March 24th, 2020 · Comments Off on NEWS: Local resources for a global pandemic (Mar. 2020)
An early guide to services
By Gleaner Staff
Staying local, living local, and shopping local is going to be the new normal in the coming weeks as the world hunkers down to battle the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Read more
December 9th, 2019 · Comments Off on ARTS: Arts light up November nights (Nov. 2019)
The Arts Corridor is waiting for you – all of it within walking distance
By Meribeth Deen
No need for the lull between the excitement of Halloween and the festive lights of the darkest month to get you down. The Bloor Street Arts Corridor has plenty of story, spectacle, and audio enjoyment to keep your spirits up as the days grow shorter. Read more
September 11th, 2018 · Comments Off on ARTS: Celebrate fall with a return to culture (Aug./Sept. 2018)
Anniversaries for Koerner Hall, U of T Faculty of Music
By Laura Philipps
September is a time to celebrate new beginnings on the Bloor St. Culture Corridor, when we bring together all partner destinations for two fabulous free events. Read more
August 12th, 2018 · Comments Off on ARTS: Summertime arts and culture (Summer 2018)
Fascinating films, family fun, and fabulous festivals
By Heather Kelly
For the family
Open Streets TO, the recreational program that opens our streets to people, returns August 19 from 10:00 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Bloor and Yonge streets. These active living events are a great way to enjoy walking, cycling, rollerblading, and dancing in the streets of our city! Read more
May 9th, 2018 · Comments Off on ARTS: New exhibitions and many festivals to herald spring (May 2018)
Nikon ambassadors to offer tips and tricks on May 30
The Tatsuya Nakatani Gong Orchestra, which is touring North America, brings its live sound project to the Music Gallery on May 26 at 8:00 p.m. COURTESY OF THE BLOOR STREET CULTURE CORRIDOR
August 1st, 2017 · Comments Off on (ARTS JULY 2017) Canada 150, camps for kids, and plenty of film
August is alive along the Bloor St. Corridor
PHOTO COURTESY THE ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM: Saul Williams of North Caribou Lake First Nation, Weagamo, infuses his first exposure to the homes of non-Indigenous women in the city with humour in White Women and Their Plants, 1978. The painting is part of Anishinaabeg: Art & Power, a Royal Ontario Museum exhibition that explores the life, traditions, and sacred stories of the Anishinaabeg.
June 30th, 2017 · Comments Off on ARTS (JUNE 2017): Bata Shoe Museum celebrates heels and stars
PICTURE COURTESY?THE?ROYAL?ONTARIO?MUSEUM: The Family Camera, at the ROM?until October 29, invites viewers to consider family portraits with a different lens.
March 5th, 2017 · Comments Off on CHATTER (FEBRUARY 2017): A diversity of curiosity
Speakers as diverse as historian Charlotte Gray, sex columnist and activist Dan Savage, Emmy-award winning-actress Tatiana Maslany, and musician Tanya Tagaq will participate in the Curious Minds Weekend at the Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema from March 3 to 5. Read more