HOToronto Fall/Winter 2006  HOToronto Spring 2008 In This Issue

4 FROM THE EDITOR Joey Cee 5 SPECIAL EVENTS NEWS 6 LUMINATO Arts and Creativity Festival 7 HOTsports Blue Jays, Toronto Argos & Toronto FC Home Game Schedules

8 HOTicket Concert Listings

10 SPECIAL EVENTS & SHOW GUIDE Fairs, Festivals, Galleries and Exhibitions

11 HOTset Guide to who is filming in and around Toronto

12 FESTIVAL GUIDE 18 MOVIE MONITOR A checklist guide to this season’s hottest new movies 19 CURTAINS UP! LIVE THEATRE SUPERGUIDE Current and upcoming theatre productions 23 WOW MISSISSAUGA What’s On Where in Mississauga 25 GALAS & CHARITY BALLS Major Fundraising Events

26 DINNER THEATRE DIRECTORY

28 VIP SOURCE Visitor’s Information Page. Instant phone directory to major entertainment venues.

COVER STORY

Colourful and exciting Toronto is the best way to describe summer in the city. Photo courtesy of PhotoTravelPages.com.

Spring 2008 HOToronto  Spring 2008 volume 14 number 3

Publisher and Managing Editor Joey Cee from the editor Contributing Writers Annette Stallmach, Enzo Iammatteo Miriam Isenberg, Lina Dhingra, Collin Baldwin, Carole Weiner

Photography Aline Sandler, Tom Sandler HOToronto

Design, Layout & Digital Cover HOT BUTTONS get you to where Graphics you wanna be INSTANTLY. Alyssa Callahan & Ana Cristina da Silva

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Webmaster Joey Cee, Publisher & Editor DesignSource.com

Website Editors Finally, things are heating up in the city. Not that it ever warmed over any time during this brutal winter which sent everyone Jennie Nickerson, Ana Cristina da Silva into cocooning mode. Ah, the joys of having seasons.

Facebook Group Network Director With the warming weather, colour and excitement is popping up all around us. Spring is officially here and summer is just Vince Alexander around the corner. One glance at this issue of HOToronto Magazine will surely tell you that there is more to do and see in this city than you thought you had time for. Broadcast Media Division Producer Joey Cee For the first time in our 14 year history we are answering to the demands of technology and reader interest by issuing an HOToronto Magazine is published on-line edition of this publication. This can be sent to you FREE by registered subscription or you can download on-line from three times a year by our official website at www.HOToronto.com. JCO Communications Inc., 1235 , 4th Floor, Unlike other publications, HOToronto is the ultimate city entertainment planner. Our purpose is to provide you with the Toronto, . M5R 3K4. information you need to plan your visit to the city and that means even if you are coming in from Mississauga, Niagara, Tel: (416) 923-HOTO (4686) Brampton, Whitby, Markham, Richmond Hill or any other place outside of the GTA. Our tracking shows that our on-line Fax: 905-820-9512 readers and magazine downloads span the globe with more than 400 cities in 40 countries checking in regularly. E-mail: [email protected] If you haven’t logged on to our website recently, you will be surprised to see the features we have added over the winter www.HOToronto.com months. In addition to 25 different category buttons to choose from, we endeavour to highlight what is also going on in cities The information on establishments and special and suburbs around us through the WOW (What’s On Where) side banner. One click on any of these buttons keeps you venues listed or mentioned in this publication is informed. Although we publish only three times a year, our website is always active with new and exciting city activities - all compiled from all available, and considered to be reliable sources. The publisher does not assume re- found on The Sizzle Sheet which is updated regularly. We will also soon be adding regular contests for you to enter sponsibility for omissions, errors or changes printed. offering up tickets to shows and other exciting prizes. Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy of information provided at time of printing. Due to the Our unique website design has activity written all over it. You don’t have to enter search words. We have basically narrowed nature of the venues, information may change after down all the information into a compact format that gets you linked instantly. date of publication.

