The first mainstage presentation of Toronto Dance Theatre’s (TDT) 23/24 season, a Winter Double Bill of pieces created by Fran Chudnoff (a dance maker, video artist, photographer) and Andrew Tay (artistic director at TDT).
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Harbourfront Centre’s KUUMBA 2024, Toronto’s largest and longest-running Black Futures Month festival, returns with a stacked line up in February 2024.
Below I list a few highlights of the various events at the festival which I hope you check out all month long.
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Musician turned dog trainer, Tim Almeida CPDT-KA / FDM, takes center stage at the 2024 Slamdance Film Festival in Park City, Utah in January with the debut of his captivating project, Dog Spelled Backwards. The social impact film and content series features Tim, as an expert trainer, the lovable dogs he trains within the shelter system, and the dedicated, compelling personalities among the shelter workforce.
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Returning with my In The City series with a personally curated list of events as part of my birthday-celebration of life week. I am starting with Part 1 as there are many events and suggestions I’d like to share with you all.
As always, you will notice some local favourites. I am also listing some theatre and music events that are budget friendly and not mainstream. We may not make it to all of these events, but we can certainly try!
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Presented by Show One Productions, Slava’s Snowshow returns to Toronto for the first time since 2018. The scruffy, charming troupe of clowns will take audiences on a spellbinding adventure, unleashing good-humored chaos amidst enchanting, contemplative moments before roaring to its legendary finale. Audiences of all ages will enjoy the production which is a charming show for the holiday season.
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The feature-length documentary s-yéwyáw / Awaken will premiere at home in British Columbia on Saturday, November 25, 2023 at 4:30PM at the VIFF Centre in Vancouver. The film will screen on multiple dates in Vancouver following this special event screening, where the filmmakers and the film’s Elders will be in attendance for an extended Q&A and Indigenous ceremony.
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Gradient is the latest album by the Jesse Dietschi Trio. The album is an opportunity to travel along a continuum between modern jazz and contemporary classical chamber music, adjusting position as they navigate compositions that blend these styles.
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Colin Boyd Shafer is a Canadian documentary photographer and social sciences educator. I came to know Colin and his work through his previous projects, INTERLOVE which tells interfaith love stories in Ontario, and Cosmopolis Toronto, a project that features someone from every country of the world who now calls Toronto home.
His latest project, the hardcover book Finding American: Stories of Immigration from the 50 States has just been released by Figure 1 Publishing Inc.
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Presented by The Theatre Centre, the 2023 edition of the Comedy Is Art Festival offers five nights of excellent comedy and good vibes curated by comedian and storyteller Liza Paul.
Below is a glimpse at festival offerings including stand-up, music, improv, and sketch. Plenty of ways to enjoy a good laugh.
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Over the course of 4 days, a group of curious and thoughtful artists, filmmakers, critics, and academics engaging with Latin American artistic production in Canada will take part in the First Latin American Media Arts Symposium (LAMAS). The symposium aims to explore questions about how media arts spaces and institutions are or are not supporting the visibility of Latin American media arts and film in Canada. It will also explore the idea of how we can move forward through local and transnational collaboration.
LAMAS includes panel discussions, round tables, performances, and special collaborations with local arts organizations. The symposium is taking place on October 4-7, 2023 at the Friends House in Toronto.
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