http://www.livewithculture.ca A Guide to Toronto Culture Scene Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:42:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 http://www.livewithculture.ca/family/harbourkids-monster-mash/ http://www.livewithculture.ca/family/harbourkids-monster-mash/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 16:23:16 +0000 Christopher Jones http://www.livewithculture.ca/?p=9473 With Thanksgiving upon us and Halloween dead ahead, this weekend's HarbourKIDS festival at Harbourfront Centre is dedicated to the scary, funny and exciting potential of monsters. A wide range of family focused activities and performances explore ideas about monsters including an exciting headline program from Mammalian Diving Reflex. Toronto's Helen Yung will be in the Studio Theatre most of the weekend with Gulliver, a larger than life puppet she developed for Montreal's Festival Acces Asie.]]> http://www.livewithculture.ca/family/harbourkids-monster-mash/feed/ 0 http://www.livewithculture.ca/family/mini-franco-fete/ http://www.livewithculture.ca/family/mini-franco-fete/#comments Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:17:49 +0000 Christopher Jones http://www.livewithculture.ca/?p=9346 David Pecaut Square was humming yesterday with a musical festival celebrating Franco Ontarians or more properly, le Jour des Franco-Ontariens et des Franco-Ontariennes. These photos were taken near the end of the celebration as choruses of young singers joined arms to sing "Notre Place." It was a very welcoming, family-oriented event.]]> http://www.livewithculture.ca/family/mini-franco-fete/feed/ 0 http://www.livewithculture.ca/family/multicultural-fun-at-the-cne/ http://www.livewithculture.ca/family/multicultural-fun-at-the-cne/#comments Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:49:35 +0000 Ruth Malloy http://www.livewithculture.ca/?p=9159 The Black Angels Acrobats in Hall B of the Direct Energy Centre were not as disciplined or as skilled as Beijing acrobats. They were a lot more fun though. I can understand why they’ve performed with the famous Harlem Globe Trotters basketball team. The Kenyan team has the same spirit of playfulness as the Harlem group. The Angels are displaying their rope jumping, hoop diving, and goofy pyramids daily at the CNE. Their shows will be at different times each day until September 5 (see International Stage schedule).]]> http://www.livewithculture.ca/family/multicultural-fun-at-the-cne/feed/ 0 http://www.livewithculture.ca/family/lots-for-kids-at-buskerfest/ http://www.livewithculture.ca/family/lots-for-kids-at-buskerfest/#comments Tue, 23 Aug 2011 15:11:20 +0000 Christopher Jones http://www.livewithculture.ca/?p=9074 Scotiabank BuskerFest, the largest festival of its kind returns to the St. Lawrence Market neighbourhood this weekend for the 12th consecutive year featuring more than 100 of the world's top street performers. Running from Thursday thru Sunday (August 25 – 28), Buskerfest is a charity event in support of Epilepsy Toronto. Highlights this year include a special kids play area (, located in Market Lane Park) with family-oriented performances by The Ben Show, Mr. Toons, Cyclops, Leapin' Louie Lichtenstein, Yoshi, and Scott Jackson.]]> http://www.livewithculture.ca/family/lots-for-kids-at-buskerfest/feed/ 0 http://www.livewithculture.ca/family/the-dark-heart-of-hansel-and-gretel/ http://www.livewithculture.ca/family/the-dark-heart-of-hansel-and-gretel/#comments Mon, 08 Aug 2011 15:24:54 +0000 Christopher Jones http://www.livewithculture.ca/?p=8962 There’s nothing run-of-the-mill about a Shadowland Theatre production and this week’s run of Hansel and Gretel: A Case Study is no exception. The show takes the classic Grimm fairy tale and combines it with the music of Brecht and Weill’s Threepenny Opera while calling upon Sigmund Freud to narrate and make sense of this dark, coming of age tale. Shadowland co-founder Brad Harley, says he and his wife, director Anne Barber, are using the Grimm story to work through their feelings about their own children, ages 17 and 20, leaving home.]]