Manifesto x Cultural Hotspot: In Conversation with Urbanology (Priya) and Erin Lowers @ The Boys & Girls Club of East Scarborough, Scarborough, ON - Thurs Aug 28th!

Manifesto presents...

NEXT: Cultural Hotspot "In Conversation with..." Session #4
Urbanology (Priya Ramanujam) & Erin Lowers

From May to October 2014, the Cultural Hotspot Project shines a spotlight on Hotspot East - south Scarborough, bordered by Lawrence Avenue East south to the lake, Victoria Park Avenue east to Highland Creek Village. This Hotspot is home to a diverse cultural scene, engaged community, growing economy, green spaces and unique local history. The program will bring cultural activities, art interventions, development opportunities and legacy projects to the Hotspot neighbourhoods. With an emphasis on youth mentorship and employment, business engagement, community building and artistic excellence, the project seeks to draw new attention to the Hotspot area.

NEXT is a youth-led initiative that will see local youth from inner suburban neighbourhoods organize and lead an entertainment showcase, workshops and lectures highlighting the next generation of emerging young artists. This project is in partnership with Manifesto Community Projects and UNITY Charity.
Manifesto will presents their ongoing “In Conversation with…” series as their programming contribution to the NEXT initiative. These entertaining and informative sessions present unique one-on-one conversations with respected artists and community members. The conversations offer a rare opportunity to go beyond the quotes and performances to facilitate intimate and interactive dialogues with artists, activists, and public figures that offer a perspective that embodies the spirit and values of Manifesto.

In Conversation with...
Priya Ramanujam (Urbanology Magazine)
hosted by
Erin Lowers (Ellhah Media Group / A3C Festival)
Thursday, August 28

Location: The Boys & Girls Club of East Scarborough, 100 Galloway Road, Scarborough, ON (South of Kingston Rd.)

Time: 7:00p - 9:00p

Click Here for FREE RSVP

All-ages + family welcome!

Facebook event page here

In Conversation With... Lee Daniels @ TIFF Bell Lightbox, Toronto, ON - Sun Jun 22nd!

In Conversation With... Lee Daniels

Writer-director Lee Daniels, Out100's 2013 Artist of the Year, joins GLAAD National Spokesperson Wilson Cruz onstage to look back at a career that includes some of the most arresting American films of the last decade: Shadowboxer, Precious, The Paperboy, and Lee Daniels' The Butler.

Time:  2p

Tickets: Adult $22.75
       Child         $16.00
     Senior         $18.25
   Student         $18.25

Location:  Cinema 3, TIFF Bell Lightbox, 305 King St West, Toronto, ON

For Tickets and info click here

NABFEME Toronto Presents: A Conversation with a Legend: Denise Jones @ ING Direct, Toronto, ON - Fri Jun 20th!

NABFEME Toronto Presents
A Conversation with a Legend: Denise Jones
Moderated by: Vivian Barclay
Friday June 20th, 6pm
It's FREE please rsvp info@gnotemanagement.com
Come on down and network, make some new connections & get some inside secrets on producing successful live events!
Denise has more than 20 years of experience!!!
Sponsored by: Network Orange & Microsoft Windows
Win a Nokia Windows Device!
Location:  ING Direct, 221 Yonge Street, Toronto, ON at Shuter
#nabfeme #producer #liveentertainment

Manifesto & Cultural Hotspot: In Conversation w/hustleGRL and Tika Simone @ Madhus Cafe, Toronto, ON - Sun Jun 1st!

Manifesto presents
NEXT: Cultural Hotspot "In Conversation with..." Session #2

From May to October 2014, the Cultural Hotspot Project shines a spotlight on Hotspot East - south Scarborough, bordered by Lawrence Avenue East south to the lake, Victoria Park Avenue east to Highland Creek Village. This Hotspot is home to a diverse cultural scene, engaged community, growing economy, green spaces and unique local history. The program will bring cultural activities, art interventions, development opportunities and legacy projects to the Hotspot neighbourhoods. With an emphasis on youth mentorship and employment, business engagement, community building and artistic excellence, the project seeks to draw new attention to the Hotspot area.

NEXT is a youth-led initiative that will see local youth from inner suburban neighbourhoods organize and lead an entertainment showcase, workshops and lectures highlighting the next generation of emerging young artists. This project is in partnership with Manifesto Community Projects and UNITY Charity.

