Events
« April 25, 2008 - May 25, 2008 »
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04 / 25
(all day)
Start: 03/30/2008 - 14:00
End: 05/04/2008 - 16:00
Catherine Graham will be teaching, "Life Writing at Discovery Landing: Where imagination and the real world meet", at The Observatory at Burlington's Discovery Landing. Find out more about the workshop at the City of Burlington website.
Catherine Graham's third collection of poetry The Red Element will be published by Insomniac Press in 2008. She is the author of Pupa (Insomniac Press, 2003) and The Watch (Abbey Press, 1998). Her poetry has appeared in literary journals in North America, the United Kingdom and Ireland and has been frequently anthologized. Her website is http://www.catherinegraham.com....
(all day)
Start: 04/01/2008 - 10:00
End: 08/15/2008 - 18:00
The Royal ALexandra Portfolio: Photographs by Edward Burtynsky at David Mirvish Books On Art from April 1 to August 15.
Monday to Wednesday - 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Thursday and Friday - 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday - 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
The Royal Alexandra Portfolio by Edward Burtynsky was commissioned by David Mirvish to mark the theatre’s 100th anniversary in 2007. The photographs are included in The Royal Alexandra Theatre: A Celebration of 100 Years by Robert Brockhouse (McArthur & Company), and will be editioned strictly limited to photographs and portfolios ordered before May 31, 2008. Curated by Eleanor Johnston.
Part of the CONTACT Toronto Photography Festival.
(all day)
Start: 04/02/2008 - 19:00
End: 06/04/2008 - 21:30
Join other poetry aficionados for this flow-chart series of prepared talks by Toronto poets becoming fluent in the work of some of our contemporaries, combined with dynamic poetry readings and discussion. April 2 to June 4, 2008, Wednesday Evenings, 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
For writers and readers alike.
Featuring the following 8 guest poets:
- Gary Barwin
- Allan Briesmaster
- Karen Connelly
- Kevin Connolly
- Dennis Lee
- M. NourbeSe Philip
- a.rawlings
- Rachel Vigier
Facilitated by Margaret Christakos
(all day)
Start: 04/12/2008 - 10:30
End: 04/30/2008 - 00:00
The NFB Mediatheque in partnership with the League of Canadian Poets invite you to celebrate National Poetry Month!
All month long we invite you to come and watch FOR FREE over 20 NFB films that celebrate the history, creativity, and language of poetry from across Canada. Come in and experience our digital viewing stations – where you will find films for every one of all ages.
Inspired? Come and develop your own creative skills in on our special Poetry in Motion Animation Workshop.
Let poetry be your inspiration as you create a stop-motion animated short using clay!
Start: 12:00 pm
The League of Canadian Poets invites you to be a part of this exciting event and experience the absence of borders at this reading featuring Penn Kemp and Bill Bissett, an outstanding event by these two leaders in Canadian poetry circles! Twelve Members of Workman Arts will also be invited to participate in four workshops being offered as part of Workman Arts’ Spring Training Session and as part of The April Poetry Workshop series. Free admission.
For more information, visit www.poets.ca or call Renu Mehta, publicist at 416-708-2537 or email renum [at] rogers [dot] com.
Start: 8:00 pm
Christopher Doda (Aesthetics Lesson), Penn Kemp (www.pennkemp.ca) and Nathan Whitlock (A Week of This, ECW Press) at the IV Lounge Reading Series. At the IV Lounge, 326 Dundas Street West, across from the AGO on Friday, April 25 at 8:00 p.m.
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04 / 26
(all day)
Start: 03/30/2008 - 14:00
End: 05/04/2008 - 16:00
Catherine Graham will be teaching, "Life Writing at Discovery Landing: Where imagination and the real world meet", at The Observatory at Burlington's Discovery Landing. Find out more about the workshop at the City of Burlington website.
Catherine Graham's third collection of poetry The Red Element will be published by Insomniac Press in 2008. She is the author of Pupa (Insomniac Press, 2003) and The Watch (Abbey Press, 1998). Her poetry has appeared in literary journals in North America, the United Kingdom and Ireland and has been frequently anthologized. Her website is http://www.catherinegraham.com....
(all day)
Start: 04/01/2008 - 10:00
End: 08/15/2008 - 18:00
The Royal ALexandra Portfolio: Photographs by Edward Burtynsky at David Mirvish Books On Art from April 1 to August 15.
Monday to Wednesday - 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Thursday and Friday - 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday - 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
The Royal Alexandra Portfolio by Edward Burtynsky was commissioned by David Mirvish to mark the theatre’s 100th anniversary in 2007. The photographs are included in The Royal Alexandra Theatre: A Celebration of 100 Years by Robert Brockhouse (McArthur & Company), and will be editioned strictly limited to photographs and portfolios ordered before May 31, 2008. Curated by Eleanor Johnston.
Part of the CONTACT Toronto Photography Festival.
(all day)
Start: 04/02/2008 - 19:00
End: 06/04/2008 - 21:30
Join other poetry aficionados for this flow-chart series of prepared talks by Toronto poets becoming fluent in the work of some of our contemporaries, combined with dynamic poetry readings and discussion. April 2 to June 4, 2008, Wednesday Evenings, 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
For writers and readers alike.
Featuring the following 8 guest poets:
- Gary Barwin
- Allan Briesmaster
- Karen Connelly
- Kevin Connolly
- Dennis Lee
- M. NourbeSe Philip
- a.rawlings
- Rachel Vigier
Facilitated by Margaret Christakos
(all day)
Start: 04/12/2008 - 10:30
End: 04/30/2008 - 00:00
The NFB Mediatheque in partnership with the League of Canadian Poets invite you to celebrate National Poetry Month!
