The Phoenix Poetry Workshop is held the first Saturday of every month at 2:30 pm. It's a free event at the College/Shaw library which is open to any and all who wish to share their poetry.
Once upon a time when I did write poetry this was one of my favorite events as it was:
- An encouraging and friendly environment
- People grew to know each other and their poetry fairly well
- honest constructive feedback on each others writting was possible....
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Heard Jon defending hitchhiking on CBC radio's The Debaters. Immeaditly took a liking to his humour which gets you to looks at the world in unexpected ways.
Thanks for the laughs Jon.
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The comedy troupe performs the Sunday Night Live show each week at The Comedy Bar based on the same format as the the tv show, complete with guest hosts, musical guests, weekly news and a house band.
They also have a tv show on rogers.
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Ultra prolific artist and all around friendly helpful neighbour.
If you've been to Toronto you've probably seen Greg's art. From little hearts decorating buildings, poetic catch phrases on the side walk, graphic design for Not Far From the Tree, to giant snoetry(snow poetry) Gregs art is absolutely everywhere. A simple google search of his name should give you an idea of the volume of his creativity.
Thanks Greg for adding the lovely joyful suprises around ou...
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Since 2009 Red moon Collective has been inviting a wide variety of musicians to come together for a jam night.
It's a free monthly event, open to all, held in a Photographers loft space.
This summer look for the jams happening in outdoor spots like the island.
There is a great review of the event on gailatlarge.com:
"There is no protocol other than a simple sign-up sheet so people know when they’re up next, the same as what you’d find at a pool hal...
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Toronto based photographer with some stunning images from the city and afar.
Work by Andrew Joanisse is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License
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Every Friday from 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m people gather to share stories from far and wide. Folk tales, personal accounts, ballads, poems, history are all welcome. The main stipulation is that it comes from memory and is not read off a page. You are welcome to come and simply listen too.
The event has been taking place since the late 70's and some of the participants bring a great deal of storytelling experience to the event, but budding tellers will find the group very welcoming. They...
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Dufferin Grove park's local theater company. They stage irreverant PWYC plays, parades and festivals in the park featuring their spectacular home-made puppets. Their events are meant for the whole community; suiteable for kids but still entertaining for adults.
From mid-july to mid-august every year they put on a play. The performance schedule is Wednesday - Sunday 7pm + Friday - Sunday 2pm
The Saturday before halloween every year is the night of dread parade.
The Sunday b...
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Short documentary does a good job of capturing the intense energy of the much loved Lemon Bucket Orkestra.
The film has been selected as a finalist in the 2012 Air Canada enRoute Film Festival. The full film can be viewed online here.
You can find a few more details in this article from the Eyeopener....
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This past August Interactive Arts brought a few creatures, seemingly from the depths of lake Ontario, to the Humber Bay pedestrian bridge.
These larger than life critters swim overhead as you cross the bridge, lighting the night with their bio-luminescence LED lights blinking in response to their surroundings.
Our beautiful bridge will have this extra magical touch installed till September 20th 2012. I Hope they'll return next year....
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