> http://www.livewithculture.ca/family/the-dark-heart-of-hansel-and-gretel/feed/ 0 http://www.livewithculture.ca/family/festival-of-india-arts-and-culture/ http://www.livewithculture.ca/family/festival-of-india-arts-and-culture/#comments Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:10:08 +0000 MyBindi.com http://www.livewithculture.ca/?p=8785 The 39th Annual Festival of India, which will be celebrated on Centre Island from July 16-17, 2011 once again proudly presents its unique Arts & Culture Showcase, a beautiful and soul-riveting program of devotional music and dramatic dance from the ancient subcontinent. Rain-or-shine, in a tented, outdoor venue, this show grants audiences a free ticket to observe the spiritual allure and the creative elegance of dramas, melodies, and choreography that were once commonplace in ancient, spiritual India. With a lineup of internationally acclaimed artists and performers, the program promises a unique and unforgettable collection of sublime sounds and enchanting performances.]]> http://www.livewithculture.ca/family/festival-of-india-arts-and-culture/feed/ 0 http://www.livewithculture.ca/family/the-lion-kings-hometown-connections/ http://www.livewithculture.ca/family/the-lion-kings-hometown-connections/#comments Thu, 21 Apr 2011 14:34:27 +0000 Christopher Jones http://www.livewithculture.ca/?p=7894 Toronto’s connection with Disney’s The Lion King runs deep; the show had its Canadian premier at the Princess of Wales Theatre in April 2000 where it ran for nearly four years, and two local pros – Associate Director John Stefaniuk and Puppet Supervisor Michael Reilly (above) – have been helping to keep the touring show on the road for nearly a decade. That’s a long time to work on a single project but both men insist that The Lion King’s spectacular staging (courtesy of director/creator Julie Taymor) and unrelenting schedule help to keep the work fresh year after year. Stefaniuk travels the world checking in with seven productions running simultaneously on three continents. “It's kind of like a bridge,” he says, “you finish one somewhere in the world, then it's time to fly off and start one somewhere else.”]]> http://www.livewithculture.ca/family/the-lion-kings-hometown-connections/feed/ 0 http://www.livewithculture.ca/family/shriners-parade-causes-traffic-chaos/ http://www.livewithculture.ca/family/shriners-parade-causes-traffic-chaos/#comments Tue, 06 Jul 2010 19:48:06 +0000 Christopher Jones http://www.livewithculture.ca/?p=4084 My ears are still ringing from the horn blasts of this Shriners car making its happy way up Bay Street this afternoon after finishing the Shriner's Imperial Day parade on University Avenue. Downtown traffic was paralyzed by grid-lock as east/west routes in the city core were diverted onto adjacent streets. The Shriners appeared to be having a ball, unlike the commuters who found themselves trying unsuccessfully to share the road with these wacky do-gooders (Shriners work tirelessly raising money for children's hospitals).]]> http://www.livewithculture.ca/family/shriners-parade-causes-traffic-chaos/feed/ 0 http://www.livewithculture.ca/family/harbourkids-circus-promises-serious-fun/ http://www.livewithculture.ca/family/harbourkids-circus-promises-serious-fun/#comments Thu, 20 May 2010 12:37:22 +0000 Christopher Jones http://www.livewithculture.ca/?p=3458 T.O. is carving out a niche on the circus map as this weekend’s 8th annual International Circus Festival at Harbourfront will make crystal clear. The three-day HarbourKIDS: CIRCUS is co-produced by Toronto’s own Zero Gravity Circus, a company that’s been operating in an old Vaudeville house on Gerrard Street East for the past five years. When it’s not in use by circus professionals, the Centre of Gravity Theatre (1300 Gerrard Street) operates after-school circus classes for youngsters from 4 – 6 pm; tweens and teens take over the space after that. ]]> http://www.livewithculture.ca/family/harbourkids-circus-promises-serious-fun/feed/ 0 http://www.livewithculture.ca/family/heritage-walk-season-begins-in-scarborough/ http://www.livewithculture.ca/family/heritage-walk-season-begins-in-scarborough/#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 19:59:36 +0000 Christopher Jones http://www.livewithculture.ca/?p=3157 The weather forecast for Saturday has improved considerably and Scott Woodland, for one, couldn’t be happier about it. A director of the Scarborough Historical Society, Woodland will leading the Thomson Pioneer Settlement walk May 1 beginning at 1:30 pm: it’s the first Heritage Toronto Walk of the season, one of dozens of free, real-time explorations of the city’s present and past.]]> http://www.livewithculture.ca/family/heritage-walk-season-begins-in-scarborough/feed/ 0