All month long we invite you to come and watch FOR FREE over 20 NFB films that celebrate the history, creativity, and language of poetry from across Canada. Come in and experience our digital viewing stations – where you will find films for every one of all ages.
Inspired? Come and develop your own creative skills in on our special Poetry in Motion Animation Workshop.
Let poetry be your inspiration as you create a stop-motion animated short using clay!
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04 / 27
(all day)
Start: 03/30/2008 - 14:00
End: 05/04/2008 - 16:00
Catherine Graham will be teaching, "Life Writing at Discovery Landing: Where imagination and the real world meet", at The Observatory at Burlington's Discovery Landing. Find out more about the workshop at the City of Burlington website.
Catherine Graham's third collection of poetry The Red Element will be published by Insomniac Press in 2008. She is the author of Pupa (Insomniac Press, 2003) and The Watch (Abbey Press, 1998). Her poetry has appeared in literary journals in North America, the United Kingdom and Ireland and has been frequently anthologized. Her website is http://www.catherinegraham.com....
(all day)
Start: 04/01/2008 - 10:00
End: 08/15/2008 - 18:00
The Royal ALexandra Portfolio: Photographs by Edward Burtynsky at David Mirvish Books On Art from April 1 to August 15.
Monday to Wednesday - 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Thursday and Friday - 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday - 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
The Royal Alexandra Portfolio by Edward Burtynsky was commissioned by David Mirvish to mark the theatre’s 100th anniversary in 2007. The photographs are included in The Royal Alexandra Theatre: A Celebration of 100 Years by Robert Brockhouse (McArthur & Company), and will be editioned strictly limited to photographs and portfolios ordered before May 31, 2008. Curated by Eleanor Johnston.
Part of the CONTACT Toronto Photography Festival.
(all day)
Start: 04/02/2008 - 19:00
End: 06/04/2008 - 21:30
Join other poetry aficionados for this flow-chart series of prepared talks by Toronto poets becoming fluent in the work of some of our contemporaries, combined with dynamic poetry readings and discussion. April 2 to June 4, 2008, Wednesday Evenings, 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
For writers and readers alike.
Featuring the following 8 guest poets:
- Gary Barwin
- Allan Briesmaster
- Karen Connelly
- Kevin Connolly
- Dennis Lee
- M. NourbeSe Philip
- a.rawlings
- Rachel Vigier
Facilitated by Margaret Christakos
(all day)
Start: 04/12/2008 - 10:30
End: 04/30/2008 - 00:00
The NFB Mediatheque in partnership with the League of Canadian Poets invite you to celebrate National Poetry Month!
All month long we invite you to come and watch FOR FREE over 20 NFB films that celebrate the history, creativity, and language of poetry from across Canada. Come in and experience our digital viewing stations – where you will find films for every one of all ages.
Inspired? Come and develop your own creative skills in on our special Poetry in Motion Animation Workshop.
Let poetry be your inspiration as you create a stop-motion animated short using clay!
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04 / 28
(all day)
Start: 03/30/2008 - 14:00
End: 05/04/2008 - 16:00
Catherine Graham will be teaching, "Life Writing at Discovery Landing: Where imagination and the real world meet", at The Observatory at Burlington's Discovery Landing. Find out more about the workshop at the City of Burlington website.
Catherine Graham's third collection of poetry The Red Element will be published by Insomniac Press in 2008. She is the author of Pupa (Insomniac Press, 2003) and The Watch (Abbey Press, 1998). Her poetry has appeared in literary journals in North America, the United Kingdom and Ireland and has been frequently anthologized. Her website is http://www.catherinegraham.com....
(all day)
Start: 04/01/2008 - 10:00
End: 08/15/2008 - 18:00
The Royal ALexandra Portfolio: Photographs by Edward Burtynsky at David Mirvish Books On Art from April 1 to August 15.
Monday to Wednesday - 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Thursday and Friday - 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday - 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
The Royal Alexandra Portfolio by Edward Burtynsky was commissioned by David Mirvish to mark the theatre’s 100th anniversary in 2007. The photographs are included in The Royal Alexandra Theatre: A Celebration of 100 Years by Robert Brockhouse (McArthur & Company), and will be editioned strictly limited to photographs and portfolios ordered before May 31, 2008. Curated by Eleanor Johnston.
Part of the CONTACT Toronto Photography Festival.
(all day)
Start: 04/02/2008 - 19:00
End: 06/04/2008 - 21:30
Join other poetry aficionados for this flow-chart series of prepared talks by Toronto poets becoming fluent in the work of some of our contemporaries, combined with dynamic poetry readings and discussion. April 2 to June 4, 2008, Wednesday Evenings, 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
For writers and readers alike.
Featuring the following 8 guest poets:
- Gary Barwin
- Allan Briesmaster
- Karen Connelly
- Kevin Connolly
- Dennis Lee
- M. NourbeSe Philip
- a.rawlings
- Rachel Vigier
Facilitated by Margaret Christakos
(all day)
Start: 04/12/2008 - 10:30
End: 04/30/2008 - 00:00
The NFB Mediatheque in partnership with the League of Canadian Poets invite you to celebrate National Poetry Month!
All month long we invite you to come and watch FOR FREE over 20 NFB films that celebrate the history, creativity, and language of poetry from across Canada. Come in and experience our digital viewing stations – where you will find films for every one of all ages.
Inspired? Come and develop your own creative skills in on our special Poetry in Motion Animation Workshop.
Let poetry be your inspiration as you create a stop-motion animated short using clay!
