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Interested in fashion? Want to support the Canadian fashion design industry? There's an awesome show coming up in September!

(my roommate is involved with this through her company, Ansere - her stuff is gorgeous and I heartily recommend checking it out!)

SEPTEMBER 6 + 7, 2014
Saturday 11-6 Sunday 11-5
www.madeinland.ca
99 SUDBURY ST. TORONTO
Tickets:
$8 Through INDIEGOGO
$10 Advance online
$12 Cash at the door.

2 DAYS 80 CANADIAN FASHION DESIGNERS 1 VENUE

Founded by Sarah Power, graduate of George Brown’s Fashion Design program and former coordinator for
The Clothing Show, INLAND is small-business start-up designed to “elevate the profile of high-quality,
independent apparel and accessory design, made-in-Canada”.

Selected designers will set up their mini-boutique booths within the 10,000 sq.ft, brick and beam space at 99
SUDBURY, just off Queen Street West in the heart of Toronto’s design district, to form a unique, multi-brand
“pop-up” like no other in Canada. Connecting shoppers directly with designers, INLAND is a contemporary retail event providing a stylish, socially and ethically conscious, small business-supporting alternative to the mall.

INLAND fills the gap between local craft-markets and high-brow fashion events by providing a sophisitcated,
casual shopping experience focused on quality, personal style and the promotion of made-in-Canada. INLAND is
more than just shopping. Guests can enjoy a cocktail on the patio, have their custom measurements taken, get a
sewing lessons, and more, at one of the several Style +Design Stations hosted by local entrepreneurs.
INLAND is a NEW 2-day curated shopping event featuring 80 independent Canadian designers of clothing
and accessories for men and women. All collections are made-in-Canada.
igg.me/at/inland

Launched on July 22nd, INLAND is calling on the public - people who care about the arts, culture, design,
community, supporting small businesses and the Canadian garment industry - to help us raise funds for
advertising. Help us get shoppers in the door and generate business for designers.

The INLAND Indiegogo Crowdfunding Campaign has raised nearly 20% of its $15,000 goal in under a week!
* Promote made-in-Canada apparel and accessory design. We believe in well-made, not mass-made.
* Support the Canadian garment industry, which impacts our local communities and economy
* Highlight, and educate shoppers about, the extraordinary design talent existing in Canada
* Provide a space for designers to network, collaborate, share their markets and connect with new customers
* Encourage consumers to seek sustainable and ethically produced products

Pro Hamas anti Jewish/Israel gangs are marching in the streets throughout the world. They chant 'from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free'. They want Israel destroyed. The JDL will spend shabbat downtown Toronto on Saturday July 26th at Queens Park 2:00 pm and confront these supporters of Hamas. Join the JDL and never again ignore these supporters of Hamas. Bring Canadian and Israel flags.
The following is a link to their facebook event page:
Toronto, Ontario
Saturday, July 26
2:00 PM
Queens Park Legislative Building

Please join us and support!

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Joseph & Wolf Lebovic Jewish Community Campus
9600 Bathurst St
Vaughan, ON L6A 3Z8

December 08, from 11 a.m. - to 7 p.m.

INTERESTED IN...

meeting new people?
enjoying a fine night of entertainment?
bringing out your inner Brit?
sampling gourmet coffee with health benefits?
supporting a fellow Canadian in his cultural-exchange journey?

Then come on out to the
KEEP CALM and GET RID OF JEFF
Fundraiser!

A local writer named Jeff wants to bugger off to the U.K. to do a few spoken-word gigs in October. But he's not a wealthy man, and nobody's paying his way. Here's your chance to help a fella out so he can do his thing.

With...
music by HIGH HEELS LO FI and KIRSTEN SANDWICH!

comedy by MARILLA WEX and MAGDALENA!

spoken word by DAVE SILVERBERG and MIKE BRYANT!

a RAFFLE for books, CDs and a gift basket!

Sponsored by GANOLIFE coffee!

Sunday, September 15, 2013, doors at 7:00 p.m.
The Black Swan Tavern, 154 Danforth Avenue, 2nd Floor
Cover: $10 (includes a free raffle ticket)
Facebook event page: RSVP here

Hello friendly people of Toronto,

I'd like to come to this year's Fan Expo.  The ONLY reason is: a friend will be among the exhibitors, and I wanted to come by and say hi, and see her stuff, and her costume.

Otherwise, I've no interest in the event (with all due respect to all the fans out there!).