This publication does not endorse or recommend One of the most popular buttons on our website is the INSTANT HOT LINKS. Here you will find most of the attractions you the establishments listed or advertised. However, are looking for along with their phone numbers. Click on and we’ll take you right to their door. most establishments are listed on proven merit and therefore recommended for publication. You may Although we are a city based magazine we also understand that you, our reader, would be sooner or later looking to venture notify the publisher in writing, by fax or by e-mail, of any changes or additions found in this publication. into other areas in southern Ontario as well as getting away up north for a short holiday or even further for a longer vacation. You’ll find information and link features not found in other magazines including Wine Country, Hotel Hot Spots, Hot Spas & HOToronto Magazine is available at selected retail Resorts, On The Waterfront, Filming In and Around Toronto and a directory of Fundraising Events and Galas. locations, information centres, plus selected news- stands and bookstands throughout Toronto and the Take some time out to check out our site and navigate your way to Toronto fun and excitement. This season we kick off the surrounding areas. Locations include selected tour- ist information centres, ticket locations, nightclubs, HOT season with your guide to Festivals - the tell tale sign that hibernation season is over. bars, restaurants, theatres, concert venues and festivals, record stores and tourist attractions. HO- You are encouraged to get out and enjoy what this city has to offer. Kiss goodbye to the brutal winter that we experienced. Toronto Magazine is available to tourists from Tour- Keep your patience on the roads as closures will be many - most to fix the pothole damaged roads. With that in mind, you can ism Toronto (Metro Toronto Convention & Visitors even go to our website and get the weather instantly. How HOT is that? Association). Additional current and back copies of HOToronto Magazine are available for $4.95 plus $1.50 mailing and handling per copy (in ), I assure you this is going to be another HOT season in our Toronto. $6.00US (includes mailing and handling) for US or- ders. International orders $10.00US per copy. Enjoy!

