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The Paranormal Show has extended it’s run at the Campbell House till December 20th.

The Paranormal Show has just completed a successful two month run at the Diesel Playhouse, performing six amazing shows a week!  NOW you can witness The Paranormal Show in an intimate setting that puts you in the middle of all the action! Opening November 13th 2008, The Paranormal Show can be seen at Toronto’s oldest remaining home, The Campbell House! More »

Knowledge Transfer without Widgets: a lecture by Geoffrey Crossick
Tuesday, December 9, 9 to 11 a.m
Ontario College of Art & Design
Auditorium, 100 McCaul Street, Toronto
www.ocad.ca  |  416-977-6000
All are welcome; admission is free.
More than $84 billion. That’s how much creators — artists, designers and the traditionally recognized arts and cultural industries of new media, broadcasting, film, publishing and music — contribute to Canada’s economy every year. It’s a lot of wealth. With the right amount of nurturing and the support of public policy, our creators can engage new knowledge and invention across a wide range of disciplines. More »

Canada’s Creative Economy: a lecture by Michael Bloom
Monday, December 8, 7:30 to 9 p.m.
Ontario College of Art & Design Auditorium, 100 McCaul Street, Toronto
www.ocad.ca |  416-977-6000
All are welcome; admission is free.
More than $84 billion. That’s how much creators — artists, designers and the traditionally recognized arts and cultural industries of new media, broadcasting, film, publishing and music — contribute to Canada’s economy every year. It’s a lot of wealth. With the right amount of nurturing and the support of public policy, our creators can engage new knowledge and invention across a wide range of disciplines. More »

24th Annual Book Arts Fair, Saturday, December 6, 10 am to 5 pm

Ontario College of Art & Design Auditorium, 100 McCaul Street, Toronto
www.ocad.ca |  416-977-6000

Every year, book artists, printmakers, papermakers, and private press printers gather at OCAD to show their work and demonstrate their skills in OCAD’s Great Hall. The university community and general public are welcome to come and watch artists at work making paper, printing from litho stones, screen printing, hand typesetting, book binding, wood engraving, etching and much more. Many items are available for sale, providing unique ideas for holiday gift giving. Admission is pay-what-you-can.

Mobile Experience Innovation Centre Forum, Friday, December 5, 3 to 7 p.m.

Ontario College of Art & Design Auditorium, 100 McCaul Street, Toronto
www.ocad.ca |  416-977-6000 Ext. 447

OCAD’s Mobile Experience Innovation Centre hosts a half-day forum to discuss recent research findings into the current state of Ontario’s wireless and mobile industry. There will also be sessions discussing future strategies for the new and exciting changes in the Canadian Wireless Context. Join us for an afternoon of engaging discussion with industry leaders as we look towards creating a new wireless future. More »

You are invited to AN EVENING OF JAZZ MUSIC with
KYE MARSHALL (on cello) and ANDY SCOTT (on guitar)

MEZZETTA, Wed Dec 3
681 St Clair Ave W (at Christie)
Sets at 9:00 and 10:00 pm
Cover charge $7
Reservations recommended (especially for the first set) 416-658-5687

The Rowers Pub Reading Series celebrates the recent release of The Best Canadian Poetry in English [Tightrope Books], and has, as its December features, four poets from the anthology: Ken Babstock (Airstream Land Yacht – House of Anansi, 2006); Heather Cadsby (Could be – Brick Books, forthcoming in 2009); Jeremy Dodds (Crabwise to the Hounds – Coach House Press, 2008); and Bill Howell (Ghost Test Flights – Rubicon Press, 2008). We acknowledge financial assistance from The Canada Council for the Arts through The Writers’ Union of Canada; The League of Canadian Poets; Tightrope Books, and donations from Scott Griffin and Alexander McCall Smith. For more information please visit rowerspubreadingseries.com More »

The Art of Time Ensemble, under the Artistic Direction of Andrew Burashko, continues its 10th Anniversary Season, sponsored by BMO, with Vive la DiF’RANCE, a sparkling mixed program of dance, French music and song running for two nights only, Friday December 12 and Saturday December 13 at Harbourfront Centre’s Enwave Theatre.

The delightfully eclectic evening features a work by Romantic composer Cesar Franck (1822-1890), a piece by Impressionist composer Claude Debussy (1862-1918) and the monumental Quartet for the End of Time by Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992). More »

In the world première of Montreal choreographer Lucie Carmen Grégoire’s latest work, Ôs, a quintet of dancers awake and discover the music of their inner bodies. The performers play each other like instruments: an arm is a harmonica, hands tap chests, and boots become drums. The dancers’ syncopated breathing and expressive vocalization bond into a joyous communal micro-society. They move in compelling waves of sculptural connection, in mutual support of each other. More »

Consider this – your beloved, old and extremely wealthy aunt has just passed away leaving you a substantial fortune. In the midst of her funeral a stranger appears at the front door claiming to be Saint Antony of Padua and is eager to revive your dear old aunt from the dead. What would you do?