I do realize that to get in, I need to purchase a ticket somewhere onsite, and I also heard the lineups are completely insane (which is my biggest "ugh").

Are there any seasoned Fan Expo goers among you?  Have you got any tips for me on how to make this as painless as possible?

Thanks!

anyolite

Anyone see a good guide to Toronto Halloween events this year? I was counting on checking out the Lab but they have a pirate theme going on this year...

Hey, can I pls get ideas on where to see the airshow for free? I don't want to go to the CNE alone. I'd rather go to a patio alone! Or a park. And enjoy the show for however long I can catch it. Welcome your suggestions!!!!

2012 marks the 10th Year Anniversary Edition of one of Toronto's favorite Annual Visual Art Exhibitions. Since its inception in 2003, The Annual Square Foot Exhibition has become one of the most beloved Art Shows for Artists and Collectors alike. Every year, The AWOL Gallery Collective brings Visual Art by New and Established Artists together at an event that is not to be missed.

Hey, D/deaf and HoH Torontonians:

Tomorrow (8 July) at 3pm is the first ever performance of a Fringe show interpreted into sign language! The Virginity Lost & Found, a drag sex comedy about a very special office of the Ministry of the Interior, will offer a fully interpreted performance with additional ASL services. Buy your tickets in advance at www.fringetoronto.com or turn up and take your changes at the door! Mooney on Theatre liked it quite a bit, and we hope you will, too.

(full disclosure: I'm the writer and performer of this show.)

Tarragon Theatre Extra Space, 30 Bridgeman Ave. All tickets $10.

Please note: Toronto Fringe has an ironclad No Latecomers policy. You will not be let in if you arrive even ten seconds late, and parking can be quite difficult during the Fringe. Leave extra time, and if you're early enjoy a cool drink at the shady beer garden onsite at Tarragon.

Other showtimes:

uly 10 07:00 PM, July 11 02:15 PM,
July 12 10:30 PM, July 14 03:30 PM,
July 15 12:00 PM

The Toronto Fringe is in town! There are something like 130 shows going up this year, in addition to at least two dozen art exhibits, special events, award receptions, performance pieces, cocktail parties and backroom orgies. There are shows for all ages and interests (including about a dozen Fringe Kids shows specifically targeted at family audiences), and tickets for all performances are $10 or less.

Now Magazine and Mooney on Theatre have deployed teams of critics to assess every single show, and will be posting reviews on a daily basis--but the best way to find a fringe show has always been word-of-mouth.

What's looking good, toronto? What have you already seen? What are you going to see? What did you think about it? Go on! Spill!

Hello all. Wow it used to be so happening here and now it's fizzled down!

Anyways I'm wondering if anyone knows if the Waterfront Blues Fesitival is still happening at Woodbine Park today. I've called the number posted on the official site a few times now to no response and have left a voicemail as well.

If anyone knows anything it would be greatly appreciated :)

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Brown Canada Creative Arts Workshops

Legacies of the Komagata Maru: Digital Storytelling

WORKSHOP CONTENT PROVIDED BY: Asam Ahmad & Mariam Ahmad Graduate of Asian Arts Freedom School

WHAT: In these workshops we will explore the marginalized and/or hidden histories of the South Asian diaspora in Canada, what it means to be a racialized youth/immigrant today and how to tell our stories through art-based media. In two workshop sessions, we will create a stop-animation short film that tells a collective story, with individual vignettes, and themes and content led by group participants. In the first session we will begin talking about our complex histories, learning about stop-motion, and brainstorming ideas for the video. The second workshop will be comprised of story-boarding the narrative, recording individual stories and voiceovers, and crafting the actual visuals for the film.

WHEN: Tuesday, May 29th, 2012 & Tuesday, June 5th, 2012 5:00 to 8:00 pm. This is a two workshop session!

WHERE: Don Montgomery CRC, 2467 Eglinton Ave E Fully Accessible. Ward: 35, District: Scarborough Near: Midland & Eglinton

**TTC Information: Travel to Kennedy Station. Board the 86A Scarborough and travel to 2495. Walk west to 2467 Eglinton Avenue East.

WHO: Youth & young adults, ages 16-30 welcome

HOW: Space is limited! Please contact Deena at [email protected] to register / or location contact

Please register by Friday, May 25th, 4 p.m

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We're going to burn a giant moose in the desert!

