Become a Community Champion with Daily Bread Food Bank
2023-05-02 08:00 - 17:00, 2023-05-05 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Toronto)
Help us fight hunger in Toronto by hosting a food drive or fundraiser for Daily Bread Food Bank this spring! We’ll support you every step of the way. Here’s how it works:

1. Register your food drive or fundraiser with us online.2. We’ll reach out with additional info and resources to help!3. If you’re running a food drive, you can drop off your food donations at any Toronto fire hall, at Daily Bread Food Bank, or request a pickup from us for donations of 500+ pounds.

Ready to go? Everything you need to get started is here: https://www.dailybread.ca/ways-to-give/community-champion/

Food bank visits in Toronto hit yet another high in February with over 215,000 visits in that short month (compared to about 60,000 pre-pandemic). We need your help to raise funds and food so we can meet this need now. Thank you so much for your generosity and support!

Lumière: The Art of Light
2023-05-02 17:00 - 23:00, 2023-05-03 17:00 - 23:00, 2023-05-04 17:00 - 23:00, 2023-05-05 17:00 - 23:00, 2023-05-06 17:00 - 23:00 | Trillium Park, 955 Lake Shore Blvd W, Toronto, M6K 3B9
Explore Lumière: The Art of Light (formerly Winter Light Exhibition) in its new home in Trillium Park! This free outdoor light exhibition allows visitors to explore the park and experience art developed by Ontario artists. Utilizing innovation, light and discovery, Artists and creators will illuminate the park under a curatorial theme of “renewal”, celebrating the change of seasons from winter to spring.

Lumière is open 7 nights a week, and guests are invited to experience the magical and alluring exhibits from dusk to 11 p.m. On Friday and Saturday evenings, take a break from exploring and warm up next to the bonfire.

Centauri Arts Academy Acting Classes for ages 9-17
2023-05-02 17:30 - 21:00 | Centauri Arts, 2323 Bloor St. W #218A, Toronto, M6S 4W1
Join us Tuesdays for our Acting Classes for ages 9-17
Registration is Now Open! (15 week course)
Develop your imagination, spontaneity and collaborative skills while having FUN! Through theatre games and improvisation, you’ll discover an actor’s craft, learning how to build original characters and stories for live performance and film.

Muldoon Session (live Irish music) at Whelan's Gate
2023-05-02 19:30 - 23:00 | Whelan’s Gate, 1663 Bloor Street West, Toronto, M6H3Z2
Join us every Tuesday 730pm onwards for Toronto’s longest running Irish Session! Sing along with a proper pint of Guinness or bring an instrument and join the session.

Chair Yoga for Seniors
2023-05-03 09:45 - 10:45 | Swansea Town Hall 95 Lavinia Ave,
Instructor-led sessions let you do yoga sitting and standing with the support of a chair and the wall. Focus is on spinal health, breath and connecting mind, body and heart, very healing and comforting. No previous yoga experience is necessary.

Chair Yoga for Seniors
2023-05-03 09:45 - 10:45 | Swansea Town Hall, 95 Lavinia Ave, Toronto
Instructor-led classes let you do yoga sitting and standing with the support of a chair. The focus is on spinal health, the breath and connecting mind, soul and heart, very healing and comforting. No previous yoga experience is necessary. Contact Swansea Area Seniors Association at 416-392-1953 or swanseaareaseniors@gmail.com for information.

Multi-Media Art for Seniors
2023-05-03 10:00 - 12:00 | Swansea Town Hall, 95 Lavinia Ave, Toronto
Instructor-led classes let you explore traditional and new techniques of drawing and painting. Working with acrylics, watercolours, ink, pastels, drawing and collage. Contact at 416-392-1953 or swanseaareaseniors@gmail.com for information and inquire about our trial classes.

