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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.
(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: 1:00 pm
Jessica Westhead, author of Pulpy and Midge (Coach House Books, 2007) is reading at Chapters in Oshawa on Sunday, May 10 at 1:00 p.m.
Jessica Westhead is a Toronto writer who has published stories in litmags such as The Antigonish Review, Matrix, This Magazine, Geist, Taddle Creek, Forget Magazine, Word and Kiss Machine. Her fiction was included in the anthology Desire, Doom & Vice: A Canadian Collection, and her short-story chapbook, Those Girls, was published by Greenboathouse Books in 2006.
Start: 2:00 pm
The launch party for The Lucky Ones: Our Stories of Adopting Children from China (ECW Press) edited by Ann Rauhala with a foreword from Jan Wong is at The Atrium, George Vari Engineering Building, 3rd Floor, Ryerson University, 245 Church Street, Toronto. On Saturday, May 10 at 2:00 p.m.
Please RSVP to sarah [at] ecwpress [dot] com.
Ann Rauhala is a former columnist and foreign editor of The Globe and Mail, now director of newspapers at the School of Journalism at Ryerson University in Toronto.
Start: 2:00 pm
End: 4:00 pm
Karol Zelazny will be signing copies of his book, Walk on Water in the World of Symptoms (BookLand Press), on Saturday, May 10 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. at Chapters Square One in Mississauga, 198 Rathburn Road West.
Start: 4:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm
Celebrate the launch of Mr. Karp’s Last Glass, a new book by Cary Fagan. On Saturday, May 10 from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. at Type Books, 883 Queen St. West, Toronto. Ph. (416) 366-8973.
Book-signing and refreshments.
Cary Fagan is an award-winning children's author and adult novelist. His previous children's books include Daughter of the Great Zandini, illustrated by Cybèle Young, and Beyond the Dance: A Ballerina's Life, co-written with Chan Hon Goh. He has also written two books in the Kaspar Snit series. He lives in Toronto, Ontario.
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05 / 11
(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 / 12
(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
Fiery First Fiction, a national campaign promoting first-time fiction writers across the country, is hosting readings by seven writers at Supermarket on May 12 at 7:00 p.m.
The authors reading at the event are:
Tricia Dower (Silent Girl), Pamela Stewart (Elysium), Nila Gupta (The Sherpa and Other Fictions), Lien Chao (The Chinese Knot), Shari Lapena (Things Go Flying), Nathan Whitlock (A Week of This) and Claudia Dey (Stunt).
Go to the Fiery First Fiction blog to find out more about the campaign.
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05 / 13
(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: 9:19 am
What if there were movies made the same way as suits, custom fitted, each one tailored for one person?
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05 / 14
(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
A reading, talk and slide-show presentation featuring Mark Kingwell, Michael McClelland and Graeme Stewart. All three authors then take part in a round-table discussion on the subject of Sacred Space, moderated by Lisa Rapoport. At the Harbourfront Centre in the Brigantine Room on Wednesday, May 14 at 7:30. Go to the International Readings at Harbourfront website to purchase tickets.
Mark Kingwell is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto, a contributing editor to Harper’s, and the author of ten books, including Marginalia: A Cultural Reader and Nearest Thing to Heaven: The Empire State Building and American Dreams.
Start: 7:30 pm
The Hart House Literary and Library Committee cordially invites you to attend a poetry reading featuring Adam Getty and Jeffery Donaldson on May 14th at 7:30p.m. in the Hart House Library, 7 Hart House Circle, second floor library. Admission: Free
In his latest work, Repose, Adam Getty explores the definition of cultural freedom. He argues that our lives are so tightly controlled by non-negotiable experiences of employment that for the majority of people, employment is anything but a democratic process.
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05 / 15
(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
Launch for Canada’s Jews: A People’s History (University of Toronto Press) by Gerald Tulchinsky at Israel’s Bookstore, 870 Eglinton Avenue West, Toronto. May 15 at 7:30 p.m.
Gerald Tulchinsky is a professor emeritus in the Department of History at Queen’s University.
