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/history/the-memory-project/ http://www.livewithculture.ca/history/the-memory-project/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 11:15:33 +0000 Christopher Jones http://www.livewithculture.ca/?p=9841 If you've never visited The Memory Project, Remembrance Day provides a great excuse to dip into the wealth of stories and digital artifacts assembled by this noble web initiative. The project is a nationwide bilingual initiative documenting Canada’s participation in the Second World War and Korean War via first hand remembrances from hundreds of veterans. The website provides audio files and transcriptions of veteran accounts, plus digitized artefacts and memorabilia.]]> http://www.livewithculture.ca/history/the-memory-project/feed/ 0 http://www.livewithculture.ca/history/mcluhan-centenary-in-focus/ http://www.livewithculture.ca/history/mcluhan-centenary-in-focus/#comments Mon, 25 Oct 2010 14:26:36 +0000 Christopher Jones http://www.livewithculture.ca/?p=5741 Next year marks the anniversary of the birth of Toronto-based communications theorist Herbert Marshall McLuhan. Around the world, a range of activities is being planned to celebrate the McLuhan centenary and organizers are seeking input into how to make this anniversary as meaningful as possible. Got a bright idea about how to celebrate the McLuhan anniversary? Then please attend a public planning session this Friday (October 29) from 1 – 3 pm at the Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto (iSchool) 140 St. George Street (north of Harbord), Room 728.]]> http://www.livewithculture.ca/history/mcluhan-centenary-in-focus/feed/ 2 http://www.livewithculture.ca/history/lisa-pasolds-literary-yorkville/ http://www.livewithculture.ca/history/lisa-pasolds-literary-yorkville/#comments Tue, 13 Jul 2010 18:27:01 +0000 Christopher Jones http://www.livewithculture.ca/?p=4147 Strolling the posh sidewalks of Yorkville, it’s hard to imagine that this quaint former “village” was a slightly derelict, bohemian drag as recently as 40 years ago. The area has a rich literary history, which is what author and tour guide Lisa Pasold will be focusing on tomorrow afternoon (3 - 5 pm), as she leads local and international guests through the streets and laneways that gave rise to literary lights like Milton Acorn, Matt Cohen, Margaret Atwood, Michael Ondaatje, bpNichol, Dennis Lee and others.]]> http://www.livewithculture.ca/history/lisa-pasolds-literary-yorkville/feed/ 2 http://www.livewithculture.ca/art/al-gilberts-life-behind-the-lens/ http://www.livewithculture.ca/art/al-gilberts-life-behind-the-lens/#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2010 10:52:05 +0000 Christopher Jones http://www.livewithculture.ca/?p=4019 The images on show at Market Gallery through September 11 are merely the tip of the Al Gilbert iceberg, a selection of works donated to the Ontario Jewish Archives, the organization that pulled the show together. Gilbert says the goal was to present a cross-section of local, national and international figures but also to reflect Toronto’s diversity.]]> http://www.livewithculture.ca/art/al-gilberts-life-behind-the-lens/feed/ 1 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 http://www.livewithculture.ca/history/tale-of-a-town-captures-queen-west-story/ http://www.livewithculture.ca/history/tale-of-a-town-captures-queen-west-story/#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:59:33 +0000 Christopher Jones http://www.livewithculture.ca/?p=3105 If the names Mary Margaret O’Hara, Razorbacks, Leslie Spit Treeo, Scary Mary, Gordie Johnson and Handsome Ned mean anything to you, then you’ll probably enjoy Tale of A Town. Opening Saturday night (May 1 - 16), the site-specific theatrical journey traces the transformation of Queen Street West from a bohemian drag into an upscale strip of condos and chain stores.]]> http://www.livewithculture.ca/history/tale-of-a-town-captures-queen-west-story/feed/ 4 http://www.livewithculture.ca/family/storytelling-fest-brings-historic-sites-to-life/ http://www.livewithculture.ca/family/storytelling-fest-brings-historic-sites-to-life/#comments Thu, 25 Mar 2010 14:04:43 +0000 Christopher Jones http://www.livewithculture.ca/?p=2717 Each year, as part of the annual Toronto Festival of Storytelling, Toronto’s historic sites host some of the city's best storytellers who use the spaces as jumping off points for engaging tales that illuminate the city’s history.]]> http://www.livewithculture.ca/family/storytelling-fest-brings-historic-sites-to-life/feed/ 0 http://www.livewithculture.ca/history/toronto-museum-project-unveiled/ http://www.livewithculture.ca/history/toronto-museum-project-unveiled/#comments Sun, 07 Mar 2010 12:47:43 +0000 Christopher Jones http://www.livewithculture.ca/?p=2483 A sizeable crowd converged on Fort York National Historic Site yesterday afternoon for the official launch of the Toronto Museum Project, a virtual home for 100 artifacts and stories (so far) told by a range of Torontonians from every corner of the city. Politicians, city Museums staff and TMP storytellers were on hand to introduce the project and help create some buzz about this impressive new site, which was built with support from Canadian Heritage's Canadian Culture Online Strategy.]]> http://www.livewithculture.ca/history/toronto-museum-project-unveiled/feed/ 0 http://www.livewithculture.ca/history/black-history-unfolds-at-mackenzie-house/ http://www.livewithculture.ca/history/black-history-unfolds-at-mackenzie-house/#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:14:41 +0000 Danielle Urquhart http://www.livewithculture.ca/?p=2025 Black History Month begins today and one of Toronto’s most inspiring true stories – that of Mary Ann Shadd Cary, the first woman in North America to publish a newspaper -- is being told at Mackenzie House Museum (82 Bond Street), former home of Toronto’s first mayor, William Lyon Mackenzie.]]> http://www.livewithculture.ca/history/black-history-unfolds-at-mackenzie-house/feed/ 1