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Klyde Broox and The Pearl Company present
Vancouver’s Aural Heather, “Princess Nut” CD Tour 2008
preceded by the dubpoetry of Clyde Broox
Friday, July 11 @ 9:00 pm
The Pearl Company, 16 Steven Street @ King William
Admission: pay-what-you-can (starting at $5)
“genre-crossing, category-defying”
CDs on sale
Luciano Iacobelli wrote:
I’m doing a feature at the Artbar Tuesday July 8th. I’ll be reading mostly from my new work.
If you have the time drop by. The reading starts at 8.
Luciano Iacobelli More »
Shadowland Theatre presents The Light That Stands Still, a spectacular summer night’s odyssey on Toronto Island
Dates: Thursday to Sunday, July 17 to 20 and 24 to 27, 8pm
2008 marks the 200th anniversary of the building of the lighthouse at Gibraltar Point on Toronto Island. This is oldest stone building in its original location in Toronto and oldest lighthouse on the Great Lakes. It is a symbol of light and dark, rescue and disaster, sirens and spirits, and of the power of place. More »
Please join award winning athlete, motivational speaker and physical trainer, Waneek Horn-Miller (Bear Clan of the Mohawk Nation) in a discussion addressing identity and how health and personal well-being can drive one along a journey of self-discovery.
Aboriginal identity is complex within the contemporary realities. Aboriginal identity is often more than who the individual is. Family, land and culture is intertwined and equates a collective expression of identity. More »
Pilgrimage of Wanderers
Suspiros Archivados / Archived Sighs 1999-2008
Decaying Empire
Pilgrimage of Wanderers
Claudia Bernal, José Mansilla-Miranda, Osvaldo Ramirez Castillo, José Luis Torres
Co-presented by: Salvador Allende Arts Festival for Peace
Curated by Tamara Toledo
Condemned to perpetual travel, the artists in Pilgrimage of Wanderers encounter a torturous nomadic experience in which their route is determined by memory, violence and trauma as they negotiate with the mundanity of living in North America. More »
The Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition is a juried showcase featuring contemporary fine art and craft that takes place on Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto every July. More than 500 artists participate and 100,000 visitors attend the exhibition.
No Admission Fees. Rain or Shine.
Fri, July 11: 10am to 8pm / Sat, July 12: 10am to 7pm / Sun, July 13: 10m to 6pm
For more information, contact 416-408-2754 or visit http://www.torontooutdoorart.org
Andrew Burashko, founder and Artistic Director of the acclaimed Art of Time Ensemble, today announced the ensemble’s exciting and provocative tenth anniversary season, sponsored by BMO Financial. Art of Time’s Official Broadcast Partner, CBC Radio Two, will record the concerts for future broadcast. More »
Dear Fans, Friends and Colleagues - PLEASE POST
The Nathaniel Dett Chorale will be holding the first of our pre-season audition dates on Friday, June 27th from the mid afternoon till early evening. We will be holding further auditions again before September, so if you cannot attend this audition, call and we will put you on our list. More »
The bygone era of the Dufferin Race Track is brought to life by the awesome Clay & Paper Theatre whose large-scale puppetry takes over Dufferin Grove Park from July 16-August 17. This is theatre of exaggeration, of giant puppetry, of satire and wit that brings a significant part of Toronto history back to the neigh-bourhood. Perfect for a summer night’s outing!
Just a friendly reminder,
Leonardo Gallery’s current exhibition Figures on Stage will be concluding this Saturday, June 21st, with artist Margarida Neto in attendance from 3 – 5PM.
Neto is a world-renowned visual artist whose canvasses have graced gallery walls in Lisbon, Spain, Sintra, and now Toronto. More »
A summer party for Survey, featuring an exciting array of summer treats, will be held on Thursday, June 19 from 7 to 10 PM at Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art, located at 401 Richmond Street West, Suite 124, Toronto. The exhibition continues until July 26, 2008. Admission is free. More »
On the news that the NFB had “retired” two of its remaining three film-makers.