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05 / 16
(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
Ashraf Ghani and Clare Lockhart, the authors of Fixing Failed States: A Frameworrk for Rebuilding a Fractured World, will be at Hart House Library on May 16 at 7:30 for an evening of disscussions, Q&A and book signings. The event is hosted by the University of Toronto Bookstore Reading Series.
For more information go to www.uoftbookstore.com/events or call 416.640.5836.
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05 / 17
(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 / 18
(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 / 19
(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 / 20
(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
What are the epicurean and ethical dimensions of a perfect seafood dish? Bestselling author Taras Grescoe traveled the globe looking for an answer to this age-old riddle and chronicles his findings in Bottomfeeder: A Seafood Lover's Journey to the End of the Food Chain. Come hear Grescoe discuss the social, political and ecological costs of the global fishery industry with Jian Ghomeshi of CBC Radio's "Q". — 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. On Tuesday, May 20 at 8:00 p.m. (doors 7:30 p.m.) free
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05 / 21
(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
Nicholas Hoare and Biblioasis are pleased to present an evening with Charles Foran and Stephen Henighan.
Head to Nicholas Hoare bookstore for food, drink, and a remorseless assault on the literary status quo. Novelists, travel writers, critics, Governor General Award nominees, and disputatious freethinkers Foran and Henighan will read from their highly anticipated essay collections, Join the Revolution, Comrade, and A Report on the Afterlife of Culture.
Readings will be followed by a Q&A and a book signing.
At Nicholas Hoare Books, 45 Front Street East on May 21 from 6:00 p.m. until after 8:00 p.m.
Start: 6:30 pm
Join author and former CBC journalist John Scully and Sadia Zaman, Executive Director of Women in Film and Television-Toronto, for an evening of dialogue on War Zone Journalism
The book launch for Am I Dead Yet? is on Wednesday May 21 at 6:30 p.m., Ben McNally Books, 366 Bay Street, Toronto (www.benmcnallybooks.com).
***Admission Free - Complimentary Wine and Cheese will be served***
Start: 7:00 pm
The Insomniac Press Spring Poetry Launch is at Dora Keogh Traditional Irish Pub, 141 Danforth Avenue, Toronto on Wednesday, May 21 at 7:00 p.m.
Celebrate the launch of three new books of poetry:
The Debaucher by Jason Camlot (Insomniac Press),
The Red Element by Catherine Graham (Insomniac Press)
and Dead Cars in Managua by Stuart Ross (DC Books / Punchy Writers Series).
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05 / 22
(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: 5:30 pm
Head to The Sustainability Network on May 22 for a book launch and discussion of Some Like It Cold: The Politics of Climate Change in Canada. Bob Paehlke will speak about the politics of climate change in Canada. The event will be moderated by Nicola Ross, Executive Editor of Alternatives Journal. $10 at the door (entry includes a voucher for $10 off the list price of the book, when purchased at this event)
Start: 7:00 pm
Celebrate the launch of Kathleen McDonnell’s novel The Songweavers (Second Story Press) and the completion of The Notherland Journeys Trilogy on May 22 at 7:00 p.m. at The Imperial Pub, 54 Dundas Street East, Toronto (across from Dundas Square).
*Book signing Cash bar*
Musical performances by: The Sandbar Sisters Ivy Mairi Me, Mom and Martha Trio Kundzuli
RSVP: The Songweavers page on Facebook or mcdonnellkath [at] gmail [dot] com
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05 / 23
(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: 10:21 am
RM Vaughan (Troubled, Coach House Books), Emma Donoghue (The Sealed Letter, HarperCollins Canada) and John Miller (A Sharp Intake of Breath, Simon & Pierre) are reading at Gallery on the Bay (231 Bay Street North) in Hamilton for Hamilton Pride 2008. The readings are on on June 9 from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. Admission $5.
For further information contact Bryan Prince, Bookseller 905.528.4508, or staff [at] princebooks [dot] net.
Start: 8:00 pm
Kurt Zubatiuk (Ekstasis), Domenico Capilongo (I Thought Elvis was Italian) and Jacob McArthur Mooney (The New Layman’s Almanac) are reading at the IV Lounge Reading Series, at 326 Dundas Street West, across from the Art Gallery of Ontario. Friday, May 23 at 8:00 p.m.
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05 / 24
(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.
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