Name that tune?
First up, if you were looking forward to talking poetry at TKOs this month, you’re going to have to get your fix somewhere else. The meeting has been cancelled, but will return again next month on August, 11th.
Last but not least, frequent attendees of DECA arts events will likely remember Mark Sepic’s performances. He’s got a Fringe Festival show on now at the Solo Room at 736 Bathurst.
Have you named the tune from the headline? Hint….the band has a Tragic history.
Join Ruth and friends on Saturday July 9th from 11am-4pm for Toronto Cat Rescue’s first adopt-a-thon with “Wag On The Danforth“! Wag is a family-run business at 1918 Danforth, across from East Lynn Park, that carries a wide variety of all natural foods for cats, dogs, small animals and birds.
There will be a couple of adult cats and lots and lots of kittens waiting for their forever families to adopt them. Drop by and adopt your new best friend(s). The cat rescue folks want you to know that when you adopt a kitty from Toronto Cat Rescue you save two lives; the one you adopt and the one you make room for. The adoption fee is $175. This ensures that the cats that come into our care receive the medical attention they need, are spayed or neutered, vaccinated (and receive a rabies vaccination if age appropriate). Our fee also includes 6 weeks of free pet insurance.
Toronto Cat Rescue is a no-kill, not for profit, 100% volunteer, registered charity.
Pilates Mat Class In East Lynn Park
Every Wednesday night 7-8 p.m. (First class July 6)
Pilates mat instructor, Leanne Dixon, is teaching a beginner/intermediate pilates mat class in East Lynn Park every Wednesday from 7-8 p.m. all summer long! Come on out to strengthen your core and tone your muscles with these amazingly effective exercises. Participants must sign up in advance on a per class basis. Please email leanne_dixon(at)rogers.com to sign up and/or get more information. Cost is $10 per class. Maximum 20 participants so sign up early to reserve your spot. Visit the website to learn more at www.leannedixon.ca
I’ve talked about my son’s interest in Ontario produce here before. This week he suggested we go forth and get ourselves some Ontario strawberries for dessert. “Oh sure, we can go get some strawberries,” I innocently reply. “No, mummy, I said ONTARIO strawberries!” Seriously – I’ve got to get this kid on the payroll at Foodland Ontario.
Strawberry Canning Workshop Tomorrow
It’s all about strawberries this week. If you love local strawberries, then you need to attend the Strawberry Canning Workshop. It’s tomorrow – Wednesday, June 29th. Register at melaniej.thompson(at)yahoo.ca or just show up. The workshops start at 7 p.m. and run about 90 minutes in the basement of the Mennonite Church (north side of Danforth, just east of Woodbine). Cost is $10/session to cover our costs. Come one, come all!
World Famous -East Lynn-Canada Day-Farmers’ Market-Square Dance-Strawberry Festival
It’s the Strawberry Festival!!! It only happens once a year so we are going to dance about it with a real down-home urban square dance at 5 p.m. This is our second annual square dance and it is the most fun you can have with your boots on.
At the Kid’s Korner this week we’ve got Melissa doing the up cycling tee shirt Craft at 3:30. There is still space so register at decacrafts@gmail.com. There is also storytelling and face painting starting at 4 p.m. And The SPACE dance studio is getting the dancing started at 4:30 p.m.
Stop by the community tent and visit the nurses from Toronto East General Hospital as they dole out advice on how to beat the summer heat.
And when you are finally pooped from doing all this awesome stuff, buy some food, nourish thy selves and stock up for the long weekend.
Friday Canada Day Parade
The East York Canada Day parade is a long-standing tradition and why not? Shriners, fire trucks and marching bands spell the start of a great weekend if you ask me. The parade starts at 9 a.m. at Overlea and Thorncliffe Park Dr. and makes its way to Stan Wadlow Park by noon.
In The News
You may have seen DECA quoted in the Toronto Star story about the big hole today, if not, here it is. Also, this is a link to a good Open File story on Little Ethiopia from a while back.
Catherine Penny sent along this interesting little tidbit of local literary libation locale…
I thought you would like to know that Toronto’s longest running poetry workshop group, Toronto Renaissance Conspiracy, meets the second Thursday of every month in the top room of TKO’s (yes poetry above a sports bar/restaurant).
All are welcome to the workshops.
It has published three anthologies of work and a lot of poets/writers have worked through pieces which have subsequently been published or put to video or to choral work. The Larkin Singers just did Jim Lanthier’s body of work, Wife in Winter, that was performed on May 28, 2011 at Christ Church Deer Park. Valentino the Toronto Rapper/ Poet workshopped for a TheFullySick Rapper of Australia – a piece which was used for the advertisement promo for Ridley Scott and Kevin MacDonald in Day In The Life of You Tube. He wasn’t able to present himself so Valentino did it for him.
You can read and workshop, or just read a piece or just have a listen.
The group has had Goran Simac, Alice Major, David Donnel & Roo Borson read and present new work. Numerous chap books, awards and recognitions have been bestowed on poets that have presented work in a raw form and then with feedback altered, adjusted, fine tuned or did nothing to the pieces.
The criticism is constructive and compassionate as we all have a voice that needs to be heard and now I think our commnity needs to know that it exists.
