Madre, Aluna Theatre: Jan 29 to Feb 17
Aluna Theatre presents the World Premiere of
Madre
Written and directed by Beatriz Pizano
If we are memory, what happens when we cannot remember?
Aluna Theatre is proud to present the world premiere of Madre, written by Artistic Director and Dora-nominated playwright Beatriz Pizano. Directed by Pizano with scenography by Aluna’s Artistic Producer, Dora-winning designer Trevor Schwellnus, this poignant and timely multi-media exploration of memory, aging and the mother-daughter relationship previews January 29, opens January 31 and runs to February 17, 2008 at Theatre Passe Muraille’s Backspace. More »
Last Days of Graceland, Theatre Passe Muraille: March 14 to April 6
Last Days of Graceland
Written by Franca Miraglia
A World Premiere
Presented by Theatre Passe Muraille in association with By the Word Productions
Previews March 14th – 18th 2008
Opens March 19th and runs until April 6th 2008
Runs Tuesday – Saturday at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday at 2:30 p.m.
How do you say goodbye to a legend? More »
Fort York – Queen Charlotte’s Birthday Ball: January 19
Queen Charlotte’s Birthday Ball
The next fort event will be Queen Charlotte’s Birthday Ball on January 19th, a day-long celebration of music, food and dance. This year, for the 200th anniversary of the commencement of the Peninsular War, the theme is Portugal and the Anglo-Portuguese alliance. Join us for English Country Dancing, a Port Tasting and a wonderful Georgian dinner (buffet-style) featuring Portuguese influenced recipes found in early nineteenth century British cookery books. The volunteer historic cooks have been busy testing and sampling recipes and the results have been delicious! See page 8 of the newsletter for more information.
Art Show – Northern Extremes: opens January 9, runs to Feb 1
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RT SHOW at STEAM WHISTLE: NORTHERN EXTREMES
(Toronto, ON, December 21, 2008) Beginning on January 9th, 2008, Steam Whistle Brewing is hosting a joint exhibition to highlight the works of the 25 Artist Group Arctic Quest and photographer Martin Franchi. Featuring a mixture of romantic landscape paintings and raw photographic records of Arctic settlement, these artists combine to convey sharply contrasting perspectives of our country’s North. The exhibit will run until the end of the month.
Monday to Saturday 12noon to 6pm and Sunday 12noon to 5pm. Steam Whistle Brewing – The Roundhouse – 255 Bremner Blvd. Toronto. (just south of the CN Tower) 416-362-2337 x 246. More »
Holiday Stories, puppets: December 27, 28, 29
WARNING – PUPPETS IN THE HOUSE
Cascade Theatre presents
Holiday Stories
Thursday – Saturday, December 27, 28, 29
Palmerston Library Theatre
560 Palmerston Ave.
Shows begin at 3:00 pm
Revue Cinema Schedule: Dec. 20 – 25
What’s on at the Revue (Dec 20 to Dec 25)
Movies playing from Dec 20 to Dec 25 at the Revue:
Thursday, Dec 20
7:00 • Eastern Promises (18A) 100 min
9:30 • Bad Santa (14A) 93 min
Friday, Dec 21
7:00 • Rendition (14A) 122 min
9:30 • The Conflict Archive Presents: Christmas Kitsch-A-Roo (STC) More »
Ardeleana Concert: postponed to Dec 29
Dear Friends of Ardeleana – (December 16) The Weather Outside is Frightful.
We are going to have to re-schedule our Hallelujah Christmas Concert to 8:00 pm on Saturday December 29th. Our concert programme will be expanded slightly to make it an evening concert – and we will offer you a festive programme of Music and Poetry at that time….a Hallelujah Holiday Concert. More »
Nilan Perera and Nick Fraser: December 12
Hi all,
I”ll be playing music with Nick Fraser on percussion as my improvised fingerpickin’ acoustic guitar /drum duo ‘faint praise’ at 8pm, December 12, with a 9pm set by my avantblues shout ‘holyblueghost’. It all happens at :
Somewhere There, 340 Dufferin, just south of Queen.
The entrance is on Melbourne in the back of the Kuda furniture store through the white/gold door (there will be a sign!)
$6.00
it’s an aimtoronto event! http://www.aimtoronto.org/
Giant Killer Shark, Revue Cinema fundraiser: December 13
Giant Killer Shark – this Thursday at the Revue
On Thursday Dec. 13, don’t go in the water: GIANT KILLER SHARK is at the Revue! Don’t miss this live theatre event.
Check out the music for this performance now!
Performance starts at 7:00 pm. Tickets are available for $15 in advance at She Said Boom, (393 Roncesvalles Ave: 416-531-6843). Tickets are also available at the Revue Cinema ($15 in advance, $18 night-of at the door).
Download the amazing MP3s.
“Charmingly sloppy” – Eye Magazine More »
Parkdale Music Marathon Benefit: December 16
MUSIC MARATHON @ THE CADILLAC LOUNGE
to raise money and awareness for
THE PARKDALE FOOD BANK
Sunday December 16 1:00 – 8:00 p.m.
@ the Cadillac Lounge(1296 Queen W.)
p.w.y.c.! ($5 suggested – more is welcome!)
ALL MONEY GOES TO THE FOOD BANK!
After twenty years of operation, The Parkdale Foodbank doesn’t have the funding to go on.
The Parkdale Revolutionary Orchestra and eleven other exceptional bands are putting on a seven-hour music marathon to raise money and awareness – to make sure that the food bank doesn’t close. More »
Toronto Wordstage Poetry: December 13
T O R O N T O W O R D S T A G E
Thursday, December 13 2007
Dear Friends,
The organizers of Toronto WordStage invite you to the 23d instalment of the series, which takes place on the second Thursday of every month.