Atrium Theatre Presents A MIRACLE OF SAINT ANTONY
by Maurice Maeterlinck

Dec 5 2008 to Dec 13 2008 (Previews: Dec 3 & 4) More »

Puppetmongers’ Bed & Breakfast runs Dec. 20, 2008-Jan. 1, 2009 at Tarragon Theatre’s Extra Space.

With wildly inventive puppetry, innovative sets and props and live actors, Puppetmongers’ holiday shows are always a sensory feast and a perfect holiday treat for the whole family, created and performed by the talented sister and brother team of Ann Powell and David Powell. Directed by Sue Miner. More »

Theatre Passe Muraille concludes its Fall Festival of Four Plays with its final offering: Legoland, a wickedly funny play from Atomic Vaudeville written by Jacob Richmond and co-directed by both Richmond and Britt Small, co-founders of this company from Victoria, B.C.
Featuring Celine Stubel and Amitai Marmorstein
Previews from November 14, Opens November 20 and runs to December 6, 2008 at Theatre Passe Muraille, 16 Ryerson Avenue More »

Theatre Passe Muraille continues its Fall Festival of Four Plays with its third offering: Trudeau Stories, a one-woman play written and performed by the talented award-winning stage and screen actor Brooke Johnson and directed by Allyson McMackon.

Trudeau Stories is an evocative, funny and affectionate account of Brooke Johnson’s friendship with former Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau over a fifteen-year period. This acclaimed work previews from November 14, opens November 19 and runs to December 6 at Theatre Passe Muraille’s Mainspace. More »

Join LKTYP for Their Annual Play Date:

The Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People is pleased to present their annual fun-filled family event Hullabaloo featuring a special performance of You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown. Hosted by 97.3 EZ Rock’s morning man Humble Howard, the day will also include kid-friendly food stations throughout the building, exciting family activities, a live auction and their ever-popular silent auction. Proceeds benefit the play development and educational work of LKTYP. More »

THE SHOW WILL GO ON! Please disregard all contradicting information.
December 5th – 6th at 8pm, Dec 7th at 3pm at the Fleck Dance Theatre

Handel’s Messiah lives on in a refreshingly different show! A dance rendition of the musical holiday favourite, infused with captivating soul. The music runs the gamut of Black music; there is the Caribbean, the Highlife, the Jazz, the Soul. It runs parallel with The Nutcracker; and is something in which all cultures can find joy, aspirations and hope. More »

THE CINEFORUM, 463 Bathurst below College Across From The Beer Store. 416-603-6643.
Saturday, November 22 thru Thursday, November 27:

5pm: JANE JACOBS: URBAN WISDOM (2003) A film by Don Alexander.
7pm: PINK FLOYD: ALICE IN THE WALL (ALICE IN WONDERLAND set to the music of Pink Floyd’s THE WALL)
9pm: Remembering Peter Kastner: YOU’RE A BIG BOY NOW (1966) Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Peter Kastner, star of the landmark Canadian film, NOBODY WAVED GOOYBYE (1964) Directed by Don Owen, passed away suddenly in September. More »

VAUDEVILLE CABARET

Vaudeville Vaudeville has won Victoria’s Monday Magazine award for best comedy act three years running. It was founded by Britt Small (who also stage manages Legoland, currently running at Theatre Passe Muraille to December 6) and Jacob Richmond in 2004. Their monthly cabaret show has became a cult hit in Victoria BC. They are bringing that show – Vaudeville Cabaret – to Theatre Passe Muraille for the evening of November 30th. More »

CONNIE KALDOR
In addition to presenting its season of plays, Theatre Passe Muraille is presenting a series about Master Artists and their Craft. November 23rd sees Juno award winning singer/songwriter Connie Kaldor take the stage in a workshop performance and discussion with host Paul Thompson. More »

Toronto Dance Theatre celebrates its 40th Anniversary Season with the world premiere of Dis/(sol/ve)r, a major new work by Artistic Director Christopher House, running November 18-22 at 8pm nightly at Harbourfront Centre’s Fleck Dance Theatre (formerly Premiere Dance Theatre). A co-production with Canada’s National Arts Centre, Dis/(sol/ve)r features nine dancers in a work that promises to reveal a bold new facet of Christopher House’s choreographic language. More »

Talking Heads
From the celebrated BBC-TV series
by Alan Bennett
Directed by Mat Howard

Acclaimed British writer Alan Bennett penned a groundbreaking series of darkly funny monologues, grouped under the title Talking Heads, that were broadcast on BBC-TV starting in 1988, and starred such legendary actors as Julie Walters, Patricia Routledge, Eileen Atkins and Maggie Smith.
Alumnae Theatre is producing three of the series for our stage, directed by Mat Howard. More »