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TD Toronto Jazz Festival

TD Toronto Jazz Festival

Produced by:
Toronto Downtown Jazz
Starts: June 19, 2014
Ends: June 28, 2014

Website: www.torontojazz.com

For 10 days in June, the TD Toronto Jazz Festival will present more than 350 concerts across 50+ locations from June 19 – June 28, 2014, as half a million music lovers unite for one of the city’s largest music festivals. Discover over 1,500 musicians who will entertain as the sounds of jazz play throughout and let the music be your guide this summer as we turn up the jazz!

Confirmed for 2014: Earth, Wind & Fire, Chaka Khan, Keith Jarrett, Dianne Reeves, Bobby McFerrin, Gregory Porter, Bill Frisell, Brad Mehldau, Stanley Clarke, Galactic, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Big Sam’s Funky Nation, Snarky Puppy, Roy Hargove, Dave Holland, Darcy James Argue, Nels Cline, Oliver Jones and more!

Location:
Event takes place in multiple locations, please contact event organizers for more details.

Toronto Japanese Film Festival

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Presented by:
Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre
Starts: June 12, 2014
Ends: June 27, 2014
Event Time(s):
1:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Please visit our website, for screening schedules.
Website: www.jccc.on.ca/torontojff/
Email: jccc@jccc.on.ca
Phone: (416)441-2345

Costs: $1 – $9
Adult: $10
Cost Information: (JCCC members $8)

The Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre’s 3rd annual Toronto Japanese Film Festival will return June 12-27, 2014 with a new 18 film line-up.

The Toronto Japanese Film festival is dedicated to showcasing the finest Japanese films that have been recognized for excellence by Japanese audiences and critics, international film festival audiences and the Japanese Film Academy. The 2012 and 2013 festivals attracted large crowds, a broad demographic from all over the GTA and exit surveys indicating that audiences genuinely enjoyed the films. With the lectures, receptions, culinary seminars, gallery exhibitions and performances that were part of the two-week festival, our visitors numbered in the tens of thousands.

Location:
Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre

6 Garamond Court Court
Don Valley and Eglinton
Public Transit:
Directions by TTC: Take the 100 Flemingdon bus from Eglinton or Broadview subway station

Annex Festival on Bloor

Presented by:
Miles Nadal JCC and Bloor Annex BIA
Date: June 8, 2014
Event Time(s):
11:00 AM to 6:00 PM

Website: www.mnjcc.org
Email: maxineb@mnjcc.org
Phone: 416-924-6211 ext. 121

Cost Information: minimal fee for some activities in Children’s Village

The 18th Annual Annex Festival on Bloor offers over 115 artisans, neighbourhood businesses, specialty food vendors, musicians, theatre performers, buskers and more, this year’s event features something for everyone.

– live music on the main stage, curated by Tranzac Club
– over 115 craft and specialty food vendors
– a variety of adult and children’s activities and attractions, including a children’s village offering face painting, balloon sculptures, sports challenges, an inflatable jumping castle
– fitness demonstrations, including a sampling of the winning athletic and fitness programs offered at the MNjcc
– Toronto Fringe with a sneak peak at some of their 2014 Festival performances
– and lots, lots more!

Location:
On Bloor Street from Bathurst to Spadina

Bloor St. W and Spadina
Public Transit:
Bathurst or Spadina subway stations

Chinese Cooking & Chinese Folktales

Sat May 31, 2014

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

60 mins

Lillian H. Smith

Join Shirley Lum for a Chinese Cooking demonstration and participate in some hands-on cooking yourself. Prepare traditional and contemporary zongzi, a.k.a. sticky rice dumplings, for the Dragon Boat Festival. Tastings to follow!

Shirley Lum of “A Taste of the World Walks,” is a Toronto-born-bred and-based culinary historian, food tour guide and passionate foodie.

Space is limited so please register in the Branch or by calling (416) 393-7746.

This is part one of our Asian Heritage Month celebration that day. Part two is traditional Storytelling with Diana Tso, following the food demonstration at 12:30pm. Registration is separate.

Sat May 31, 2014

12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

60 mins

Lillian H. Smith

Enjoy ancient Chinese Folktales about dragons, the transformative power of art and the magic of love to bring light in dark times, all told by Diana Tso.

Diana Tso is a Toronto-based storyteller, performer, playwright and poet. She graduated from the University of Toronto, in English Literature, and from École Internationale de Théâtre de Jacques Lecoq, in Paris, France. She’s worked with diverse theatres internationally for over 15 years.

Please register in the branch or by calling 416-393-7746.

This is part two of our Asian Heritage Month celebration that day. Part one is Chinese cooking with Shirley Lum at 11:00am. Registration is separate.

A Grand Pride Wedding at Casa Loma

On June 26, 2014, The City of Toronto, Casa Loma, Tourism Toronto and Egale are inviting LGBTQ couples to make their commitments official.

We are proud to welcome World Pride to Toronto and even more proud to host the biggest international LGBTQ wedding in history.

 

Visit http://prideweddingtoronto.com/ for more information and to register.

The marriage of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) couples has been legal throughout Canada since the implementation of the federal Civil Marriage Act in 2005.

In Toronto, we are proud to be the fourth largest city in North America and home to a diverse population of which over 50% come from outside of Canada. Of the worlds 196 nations, we are one of only sixteen countries across the globe that has legalized same-sex marriage.

On June 26, 2014, The City of Toronto, Casa Loma, Tourism Toronto and Egale are inviting LGBTQ couples to make their commitments official. We are proud to welcome World Pride to Toronto and even more proud to host the biggest international LGBTQ wedding in history.

After the ceremony, couples and their guests celebrate together by enjoying live entertainment and dancing away the evening! Over 100 couples will be joining us to celebrate this historic event. This is not only an elegant wedding, it is a message to the world… marriage is a right, not a privilege. You belong here.
After the ceremony, couples and their guests celebrate your union by enjoying live entertainment and dancing away the evening! All qualified marrying couples are invited to participate in this event FREE of charge*.

* Marriage license fees cannot be waived. Civil services will also be taking place at the event free of charge.