Centauri Arts Academy Virtual Creative Writing Classes for ages 12-17
2023-05-03 19:00 - 20:30 | https://neighbur.net/event/centauri-arts-academy-virtual-creative-writing-classes-for-ages-12-17/2023-05-03/
Join us Wednesdays for our Virtual Creative Writing Classes for ages 12-17
Registration is Now Open! (15 week course)
Our Creative Writing Classes bring together young people who love to write, and experienced writers who have the skills to teach, nurture and inspire. Beginner and experienced writers are welcome! Young writers explore plot, character, setting, structure and editing as they build community, discover their writer’s voice and experiment with form and style. Projects are varied and include poetry, playwriting, screenwriting, fantasy world-building, genre fiction, novel structure, flash fiction, graphic novel writing and more. A typical class includes exploration of a writing technique, 2-3 inspiring creative writing prompts, and an opportunity to share work for encouragement or feedback.

Je-BEER-dy Night at Rainhard Brewing CO
2023-05-03 19:00 - 21:00 | Rainhard Brewing Co., 100 Symes Road, #108, Toronto, M6N 0A8
Rainhard is hosting there first ever Je-BEER-dy Night.
Gather your teams of 2 – 6 and come out and compete with others to see who will be the Jeopardy Champion. It’s free to play and there will be a prize for the winning team.
When: May 3rd
Time 7pm – 9pm
FREE TO PLAY

Trivia Night at A Dark Horse Pub
2023-05-03 19:00 - 22:00 | A Dark Horse Pub, 2401 Bloor Street West, Toronto, M6S1P7
A Dark Horse Pub presents Pub Stumpers trivia, back by popular demand. Get your teams ready and join us at every Wednesday night, starting at 7pm.

@caponestoronto Live Jazz!
2023-05-03 19:30 - 23:00 | Capone’s Cocktail Lounge, 1573 Bloor Street West, Toronto, M6P 1A6
Join us for our weekly Jazz Jam this Wednesday, featuring JazzInToronto’s Young Artist Series.
Featuring Sabian Crosswell, a musician/songwriter that seeks to connect the soul and spirit through the vibrations of music. Influenced by jazz, neo soul, fusion. Artists like Robert Glasper, yussef dayes, thundercat, Cory Henry, Stevie Wonder. Crosswell aims to exude that joy and sense of spirituality to all surroundings.

Freestyle Painting at KCP ArtStudio
2023-05-04 11:00 - 13:00, 2023-05-05 11:00 - 13:00 | KCP Art Studio, 157 Lakeshore Road East, MIssissauga, L5G4T9
Art is therapy! Book a timeslot to freestyle paint. Learn the acrylic medium and great painting techniques. Bring in an image or select one from our library as a starting point. All materials are included such as; canvas, brushes, paint, an apron and guidance. The time frame is 2 hours. Price $35+tax. Relax and paint your week away! The recurring timeslot is 11:00 am every Thursday, but this session can be booked anytime! Visit www.karencolangelopaintings.ca. We also offer many other great artistic services!

125th Anniversary Women's Musical Club of Toronto May 4 Concert
2023-05-04 13:30 - 17:00
Shirlene Courtis
24 Apr 2023, 12:31 (2 days ago)
to newsroom
Hello,
I am writing to advise you of an event being held on May 5 at Walter Hall, Faculty of Music, U of T.
About WMCT
In 1898 a group of women musicians and music lovers founded the Women’s Musical Club of Toronto. Members performed for each other in weekly morning recitals. By 1919 the club presented professional artists such as Ernest MacMillan and Harry Adaskin as well as varied ensembles. During the 1930s a special series of three concerts grossed $772.37 – the root of a scholarship fund which continues today supporting undergraduate scholarships, a graduate fellowship, and the national $25,000 Career Development Award. 125 years later it still enhances the cultural life of Toronto, sponsoring a recital series and providing performance opportunities and scholarships for young Canadian musicians. Over the years it changed from a “women only” club to an arts presenter welcoming everyone.
Concert Series
Music in the Afternoon, an annual series of five chamber music concerts, showcases both established and emerging artists. International stars Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Andres Segovia, and Leontyne Price made their Canadian debuts. James Ehnes, Russell Braun, Glenn Gould, and Maureen Forrester are among the illustrious Canadians who have been presented. The History of Concerts and Performers of the Women’s Musical Club of Toronto is a complete searchable record of performers and repertoire presented from 1898 to 2022.
Career Development Award and Commissions
Integral to the WMCT’s programming are the presentation of its Career Development Award winner every three years, and the Commission each season of a new chamber work by a Canadian composer for performance during that season’s Music in the Afternoon concert series.
We wish to invite a member of the newsroom to attend the concert and write a piece on the event with photos. The concert will run from 1.30 pm until 3.15 to be followed by a brief reception. Concert featuring Mark Fewer, violin
Chris Whitley, violin, and the Thalea Quartet *
Jeanie Chung, piano
If you are able to promote on line and ideally cover the event please contact me.
Best regards
Shirlene Courtis
Volunteer Committee
shirlenecourtis50@gmai.cm
416-9307234
Great Chamber Music Concerts | Music in the Afternoon

