Toronto’s annual overnight arts celebration, Nuit Blanche, is coming to Danforth Avenue. From 7 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 5, until 7 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 6, the Danforth between Greenwood and Coxwell avenues will be transformed into art displays and interactive exhibits. Nuit Blanche, which began in 2006, is the largest contemporary art event in […]
The Academy Concert Series presents Family Has Your Bach on Saturday, Oct. 5 at Eastminster United Church. The concert will explore the transition from the High Baroque in Leipzig with Telemann and JS Bach to the Rococo style emerging in Sanssouci with the music of Bach’s sons, including Telemann’s godson CPE Bach. The concert will […]
The Beaches Fall Festival is slated for Saturday, Sept. 28 at Bob Acton Park, 45 William Hancox Ave. The festival is presented by Community Centre 55 and local realtor Derek Ladouceur. There will be lots of family activities at the festival including pumpkin carving and much more. The festival takes place between 11 a.m. and […]
By AMANDA GIBB Toronto-based comic and new Beach resident Deborah Kimmett will be performing her show, Downward Facing Broad on Sunday, Sept. 29 at the John Candy Box Theatre. Kimmett is a veteran comic who is a regular on CBC’s The Debaters, and an alumna of The Second City. Downward Facing Broad is a 90-minute […]
By BERNIE FLETCHER If Shakespeare were around today he might write (or perchance tweet) that “one woman in her time plays many parts. Her acts being seven ages.” Beach resident Amy Jo Johnson has been gymnast, actor, singer, songwriter, writer, director and mother. She is “thrilled” that her second feature film as a director, Tammy’s […]
Stratford band Rant Maggie Rant will be performing on Saturday, Sept. 21 at St. Paul’s United Church at 200 Macintosh St. in southwest Scarborough as part of the Acoustic Harvest concert series. The band will kick of Acoustic Harvest’s 23rd season with an arsenal of instruments and styles. Rant Maggie Rant’s sound sticks close to […]
The Art in the Beach Show and Sale is slated for this weekend. The show and sale is presented by the Beach Guild of Fine Art, which is now in its 25th year, and will feature a wide variety of works by local artists. It will take place at Beach United Church, 140 Wineva Ave. […]
The annual Danforth East Arts Fair takes place this weekend. Presented by the Danforth East Community Association, the fair takes place at East Lynn Park on Saturday, Sept. 14 and Sunday, Sept. 15. The fair features the works of a number of local artist in the park, which is located on the south side of […]
By ERIN JONES Scarborough Players’ will open their 61st season with a production of Rabbit Hole. Award-winning director and actress Maureen Lukie is back with Scarborough Players’ as the director for the play which opens on Friday, Sept. 6 and runs until Sept. 21 at the Scarborough Village Theatre. Lukie has won the ACT-CO Best […]
By AMANDA GIBB The Toronto International BuskerFest for Epilepsy returns for its 20th anniversary and will be held for its fourth year in a row at Woodbine Park in the Beach on Labour Day weekend from Friday, Aug. 30 to Monday, Sept. 2. This event is recognized as one of the biggest street-performer festivals in […]