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 HOToronto Spring 2008 DORA MAVOR MOORE AWARDS Recognizing the outstanding achievements in Toronto’s performing arts community, the Doras honour the creators of over 200 theatre, dance and opera productions annually in the following categories: General Theatre, Independent Theatre, Dance, Opera and Theatre for Young Audiences. On Monday June 30, the awards will be hosted by Sharron Matthews of the iconic Sharron’s Party. A VIP Reception will be held at the Rosewater Supper Club from 5 – 7 p.m. at 19 Toronto Street. At 8 p.m. the awards show will be in the Winter Garden Theatre EVIL DEAD THE MUSICAL at 189 . At 10:30 p.m. there will be an After Party in the Cascading EXTENDED TO JUNE 14 Lobbies. Because the fans wouldn’t stop pouring into the Diesel Playhouse on 56 Blue Jays Way, Evil Dead the Musical has extended its run in Toronto to June 14th! The BICYCLE FILM FESTIVAL show is so popular and has such massive global appeal that it’s now playing in Returning for its eighth year, the 2008 Bicycle Film Festival (BFF) is kicking off Seoul, South Korea. What can go wrong when five college students break into an its annual tour, stopping in 15 cities internationally. BFF ‘08 promises to continue abandoned cabin in the woods? Apparently a whole heck of a lot! They unleash evil to grow this year, boasting nearly 100,000 attendees in 2007. Founder Brendt spirits, turn into demons… and sing show tunes! In Evil Dead: the Musical, Sam Barbur remains a strong voice of this massive movement, holding the torch for Raimi’s cult classic 80s films are brought to life in a hilarious, campy show that creatively bringing together an explosive festival that showcases well-known and will make you love the theatre again. With songs such as “All the Men in my Life respected artists, musicians, and filmmakers. The days of the festival are filled keep getting Killed by Candarian Demons” and “What the F*@k was That?” it’s no with films, parades, block parties and art shows – all bike themed.The films that wonder Evil Dead won the Dora Award as Toronto’s Favourite Show. So come and will be shown were hand selected from hundreds of submissions that came from see the musical everyone is talking about… it would literally kill you to miss it! around world. All BFF related events include free bicycle valet parking. The BFF is scheduled to come to Toronto in August, but dates may be subject to change. NO GRAND PRIX Toronto lost its popular open-wheel race this year as TONY AWARD-WINNING BEST MUSICAL CEO Charlie Johnstone confirmed in March that the 23rd edition of the race was COMES TO TORONTO cancelled. Johnstone attributed the loss to running out of both time and options for The Toronto engagement of Jersey Boys will play at the Toronto Centre for the 2008. However, this doesn’t mean the future is bleak. Work is underway to secure Arts on 5040 Yonge Street. The musical will make its Canadian premiere on the Grand Prix in Toronto for next year. August 21, 2008 through October 5, 2008. Directed by two-time Tony Award Held annually since 1986, the Grand Prix of Toronto has become Ontario’s largest winner and Toronto native Des McAnuff, Jersey Boys won four 2006 Tony annual sporting event, attracting an average of 160,000 spectators on race weekend. Awards including Best Musical and continues to break box office records since The economic impact of the Grand Prix and the weeklong festivities surrounding it opening on Broadway in November 2005. Jersey Boys is the story of Frankie is a reported $50 million. More than $40 million of these expenditures are the result Valli and The Four Seasons: Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito and Nick of initial attendance and Grand Prix operating expenses. Massi. This is the story of how a group of blue-collar boys from the wrong side of the tracks became one of the biggest American pop music sensations of all IMPERIAL ICE STARS PRESENTS SWAN LAKE ON ICE time. They wrote their own songs, invented their own sounds and sold 175 million The world’s leading theatrical ice skating company, The Imperial Ice Stars, comes records worldwide - all before they were thirty. to the Sony Centre