Category: Events
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Alchemical Cinema: Land Breath Fire. Sound by Allison Cameron, in a controlled burn of the forest in High Park.
Alchemical Cinema: Land Breath Fire. Sound by Allison Cameron, in a controlled burn of the forest in High Park.Composer Spotlight: Allison Cameron. Allison Cameron is a professional composer, performer and improvising musician in Toronto. Her reputation for writing compelling compositions for contemporary music ensembles is international. Her improvising trio c_RL (pronounced curl) was a featured…
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Self-styled Cemetery Mayor on Marilyn Monroe’s 95th Birthday; Executive Producer of AMERICAN TRAITOR is Monroe’s Neighbor for Eternity
Director, Actor, Producer And Writer JONATHAN BAKER Draws Connections with Marilyn Monroe on her 95th Birthday June 1 Baker-EP’s AMERICAN TRAITOR Opening May 28 Baker-Produced Educational Doc BECOMING ICONIC Out Now on VOD Jonathan Baker “at home” at Westwood Cemetery Hollywood, CA —It’s that time of year again! Had she lived, cultural icon Marilyn Monroe…
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Canada’s Largest Music Conference and Festival Canadian Music Week 2021 A Virtual Conference this year!
By Sally Warburton Canada’s Largest Music Conference and Festival Canadian Music Week 2021 A Virtual Conference this year! May 18 – 21, 2021 4 day music summit the CMW Conference was virtual due to Covid pandemic. With the CMW app easily available on cell or laptop, each talk, meeting and music presentation was at your…
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BEING THUNDER which will be premiering at the Inside Out Film Festival.
Sherenté Harris, a two-spirit genderqueer teenager from the Narragansett tribe in Rhode Island, boldly challenges the status quo of what it means to be a queer Indigenous person in a world bound by binary gender roles. French filmmaker Stephanie Lamorre quietly documents Sherenté’s life and family interactions over the course of several years, revealing the…
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HBO Max will stream the HA Comedy Festival, for a second year. The festival takes place in the historic Riverwalk Area of San Antonio, TX this September.
HA COMEDY FESTIVAL SPECIAL TO RETURN TO HBO MAX NEW CADENCE PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS THE LARGEST SHOWCASE OF LATINX COMEDIC TALENT IN THE WORLD FOR A SECOND YEAR SECOND CITY JOINS THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED AND AWARD- WINNING COMEDY FEST Los Angeles, CA- New Cadence Productions (NCP), which recently announced a 10 Episode order for its reboot of…
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WHO KILLED VINCENT CHIN? SCREENING AND PANEL IN THE NEWS
AVAILABLE NOW FREE tickets for Who Killed Vincent Chin? doc and post-screening panel discussion are available until 10pm ET May 27 with presentation viewable until 11:59pm ET, May 27Renee Tajima-Peña and Christine Choy tenaciously cover the events surrounding the murder and trial as movements build for justice while investigating and exposing white supremacy, American chauvinism, and the legal system that upholds…
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Historic Exhibition of Trinidadian-Canadian Artist Denyse Thomasos Debuts Virtually at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection
Historic Exhibition of Trinidadian-Canadian Artist Denyse Thomasos Debuts Virtually at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection. Denyse Thomasos (1964–2012), Sparrow, 2010, Acrylic on canvas, 152.4 x 182.9 cm, Private collection, The McMichael Canadian Art Collection is pleased to announce that the highly anticipated exhibition, Denyse Thomasos: Odyssey, will debut virtually on June 14, 2021, and in person once the…
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PRAY AWAY will screen at the 2021 Tribeca Film
Netflix is pleased to announce that PRAY AWAY will screen at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival ahead of its global launch on Netflix in August. Executive produced by Ryan Murphy and Jason Blum, PRAY AWAY follows former leaders of the “pray the gay away” movement as they contend with the aftermath unleashed by their actions, while a survivor seeks healing and acceptance…
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WANDERING, A ROHINGYA STORY by Mélanie Carrier and Olivier Higgins
WANDERING, A ROHINGYA STORY by Mélanie Carrier and Olivier Higgins Canadian Screen Award Winner – Ted Rogers Best Feature Length Documentary Photo: Renaud Philippe SPIRA and MÖ FILMS aree proud to announce that Wandering, a Rohingya Story by Quebec filmmakers Mélanie Carrier and Olivier Higgins was awarded the Ted Rogers Best Feature Length Documentary at the 2021 Canadian Screen Awards Ceremony which was held virtually last night. Wandering, a…
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BECOMING ICONIC: JONATHAN BAKER was created in tandem with Baker’s preparation for and production of his own directorial debut, INCONCEIVABLE, starring Nicolas Cage, Gina Gershon and Faye Dunaway. The documentary is directed by Neal Thibedeau.
