By BERNIE FLETCHER What scares you? Horror films are popular these days, but zombies and monsters and demon clowns don’t do much for me. What is really frightening is the oppressive society of a dystopian future in the TV series The Handmaid’s Tale from the 1985 novel by Margaret Atwood. Fans of the horror genre […]
The Beach Village’s BIA’s summer Movie Nights In The Park series continues tonight (Wednesday, Aug. 21) with a screening of First Man. The screening takes place in Kew Gardens, 2075 Queen St. E., and is slated to start at dusk, approximately 8 p.m. First Man tells the story of American astronaut Neil Armstrong, who was […]
The Danforth Rocks Summer Music Series at Stephenson Park continues this Wednesday, Aug. 21, evening with a performance by Little Magic Sam. In its third year, Danforth Rocks is presented by the Danforth Village BIA and features live music, food and drink, and local merchants coming together for a community celebration in Stephenson Park, 61 […]
The Beach Village BIA’s Music In The Park series’ presents its final two concerts at Kew Gardens with pair of performers slated. Whiskey Jack will perform the stories and songs of Stompin’ Tom Connors on Sunday, Aug. 18, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Kew Gardens Bandshell. The final concert of the series is […]
The Canadian National Exhibition’s annual Rising Star Talent Competition will include a pair of competitors from the Beach area. The 2019 version of The Ex opened on Friday, Aug. 16 and continues until Labour Day (Monday, Sept. 2). The Rising Star competition, in its 33rd year, showcases young artists in variety of genres as they […]
The building that is home to The Danforth Music Hall celebrates is 100th anniversary on Saturday, Aug. 17. A special celebration in front of building, at 147 Danforth Ave. just east of Broadview Avenue, is slated for 12:30 p.m. on Aug. 17 featuring cake and a presentation by the City of Toronto. Built in 1919 […]
By BERNIE FLETCHER Summertime and the livin’ is easy for music lovers. Maybe the fish aren’t jumpin’, but the bands sure are. Whatever your musical taste you can find your groove at music festivals. Summer kicked off on June 22 with the 50th anniversary celebration of the Legendary Downchild Blues Band at the Toronto Jazz […]
Pitch Perfect 3 will be screened tonight (Wednesday, Aug. 14) in Kew Gardens as the Beach Village’s BIA’s summer Movie Nights In The Park series continues. The film is slated to start at dusk, approximately 8 p.m. Movies in the park will be played on large projector screens beginning at dusk each Wednesday evening for […]
The Lowfills will be performing on Wednesday, Aug. 14, at the Danforth Rocks Summer Music Series at Stephenson Park. This will be the third year for Danforth Rocks which is presented by the Danforth Village BIA and features live music, food and drink, and local merchants. The family-friendly and community-based Danforth Rocks will be held […]
The Arsenals perform this Sunday, Aug. 11, afternoon at the Kew Gardens bandshell as part of the Music In The Park series presented by the Beach Village BIA. Formed in 1994, Arsenals are today led by the energetic Dizzy Minott on Trombone with Juno winner Sonia Collymore-Dawes singing lead vocals. The band features a steady […]
