Wavy Wednesday's @ Come See Me, Toronto,ON - Wed Dec 4th!

Wavy Wednesday's

SHAI
plus special guests

Dancehall // Afrobeats // Soca // Hiphop // Old School // Trap

No Cover  19+
$125 Bottles of Jameson (all night)

Location: Come See Me, 656 College St., Toronto, ON


Time:  10pm-2:30am

Info 4164731427 or deejayshai@gmail.com

Legends of Karaoke at Sneaky Dee's, Toronto, ON - Mon Dec 2nd!

LEGENDS OF KARAOKE

Every Monday at Sneaky Dee's

10PM / 19+

**No Cover**

Location:  Sneaky Dee's, 431 College Street West, Toronto, ON

Facebook event page here

Wavy Wednesday's @ Come See Me, Toronto,ON - Wed Nov 27th!

This Wednesday the legendary @supahypeupt live & direct from Jamaica 🇯🇲 inside @comeseemetoronto! He produced one of the top dancehall anthems on the Smash riddim w/ hits like "Tony Matterhorns - Dutty Whine" & "T.O.K Haters" & worked with the biggest artist in industry such as Vybz Kartel & Popcaan! Pull up this Wednesday for the original yaardman vibez!

Warm up set by: SHAI & CYRUS

*** No Cover
*** Doors open 7pm till late
*** Kitchen Open All Night
*** $125 Bottles Of Jameson

Dancehall // Afrobeats // Soca // Hiphop // Old School // Trap

Location: Come See Me, 656 College St., Toronto, ON

Info 4164731427 or deejayshai@gmail.com

Legends of Karaoke at Sneaky Dee's, Toronto, ON - Mon Nov 25th!

LEGENDS OF KARAOKE

Every Monday at Sneaky Dee's

10PM / 19+

**No Cover**

Location:  Sneaky Dee's, 431 College Street West, Toronto, ON

Facebook event page here

Wavy Wednesday's @ Come See Me, Toronto,ON - Wed Nov 20th!

Wavy Wednesdays

SHAI & NV

Dancehall // Afrobeats // Soca // Hiphop // Old School // Trap

No Cover

19+

$125 Bottles of Jameson (all night)

Location: Come See Me, 656 College St., Toronto, ON

Info 4164731427 or deejayshai@gmail.com

Legends of Karaoke at Sneaky Dee's, Toronto, ON - Mon Nov 18th!

LEGENDS OF KARAOKE

Every Monday at Sneaky Dee's
10PM / 19+
**No Cover**

Location:  Sneaky Dee's, 431 College Street West, Toronto, ON

Facebook event page here

Wavy Wednesday's @ Come See Me, Toronto,ON - Wed Nov 13th!

Wavy Wednesdays

SHAI & NV

Dancehall // Afrobeats // Soca // Hiphop // Old School // Trap

No Cover

19+

$125 Bottles of Jameson (all night)

Location: Come See Me, 656 College St., Toronto, ON

Info 4164731427 or deejayshai@gmail.com

Afro-Caribbean Vegan Holiday Market @ The 519, Toronto, ON - Sun Nov 10th!

Sunday Noember 10th from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

**VENUE IS WHEEL CHAIR ACCESSIBLE**

Tickets are FREE to this EVENT!

**YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE A VEGAN OR A VEGETARIAN TO ATTEND - EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO COME OUT TO LEARN, SHOP AND EAT **

The "MARKET" has always been a regular gathering place where people can barter, purchase and sell goods, provisions and other commodities.

The Afro-Caribbean Vegan Market is a NOT FOR PROFIT event with a mission to provide a space for

Vendors of Afro-Caribbean art, plant based vegan products and services to market, display and sell their products, network in addition to a forum to share information and educate people about the many benefits of adopting a healthy vegan lifestyle.

Attendees get to enjoy and purchase delicious Afro-Caribbean vegan foods, amazing health and beauty products, vegan friendly clothing, art and educate themselves on how to live a healthy vegan lifestyle.


For our HOLIDAY SEASON  event, the Afro-Caribbean Vegan Market is partnering with the 519 Community Center, an organization that is not only committed to responding to the needs of the LGBTQ2S communities but that also provides, accommodating and non-judgemental spaces where individuals, organizations and non-profit groups can meet, organize and work towards their goals.

We believe in providing access to plant-based nutrition, products and information for all. All our events are inclusive and welcome attendees from all communities.


