre, galleries, gardens, hiking trails, kitchens, libraries, walkable cities. Blog: kelleyteahen.ca
January 19, 2026 at 1:21 PM
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Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
We were there last weekend to see the Spinal Tap sequel. It's a great addition to Stratford, Ontario's downtown.
Step inside the world's smallest cinema! 🎬✨
Stratford's Little Prince Micro-Cinema is a Guinness World Record holder with big charm, vintage style, and unforgettable movie magic.
Proof that great things can come in tiny packages! 🍿
#Stratford #GuinnessWorldRecord #CinemaLovers #HiddenGems
Stratford's Little Prince Micro-Cinema is a Guinness World Record holder with big charm, vintage style, and unforgettable movie magic.
Proof that great things can come in tiny packages! 🍿
#Stratford #GuinnessWorldRecord #CinemaLovers #HiddenGems
Visit the World’s Smallest Cinema in Stratford, Canada
Tucked away in Stratford, Ontario, is a cinema experience unlike any other! The Little Prince Micro-Cinema, with just twelve seats, is officially record-breaking! In November 2021, it was awarded the Guinness World Record for the smallest purpose-built cinema in operation, a title that perfectly captures its unique charm. Credit: The Little Prince Micro-Cinema (2026) A Cinema Designed for Connection The original Little Prince cinema was designed and built in the spring of 2019 by founder Leigh Cooney, alongside friends, family members, filmmakers, artists, and a deeply supportive local community.
www.onegirlandthebigworld.com
January 17, 2026 at 7:28 PM
We were there last weekend to see the Spinal Tap sequel. It's a great addition to Stratford, Ontario's downtown.
Sat. Jan. 17 #ElbowsUp #BuyCanadian #BoycottU.S. shop. Left of tea boxes is 🇨🇦: Local meat, Pacific fish, tortilla chips (from Nature's Path), root vegs, greens: full list in alt.text. Great to find licorice tea from Lebanon. Only iffy is taco fixings: "Imported to Canada"; doesn't say from where.
January 17, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Sat. Jan. 17 #ElbowsUp #BuyCanadian #BoycottU.S. shop. Left of tea boxes is 🇨🇦: Local meat, Pacific fish, tortilla chips (from Nature's Path), root vegs, greens: full list in alt.text. Great to find licorice tea from Lebanon. Only iffy is taco fixings: "Imported to Canada"; doesn't say from where.
“Our classic barn”: The William Allman arena
For locals, the Allman Arena is an icon of Stratford, of sport, and of memory.
For locals, the Allman Arena is an icon of Stratford, of sport, and of memory.
“Our classic barn”: The William Allman arena
For locals, the Allman Arena is an icon of Stratford, of sport, and of memory.
kelleyteahen.ca
January 15, 2026 at 1:54 PM
“Our classic barn”: The William Allman arena
For locals, the Allman Arena is an icon of Stratford, of sport, and of memory.
For locals, the Allman Arena is an icon of Stratford, of sport, and of memory.
As an ER doc and a mom, here are five things I don't let my kids do because the risks are too high https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/advice/article-as-an-er-doc-and-a-mom-here-are-five-things-i-dont-let-my-kids-do/
𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
January 12, 2026 at 4:42 AM
My 🇨🇦 grocery haul isn’t the only thing that gets spread on the kitchen island. It’s 🎄 down day here - the ornaments sorted before being packed away.
January 11, 2026 at 4:25 PM
My 🇨🇦 grocery haul isn’t the only thing that gets spread on the kitchen island. It’s 🎄 down day here - the ornaments sorted before being packed away.
The commitment to #BuyCanadian #ElbowsUp stands firm. This week's shop: everything to the left of the baguette (including the baguette) is 🇨🇦 . To my utter delight, a #Stratford Saturday Farmers' Market vendor, Farm to Family, had local greenhouse-grown celery and green beans. Details in alt.text.
January 10, 2026 at 10:16 PM
The commitment to #BuyCanadian #ElbowsUp stands firm. This week's shop: everything to the left of the baguette (including the baguette) is 🇨🇦 . To my utter delight, a #Stratford Saturday Farmers' Market vendor, Farm to Family, had local greenhouse-grown celery and green beans. Details in alt.text.
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So sad to hear that Bob of Fanfare Books in Stratford has died.
Bob was a fierce supporter of my books. He was also borderline evangelical for Lessons From Cats For Surviving Fascism when it was self-published.
Do Bob proud, go read a book.
https://loom.ly/BG401QQ
Bob was a fierce supporter of my books. He was also borderline evangelical for Lessons From Cats For Surviving Fascism when it was self-published.
Do Bob proud, go read a book.
https://loom.ly/BG401QQ
Obituary information for Robert Bob Walter Harold Newland
View Robert Bob Walter Harold Newland's obituary, contribute to their memorial, see their funeral service details, and more.