Manifesto will presents their ongoing “In Conversation with…” series as their programming contribution to the NEXT initiative. These entertaining and informative sessions present unique one-on-one conversations with respected artists and community members. The conversations offer a rare opportunity to go beyond the quotes and performances to facilitate intimate and interactive dialogues with artists, activists, and public figures that offer a perspective that embodies the spirit and values of Manifesto.

In Conversation with young web and social media wiz hustleGRL, which will be hosted by event producer and media personality Tika Simone of Known Unknown. These two connected and talented women will sit down for a conversation at the new artist cafe opened on Kingston Road by Canadian artist/producer Slakah The Beatchild.

Sunday, June 1
Madhus Cafe, 982 Kingston Road (near Victoria Park), Toronto, ON
3:00-5:30pm
Cost: FREE w/ RSVP
All-ages welcome!

RSVP Here

In Conversation with Denise Jones @ Manifesto HQ, Toronto, ON - Fri May 23rd!

Trailblazer - Denise Jones “DISCUSSION WITH AN ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY PIONEER”

HOSTED BY VIVIAN BARCLAY

Award Winning Event Planner, Artist Manager and Producer of many HIT Jamaican Concerts including Jambana will be speaking about her career at Manifesto this Friday May 23rd.

Put on by NABFEME & Manifesto!

Location:  Manifesto HQ, 37 BULWER ST., Toronto, ON

Time:  6:00-9:00pm

All-ages welcome!

TICKETS: $10

For info click here

For tickets click here

Cultural Hotspot x Manifesto: In Conversation with Dwayne Morgan and Randell Adjei @ Children's Peace Theatre, Toronto, ON - Sun May 18th!

From May to October 2014, the Cultural Hotspot Project shines a spotlight on Hotspot East - south Scarborough, bordered by Lawrence Avenue East south to the lake, Victoria Park Avenue east to Highland Creek Village.

NEXT is a youth-led initiative that will see local youth from inner suburban neighbourhoods organize and lead an entertainment showcase, workshops and lectures highlighting the next generation of emerging young artists. This project is in partnership with Manifesto Community Projects and UNITY Charity.

Manifesto will presents their ongoing “In Conversation with…” series as their programming contribution to the NEXT initiative. These entertaining and informative sessions present unique one-on-one conversations with respected artists and community members. The conversations offer a rare opportunity to go beyond the quotes and performances to facilitate intimate and interactive dialogues with artists, activists, and public figures that offer a perspective that embodies the spirit and values of Manifesto.

We're excited to kick-off the monthly series with an In Conversation with legendary Toronto-based spoken word artist, author, and event presenter Dwayne Morgan, which will be hosted by a shining young star in the flourishing next generation spoken word scene Randell Adjei of R.I.S.E.

In Conversation With Dwayne Morgan
presented by City of Toronto and Manifesto

Sunday, May 18

Location:  Children's Peace Theatre, 305 Dawes Road (north of Danforth Ave), Toronto, ON

Time:  4:00 - 6:00pm

Cost: FREE with RSVP

All-ages welcome!

RSVP >>> here/

MANIFESTO x NOISEY presents: In Conversation With...Ernie Paniccioli @ The Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON - Mon May 12th

MANIFESTO x NOISEY presents:
In Conversation With...Ernie Paniccioli

About Ernie Paniccioli: Regarded by most to be the premier “Hip-Hop photographer in America”, Paniccioli first made his foray into the culture in 1973 when he began capturing the ever-present graffiti art dominating New York City. Armed with a 35-millimeter camera, Paniccioli has recorded the entire evolution of Hip Hop. From Grandmaster Flash at the Roxy (a popular Manhattan nightclub of the late 70’s and early 1980s), to the athletic moves of the legendary Rock Steady Crew, to the fresh faces of Queen Latifah, Tupac Shakur, The Notorious B.I.G., Eminem, and Lauren Hill. Paniccioli has been in the forefront documenting the greatest cultural movement since Rock and Roll in the 1950s. A true renaissance man, Paniccioli is also a painter, public speaker, and historian. He has also photographed a number of popular figures beyond Hip Hop, such as Frank Sinatra, Liza Minelli, and John F. Kennedy, Jr.; Britney Spears; and Ricky martin, to name a few.

About Che Kothari: Artist, photographer, director, producer, organizer, and instigator, Chetan Kothari, more affectionately known as “Che”, brings an army of energy towards anything he creates. Beginning as a portrait and events photographer in Toronto, Che has had intimate portrait sessions with the likes of Ziggy Marley, Ice Cube (NWA), Chuck D (Public Enemy), Zaki Ibrahim, Common, Cypress Hill, A Tribe Called Quest, Talib Kweli, Dead Prez, Sizzla, Afrika Bambaataa, K’naan, Erykah Badu, Nas, k-os, Shad, and several others. Che’s work as a leader, creator, and visionary is rooted in culture, opportunity, change, positivity, and love.

