Did you sleep through history class? Never fear — this month there’s a lot that you can catch up on, particularly in commemoration of Black History Month. Prepare to explore the stories you thought you knew alongside the ones you were never told through books, movies, and coins.
CHATTER: Unlock the secrets of Canadian history (Winter 2022)
March 14th, 2022 · Comments Off on CHATTER: Unlock the secrets of Canadian history (Winter 2022)
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)
Fall of 2021 is as good a time as any to escape planet earth
By Meribeth Deen
ARTS: Coronavirus arts update:?Stay engaged (July 2020)
August 7th, 2020 · Comments Off on ARTS: Coronavirus arts update:?Stay engaged (July 2020)
ARTS: Embrace culture in defiance of COVID-19 (May 2020)
June 15th, 2020 · 2 Comments
At your fingertips and while in your pjs – enjoy it!
By Meribeth Deen
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
ON THE COVER: (August 2019)
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CHATTER: A deeper history buried in Mirvish Village (August 2019)
September 2nd, 2019 · 1 Comment
The prospect of a little time-travelling attracted a large gathering of residents to A Different Booklist on May 29. There was a definitely palpable sense of intrigue and excitement at the event as messages had been prepared to send to the future.
ARTS: Get your spook on for Halloween (City Election 2018)
October 17th, 2018 · Comments Off on ARTS: Get your spook on for Halloween (City Election 2018)
Travel round the world through the arts
By Heather Kelly
The end of October is a creepy, crawly, spooky fun time of year. With that in mind, everyone can get up close and personal with some of the biggest and baddest arachnids in the world, including new additions to the Spiders: Fear & Fascination exhibition at the Royal Ontario Museum.
ARTS: Celebrate diversity through stories (March 2018)
March 22nd, 2018 · Comments Off on ARTS: Celebrate diversity through stories (March 2018)
March Break fun with art, music, and culture
Audience and art interact in Riverbed by Yoko Ono at the Gardiner Museum. The museum is showing Ono’s films from the 1960s and 1970s, and hosting a lecture about the artist’s activism on March 26. COURTESY GARDINER MUSEUM
By Heather Kelly
BLACK HISTORY MONTH (FEBRUARY 2017): Moving to the centre
March 5th, 2017 · Comments Off on BLACK HISTORY MONTH (FEBRUARY 2017): Moving to the centre
Celebrate Black History in the Annex
February 2nd, 2016 · Comments Off on Celebrate Black History in the Annex
Book launches, dance festivals, and fashion mark month
#FNLROM returns Feb. 5 with Encore: One Love, a celebration of Bob Marley. The evening includes music, great food, and an art exhibition.
Courtesy ElectriCITY Events
By Dilara Kurtaran
Tags: Annex · Arts · General · History
Inaugural Visual Fringe debuts at this year’s festival
July 5th, 2011 · Comments Off on Inaugural Visual Fringe debuts at this year’s festival
Artist Aynsley Moorhouse's installation will explore sound and memory. Photo courtesy Mykola Velychko
By Julia Hennessey
For the first time ever, the Toronto Fringe Festival has officially opened its programming to include visual artists, and according to Gideon Arthurs, barring hate crimes, anything goes.
Tags: Arts