Events – Page 38 – Danforth East Community Association

July 20, 2015

The market this week: yoga and kites!

We hope you all had fun shaking your jazz hands at the East Lynn Park Farmers’ Market’s Jammy Jazzfest last week. Thank you again to D on D Dental (1684 Danforth Avenue) for sponsoring the event.

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We have another great instalment of the Farmers’ Market planned for this week…

Wellness Booth

Join Ankh Yoga (2017 Danforth Avenue) for a chance to meet some of their teachers, talk about what yoga really means, how it may be incorporated into your life to increase vitality, happiness and overall life enjoyment. They will be offering information about their classes and will give one-on-one “mini personal sessions” for you to have a mindful experience.

Community Booth

Pop by to meet some of the nurses from the ER at Toronto East General Hospital and chat about healthy living.

Kids Activity

oaks ‘n acorns (1856 Danforth Avenue) will be rockin’ some arts and crafts fun! Come by their station to decorate and fly your own paper kite and play with their energetic staff. They will also have information available about their Fall Term programs.

The East Lynn Farmers’ Market runs every Thursday from 3-7:00 p.m. between June 4 – October 15 at East Lynn Park, located on the south side of Danforth Ave, just west of Woodbine Ave. Stay up to date by visiting the East Lynn Market Facebook page or by following us on Twitter.

July 20, 2015

Events – Stephenson Park movie night + Hirut Hoot

Councillor McMahon’s Movie in the Park @ Stephenson Park

Tuesday, July 21 @ 8:30pm

Movie: Jupiter Ascending

Hirut Hoot – July 31, 9pm $5

2050 Danforth Avenue (at Woodbine)

Here is the comedy listing for Hirut Hoot, Friday July 31, 9pm. It is a lineup of pros and up and coming comedians.

With comedians: Jennifer McAuliffe, Frank Spadone, Todd Graham, Lisa Dickie , Sandra Battaglini, Camille Cote, Mini Holmes & George Westerholm

Hosted by: Carolyn Bennett

Hirut Fine Ethiopian Cuisine

Thank you for supporting Canadian comedy, and the Danforth East neighbourhood!

July 15, 2015

Jammy Jazzfest at the East Lynn Park Farmers’ Market

The park will be hopping with activity this week for the Jammy Jazzfest. Check out the poster below for all the details, including freezer jam demos, jazz performance and activities from Pegasus Studios. and musicians from the Beaches Jazz Festival. Also, Young Ruffians will be running a Shakespeare in the park activity for kids at 3:30 pm.

Last week we had a case of the missing jazz musicians. Our apologies to those who came listening for music and heard none. But rest assured, we have assurances from the Beaches Jazz that the musicians will be there this week.

The folks at D on D Dental (1684 Danforth Avenue) will be at the park with information and activities on oral health – colouring pages and fun prizes will be up for grabs!

Wellness Booth

Nana Jokura, Naturopathic Doctor from Accept Wellness is offering Free Tongue and Pulse Diagnoses from 4:30pm to 6:30pm. The Free Tongue and Pulses Diagnosis is to see what might be out of balance with your health. Learn about how naturopathic medicine and acupuncture can help you with stress, energy, digestion and sleep.

July 14, 2015

Danny’s Urban Fairies

Have you seen the glimmer of fairy wings as you head to your favourite park or a fairy door appear in one of your favourite shops on The Danny?

gerard pizza — Gerrard Pizza: Artist: Melinda Fraser

Danny’s Urban Fairies are summering right here on the Danforth from July 15^th to August 30^th, 2015! Tucked away in 50+ neighbourhood businesses you will find one-of-a-kind fairy doors. Each lovingly handcrafted by a local artist.

As if the arrival of our fairy friends wasn’t enough excitement, the community will be hosting a series of fairy themed events including, neighbourhood water fights, tea parties, movie nights, pub/food crawls, as well as a saucy fairy burlesque! This summer is all about having fun and using your imagination on The Danny. Take a stroll and discover all the mischief our fairy friends are causing along Danforth East.

