At your fingertips and while in your pjs – enjoy it!
By Meribeth Deen
Entries Tagged as 'Arts'
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)
ARTS: Culture Corridor thrives online (Apr. 2020)
May 1st, 2020 · 2 Comments
ARTS: Bloor St. Culture Corridor celebrates Black History Month (Feb. 2020)
February 27th, 2020 · Comments Off on ARTS: Bloor St. Culture Corridor celebrates Black History Month (Feb. 2020)
February corridor offerings abound
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?
ON THE COVER (Dec. 2019)
December 9th, 2019 · Comments Off on ON THE COVER (Dec. 2019)
Women Walking in Lane (Watercolour) by Jim Prince from his collection Toronto Winter Themes is featured on our cover this issue.
ARTS: Corridor calendar chock full (Dec. 2019)
December 9th, 2019 · Comments Off on ARTS: Corridor calendar chock full (Dec. 2019)
Chrismukkah, mystery, music, and more along the Arts Corridor
By Meribeth Deen
Hop off the Bloor line anywhere between Bathurst and Bay streets to enjoy any number of the unique adventures offered in the city’s most diverse arts and culture district.
ARTS: Arts light up November nights (Nov. 2019)
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.
ARTS: Indigenous arts revealed (Sept. 2019)
October 8th, 2019 · Comments Off on ARTS: Indigenous arts revealed (Sept. 2019)
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First Nations come together for arts and crafts festival
By Nabahat Hussain
ARTS: Culture Corridor adds members (May 2019)
May 28th, 2019 · Comments Off on ARTS: Culture Corridor adds members (May 2019)
Women’s Art Association and Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library join
By Meribeth Deen
ARTS: Spring fever brings corridor to life (Spring 2019)
April 23rd, 2019 · Comments Off on ARTS: Spring fever brings corridor to life (Spring 2019)
HISTORY: Delivering history in Harbord Village (Spring 2019)
April 23rd, 2019 · 1 Comment
HVRA lane-naming project leads to The Postman
In March of 2015 the Gleaner featured coverage of the pending play, The Postman, that was staged on neighbourhood porches in the summer of that year. The Harbord Village event commemorated the life and times of Albert Jackson, Canada’s first black postie. On the occasion of Canada Post issuing a stamp in Jackson’s honour, we are reprinting this article
ON THE COVER (Dec. 2018)
December 30th, 2018 · Comments Off on ON THE COVER (Dec. 2018)
“Foreground of Hart House and University College” is one of six pieces by Nicholas Hornyansky in the Art Museum at the University of Toronto. Hornyansky was a Canadian-Hungarian artist who moved to Canada in 1929. His work includes many local scenes, including Hart House, Convocation Hall, University College, and the Soldiers’ Tower. The Art Museum is made up of the Justina M. Barnicke Gallery at Hart House, and the University of Toronto Art Centre at University College. It’s one of the largest gallery spaces for visual art exhibitions and programming in Toronto.
ON THE COVER: Eyes on Nuit Blanche (City Election 2018)
October 17th, 2018 · 1 Comment
Tracy Gorman’s “In her eyes” studies the eyes of the women in her life. Gorman specializes in textile-based pieces, and put photos of eyes on a dress using synthetic photographic transfer paper. The installation was part of W-O-M-A-N, an all-woman exhibition about women in society at Spadina Musuem for Nuit Blanche Toronto on September 29. HÜSNA SARI/GLEANER NEWS