A description for your information:
Our focus and concert series:
125 years is a significant anniversary – an anniversary worthy of significant celebration! Throughout those 125 years of Music in the Afternoon, the Women’s Musical Club of Toronto has demonstrated a continuous and substantial connection to our city, to Canadian and international artists, and to the global canon of musical creation. Our anniversary celebration highlights these connections in contemporary format and explores the continuity of our committed approach in integrated and immersive style. We continue our practice of inviting significant artists at various stages in their careers to perform. However, for the 125th, these artists “anchor” their concert and invite their mentors, or those they themselves mentor, to perform alongside them. Our performers establish our view of the present; through their mentors we explore their history, and through those they mentor, the future. The achievement of 125 years of musical history will be divided chronologically into 5 blocks of 25 years with each concert in our series featuring a representative work from one of these periods. GREETINGS from SIMON FRYER Xenia Concerts Presents in two family-friendly concerts that embrace neurodiversity and disability. Sunday May 7th Tickets: $5 xeniaconcerts.com Thalea String Quartet Meridian Hall 1 Front Street East Toronto, ON 11 AM Sensory-friendly concert 2 PM Dementia-friendly concert I am delighted to be writing about the WMCT’s 125th season, having begun my association with the Club by writing its centennial history, Counterpoint to a City (1997), then following that up with Counterpoint Continued (2008) to bring the story up to the 110th season. Counterpoint Three, covering the past 15 years, will be launched at the reception following this concert. For this special season, WMCT artistic director Simon Fryer has created an imaginative series that constitutes a reflection upon the past 125 years of the WMCT, of the city of Toronto, and of international music history. To accomplish all of this within just five concerts, he has divided that 125-year span into five 25-year blocks. As 25 years is the length of a generation, Simon had the additional creative idea of including, in each concert, musicians who are in a mentor/mentee relationship, thus reflecting the past, present and future of the invited guest artists, as well as of the WMCT itself. For each concert, an anchor work is drawn from one of the five 25-year blocks of time, which provides an opportunity to reflect upon that period in WMCT and world history. -Robin Elliott WMCT at 125 The context of this work in local and international events will be featured in the program and elaborated online by dedicated WMCT historian Robin Elliott. We close our epic anniversary season with a program featuring the immense talents and influence of favourite Canadian violinist Mark Fewer. Mark brings the Thalea String Quartet and pianist Jeanie Chung (winner of the WMCT’s Career Development Award in 1997) to perform the magnificent Concerto for violin, piano and string quartet by Chausson, alongside a companion work commissioned by Mark from Yellowknife composer Carmen Braden. Our gateway work is the extraordinary string quartet by Erwin Schulhoff and we may find some unusually theatrical content courtesy of Mark and his former student Chris Whitley (of the Thalea Quartet) who demonstrate their shared eclectic musical tastes and “genre bending” abilities in the violin duo Schattenwerk written for Mark by John Rea.
For more information please visit our website: https://www.wmct.on.ca/
Shirlene Courtis
24 Apr 2023, 12:31 (2 days ago)
to me