Check out Danny Urban Fairies website for more details or join their Facebook page to keep up to date with events and promotions.

To kick off the celebrations, Danny’s Urban Fairies will be launching at The Danny Loves Music festivities this Wednesday, July 15th from 6 pm to 9 pm. Visit their tent to receive a FREE temporary fairy tattoo and to make a fairy craft. Don’t forget to pick up your map listing all the fairy door locations.

There is also going to be a Merrill Dog Park Association fairy dog parade this Saturday, July 18^th starting at 10 am at Merrill Bridge Road Park. The parade will be going to the Woodbine Animal Clinic, The Canine Social Company and Wag on the Danforth to pick up some special fairy surprises along the way. Both pet and non-pet owners are welcome to join the parade.

Don’t forget to enter Danny’s Urban Fairies Facebook Contest this summer to win a $500 gift certificate variety prize package.

This is going to be a fun and magical summer in our part of Toronto.

June 28, 2015

Local Canada Day events!

Canada Day is a few days away and you should know about these amazing local events!

Of course, the annual East York Canada Day celebration (including a parade, music, midway and fireworks) will once again take place at Stan Wadlow Park. Check out the website for details on the parade route and music lineup: www.julyfirstparade.com

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The amazing group of neighbours over by Stephenson Park have put together a great event that we all should try to attend! Join them for acoustic music from 3:00-9:00pm along with watermelon, cake and lemonade. (If you haven’t been to Stephenson Park, you really should put this on your summer to-do list.) Note – wading pools are open so come prepared!

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Do you know that our BIA is once again putting on concerts at East Lynn Park every Wednesday in July? The series this year is called The Danny Loves Music.

For Canada Day, we can all go rock out to the Spoons. Yes, THE SPOONS (Here is the link to the video for Romantic Traffic, which anyone who lived in Toronto in the 1980s will especially appreciate!).

A lot of people think that DECA organizes this concert series so we’ll say it as many times as possible that full credit goes the Danforth Mosaic BIA, who recently rebranded as “The Danny”. Click here to check out their awesome new website.

Pssst – rumour has it the beer garden will be back!

Show your appreciation to the BIA for these concerts by supporting their members. Shop on the Danforth as much as you can! Summers can be slow for our local shop owners, so try to make a special effort to wander in and make a purchase or two.

Happy Canada Day, neighbours!

June 26, 2015

A New Podcast is out!

Have you noticed DECA has a regular podcast? It’s put out with radio traffic announcer Damon Scheffer and his volunteer-partner-in-crime Emily Anastasiadis, a Grade 4 teacher with a passion for radio.

They’ve just finished Episode 4.

This is what Damon had to say about it:

In this episode we talk to Billy Dertilis. He’s the chair of the Danforth Mosaic BIA, owner of the Red Rocket Cafe and he was also a judge for the DECA Gems contest. Billy talks about his interesting life, working with DECA and the challenges facing the hood.

Danforth Mosaic BIA Chair Billy Dertilis, delivering his decision as a judge at the Danforth Gems finale.

As well, the East Lynn Farmers Market is back up an running again. Every Thursday at East Lynn Park from 3-7pm you can join hundreds of your neighbours at the park and take in the sites, sounds and most importantly, the tastes of fresh, local fruit, vegetables, meats, dairy products and more. Emily Anastasiadis spoke to a number of the vendors at the market and if her report doesn’t whet your appetite you may need to check if you still have a pulse.

And if that wasn’t enough we’ve got a BONUS feature on Face To Face Games. They recently celebrated their grand opening (even though they’ve been open for nearly a year – they just wanted to make it official) so we thought we’d bring you some of the audio Emily recorded the night of the DECA Gems contest finale that didn’t make it into the last episode.

Enjoy and let us know what you think. If you have any suggestions on stories, events, stores or people you think deserve some coverage in the hood, let us know that as well. You can email me at bergkamp13@gmail.com.

To listen, click here.