PHOENIX, AZ, April 23, 2012 /CNW/ – This year, a special group of celebrity wish granters came together to craft a Public Service Announcement (PSA) to raise awareness about World Wish Day® and the Make-A-Wish® mission. Miley Cyrus and Justin Bieber, among other celebrities, have lent their voices to the World Wish Day campaign. In [...]
Continue reading …Participatory project featuring the Foto Bug presented in partnership with the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival and the TDSB (TORONTO – April 19, 2012) After 10 years of collecting family photo albums from around the world, Canadian artist Max Dean is determined to pass them all onto new owners through a new public project developed by [...]
Continue reading …Buddies in Bad Times Theatre proudly welcomes a Cabaret Company production written and directed by the boundary bursting founder of Buddies, Sky Gilbert. If that wasn’t enough in itself, the show is being choreographed by outrageous and outlandish Keith Cole. A beautiful young man moves to the big city. There, he falls in love with [...]
Continue reading …Director Jesse Mann takes Filmgoers into the World of Fashion Wunderkind Bruno Ierullo Toronto (Wednesday, April 18, 2012)- In the tradition of Bill Cunningham New York comes Material Success, the debut feature documentary from director Jesse Mann that shines a light on the creative process of eccentric and visionary fashion trendsetter Bruno Ierullo. The winner of the Audience Choice Award at the Canadian Film Festival starts its [...]
Continue reading …Award-winning Canadian musicians flock to wine country to perform a set of intimate shows among the vines TORONTO, April 17, 2012 /CNW/ – Did you know there’s an outdoor concert venue at the Jackson-Triggs Winery in Niagara-on-the-Lake? Ontario’s best-kept musical gem takes centre stage this summer as Canada’s most talented take to the vineyard for [...]
Continue reading …TORONTO, April 17, 2012 /CNW/ – North by Northeast (NXNE) and AOL Canada today announce that three-time Grammy-Award winning group The Flaming Lips will headline an electrifying free show at Yonge-Dundas Square on Saturday, June 16. Celebrating its 18th year, NXNE Music presents more than 650 artists for 300,000 attendees and generates more than $47 [...]
Continue reading …Legendary New York performance group Split Britches offer up a tribute to what we have lost in the rising sea of urban gentrification. Lost Lounge is a refuge for a culture that sits on the edge of extinction. Through loving recreations of seminal lounge acts from the glory days of NYC’s Bowery Corridor, Lost Lounge [...]
Continue reading …Mad Couture Catwalk is a unique performance and party that will launch Workman Arts’ 25th Anniversary prior to the one-day symposium Extraordinary Artists: The Convergence of Art and Mental Illness in the 21st Century. This runway-style presentation of wearable couture by Workman artists will challenge norms, shift boundaries and inspire dialogue about mental illness and [...]
Continue reading …The 12th annual juried art exhibition Being Scene, produced by Workman Arts for the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, launches May 30th with a grand opening reception at The University of Toronto’s Hart House http://www.harthouse.utoronto.ca/ This is one of the most incredible art exhibitions in the city, combining multiple disciplines with multiple [...]
Continue reading …Toronto – Claire Hopkinson, Executive Director of Toronto Arts Foundation (TAF) is pleased to announce the launch of North York Arts Online, the premiere website celebrating North York’s vibrant cultural scene. Featuring programming information, a comprehensive calendar of arts events, as well as information on exciting new arts and culture initiatives, North York Arts Online [...]
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