Meditation Class ~ How to Solve our Human Problems
2023-05-04 19:00 - 20:30 | Swansea Town Hall, 95 Lavinia Ave, Toronto
How to Solve our Human Problems ~ Respond to life’s challenges with a positive mind

Thursday evenings weekly drop-in meditation classes: 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. ~ $15 / person / class, at Swansea Town Hall (Evergreen Room): 95 Lavinia Avenue, Toronto

These classes offer a rare opportunity to receive commentary to the book, How to Solve Our Human Problems by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche. The teachings in this book are particularly powerful for helping us develop a strong, stable, peaceful mind of patient acceptance, thus overcoming our tendency to become stressed, anxious, or angry in difficult situations.

In this series of classes, we will learn how to respond to life’s challenges with a positive, peaceful mind, using these situations as opportunities for spiritual growth. Through understanding and practising the teachings in this book, we can gain true inner strength and confidence. This book is beneficial for beginners and long-term practitioners alike. Although taught as a series, each class is self-contained and can be attended individually. Drop in anytime. Classes include two guided meditations and a practical teaching. Everyone is welcome!

About the Teacher: Gen Kelsang Thekchen is a senior Teacher in the New Kadampa Tradition – International Kadampa Buddhist Union (NKT-IKBU). He began practising Kadam Dharma in Toronto in 1995 and has been a Kadampa monk and Teacher under the guidance of Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche for 24 years. He is well known for his ability to present Buddha’s teachings in a simple, practical and often humorous way, making them easy to put into practice in everyday life.

For more information and to book: https://www.meditateintoronto.org/bloorwest

@caponestoronto Weekly Standup Comedy!
2023-05-04 20:00 - 22:00 | Capone’s Cocktail Lounge, 1573 Bloor Street West, Toronto, M6P 1A6
Every Thursday night bring your friends and family to join us for a night of endless laughs as you enjoy our expertly crafted cocktails and delicious meals inside the neighbourhood’s most intimate cocktail den!
This week’s two-hour show will feature:
M﻿C Ronnie Edwards
C﻿huck Byrn – Having performed in almost every conceivable circumstance, Chuck adjusts his performance to suit the situation. Be it a formal awards dinner, a casual staff party or a large boisterous group of clients in from out of town… Chuck will put on a show suitable to the situation. His hard work has culminated in him receiving a Best Comic nomination at the the 2010 Canadian Comedy Awards.
C﻿hris Robinson – One of the premier comics in Canada. In 2016 he was the runner up at the prestigious homegrown competition at Just For Laughs in Montreal. Later that year he went on to be crowned Sirius XM’s Top Comic.
P﻿atrick Hakeem – A comic from Montreal now based in Toronto. He has performed at JFL 42, Zoofest and NXNE festivals. He has also been featured on Sirius XM. Hakeem’s high energy demands your full fixation. His brutal honesty, vulnerability, and his ability to have fun with the audience leaves them wanting more.
P﻿lus additional comics!

Reverse Glass Painting Workshops
2023-05-05 10:00 - 13:00
If your inner artist is dying to come out or you want to create community or even pursue a new hobby this workshop is for you!
Each Friday from 10am-1pm we host painting workshops lead by the amazingly talented Galina Kokhan, artist, RMT & Acupuncturist where you and your friends can come together and paint.

Galina’s classes have included a winter forest scene with a fury creature, a small winter village and the last two workshops have been Tarot cards. This is a chance to take a new spin on reverse glass painting with acrylic paint, glitter of all kinds, markers and different kinds of gold leaf from purple to green.

We hope to see you soon!
To RSVP for your spot please see the flyer attached.
All supplies, snack and beverages are included.
Each workshop includes two sessions.

Mother’s Day Photo Contest at Stock Yards Village
2023-05-06 08:00 - 2023-05-15 22:00 | Stock Yards Village, 1980 St Clair Ave West, Toronto
Visit Stock Yards Village, find our photo booth display, take a photo with mom and tag us for a chance to win a $250 gift card.

