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Hirut Hoot this Friday, July 27 – only $5!

Headliner Darren Frost is this month’s feature comedian at Hirut Fine Ethiopian Cuisine. 

Rumour has it that Hirut has become a top comedy space for professional performers looking to test run new material and stay sharp. The show is now monthly and happens the last Friday of the month!

On July 27, Hirut Hoot features Canadian Comedy Award Nominee (and East York resident!), Darren Frost. The host will be Scott McCrickard.

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Hirut Hoot @ Hirut Fine Ethiopian Cuisine, 2050 Danforth Avenue (at Woodbine)

Friday July 27, 2012

9:00pm $5

Featuring: Timothy Allen, Andy Boorman, Luke Gordon Field, Darryl Purvis, Dave Martin, Darren Frost

Darren Frost
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A Lot Goes On Around Here In May

Jane’s Walks are this weekend and we at DECA are big fans of learning about your neighbourhood by walking through it.

DECA’s own, Stephen Wickens, is leading his very popular walk – The Other Danforth – on Saturday, May 5th at 10 a.m. It starts at the Wise Guys pub and ends at the Linsmore Tavern. For more on Steve and what you might learn, visit the East End Pioneer blog, here.

If you want to head a little further south, you can get the scoop on poop with Councillor, Mary-Margaret McMahon and assorted friends. She’ll start out at 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 5th with Tap To Toilet where you’ll learn all you ever wanted to know about the Ashbridge’s Bay water treatment plant and “some exciting new ideas for eco-engineering the future of sanitation and toilets”.  If that doesn’t scare you enough, join Mary-Margaret and Gene Domagala at 7:30 p.m. for a Spooky Ghost Tour of St.John’s Cemetery. Bring your flashlight!

Is There A Doctor In The House?

For the last two years we’ve been watching a building rise out of the former O’Conner Brothers funeral home at 1871 Danforth Ave.  The South East Family Health Team has now opened its doors and is accepting new patients.

Monarch Park Pool

Do you know that you can swim at the Monarch Park C.I. indoor pool? Lessons, masters swim programs and mommy and me programs are offered by Jack of Sports, Beaches Swim School, H2Ofit and Family Fun Fit. And you can drop in to community swim Fridays and all-girls swims on Tuesdays. Read more about all of the above here.

Hirut Hoot

May I be the first (but certainly not the last) to say, ‘May the fourth be with you.’ And I always like to follow up with, ‘And also with you.’ Because that’s the good church-goer that I am.  Anyway, that’s the theme of tomorrow night’s comedy show at Hirut restaurant.  Eat, drink and laugh. Starts at 9 p.m.

Shoes!

The Bata Shoe Museum is taking it’s show on the road this weekend. Staff from the museum will be at the Danforth Coxwell library with a number of different shoes for touching (a sealskin boot and a shoe made from a tire for example). They’ll have great stories and kids (and adults I suppose) can make a shoe-shaped magnet to take home.

Beaches Studio Tour

Many local artists will be showing at the Beaches Studio Tour this weekend. Who?  When? Where?  It’s all right here for your perusing.

Ward 32 Environment Day

Mark your calendars for the next Environment Day at the Ted Reeve Arena parking lot. Drop off old paint cans and other untoward household hazards, pick up compost, learn about neighbourhood groups, get your bike tuned up and enjoy some hot dogs and good music. That’s right, garbage and dirt can be fun! May 17th, 4-8 p.m.

DECA Kids Gear Sale

Thank you to everyone who bought a table and everyone bought some stuff and everyone who bought a cookie for DECA’s first Kids Gear Sale. Aside from reusing and recycling and having a good time, we raised $170 for the community gardens and mural project at Stephenson Park at Danforth and Main. If you’re interested in learning more about that project and maybe getting your hands a little dirty, contact Tak at artattak(at)total.net.

And finally…

Thank you to all of you who took part in community clean up events a few weeks ago. Our neighbourhood is so fortunate have so many people who willingly give up a Saturday morning to help out.

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What’s Up At Danforth and Woodbine?

What’s not. It looks like the old CIBC building on the southeast corner will become a BMO – Bank of Montreal.  Across the street on the northwest corner, we’ve confirmed a Dollarama will be opening up shop. This is a link to a recent story on Open File about the condo development. Cozy Cafe is now offering breakfast everyday and yoga on Thursday evenings.  And on Monday, don’t forget about the Stay and Play In Your ‘Hood activities and promotions at Silly Goose Kids, Celena’s Bakery, Circus and Cozy Cafe.

The Day After Yesterday

Robin Green is  is a local writer who recently published an e-book novel set around Danforth and Woodbine in the present and back in the 1850s when the area was farmland.

Three sixth grade friends discover strange marbles in the weedy yard of a house near Gladstone school. Why do the marbles keep appearing? And why, whenever the children touch one, are they instantly transported from a cool Toronto spring to visions of a hot country summer? The marbles are more than the kids bargained for, showing the children images of a lost century. They see a hamlet where cars, telephones, electric lights are unheard of, and a farmhouse where a young couple mourns the death of their teenage daughter.  When one of the friends goes missing, the others decide the marbles are for more than visions. They have a friend to rescue, and not one but many lives depend on them. 

The book is available for download to a Kindle, iPad, Kobo, or other online device, or for reading on a laptop, from https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/119681. You can read the first 7 chapters (out of 22) for free, or buy the entire book for just $2. Isn’t that the neatest thing you learned about today?

Hirut Hoot

Staying close to Danforth and Woodbine, check out Hirut Hoot – a ‘comedy  night spectacular!’ This lovely Ethiopian restaurant will feature comics Rhiannon Archer, Kevin MacDonald, Scott McCrickard, Matt Shurt, Ron Sparks and Winston Spear. Carolyn Bennett is the host. It begins at 9 p.m. and the cover is $5. If you order a meal, that $5 will be discounted off your bill. If this inaugural event is successful, organizers hope to make it a monthly gig.

Councillor Davis’ Skating Party
Sunday, February 26, 2012, 11:30 am – 1:30 pm, at the East York Memorial Arena, 888 Cosburn Ave.  Join Councillor Janet Davis for some skating fun, a figure skating demo by one of the East York Skating Club’s syncro teams, face painting, crafts, prizes and cookies.  Children under 7 must wear a CSA approved helmet. Ice skate rentals are available. For more information please call 416-392-4035.

Eggs

Alyssa Golden lives in the neighbourhood and is bringing in farm fresh, free range eggs. She needs to buy 30 dozen/week to make the minimum order from the farmer. If you would like more information, contact her at alysagolden(at)gmail.com.