Start: 8:00 pm
Akashic Books’ esteemed series of collections devoted to hardboiled crime stories, each one set in a different city, comes to the rain-soaked streets of our less-than-fair town with Toronto Noir. Co-editor Nathaniel G Moore will join ‘Gun Molls’ Damian Rogers and Sasha Van Bon Bon of EYE WEEKLY to host “Noir Confessions”, an evening in which such contributors as George Elliot Clarke, Sean Dixon, Pasha Malla, Andrew Pyper and Emily Schultz will publicly confess the most film noir-like things they've ever done. — A This Is Not A Reading Series event presented by Pages Books & Magazines, Akashic Books and EYE WEEKLY. At the Gladstone Hotel Ballroom, 1214 Queen Street West, Toronto. On Monday, April 28 at 8:00 p.m. (doors 7:30). Free.
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04 / 29
(all day)
Start: 03/30/2008 - 14:00
End: 05/04/2008 - 16:00
Catherine Graham will be teaching, "Life Writing at Discovery Landing: Where imagination and the real world meet", at The Observatory at Burlington's Discovery Landing. Find out more about the workshop at the City of Burlington website.
Catherine Graham's third collection of poetry The Red Element will be published by Insomniac Press in 2008. She is the author of Pupa (Insomniac Press, 2003) and The Watch (Abbey Press, 1998). Her poetry has appeared in literary journals in North America, the United Kingdom and Ireland and has been frequently anthologized. Her website is http://www.catherinegraham.com....
(all day)
Start: 04/01/2008 - 10:00
End: 08/15/2008 - 18:00
The Royal ALexandra Portfolio: Photographs by Edward Burtynsky at David Mirvish Books On Art from April 1 to August 15.
Monday to Wednesday - 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Thursday and Friday - 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday - 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
The Royal Alexandra Portfolio by Edward Burtynsky was commissioned by David Mirvish to mark the theatre’s 100th anniversary in 2007. The photographs are included in The Royal Alexandra Theatre: A Celebration of 100 Years by Robert Brockhouse (McArthur & Company), and will be editioned strictly limited to photographs and portfolios ordered before May 31, 2008. Curated by Eleanor Johnston.
Part of the CONTACT Toronto Photography Festival.
(all day)
Start: 04/02/2008 - 19:00
End: 06/04/2008 - 21:30
Join other poetry aficionados for this flow-chart series of prepared talks by Toronto poets becoming fluent in the work of some of our contemporaries, combined with dynamic poetry readings and discussion. April 2 to June 4, 2008, Wednesday Evenings, 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
For writers and readers alike.
Featuring the following 8 guest poets:
- Gary Barwin
- Allan Briesmaster
- Karen Connelly
- Kevin Connolly
- Dennis Lee
- M. NourbeSe Philip
- a.rawlings
- Rachel Vigier
Facilitated by Margaret Christakos
(all day)
Start: 04/12/2008 - 10:30
End: 04/30/2008 - 00:00
The NFB Mediatheque in partnership with the League of Canadian Poets invite you to celebrate National Poetry Month!
All month long we invite you to come and watch FOR FREE over 20 NFB films that celebrate the history, creativity, and language of poetry from across Canada. Come in and experience our digital viewing stations – where you will find films for every one of all ages.
Inspired? Come and develop your own creative skills in on our special Poetry in Motion Animation Workshop.
Let poetry be your inspiration as you create a stop-motion animated short using clay!
Start: 7:00 pm
Claudia Dey, author of the novel Stunt (Coach House Books, 2008), is reading at the Free Speech Reading Series at Tinto, 89 Roncesvalles Avenue, Toronto. Tuesday, April 29 at 7:00 p.m.
Start: 8:00 pm
Have you ever suspected that international diplomats simply make it up as they go along? If so, author and academic Gregory Levey will confirm your worst fears at the launch of his memoir, Shut Up I’m Talking – And Other Lessons I Learned In The Israeli Government (Simon & Schuster Canada). Levey will recount his hilarious, bizarre encounters with Middle East politics and engage in an extended Q&A with the audience. A This Is Not A Reading Series event presented by Pages Books & Magazines, Simon & Schuster Canada and EYE WEEKLY. At the Gladstone Hotel Ballroom, 1214 Queen St West, Toronto. On Tuesday, April 29 at 8:00 p.m. (Doors 7:30 p.m.). Free.
Start: 8:00 pm
Karen Houle (During), Jerome Paul and Dave Margoshes at are reading at The Art Bar Reading Series on April 29 at 8:00 p.m. at Clinton's, 693 Bloor Street West, Toronto. Admission is free (voluntary donations are appreciated).
Karen Houle is an associate professor in Philosophy at the University of Guelph. Houle’s first collection of poetry, Ballast, was nominated for the Gerald Lampert Award in 2001. Her essay "Double Arc" was published in Dropped Threads 2.
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04 / 30
(all day)
Start: 03/30/2008 - 14:00
End: 05/04/2008 - 16:00
Catherine Graham will be teaching, "Life Writing at Discovery Landing: Where imagination and the real world meet", at The Observatory at Burlington's Discovery Landing. Find out more about the workshop at the City of Burlington website.
Catherine Graham's third collection of poetry The Red Element will be published by Insomniac Press in 2008. She is the author of Pupa (Insomniac Press, 2003) and The Watch (Abbey Press, 1998). Her poetry has appeared in literary journals in North America, the United Kingdom and Ireland and has been frequently anthologized. Her website is http://www.catherinegraham.com....
(all day)
Start: 04/01/2008 - 10:00
End: 08/15/2008 - 18:00
The Royal ALexandra Portfolio: Photographs by Edward Burtynsky at David Mirvish Books On Art from April 1 to August 15.
Monday to Wednesday - 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Thursday and Friday - 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday - 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
The Royal Alexandra Portfolio by Edward Burtynsky was commissioned by David Mirvish to mark the theatre’s 100th anniversary in 2007. The photographs are included in The Royal Alexandra Theatre: A Celebration of 100 Years by Robert Brockhouse (McArthur & Company), and will be editioned strictly limited to photographs and portfolios ordered before May 31, 2008. Curated by Eleanor Johnston.