Location: The 519, 519 Church Street, Toronto, ON

Free

For free tickets and more info click here

Deanna Bowen Artist Talk @ The Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, Art Museum at the University of Toronto, Toornto, ON - Wed Oct 16th!

                                          Image: Deanna Bowen from Facebook post



Join us for an artist talk with internationally renowned, Toronto-based artist Deanna Bowen on the occasion of her exhibition God of Gods: A Canadian Play.

Deanna Bowen is a descendant of the Alabama- and Kentucky-born Black Prairie pioneers of Amber Valley and Campsie, Alberta. Bowen’s family history has been the central pivot of her auto-ethnographic interdisciplinary works since the early 1990s. Her broader artistic/educational practice examines history, historical writing, and the ways in which artistic and technological advancements impact individual and collective authorship.

Location:  The Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, Art Museum at the University of Toronto
7 Hart House Circle, Toronto, ON

Time:  6p - 7:30p

Facebook event page here

A program of A program of: God of Gods: A Canadian Play
More info click here


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Téa Mutonji: Shut Up You're Pretty @ Parkdale Library, Toronto, ON - Thurs Oct 3rd!

Téa Mutonji is an award-winning poet and writer. She appears to discuss her debut collection, Shut Up You're Pretty, a narrative meditation about adolescence, sexuality and belonging.

Told in a series of 18 strikingly raw vignettes, Shut Up You're Pretty is a collection of linked stories that follow Loli as she makes her way through the world. Tinged with pathos and humour, these stories interrogate the moments in which femininity, womanness, and identity are not only questioned but also imposed.

Hear Téa Mutonji in conversation with Toronto writer Rachna Raj Kaur.

This event is free, and no registration is needed to attend.

Location: Parkdale Library, 1303 Queen Street West, Toronto, ON

Time: 7p - 8

Facebook event page here

Sandra Brewster and Canisia Lubrin in Conversation @ AGO - Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON - Wed Oct 2nd!

                                               Photo Credit: AGO Post
 

Join artist Sandra Brewster and writer Canisia Lubrin in conversation. This is a FREE event, but tickets must be booked in advance.

Sandra Brewster is a visual artist based in Toronto. Her work has been exhibited nationally and abroad. A recipient of the Toronto Friends of the Visual Arts Artist Prize (2018) and the Gattuso Prize for Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival (2017), Brewster has been recognized for her community-based practice that centres a Black presence located in Canada. The daughter of Guyanese-born parents, she is especially attuned to the experiences of people of Caribbean heritage and their ongoing relationships with back home. Recent solo exhibitions include YYZ in Toronto (September 2019), Or Gallery in Vancouver (June 2019), and A Space Gallery in Toronto (2019).  She received a Masters of Visual Studies from the University of Toronto in 2017.  Her exhibition Sandra Brewster: Blur is presently showing in the Mary & Harry Jackman Gallery of the AGO until March 2020.

Canisia Lubrin is a writer, editor, critic and teacher published and anthologized internationally, including translations of her work into Spanish and Italian. Her writing has been a finalist for the Toronto Book Award, the bp Nichol award, and the Raymond Souster award. Her writings have been long-list finalists for the Journey Prize, Gerald Lampert, and the Pat Lowther award and received York University’s President’s Prize in poetry and Sylvia Ellen Hersch Memorial award. Lubrin has collaborated on numerous cross-disciplinary and inter-arts projects, including for theatre, TV and in music. She is the author of the poetry collection Voodoo Hypothesis (2017), named a CBC Best Book and, the forthcoming, The Dyzgraphxst (McClelland & Stewart, 2020). Lubrin is the fall 2019 Writer-In-Residence at Queen’s University and poetry faculty at the Banff Centre for the Emerging Writers Intensive. She holds an MFA from the University of Guelph

Location: AGO - Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas Street West, Toronto, ON

Time: 7 PM – 8:30 PM EDT

Free with registration

To register click here

Facebook event page here

Purpose n' Chill @ Nia Centre for the Arts, Toronto, ON - Thurs Sept 26th!

We Chillin' We vibin' and most of all we educating! This event will be hosted by Creative Connect mentee, Chanel Carter . RSVP today!

Location:  Nia Centre for the Arts, 524 Oakwood Avenue, Toronto, ON

Time: 4p - 6p

Free with registration

To register click here

Toronto FILM and TV Networking Evening @ The Stealth at The Pilot Tavern (2nd Floor), Toronto, ON - Thurs Sept 26th!

Hello Hello Torontonian Film and TV colleagues!

