Fall of 2021 is as good a time as any to escape planet earth
By Meribeth Deen
ARTS: Get other-worldly at the Toronto Reference Library (Fall 2021)
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ARTS: Cream cheese and Covid Culture (Apr. 2021)
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Your May 2021 Arts Brief
By Meribeth Deen
May 16th, 2021 is a Sunday, and in all likelihood, you will not be going anywhere, certainly not to a museum or concert. Maybe, maybe… you will go to a park.
ARTS: Online culture is real – dive in (Jan. 2021)
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ARTS: Keep. Craving. Culture. (Dec. 2020)
December 21st, 2020 · 3 Comments
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: Global pandemic month eight: the show goes on (Oct. 2020)
November 2nd, 2020 · Comments Off on ARTS: Global pandemic month eight: the show goes on (Oct. 2020)
Discover a wealth of Culture Corridor programming on-line
By Meribeth Deen
Remember festivals? Remember movie theatres, parties, the crush of humanity drawn to the streets because there were places to go, things to see, and people to meet? Sometimes eight months feels like forever, even though we got a dose of sunshine, could set foot into museums, and got re-acquainted with dining out.
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)
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February corridor offerings abound
By Meribeth Deen
ARTS: Corridor calendar chock full (Dec. 2019)
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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: Culture Corridor adds members (May 2019)
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Women’s Art Association and Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library join
By Meribeth Deen
NEWS: JCC rebuilding playground (May 2018)
May 9th, 2018 · Comments Off on NEWS: JCC rebuilding playground (May 2018)
Community centre emphasizing accessibility
The new rooftop playground at the Miles Nadal JCC will feature natural elements, equipment that encourages learning through play, and be accessible to children in wheelchairs.
By Geremy Bordonaro
ARTS: New exhibitions and many festivals to herald spring (May 2018)
May 9th, 2018 · Comments Off on ARTS: New exhibitions and many festivals to herald spring (May 2018)
Nikon ambassadors to offer tips and tricks on May 30
The Tatsuya Nakatani Gong Orchestra, which is touring North America, brings its live sound project to the Music Gallery on May 26 at 8:00 p.m. COURTESY OF THE BLOOR STREET CULTURE CORRIDOR
By Heather Kelly
ARTS: Celebrate diversity through stories (March 2018)
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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
CHATTER: No more funding for Annex Family Festival (Jan. 2018)
January 29th, 2018 · Comments Off on CHATTER: No more funding for Annex Family Festival (Jan. 2018)
The future of the Annex Family Festival is up in the air after most of its funds were cut by the Bloor Annex BIA at its annual general meeting on January 9. The organization’s board of directors presented the annual budget, which included funding for the festival, for approval by the general members.