Every year at Burning Man there's a circle of effigies around the main man that represent various regions. Your local GTA burners are hard at work to build a giant moose to burn in the desert. It's a surprisingly expensive undertaking, so we could really use your help to make Toronto look good this year! Check out our site for more info; donate to our IndieGoGo campaign; or come out to Beaver, Damn! our crazy party at Goodhandy's on June 22!

Rise of the Planet of the Moose site
IndieGoGo campaign
Goodhandy's event facebook page

Every little bit helps. Thanks so much!

It's a free event featuring the Zero Gravity Circus (4 PM each day), the Canadian National Youth Circus (11:45 AM each day) and Zacada (1 PM each day) as well as puppet shows, tumble & swing acrobatic workshops for kids and events with hula hooping, LEGO and much more.

The Harbourfront Centre is at 235 Queens Quay West, Toronto.

! Weather Advisory: It's gonna be 28 C today, with high UV, peaking around 1:30pm. Sunscreen, wide strawhats, lots of water. Or wait until tomorrow...(Vic day weather: 25C) Those brave brave people performing in this heat... Actually, is this inside or outside...?

Legacies of the Komagata Maru: Digital Storytelling workshop with Mariam Ahmad & Asam Ahmad, Tuesday, May 29th, 2012 & Tuesday, June 5th, 2012 5-8pm @ Don Montgomery CRC

Workshop content provided by:  Asam Ahmad, Graduate of Asian Arts Freedom School, Mariam Ahmad

What: In these workshops we will explore the marginalized and/or hidden histories of the South Asian diaspora in Canada, what it means to be a racialized youth/immigrant today and how to tell our stories through art-based media. In two workshop sessions, we will create a stop-animation short film that tells a collective story, with individual vignettes, and themes and content led by group participants. In the first session we will begin talking about our complex histories,  learning about stop-motion, and  brainstorming ideas for the video. The second workshop will be comprised of story-boarding the narrative, recording individual stories and voiceovers, and crafting the actual visuals for the film.

When:  Tuesday, May 29^th, 2012 & Tuesday, June 5^th, 2012, 5:00 to 8:00 pm

Where:  Don Montgomery CRC, 2467 Eglinton Ave E

Fully Accessible. Ward: 35, District: Scarborough. Near: Midland & Eglinton

TTC Information: Travel to Kennedy Station. Board the 86A Scarborough and travel to 2495. Walk west to 2467 Eglinton Avenue East.

Who:  Youth & young adults, ages 16-30 welcome

How: Space is limited! Please contact Deena Hai at [email protected] to register / or location contact

Please register by Friday, May 25th, 4 p.m

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Brown Canada, lead by CASSA, is a community-led history project to encourage South Asian communities to create and document their histories in Canada creatively, through writing, video, interviews, art, theatre or other means. Our collective entry point for this project is through the Komagata Maru incident of 1914, when a ship of South Asian people was denied entry into Canada due to restrictive immigration policy known as the continuous journey regulation. Through this project, we are creating an interactive website, offering educational and creative workshops, producing a short video as well as seeking to tour a short theatre piece to raise awareness of the incident and spark community dialogue within Ontario.

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The Asian Arts Freedom School is an art-based radical Asian history and activism program for Asian/Pacific Islander youth in the Greater Toronto Area. Asian = South Asian, West Asian (a.k.a. Arab or Middle-Eastern), Southeast Asian, East Asian, and Central Asian,Pacific Islander, diasporic via the Caribbean and Africa…mixed-race, adoptee, suburban, hood…just got here or been here since the 1800s. Asian stretches from the Phillippines to Palestine, North China to Sri Lanka, Trinidad to Tibet, and all of it ends up in Toronto. We cover various artforms including writing, spoken word, music, visual arts, film, breakdancing, theatre and dance. We are currently running a drop-in creative writing workshop series in Victoria Park, and a theatre/drag musical program to be showcased during Pride Toronto 2012. 

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I just caught part of the Sikh parade on Lakeshore, I gather it's Khalsa Day (celebrating the Sikh New Year and the founding of sikhism). Anyone have good photos to share? I'll upload a few I took with my phone when I get home.

Friday, April 20th

* Earth Day Book Swap @ Bloordale Village
- Drop off a book, take a book. (free)
- Noon to 7pm, till 22nd @ Ransack the Universe, lower level of 1207 Bloor W (&Margueretta St), between Lansdowne and Dufferin stations
[email protected]
(note: I love the idea of book swaps, anyone know of any after Earth Day weekend?)