Part of the CONTACT Toronto Photography Festival.
(all day)
Start: 04/02/2008 - 19:00
End: 06/04/2008 - 21:30
Join other poetry aficionados for this flow-chart series of prepared talks by Toronto poets becoming fluent in the work of some of our contemporaries, combined with dynamic poetry readings and discussion. April 2 to June 4, 2008, Wednesday Evenings, 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
For writers and readers alike.
Featuring the following 8 guest poets:
- Gary Barwin
- Allan Briesmaster
- Karen Connelly
- Kevin Connolly
- Dennis Lee
- M. NourbeSe Philip
- a.rawlings
- Rachel Vigier
Facilitated by Margaret Christakos
End: 12:00 am
Start: 04/12/2008 - 10:30
End: 04/30/2008 - 00:00
The NFB Mediatheque in partnership with the League of Canadian Poets invite you to celebrate National Poetry Month!
All month long we invite you to come and watch FOR FREE over 20 NFB films that celebrate the history, creativity, and language of poetry from across Canada. Come in and experience our digital viewing stations – where you will find films for every one of all ages.
Inspired? Come and develop your own creative skills in on our special Poetry in Motion Animation Workshop.
Let poetry be your inspiration as you create a stop-motion animated short using clay!
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05 / 1
(all day)
Start: 03/30/2008 - 14:00
End: 05/04/2008 - 16:00
Catherine Graham will be teaching, "Life Writing at Discovery Landing: Where imagination and the real world meet", at The Observatory at Burlington's Discovery Landing. Find out more about the workshop at the City of Burlington website.
Catherine Graham's third collection of poetry The Red Element will be published by Insomniac Press in 2008. She is the author of Pupa (Insomniac Press, 2003) and The Watch (Abbey Press, 1998). Her poetry has appeared in literary journals in North America, the United Kingdom and Ireland and has been frequently anthologized. Her website is http://www.catherinegraham.com....
(all day)
Start: 04/01/2008 - 10:00
End: 08/15/2008 - 18:00
The Royal ALexandra Portfolio: Photographs by Edward Burtynsky at David Mirvish Books On Art from April 1 to August 15.
Monday to Wednesday - 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Thursday and Friday - 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday - 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
The Royal Alexandra Portfolio by Edward Burtynsky was commissioned by David Mirvish to mark the theatre’s 100th anniversary in 2007. The photographs are included in The Royal Alexandra Theatre: A Celebration of 100 Years by Robert Brockhouse (McArthur & Company), and will be editioned strictly limited to photographs and portfolios ordered before May 31, 2008. Curated by Eleanor Johnston.
Part of the CONTACT Toronto Photography Festival.
(all day)
Start: 04/02/2008 - 19:00
End: 06/04/2008 - 21:30
Join other poetry aficionados for this flow-chart series of prepared talks by Toronto poets becoming fluent in the work of some of our contemporaries, combined with dynamic poetry readings and discussion. April 2 to June 4, 2008, Wednesday Evenings, 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
For writers and readers alike.
Featuring the following 8 guest poets:
- Gary Barwin
- Allan Briesmaster
- Karen Connelly
- Kevin Connolly
- Dennis Lee
- M. NourbeSe Philip
- a.rawlings
- Rachel Vigier
Facilitated by Margaret Christakos
Start: 10:00 am
Start: 05/01/2008 - 10:00
End: 08/03/2008 - 18:00
Toronto: A City Becoming - Photographs by Michael Awad, Scott Johnston and David Kaufman at David Mirvish Books On Art from May 1 to August 3.
Monday to Wednesday – 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Thursday and Friday - 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday – 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
An exhibition mounted in conjunction with the publication of Toronto: A City Becoming (Key Porter Books), edited by David Macfarlane. Curated by Eleanor Johnston.
Part of the CONTACT Toronto Photography Festival.
Start: 7:00 pm
Launch for Girls Fall Down (Coach House Books) by Maggie Helwig at the Toronto Women's Bookstore, 73 Harbord Street. Her reading will be followed by a short Q&A led by author Zoe Whittall (Bottle Rocket Hearts, Cormorant Books).
Start: 7:30 pm
What is the nature of humanitarian action in the twenty-first century?
Start: 7:30 pm
Fitzhenry & Whiteside and authors Alan R. Wilson and Eric Miller invite you to join them in celebrating the official launch of Sky Atlas and The Day in Moss. Hosted by Govenor General's Literary Award nominee Evan Jones. The Fitzhenry & Whiteside Poetry Launch is on Thursday, May 1 at 7:30 p.m. at Bar Italia (www.bar-italia.ca), 582 College Street, Toronto. Free.
**Light Refreshments will be provided**
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05 / 2
(all day)
Start: 03/30/2008 - 14:00
End: 05/04/2008 - 16:00
Catherine Graham will be teaching, "Life Writing at Discovery Landing: Where imagination and the real world meet", at The Observatory at Burlington's Discovery Landing. Find out more about the workshop at the City of Burlington website.
Catherine Graham's third collection of poetry The Red Element will be published by Insomniac Press in 2008. She is the author of Pupa (Insomniac Press, 2003) and The Watch (Abbey Press, 1998). Her poetry has appeared in literary journals in North America, the United Kingdom and Ireland and has been frequently anthologized. Her website is http://www.catherinegraham.com....
(all day)
Start: 04/01/2008 - 10:00
End: 08/15/2008 - 18:00
The Royal ALexandra Portfolio: Photographs by Edward Burtynsky at David Mirvish Books On Art from April 1 to August 15.