About “In Conversation with…": Manifesto’s “In Conversation with...” is an ongoing series that presents unique one on one conversations with people the organization and its community share reverence for. It offers a rare opportunity to go beyond the quotes and one of a kind performances to facilitate intimate and interactive dialogues with artists, activists, and public figures that offer a perspective that embodies the spirit and values of Manifesto. To date the series has featured the likes of Jonathan Mannion, Saul Williams, DJ Renegade, Kevin Powell, Joey Badass, Donisha Prendergast (granddaughter of Rita & Bob Marley), Jhene Aiko, and Yuna, amongst others.

Monday May 12th, 2014
The Gladstone Hotel
1214 Queen St. W., Toronto, ON
Time:  5:30pm-7:30p

Tickets:  $10

For tickets click here

I Got You: Canadian Debut of Rob Hill Sr.@ Hart House Theatre, Toronto, ON - Thurs May 8th!

AUTHOR, ENTREPRENEUR, MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER, RELATIONSHIP EXPERT, Rob Hill Sr. makes his Canadian Debut!

Please help CAMDA support kids/youth in sports, arts, music and education! This is a fundraising event!

Please share the link below with your friends and associates. Camda hopes to sell all tickets for this event, with your help!

Location: Hart House Theatre – University of Toronto, 7 Hart House Circle, Toronto, ON

Time:  7:30p

General Admission: $40.00

To purchase tickets: www.uofttix.ca

More info on CAMDA click here

About Rob Hill Sr: Author, Entrepreneur, Motivational Speaker and Relationship Expert.

Rob Hill, Sr., affectionately known as the “Heart Healer,” is an entrepreneur, motivational speaker, and philanthropist. The author of two titles – About Something Real and For Single People Who Still Understand the Value of Relationships (which reached Amazon’s #1 best seller’s list in the category of “Relationships”) – he is also founder of the Thousand Kings Foundation, Inc., an organization designed to inspire, influence, and impact teens to live better, extraordinary lives with purpose, passion, and principle. On June 1, 2013, he hosted the first “The Thousands Kings Walk,” a community-based event targeted to male teens, age 12-17, to help ensure a better, more prosperous future. The event raised $10,000 in funds. Ten students were awarded, each receiving a $1,000 scholarship.

For Rob, his journey to success was a road riddled with disappointment and regret. At the age of 17, he was kicked out of his parents’ home in Chesapeake, VA after failing to uphold his responsibilities and make positive choices. For the next two years, Rob had to embrace the reality of homelessness as he called the backseat of his car, as well as the couches of his close friends, “home.” When he realized the affect his reckless lifestyle would have on his unborn child, Rob confronted the issues and decisions that had marred his life and made a change. Three months after the birth of his son, he joined the U.S. Navy in 2008, thus beginning the transformation of becoming the man that he is today. It was during that time that Rob began to heal from his past, as he simultaneously developed a passion for writing. Shortly thereafter, Rob decided he was ready to pursue a career outside of the Navy to fulfill what he believes is his purpose in life: Helping people.

Today, Rob has a devoted social media following reaching 350,000+ people daily through media outlets including, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Tumblr. His newest projects, a traditional paperback/eBook, “I Got You: Restoring Confidence in Love and Relationships” and an audio book, “The Audacity of a Good Heart,” are both scheduled to be released in September, 2013. Rob also continues to motivate individuals to live extraordinary lives through his public speaking engagements, literary works, community enrichment events, and online interactions with his continuously growing fan base.

A man with vision, ambition, and purpose, Rob Hill, Sr. has dedicated his life to helping others find their way. “I just want to be somebody who makes a difference. I’m daring … I’m a risk taker. I’m not afraid to fall … I don’t care about failing. I don’t care who’s judging. I’m going to keep trying. I’m going to go do it!” It is through his continued hard work and commitment that he reaches people all over the world, changing the lives of those he came in contact with.

Transit users: Get off at Museum Subway, use west exit walk 4 minutes south of the ROM. Hart House Circle is north west of the Parliament Building.

Note:  Drivers: Green P parking is at 9 Bedford Rd inside Hotel Intercontinental.

The BBPA Young Professionals Redefined: The YP Social @ House of Moments, Toronto, ON - Sun May 5th!

