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. Read more
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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
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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
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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.
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November 2nd, 2017 · Comments Off on ARTS (Oct. 2017): Focusing on education and history
Lectures, arts talks, and creative workshops
By Heather Kelly
HOLOCAUST EDUCATION WEEK EVENTS
The 37th Annual Neuberger Holocaust Education Week takes place throughout Toronto November 2-9, 2017. This year, the event examines Pivotal Moments that have shaped our understanding of the Holocaust. Read more
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October 12th, 2017 · Comments Off on ARTS (FALL 2017): Exhibitions, concerts, films, talks
Plus a spooktacular October weekend
PICTURE COURTESY BLOOR ST. CULTURAL CORRIDOR: The Toronto Jewish Film Society presents The Human Resources Manager on October 15. Adapted from a novel by A.B. Yehoshua, it tells the story of an HR manager who reluctantly takes home the body of a Romanian worker after she is killed in a suicide bombing in Israel.
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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
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March 22nd, 2017 · Comments Off on ARTS (MARCH 2017): Blue whale exhibit opens at the Royal Ontario Museum
Bloor Street’s cultural organizations starting to celebrate Canada 150
PHOTO COURTESY THE GARDINER MUSEUM: Drawing from memory and using a unique visual language of hybrid animal creatures, Janet Macpherson presents her very personal view of the nation in Janet Macpherson: A Canadian Bestiary at the Gardiner Museum. Its features four immersive installations are connected by overlapping themes and questions tracing identity and history, nature and the consequences of human actions, and the idea of the North. Showing until May 22.
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March 5th, 2017 · Comments Off on ARTS (FEBRUARY 2017): Celebrate love and family
A wealth of activities for kids of all ages
By Heather Kelly
February is a month of celebrating love and making time with family members. Read more
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