Once upon a time, in 1939 to be exact, the Government of Canada decided to open a bakery. They called it the Canadian Bread Board. They hired a man who liked bread and who understood bakers and, because the country didn’t really have a baking industry, the bakery soon became very well known. Within just a few years it garnered a world wide reputation as a bakery that could consistently deliver good bread… because they had good bakers who understood the process. More »
A Space Gallery, 401 Richmond Street West, Suite 110
The Latin American Speakers Series address politically and socially engaged themes pertaining to the local Latin American artistic community. A wide range of visual artists, curators, designers, educators, and academics will have the opportunity to share and discuss their projects creating a forum for dialogue and collaboration as well as provide an educational vehicle for change and exchange. The public will have the opportunity to engage in discussion after each presentation. More »
Theatre Passe Muraille (TPM) announced its 2008-2009 Season, Andy McKim’s first season of programming as Artistic Director and Theatre Passe Muraille’s 41st. Subscriptions to the Theatre Passe Muraille 41st Season are on sale now. Visit www.passemuraille.on.ca or call 416-504-7529 for more information.
The 2008-2009 season is comprised of a darkly comic world premiere about love from Tracy Dawson, a talented new voice on the scene; More »
TORONTO JAZZ FESTIVAL CONCERT with the KYE MARSHALL JAZZ QUARTET
Composer and cellist Kye Marshall creates jazz that is fresh, lyrical and vibrant.Her strong melodic sense and the warm resonance of her cello create
new sounds for the jazz idiom. Internationally acclaimed Don Thompson
on the piano/bass, Andy Scott on guitar, and Mark Duggan on percussion will join her. More »
Based on the bestselling novel by Paulo Coelho*
Presented by DARKROOM THEATRE PROJECTS
June 18th to 28th, 2008 @ Walmer Centre Theatre
In a new theatrical interpretation, director Michelle Newman and the Darkroom ensemble transform Brazillian writer Paulo Coelhoʼs acclaimed novel into a hypnotic multimedia remix. More »
Can a young woman find the courage to dive into life?
Long Live
New dance-theatre by Kathleen Rea, with live music by Snowblink
In Long Live, a young woman stands in the spotlight alone, holding her late brother’s guitar, suspended at the edge of life, death, and love.Time shifts, and moments become living, connected memories of her family—the daughter (Suzanne Liska), her father (Tom Brouillette), her mother (Karen Kaeja), and her brother (Robert Halley)—as a young woman comes to terms with loss. More »
Artist and activist Dyan Marie, and recipient this month of a prestigious Canadian Urban Institute award for Urban Leadership, installs a public art banner project about, on and for Bloor Street.
Opening June 21, as part of The BIG Festival, Marie’s 29 banners will line Bloor Street from Dufferin to Lansdowne Ave. Dyan Marie’s photo-based banners offer a portrait of at-risk Bloor and Lansdowne street life featuring local day-to-day images within trailing auras of colour. They explore and celebrate the local atmosphere and add vitality to the street. More »
Music Africa presents Toronto’s 20th annual Afrofest, a celebration of African music and culture, FREE on Saturday July 5th and Sunday July 6th at Queen’s Park from noon to 10:30pm. Afrofest is a multi-disciplinary event with concerts, dance, theatre, food, a marketplace, and activities for youth and children. Traditional and contemporary styles of music by top international touring acts and dozens of African performing groups from across Canada will be seen and heard. The festival has grown every year, and in 2008, 3 different outdoor stages will come to life with music and dance in this 20th anniversary extravaganza. Come to Queen’s Park and discover Africa in the heart of Toronto! More »
The organizers of Toronto WordStage invite you to the next
installment of our monthly series. Our readers on June 12 are:
The Killer Cubes
Frank Giorno
Maggie Helwig
Karl Jirgens More »
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