Monday to Wednesday - 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Thursday and Friday - 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday - 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
The Royal Alexandra Portfolio by Edward Burtynsky was commissioned by David Mirvish to mark the theatre’s 100th anniversary in 2007. The photographs are included in The Royal Alexandra Theatre: A Celebration of 100 Years by Robert Brockhouse (McArthur & Company), and will be editioned strictly limited to photographs and portfolios ordered before May 31, 2008. Curated by Eleanor Johnston.
Part of the CONTACT Toronto Photography Festival.
(all day)
Start: 04/02/2008 - 19:00
End: 06/04/2008 - 21:30
Join other poetry aficionados for this flow-chart series of prepared talks by Toronto poets becoming fluent in the work of some of our contemporaries, combined with dynamic poetry readings and discussion. April 2 to June 4, 2008, Wednesday Evenings, 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
For writers and readers alike.
Featuring the following 8 guest poets:
- Gary Barwin
- Allan Briesmaster
- Karen Connelly
- Kevin Connolly
- Dennis Lee
- M. NourbeSe Philip
- a.rawlings
- Rachel Vigier
Facilitated by Margaret Christakos
(all day)
Start: 05/01/2008 - 10:00
End: 08/03/2008 - 18:00
Toronto: A City Becoming - Photographs by Michael Awad, Scott Johnston and David Kaufman at David Mirvish Books On Art from May 1 to August 3.
Monday to Wednesday – 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Thursday and Friday - 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday – 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
An exhibition mounted in conjunction with the publication of Toronto: A City Becoming (Key Porter Books), edited by David Macfarlane. Curated by Eleanor Johnston.
Part of the CONTACT Toronto Photography Festival.
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05 / 3
(all day)
Start: 03/30/2008 - 14:00
End: 05/04/2008 - 16:00
Catherine Graham will be teaching, "Life Writing at Discovery Landing: Where imagination and the real world meet", at The Observatory at Burlington's Discovery Landing. Find out more about the workshop at the City of Burlington website.
Catherine Graham's third collection of poetry The Red Element will be published by Insomniac Press in 2008. She is the author of Pupa (Insomniac Press, 2003) and The Watch (Abbey Press, 1998). Her poetry has appeared in literary journals in North America, the United Kingdom and Ireland and has been frequently anthologized. Her website is http://www.catherinegraham.com....
(all day)
Start: 04/01/2008 - 10:00
End: 08/15/2008 - 18:00
The Royal ALexandra Portfolio: Photographs by Edward Burtynsky at David Mirvish Books On Art from April 1 to August 15.
Monday to Wednesday - 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Thursday and Friday - 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday - 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
The Royal Alexandra Portfolio by Edward Burtynsky was commissioned by David Mirvish to mark the theatre’s 100th anniversary in 2007. The photographs are included in The Royal Alexandra Theatre: A Celebration of 100 Years by Robert Brockhouse (McArthur & Company), and will be editioned strictly limited to photographs and portfolios ordered before May 31, 2008. Curated by Eleanor Johnston.
Part of the CONTACT Toronto Photography Festival.
(all day)
Start: 04/02/2008 - 19:00
End: 06/04/2008 - 21:30
Join other poetry aficionados for this flow-chart series of prepared talks by Toronto poets becoming fluent in the work of some of our contemporaries, combined with dynamic poetry readings and discussion. April 2 to June 4, 2008, Wednesday Evenings, 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
For writers and readers alike.
Featuring the following 8 guest poets:
- Gary Barwin
- Allan Briesmaster
- Karen Connelly
- Kevin Connolly
- Dennis Lee
- M. NourbeSe Philip
- a.rawlings
- Rachel Vigier
Facilitated by Margaret Christakos
(all day)
Start: 05/01/2008 - 10:00
End: 08/03/2008 - 18:00
Toronto: A City Becoming - Photographs by Michael Awad, Scott Johnston and David Kaufman at David Mirvish Books On Art from May 1 to August 3.
Monday to Wednesday – 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Thursday and Friday - 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday – 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
An exhibition mounted in conjunction with the publication of Toronto: A City Becoming (Key Porter Books), edited by David Macfarlane. Curated by Eleanor Johnston.
Part of the CONTACT Toronto Photography Festival.
Start: 9:00 am
Toronto crime writer, Rick Blechta (A Case of You), has been chosen to be this year's Guest of Honour at Genrecon, taking place on Saturday, May 3rd. This interesting and eclectic one-day conference is held every year in Sarnia, ON, hosted by the Lambton County Library. The name comes from the fact that all categories of genre fiction are included: crime writing, science fiction, fantasy, horror, romance, experimental writing, etc. Panel discussions are always interesting and very eclectic with lots of audience participation. Best of all, it's free!
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05 / 4
End: 4:00 pm
Start: 03/30/2008 - 14:00
End: 05/04/2008 - 16:00
Catherine Graham will be teaching, "Life Writing at Discovery Landing: Where imagination and the real world meet", at The Observatory at Burlington's Discovery Landing. Find out more about the workshop at the City of Burlington website.
Catherine Graham's third collection of poetry The Red Element will be published by Insomniac Press in 2008. She is the author of Pupa (Insomniac Press, 2003) and The Watch (Abbey Press, 1998). Her poetry has appeared in literary journals in North America, the United Kingdom and Ireland and has been frequently anthologized. Her website is http://www.catherinegraham.com....
(all day)
Start: 04/01/2008 - 10:00
End: 08/15/2008 - 18:00
The Royal ALexandra Portfolio: Photographs by Edward Burtynsky at David Mirvish Books On Art from April 1 to August 15.
