http://www.livewithculture.ca A Guide to Toronto Culture Scene Wed, 16 May 2012 20:21:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 http://www.livewithculture.ca/theatre/theatre-sheridan-heads-downtown/ http://www.livewithculture.ca/theatre/theatre-sheridan-heads-downtown/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 15:34:12 +0000 Christopher Jones http://www.livewithculture.ca/?p=11334 Michael Rubinoff was a theatre impresario before he joined Sheridan College as Associate Dean of Visual and Performing Arts; he produced the successful Love, Loss And What I Wore at the Panasonic Theatre in 2010. And now he's back in the Yonge Street house as producer of Theatre Sheridan's RENT, opening tonight and running until June 3.]]> http://www.livewithculture.ca/theatre/theatre-sheridan-heads-downtown/feed/ 0 http://www.livewithculture.ca/creative-capital-initiative/making-space-for-culture-consultations/ http://www.livewithculture.ca/creative-capital-initiative/making-space-for-culture-consultations/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 16:34:13 +0000 Christopher Jones http://www.livewithculture.ca/?p=11314 The City of Toronto is convening a series of public consultations beginning next week aimed at providing City Councillors with a ward-by-ward priority list that can help guide investments in sustainable cultural infrastructure across all parts of the city. What kind of space does your neighbourhood need to make art, music, dance? To film, play, practice and perform? We want to know what's needed, who needs it, and how we might work together to help make space for culture in your community. Can you attend the consultation in your ward? The initial 10 meetings are listed below, with more to follow in the fall and into 2013.]]> http://www.livewithculture.ca/creative-capital-initiative/making-space-for-culture-consultations/feed/ 0 http://www.livewithculture.ca/art/tree-stumps-and-stereotypes/ http://www.livewithculture.ca/art/tree-stumps-and-stereotypes/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 14:12:17 +0000 Christopher Jones http://www.livewithculture.ca/?p=11273 Local photographer Keesic Douglas (pronounced Kee-schik) is in the spotlight at Harbourfront this spring with not one but two photo essays, a black and white series, part of the outdoor exhibition Beyond Imaginings, and a major contribution to the gallery group show, 1812 – 2012: A Contemporary Perspective. In both exhibits Douglas follows ancient routes traveled by his Aboriginal ancestors although his spin on each is markedly different.]]> http://www.livewithculture.ca/art/tree-stumps-and-stereotypes/feed/ 0 http://www.livewithculture.ca/art/dufferin-underpass-becomes-a-grotto/ http://www.livewithculture.ca/art/dufferin-underpass-becomes-a-grotto/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 15:25:26 +0000 Christopher Jones http://www.livewithculture.ca/?p=11235 Artist Luis Jacob is on a bit of a high this week as installation progresses on his biggest work to date, a major public art piece in the Dufferin underpass (at Queen West). Three years in the making, Jacob's Spirits of the Grotto consists of 34 large metal panels, each bearing a pair of mosaic tile discs representing eyes. Arranged within the underpass like heroes in a Hall of Fame, Spirits of the Grotto turns an otherwise dull transport corridor into a vibrant passageway.]]> http://www.livewithculture.ca/art/dufferin-underpass-becomes-a-grotto/feed/ 1 http://www.livewithculture.ca/art/powerful-picasso-at-ago/ http://www.livewithculture.ca/art/powerful-picasso-at-ago/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:21:40 +0000 Christopher Jones http://www.livewithculture.ca/?p=11216 The Art Gallery of Ontario's summer blockbuster, Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musée National Picasso, Paris, makes a strong case for the museum's description of Pablo Picasso as "the most inventive and influential artist of the 20th century." The largest Picasso retrospective ever mounted in Canada includes work from every period of the artist's life and shows him to be a restless, relentless creative spirit, working in multiple styles and a variety of mediums, seemingly all at once.]]> http://www.livewithculture.ca/art/powerful-picasso-at-ago/feed/ 0 http://www.livewithculture.ca/art/contact-takin-it-to-the-street/ http://www.livewithculture.ca/art/contact-takin-it-to-the-street/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:16:17 +0000 Christopher Jones http://www.livewithculture.ca/?p=11187 MOCCA exhibition openings are always events and tonight’s launch of the city-wide Scotiabank Contact Photography Festival promises to set the bar especially high. Photographer Scott McFarland poses in front of his 60-foot mural, now installed in the MOCCA courtyard: titled “Corner of the Courageous, Repatriation Ceremony for Sergeant Martin Goudreault, Grenville St., Toronto, Ontario, June [...]]]> http://www.livewithculture.ca/art/contact-takin-it-to-the-street/feed/ 0 http://www.livewithculture.ca/film/worlds-collide-at-hot-docs/ http://www.livewithculture.ca/film/worlds-collide-at-hot-docs/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:50:36 +0000 Christopher Jones http://www.livewithculture.ca/?p=11159 Its tagline is the Canadian International Documentary Festival and looking at the Hot Docs program (April 26 – May 6), it's not at all obvious which movies are Canadian and which are international. Nisha Pahuja's The World Before Her is a case in point: the documentary was conceived and edited in Toronto but shot entirely in India.]]> http://www.livewithculture.ca/film/worlds-collide-at-hot-docs/feed/ 2 http://www.livewithculture.ca/dance/tdt-lets-rivers-rush-and-flow/ http://www.livewithculture.ca/dance/tdt-lets-rivers-rush-and-flow/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:56:55 +0000 Christopher Jones http://www.livewithculture.ca/?p=11117 Canadian composer Ann Southam (above right) and Toronto pianist Christina Petrowska Quilico had a long and mutually-rewarding professional relationship that bears new fruit this week with the debut of Rivers, a new dance from choreographer Christopher House for Toronto Dance Theatre set to the late composer's work.]]> http://www.livewithculture.ca/dance/tdt-lets-rivers-rush-and-flow/feed/ 0 http://www.livewithculture.ca/dance/flamenco-flows-at-the-fleck/ http://www.livewithculture.ca/dance/flamenco-flows-at-the-fleck/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 21:44:10 +0000 Christopher Jones http://www.livewithculture.ca/?p=11085 In rehearsal this afternoon with nothing more than handclaps and foot stomps, the power and passion of flamenco filled the Fleck Dance Theatre. I could only imagine the thrill that will unfold this weekend when dancer/choreographer/teacher Esmerelda Enrique, above left, leads a small troupe of dancers and musicians in Aquas/Waters, a show mounted to celebrate the 30th anniversary of her eponymous Spanish Dance Company.]]> http://www.livewithculture.ca/dance/flamenco-flows-at-the-fleck/feed/ 0 http://www.livewithculture.ca/dance/indance-brings-the-wow/ http://www.livewithculture.ca/dance/indance-brings-the-wow/#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:33:34 +0000 Christopher Jones http://www.livewithculture.ca/?p=11038 This weekend's double bill from Toronto's inDance is a study in contrasts: men versus women, contemporary versus classical, high tech versus simplicity. The show pairs choreographer Hari Krishnan's Quicksand for 10 male dancers with Nine for eight females and one male dancer. The works are both based on Navarasa, the nine archetypal moods or emotions popular in Indian dance: love, disgust, compassion, valour, humour, fear, wonder, anger and peace.]]> http://www.livewithculture.ca/dance/indance-brings-the-wow/feed/ 1