Category: Life & Culture
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Celebrating Asian Heritage Month With The Vong Show&Fresh Rice Trailer
Celebrating Asian Heritage Month Fresh Rice Trailer: https://youtu.be/PeZTUAl_Qic Vong Show, the official spokesperson for gay, super cute Asians, is proud to present Fresh Rice, a stand up comedy web series featuring emerging Asian comedians. The Fresh Rice web series will feature two Asian stand up comedians each week during the month of May, celebrating Asian Heritage Month.Directed by Vong…
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The inaugural Open Mind Film Festival is presented by The Friends of the Semel Institute at UCLA. High school students from across the United States have submitted scores of films highlighting their experiences and concerns about mental health.
The inaugural Open Mind Film Festival is presented by The Friends of the Semel Institute at UCLA. High school students from across the United States have submitted scores of films highlighting their experiences and concerns about mental health. These short films (mostly under 4 minutes) tell stories about family problems, isolation, eating disorders, suicide, and…
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SSUN celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month by getting back in the studio
May is officially Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and SSUN celebrates as she prepares her first full length album. Over the past year, Asian artists have worked tirelessly to gain representation and recognition for their contributions to Canadian and American culture and society. Shanghai-born, Toronto-based musician SSUN hit the scene earlier this year with…
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MTV documentary film, Each and Every Day, about teen mental health and suicide prevention.
Please join The Friends of the Semel institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA and the Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital Board of Advisors for a screening and discussion of the new critically acclaimed MTV documentary film, Each and Every Day, about teen mental health and suicide prevention. This groundbreaking film from Peabody® Award-winning filmmaker Alexandra…
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Collision North America’s Fastest Growing Tech Conference
By Sally Warburton Collision North America’s Fastest Growing Tech Conference Collision’s international Virtual Tech Conference 2021 attracted over 38,000 people online and brought together Fortune 500 companies, presenters and participants of tech sectors from all over the world. The schedule had an incredible line up of Tech companies, investors, startups, with CEO’s, actors, politicians including…
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COURAGE by Belarus director Aliaksei Paluyan will celebrate its North American premiere being presented in competition at HOT DOCS Festival(April 29 – May 9)
COURAGE by Aliaksei Paluyan Germany 2021 | 90 Min. | Screening @ HOT DOCS April 29, 10:00 am World Sales: RISE AND SHINE WORLD SALES Living Pictures Production and Rise and Shine World Sales are happy to announce that COURAGE by Belarus director Aliaksei Paluyan will celebrate its North American premiere being presented in competition at HOT DOCS Festival(April 29 – May 9): Online Screening: April 29,…
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MARKHAM ARTS COUNCIL TO CELEBRATE ITS FOURTH ANNUAL ARTS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE CELEBRATIONS THROUGH A MONTH LONG EVENT
MARKHAM ARTS COUNCIL TO CELEBRATE ITS FOURTH ANNUAL ARTS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE CELEBRATIONS THROUGH A MONTH LONG EVENTThe virtual festival will showcase local visual, performing and literary artists while keeping communities engaged during these challenging and unprecedented times. Markham Arts Council will be celebrating its fourth annual flagship Arts and Cultural Heritage Celebrations (ACHC) virtually through…
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The Illuminating and Intimate Campaign-Trail Portrait Documentary Follows María de Jesús Patricio, aka Marichuy, the First Indigenous Woman to Run for the Mexican Presidency
Luciana Kaplan’s THE SPOKESWOMAN Will Have its International Premiere at the 2021 Edition of Hot Docs The Illuminating and Intimate Campaign-Trail Portrait Documentary Follows María de Jesús Patricio, aka Marichuy, the First Indigenous Woman to Run for the Mexican Presidency cVeteran Mexican-Argentine filmmaker Luciana Kaplan (Eufrosina’s Revolution; Rush Hour) is set to return to Toronto’s Hot Docs International Documentary Film Festival for…
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Wild Pacific Rescue….is a new 3 x 60 minute TV documentary series filmed in Vancouver and on British Columbia’s beautiful Pacific Coast.
Wild Pacific Rescue ….is a new 3 x 60 minute TV documentary series filmed in Vancouver and on British Columbia’s beautiful Pacific Coast. The series is directed by Mike Sheehan, produced by Andrew Munger & is a production of Peter Raymont’s White Pine Pictures in Toronto. Wild Pacific Rescue will have its world broadcast premiere Wednesday, April 14…
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LOWELL returns to the spotlight with a much-anticipated film she co-wrote with her mother, producer Wendy Hill-Tout, that will stream nationally, and recently garnered 2 Canadian Screen Award (CSA) nominations for the film’s title song and score
Canadian sensation LOWELL returns to the spotlight with a much-anticipated film she co-wrote with her mother, producer Wendy Hill-Tout, that will stream nationally, and recently garnered 2 Canadian Screen Award (CSA) nominations for the film’s title song and score. Best in Original Score – Michele Osis and LowellBest in Original Song – Evan Bogar, Justin…
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The Days of Miracle and Wonder from Redd Walitzki and Summer Hues from Bao Pham will premiere (virtually only) on Friday, April 9th@Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles.
Redd Walitzki utilizes a cutting-edge technique that combines oil painting and mixed media on laser-cut panels and takes inspiration from the Pacific Northwest’s lush rainforests and the ornate Baroque ornamentation of Bavaria to create pieces that commemorate a moth’s four-week-long lifespan. The vivid muses are often painted in fashionable garb and glamourous settings that are a…
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Holocaust Education on Holocaust Remembrance Day Yom HaShoah:Yom HaShoah, also known as Holocaust Remembrance Day is on Thursday, April 8, 2021
Holocaust Education on Holocaust Remembrance Day Yom HaShoah: What: Yom HaShoah, also known as Holocaust Remembrance Day is on Thursday, April 8, 2021. A recent study conducted by the Azrieli Foundation found that only 37% of Canadian teachers feel very confident teaching about the Holocaust, versus 50% that are somewhat/not very confident, and 11% who are not at all confident.…
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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…