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January 7, 2026 at 12:30 AM
So sad to hear that Bob of Fanfare Books in Stratford has died.
Bob was a fierce supporter of my books. He was also borderline evangelical for Lessons From Cats For Surviving Fascism when it was self-published.
Do Bob proud, go read a book.
https://loom.ly/BG401QQ
Bob was a fierce supporter of my books. He was also borderline evangelical for Lessons From Cats For Surviving Fascism when it was self-published.
Do Bob proud, go read a book.
https://loom.ly/BG401QQ
For those wondering what #Stratford Ont.looks & feels like in winter, check this video from producer Mark Glaseby, who goes by @GLASBO on other channels. @visitstratford.bsky.social sponsored him but, as a local, I can vouch the images & experiences are authentic. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2stp...
10 Things To EAT & DO This Winter in Stratford Ontario Canada
YouTube video by GLASBO
www.youtube.com
January 3, 2026 at 7:51 PM
For those wondering what #Stratford Ont.looks & feels like in winter, check this video from producer Mark Glaseby, who goes by @GLASBO on other channels. @visitstratford.bsky.social sponsored him but, as a local, I can vouch the images & experiences are authentic. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2stp...
I didn't think my loathing of U.S.'s interactions in the world could get any stronger, but it has. Maintaining the #ElbowsUp #BuyCanadian 🇨🇦 shopping habits. Celery is once again the vegetable that seems impossible to source from anywhere other than U.S. #ByeByeMirepoix. Details in alt.text.
January 3, 2026 at 7:21 PM
I didn't think my loathing of U.S.'s interactions in the world could get any stronger, but it has. Maintaining the #ElbowsUp #BuyCanadian 🇨🇦 shopping habits. Celery is once again the vegetable that seems impossible to source from anywhere other than U.S. #ByeByeMirepoix. Details in alt.text.
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Happy to share this profile of the inimitable Ravi Jain, winner of the 2025 Siminovitch Prize and, relatedly, a relentlessly impressive human being.
On @theglobeandmail.com's website today:
www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/stag...
On @theglobeandmail.com's website today:
www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/stag...
Siminovitch Prize winner Ravi Jain on creating his own boxes in Canadian theatre
Co-artistic director of Why Not Theatre in Toronto stood out for his six-hour adaptation of Mahabharata
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 2, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Happy to share this profile of the inimitable Ravi Jain, winner of the 2025 Siminovitch Prize and, relatedly, a relentlessly impressive human being.
On @theglobeandmail.com's website today:
www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/stag...
On @theglobeandmail.com's website today:
www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/stag...
For 2026, a new blog series from Teahen Tales: This one is called Stratford Like a Local. #Stratford. The plan is to publish biweekly on Thursdays. You can subscribe at www.kelleyteahen.ca
Stratford like a local
Our backstage tour of Stratford throughout 2026 will take us everywhere from an arena to a water pollution control plant. And there may be a swan, or two.
kelleyteahen.ca
January 1, 2026 at 4:43 PM
For 2026, a new blog series from Teahen Tales: This one is called Stratford Like a Local. #Stratford. The plan is to publish biweekly on Thursdays. You can subscribe at www.kelleyteahen.ca
From my husband’s viewpoint, it is now officially Christmas #NutsAndBolts #HisGrandmaRecipe aka “TV Nibbles”
December 22, 2025 at 5:49 PM
From my husband’s viewpoint, it is now officially Christmas #NutsAndBolts #HisGrandmaRecipe aka “TV Nibbles”
Lights on #Stratford Ontario- local birds in giant light-up form on Tom Patterson Island. From left, woodpecker, cardinal, blue jay and snowy owl.
December 22, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Lights on #Stratford Ontario- local birds in giant light-up form on Tom Patterson Island. From left, woodpecker, cardinal, blue jay and snowy owl.
For those of you who are not Globe and Mail subscribers - sharing this 2026 year-in-review illustration from its holiday greeting card. And no, there are not enough characters in any alt.text to describe all the bits in this picture.
December 18, 2025 at 3:02 PM
For those of you who are not Globe and Mail subscribers - sharing this 2026 year-in-review illustration from its holiday greeting card. And no, there are not enough characters in any alt.text to describe all the bits in this picture.
The snow report from #Stratford Ontario: Photo at left shows Wednesday morning, Dec. 10, 2025; photo at right shows Thursday night, Dec. 11, 2025. #WinterWonderland
December 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The snow report from #Stratford Ontario: Photo at left shows Wednesday morning, Dec. 10, 2025; photo at right shows Thursday night, Dec. 11, 2025. #WinterWonderland
For #WindowsOnWednesday - into my #TeahenTales blog vault for a post on weird windows in old houses (like the one we renovated in 2023). kelleyteahen.ca/2023/02/20/w...
