Digitally speaking it’s wide open to explore
By Meribeth Deen
ARTS: Online culture is real – dive in (Jan. 2021)
January 27th, 2021 · Comments Off on ARTS: Online culture is real – dive in (Jan. 2021)
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: The arts are open! (Almost) (Aug. 2020)
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.
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: 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: Summertime arts and culture (Summer 2018)
August 12th, 2018 · Comments Off on ARTS: Summertime arts and culture (Summer 2018)
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 the streets of our city!
CHATTER: Discover Daphne Cockwell Gallery dedicated to First Peoples art & culture (Election Special 2018)
May 29th, 2018 · Comments Off on CHATTER: Discover Daphne Cockwell Gallery dedicated to First Peoples art & culture (Election Special 2018)
The Royal Ontario of Museum (ROM) has been providing free access to the Daphne Cockwell Gallery dedicated to First Peoples art & culture since April 18. It’s all part of an initiative to educate Canadians on Indigenous culture and welcome more people to the 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
ARTS (Oct. 2017): Focusing on education and history
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.
ARTS (FALL 2017): Exhibitions, concerts, films, talks
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.
ARTS (AUGUST 2017): Prepare for a season of festivals and events
September 13th, 2017 · Comments Off on ARTS (AUGUST 2017): Prepare for a season of festivals and events
September marks the start of performance season and arts classes
PICTURE COURTESY HEATHER KELLY: The Royal Conservatory’s red piano at Open Streets TO.
By Heather Kelly
Concert season begins!
(ARTS JULY 2017) Canada 150, camps for kids, and plenty of film
August 1st, 2017 · Comments Off on (ARTS JULY 2017) Canada 150, camps for kids, and plenty of film
August is alive along the Bloor St. Corridor
PHOTO COURTESY THE ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM: Saul Williams of North Caribou Lake First Nation, Weagamo, infuses his first exposure to the homes of non-Indigenous women in the city with humour in White Women and Their Plants, 1978. The painting is part of Anishinaabeg: Art & Power, a Royal Ontario Museum exhibition that explores the life, traditions, and sacred stories of the Anishinaabeg.
ARTS (APRIL 2017): Bloor St. Culture Corridor celebrates three years
April 10th, 2017 · Comments Off on ARTS (APRIL 2017): Bloor St. Culture Corridor celebrates three years
Enhancing Toronto’s vital arts and cultural sector
PHOTO COURTESY TORONTO REFERENCE LIBRARY: Vice and Virtue, running until April 30 at the Toronto Reference Library, examines moral reform in Toronto at the turn of the last century. When moral crusader William Holmes Howland was elected mayor in 1886, he introduced laws to curb drinking and vice. This exhibit presents articles, photos, and other media fueling the good and evil behind Toronto the Good.
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