Digitally speaking it’s wide open to explore
By Meribeth Deen
ARTS: Online culture is real – dive in (Jan. 2021)
January 27th, 2021 · Comments Off on ARTS: Online culture is real – dive in (Jan. 2021)
ARTS: Keep. Craving. Culture. (Dec. 2020)
December 21st, 2020 · Comments Off on ARTS: Keep. Craving. Culture. (Dec. 2020)
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: 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.
ARTS: Embrace culture in defiance of COVID-19 (May 2020)
June 15th, 2020 · Comments Off on ARTS: Embrace culture in defiance of COVID-19 (May 2020)
At your fingertips and while in your pjs – enjoy it!
By Meribeth Deen
ARTS: Commit to culture in 2020 (Jan. 2020)
January 31st, 2020 · Comments Off on ARTS: Commit to culture in 2020 (Jan. 2020)
A myriad of activities meet the new year in the Arts Corridor
By Meribeth Deen
How about making the most of the city’s culture as a resolution for 2020?
NEWS: Cities trump space (May 2019)
May 28th, 2019 · Comments Off on NEWS: Cities trump space (May 2019)
U of T School of Cities build to replace McLaughlin Planetarium
By Ahmed Hagar
ARTS: Exceptional gifts (Dec. 2017)
December 15th, 2017 · Comments Off on ARTS: Exceptional gifts (Dec. 2017)
Arts, culture, film, and music
COURTESY BLOOR STREET CULTURE CORRIDOR Tickets for a Calypso Rose and Kobo Town show at the Royal Conservatory of Music make a great gift.
By Heather Kelly
ARTS (Nov. 2017): Starting to feel festive
November 24th, 2017 · Comments Off on ARTS (Nov. 2017): Starting to feel festive
Gearing up for the season
COURTESY GARDINER MUSEUM
This year’s 12 Trees at the Gardiner Museum are light-inspired art installations, co-curated by Canadian writer and artist Douglas Coupland and vice president of Public Art Management Ben Mills.
By Heather Kelly
(ARTS JULY 2017) Canada 150, camps for kids, and plenty of film
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.
ARTS (JUNE 2017): Bata Shoe Museum celebrates heels and stars
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.
Music and art at the Gardiner
By Heather Kelly