All Saints' Kingsway Spring Sale
2023-05-06 08:30 - 12:30
The fabulous All Saints’ Kingsway Spring Sale is back! Featured are books, CDs, toys, games, pictures, housewares, dishes, small appliances, small furniture, clothing for men, women, and children, garden and sporting supplies, a Treasures boutique, fabulous home baking, jewelry, and even hot dogs.

Westway Food Bank Community Yard Sale Fundraiser
2023-05-06 09:00 - 13:00 | Westway Christian Church 6 Kilburn Place Etobicoke ON, 6 Kilburn Place, Etobicoke, Ontario, M9R 2X5, Canada
Join us at the Westway Christian Church Food Bank Fundraiser Car Boot / Yard Sale!
Great vendors! 50/50 Draw! Silent Auction!!
Corner of Kipling & Westway

Shred Day at Resurrection Credit Union
2023-05-06 09:30 - 12:30 | Resurrection Credit Union, 3 Resurrection Rd, Toronto, Ontario, M9G 5G1, Canada
On Saturday, May 6th from 9:30am to 12:30pm, Resurrection Credit Union will hold its annual Shred Day. Resurrection Credit Union’s Shred Day is a community event where individuals can securely shred their personal and confidential documents for free. This event is held annually and provides a safe and convenient way for people to dispose of sensitive information that they no longer need. By participating in this event, individuals can protect themselves against identity theft and fraud. Resurrection Credit Union takes pride in promoting financial security and privacy in the community through this initiative. The event also promotes sustainable practices by recycling the shredded documents.

Opportunities Fair with LAMP
2023-05-06 11:00 - 16:00 | LAMP Community Health Centre, 185 Fifth Street, Etobicoke, Ontario, M8V 2Z5, Canada
Join us on Saturday, May 6th for an Opportunities Fair! This event will feature information and opportunities on how you can make more money through “Side Hustles” or through exploring second incomes and business ideas to boost your income.
Come for feedback with your own proposal or come to be inspired with our ideas wall! All are welcome.
Please note that LAMP will not be offering job opportunities or financial supports at this event.

PhysioDNA Grand Opening
2023-05-06 12:00 - 16:00 | 2360 Bloor Street West, 2360 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Ontario, M6S 1P3, Canada
PhysioDNA is thrilled to announce the opening of its third location in Bloor West Village! Visit us on Saturday, May 6th to meet our team and learn more about the physiotherapy, athletic therapy, fascial stretch, and chiropractic services we offer. Stop by for snacks, drinks, prizes, and free stretches between 12pm-4pm! We look forward to meeting you.

Roselands Public School 100th Anniversary Reunion
2023-05-06 12:00 - 17:00 | Roseland Public School
Roselands P.S. was opened in 1922 and is celebrating its 100th Anniversary on Saturday May 6th 2023. The school will be welcoming former staff, alumni and guests from 12:00 to 5:00. Historically, the school is located at the Roselands Plateau, at Jane & Lambton, overlooking the Eglinton Flats on the north and the Humber River on its west side. Also nearby, was the Toronto Carrying Place-portage from the Lake Ontario to Lake Simcoe and further north to the other lakes. An Indigenous Campsite site located on the schools playground and the Frimette Indigenous Village site was located below on its west side.

Barks + Brews Dog Social for Fetch + Releash
2023-05-06 12:00 - 18:00 | Great Lakes Brewery
We’re having a dog social for Fetch + Releash Dog Rescue!
Bring your well behaved pup to the brewery on May 6th between 12pm and 6pm for a day of tail-wagging good times.
We’ll have Good Seed Dog Treats here for you to purchase natural spent grain cookies for your pooch and we’ll have a dog themed Lager for you!
We’ll also have a doggie portrait booth where we can take an insta-worthy pictures to make your buddy feel like top dog.
Don’t have a doggo to bring but still want to mingle? Fetch + Releash will have some of their rescue dogs on site to meet and greet! 🐶 🍻