Our readers on December 13th are:
Margaret Christakos, Dave Bidini, Peter McPhee, Paul Zemokhol
Revue Cinema Holiday Social: December 15
Dec 15: You’re invited to the Revue Cinema Holiday Social
On Saturday Dec 15th at 8:00 pm, the Revue Film Society invites you to the FREE Revue Cinema Holiday Social!
We look forward to seeing you!
For more information please visit revuecinema.ca.
Revue Cinema Santa Claus: December 8
Dec 8: Santa at the Revue!
This Saturday Dec 8 Santa Claus will drop by the Revue Cinema!
1 pm to 3 pm
Bring your kids to meet Santa at this FREE event and have a digital photo of them taken by Andrew Chomentowski of Image Professional Photography. The digital photo (also free) will be emailed to parents and will be projected for a short time on the Revue’s massive movie screen.
Don’t miss out on this great holiday event.
For more information please visit revuecinema.ca.
Revue Cinema Schedule: December 5 – 13
What’s on at the Revue (Dec 5 to Dec 13)
Films (and events) playing Dec 5 to Dec 13 at the Revue:
Wednesday, December 5
7:00 • The Life of Reilly (STC) 87 min
9:00 • The Music Within (14A) 93 min
Thursday, December 6
7:00 • The Music Within (14A) 93 min
9:00 • The Life of Reilly (STC) 87 min More »
Concert “From Nubia to Timbuktu” Dec 6
Caliban Arts Theatre and The Trane Studio present: The Afrikan Millennium & Cultural Arts Feastival A SPECIAL CONCERT PRESENTATION
Thursday December 6, 2007Â Â Â Time: 9:30 p.m.
The Trane Studio, Â 964 Bathurst St . just north of Bloor
FROM NUBIA TO TIMBUKTU: African-Nubian Rhythms with
Waleed Abdulhamid – guitar, percussion and vocals
Ruth Mathiang – vocals
Tarig Shanga – percussion and Lawrence Stevenson – violin More »
Chekhov for Two, Dec 5 to 16
Atrium Players Theatre Company presents
A Chekhovian comedy by Tatiana Chouljenko and Julie Grgar, adatped for the stage from eight short stories by 
Anton Chekhov.
Edward Zinoviev and Shawn Mathieson, actors
Tatiana Chouljenko , director
Jerry Silverberg, design
Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace, 16 Ryerson Ave,
Tues to Sat 8 pm, Sun 2:30 Tickets 416-504-7529
Song of the Innocents, Dec 9, 10 am
Clay & Paper Theatre presents Song of the Innocents
AÂ one-time only performance, with live music and puppets.
with David Anderson’s Clay and Paper Theatre, music by Laurel McDonald.
Sunday, December 9: Service and performance begin at 10 a.m. followed by a reception. Everyone is welcome. Admission is free of charge.
St. Philip the Apostle Anglican Church, 201 Caribou Rd, Toronto
(2 blocks south of Lawrence Ave. & 1/2 block east of Bathurst) More »
Parkdale’s “Lust for Literacy” Fundraiser Dec 2
Fundraiser Cabaret for Parkdale Project Read with Toronto’s liveliest new voices in words and music
The Theatre Centre, 1087 Queen St. W. (at Dovercourt)
Sunday, December 2nd. 7:00 pm. Admission: $10.00
Food and refreshments. Entertainment featuring:
Zoe Whittall, Reading from Bottle Rocket Hearts (“Toronto’s Best Emerging Author” NOW’s Best Of Poll, 2007.)
Literacy Through Hip-Hop
Brandy Leary of Anandam – Performance
Awkward Silence – Comedy Duo
Cathy Gordon – Performance
Live Music with:
Related – Traditional and Country; Waleed – Traditional / World; The Holy Fathers – Country Rock; Leonids – Rock; Basic Davis – Vocals and Guitar; And Introducing the Dare to Read Challenge
Parkdale Project Read offers adults free help with reading and writing in a supportive atmosphere. This is its 20th year.
Co-presented by Native Women in the Arts and the Women’s Art Resource Centre
(post) Colonial Stress Disorder: Imaging a Way Out
Emerging Aboriginal Artists Video Screenings
Curated by Wanda Nanibush
This program will feature the screening of six short films by six emerging Indigenous voices within media arts today. The screenings will be introduced by curator Wanda Nanibush with an essay on Post Colonial Stress Disorder and will be followed by an audience/curator Q&A. Wanda Nanibush (Anishinabe-kwe from Beausoleil First Nation) is an independent curator, writer and emerging artist living in Ottawa.
Date:Â Â Saturday December 1, 2007
Location: Women’s Arts Resource Centre (WARC) Gallery
401 Richmond Street West, Suite 122, Toronto
Time: 3-4pm
Admission: Free
*Refreshments will be served. Please join us, everyone welcome.
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The Veil, Harbourfront Studio: Nov 28 to Dec 9
Soheil Parsa, of Modern Times Theatre, writes:
Greeting all,
Halifax’s fantastic OneLight Theatre will bring its latest critically acclaimed production, The Veil, to the Harbourfront Centre Studio Theatre from November 28th to December 8th 2007.
DON’T MISS this unique piece of theatre. Experience a Persian princess’s epic journey from the palace harem to Europe where she survives personal and political traumas, and her return to Iran, a country to be forever changed by revolution.