to the Performing Arts in Toronto as part of their first North American tour. Their new production, Swan Lake on Ice, will transform the stage DANCAP PRESENTS of the biggest theatre in Canada into an intimate skating rink for 14 performances presents Lerner & Loewe’s My Fair Lady, stunningly re- only, from April 30 to May 11, 2008. Swan Lake on Ice comes to Toronto straight invented by four-time Tony Award Winner Trevor Nunn (Les MisÈrables) and from a sold-out tour of South Africa as part of an 80-week world tour, which will Choreographed by two-time Tony Award Winner Matthew Bourne (Mary Poppins) also take in the U.K., Australia and New Zealand, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, from May 8 to 31, 2008 at the Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge Street. France, Germany, the Netherlands and the U.S. Christopher Cazenove, who played Ben Carrington on TV’s Dynasty and Lisa O’Hare, who played the title role of Mary Poppins in London, star as Professor NEW EXHIBITION, FACING Henry Higgins & Eliza Doolittle. Marni Nixon, Eliza’s singing voice in the 1964 MARS LAUNCHES JOURNEY TO THE RED PLANET film, plays Mrs. Higgins. On June 9, 2008, the Ontario Science Centre in Toronto will launch its new exhibition Facing Mars which features interactive exhibits that encourage visitors PRESENTS ROUGE to “Walk on Mars,” test and launch rockets, and “fly over” the Martian landscape. George Brown College will present Rouge from April 10 to May 4, 2008. For this Facing Mars is an innovative exhibition focused on the real challenges of sending year’s graduates, Rouge will be the culminating event of the three-year Jewellery human explorers to Mars and will be a mainstay at the Ontario Science Centre Arts program at George Brown College. Rouge will showcase more than one until January 4, 2009. With more than 30 exhibits, Facing Mars combines a range hundred one-of-a-kind, handcrafted traditional and contemporary jewellery works of hands-on experiences with compelling artifacts. To complement the new Facing designed and made by the program’s 20 newly minted metal smiths. Rouge will be Mars exhibit, the Ontario Science Centre’s IMAX Theatre will also begin featuring hosted as a free exhibition by Bounty – The Canadian Contemporary Craft Shop the documentary Roving Mars. This film follows the journey of NASA’s Mars at , 235 West, Toronto. This event is open to the Exploration Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity to the surface of the mysterious Red public and free to attend. Planet. THE MUSIC & FILM FESTIVAL AND CN TOWER PRESENTS ENHANCED ELEVATOR WITH GLASS CONFERENCE FLOOR PANELS A myth-busting, adrenaline-fuelled indie music and film festival that takes over Lifting off April 9, 2008, the CN Tower introduced North America’s first and the Toronto for four days every June, The Music Festival is recognized worldwide world’s highest glass floor paneled elevator as one of its glass-fronted elevators. It as the place for fans to see breakout performances from great bands at intimate offers a thrilling new perspective on the view 346m (1,136 ft) straight down. The venues and for musicians to get vital international exposure. The Film Festival new elevator was available beginning on April 9, 2008 as part of the CN Tower’s features the planet’s most eclectic schedule of music-related films - concert do-it-all ticket the Total Tower experience. The Total Tower is the CN Tower’s best classics to indie docs, from Rio to Rwanda. And the Conference puts music value ticket and includes Look Out, Glass Floor and Sky Pod Observation Levels, insiders and veterans alongside next-generation thought leaders and cyber-punk Film, and Motion Theatre Ride. Much like the Tower’s Glass Floor, the new glass upstarts who are defining the industry for the digital age. Festival alumni include panels are five times stronger than the weight-bearing requirement for the elevator The Soundtrack Of Our Lives, Sam Roberts, Feist, , The Dears, Sufjan floor. Stevens, Kathleen Edwards, Ron Sexsmith, K’naan, Jason Collett, Sarah Harmer, and . Catch the 14th annual North by Northeast Music & Film Festival and Conference June 12-15, 2008 at over 50 venues in .