Monday to Wednesday - 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Thursday and Friday - 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday - 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
The Royal Alexandra Portfolio by Edward Burtynsky was commissioned by David Mirvish to mark the theatre’s 100th anniversary in 2007. The photographs are included in The Royal Alexandra Theatre: A Celebration of 100 Years by Robert Brockhouse (McArthur & Company), and will be editioned strictly limited to photographs and portfolios ordered before May 31, 2008. Curated by Eleanor Johnston.
Part of the CONTACT Toronto Photography Festival.
(all day)
Start: 04/02/2008 - 19:00
End: 06/04/2008 - 21:30
Join other poetry aficionados for this flow-chart series of prepared talks by Toronto poets becoming fluent in the work of some of our contemporaries, combined with dynamic poetry readings and discussion. April 2 to June 4, 2008, Wednesday Evenings, 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
For writers and readers alike.
Featuring the following 8 guest poets:
- Gary Barwin
- Allan Briesmaster
- Karen Connelly
- Kevin Connolly
- Dennis Lee
- M. NourbeSe Philip
- a.rawlings
- Rachel Vigier
Facilitated by Margaret Christakos
(all day)
Start: 05/01/2008 - 10:00
End: 08/03/2008 - 18:00
Toronto: A City Becoming - Photographs by Michael Awad, Scott Johnston and David Kaufman at David Mirvish Books On Art from May 1 to August 3.
Monday to Wednesday – 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Thursday and Friday - 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday – 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
An exhibition mounted in conjunction with the publication of Toronto: A City Becoming (Key Porter Books), edited by David Macfarlane. Curated by Eleanor Johnston.
Part of the CONTACT Toronto Photography Festival.
Start: 12:30 pm
End: 2:30 pm
Please join Margaret Norquay and family to celebrate the publication of Broad Is the Way: Stories from Mayerthorpe.
Part of the Life Writing Series from Wilfrid Laurier University Press, this book a collection of stories from Margaret and Jim Norquay's seven years in Mayerthorpe, Alberta in the early 1950s. Told with affection and gentle humour, the stories cover the challenges, heartaches, and delights of a young community and a minister and his wife in a very new marriage.
Start: 7:30 pm
Johanna Skibsrud, author of Late Nights With Wild Cowboys (Gaspereau Press), and Karen Houle, author of During (Gaspereau Press), are reading at the LitLive Reading Series on May 4 at 7:30 p.m. at the Sky Dragon Centre, 27 King William Street, Hamilton.
Johanna Skibsrud’s poetry has appeared in various journals, including The Antigonish Review, Prism International, Lichen and Exile. Originally from Meadowville, Nova Scotia, she currently lives in Toronto.
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05 / 5
(all day)
Start: 04/01/2008 - 10:00
End: 08/15/2008 - 18:00
The Royal ALexandra Portfolio: Photographs by Edward Burtynsky at David Mirvish Books On Art from April 1 to August 15.
Monday to Wednesday - 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Thursday and Friday - 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday - 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
The Royal Alexandra Portfolio by Edward Burtynsky was commissioned by David Mirvish to mark the theatre’s 100th anniversary in 2007. The photographs are included in The Royal Alexandra Theatre: A Celebration of 100 Years by Robert Brockhouse (McArthur & Company), and will be editioned strictly limited to photographs and portfolios ordered before May 31, 2008. Curated by Eleanor Johnston.
Part of the CONTACT Toronto Photography Festival.
(all day)
Start: 04/02/2008 - 19:00
End: 06/04/2008 - 21:30
Join other poetry aficionados for this flow-chart series of prepared talks by Toronto poets becoming fluent in the work of some of our contemporaries, combined with dynamic poetry readings and discussion. April 2 to June 4, 2008, Wednesday Evenings, 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
For writers and readers alike.
Featuring the following 8 guest poets:
- Gary Barwin
- Allan Briesmaster
- Karen Connelly
- Kevin Connolly
- Dennis Lee
- M. NourbeSe Philip
- a.rawlings
- Rachel Vigier
Facilitated by Margaret Christakos
(all day)
Start: 05/01/2008 - 10:00
End: 08/03/2008 - 18:00
Toronto: A City Becoming - Photographs by Michael Awad, Scott Johnston and David Kaufman at David Mirvish Books On Art from May 1 to August 3.
Monday to Wednesday – 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Thursday and Friday - 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday – 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
An exhibition mounted in conjunction with the publication of Toronto: A City Becoming (Key Porter Books), edited by David Macfarlane. Curated by Eleanor Johnston.
Part of the CONTACT Toronto Photography Festival.
Start: 7:30 pm
Johanna Skibsrud (Late Nights With Wild Cowboys), Stacey May Fowles (Be Good) and Laila Haidarali are reading at the Strong Words Reading Series on May 5 at 7:30 p.m. at the Gladstone Hotel.
Johanna Skibsrud’s poetry has appeared in various journals, including The Antigonish Review, Prism International, Lichen and Exile. Originally from Meadowville, Nova Scotia, she currently lives in Toronto.
Stacey May Fowles will read from her novel, Be Good, and also from her new novel, Fear of Fighting, which is due out with Invisible Publishing in fall 2008.
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05 / 6
(all day)
Start: 04/01/2008 - 10:00
End: 08/15/2008 - 18:00
The Royal ALexandra Portfolio: Photographs by Edward Burtynsky at David Mirvish Books On Art from April 1 to August 15.
Monday to Wednesday - 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Thursday and Friday - 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday - 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
The Royal Alexandra Portfolio by Edward Burtynsky was commissioned by David Mirvish to mark the theatre’s 100th anniversary in 2007. The photographs are included in The Royal Alexandra Theatre: A Celebration of 100 Years by Robert Brockhouse (McArthur & Company), and will be editioned strictly limited to photographs and portfolios ordered before May 31, 2008. Curated by Eleanor Johnston.
Part of the CONTACT Toronto Photography Festival.