* Red Carpet Affair @ Lakeshore
- Gala dinner and party for the Assaulted Women's Helpline, $150
- 6:30pm @ Liberty Grand, 25 British Columbia Rd
- awhl.org

Saturday, April 21st

* Earth Day Celebration @ Broadview North
- Birding walk, public planting, farmer's market, live music, book signing with Adria Vasil. (free)
- 9am-2pm @ Evergreen Brick Works, 550 Bayview
ebw.evergreen.ca

* Cleaning & Greening STC @ Scarbourough
- Community cleanup, tree planting and barbecue. (free)
- 9:30-noon @ Scarborough Town Centre, Hwy 401 btwn Brimley & McCowan
- scarboroughtowncentre.com

* Inter-City Rail / Light Rail Transit @ Metro Hall
- Speakers on the future of VIA Rail and the four Ontario LRT projects in Hamilton, Kitchener-Waterloo, Ottawa and Toronto. )free)
- 1:15pm @ Metro Hall, 55 John St, Room 303
- 416-504-3934

* Queer Arts Auction @ The Village
- A silent auction of photos, posters, water colours, and more. (No Admission required)
- 6-9pm @ CLGA (Canadian Lesbian & Gay Archives, 34 Isabella St.
- clga.ca

Sunday, April 22nd

* Zine Launch & Clothing Swap @ Mirvish Village
- Clorthing swap and launch of Filth, a new zine on queer organizing. (free)
- 2-4pm @ Centre for Social Innovation Annex, 720 Bathurst
- [email protected]

ETA: Rec an event in the comments!

On April 5th there is going to be an exhibition devoted to the life and death of Dr. Freud. Illustrations are by Oleg Lepchenko, an Ukranian-Canadian artist, whose illustrations for Lewis Carroll's book 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' have been acknowledged by critics worldwide.

An opening and reception starts on April 5th, 6pm. If you are interested in art and illustrations you are welcomed! :)



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Does anyone know of any interesting exhibits/events going on tomorrow? I have the day off, and it's my birthday, and I really don't want to spend it at home.

(By the way, I just went to the exhibit going on at MOCCA [pwyc] and it's fantastic and scary as shit. The exhibit is an art installation in a series of rooms. It's pitch black and terrifying. Sort of like a fun house. I had to put out my arms and take baby steps to walk through it without walking into a wall. Lots of weird flashing light sources, so it should probably be avoided if you have epilepsy....)

2 for 1 coupon for this weekend

MONITORING BUTTERFLIES IN URBAN SETTINGS Toronto Entomologists Assoc talk.
ADMISSION: Free
WHERE: , Victoria College, rm 206, 73 Queen's Park, Toronto, ontarioinsects.org
WHEN: 1:15 pm

get off at Museum station, Vic College is directly west.

7:00pm until 10:30pm (Thursday, Jan 26th, 2012)

Music Room
7 Hart House Circle, University of Toronto
...get off at Museum Station

Admission Fee:
For students: 3 dollars; 5 dollars for 2;
For other guests: Pay what you wish as donations
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Tomorrow is your last chance to check out the Lunar Feast down at the Harbourfront! The festival is ocean themed because this year is the year of the dragon and water.

LUNARFEST 2012 Lunar New Year festival celebrating the Year of the Dragon, with a giant lantern aquarium, theatre, games, skating, crafts, food and more. Free. Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay W, 973-4000, harbourfrontcentre.com. Jan 20 to 24
12pm - 8pm

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It's free and family friendly, photos are up if you want a peek to see if its your thing:
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PS, if you like flowers, Chinatown might have them on sale tomorrow the way candy goes on sale after Halloween.

No Tags because it'll be over after Tuesday.

Amazing event! Should not be missed! You are invited:

FUNDRAISING EVENT FOR LOS AMIGOS DE PILAR
An event to support the creation of "Moving Herstory" a photographic exploration. Opening January 12th at Atelier 688 Richmond St West
"Temenos" opening February 15th, 16th and 17th at Sandra Faire and Ivan Fecan Theatre at York University

ON DECEMBER 16TH Los Amigos de Pilar presents performances by:

Christine Armazoumanian
Benjamin Barrile
Angela Deiseach
Dennis Duffin
Tamar Ilana
Noelia La Morocha
Shirlita La Pili
Ilse Gudiño

Friday Dec 16th @ 8pm
2922 Dundas Street West
$10 in adv and $15 @ door

JOIN US FOR A "JUERGA" post performance!

For advance tickets contact:
[email protected]