Upcoming Events 2013

Workman Arts' “Pop Up” Gallery (part of Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival). Participating Artists: Heather Fulton, Catherine Jones, Michael Mills and Annette Seip.

Responding to the twenty-seven acres site, which has been dedicated as space for treating mental illness for over 150 years, participating artists conceive visual experiences that uncover beauty, fear, secrets and hope concealed within the landscape at 1001 Queen St. West.

• Time: Noon-6pm daily
• Admission: FREE
• Where: CAMH - 1001 Queen St. West M6J 1H4 (Queen St West at Gordon Bell Rd) - see map

Workman Arts will also be celebrating Mental Health Week, May 5-11 with a variety of events across Toronto to encourage people to learn & engage with others on all issues relating to mental health.

Held at the Harbourfront (Queens Quay), World Stage brings the best in contemporary live performance. This season welcomes productions and artists from Canada, Germany, Côte d’Ivoire, Brazil, Australia, China, Norway, Belgium, Portugal and the Netherlands, offering visions both thoughtful and whimsical, boisterous and serene, Chilling and fearless. In other words, our human experience.

Performances take place at:

• Studio Theatre (235 Queens Quay West)
• Fleck Dance Theatre (3rd floor of the Queen’s Quay Terminal, 207 Queens Quay West)
• Enwave Theatre (231 Queens Quay West)

Information about single tickets, packages, Flex Passes, students/youth/seniors and arts industry professionals is available at the Harbourfront Centre Box Office, by calling 416-973-4000 or online.

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Swing into Spring is a night of live music, dancing and entertainment in support of Dancing With Parkinson’s (DWP).

This year’s event features comedian Sean Cullen, Barenaked Lady Jim Creeggan, Radio host Andy Barrie, ET Canada’s Kim D’eon, The George Lake Big Band, and performances by the DWP dancers!

• Where: The Capitol Event Theatre, 2492 Yonge Street, Toronto (just north of Eglinton)
• Tickets: $75 via 647.217.9252 or Online

More about DWP: A registered Canadian charity in its 5th year of operations, Dancing With Parkinson’s Inc. creates and delivers revolutionary dance therapy and movement classes for adults living with Parkinson’s Disease, an incurable neurological disorder that can make everyday movements difficult to control. The exercises performed in dance class help to increase a patient’s awareness and control of his or her movements, while the atmosphere stimulates positive interactions between participants. Dancing With Parkinson’s (DWP) success can be attributed to its enigmatic founder, Sarah Robichaud. By using emotional memory, imagery and mirroring, Ms. Robichaud helps patients to get movement going ‘through the back door of the brain’. Neurologists have called the DWP program ‘a revelation’, and are quick to credit Ms. Robichaud for bringing important attention to Parkinson’s Disease, which affects over 100,000 Canadians.

Kick-start your summer by experiencing amazing aerial displays at the 2013 Waterloo Air Show. Aviation is showcased both in the air and on the ground. Highlighting the show will be spectacular displays by the Canadian Forces Snowbirds, Canada’s CF-18 Demonstration Team, daring aerobatics, warbirds and more.

This 2-day family event is complemented by a Static Display -- additional aircraft parked for the weekend allowing people to see them up close, take photos, and speak to the pilots.

For additional entertainment, there will be displays, vendors, a kids amusement area, interactive family activities, performer autographs, food, a beer garden and more. Bring your chairs & cameras out to the Region of Waterloo International Airport and let your wings soar!

The Italian Walk of Fame is located in the heart of downtown Toronto's "Little Italy" (College St, just west of Bathurst). The 'Walk' celebrates extraordinary achievements/contributions of Italians, both locally and globally. The red carpet star unveiling ceremonies take place in front of the CHIN Buidling, 622 College Street (west of Bathurst St.) at 1pm on Monday, September 5.

There is also a gala and you can purchase tickets online via their website.

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Make your Dad happy on Fathers' Day! Walk the red carpet with over 150 beautiful examples of classic and exotic cars, including Porcshe, Aston Martin, Jaguar and more.

With Bloor-Yorkville area being one of Toronto`s most celebrated neighbourhood of style and culture offering a unique blend of designer boutiques, fashionable restaurants, plush hotels and world class galleries, there's also something for Mum to do!

The newly renovated Bloor Street will be closed to traffic between Avenue Road and Bay Street for the entire day to host this event.

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Toronto Plays - a must-attend event of the young professional charity scene in support of Right to Play (which uses sport and play to educate and empower children and youth to overcome the effects of poverty, conflict and disease in disadvantaged communities).

Enjoy a Mardi-Gras casino night complete with open bar, Cajun inspired appetizers and enough music and entertainment to transport you to Bourbon Street!

Try your hand at a variety of casino games with your bag of play money and you could walk away with one of our incredible grand prizes, including a trip to LAS VEGAS! With more surprises in store, the night promises not to disappoint!

• WHERE:Leon's, Roundhouse, 255 Bremner Boulevard
• TICKETS: $100 (Online)

A Community Weeknd of Music, Nature & Art: Join Spiritfest for the July 1 long weekend in a fun, spirited, creative, family-friendly community with wonderful food, at a rustic, forested retreat centre less than 2 hours from Toronto.