Nightingale Music, Mandy.com, Charles Street Video, along with The Film Mercenaries® - Les Mercenaires du Cinéma® and the Toronto Indie Movie Support Group are inviting you to join us for refreshing drinks, lots of friendly laughs, endless discussions and great prizes!

If you are not working like crazy on Thursday nights, please join us to enjoy a great evening of networking and relaxing at the The Pilot on Cumberland St. Their second floor (It's called The Stealth Lounge!) will be opened just for us!

SUN, Rain or Shine, even SNOW, we will be there! :)

No loud music, no bouncer, no lineup, no cover, no STRESS, just good'ole fun and likeminded people!

Bring friends, colleagues, your boss, your assistant, everyone in the Film/TV industry is welcome to come introduce themselves, chat, share war stories, talk shop and have a few drinks.

As usual, no cover to attend the event, it's FREE !
(But please don't forget to buy at least one item from the menu to show the tavern appreciation for lending us the space for free :) ).
Also, don't forget to TIP generously :)

As usual we will have a draw around 8:30PM to give away fantastic prizes from our awesome sponsors : Nightingale Music, Mandy.com and Charles Street Video.

Please check their website to get an idea of their great offers and what you might win! :)

Nightingale Music is offering some digital stock sounds effect from their library, valued at $500!
Check them out : here

And of course, we'll have another free one year membership with the fabulous Charles Street Video and Mandy.com, our long time supporters !
Charles Street Video Website
Website

Amazing, right ?

See you there !

Zefred - The Film Mercenaries / Les Mercenaires du Cinéma

TORONTO FILM AND TV NETWORKING AND RELAXING EVENING
Thursday September 26th, 2019 - 6PM
Location:  The Stealth at The Pilot Tavern (2nd Floor), 22 Cumberland St, Toronto, ON 
No Cover
Facebook event page here

The Way She Looks: Tour & Talk @ Ryerson Image Centre,Toronto, ON - Wed Sept 25th!

You asked, we listened! Join Nia Centre for the Arts and the Ryerson Image Centre for a free, private tour of The Way She Looks: A History of Female Gazes in African Portraiture, followed by Curators in Conversation: Sandrine Colard with Julie Crooks - open to all ages. Spots are limited - RSVP today!

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

Drawn from the extraordinary holdings of The Walther Collection, The Way She Looks revisits the history of African photographic portraiture through the perspectives of women, both as sitters and photographers. Spanning the beginnings of colonial photography on the continent to the present day, the exhibition features contemporary works by female artists, including Yto Barrada, Jodi Bieber, Lebohang Kganye, Zanele Muholi, Grace Ndiritu, and Nontsikelelo “Lolo” Veleko alongside 1950s studio portraits by such important historical figures as Malick Sidibé and Seydou Keïta, and nineteenth-century prints, cartes de visite, postcards, and albums.

Image Caption: A. C. Gomes & Sons, Natives [sic] Hair Dressing, Zanzibar, Tanzania, late 19th century, collodion printed-out print. Courtesy of The Walther Collection and Stevenson, Cape Town and Johannesburg

Location: Ryerson Image Centre, 33 Gould Street, Toronto, ON

Time:  5:30p - 8:30p

FREE with RSVP here

Facebook event page here

Hot Stepper Sundays Season 10 Encore Party @ Cube, Toronto, ON - Sun Sept 22nd!

Check out the promo video with yours truly in my big hat!



HOT STEPPER SUNDAYS | Season 10 "Encore Party"
ft.
resident DJ Dave Campbell and guest DJ Carlos.
Hosted by Hot Stepper Productions' Pedro & Carlos

Summer '19 was our biggest season yet, with 14 consecutive Sundays! Unfortunately, Mother Nature was not on our side on Sept. 1st or 15th and we were forced to cancel our finale due to the rain and cold temperature. As our regulars know, the finale is one of the best jams each summer.
Fortunately, the weather forecast on Sunday Sept. 22nd is looking good - so we're doing one final party to close off the summer and Season 10 of Hot Stepper Sundays!
We invite you to lounge, dance, chow down, sip cocktails and party with us in the open air of one of the best patios in the city! Mark that calendar and tell 10 friends :)

Sunday, September 22nd
at
CUBE: Rooftop Patio
314 Queen Street W., Toronto
Doors 4PM | No cover charge

Join the Facebook group for week to week info on special events and weather alerts: here

T.U. Jazz Fest 2019 @ Mel Lastman Square, Toronto, ON - Fri Sept 6th!