Windows of opportunity
One of the more endearing characteristics of old houses are their weird windows.
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December 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
For #WindowsOnWednesday - into my #TeahenTales blog vault for a post on weird windows in old houses (like the one we renovated in 2023). kelleyteahen.ca/2023/02/20/w...
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Congratulations to the 3️⃣ winners of Canada's Favourite Crossing Guard contest 2025 🚸🏆: André Sauvé, Khevin Enriquez & Pat McDermott: parachute.ca/en/news-rele...
#CanFavCrossGuard #ParachuteVZ
#CanFavCrossGuard #ParachuteVZ
December 2, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Congratulations to the 3️⃣ winners of Canada's Favourite Crossing Guard contest 2025 🚸🏆: André Sauvé, Khevin Enriquez & Pat McDermott: parachute.ca/en/news-rele...
#CanFavCrossGuard #ParachuteVZ
#CanFavCrossGuard #ParachuteVZ
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"In some places, French postal workers now pick up prescriptions, return library books, and deliver flowers. Last year, only twenty eight per cent of La Poste’s revenue came from sending mail."
Services can evolve in positive ways to meet new and growing needs.
Services can evolve in positive ways to meet new and growing needs.
For those who wonder what a modern postal service could look like, one example is in France, where letter carriers provide check-ins on the elderly for very affordable rates, while completing their routes.
I encourage everyone to read the whole thing
#CanadaPost
www.newyorker.com/culture/anna...
I encourage everyone to read the whole thing
#CanadaPost
www.newyorker.com/culture/anna...
In France, Elder Care Comes with the Mail
Carriers for La Poste have a new job: checking in on the aged.
www.newyorker.com
September 26, 2025 at 2:59 PM
"In some places, French postal workers now pick up prescriptions, return library books, and deliver flowers. Last year, only twenty eight per cent of La Poste’s revenue came from sending mail."
Services can evolve in positive ways to meet new and growing needs.
Services can evolve in positive ways to meet new and growing needs.
Whoa. A long-ish video but well worth the watch and learning.
have never used instacart and this guarantees i never will
absent adequate privacy and consumer-protection laws, we really should stop enabling the dystopian, tech-fueled profiteering world they desire
absent adequate privacy and consumer-protection laws, we really should stop enabling the dystopian, tech-fueled profiteering world they desire
EXCLUSIVE: We found that Instacart is using AI algorithms to charge customers different prices for the same items.
It's not just online. It's in physical grocery stores too.
Our months-long investigation with @consumerreports.org and @groundwork.bsky.social found it could cost families $1200/year.
It's not just online. It's in physical grocery stores too.
Our months-long investigation with @consumerreports.org and @groundwork.bsky.social found it could cost families $1200/year.
December 9, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Whoa. A long-ish video but well worth the watch and learning.
Reading the tributes to Frank Gehry. I met him more than a decade ago around the reveal of his design for King Street #Toronto condos + arts hub in partnership with @mirvish.bsky.social and @ocaduniversity.bsky.social. In 2017, Mirvish sold the land and the new developers cut the arts part.
December 8, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Reading the tributes to Frank Gehry. I met him more than a decade ago around the reveal of his design for King Street #Toronto condos + arts hub in partnership with @mirvish.bsky.social and @ocaduniversity.bsky.social. In 2017, Mirvish sold the land and the new developers cut the arts part.
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Stratford Perth Museum is back with their FREE Indigenous Art Market & Cultural Celebration this December 6th! 📿❤️
📆Saturday, December 6th
🕜10:00am-4:00pm
📍Stratford Perth Museum - 4275 Huron Road, Stratford, ON
For more info, visit stratfordperthmuseum.ca/indigenous-art-craft-market/
#Stratford
📆Saturday, December 6th
🕜10:00am-4:00pm
📍Stratford Perth Museum - 4275 Huron Road, Stratford, ON
For more info, visit stratfordperthmuseum.ca/indigenous-art-craft-market/
#Stratford
December 5, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Stratford Perth Museum is back with their FREE Indigenous Art Market & Cultural Celebration this December 6th! 📿❤️
📆Saturday, December 6th
🕜10:00am-4:00pm
📍Stratford Perth Museum - 4275 Huron Road, Stratford, ON
For more info, visit stratfordperthmuseum.ca/indigenous-art-craft-market/
#Stratford
📆Saturday, December 6th
🕜10:00am-4:00pm
📍Stratford Perth Museum - 4275 Huron Road, Stratford, ON
For more info, visit stratfordperthmuseum.ca/indigenous-art-craft-market/
#Stratford
Returning to the scene of the crime for improv comedy at Brch and Wyn #Stratford #SpontaneousTheatre
December 5, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Returning to the scene of the crime for improv comedy at Brch and Wyn #Stratford #SpontaneousTheatre