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5th Annual Toronto Natural Hair & Beauty Show
The 5th Annual Toronto Natural Hair & Beauty Show will take place at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre on June 22, 2008 and will feature interactive educational workshops, vendor market place, and live entertainment.
Admission is $10.00 in advance and $15 at the door.
For more info please visit www.torotnonaturals.com
phone: 647.206.1543
The Toronto Natural Hair & Beauty Show will be featured on:
ECHO(SUN TV) THIS WEEK.
9:30 AM, Wednesday, May 07
Echo Style: A black woman's hairstyle often reflects both her beauty and her politics.
Organizers of the Toronto Natural Hair and Beauty Show tell Echo why.
Sun TV
Raise a glass to Santé:
Toronto International Wine Festival's 10th anniversary!
The 10th annual Santé: Toronto International Wine Festival kicks off May 5 - 10, 2008 in the city’s premier district for dining, shopping and culture, Bloor-Yorkville!
Featuring 375+ wines from 12 countries, spotlights on Australia and California, and lots of star power for the 10th anniversary including international celebrity, Cat Cora (Iron Chef America and Bon Appétit Magazine) & Food Network stars and a brand new winery & top Toronto restaurant pairing program (Santé In the City). There are plenty of events that are perfect for bringing that special someone, groups of friends and/or your wine journal
The Toronto Accolades with The Dukes of Harmony Present:
A Musical Journey
Join the Accolades and the Dukes as they journey back to the building of the Canadian Railroad. Remember a time of malt shops and bobbie socks from the 50’s. Enjoy the formal barbershop harmonies as performed by the Accolades and the Dukes.
Date: Saturday, June 7, 2008
Time: 7:30 PM
Ticket Prices: $20
Venue: York University, East Accolade Building Tribute Communities Recital Hall
85 Yorkland Blvd.
North York, Ontario
Ticket Information: Marilyn Cappuccitti 905-828-9785
Harbourfront Centre WORLD ROUTES 2008 Summer Events (June through September)
Harbourfront Centre presents top Canadian and International artists in music, dance, theatre, visual arts and film at each World Routes weekend starting June 26/08 to September 1/08.
All festivals are FREE and suitable for all ages. World Routes is presented by RBC. Visitors can also shop and eat at the International Marketplace and at The World Cafe nestled alongside an extensive waterfront boardwalk
Factory Theatre announces 2007-2008 Season!
Factory Theatre launches its bold new 38th season with a full slate of works, including five large productions in the Mainspace Theatre; one Studio Theatre production; and the return of two major festivals: CrossCurrents, and Performance Spring.
The playbill includes provocative and scintillating works by veteran playwrights, Linda Griffiths (Age of Arousal), Andrew Moodie (The Real McCoy) and George F. Walker (Beyond Mozambique) as well as a powerful double bill by the strongly emerging new voice, Hannah Moscovitch (The Russian Play & Essay).
Factory’s 2007/2008 season also boasts compelling collaborations with some of Canada’s most innovative and boundary pushing independent theatres including: Theatre-Smith Gilmour (The Mansfield Project), Nightwood Theatre (Griffiths’ Age of Arousal) and Vancouver’s award-winning collective, Theatre Replacement (Sexual Practices of the Japanese).
REGGAE NIGHTS
Every Wednesday
@ Chicago Night Club
740 Carnarvon Street, New West, Vancouver.
PHONE: 604-521-3757.
With Chief Apaak of 90.1 FM Fame
Dance hall-Spice reggae-Roots reggae-Reggaeton
Catch the one them call Chief Apaak on Saturdays from 2-4pm on CJSF 90.1 FM to win prizes and specials (www.cjsf.ca).
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TOP NEWS STORIES
 Scotia Bank Caribana 2008 Events Schedule
TORONTO – Scotiabank Caribana’s Festival Management Committee announced the official summer program and list of new corporate sponsors to participate in the 2008 Scotiabank Caribana, the largest cultural festival of its kind in North America. The 2008 Program will include new festivities as well as favourites of the past. In March, Scotiabank celebrated a new multi-year partnership with the festival, resulting in title sponsorship of the Caribana Festival
Scotiabank Caribana’s summer program includes a series of events beginning with Luminat’eau: Carnival H2O (formerly Carnivalissima) on June 13-15; COLOURblind International, Roots to Rhythm – a visual art exhibition on July 24 – August 4; the Scotiabank Caribana Gala on July 25 and will close with the Scotiabank Caribana Parade and De Caribana Lime-Island Festival on August 2 and 3rd respectively. This landmark event is a key tourist attraction for the City of Toronto and attracted more than 1.2 million revellers last summer
"Toronto International Circus Festival
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Kids of all ages are invited to the spectacular Toronto International Circus Festival and exciting, interactive experiences, as part of HarbourKIDS this Holiday Weekend, May 17, 18 & 19.
Admission is free.
TORONTO - World-class acrobats, blazing fire-masters, stilt walkers, jugglers, award-winning balloon sculptors, side-splitting comedy, the Natrel Fearless Fun Zone, plus tons of courage-inspiring interactive activities await visitors of all ages to Harbourfront Centre's big celebration of FEARLESSNESS!
The BiG idEA for May's edition of HarbourKIDS (Harbourfront Centre's new family programme) is FEARLESS.
This action-packed weekend of non-stop fun celebrates and encourages bravery, pluckiness and courage in kids by showing them that anything is possible once they set their minds to it!
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"rock.paper.sistahz 7
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http://www.bcurrent.ca/festival.php
The rock.paper.sistahz 7 (RPS 7) festival is an annual event that b current has hosted for the last seven years, presents and celebrates the new and exciting work from emerging artists from Toronto and all over the world. This year's festival will take place from May 1-31 at various venues across the city. To celebrate our seventh year we have planned a series of innovative, fun and community building events including a special literary evening with some of Ontario?s top poets and writers, an original cooking event with children from Toronto's priority neighbourhoods, an outdoor youth concert event/jam session, drama workshops in public schools and much more. Join us for this year?s festival as b current combines community outreach and artistic development to create a unique and memorable theatrical experience!
* May 8, 15, 22 - film OUR: past the corn - a film workshop series taking place at the Shchuka Library
* sistahz mixed jam - performance and jam session (music, spoken word, story telling); location TBA
* May 12, 19 ? dramatic readings - these play readings are a great opportunity to come and see emerging plays in the making, taking place at Harlem Restaurant
* May 23 ? sistahz sAy! - audience outreach reception featuring established and emerging performers and guests taking place at Palmerston Library
* May 24 ? next generation cooks ? a day of food and fun, featuring kids from various Toronto neighbourhoods; taking place at Loblaw?s (Bathurst/St.Clair)
* May 29-31 ? who/new - past, present and future theatre works ending with a late night performance on May 31, followed by the festival wrap party, taking place at Theatre Passe Muraille
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