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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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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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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Neil Young: Harvest Time – unseen 1971 documentary chronicles the making of this classic album – in theatres Dec 1, 2022

posted Monday, November 28, 2022

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

Neil Young: Harvest Time was created between January and September 1971, this docu-film takes us on an intimate journey to Young’s farm in Northern California for the ‘Harvest Barn’ sessions, to London for an iconic performance with the London Symphony Orchestra and to Nashville where the then 20 something Neil Young worked on various tracks […]

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Don Pyle book launch for “Shot In A Mirror” photography book – Nov 26, 2022 (Toronto)

posted Thursday, November 24, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Books, Events, Featured Events, Queer, Toronto

Mark your calendar for a double launch for two (plus) new publications by musician/photographer Don Pyle. The release event happens on Saturday November 26th, 2022, 7pm, in the Two Twos room at The Annex Hotel, 296 Brunswick Ave in Toronto. Shot In A Mirror is a new 100-page collection of 50 intimate portraits, and is […]

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Kink Observed – A Workshop Presentation by Sky Gilbert – on stage Nov 25 to 27, 2022 (Toronto)

posted Wednesday, November 23, 2022

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

A provoking and immersive theatre experience directed by Sky Gilbert, Kink Observed is a workshop presentation of a collective creation produced by Kink-on-the-Run Productions, and financed by the Canada Council. Guests are invited to attend this special workshop presentation to experience the first stages of the creation of this controversial and immersive theatre production. On […]

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Shaw Festival gets festive with two holiday classics, A Christmas Carol, and White Christmas

posted Thursday, November 17, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Events, Featured Events, Theatre

The Shaw Festival’s holiday spirits, um spirit, will take over the Royal George Theatre with the Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol, while Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, the adored musical homage to romance and snow, takes stage  at the Festival Theatre. Molly Atkinson returns to direct The Shaw’s charming production of A Christmas Carol featuring Graeme Somerville […]

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ArtAttack! – annual fundraising auction for Buddies in Bad Times Theatre – Nov 10, 2022

posted Monday, November 7, 2022

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

Mark your calendar for the 2022 edition of ARTATTACK!, the annual art auction and fundraiser for Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, taking place on Thursday, November 10, 2022 at Buddies. Doors open at 7pm with a live auction starting at 8pm.  ARTATTACK! is one of Toronto’s best-loved and most outrageous art auctions – an Oz-inspired […]

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