Category: Events
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COMMUNITY ROCKS 2018@THE QUEEN ELIZABETH BUILDING CNE-Sat.,Nov.10th,2018
By Sally Warburton The Queen Elizabeth Building on the CNE grounds was a happening place on Saturday, November 10 ! Community Living Toronto was having its biennial fundraising event. With the disco theme “Celebrate good times, come on!” event throughout the venue – disco balls, disco dancers performance, guests dancing up a storm to the…
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A Fundraiser in Support of Liver Research and Education@The Westin Harbour Castle Hotel (1 Harbour Square, Toronto,)-Fri.,Nov.16th,2018
A Fundraiser in Support of Liver Research and Education. Liver disease is often seen as an adult problem but in reality thousands of children in Canada – from newborns to teens – suffer from various forms of life-threatening liver disease. Our urgent challenge is to transform the future of these children, to offer them a…
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Watch Toronto-Based Audra Santa’s Self-Directed Amorously Macabre Masterpiece “Afterglow” The Canadian Trip-Hop Goth-Soul Singer/Songwriter and Mixed Media Artist’s New Video
Watch Toronto-Based Audra Santa’s Self-Directed Amorously Macabre Masterpiece “Afterglow” The Canadian Trip-Hop Goth-Soul Singer/Songwriter and Mixed Media Artist’s New Video Considered Too Risqué for Facebook Boosting ‘Afterglow’ — YouTube Video In one of her most raw, intimately-told and empowering works of art yet, mixed-media trip-hop, pop, soul, and rock singer/songwriter Audra Santa has debuted…
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Friday Night Live @ ROM (Fri. Oct. 26, 2018)
by Jesse Read https://torontocreatives.com/ On Friday I attended my Friday Night Live at The Royal Ontario Museum. The party was Wicked themed, promoted as weird, wacky and wicked and it sure didn’t disappoint. When I arrived there was a lineup that stretched all the way around the street corner, the museum was the place to…
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Georgian Bay Unsheltered Opening Reception: @Arta Gallery-Friday October 19th, 2018 6pm-9pm Exhibition: October 19th – 31st, 2018
Georgian Bay Unsheltered Opening Reception: Friday October 19th, 2018 6pm-9pm Exhibition: October 19th – 31st, 2018 In 2017 a group of landscape painters embarked on several adventures to paint “en plein air” in the very places Tom Thomson himself painted. A proper tribute to the man on the 100 year anniversary of his passing. Bonds…
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Award-Winning Artist Zahed Sultan Creates Cross-Cultural Reggae Exchange
Award-Winning Artist Zahed Sultan Creates Cross-Cultural Reggae Exchange Recorded at Tuff Gong Studio, “Monkey Riddim” is the First Single Out on this Jamaica / Kuwait Multi-Media Album. “Talented artist” — Keep Walking Music “Loved the insane vibe and vocal mood!” — Canal Off & Surf “I loved the vibe on this” — Streetfrass “The video…
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Irish photorealistic figurative painter Nigel Cox¸ whose new solo show Solitude & The Road to Extinction debuts in Los Angeles this month at Corey Helford Gallery (on view Oct. 20th – Nov. 24th) Solitude & The Road to Extinction will feature 16 paintings
Cox observes his figures on the busy streets of London, transports them into his calm, minimal spaces, transforming them from anonymous figures in a crowd to the focal point in a vast and mostly empty landscape. He sees solitude as a comforting shield against the frenetic world around him. His solitude is a calm place,…
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HENDRICK’S GIN L.E.V.I.T.A.T.R.E. RETURNS TO ENCHANT FROM SUNSET TO SUNRISE AT THE 13TH ANNUAL NUIT BLANCHE TORONTO
By Mala Chatargun & Photography By Rick O’Brien Hendrick’s Gin returns to Nuit Blanche Toronto with a multi-sensory, all-night experience. It includes the first public participation for the penchants of peculiar at the annual celebration. Curators of the curious, standby! The skyward spectacle of spectacles returns to Toronto from sunset to sunrise at Nuit Blanche Toronto. On…
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Honoring Megan Follows @The Yorkville Four Seasons – Mon., Sept. 24th, 2018
The Stratford Festival honoured one of Canada’s leading stage and screen actors – Megan Follows. The Yorkville Four Seasons Hotel was filled with 2 floors of fans, families and friends of Megan. The ceremony featured tributes by writer Margaret Atwood, Antoni Cimolino, veteran festival actor Sara Farb, singer/songwriter Dayna Manning, Barry Avrich, Wendy Pitblado and the host…
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Ground-Breaking NYFW SS 2019 New York Fashion Week Powered By Art Hearts Fashion Manhattan, New York: From September 6th to 10th, 2018.