(all day)
Start: 04/02/2008 - 19:00
End: 06/04/2008 - 21:30
Join other poetry aficionados for this flow-chart series of prepared talks by Toronto poets becoming fluent in the work of some of our contemporaries, combined with dynamic poetry readings and discussion. April 2 to June 4, 2008, Wednesday Evenings, 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
For writers and readers alike.
Featuring the following 8 guest poets:
- Gary Barwin
- Allan Briesmaster
- Karen Connelly
- Kevin Connolly
- Dennis Lee
- M. NourbeSe Philip
- a.rawlings
- Rachel Vigier
Facilitated by Margaret Christakos
(all day)
Start: 05/01/2008 - 10:00
End: 08/03/2008 - 18:00
Toronto: A City Becoming - Photographs by Michael Awad, Scott Johnston and David Kaufman at David Mirvish Books On Art from May 1 to August 3.
Monday to Wednesday – 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Thursday and Friday - 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday – 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
An exhibition mounted in conjunction with the publication of Toronto: A City Becoming (Key Porter Books), edited by David Macfarlane. Curated by Eleanor Johnston.
Part of the CONTACT Toronto Photography Festival.
Start: 6:00 pm
Celebrate Asian Heritage Month with the Toronto Public Library. The library is featuring the recently published Reel Asian: Asian Canada On Screen (Coach House Books, 2007). The event is hosted by the book’s editor Elaine Chang and will feature recent work from filmmakers Nicole Chung (Wilson Leaves Home), Khanhthuan Tran (Good Luck Counting Sheep) and Midi Onodera (Slightseer). Following each short film, Elaine Chang will interview the filmmakers. On Tuesday, May 6 at 6:00 p.m. at the Agincourt Branch of the TPL (155 Bonis Avenue).
Start: 8:00 pm
Jacob McArthur Mooney (The New Layman’s Almanac, McClelland & Stewart), Gianna Patriarca (My Etruscan Face, Quattro Books) and Keith Garebian (Blue: The Derek Jarman Poems, Signature Editions) are reading at the Art Bar Poetry Series on Tuesday, May 6 at 8:00 p.m. At Clinton's, 693 Bloor Street West, Toronto.
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05 / 7
(all day)
Start: 04/01/2008 - 10:00
End: 08/15/2008 - 18:00
The Royal ALexandra Portfolio: Photographs by Edward Burtynsky at David Mirvish Books On Art from April 1 to August 15.
Monday to Wednesday - 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Thursday and Friday - 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday - 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
The Royal Alexandra Portfolio by Edward Burtynsky was commissioned by David Mirvish to mark the theatre’s 100th anniversary in 2007. The photographs are included in The Royal Alexandra Theatre: A Celebration of 100 Years by Robert Brockhouse (McArthur & Company), and will be editioned strictly limited to photographs and portfolios ordered before May 31, 2008. Curated by Eleanor Johnston.
Part of the CONTACT Toronto Photography Festival.
(all day)
Start: 04/02/2008 - 19:00
End: 06/04/2008 - 21:30
Join other poetry aficionados for this flow-chart series of prepared talks by Toronto poets becoming fluent in the work of some of our contemporaries, combined with dynamic poetry readings and discussion. April 2 to June 4, 2008, Wednesday Evenings, 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
For writers and readers alike.
Featuring the following 8 guest poets:
- Gary Barwin
- Allan Briesmaster
- Karen Connelly
- Kevin Connolly
- Dennis Lee
- M. NourbeSe Philip
- a.rawlings
- Rachel Vigier
Facilitated by Margaret Christakos
(all day)
Start: 05/01/2008 - 10:00
End: 08/03/2008 - 18:00
Toronto: A City Becoming - Photographs by Michael Awad, Scott Johnston and David Kaufman at David Mirvish Books On Art from May 1 to August 3.
Monday to Wednesday – 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Thursday and Friday - 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday – 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
An exhibition mounted in conjunction with the publication of Toronto: A City Becoming (Key Porter Books), edited by David Macfarlane. Curated by Eleanor Johnston.
Part of the CONTACT Toronto Photography Festival.
Start: 7:30 pm
The Rowers Pub Reading Series, which runs the first Wednesday of the month, has as its May features: Stephen Cain (American Standard / Canada Dry, Coach House Books, 2005), Gale Zoë Garnett (Room Tone, Quattro Books, 2007), Chandra Mayor (All the Pretty Girls, Conundrum Press, 2008) and Olive Senior (Shell, Insomniac Press, 2007). For more information visit rowerspubreadingseries.com.
The readings are on Wednesday May 7 at Harbord House (formerly Rowers Pub and Grill),
150 Harbord Street, 2nd floor (416.961.6277) at 7:30 p.m.
Free - a hat is passed.
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05 / 8
(all day)
Start: 04/01/2008 - 10:00
End: 08/15/2008 - 18:00
The Royal ALexandra Portfolio: Photographs by Edward Burtynsky at David Mirvish Books On Art from April 1 to August 15.
Monday to Wednesday - 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Thursday and Friday - 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday - 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
The Royal Alexandra Portfolio by Edward Burtynsky was commissioned by David Mirvish to mark the theatre’s 100th anniversary in 2007. The photographs are included in The Royal Alexandra Theatre: A Celebration of 100 Years by Robert Brockhouse (McArthur & Company), and will be editioned strictly limited to photographs and portfolios ordered before May 31, 2008. Curated by Eleanor Johnston.
Part of the CONTACT Toronto Photography Festival.
(all day)
Start: 04/02/2008 - 19:00
End: 06/04/2008 - 21:30
Join other poetry aficionados for this flow-chart series of prepared talks by Toronto poets becoming fluent in the work of some of our contemporaries, combined with dynamic poetry readings and discussion. April 2 to June 4, 2008, Wednesday Evenings, 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
For writers and readers alike.
