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October 2, 2013

Upcoming events – focus group, fitness party and free classes!

Looking for your chance to tell the City what you think about their plan for traffic congestion?

Looking for a new place close by to work out (where they also have child care!)?

Looking for a fitness or dance class (adult or child) but want to try one first before committing?

All of the above? Keep reading! We’ve got you covered.

Event: Feeling Congested? – Tomorrow, October 3, 2013

A note from Councillor Janet Davis’ office:

The City of Toronto Planning Division is currently undertaking consultations related to an update of the transportation policies within the Official Plan. Updating these policies will help the City to deal with congestion on streets, sidewalks, and transit. This consultation process has been branded Feeling Congested? You can visit www.feelingcongested.ca for more information.

As an important stakeholder in Ward 31 Beaches-East York, we would like to invite you to participate in a focus group session to learn about and discuss some of the changes that Toronto City staff are proposing. The event is part of a series of focus groups that are happening in wards across the city.

The session will focus on two things: the concept of developing a transportation network, and a proposed new structure for making decisions around prioritising transportation projects within that network. This structure uses a set of eight criteria that are each broken down into a series of indicators.

You will learn how the criteria have evolved over the course of the Feeling Congested? process, and see how they can be applied differently in order to achieve a variety of outcomes.

In addition, you will be given the opportunity to review and comment on the indicators (or measures) associated with each criterion, and ask questions of staff or Councillor Davis.

Space at this event is limited, so click here to sign up today!

East York Civic Centre (Committee Rm A)
850 Coxwell Avenue
Thursday, October 3, 2013 from 5:30 – 7:00 p.m.

BOMB Fitness Opening

Sunday, October 6th
1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
NEW LOCATION:
1502 Danforth Avenue (between Monarch Park & Coxwell Avenue)

Free classes, prizes, huge membership discounts, a nutrition stall and a kids area (where the kids can be while parents work out!)

Further details and class timetable can be found at http://www.bombfitness.ca/events.html

Pegasus Studio – Free dance, art and fitness classes next week

www.pegasusstudios.com

Don’t forget about the Home Safety Audit tomorrow after the Farmers’ Market – details in yesterday’s post.

September 25, 2013

A Belly Full of Laughs and Babes

There’s something for all types of bellies this weekend. First, for the laughing (and possibly beer drinking) belly, Hirut Hoot is having a comedy night this Friday, September 27th at 7:00 p.m. with host Kevin MacDonald ($5.00).

Second, something for baby bellies. Silly Goose Kids has a few spots left in their Prenatal Kundalini Yoga. Classes start this Sunday, September 22nd from 9:15-10:30 a.m.

hirut septmeber 27

September 21, 2013

Silly Goose Kids is TWO! No tax all weekend!

Celebrate two silly years of toy store excellence with Shamie, Tracey and their amazing team. Here is what they have in store (no pun intended):

No tax all weekend! Plus:

* Face painting 11-2 on Saturday, 11-1 Sunday * Glitter tattoos * Cupcakes By Cecile Bakes (former staff member) *
Lootbags for the first 50 children on Saturday * Chance to win a prize with purchase…and lots more great goodies!

Silly Goose Kids is located at 2054 Danforth Avenue, just west of Woodbine Avenue.

September 12, 2013

Event Invite: Community Building with Jim Diers

We are very excited to invite you to an evening discussion on neighbourhood revitalization and community building next Tuesday.

We are so lucky to have a real guru on this topic, Jim Diers, agree to come speak to us next week. Jim is the author of Neighbor Power and former Director of Seattle’s Department of Neighborhoods, where he implemented some very innovative programs and supported thousands of neighbourhood self-help projects.

A while back, DECA’s own Catherine Porter interviewed Jim for her column in the Toronto Star, highlighting Jim’s innovative thinking. You can also get a sneak peak of what Jim is all about by checking out this YouTube video.

Much of what we love about Danforth East – the revitalized East Lynn Park, the Farmer’s Market, the Pop-up shops and more – have been the result of great community engagement. Let’s keep the momentum going! Come out to Monarch Park Collegiate on Tuesday September 17, at 7:30 and be inspired!

Be sure to RSVP here since spots are filling up quickly.

We hope to see you there!