Spring 2008 HOToronto  ARTS AND CREATIVITY FESTIVAL A Spectacular Line-up of Global Premieres, Special Celebrations and Free City-wide Events

Downtown Toronto’s Yonge-Dundas Square is the TELUS LIGHT ON YOUR FEET Morris Day and The Time - who performed at this eye of the cultural storm as Luminato – Toronto Fes- Friday, June 6, 6:30-7:30 p.m. year’s Grammy awards with , and are well tival of Arts & Creativity kicks off its second annual Saturday, June 7 - Wednesday, June 11, known for their work with and their perfor- 10-day installment this June. 7:00-8:00 p.m. mance in Purple Rain. Created and produced by Ford Entertainment and Luminato announces major partner TELUS as the Participants stretch their legs and dance “light on JK Productions. presenting sponsor of the 2008 festival’s free opening their feet” over a series of evenings (June 6-11) at weekend celebrations (June 6-8), and the visual art Yonge-Dundas Square. The public square transforms SCOTTISH MUSIC FESTIVAL installation Slow Dancing. into a huge open-air dance hall, where live bands cel- Saturday, June 7, 1:30 – 5:00 p.m. ebrate different musical genres each night, including The vibrant city of Toronto’s stages, streets and swing, Scottish square dancing, salsa, tango, disco, Saturday afternoon in Yonge-Dundas Square features public spaces are illuminated with arts and creativity. hip hop and Bollywood. Early-evening dance lessons a Scottish Music Festival with an all-star roster Luminato is an annual multidisciplinary celebration are offered, making these the ultimate dance parties of performers, featuring The Barra MacNeils, six of theatre, dance, classical and contemporary music, for all ages and skill levels. siblings from Cape Breton Island who, for 20 years, film, literature, visual arts, design and more. have been among the most popular Celtic groups in Luminato Transforms Yonge-Dundas Square Canada, and the innovative super-trio Lau, one of the Luminato’s opening weekend celebrations include: Yonge-Dundas Square, transformed for the occasion most sought-after acts on the current Scottish scene. by KPMB Architects and inspired by acclaimed set They are joined by Winnipeg’s Sierra Noble, a phe- - First Night designer Michael Levine, is Luminato 2008’s centre nomenally versatile young violinist who specializes - Opening Night Concert of activity. Participants are able to get the latest news, in traditional Métis fiddle tunes. - TELUS Light on Your Feet enjoy refreshments at the limited-time only Mill The day culminates with a Scottish square dance - Celebration Street Brew Pub, and purchase Luminato tickets at – and this is where you get to be Light on Your Feet - One the One: Luminato Funk Festival the T.O. TIX Booth. – led by internationally acclaimed Nova Scotia fid- - Scottish Music Festival dler Ashley MacIsaac. - Slow STREET CELEBRATION Saturday, June 7 Hosted by Max MacDonald and Joella Foulds. TELUS sponsors four presentations at Luminato. 1:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m., Co-presented by Luminato and the Celtic Colours Slow Dancing, an outdoor, massive moving portrait Grange Park, Queen Street West International Festival. installation by David Michalek, featuring dancers 12:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m., from various styles, using high definition, ultra-slow OCAD, 100 McCaul Street SLOW DANCING motion technology to reveal surreal beauty. The June 6-15, from dusk screen will be on view after dark at Hart House field On Saturday afternoon, all are invited to revisit the at St. George – Back campus on the University of Toronto campus throughout the sights and sounds of a legendary era in Toronto’s (Hoskin Ave and Tower Rd) Festival, starting June 6. popular culture. After Yorkville’s “Summer of Love,” Toronto’s Photographer David Michalek’s series of 43 larger- FIRST NIGHT avant-garde scene moved south to Queen Street and than-life, hyper-slow-motion