Bata Shoe Museum celebrates 30 years of innovative programming  By Drew Glennie   The Bate Shoe Museum (BSM) is celebrating 30 years as an Annex institution with the exciting exhibition Rough & Ready: A History of the Cowboy Boot. Curated by Elizabeth Semmelhack, the director and senior curator at the BSM, the exhibition launched in  […]

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If you are a shoe fanatic, Sundays are particularly good days because the Bata Shoe Museum (BSM) is FREE on Sundays.

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Digitally speaking it’s wide open to explore By Meribeth Deen  Is 2021 everything you’d hoped it would be? Sure, you would crave a face to face conversation with a perfect stranger, but your pyjama pants are basically glued to your body at this point and who can keep up with what you’re allowed to do […]

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ANNEX GLEANER ARTS (Oct. 2020): Global pandemic month eight: the show goes on. Discover a wealth of Culture Corridor programming on-line

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TransformTO consultation held to discuss city’s climate plan By Khyrsten Mieras The City of Toronto and the Annex Residents’ Association’s (ARA) Parks, Trees and Environment Committee held the latest TransformTO community consultation at the Bata Shoe Museum on November 4. Along with local communities, the city is holding several public conversations this fall to discuss […]

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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 […]

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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. Open Streets Toronto on September 20 animates Bloor Street with family-friendly programming where you can play […]

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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 […]

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March Break fun with art, music, and culture By Heather Kelly March break arts and culture Young family members will have plenty of inspiration to sing, dance, make music, enjoy art and crafts, see films and exhibitions, and participate in adventures at the many March break camps and family events along the Bloor St. Culture […]

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Learn a new language, gain a new skill or try something different By Heather Kelly Whether you call them resolutions, aspirations, or vows, most of us go into the new year intending to make this one better, do more of some things and less of others. We want to be inspired, reduce stress, learn something […]

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Arts, culture, film, and music By Heather Kelly Beautiful things and special experiences are wonderful gifts. For those of you still doing your holiday shopping, a small suggestion: start local. In addition to the great retail stores along Bloor Street West, there are hundreds of gift ideas right here at our local culture organizations. Did […]

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Gearing up for the season By Heather Kelly Game changers and trail blazers At key moments in history, remarkable individuals find the courage to reinvent the world as we know it. Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema presents the popular series, Game Changers, which pays tribute to the cultural visionaries who point the way forward. Films that tell […]

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