What's Happening

The Annex Tree Tour set for Saturday starting at 2 pm is part of Toronto Tree Tours. The two-hour outing is free, but you need to register.
Things get underway at the northwest corner of College & Spadina, where you meet up with the guide, arborist Todd Irvine. Highlights of the tour include:
* an ancient white oak—thought to be one of the largest in the city—growing just steps away from one of Toronto’s busiest streets.
* wandering down back alleys to discover hidden giants, including a 70-foot-tall bur oak.
* venturing into the past as you gaze down a tree-lined boulevard onto St. Stephen’s in the Field, a 150-year-old Victorian Gothic style church that was once surrounded by gardens and grasslands.
Members of the Harbord Village Residents Association and The Annex Residents Association will be there to share stories about helping the forest canopy in their neighbourhoods.

Monday, May 12th is Varsity Day at the Bloor Cinema. If you show your U of T student card, admission is $3. The slate is Caramel at 4:30 pm, Up The Yangtze at 7 pm and The Band's Visit at 9 pm.

Liverpool-based indie rockers Clinic play Lee's Palace Sunday at 8 pm. Tickets are only $15.

It's the last weekend to catch MyType:Type Inspired Posters at Keep Six Contemporary art gallery at 938 Bathurst Street.

If you need a laugh head to Clinton's on Tuesday for The Artbardy Har Har, part of the Art Bar Poetry series. It's billed as an evening of comedic poetry. Free, but donations appreciated.

Clinton's is also the site for Catch23 Improv comedy and the next one has a twist... here's the mysterious invitation:
Catch23 and the case of the mysterious crime! on Monday, May 12 at 9 pm.
Can you figure it out before it does?
What: Convention
Host: catch23

There'll be a Heart & Craft Outdoor Eco Artisan Market on Saturday from noon to 6 pm at 61A Bellevue Avenue. It features 16 exhibitors showing clothing, jewellery, cosmetics and more.

The Palmerston Library hosts Korean-Canadian author and Registered Nurse Gemma Baik Tuesday, May 13 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. She will talk about her life's work in Korea and Canada, as well as discuss prenatal care. The talk will be in both Korean and English and marks Asian Heritage Month.

On the same day, Malcolm Gladwell, author of The Tipping Point and Blink, is joined by Uof T philosophy professor and author Mark Kingwell for Well, Well: An Evening Of Dialogue On Social Change. The benefit event for Massey College and The Canadian Journalism Foundation starts at 7:30 pm at Convocation Hall. Tickets are $25 & $10.

Bloor Street Gospel Chorus performs the concert We've Got Joy! Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at Bloor Street United, 300 Bloor St. West. Tickets are $12 at the door, $10 in advance and $7 for students. Call 416.477.9310 for more information.

Shaun Evans plays The Central on Markham Street on Wednesday and The River Pilots, which features one of our neighbours, plays its monthly gig on Thursday, May 15th.

Whatever you do, enjoy it!
Vanessa

What's Happening

Palmerston Library has been hosting readings as part of Keep Toronto Reading. Tomorrow at 7 pm features Common Denominator: Reading the New Toronto with Judy Fong Bates, Goran Simic, Shila Desai and Sayeeda Jaigirdar. There's also spoken word by Michelle Muir and music by master drummer Muhtadi. It's free and there's more info online at http://www.diasporadialogues.com/

There's several acts on during the week at The Central in Mirvish Village, including a Rock Band Open Mic night on Monday. The Tranzac is keeping things rocking, as usual, on Brunswick Ave. On the 26th, the intriguing sounding An Inconvenient Musical starts at 7:30 pm. Hmmm....

Well, I'm sure you've all seen the hype about the new Indiana Jones movie coming out. The Bloor Cinema is showing two of the first movies in the series throughout the week in case you want to refresh your memory, or introduce a little person to the whole whip-cracking, edge-of-your-seat adventure.
You also can go to The Bloor to catch Sunday night's Oscars ceremony. Everything's more fun in a crowd, right? Or with buttered popcorn? Doors open at 7:30 pm.

If the cold, snowy, windy winter has you down, maybe a little comedy will perk you up? Don't forget that Clinton's (on Bloor at -- where else? Clinton) has Catch 23 improv comedy showdowns on Monday nights and it's only $5 to get in.

Slightly farther afield, but probably worth the trip AND within walking distance: Robert Munsch, author of children's books Love You Forever and The Paper Bag Princess (just to name two) gives a storytelling concert Saturday at 11 am and 1:30 p.m. It's at lovely Convocation Hall, 31 King's College Circle, in the U of T grounds.

Whatever you do, enjoy it!
Vanessa

What's Happening

The Annex Residents' Association Board Meeting takes place Thursday, January 10 at 7:30 p.m.
Everyone's welcome to attend at The Annex Retirement Residence, 123 Spadina Road.

Tranzac Club is host to Mariposa presenting Folkal Point on Sunday, January 6th. Cover is $20, performance is @ 7pm.

The Burrow Art Centre is hosting an Open Studio full of art activities on Saturday the 5th for $8 hour. Call 416.532.1777 for more information.

Catch 23 Improv comedy is back for a new year at Clinton's, 693 Bloor St. West. This Monday it runs from 8:30 pm - 11:30 pm. Cover is only $5.

Enjoy!
Vanessa