Jonathan Baker hosted a COVID-safe, “no shoes, no-carpet” premiere of his educational documentary BECOMING ICONIC at his home screening room on top of Mulholland Drive, a sumptuous 25-seat venue named after his house’s former owner, Warren Beatty. That’s it: show up, take off your shoes, watch the movie, and then join Jonathan for an al fresco champagne…
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2022 Sundance Film Festival, which will take place January 20–30. Next year’s safe, accessible Festival will unspool online and in person !
Now Playing:The Indigenous Shorts TourThe Sundance Film Festival’s Short Film Program has long been established as a place to discover talented Indigenous directors, from Taika Waititi to Sterlin Harjo. Building upon that rich legacy, this month, our Indigenous Program invites you to join us—and our friends at museums, Native cultural centers, and arthouse cinemas—for an 85-minute program of…
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2020 Tribeca Grand Jury Prize winner for Best Documentary SOCKS ON FIRE, will have its rebirth at the Tribeca 2021 for its official premiere at the festival.
We are pleased to announce that the 2020 Tribeca Grand Jury Prize winner for Best Documentary SOCKS ON FIRE, will have its rebirth at the Tribeca 2021 for its official premiere at the festival. Directed by Bo McGuire, SOCKS ON FIRE is a cinematic love letter to his grandmother as his homophobic aunt and drag queen uncle wage…
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Interior Design Show IDS Spring Resiliency Conference 2021 Sustainability and Designing for the Future
Interior Design Show IDS Spring Resiliency Conference 2021 Sustainability and Designing for the Future Virtual for the 2nd year in a row due to the Pandemic IDS Spring 2021 offered lots of variety and new products and talks with industry professionals. The four days May 10 – 13 were filled with design ideas. The IDS…
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The Group of Seven & Tom Thomson Receives 2021 Canadian Museums Association Award for Outstanding Achievement in Research
src=”https://files.constantcontact.com/fcfee869001/0406dbae-0f42-42a4-8a86-5189b99f0db1.png”> Like Vision: The Group of Seven & Tom Thomson Receives 2021 Canadian Museums Association Award for Outstanding Achievement in Research The McMichael Canadian Art Collection is delighted to announce that its 2020 publication, A Like Vision: The Group of Seven & Tom Thomson, has been honoured with the Canadian Museums Association’s award for Outstanding Achievement in…
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New series of works by five incredible artists: aica, Fafi, Kristen Liu-Wong, Messy Desk and ONEQ premiering Saturday, May 22nd
New series of works by five incredible artists: aica, Fafi, Kristen Liu-Wong, Messy Desk and ONEQ premiering Saturday, May 22nd is on your radar. The show’s opening will be celebrated with a livestreaming event on Instagram Live (@CoreyHelfordGallery), with more details to be announced. CHG’s five-artist show premieres Saturday, May 22ndin Gallery 2, alongside Part 2…
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With a Wilted Relationship as a Muse, St. Catharines, ON Singer/Songwriter KATHRYN SINOPOLI Releases New Single “Waterproof”
With a Wilted Relationship as a Muse, St. Catharines, ON Singer/Songwriter KATHRYN SINOPOLI Releases New Single “Waterproof” The coming of a new year often fills people with a great deal of hope and ambition to make a difference and do something noteworthy; whether that’s for themselves or others. Well, only one week in and Canadian…
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Kingston’s Singer/Songwriter ASTRID TANTON Offers “Comfort” with New Single-Track Lands Ahead of the Artist’s Forthcoming Debut Album, From My Eyes
Kingston’s Singer/Songwriter ASTRID TANTON Offers “Comfort” with New Single Track Lands Ahead of the Canadian Artist’s Forthcoming Debut Album, From My Eyes Watch “Comfort” (Official Video) via YouTube Here Learn “Comfort” (The Dance) via YouTube Here Kingston, ON”s indie pop singer/songwriter Astrid Tanton shares the view from her perspective with “Comfort,” the premiere single ahead of…
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May And June Releases for : Trigger Point, Rockfield and Edge Of The World
Trigger Point tells the story of a disgraced U.S. operative, who suffered memory loss at the hands of his captors, as he gets dragged back into the deadly spy world when a colleague goes missing. He needs all of his skills to find her, but to uncover the truth, he must remember the past. Starring Barry Pepper…
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BBPA Harry Jerome Awards 2021 DECADE LEADERS: THE ART of POSSIBLE
by Sally Warburton With an introduction by Prime Minister Trudeau, Ontario Premier Doug Ford and then Mayor of Toronto John Tory, one of Toronto’s most anticipated award events got its start! Over 1000 attendees including Government and Corporate Leaders, Community Members, Celebrity Supporters and BBPA Harry Jerome Alumni such as Jean Augustine were present. Saturday,…
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Over 10 days, the Hot Docs Film Festival introduced us to the world. The issues. The future. Culture. Activism. Science & Technology. Society. Music.
By Sally Warburton That’s a wrap! Hot Docs Film Festival 2021 Over 10 days, the Hot Docs Film Festival introduced us to the world. The issues. The future. Culture. Activism. Science & Technology. Society. Music. A film on every topic possible. The last day of the festival May 9 ended with the announcement for the…
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