The 5th annual T.U. Jazz Fest presents Friday Jazz Concert at Mel Lastman Square. As always, it's FREE to the public, with amazing music and atmosphere.

Special Guest, JUNO Award Winning artist, Pat LaBarbera Quartet will be opened by an incredible emerging artist from Montreal, Olivia Khoury Quartet.

Pat LaBarbera: Pat has performed and recorded consistently with Buddy Rich between 1967-1975 and with The Elvin Jones Jazz Machine between 1975-1985, appearing at premier jazz festivals all over the world. Describing his phenomenal talent, Elvin said, "He has a great power of concentration to detail and is totally committed with body and soul."

Olivia Khoury Quartet: Along with Simon Brosseau (piano), Mark Nelson (drums) and Vincent Dessureault (contrabass), Olivia melds dance and music to recreate her unique perspective on life and her surroundings through her Latin inspired folk jazz creations. Her quartet's musical journey through jazz-latin sounds will enlighten listeners at T.U. Jazz Fest 2019

Location:   Mel Lastman Square, 5100 Yonge St, Toronto, ON

Time: 6p - 10p

More info click here

Art n' Soul @ Thompson Hotel, Lobby Bar, Toronto, ON - Thurs Sept 5th!

Art n' Soul is an intimate, unique experience where you will get to know your local talent on a personal level. Experience mood setting performances with stripped down acoustic sets with select local talent and artists.

2 Live Shows by: Kennedy Rd & JNYR
1 Live Painting by: Tray Arts
Live entertainment + an art exhibition
Old school hip hop and rnb vibes provide by Minzi Roberta all night to create that special feeling.
Come grab a drink, enjoy the music and join us in creating the perfect setting, open for all!

Location: Thompson Hotel, 550 Wellington St W, Lobby Bar, Toronto, ON

Time:  6:30p - 11p

Free

Facebook event page here

City Hall Live ft. TRP.P @ Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto,ON - Wed Sept 4th!

                                          Photo credit: Toronto.ca website

City Hall Live returns this summer, to showcase unmatched local talent and provide local artists the opportunity to show off their contribution to the diverse and varied wealth of music that makes up Toronto.

The latest show of the season features TRP.P, an R&B duo made up of Phoenix and Truss. Their music boasts creative beats, paired with thought-provoking lyrics, which always leaves their listeners yearning for more. They source from both local and external influences to put together truly heartfelt music.

Location:  Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen St. W., Toronto, ON

Time: 12:30p - 1:30p

FREE

You can find more of TRP.P's work here

Angelique Kidjo and More Live Performances @ Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON - Sat Aug 31st!

Big Voices, Big Stages: Wrap up the summer at Harbourfront Centre with an eclectic array of musicians who bring down the house with their larger than life sounds.

Today's Highlights:

Tika - 2:00pm – 3:00pm, Concert Stage

Lolaa - 7:00pm – 8:00pm, Stage in the Round

Silent Disco - Saturday, August 31 - Sunday, September 1, 2019
7:00pm –10:00pm
South Lawn

Nicole Brooks - 8:30pm – 9:15pm, Stage in the Round

Angelique Kijo  - 9:30pm –11:00pm, Concert Stage

Location: Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay West, Toronto, ON

For todays full schedule and performance times click here

For weekend schedule click here

Trinidad & Tobago Independence Lime @ D'Pavilion Restaurant & Lounge, Scarborough, ON - Sat Aug 31st!

DPAV 57TH TRINIDAD & TOBAGO INDEPENDENCE @ D'PAVILION RESTAURANT & LOUNGE

57TH TRINIDAD & TOBAGO INDEPENDENCE LIME!
INSIDE D'PAVILION RESTAURANT & LOUNGE, 3300 LAWRENCE AVE E, SCARBOROUGH
(416) 913-3387

Time:  12pm-2:30am

JOIN US SATURDAY AUGUST 31ST!
.
*INDOOR & OUTDOOR EVENT*
PATIO IS OPEN!
STARTS AT 12 NOON!
FREE FOR EVERYONE!

WE WILL HAVE:
▶️ FOOD & DRINK SPECIALS
▶️ BBQ ON SALE
▶️ GAMES & GIVEAWAYS
▶️ FACE PAINTING
& LIVE ENTERTAINMENT!

LIVE DJS IN HOUSE:
- DUBBLE IMPACK @djdubbleimpack
- SOUL SAM

LIVE BAND:
PREMIER PERCUSSION - RHYTHM SECTION
@marshall7864

BRING YOUR FLAG!
SEE YOU THERE!

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