It's that time of year... there's a few blushing leaves about, the kids are off to school Tuesday, the evenings start earlier and earlier.
Time to switch from "summer mode" to "busy mode" again.
It's also time to sign the niblets up for extra curricular activities. If you have a budding twinkle toes on your hands, you might want to check out the classes at The Annex Dance Academy on Bathurst or at the Randolph Academy further south.
Artistes might be interested in Nusa's classes at the Annex Art Centre on Bathurst, or Marks of Perception classes in Seaton Village with Deb Wiles.
Of course, St. Alban's Boys & Girls Club offers a slew of stuff to do during its After 4 Program and the MNJCC, too.
The city of Toronto operates programs at the Bob Abate community centre at Christie and Bloor, including swimming lessons. Sign ups start September 10th.
Cheers,
Vanessa
Showing posts with label Randolph Academy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Randolph Academy. Show all posts
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Sunday, July 6, 2008
Randolph Academy Shows
On our doorstep lies the Randolph Academy, which is housed in a former church on Bathurst, south of Bloor. Its "triple threat" program teaches acting, singing and dance to its students. Several times a year, the academy mounts productions in its Annex Theatre and you can catch them for $22.
What's on the playbill?
Unity (1918) from July 15 to 19 and Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella July 22 to 26.
Cheers,
Vanessa
What's on the playbill?
Unity (1918) from July 15 to 19 and Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella July 22 to 26.
Cheers,
Vanessa
Thursday, March 27, 2008
What's Happening
This Saturday there's a Spring Shopping Spree at 69 Olive Gallery (at 69 Olive Ave., natch!) from 2 to 4 pm.
And we quote: "You can meet the creator of Anarres Natural Health products, Tracey TieF, Certified Natural Health Practitioner. Sample cocoa, shea, almond and avocado butter and wonderful bath and body products made naturally without compromise.
Shop for lotions, creams, massage and bath oils, soaps, essential oils and palm wax candles. Anarres Natural Health is a member of Green Enterprise Toronto and supports local, Fair Trade and Certified Organic suppliers."
On Monday, the Bloor Cinema has a free screening for members of His Girl Friday at 7 pm. The 1940 "screwball comedy" features Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell.
Dave Clark's Woodshed Orchestra takes to the stage at The Tranzac tomorrow night at 10 pm. Admission is $5 or PWYC and it's just one event on The Tranzac's always full calendar, including two Colours of Comedy shows on Saturday night.
And we quote: "You can meet the creator of Anarres Natural Health products, Tracey TieF, Certified Natural Health Practitioner. Sample cocoa, shea, almond and avocado butter and wonderful bath and body products made naturally without compromise.
Shop for lotions, creams, massage and bath oils, soaps, essential oils and palm wax candles. Anarres Natural Health is a member of Green Enterprise Toronto and supports local, Fair Trade and Certified Organic suppliers."
On Monday, the Bloor Cinema has a free screening for members of His Girl Friday at 7 pm. The 1940 "screwball comedy" features Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell.
Dave Clark's Woodshed Orchestra takes to the stage at The Tranzac tomorrow night at 10 pm. Admission is $5 or PWYC and it's just one event on The Tranzac's always full calendar, including two Colours of Comedy shows on Saturday night.
The singers, actors and dancers of The Randolph Academy present Footloose starting Friday and running until April 13th at the Bathurst Street Theatre. $20 tickets are available at Ticketmaster.
The Central, in Mirvish Village, is one of the venues for the Pitter Patter Music Festival this weekend. Sounds intriguing!
Baroque orchestra Tafelmusik presents Beethoven Symphonies 7 and 8 tonight through Saturday night with performances beginning at 8 pm and Sun at 3:30 pm. It takes place at Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre on Bloor St. west, just west of Spadina. Tickets are $29 to $78, but there's a PWYC performance on March 28 for ages 18 to 30.
Our area's Walmer Road Baptist Church is just one of the sites for the Toronto Festival of Storytelling, which kicks off tomorrow and runs until April 6th.
As usual, there's lots of stuff happening at the MilesNadalJCC at Spadina and Bloor including a play, an exhibition, an art show and an outing for seniors.
Also, just a reminder of the acoustic Earth Hour concert Saturday at The Trane Studio on Bathurst.Whatever you do, enjoy it!
Vanessa
Thursday, March 20, 2008
What's Happening
This one doesn't happen until Thursday, March 27th, but I'm telling you now so that you can make time in your schedule. The Annex Residents' Assocation holds its Annual General Meeting at 7:30 pm at the Friends House on Lowther. Gary Wright, Toronto's acting chief planner, will be speaking.
The ROM is "all about" Charles Darwin and his theories these days, so it's only natural that they would select (sorry!) the movie Inherit The Wind for a screening and lecture. The 1960 Stanley Kramer movie is about the famous Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925, the real-life case of a science teacher accused of the crime of teaching evolution.
