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September 20, 2019

   

 

TORONTO HIT LIST

Venus Fest, Decades Dance Party, Autumn Makers' Market, Sterling Road Block Party and more!

 

ACCLAIMED DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER RAMA RAU'S FIRST FICTION FILM TACKLES ONTARIO'S REAL-LIFE HUMAN TRAFFICKING PROBLEM. WE WANT TO SEND YOU TO HONEY BEE

Praised for her work in documentary, filmmaker Rama Rau (The League of Exotic Dancers, The Daughter Tree) focuses her first narrative feature on a very real-life problem: human trafficking. Read more »

 

OUR PICK OF THE WEEK: QUEEN WEST ART CRAWL

The Queen West Art Crawl is returning to Trinity Bellwoods Park this weekend for two days of art, music, food, and more! Read more »

 

AMANI IBRAHIM ON LEAVING SYRIA, BUILDING NEW MEMORIES + JOINING "THE STRANGER 2.0"

Amani Ibrahim is a Syrian actor and activist who left Syria in 2013 and is currently based in Toronto. Read more »

 

HOW MY FATHER'S ALCOHOL-RELATED DEATH SAVED MY LIFE

My dad died suddenly five years ago, and to say it was an enormous shock would be an understatement. Read more »

 

FOR THE KIDS: PALESTINIAN STORIES, CRAFTS & SCREENINGS FOR KIDS AT TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX

The Toronto Palestine Film Festival is debuting its first kids' program! Throughout the TIFF Lightbox Lab (4th floor) on September 22, kids ages 5 and up are invited for craft-making, storytelling, screenings and more! Read more »

 

LUCY LU'S "DA PI YUAN" IS A MOVING & POWERFUL EXHIBIT ABOUT GOING HOME

Lucy Lu's Da Pi Yuan, on now at Ryerson Image Centre, is an exploration & love letter to Lu's first home: Xi'an, China. "Although Toronto has been home for most of my twenty-five years, Xi'an was where everything started," Lu explains. Read more »

 

DIE-IN AT KENSINGTON MARKET & TEACH-IN AT HART HOUSE FOR CLIMATE CRISIS ACTION

Relentless action in the face of climate change is of the utmost importance–and two events coming up next weekend are aimed at keeping it at top of mind. Read more »

 

WOMANIZER X SHEDOESTHECITY BOUDOIR PHOTO SHOOTS: JESSICA ON LEARNING TO LET GO AND FOCUSING ENERGY INWARD

This past summer, we began our year-long initiative with Womanizer to feature fierce AF womxn in boudoir photo shoots. Read more »

 

WRITER'S TRUST OF CANADA ANNOUNCES FINALISTS FOR NON-FICTION — ALL BY WOMXN! (YOUR NEATLY EDITED FALL READING LIST)

Early this morning, the Writers' Trust of Canada announced the five finalists for the 2019 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Non-fiction. Read more »

 

FREE DANCE & DRAWING WORKSHOPS WITH NATALIE KING & ANGELA GLADUE AT WIGWAM CHI-CHEMUNG THIS MONTH

As part of September Culture Days, Wigwam Chi-Chemung and Myseum of Toronto will host two workshops in dance and drawing that explore creativity, the arts, and well-being through an Indigenous lens. Read more »

 

THE WORLD'S BIGGEST BISEXUAL ARTS + CULTURE FEST RETURNS TO TORONTO THIS MONTH

The Bi Arts Festival, now in its third year, is the world's largest celebration of bisexual voices in art and culture. Read more »

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