There's a variety of expressive arts, eco, and yoga workshops, performances, concerts, as well as unstructured relaxing time to wander the forest, nap, etc. Camping and cabins are available.

Where: Mansfield Outdoor Education Centre, Regional Rd 18 (Mansfield)
Early Bird Weekend Passes Now Available for $275.00 until May 15!

This weekend event is FREE to watch and is held at Ashbridges Bay (The Beaches). Once there you can spend as little or as much time as you want watching the many competitors and once you've watched enough, you can stroll along the boardwalk to The Beaches main area. Money raised will go to a worthy cause - Sick Kids Foundation.

If you are interested in participating details are as follows:

• $400/per team for 1-Day Tournament (plus HST)
• $475/per team for 2-Day Tournament (plus HST)
• Entry/Payment Deadline: Friday June 14, 2013
• Entry form (pdf copy) can be obtained online

Divisions:

• Beach Volleyball Recreational Coed 6's
• Beach Volleyball Competitive Coed 6's

Times: 9am - 5pm (2-Day & 1-Day Tournaments) approx

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Mad Pride is an arts, culture, and heritage festival created by psychiatric survivors, consumers, mad people, folks the world has labeled “mentally ill”, and those in solidarity with them.

Mad Pride is about:

• remembering and participating in mad history
• challenging discrimination
• advocating for rights
• affirming mad identities
• developing and empowering mad communities
• having fun!

Our lives and contributions are valuable and need celebration!

Ontario Brick Builders presents... Brickfête 2013: 14,000 sq ft of LEGO creations built by hobbyists.

What will you see? Unique and detailed builds including...

• LEGO Robots & Mindstorms Creations
• City Layouts with powered Trains
• Space, Star Wars & Scifi Creations
• Art, Architecture & Design
• Planes, Trains & Automobiles
• Historical Buildings and Castles
• Pirates, Steampunk and Vikings
• Mosaics & Sculptures and so much more...

All made with millions of LEGO bricks ... by hobbyists from across Canada and the USA.

The plus size woman has become an elite brand all on her own and the world at large is beginning to take notice. The International Fuller Woman Expo is on a mission to eradicate the stigma that surrounds being a plus size woman while empowering, educating and motivating these voluptuous goddesses to recognize their internal and external beauty.

Whatever your needs The Fuller Woman Expo has it, from hard to find fashions; workshops and seminars; fashion shows and performances. This year our celebrity guest speaker is none other than Whitney Thompson the first and only plus size model to win America's Next Top Model Cycle 10.

• Where: Yonge/Dundas Square, Toronto
• Times: 11:00am - 8:00pm
• Admission: FREE

Mark your calendar grab some friends and be entertained, this jam packed one day consumer trade show will give you a reason to celebrate, free goodie bags (while quantity last) filled with great samples and coupons, information on amazing promotions, hourly giveaways and much much more, con on our and JOIN THE CURVY REVOLUTION!!

A global twist on classical brass music from French horns and trumpet voluntaries to Indian wedding bands, brass bands and boat blasts! Held at Harbourfront Centre.

**FREE.**

HorseCapades introduces horses to the young and the young at heart. This is a FREE CNE interactive horse program. This program will then move from the Horse Palace to the Farm in the Better Living Centre’s West Side once the CNE begins on Aug 16. (It is still free but with the price of CNE admission during the Ex).

Some of what is on offer at this event:

• Discover how a horse thinks, acts and reacts
• Experience what it is like to ride a horse
• Pet and feed a horse
• Meet a mare and foal (mother and baby horse)
• Learn about grooming and shoeing
• Take a wagon ride
• Learn about the life of a Racehorse

Edgefest is back this year - Downsview Park (35 Carl Hall Rd, Toronto) - for another summer concert event with The Lumineers headlining it. The Line-up has been announced and tickets go on sale Friday, April 12. Admission is $63.25 (incl. fees) and can be bought via Ticketmaster. Gates open 11 am.

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A 1-day extravaganza of top Canadian calypso and soca singers, along with the UK's 2012 Calypso Monarch, steelpan and traditional carnival mas' characters. Held at Harbourfront Centre.

The Canadian National Exhibition is an 'end of summer' celebration held at Exhibition Place. Once you've paid the entrance fee, all entertainment is free. But in order to go on the amusement rides, you must have the RAD pass.

Special Events

If you want to arrange your day to coincide with something that is happening specifically at the CNE, there are many special events that may sway your decision as to when to go. Details are still to be announced and will be listed here once available.

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**Admission req.**

The annual Canada's Walk of Fame Awards, a star-studded gala event, will feature top tier talents being honoured by their colleagues with inspirational performances and heartfelt words. A list of presenters and performers featured in the show will be announced later this year.

The fourth annual Canada’s Walk of Fame Festival, is 3 days of music featuring some of Canada’s most popular and iconic performers. The Festival is held at a variety of venues in downtown Toronto, most of them free. Audiences will enjoy a broad range of events, from Canada’s most celebrated performers to exciting emerging artists breaking out onto the world stage.

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They will meet at Nathan Phillips Square at NOON and begin their walk of terror at 3pm. Vendors will also be there at the Square where the walk starts and finishes. Attendees will be in the area before and after the walk.

Expect a horde of approximately 10,000 zombies, as well as a large crowd of living participants in the afternoon’s activies!

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