The ROM screening takes place Tuesday at 7 pm and the evening is introduced by film lecturer Anthony Harrison, while Toronto lawyer Michael Weissenborn will discuss the legal aspects of the original trial. Tickets are $18/$15.
Tomorrow night at the Tranzac Club Mysterion the Mind Reader & Santini "The World's Most Extreme Escapist" take to the stage in the main hall at 8 pm for Mysterion: An evening of EXTREME sideshow and escape never before seen anywhere in North America." It's billed as being like SAW or Hostel LIVE on stage. Rock band The Sevenate also is due to perform. Tickets ($17- $20 ) are available at Darkside on Queen, or at the door.
The MilesNadalJCC at Bloor and Spadina holds its annual Purim Carnival this Sunday from 11 am to 2 pm. It's $7 per family to get in, there's cheap food for sale and you should wear a costume.
Dundas, Ontario's Caribou perform tonight and tomorrow night at Lee's Palace. Tickets are $15.
Of course, it's Easter weekend and the niblets are off school both Friday and Monday. If you'd like to celebrate with a parade, you'll have to leave the 'hood. You can cho
ose either the frivolity of the Beaches Easter parade, or the solemnity of the St. Francis of Assisi Church's Good Friday Procession. The latter starts at 3 pm and follows a route south of our area. It's quite a massive undertaking, as this article outlines, and as these pictures illustrate.
The Beaches Easter parade runs from 2 to about 4 pm along Queen Street East from Fallingbrook Road to Woodbine Avenue. This parade is heavy on the bunny costumes/free chocolates aspects of celebrating Easter. There's even the third annual Dog Day Parade, with prizes for the best-dressed dogs.
The ROM is "all about" Charles Darwin and his theories these days, so it's only natural that they would select (sorry!) the movie Inherit The Wind for a screening and lecture. The 1960 Stanley Kramer movie is about the famous Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925, the real-life case of a science teacher accused of the crime of teaching evolution.
The ROM screening takes place Tuesday at 7 pm and the evening is introduced by film lecturer Anthony Harrison, while Toronto lawyer Michael Weissenborn will discuss the legal aspects of the original trial. Tickets are $18/$15.
Tomorrow night at the Tranzac Club Mysterion the Mind Reader & Santini "The World's Most Extreme Escapist" take to the stage in the main hall at 8 pm for Mysterion: An evening of EXTREME sideshow and escape never before seen anywhere in North America." It's billed as being like SAW or Hostel LIVE on stage. Rock band The Sevenate also is due to perform. Tickets ($17- $20 ) are available at Darkside on Queen, or at the door.
The MilesNadalJCC at Bloor and Spadina holds its annual Purim Carnival this Sunday from 11 am to 2 pm. It's $7 per family to get in, there's cheap food for sale and you should wear a costume.
Dundas, Ontario's Caribou perform tonight and tomorrow night at Lee's Palace. Tickets are $15.
The Art Bar Poetry Series, which takes place at Clinton's, features Toronto's poet laureate, Pier Giorgio Di Cicco, on the 25th. It starts at 8 pm and admission is free, but donations are gratefully accepted. Jeff Latosik and Ariel Platt also will read.
The Randolph Academy is mounting Anton In Show Business next Tuesday through Saturday at the Bathurst Street Theatre, which is housed in a former church on Bathurst, south of Bloor. Performances are at 8 pm and tickets are $22.Of course, it's Easter weekend and the niblets are off school both Friday and Monday. If you'd like to celebrate with a parade, you'll have to leave the 'hood. You can cho
ose either the frivolity of the Beaches Easter parade, or the solemnity of the St. Francis of Assisi Church's Good Friday Procession. The latter starts at 3 pm and follows a route south of our area. It's quite a massive undertaking, as this article outlines, and as these pictures illustrate.The Beaches Easter parade runs from 2 to about 4 pm along Queen Street East from Fallingbrook Road to Woodbine Avenue. This parade is heavy on the bunny costumes/free chocolates aspects of celebrating Easter. There's even the third annual Dog Day Parade, with prizes for the best-dressed dogs.
Whatever you do, enjoy it!
Vanessa
Thursday, March 6, 2008
What's Happening (Inc. March Break)
It's Varsity Day at the Bloor Cinema on the 10th. U of T students pay $3 admission, but you must show ID.
Screenings include The much ballyhooed The Diving Bell and The Butterfly, No Country For Old Men and Starting Out In The Evening. Great line up!
Speaking of the Bloor Cinema, this in from area artist Deb Wiles:
"A fine art auction is taking place in the upstairs lobby of the Bloor Cinema at 11:00 am sharp on Sat. March 8th.
