Category: Life & Culture
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Filipina-Canadian Poet Alia Ceniza Rasul Announces Debut Collection of Comedic Poetry Super Important Filipina Thoughts
Filipina-Canadian PoetAlia Ceniza RasulAnnounces Debut Collection of Comedic PoetrySuper Important Filipina Thoughts Just in time for April, National Poetry Month, Tkaronto-based Filipina artist, comedian and producer Alia Ceniza Rasul is releasing her first book of hilariously irreverent poems entitled Super Important Filipina Thoughts. The collection reflects Rasul’s musings on identity, family, navigating relationships and friendships, and growing up Filipina.…
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The 6th Annual ReelAbilities Film Festival Returns Online May 19-31, 2021
The 6th Annual ReelAbilities Film FestivalReturns Online-May 19-31, 2021 ReelAbilities Film Festival Toronto (RAFF) is proud to announce their 6th Annual Festival will return online May 19 – 31, 2021. ReelAbilities Film Festival showcases Canadian and International shorts, features, and documentaries about Deaf and disability cultures and by filmmakers and actors with disabilities and/or who are Deaf. ReelAbilities Film Festival 2021…
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Beyond Monet: The Immersive Experience This summer, for a limited engagement.
Beyond MONET: The Immersive Experience WORLD PREMIERE coming to Toronto PRE-REGISTER NOW FOR FIRST ACCESS TO TICKETS@ www.monettoronto.com Beyond Monet: The Immersive Experience makes its world premiere in Toronto at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre this summer, for a limited engagement. This innovative, cinematic and all new production was created by the minds of Normal Studio and…
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Slow Art Day @The Power Plant -a global event with a simple mission: help more people discover the joy of looking at and loving art!
Slow Down with The Power Plant Slow Art DaySaturday, 10 April 2021, 2 PM | OnlineSlow Art Day is a global event with a simple mission: help more people discover the joy of looking at and loving art! Embrace the art of slow looking with us as we join over 100 institutions worldwide to host Slow Art Day, an…
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Relive Electric Messiah!Composer G.F. Handel originally conceived of his masterpiece Messiah as a performance to be done at Easter, not Christmas as has become the tradition.
Relive Electric Messiah!Composer G.F. Handel originally conceived of his masterpiece Messiah as a performance to be done at Easter, not Christmas as has become the tradition. To celebrate, we’re delighted to open up our December 2020 Electric Messiah performance to you all! Click below to see what critics called “a highly polished affair” and “a delight to both eye and ear.” (The Wholenote). Whether…
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Spring into SHOES with the BATA SHOE MUSEUM 💐Spring into SHOES ~ April 12 – 16, 2021
Join us for everything SHOES this April Break. From exploring new online exhibitions and making recycled crafts to playing Shoebox Bingo LIVE, listening to our Storytime Series and joining us for a virtual tour, there’s something new each day to keep you and your kids entertained! BalletPirouette, Jeté, Pas…explore our newest ONLINE EXHIBITION, On Pointe, and…
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The McMichael Canadian Art Collection is pleased to announce the opening of the exhibition Uninvited: Canadian Women Artists in the Modern Moment on June 26, 2021.
Suzanne Duquet (1916–2000), Group, 1941, oil on canvas, 127 × 149.8 cm, Collection of the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Gift of the artist, 1996.94, Photo: MNBAQ, Jean-Guy Kerouac, © Estate of the artistMarch 29, 2021, KLEINBURG, ON – The McMichael Canadian Art Collection is pleased to announce the opening of the exhibition Uninvited: Canadian Women Artists in the Modern Moment on June 26,…
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Unwinding Anxiety – New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your Mind.
Please join UCLA’s Friends of the Semel Institute and the Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital Board of Advisors for an Open Mind/#WOW program with Judson Brewer, MD, PhD, internationally known thought leader in the field of habit change and the “science of self-mastery”, and the author of the critically acclaimed new book Unwinding Anxiety – New Science Shows How…
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The Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival Moves Online+The Closing Night Gala on Sunday, March 28 will present a 60 minute table read from Untitled Black Sketch Project, Canada’s premiere all-Black ensemble sketch troupe. : TOsketchfest21 – Screen Time Edition March 24 – 28, 2021
The Toronto Sketch Comedy FestivalMoves Online: TOsketchfest21 – Screen Time EditionMarch 24 – 28, 2021 The Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival(TOsketchfest) returns March 24 – 28, 2021 with TOsketchfest21 – Screen Time Edition, an online sketch comedy festival with over 100 titles from around the world. This five-day online comedy Festival will celebrate the raw creativity of sketch comedians in the COVID…
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DIVERSEartLA program and its vital role in the LA Art Show
Please Join Us for the Next Edition of our DIVERSEartLA Virtual Talks Today! We’re excited to present the next edition of our new monthly virtual DIVERSEartLA Talks! Today we feature special guests from the La Neomudéjar Museum in Madrid, Spain. Appearing this week in the talks will be La Neomudéjar Director Nestor Prieto, Director Francsico…
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“COLLECTIVE” The two-time Oscar nominee everyone is talking about.Director: Alexander Nanau
Collective The two-time Oscar nominee everyone is talking about.DI rector: Alexander Nanau | 109 min | 2019 | Romania, Luxembourg | Streaming on Hot Docs at Home Already purchased?Click “Watch Now” & view the film. Streaming until April 29th WATCH NOWGET CINEMA TICKETS When a catastrophic fire at a Bucharest nightclub leads to the mysterious death of…
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The second annual Sauga City Music Conference will take place virtually on Zoom over two weeks from March 17 – 26, 2021.