video portraits of Also presented by TELUS, Luminato’s First Night the Ontario College of Art, inspiring collaborations in dancers and choreographers from around the world. at Yonge-Dundas Square features the renowned art and music that, by the mid ‘80s, had helped create Displayed on multiple giant screens, each subject’s Count Basie Orchestra and Montreal jazz prodigy the punk, new wave, and world beat eclectic mix five-second movement unfolds gesture by barely Nikki Yanofsky. The party continues throughout the Luminato is celebrating this year in Grange Park. perceptible gesture into 10 minutes of extreme slow weekend with an all day Funk Festival at Nathan On stage, from 1.30 p.m.: Johnny & the G-Rays, motion, enabling the viewer to share in the simplest Phillips Square, a Scottish Music Festival at Yonge- The “B” Girls, Mary Margaret O’Hara, the Parachute of movements. Dundas Square, a Queen Street Celebration at Grange Club plus Mojah, Lillian Allen, Micah Barnes and Of its acclaimed installation at Lincoln Center, Park and OCAD, and the chance to participate - for Telmary. The New York Times wrote: “At this scale and six consecutive evenings - in TELUS Light on Your Meanwhile, at OCAD from noon, catch a glimpse speed, everything the dancer does has an air of the Feet – the city’s biggest outdoor dance lesson. Music of period artifacts and photographs, plus a video miraculous.” and dance styles from Swing and Scottish to Latin program extending past 6:30 p.m. with a panel dis- Co-commissioned by Luminato, the LA Music Cen- and Bollywood will be celebrated throughout the six cussion and closing cabaret. tre, Walton Arts Center of Northwest Arkansas, and nights. Created and produced by Martin Robertson, Ideas Sadler’s Wells, London. in Motion. Associate producer, video and research, Slow Dancing’s New Portraits of Canadian Dancers LUMINATO’S FIRST NIGHT Henry Martinuk. In collaboration with the Ontario Luminato (with the support of Luminato’s SuperNova OPENING NIGHT CONCERT College of Art & Design. Program Development Fund donors Sandra and Jim Friday, June 6, 6:30-11 p.m. Pitblado) has commissioned two portraits to be added ON THE ONE: permanently to Slow Dancing. These new portraits It all begins with a party. The place to be Friday, June LUMINATO FUNK FESTIVAL feature Cree hoop dancer Sandra Lamouche, and 6 is Yonge-Dundas Square, where Luminato’s First Saturday, June 7, 1:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m., Toronto dancer and choreographer, Clarence Ford. Night gets you ready for 10 days of dancing in the Nathan Phillips Square streets. The Festival kick-off is an all-star concert featuring Luminato’s opening-weekend celebrations continue For more information on both free and ticketed the Grammy-Award winning Count Basie Orches- with an all day funk festival. Learn to funk with Luminato events, including dates, locations and tra fronted by 14-year-old Canadian jazz sensation choreographer to the stars Luther Brown, take a schedules, visit www.luminato.com. Tickets Nikki Yanofsky. This prodigious vocal powerhouse dance class with the nation’s best hip hop and funk available through all Ticketmaster outlets (call blew audiences away at the Montreal Jazz Festival, choreographers, and see dance performances from 416-872-1111 or visit www.ticketmaster.ca). on the compilation tribute album We All Love Ella, Canada’s top hip hop and funk dancers. Live funk and recently made her triumphant debut at Carnegie music all day long culminates with performances by Hall. They are joined early evening by the East two of the world’s most famous funk groups: Coast New World Orchestra – a spirited celebration The 14-piece James Brown’s Soul Generals - the of the region’s music by 13 of Nova Scotia’s finest only band backing the “Godfather of Soul” over the musicians. past 20 years, earning them the ultimate title of “Tha Funkiest Band in the World”.

