The long weekend has past and it is time to get out and enjoy some of the happenings in Toronto starting this week.
In The City: Mid-Late April Happenings
The long weekend has past and it is time to get out and enjoy some of the happenings in Toronto starting this week.
In their first-ever Canadian convention appearance together, the original cast members of iconic cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show will gather at this year’s Fan Expo Canada, the country’s largest pop culture convention. Fans can meet “Dr. Frank-N-Furter” (Tim Curry), “Eddie” (Meat Loaf), “Brad” (Barry Bostwick),“Magenta” (Patricia Quinn) and “Columbia” (Nell Campbell) at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre over Labour Day weekend August 31-September 3, 2017.
It’s that time of the year again… As part of my birthday week, here are In The City events I hope you can support.
BeMused Network, a Toronto-based social technical exterprise for the performing arts, will spark a conversation on the digital future of the performing arts during their Open House on Tuesday, November 29, from 5:30-7:30pm at the historic Heliconian Hall in Yorkville.
Beginning November 22 until February 26, 2017, the Aga Khan Museum will offer free admission to newly-arrived Syrians and their host families to experience Syria: A Living History.
Science Vs takes on fads, trends, and the opinionated mob to find out what’s fact, what’s not, and what’s somewhere in between. Their first ever live show took place yesterday at Hot Docs Podcast Festival.
Criminal is a podcast about crime. Stories of people who’ve done wrong, been wronged, or gotten caught somewhere in the middle. The live version of the podcast opened the Hot Docs Podcast Festival.
Toronto Masque Theatre’s (TMT) season of desire & transformation continues with a double bill of two very different explorations of love & loss, obsession & heartbreak: one a dramatic cantata from the 18th century, the other a popular19th-century melodrama. This double bill of love & loss will feature Handle’s Baroque dramatic cantata Apollo & Daphne and Richard Strauss’s Romantic melodrama Enoch Arden.
From November 18–20, the Hot Docs Podcast Festival takes over the Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema. Canada’s first international podcast festival will showcase creative non-fiction storytelling with chart-topping and award-winning podcasters, live podcast recordings, industry panels, and listening parties.
Another beautiful Autumn weekend in Toronto begins. There are several events happening around town that are worth noting… herein a list of personal choices to share with you.
