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Carrying on Helen Porter’s inspiration of storytelling and improvised jazz, storytellers Jim Blake, Mariella Bertelli and Rico Rodriguez tell stories of travel, journeys and discovery. Musicians/composers Lina Allemano (Trumpet), Rob Clutton (Bass) and Tim Posgate (Guitar) create jazz soundscapes for each story. Actor/Artist Randi Helmers paints works in response to each telling. More »

Join us for the opening on Friday March 28 from 7-10pm **with live performance at 8pm
Friday March 28: Gallery open for exhibition from 12-5pm
Saturday March 29: Gallery open for exhibition from 12-5pm **with live performance from 2-4pm

For more information: http://www.performanceart.ca, 416-322-3219 More »

Isaac John Lewis is passionate about the crumbling edifices of his hometown and the jazz that emanates throughout the city’s streets. The upcoming exhibit in Toronto at John Steinberg and Associates will include 12 recent acrylic and oil paintings that reflect his love of rhythm and jazz through depictions of decaying architectural buildings of his beloved Havana. More »

Explore the potential for locating the Toronto Museum Project at the Canada Malting Silos
COMMUNITY WORKSHOP & DESIGN CHARRETTE
Sunday, March 30, 2008, 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Harbourfront Community Centre, 627 Queens Quay West, (at Bathurst Street) More »

Over 100 years ago Toronto’s garment industry had its beginnings on Spadina Avenue. Join storyteller Fay Wilkinson (amidst the Market Gallery’s exhibit A Common Thread: A History of Toronto’s Garment Industry) as she brings to life stories of this fascinating aspect of Toronto’s history. More »

Art of Time Ensemble

Friday March 28 & Saturday March 29, 2008 at 8 pm
Harbourfront Centre’s Enwave Theatre, 231 Queens Quay West

Featuring works from Peggy Baker, John Cage, Erich Korngold, James Kudelka, Sergei Prokofiev, William Shakespeare, Richard Strauss More »

Théâtre français de Toronto is pleased to end its 40th season with a new fun and up beat musical Et si on chantait… (Shall we sing?) by TfT’s own Artistic Director Guy Mignault. This musical offering will be presented at the Berkeley Street Theatre from April 23 to May 10, 2008. More »

Red / Kathak Solo

Hiroshi Miyamoto and Chad Walasek are performing the world premieres of Red and Kathak Solo on March 28 and 29 at Ontario’s oldest Gothic church, The Church of St. Stephen’s in the Field in Toronto. More »

From Nilan Perera:

I’m attaching info about the ‘Burnt Sugar’ workshop and concert deal that’s happening at Lula lounge on March 27. It’s a great opportunity to see and get a taste of Butch Morris’ conduction technique as laid down by one of NYC’s finest polypunkfunk ensembles. More »

Theatre Smith-Gilmour Adapts Short-story Writer Katherine Mansfield for the Stage

After a celebrated and profound 8-year exploration into the world of Anton Chekhov, Theatre Smith-Gilmour once again embraces the world of a writer through their short stories. More »

Latin American Speakers Series at A Space Gallery, 401 Richmond Street West, Suite 110.

A series of thematic talks will take place at A Space Gallery once a month from February to July 2008. The Talks will address politically and socially engaged themes pertaining to the local Latin American artistic community. More »

Death has invaded France. . . Its icy hand has seized the Count Rossilion and his acclaimed physician Gerard de Narbonne. The King himself clings tenuously to life…the country’s best physicians declare him incurable. But all is not lost!

Alchemy Theatre is pleased to present Shakespeare’ s All’s Well that Ends Well, directed by Hume Baugh. More »

VideoCabaret Announces its SMASH HIT Show Closing March 23!

Laurier

Written and Directed by Michael Hollingsworth
The History of the Village of the Small Huts: Part 8

VideoCabaret’s Laurier is undeniable proof that Canadian history can be scandalously sexy! Written and directed by VideoCabaret Co-Artistic Director Michael Hollingsworth, Laurier has been selling out regularly since its opening on February 14 and has just announced that, after a triumphant run, it will close after its final performance on Sunday March 23.

VideoCabaret at the Cameron House, 408 Queen St West (one block west of Spadina)
Tuesday to Saturday 8PM, Sunday 2:30PM
Tickets: Tuesdays $15, Wednesdays & Thursdays $22, Fridays & Saturdays $30, Sundays $22
Box Office: 416-703-1725. For more Info: www.videocab.com More »

Fado presents

Seiji Shimoda in performance on March 22 @ 8pm

Lower Ossington Theatre, 100A Ossington Avenue, Toronto

DOCUDRAMA with Seiji Shimoda

Show and Talk Session for local performance artists
March 24, 2008, 7pm (Location TBA)
For more information or to book a spot: 416-822-3219
mailto:info@performanceart.ca
(Reservations required) More »

  Fado presents 2008 Emerging Artists Series, Curated by Erika DeFreitas

Vivencia Poetica

March 13-15, 2008

Performance/Installation from collaborative duos:
Diane Borsato + Stacey Sproule
Keith Cole + Diana Lopez Soto
John Marriott + Suzanne Caines

Opening Thursday March 13, 2008
XPACE Cultural Centre (58 Ossington Avenue, Toronto)
7-10pm (PWYC/$5) More »

Necessary Angel presents
2b theatre company’s

Invisible Atom

Necessary Angel Theatre Company presents 2b theatre company’s production Invisible Atom, previewing March 18 and running from March 19-30, 2008 at Theatre Passe Muraille’s Backspace in Toronto. Invisible Atom is written and performed by Anthony Black and directed by Ann-Marie Kerr.

Black, who is artistic co-director of 2b with Christian Barry, is spending this year as artist-in-residence with Necessary Angel. “The partnership with Necessary Angel represents a good opportunity for 2b to reconnect with Toronto audiences and to do some more work on the show. We’ve had some dramaturgical sessions with Daniel Brooks which have inspired some new ideas,” says Black. More »

Kaeja d’Dance presents

Abattoir

The award-winning Kaeja d’Dance premieres Abattoir in both Vancouver and Toronto: Vancouver International Dance Festival & Chutzpah! Festival March 19-20, and in  Toronto at the Premiere Dance Theatre, March 25-29.

A multi-disciplinary exploration of innocence and rites of passage, Abattoir features 7 dancers and one actor and is co-choreographed by Allen and Karen Kaeja. More »

The Parkdale Revolutionary Orchestra + Rob MacDonald

@ the Music Gallery (197 John St.)
Saturday March 15 2008
8:00 p.m.

The Parkdale Revolutionary Orchestra will be sharing this show with Rob MacDonald, who’ll be starting the night with a set of recent compositions for solo guitar, including some by young Toronto composers, at 8:00. More »

T O R O N T O W O R D S T A G E

The organizers of Toronto WordStage invite you to the next installment of our monthly series, which continues on the second Thursday of each month until
June, and will resume in September.

Our readers on March 13 are: Melissa D’Agostino, Susan Helwig, Molly Peacock, Stan Rogal

The venue is Cervejaria at 842 College, just west of Ossington. The doors open at 7:00; the readings begin at 7:30. More »

Waiting for Godot

A play by Samuel Becket

Directed by Soheil Parsa
featuring Stewart Arnott, Peter Batakliev, Peter Farbridge, Darrel Gamotin & John Ng

Young Centre for the Performing Arts, Distillery District,
March 1 to 22, Previews March 1, 3, 4
Mondays – Saturdays, 8 pm, Saturday matinees 2 pm
Tickets $15 to $25, previews and Mondays $10
Young Centre box office: 416-866-8666, www.moderntimesstage.com