You can now purchase your ticket online -http://bbpa.org/shopbbpa/shop/

Join other young professionals to an exclusive social event where you will network, enjoy appetizers, be motivated by a powerful speaker and socialize.

You don't want to miss it! Space is limited.

Date: Sunday May 5, 2013
Time: 6:00pm
Location: House of Moments | 386 Carlaw Ave., Toronto | www.houseofmoments.com
Cost: $20 for BBPA members and $25 for non BBPA members

Keynote Speaker: Jonathan Hood | CFL Player: Hamilton Tiger Cats (former) Toronto Argonauts www.jonathanhood.ca Follow on Twitter @jhood41

Here is a clip from one of his weekly blogs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vyw-1YpeW7o

Here is a clip of him speaking at a school
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCeiWDPtrpo 

For more information about this event, visit our facebook page www.facebook.com/thebbpa

In Conversation with Kevin Powell @ Manifesto HQ, Toronto, ON - Sat Apr 20th!

IN CONVERSATION WITH KEVIN POWELL

Manifesto presents a discussion with NYC based author, hip hop journalist, community activist, and public speaker Kevin Powell.

This Saturday, April 20, 2013 Powell will make a stop in Toronto to speak at the Manifesto HQ at 37 Bulwer Street and we invite you to attend.

Time:  6-8

The event is FREE with an RSVP to: rsvp@themanifesto.ca

In Conversation with DJ Renegade @ Manifesto HQ, Toronto, ON - Thurs Apr 18th!

IN CONVERSATION WITH DJ RENEGADE

Manifesto and York University Dance are proud to present a unique conversation with an international B-boy and DJ legend. Renegade has graced the b-boy community with non-stop music to move to, as well as founding one of the top crews in UK – Soul Mavericks. Whether he is dropping the beats at UK BBoy Championship, world wide major championships across the globe or producing Ballet Boyz - a reinterpretation of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring – Renegade has changed the face of b-boy dance through his contribution to the community through education and artistry. On April 18th we have the rare opportunity to have an intimate and interactive dialogue – so come out and ask questions, listen and share in this conversation with DJ Renegade.

Location:  Manifesto HQ, 37 Bulwer Street, Toronto, ON

Time: 8p to 10p

Admission:  Free with RSVP

RSVP to rsvp@themanifesto.ca

More info:  http://themanifesto.ca/in-conversation-with-dj-renegade/

Celebrating Bold, Black, Risk Takers: An Evening with John Singleton @ TIFF Bell Lightbox, Toronto, ON - Tues Feb 12th!

Presented by TD and BAND (Black Artists' Network in Dialogue), Clement Virgo Productions and CFC are hosting a special evening in celebration of Black History Month with filmmaker John Singleton (Boyz N the Hood, Poetic Justice, Shaft). An acclaimed, trailblazing legend, Singleton has lit up the screen with his unapologetic, incendiary characters and provocative storytelling about inner-city life. He also holds the distinction of being the first black filmmaker nominated for the Best Director Oscar^®.
 

When: Tuesday, February 12, at 8:30 pm 

Red carpet/photo opportunity at 8 pm. In conversation to immediately follow.
Where: TIFF Bell Lightbox, 350 King Street West, Toronto, ON

Hosted by CBC Radio 1's Garvia Bailey

Tickets are $20 and can be purchased online by visiting cfccreates.com/bhm, or through the TIFF Bell Lightbox Box Office in person or by phone, 

 

All proceeds from ticket sales go towards CFC's Diversity Scholarship fund.

For more info visit: http://cfccreates.com/about_us/announcements/item.php?id=item228

Dr. Julius Garvey @ Various Locations, Toronto, ON - Fri Oct 26th - Sun Oct 28th!

Peace and Blessing! Dr Julius Garvey, son of  Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Jamaica's 1st National Hero, will be in Toronto Oct 26th to 28th.

He will be speaking at Westview Centennial Secondary School,755 Oakdale Road, Jane and Finch on Oct 26th from 6:30p - 10p, and the Impact N' Communities Centre, 4301 Kingston Road, Galloway and Lawrence, Scarborough, from 1:00p - 4:00p on October 27th.

On October 28th, the Global African Canadian Communities will host a Consensus Building Symposium at Ryerson University, Student Centre Building, 55 Gould Street, 2nd Floor, Thomas Hall, 11a - 2p.

If you would like to take part in the symposium on Sun Oct 28th call 647 919 0466 e-mail culture.power@hotmail.com or 647 289 0877 b_u_virtue@yahoo.ca