Zoomer Magazine

Canada’s R&B Icon: Deborah Cox gets her flowers. Plus, fashion tips; David Cronenberg’s new movie; reinventing retirement; downsizing your home; the sober-curious movement; and the metaverse decoded

Zoomer Magazine • VOLUME 38, NUMBER 5

STYLE for the AGES

The Unflappable Arlene Stacey • A consummate professional, Zoomer’s founding managing editor loved magazines and hated exclamation marks

HE SCORES!

Cinephile Season • Canadian film festivals are back with a bang – and some bling

Back to the ’50s • Three fresh perspectives on America’s not-so-innocent golden age

A Farewell to Us • The TV drama handled loss, grief and Alzheimer’s with bravura

THE PEAKS AND VALLEYS IN THE JOURNEY

THE VISIT REVISTED • Thirty years after her eclectic Celtic album signalled her arrival on the global stage, Loreena McKennitt is on the road again

Public Affairs • On policy, personalities and politics

THE END OF RETIREMENT • As the labour force matures and inflation grips the nation, boomers envision a working life well beyond 65

Go Where You Want to Go • Inspiring ideas for the globetrotter

The Sweetest Cut • Lena Nguyen, 82, and Jack Barrett, 90, marry 20 years after meeting at her hair salon

BODY + MIND + SPIRIT • The latest wellness advice for health and happiness

The Anxiety of Re-Entry

DEBORAH COX GETS HER FLOWERS • After three decades in the music industry, the Canadian R&B icon is finally being lauded at home

FRECK VREELAND joins the GRANFLUENCERS • Style tips from iconic fashion editor Diana Vreeland’s 95-year-old son

IN & OUT of FASHION • The season’s chicest reads on royals, cultural change makers, and dressing well

CLASSIC CRONENBERG • At 79, the master of the macabre is back and shows no signs of mellowing with age. As Brian D. Johnson reports, in the celebrated Canadian director’s latest film, surgery is the new sex

Welcome to the Metaverse • The next era of the internet opens a portal to virtual worlds where you can work out on Mars, shop fashion or real estate and then cap the day with a Justin Bieber concert

BOTCHED • What happens when there's no "med" in "med spa"

SICK of the DRINK • The sobriety movement has many rethinking their relationship with alcohol

MEMORY LANE • Sifting through the touchstones of her life accumulated over 37 years, Katherine Ashenburg muses over making the move from empty nest to solo digs

BEYOND REYKJAVIK • On a journey to the Arctic Circle, Giller prize-winning author Will Ferguson discovers traditional soups, beer baths and the warmth of Icelandic community spirit

TOO PRETTY TO EAT? • Edible art is a treat for the eye as well as the tongue, but it can also convey deeper meaning

Moses’ Last Word/First Word