September 9, 2013

Danforth East Arts Fair: Meet artist Eric Davy

It’s less than a week until the 2013 Danforth East Arts Fair (DEAF13) in East Lynn Park. There will be dozens of artists offering a range of artwork, gifts, crafts and clothing as well as food, live entertainment and other family fun. In this post, we learn a bit more about Eric Davy of Davy Glass. Davy and his collection of hand-blown colourful glassware were a fan favourite last year, winning the People’s Choice award. He speaks with DEAF13 organizer Shauna Rempel about his inspiration, where his art has taken him and what he thinks about beige.

1. What is the best way for people to learn more about your work (besides coming to East Lynn Park this weekend)?

I prefer for people to learn more about my art through my website DavyGlass.ca as it gives the broadest scope of the work I make.

2. Please describe your work in 10 words or less.

Hand-blown classical shapes, featuring modern surface design.

3. How did you begin your creative journey? How did it evolve?

I began working with glass at 16, I dropped out (of high school) and apprenticed under Alfred Engerer, who steered me clear of trouble. Later I went to Sheridan College and now nobody asks about high school.

Since then I have worked with artists and in factories all over Canada.

Three years ago I began my own business and doing shows, gathering gallery representation along the way. I am now the featured glass blower at the Venetian Hotel and Casino in Macao, China twice a year for two months and the resident glass blower at the Red Barns and Artists Play Ground for three.

4. What inspires you?

I take much of my inspiration from the feelings that certain times of day, in certain settings can conjure — in a word, nature.

5. How is your work different from that of other artists in your field?

I embrace a certain amount of chaos, my work is loud and aggressive. I feel we live in a beige world and we need more accents.

6. Finally, what are you most looking forward to at the Danforth East Arts Fair?

Winning the viewers’ choice competition a second year in a row.

E.J. (Eric) Davy of Davy Glass at work while an artist in residence at the Venetian resort in Macau, China.

To learn more about the Danforth East Arts Fair, visit deca-arts.ca/, follow us on Twitter (@Deca_Arts) or find us on Facebook.

September 5, 2013

Local Film Fest Starts Tomorrow! Please share

The First Annual Danforth Independent Photo and Film Festival begins tomorrow, September 6, 2013 and will continue for the month of September at Artisans at Work, 2071 Danforth Avenue. The opening coincides with Artisans’ usual “First Friday” event, which is always a fun-filled event that falls on the first Friday of every month. Come and check it out! For more information about the film and photography festival and First Fridays, please visit http://www.artisans-at-work.com/

We hear that tomorrow’s First Friday will include live music from The Sidewalkers from 7:00 p.m., along with a licensed bar & food by TKO’s Sports Pub. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the fun will go until 10:00 p.m. – all are welcome!

As part of the festival, on September 19 this wonderful screening + wine & cheese will be taking place – mark your calendars!

The focus of James Buffin’s work as a documentary filmmaker is disaster/recovery, both personal and natural. Celebrating 25 years as a working professional, Buffin will be sharing and discussing these selected works and works in progress, filmed in North America, South America, Polynesia and Asia:

Jingle Dress: about witnessing Jules Koostachin’s five-year healing journey to dance at a pow wow for the first time, in honour of healing from her mother’s Residential School traumas.

Chasing With Heart: how the world of Eddy Weiss, dark horse Nebraska storm chaser, gets turned inside out after the national weather service denies the existence of a tornado that nearly takes his own home and family.

Paradise Tsunami: documenting the resilience of the people of Samoa following the devastating 2009 tsunami that erased an entire region and hobbled the economic engine of this tiny South Pacific nation.

Dead End: Alive!: a personal story about how, 35 years after experiencing childhood sexual abuse, one man brings all his talents to bear in transforming and recovering from a previously invisible trauma.

Two bodies of Buffin’s photographic work will also be on display and open for discussion: Mashrimani, taken during a Guyanese festival celebrating the end of a cycle of accomplishment and Flowers, an exploration of beauty.

James Buffin is an East York filmmaker, photojournalist and social activist. In addition to having his work screened on CBC and published in POV Magazine and The Globe and Mail online, Buffin speaks publicly at events and conferences such as a recent Federal Justice Round Table on Crime, a Federal Ombudsman for Victims of Crime Conference and The Gatehouse Conference.