March 17 – 26, 2021 www.saugacitymusicfest.com The second annual Sauga City Music Conference will take place virtually on Zoom over two weeks from March 17 – 26, 2021. The conference is free with registration on Eventbrite. Featuring two keynote speakers, a webinar and three music panels, the conference will provide tools and advice for emerging…
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Sat. March,3/20,2021: Rock Cellar & the Get Together Foundation Present ‘All Together Now – LA2,’ an All-Star Benefit Streaming Concert Event for COVID-19 Relief
SHARE. This coming Saturday, March 20, a host of celebrities, musicians, entertainers, and more will join forces for All Together Now – LA2, a very special online all-star concert event and telethon to raise money for coronavirus crisis relief. The concert will be a major and significant emergency relief effort helping residents of the Los Angeles…
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RISER Goes NationalWhy Not Theatre’s collaborative producing model expands to support more artists
RISER Goes NationalWhy Not Theatre’s collaborative producing modelexpands to support more artists,launching RISER Edmontonwith Common Ground Arts Society in February 2022 With generous support from the Government of Canada and the RBC Foundation, Why Not Theatre is embarking on a national expansion of RISER, starting in Edmonton in February 2022 and expanding into other Canadian cities in 2023. In partnership with Edmonton-based theatre…
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“A Night Out” celebrates the glamourous nightlife we all miss, featuring top photographers, models, brands & hotels in a lush photobook launching Tues. March 30, to raise funds for Canadian healthcare workers
“A Night Out” celebrates the glamourous nightlife we all miss, featuring top photographers, models, brands & hotels in a lush photobook launching Tues. March 30,to raise funds for Canadian healthcare workers In a first for Canada, Toronto fashion photographer Isaiah Haber – www.isaiahhaberphotography.com – is thrilled to announce the production of a glamourous new charity photobook, “A Night…
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UCLA Friends Of Semel and Resnick Advisory Board Open Mind Program “And Then They Stopped Talking To Me”
UCLA’s Friends of the Semel Institute and Resnick Board for an Open Mind/#WOW program with Judith Warner, New York Times best-selling author of the critically acclaimed new book And Then They Stopped Talking to Me- Making Sense of Middle School. Dr. Safiya Umoja Noble, Associate Professor at UCLA in the Department of Information Studies, will join Ms. Warner in…
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50th anniversary of Celebrating Women’s Worth & its infamous slogan, “Because We’re Worth It”.
50 Years of Celebrating Women’s WorthA landmark anniversary for L’Oréal Paris’ iconic slogan L’Oréal Paris Canada, the world’s leading beauty brand, today celebrates the 50th anniversary of its infamous slogan, “Because We’re Worth It”. Not a tagline, but rather an inspiring mission that remains at the heart of the brand today, L’Oréal Paris has always…
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INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY CONVERSATIONABOUT NASRINSOTOUDEH AND HUMAN RIGHTS
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL USA, THE GLOBAL JUSTICE CENTER, AND THE FEMINIST MAJORITY FOUNDATION PRESENT AP INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY CONVERSATIONABOUT NASRINSOTOUDEH AND HUMAN RIGHTS Banned Iranian Filmmaker Jafar Panahi Will Present a Message During Panel “Nasrin Sotoudeh should win the Nobel Peace Prize. She is a hero of our time, bravelychallenging misogyny and dictatorship.”– Nicholas Kristof, The New YorkTimes RSVP:https://amnestyusa-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_YupiS2O9TFOKuvWewnyJEw Monday, March 8, 2021 – New York,…
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RC Show 2021 February 28 – March 3 This year’s Restaurant Canada Show 2021 was a hit!
By Sally Warburton RC Show 2021 February 28 – March 3 This year’s Restaurant Canada Show 2021 was a hit! With the COVID-19 pandemic everything was all online. And done extremely well. Yes, it was very different. And we missed all the delicious food samples and drinks! Very much! However, you could still feel the excitement of…
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World Athletics makes new equality pledges to mark International Women’s Day
By Mitch Phillips World Athletics has marked International Women’s Day with a series of pledges to “further advance the role of girls and women” in the sport under the campaign slogan “WeGrowAthletics.” The world governing body says it is focusing on three core areas of the sport – empowering women in leadership positions, breaking with…
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