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Optic Heart Theatre is pleased to announce that CRUSH by Hume Baugh will be presented at the 2008 Summerworks Festival.

The show is directed by Mark Cassidy (The Misfit; Kafka & Son; The Dershowitz Protocol) and features Julian DeZotti (co-writer/co-producer/lead actor in the forthcoming feature New Year with R.H. Thomson; named one of ‘10 Artists to Watch’ at the 2007 Summerworks Festival by NOW Magazine), Ryan Kelly (Dora Award winner for his performance in Will the Real J.T. Leroy Please Stand Up?; Mamma Mia!; Queer as Folk), and Siobhan Power (Gorey Story; One Good Marriage in New York and Dublin; Dinner at 7:30 and Now That the Day is Over with Theatre Rusticle). More »

Conversations on the Porch by the lake at Oakville Galleries in Gairloch Gardens

In conjunction with the current Oakville Galleries’ (Og2) exhibition, Mnemonic Devices, we invite you to participate in ‘Conversations on the Porch’. This programme is designed to bring Oakville together to spend an evening by the lake listening to published authors and sharing stories about the past. ‘Conversations on the Porch’ brings back the old summer tradition of spending evenings with family and friends on the porch and focuses on memory and the process that allows individuals, families and communities to create history and mythology. More »

You are invited to celebrate with the Human Statues!
July 12, 9 pm.

The CD is finally ready and we are excited to show you what we’ve been working on the past months.  Our show starts at 9pm at the Horseshoe Tavern on Queen St.  Doors are at 8.  The first 20 people to arrive will get a T-shirt made by the Statues themselves.  More »

We are a group of students from Earl Haig Secondary School, Claude Watson Drama Program. We are currently working towards our July performances at the Alumnae Studio and it would be fantastic if you could post a listing for us on your website.

Squalor Suites - The Apartment Series.
July 23-25 8:00 pm. Alumnae Studio. 70 Berkeley St.

For tickets call 647-899-7050 or e-mail mcmsummerproductions@gmail.com
Adults: $15 Students/Seniors: $10 More »

Hey All, Some extra dates have been added for July…checkitout.
peace, nilan

Saturday, July 12  8pm ‘Somewhere There’ 340 Dufferin ave. south of Queen West,

Justin Haynes - guitars, etc, Nilan Perera - guitars, etc.
Robin Buckley - drums, Aaron Lumley - contrabass, Nilan Perera - guitars  (the trio tentatively named ‘lonelywomen) More »

Athena to Xena - Ferocious Funkabelly
Join us on the fabulous first floor of the Dovercourt House and bring your funked up friends!!. These parties are an invitation to let your hair down, whip out your favourite moves, and dance your heart out. With a warm setting that is the perfect cross between a club and a studio, the stage is set to move past inhibition and artifice into a state of true flow and pleasure in movement. More »

THE PEOPLE’S MUSIC
A 5-part documentary series on CBC Radio
on the history & development of Folk Music in English Canada
with Gary Cristall

Airing Sundays: July 6, 13, 20, 27 & August 3 on “Inside the Music”
12pm, noon – CBC Radio Two / 8pm – CBC Radio One
& Sirius Radio (check local schedules) More »

FADO ELIST FOR ALL! JULY 2008
INDEX

1. EVENT: FADO Publication Launch in Halifax, Nova Scotia
\From Ironic To Iconic: The Performance Works of Tanya Mars
Date: July 3, 2008
2. EVENT: Bbeyond More »

Luciano Iacobelli wrote:
I’m doing a feature at the Artbar Tuesday July 8th. I’ll be reading mostly from my new work.
If you have the time drop by. The reading starts at 8.
Luciano Iacobelli More »

Shadowland Theatre presents The Light That Stands Still, a spectacular summer night’s odyssey on Toronto Island
Dates: Thursday to Sunday, July 17 to 20 and 24 to 27, 8pm

2008 marks the 200th anniversary of the building of the lighthouse at Gibraltar Point on Toronto Island. This is oldest stone building in its original location in Toronto and oldest lighthouse on the Great Lakes. It is a symbol of light and dark, rescue and disaster, sirens and spirits, and of the power of place. More »

Please join award winning athlete, motivational speaker and physical trainer, Waneek Horn-Miller (Bear Clan of the Mohawk Nation) in a discussion addressing identity and how health and personal well-being can drive one along a journey of self-discovery.

