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/museums/rom-reveals-maya-secrets/ http://www.livewithculture.ca/museums/rom-reveals-maya-secrets/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 20:04:33 +0000 Christopher Jones http://www.livewithculture.ca/?p=9959 The Royal Ontario Museum uncorked it's latest blockbuster this morning with a media preview of Maya: Secrets of Their Ancient World. The exhibition, which opens Saturday, explores the fascinating empire that thrived in Mexico's Yucatan peninsula from 250 - 900 CE. Nearly 250 artifacts, including large sculptures, ceramics, masks and jewellery, have been assembled from museums in Mexico and the US, as well as from the ROM's own permanent collection. Objects, models and videos reveal numerous aspects of Maya culture, which was shrouded in mystery until the end of the 19th century. Most of the artifacts have never been seen before in Canada and some of the finest pieces have only recently been excavated.]]> http://www.livewithculture.ca/museums/rom-reveals-maya-secrets/feed/ 0 http://www.livewithculture.ca/museums/the-secret-life-of-a-schoolmistress/ http://www.livewithculture.ca/museums/the-secret-life-of-a-schoolmistress/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:46:33 +0000 Christopher Jones http://www.livewithculture.ca/?p=9788 Adrianna Prosser's training as performing artist has come in very handy in her role as a museum docent but the actress has taken it a step further and actually created three site-specific plays like her latest effort, The Secret Life of a Schoolmistress, playing at North York's Zion Schoolhouse this Friday and Saturday (November 4 & 5 at 8 pm). "My supervisors have really nurtured where I'm coming from as a performing artist," says the writer/performer.]]> http://www.livewithculture.ca/museums/the-secret-life-of-a-schoolmistress/feed/ 0 http://www.livewithculture.ca/art/painting-the-past-in-high-park/ http://www.livewithculture.ca/art/painting-the-past-in-high-park/#comments Tue, 07 Jun 2011 18:46:54 +0000 Christopher Jones http://www.livewithculture.ca/?p=8351 Many artists would question the value of a residency that didn't come with some kind of financial reward but not James Ridyard. In fact, it was Ridyard who proposed the terms of his stay at High Park's Colborne Lodge museum last winter and it wasn't money he was after, it was history. Remembering the Howards, an art exhibit in the Colborne Lodge Coach House opens Thursday (June 9) from 6 – 8 pm and remains on view Tuesdays – Sundays from 12:30 4:30 until June 26; free.]]> http://www.livewithculture.ca/art/painting-the-past-in-high-park/feed/ 0 http://www.livewithculture.ca/museums/rom-makes-a-splash/ http://www.livewithculture.ca/museums/rom-makes-a-splash/#comments Thu, 03 Mar 2011 21:50:18 +0000 Christopher Jones http://www.livewithculture.ca/?p=7497 The Royal Ontario Museum welcomes its big spring show Saturday (March 5), the fascinating, family-friendly, Water: The Exhibition. Imported from New York's American Museum of Natural History but augmented with 22 additional Canadian components, the show mixes living plants and animals, interactive displays and old-fashioned specimen jars to examine water from myriad perspectives. As important to life as air, water defines and differentiates our planet from virtually all others in our solar system, it's the reason we call ourselves the blue planet.]]> http://www.livewithculture.ca/museums/rom-makes-a-splash/feed/ 0 http://www.livewithculture.ca/museums/new-years-levee-at-fort-york/ http://www.livewithculture.ca/museums/new-years-levee-at-fort-york/#comments Mon, 20 Dec 2010 11:17:36 +0000 Christopher Jones http://www.livewithculture.ca/?p=6446 Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, the Honourable David C. Onley, is hosting the Lieutenant Governor’s New Year’s Levee at Fort York National Historic Site on Saturday January 1, 2011 from noon until 2 pm. A tradition in Canada since 1646, the Levee is a special opportunity for the public to meet the Queen’s representative in Ontario, while enjoying family entertainment and refreshments. Everyone is welcome and admission is free.]]