Amy Jo Johnson, who has a passionate fanbase from her breakthrough role as the original Pink Power Ranger, has spent the past several years taking on a different passion: that of a writer and director. After years acting on shows like Felicity and Flashpoint, Johnson decided to pull her focus behind the camera, and began […]
Nature and art lovers, take note: Art of Nature, paintings and photographs that showcase the great outdoors, shows through August at Beachers Cafe, 2162 Queen St. E. Artwork by Ted Wilson, Teresa Uszacki and Nubarr.
While some locals like to flee to the cottage when things get busy on Queen East, others wait all year for the lively summer months and the countless ways to spend those hot summer days and nights in the East End. Not sure where to start? We’ve put together a guide featuring some of this […]
Queen East venue Corks and Platters Wine Bar, 2220A Queen St. E., welcomes back the recently reunited Suzi Wesson and Doug Balfour for an intimate weekend residency, July 27 through 29 from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. The couple, who took the stage together once again a few years ago after a 30-year hiatus, performs a […]
Queen East singer-songwriter Melanie Peterson invites the community to join her for the launch of her new EP, Two, at the Plein Air Concert Series garden pavilion outdoor stage, 345 Balliol St., on July 26 at 7:30 p.m. Peterson’s love-inspired lyrics and playful folk-pop style are the perfect summer mix – the Side A track […]
A fresh but familiar face is taking the Beaches Jazz Mainstage at Woodbine Park on Sunday, July 30 at noon. Singer, songwriter and strummer Kate Gillespie grew up in the Beach and now attends university in Nashville, a fitting town for a talent that twinkles like hers. Her haunting new single, “I’ll Wait”, features make-you-shiver […]
Where there is music, there is art – and that’s certainly the case this month at Studio 888. The Queen East gallery is hosting a July Jazzfest Group Show July 13 to 30. Featuring all local Beach artists – Beverly Allen, Blair Drawson, Donna Gordon, Nina Hod, Joyce Nelson, Pat Leary, Liz Russ, Dianne Shelton, […]
Looking for a book to take to the beach? Look no further than Last of the Curlews by the late Beach resident Fred Bosworth. Not only did this novel, which sold 3 million copies, help Bosworth become so successful he could retire from journalism (one can dream…) but it’s the subject of October’s Beaches Reads […]
Hope United Church continues its Jazz Vespers Series, highlighting local jazz musicians or groups, on July 22 from 4:30 to 5:15 p.m. – a free early evening event open to all ages with refreshments provided. This time, saxophonist David Rubel takes the stage, joined by Patrick Hewan on piano and Rob McBride on upright bass. […]
July 10 through July 30, The Home Show: Home is Where the Blank Is, runs at Gerrard Art Space, 1475 Gerrard St. E. The show asks artists to describe, in a 2D or 3D space, what the idea of “home” means to them: “Have you lived outside the conventional idea of home? In a commune? […]