The work has been up for viewing since Feb. 18th. Artists' Direct Auctions is the brainchild of John Romano who, after many years in the art business as an artist and a dealer, has decided to start an auction house. This auction will therefore be the first of many. Mr. Romano's intent is to sell work for artists as efficiently as possible, to get money into their pockets so that they may focus on producing more work rather than having to focus on selling their own work." [VR: Noble concept, that!]
On March 9th at the Miles NadalJCC, our neighbour, Jordan Klapman, continues with his Great Jewish Composers Music Lecture series. He tackles the topic of Yiddish American Swing in the Postwar Era from 11 am to 12:30 pm. Admission is $9 and includes bagels and coffee.
On the same day, you can meet at the Fitness Desk at 10 am to head down to Nathan Philips Square to skate en masse.
The performers of The Randolph Academy are mounting One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest the 11th to the 15th at the Bathurst Street Theatre. Tickets are $22 and are available through Ticketmaster.
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir, which makes its home at Trinity-St. Paul's Centre, 427 Bloor St. West, is offering In the Garden of Delights: Music from the Song of Songs this weekend. Call 416.964.6337 for details and tickets.
MARCH BREAK ACTIVITIES
Yes, it's that time again... time for the "mid-winter" break. Those with children, gird your loins. Those without children, gird your loins -- and, for pity's sake, stay away from any large public institutions!
The Toronto Public Library has a slew of March Break events, including Dan the Music Man at the Palmerston Branch and an Origami workshop at the Spadina Road location.
And the theatre in the Palmerston Branch plays host to Little Red Theatre's Goldilocks and the Three Canadian Bears on Monday at 1:30 p.m. Tickets are $11 and $9; 416-533-8848.
The ROM has tons to do, including a Medieval Fair where you can try your hand at calligraphy and watch some medieval-style dancing. The Bata Shoe Museum has an Around the World In Five Days theme. Kids can dress up in kimonos or saris, paint miniature clogs and much more.
Casa Loma features pirate-themed activities for the gaffers, including a treasure hunt and a pirate show.
For events out of our area, Toronto.com has great listings and suggestions, as well as Toronto4Kids.com.
Whatever you do, enjoy it!
Cheers,
Vanessa
Screenings include The much ballyhooed The Diving Bell and The Butterfly, No Country For Old Men and Starting Out In The Evening. Great line up!
Speaking of the Bloor Cinema, this in from area artist Deb Wiles:
"A fine art auction is taking place in the upstairs lobby of the Bloor Cinema at 11:00 am sharp on Sat. March 8th.
The work has been up for viewing since Feb. 18th. Artists' Direct Auctions is the brainchild of John Romano who, after many years in the art business as an artist and a dealer, has decided to start an auction house. This auction will therefore be the first of many. Mr. Romano's intent is to sell work for artists as efficiently as possible, to get money into their pockets so that they may focus on producing more work rather than having to focus on selling their own work." [VR: Noble concept, that!]
On March 9th at the Miles NadalJCC, our neighbour, Jordan Klapman, continues with his Great Jewish Composers Music Lecture series. He tackles the topic of Yiddish American Swing in the Postwar Era from 11 am to 12:30 pm. Admission is $9 and includes bagels and coffee.
On the same day, you can meet at the Fitness Desk at 10 am to head down to Nathan Philips Square to skate en masse.
The performers of The Randolph Academy are mounting One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest the 11th to the 15th at the Bathurst Street Theatre. Tickets are $22 and are available through Ticketmaster.
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir, which makes its home at Trinity-St. Paul's Centre, 427 Bloor St. West, is offering In the Garden of Delights: Music from the Song of Songs this weekend. Call 416.964.6337 for details and tickets.
MARCH BREAK ACTIVITIES
Yes, it's that time again... time for the "mid-winter" break. Those with children, gird your loins. Those without children, gird your loins -- and, for pity's sake, stay away from any large public institutions!
The Toronto Public Library has a slew of March Break events, including Dan the Music Man at the Palmerston Branch and an Origami workshop at the Spadina Road location.
And the theatre in the Palmerston Branch plays host to Little Red Theatre's Goldilocks and the Three Canadian Bears on Monday at 1:30 p.m. Tickets are $11 and $9; 416-533-8848.
The ROM has tons to do, including a Medieval Fair where you can try your hand at calligraphy and watch some medieval-style dancing. The Bata Shoe Museum has an Around the World In Five Days theme. Kids can dress up in kimonos or saris, paint miniature clogs and much more.
Casa Loma features pirate-themed activities for the gaffers, including a treasure hunt and a pirate show.
For events out of our area, Toronto.com has great listings and suggestions, as well as Toronto4Kids.com.
Whatever you do, enjoy it!
Cheers,
Vanessa
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