Featuring the following 8 guest poets:
- Gary Barwin
- Allan Briesmaster
- Karen Connelly
- Kevin Connolly
- Dennis Lee
- M. NourbeSe Philip
- a.rawlings
- Rachel Vigier
Facilitated by Margaret Christakos
(all day)
Start: 05/01/2008 - 10:00
End: 08/03/2008 - 18:00
Toronto: A City Becoming - Photographs by Michael Awad, Scott Johnston and David Kaufman at David Mirvish Books On Art from May 1 to August 3.
Monday to Wednesday – 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Thursday and Friday - 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday – 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
An exhibition mounted in conjunction with the publication of Toronto: A City Becoming (Key Porter Books), edited by David Macfarlane. Curated by Eleanor Johnston.
Part of the CONTACT Toronto Photography Festival.
Start: 7:00 pm
The book launch for Naomi's Tree (Fitzhenry & Whiteside) written by Joy Kogawa and illustrated by Ruth Ohi is on Thursday, May 8 at 7:00 p.m. A signing and reception will follow the launch. At The Japan Foundation, Toronto Event Hall, www.jftor.org, 131 Bloor Street West, 2nd Floor, Colonnade Building. Free.
***Refreshments Will Be Provided***
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Triple Threat Femme Invasion at the Toronto Women’s Bookstore!!
Come out for a femme-tastic night of readings as Chandra Mayor, the dynamo Winnipeg author, launches her new short story collection All the Pretty Girls (conundrum press) on Thursday, May 8 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the Toronto Women’s Bookstore (73 Harbord Street). Debra Anderson (Code White) and Zoe Whittall (Bottle Rocket Hearts) and will also read and share some Toronto love.
Join us for an evening of kick-ass literature and lipgloss – a one night only event! Authors will have books for sale and be available for book signings. For more info check out www.debraanderson.ca or www.chandramayor.com or www.zoewhittall.blogspot.com or www.womensbookstore.com.
Start: 7:30 pm
Do cities deserve an equal seat at the governing table alongside their provincial and federal counterparts? To celebrate the launch of his highly anticipated book, Urban Nation, Alan Broadbent will have a lively on-stage conversation about such urban issues with Toronto Mayor David Miller and Christopher Hume of the Toronto Star. – A This Is Not A Reading Series event presented by Pages Books & Magazines, HarperCollins Canada and EYE WEEKLY. At the Gladstone Hotel Ballroom, 1214 Queen Street West, Toronto. Thursday, May 8 at 7:00 p.m. (doors 6:30 p.m.) free.
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05 / 9
(all day)
Start: 04/01/2008 - 10:00
End: 08/15/2008 - 18:00
The Royal ALexandra Portfolio: Photographs by Edward Burtynsky at David Mirvish Books On Art from April 1 to August 15.
Monday to Wednesday - 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Thursday and Friday - 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday - 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
The Royal Alexandra Portfolio by Edward Burtynsky was commissioned by David Mirvish to mark the theatre’s 100th anniversary in 2007. The photographs are included in The Royal Alexandra Theatre: A Celebration of 100 Years by Robert Brockhouse (McArthur & Company), and will be editioned strictly limited to photographs and portfolios ordered before May 31, 2008. Curated by Eleanor Johnston.
Part of the CONTACT Toronto Photography Festival.
(all day)
Start: 04/02/2008 - 19:00
End: 06/04/2008 - 21:30
Join other poetry aficionados for this flow-chart series of prepared talks by Toronto poets becoming fluent in the work of some of our contemporaries, combined with dynamic poetry readings and discussion. April 2 to June 4, 2008, Wednesday Evenings, 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
For writers and readers alike.
Featuring the following 8 guest poets:
- Gary Barwin
- Allan Briesmaster
- Karen Connelly
- Kevin Connolly
- Dennis Lee
- M. NourbeSe Philip
- a.rawlings
- Rachel Vigier
Facilitated by Margaret Christakos
(all day)
Start: 05/01/2008 - 10:00
End: 08/03/2008 - 18:00
Toronto: A City Becoming - Photographs by Michael Awad, Scott Johnston and David Kaufman at David Mirvish Books On Art from May 1 to August 3.
Monday to Wednesday – 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Thursday and Friday - 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday – 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
An exhibition mounted in conjunction with the publication of Toronto: A City Becoming (Key Porter Books), edited by David Macfarlane. Curated by Eleanor Johnston.
Part of the CONTACT Toronto Photography Festival.
Start: 8:00 pm
The IV Lounge Reading Series is celebrating its 10th anniversary on Friday, May 9 at 8:00 p.m. Readings by Elyse Friedman, Paul Vermeersch, Matthew Fox, Colin Carberry, Karen Press, Rick Crilly, Jacob Scheier, Adrienne Weiss, Rabea Murtaza and John McFetridge. At the IV Lounge, 326 Dundas Street West, Toronto. Across from the AGO.
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05 / 10
(all day)
Start: 04/01/2008 - 10:00
End: 08/15/2008 - 18:00
The Royal ALexandra Portfolio: Photographs by Edward Burtynsky at David Mirvish Books On Art from April 1 to August 15.
Monday to Wednesday - 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Thursday and Friday - 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday - 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
The Royal Alexandra Portfolio by Edward Burtynsky was commissioned by David Mirvish to mark the theatre’s 100th anniversary in 2007. The photographs are included in The Royal Alexandra Theatre: A Celebration of 100 Years by Robert Brockhouse (McArthur & Company), and will be editioned strictly limited to photographs and portfolios ordered before May 31, 2008. Curated by Eleanor Johnston.
Part of the CONTACT Toronto Photography Festival.
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