> http://www.livewithculture.ca/museums/new-years-levee-at-fort-york/feed/ 0 http://www.livewithculture.ca/museums/splendour-of-india-broadens-agos-appeal/ http://www.livewithculture.ca/museums/splendour-of-india-broadens-agos-appeal/#comments Tue, 16 Nov 2010 18:54:32 +0000 Christopher Jones http://www.livewithculture.ca/?p=5920 The Art Gallery of Ontario kicked off the press launch of its newest exhibition with a genuine Indian Maharaja, his excellency Y.S. Mandhatasinhji of Rajkot, above, posing with one of the show's most dazzling attractions, the 1934 Phantom II Star of India Rolls Royce. The AGO's Maharaja: The Splendour of India's Royal Courts opens Saturday with a wide-ranging exhibition featuring 200 objects and works of art spanning nearly three centuries.]]> http://www.livewithculture.ca/museums/splendour-of-india-broadens-agos-appeal/feed/ 0 http://www.livewithculture.ca/art/free-galleries-and-museums/ http://www.livewithculture.ca/art/free-galleries-and-museums/#comments Wed, 27 Oct 2010 17:27:15 +0000 Christopher Jones http://www.livewithculture.ca/?p=5751 I attended an event at the Art Gallery of Ontario on a recent Wednesday evening and was amazed at the crowds taking advantage of the gallery's weekly freebie. Every Wednesday from 6 – 8:30 pm, the AGO offers free admission to its permanent collection; special surcharged exhibitions are not included but featured exhibits like the current Shary Boyle show are. In fact, thanks a special sponsorship arrangement with Fairfax Financial Holdings, Rogers Communications and Scotiabank, the AGO's upcoming exhibition Maharaja: The Splendour of India’s Royal Courts (November 20 to April 3, 2011) will be free to visitors 25 years of age and under.]]> http://www.livewithculture.ca/art/free-galleries-and-museums/feed/ 0 http://www.livewithculture.ca/museums/eclecticism-survives-spadina-restoration/ http://www.livewithculture.ca/museums/eclecticism-survives-spadina-restoration/#comments Thu, 21 Oct 2010 15:06:01 +0000 Christopher Jones http://www.livewithculture.ca/?p=5666 With the re-restoration of Spadina Museum, co-curators Neil Brochu and Karen Edwards elected to edit the collection to reflect how the house would have looked in the 1920s and '30s. "Naturally, a lot of the furnishings were from the 19th century," says Brochu, "and I think it was quite typically for upper class Torontonians to have retained mid- to late 19th century furnishings well into the 20th century. Today we look at the rooms and see a lot of brown, Walnut furniture, but there was a certain status attached to owning these things, a sense of longevity and the notion that your family was multi-generational and able to maintain this fortune, this level of influence."]]> http://www.livewithculture.ca/museums/eclecticism-survives-spadina-restoration/feed/ 1 http://www.livewithculture.ca/museums/early-music-a-feature-of-culture-days/ http://www.livewithculture.ca/museums/early-music-a-feature-of-culture-days/#comments Wed, 22 Sep 2010 20:59:33 +0000 Christopher Jones http://www.livewithculture.ca/?p=5090 Is there ever a Saturday or Sunday when Toronto isn’t teeming with cultural choices? This weekend, the parade of options will be richer than ever thanks to a new national initiative called Culture Days. A search of the Culture Days website reveals 12 pages of local events beginning Friday: from free dance classes to opera [...]]]> http://www.livewithculture.ca/museums/early-music-a-feature-of-culture-days/feed/ 0 http://www.livewithculture.ca/art/roger-goldens-passion-to-create/ http://www.livewithculture.ca/art/roger-goldens-passion-to-create/#comments Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:01:58 +0000 Christopher Jones http://www.livewithculture.ca/?p=4858 After a decade spent honing his craft and pioneering a new material and technique, Toronto-based sculptor Roger Golden is gearing up for a trio of fall shows that truly mark his arrival on the local art scene. Golden has been showing his life-size figures made from burlap and winterstone at Ben Navaee Gallery for a few years now, but the convergence of exposure beginning this weekend takes the artist to a new level.]]> http://www.livewithculture.ca/art/roger-goldens-passion-to-create/feed/ 0