Fall of 2021 is as good a time as any to escape planet earth
By Meribeth Deen
Entries Tagged as 'Arts'
ARTS: Get other-worldly at the Toronto Reference Library (Fall 2021)
November 11th, 2021 · Comments Off on ARTS: Get other-worldly at the Toronto Reference Library (Fall 2021)
ARTS: Space, the local frontier (Aug. 2021)
September 8th, 2021 · Comments Off on ARTS: Space, the local frontier (Aug. 2021)
Locally-made film Sound of Space lifted off at Toronto Fringe Festival
By Joshua Chong
The premiere of Tyler Morgan’s Sound of Space was a meta-experience. The 12-minute film, which streamed virtually at this year’s Toronto Digital Fringe Festival, had a private in-person screening on July 20 at Seaton Village’s Proxima Command Escape Room—the very location where Morgan’s sci-fi flick was filmed.
ARTS: Culture and community outdoors and free (July 2021)
August 16th, 2021 · Comments Off on ARTS: Culture and community outdoors and free (July 2021)
When a museum is more than a building
By Meribeth Deen
ARTS: Enjoy Annex-based opera online (May 2021)
June 11th, 2021 · Comments Off on ARTS: Enjoy Annex-based opera online (May 2021)
From ‘park and bark’ to click and stream – opera is evolving locally
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By James McLean
ARTS: Cream cheese and Covid Culture (Apr. 2021)
May 12th, 2021 · Comments Off on ARTS: Cream cheese and Covid Culture (Apr. 2021)
Your May 2021 Arts Brief
By Meribeth Deen
May 16th, 2021 is a Sunday, and in all likelihood, you will not be going anywhere, certainly not to a museum or concert. Maybe, maybe… you will go to a park.
ARTS: Celebrate 100 years of insulin with the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library (Mar. 2021)
March 26th, 2021 · 1 Comment
Take a deep dive into medical history at U of T
By Meribeth Deen
ARTS: Annex is still film set central (Feb. 2021)
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Strict COVID-19 protocols being followed
By Nicole Stoffman
ARTS: Online culture is real – dive in (Jan. 2021)
January 27th, 2021 · Comments Off on ARTS: Online culture is real – dive in (Jan. 2021)
FOCUS: Ring Music shuttered (Dec. 2020)
December 21st, 2020 · Comments Off on FOCUS: Ring Music shuttered (Dec. 2020)
A deeper look reveals a storied past
By Nicole Stoffman
Ring Music, the guitar shop at 90 Harbord St., whose customers included Gordon Lightfoot, Bruce Cockburn, and Lenny Breau, has closed after 51 years in business.
ARTS: Keep. Craving. Culture. (Dec. 2020)
December 21st, 2020 · 3 Comments
Many ways to engage
By Meribeth Deen
Welcome to December, month ten (give or take, depending on what date you track back to) of life in a global pandemic. Understandably, you might be struggling to conjure holiday feelings this month. Let’s remember, however, that it is “always darkest before the dawn,” and that on December 22, the days start getting longer. So let’s find out what the institutions associated with the Bloor St. Culture Corridor have in store.
ARTS: Global pandemic month eight: the show goes on (Oct. 2020)
November 2nd, 2020 · Comments Off on ARTS: Global pandemic month eight: the show goes on (Oct. 2020)
Discover a wealth of Culture Corridor programming on-line
By Meribeth Deen
Remember festivals? Remember movie theatres, parties, the crush of humanity drawn to the streets because there were places to go, things to see, and people to meet? Sometimes eight months feels like forever, even though we got a dose of sunshine, could set foot into museums, and got re-acquainted with dining out.
ARTS: Takin’ it to the streets (Aug. 2020)
September 9th, 2020 · Comments Off on ARTS: Takin’ it to the streets (Aug. 2020)
ARTS: The arts are open! (Almost) (Aug. 2020)
September 9th, 2020 · Comments Off on ARTS: The arts are open! (Almost) (Aug. 2020)
Come tread gently in the Culture Corridor
By Meribeth Deen
Are your eyes crossed yet? If you haven’t already, it’s time to shut the computer down. Yes, we are still in a global pandemic, but you can leave your house now and become re-acquainted with the city’s public spaces. Just be sure to check your venues’ COVID-19-policies so you can follow the rules of entry.