powered by Art Hearts Fashion returned to the enchanting and dramatic Angel Orensanz Venue. Designers, celebrities, artists, buyers, and industry professionals from around the world converged in Manhattan for the most ground-breaking and innovative event. Art Hearts Fashion offered the most extensive schedule of designers over the 5 days during fashion week and over 100…
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KENSINGTON MARKET JAZZ FESTIVAL 2018-400 Musicians Play Over 200 Shows-Friday, Saturday, Sunday September 14, 15, 16, 2018
The third annual Kensington Market Jazz Festival was the best one yet. Deemed by Brad Wheeler of the Globe and Mail as “wildly successful,” the new kid on the Toronto jazz festival block is the brainchild of founding director, acclaimed musician, philanthropist and Officer of the Order of Canada, Molly Johnson. Born in Kensington Market,…
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Terry Bozzio @ The Royal Theatre – Fri., Sept. 14th, 2018
It was a “Mash Up” of Rock, jazz, classical, & ethnic percussion styles from around the world. Terry Bozzio is “a storyteller,” able to thrill his audience with a culture filled experience of innovative instruments and “world beats.” The performance is on the largest tuned drum & percussion set in the world. Bozzio’s 2 hour…
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Vancouver’s HARD RUBBER ORCHESTRA release new album Kenny Wheeler: Suite for Hard Rubber Orchestra feat. Norma Winston.
Vancouver’s HARD RUBBER ORCHESTRA release new album Kenny Wheeler: Suite for Hard Rubber Orchestra feat. Norma Winston, Kenny Wheeler: Suite for Hard Rubber Orchestra represents the final large work by the famed Canadian jazz composer and features Wheeler’s long-time friend and vocal collaborator, Norma Winstone, performing with Vancouver’s acclaimed jazz ensemble The Hard Rubber Orchestra;.…
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THE 6th ANNUAL BIRKS DIAMOND TRIBUTE TO THE YEAR’S WOMEN IN FILM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TELEFILM CANADA@RICARDA’S-Mon.,Sept.10th,2018
This was The 6th annual Telefilm Canada + Birks Diamond Tribute to the Year’s Women in Film that honours outstanding Canadian women for their contributions to film and TV. The 2018 honourees were: director Nettie Wild (Koneline: Our Land Beautiful), actresses Tantoo Cardinal (Dances with Wolves) and Pascale Bussières (When Night is Falling), screenwriter Susan…
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THE CFF/DGC CANADA PARTY RED CARPET with special guest DJ Amanda Brugel from The Handmaid’s Tale@The Fifth Social Club, 225 Richmond Street West-Sunday, September 9,2018
The theme was totally “CANUCK”, for this TIFF event. Guests were notified and they obeyed !…..“No posers, just hosers! “ This was the most unapologetically Canadian event during TIFF! On Sunday, September 9 at The Fifth Social Club, the CFF and DGC presented The CFF Canada Party at TIFF celebrating homegrown Canadian talent who have…
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“Suite on the Sixth”During TIFF@Rock-It Promotions-Fri.,Sept.7th,2018
This was a four-day event, and guests were encouraged to explore and take part in each brand , fully immersing themselves into each product and service offering. SimplyProtein fuels guest with healthy protein packed natural snacks including bars and chips to get them through their busiest of days. Non-GMO, high protein, free from artificial sweeteners and flavours,…
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NKPR-“IT HOUSE x PRODUCERS BALL “TORONTO FILM FESTIVAL EVENT in Partnership with Rolling Stone-Thurs.,Sept.6th,2018
NKPR IT House x Producers Ball Portrait Studio in Partnership with Rolling Stone, kicked off on September 6 and ran through September 8, in collaboration with Scott Brothers Entertainment (Brother vs. Brother, Property Brothers at Home), NKPR co-create a landmark destination, the IT House x Producers Ball. We were invited to the Media Day: Thursday,…
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Bask-It-Style@Thompson Hotel-Wed.,Sept.5th,2018
On Wednesday, September 5 we were invited to the annual media day for Bask-It-Style, not your traditional gifting, as it kick starts people on the go for the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), one less thing to worry about while in town promoting their films and schmoozing with their peers – collecting new products. And…
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FanExpo @ MTCC (Aug 30 – Sep 3, 2018)
by Alon Weiss photography by Bill Kwan As summer comes to a close, it’s once again time for geeks to unite in their love of comics, video games, anime, sci-fi and all things that are a testament to the power of imagination. Labor Day weekend from Aug 30 to Sep 2, geeks and fans gathered…
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