Free Hot Docs Cinema Holiday Screenings Throughout December

posted Tuesday, December 6, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Events, Family, Featured Events, Film, Toronto

Holiday cheer will be spread at Hot Docs Cinema’s Free Festive Favourites series screenings, featuring the Christmas slasher Black Christmas, the 1984 black comedy-horror Gremlins, the lavish Technicolor Irving Berlin musical White Christmas, the beloved Dickens’ adaptation and cult-classic The Muppet Christmas Carol; the nostalgic comedy A Christmas Story; the 1990 family blockbuster Home Alone; Frank Capra’s heartwarming classic It’s a Wonderful Life; Bruce […]

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Festival of Cool offers eclectic programming, including a Moby Dick puppet performance – December 8–18, 2022 (Toronto)

posted Tuesday, December 6, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Art, Events, Featured Events, Theatre, Toronto

Festival of Cool wraps up Harbourfront Centre’s year-long cultural initiative, Nordic Bridges, with spectacle and celebration. It features 10 days of exciting programming that focuses on theatre, visual art, music and community. This year includes the one-night-only North American premiere of Jingyi Wang’s ground-breaking and interactive Post Capitalistic Auction, a reimagined spin on the traditional auction […]

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Homebody – comedic gender-queer body transfer “Freaky Friday” flick

posted Tuesday, December 6, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Queer, Streaming Online

Homebody is a lighthearted, genderqueer comedy, expanded from Joseph Sackett’s 2018 short I Was in Your Blood. Young Johnny Colby Minifie, The Boys) discovers a YouTube video that teaches him how to send his spirit out of his body and into his beloved babysitter Melanie. He can see through her eyes and operate her from […]

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Waking Up Dead – queer comedy actor gets second chance to audition for a lead role

posted Saturday, December 3, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Queer, Streaming Online

Waking Up Dead follows actor Danny Maldonado, who was once about to conquer Hollywood. but now, just a few years later, his career has flatlined. When he receives a call in to audition for the lead role in the most talked-about new series in Hollywood, Danny vows to clean up his act, but is it […]

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Echoes Of The Flame: Art Inspired By The Lyrics Of The Tragically Hip – Dec 2 to 10, 2022 (Toronto)

posted Thursday, December 1, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Art, Events, Featured Events, Music, Toronto

Song-Word Art House are bringing their one-of-a-kind art exhibition, Echoes Of The Flame: Art Inspired By The Lyrics Of The Tragically Hip,  to Toronto following a successful two-month summer engagement in Muskoka. The fine art exhibit showcases an eighteen-piece collection of original artworks created by internationally acclaimed artists from Canada, Europe, and the United States, and […]

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Northern Lights – immersive outdoor holiday experience – Dec 1, 2022 to Jan 8, 2023 (Toronto)

posted Thursday, December 1, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Events, Featured Events

This winter, experience the new and unforgettable adventure Northern Lights, taking over the Grand Bizarre at Exhibition Place from December 1 to January 8. With over 80,000 square feet of breathtaking installations and uniquely immersive experiences, Northern Lights welcomes guests of all ages to step away from the city and into an unparalleled winter wonderland filled […]

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Hot Docs Cinema screens Music Docs on Neil Young, Paul McCartney, and John Lennon

posted Thursday, December 1, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Featured Events, Film, Music, Toronto

In December, Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema will screen a selection of the most acclaimed and awarded documentaries of 2022, premiere new films featuring music icons like Neil Young in Nashville, Paul McCartney in Abbey Road Studios, and John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band in Toronto’s Varsity Stadium. First-run films featuring music icons include Neil Young: Harvest Time, an intimate […]

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Ross Petty Productions presents Peter’s Final Flight: The PAN-Tastical Family Musical – Dec 2, 2033 to Jan 7, 2023

posted Wednesday, November 30, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Events, Featured Events

Ross Petty Productions has announced their farewell production of PETER’S FINAL FLIGHT: The PAN-Tastical Family Musical! which will run from December 2, 2022 to January 7, 2023 at Toronto’s historic Elgin Theatre. Bringing closure to 25 years of live shows at the Elgin, The Maestro of Mayhem will personally bid farewell to several generations of […]

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Holiday Magic at Blue Mountain Village – on until January 8th, 2023

posted Tuesday, November 29, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Events, Family, Featured Events, Outdoors

Blue Mountain Village celebrates the holiday season with over a million lights, entertainment and of course Santa. Never has that spirit been so beautifully presented as it is by Holiday Magic at Blue. The entire outdoor Village dressed up in garlands and bows. Find whimsical store fronts, colourful characters, glowing swings and magical moments around every […]

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Adam in Fragments – the grit and grind of LA’s sex work industry

posted Tuesday, November 29, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Queer, Streaming Online

After a prolonged disappearance, Adam (Beau Swartz) reluctantly returns to sex work. Following the urge to protect a young aspiring adult film star, Lucy (Keiva Bradley), from their terrorizing handler, Felix (Francisco Antonio), Adam’s actions trigger a series of events that send violent ripples through Los Angeles underground sex-trade. Featuring supporting performances from Jonathan Miller, […]

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