Aboriginal identity is complex within the contemporary realities. Aboriginal identity is often more than who the individual is. Family, land and culture is intertwined and equates a collective expression of identity. More »

Pilgrimage of Wanderers
Suspiros Archivados / Archived Sighs 1999-2008
Decaying Empire

Pilgrimage of Wanderers
Claudia Bernal, José Mansilla-Miranda, Osvaldo Ramirez Castillo, José Luis Torres
Co-presented by: Salvador Allende Arts Festival for Peace
Curated by Tamara Toledo

Condemned to perpetual travel, the artists in Pilgrimage of Wanderers encounter a torturous nomadic experience in which their route is determined by memory, violence and trauma as they negotiate with the mundanity of living in North America. More »

The Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition is a juried showcase featuring contemporary fine art and craft that takes place on Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto every July.  More than 500 artists participate and 100,000 visitors attend the exhibition.
No Admission Fees. Rain or Shine.
Fri, July 11: 10am to 8pm / Sat, July 12: 10am to 7pm / Sun, July 13: 10m to 6pm
For more information, contact  416-408-2754 or visit  http://www.torontooutdoorart.org

Andrew Burashko, founder and Artistic Director of the acclaimed Art of Time Ensemble, today announced the ensemble’s exciting and provocative tenth anniversary season, sponsored by BMO Financial. Art of Time’s Official Broadcast Partner, CBC Radio Two, will record the concerts for future broadcast. More »

Dear Fans, Friends and Colleagues - PLEASE POST

The Nathaniel Dett Chorale will be holding the first of our pre-season audition dates on Friday, June 27th from the mid afternoon till early evening. We will be holding further auditions again before September, so if you cannot attend this audition, call and we will put you on our list. More »

The bygone era of the Dufferin Race Track is brought to life by the awesome Clay & Paper Theatre whose large-scale puppetry takes over Dufferin Grove Park from July 16-August 17. This is theatre of exaggeration, of giant puppetry, of satire and wit that brings a significant part of Toronto history back to the neigh-bourhood. Perfect for a summer night’s outing!

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Just a friendly reminder,
Leonardo Gallery’s current exhibition Figures on Stage will be concluding this Saturday, June 21st, with artist Margarida Neto in attendance from 3 – 5PM.
Neto is a world-renowned visual artist whose canvasses have graced gallery walls in Lisbon, Spain, Sintra, and now Toronto. More »

A summer party for Survey, featuring an exciting array of summer treats, will be held on Thursday, June 19 from 7 to 10 PM at Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art, located at 401 Richmond Street West, Suite 124, Toronto. The exhibition continues until July 26, 2008. Admission is free. More »

On the news that the NFB had “retired” two of its remaining three film-makers.

Once upon a time, in 1939 to be exact, the Government of Canada decided to open a bakery. They called it the Canadian Bread Board. They hired a man who liked bread and who understood bakers and, because the country didn’t really have a baking industry, the bakery soon became very well known. Within just a few years it garnered a world wide reputation as a bakery that could consistently deliver good bread… because they had good bakers who understood the process. More »

A Space Gallery, 401 Richmond Street West, Suite 110

The Latin American Speakers Series address politically and socially engaged themes pertaining to the local Latin American artistic community. A wide range of visual artists, curators, designers, educators, and academics will have the opportunity to share and discuss their projects creating a forum for dialogue and collaboration as well as provide an educational vehicle for change and exchange. The public will have the opportunity to engage in discussion after each presentation. More »