 HOToronto Spring 2008 home game schedules INTRODUCES 2008 INTERNATIONAL GRAND MARSHAL Gareth Henry, the Co-Chair and Program Manager of JFLAG, the Jamaica Forum for Lesbians, All-Sexuals and Gays, will be Pride Toronto’s TORONTO International Grand Marshal for Pride Week 2008. BLUE JAYS Pride Week 2008 will be held from June 20th to 29th. Currently entering its 28th year, Toronto’s Pride Week has been named the Best Festival in Canada by the Canadian Special Events Industry, is recognized as one of only Eight APRIL Signature Events in the city of Toronto, and is ranked as one of the top 50 16 Texas festivals in Ontario by Festivals and Events Ontario. Pride Toronto is the 17 Texas registered not-for-profit organization that produces Toronto’s Pride Week, a 18 Detroit ten day long celebration of the diverse sexual and gender identities, histories, 19 Detroit cultures, families and lives of Toronto’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transsexual, JULY 20 Detroit TORONTO Transgender, Intersex, Queer, Questioning and two Spirited communities. 8 Baltimore 21 Detroit ARGONAUTS Pride Toronto has been in existence in various forms since the late 1970’s and 9 Baltimore annually since 1981. 10 Baltimore MAY 11 New York 2 Chicago (White Sox) Thursday, June 19 LEONARD COHEN INDUCTED INTO THE ROCK AND ROLL 12 New York 3 Chicago (White Sox) Hamilton Tigercats vs. HALL OF FAME 13 New York 4 Chicago (White Sox) Argos 25 Seattle Immediately following his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at 5 Chicago (White Sox) 26 Seattle the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, Leonard Cohen announced his world tour, marking 6 Tampa Bay Thursday, July 3 27 Seattle a return to the live arena after 15 years. He is scheduled to open in Toronto on 7 Tampa Bay Hamilton Tigercats vs. 28 Tampa Bay June 6 and 7, the city that gave birth to his career as a recording and literary 8 Tampa Bay Argos 29 Tampa Bay artist, and then play Europe in the remainder of June, July, August and early 20 Los Angelas 30 Tampa Bay September. Cohen is arguably the greatest singer songwriter of modern times. 21 Los Angeles Sunday, July 20 At his induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, he was recognized 23 Kansas City Edmonton Wildcats vs. AUGUST by Lou Reed as, “Without question one of the most important and influential 24 Kansas City Argos 4 Oakland songwriters of our time, a figure whose body of work achieves greater mystery 25 Kansas City 5 Oakland and depth as time goes one.” Among those inducted with Cohen were: 26 Kansas City Friday, August 1 Madonna, John Mellencamp, The Dave Clark Five and the Ventures. 6 Oakland Winnipeg Blue Bombers 7 Oakland JUNE vs. Argos 8 Cleveland THE 19TH ANNUAL MUCHMUSIC VIDEO AWARDS 6 Baltimore 9 Cleveland The 19th Annual MuchMusic Video Awards puts fans up close and personal 7 Baltimore Friday, August 15 10 Cleveland with today’s hottest chart-toppers and celebrities on Sunday, June 15, 2008 live 8 Baltimore Montreal Alouettes vs. 19 New York from Much world headquarters in Toronto, Canada. The much buzzed-about, 9 Seattle Argos 20 New York celeb-packed showcase of Canadian and international talent is the most fan 10 Seattle 21 New York accessible award show on the planet. From the wildest red carpet arrivals to 11 Seattle Friday, Sept. 12 22 Boston the hottest performances, thousands of music lovers get friendly with their 13 Chicago (Cubs) Winnipeg Blue Bombers 23 Boston favourite stars...and love every second of it. Last year saw performances by: 14 Chicago (Cubs) vs. Argos 24 Boston , Fergie, Billy Talent, Hilary Duff, , Maroon 5, Belly, 15 Chicago (Cubs) The Used, and Finger Eleven. Joss Stone, Perez Hilton, Tara Reid, Nickelback, Saturday, Sept. 27 24 Cincinnati Sum 41, Hedley, and Sam Roberts were among those presenters who graced the Stampeders vs. 25 Cincinnati 2007 MMVAs stage. 27 Atlanta Argos 28 Atlanta CIRQUE DU SOLEIL 29 Atlanta Friday, October 3 B.C. Lions vs. Argos ADDITIONAL SALTIMBANCO PERFORMANCES ADDED IN TORONTO Saturday, October 18 Due to overwhelming demand, the Saltimbanco Arena Tour has added Montreal Alouettes vs. two performances on Friday, August 15 and Friday, August 23 at 3:30 Argos p.m. Saltimbanco will be presented at the Air Canada Centre for a limited engagement August 13 to 24, 2008. The Saltimbanco Arena Tour will also Thursday, October 30 stop in Hamilton at the Copps Coliseum, August 27 to 31. Saltimbanco TORONTO JUNE Saskatchewan belongs to the emblematic style of Cirque du Soleil - a signature Cirque du 14 Colorado Rapids Roughriders vs. Argos Soleil show with a style that borrows from theatre, dance and music and FC 21 Kansas City where spectacular costumes, lighting and make-up take pride of place. The Wizard current cast of 49 artists, 15 of whom were part of the show’s original big top tour, hail from Canada and 20 other countries. Saltimbanco—from the Italian APRIL JULY “saltare in banco,” which literally means “to jump on a bench” - explores 19 Real Salt Lake 19 San Jose 26 Kansas City Wizards the urban experience in all its myriad forms: the people who live there, their Earthquakes idiosyncrasies and likenesses, families and groups, the hustle and bustle of the street and the towering heights of skyscrapers. Between whirlwind and MAY AUGUST lull, prowess and poetry, Saltimbanco takes spectators on an allegorical and 1 New York Red Bulls 3 FC Dallas 17 Columbus Crew acrobatic journey into the heart of the city. 21 D.C. United 31 Los Angeles Galaxy Spring 2007 HOToronto  Entertainment is what makes Toronto HOT! And we’ve got some of the hottest music makers, performers and stage productions in the world coming to Toronto to make our spring and summer nights sizzle. For ticket information phone numbers refer to the VIP SOURCE reference page. APRIL TSO: OPERA TSO: YO – YO MA BOOTSY COLLINS KT TUNSTALL FAVOURITES May 3 May 10 May 24 – 25 RIK EMMETT April 26 – 27 Kool Haus The Music Hall April 18 Roy Thomson Hall Hugh’s Room THE TREWS TOTO CUTUGNO SANREMO 1960 – 1970 May 3 May 11 JACKIE RICHARDSON THE SEARCHERS April 27 – 28 Kool Haus Casino Rama May 25 April 18 – 19 Niagara Fallsview Casino Diesel Playhouse Niagara Fallsview Casino JACK GRUNSKY THE MARS VOLTA JASON MRAZ, May 4 May 12 SHERYL CROW, DANNY MICHEL & WIL BUSHWALLA Living Arts Centre Sound Academy KT TUNSTALL April 19 April 27 Mississauga May 26 The Mod Club Kool Haus UNIQUE LIVES & Molson Amphitheatre MINISTRY EXPERIENCES: APOCALYPTICA MEASHA May 4 DORIS ROBERTS ERIC CLAPTON, April 19 BRUEGGERGOSMAN Kool Haus May 13 ROBERT RANDOLPH & April 29 & May 1 - 3 Roy Thomson Hall THE FAMILY BAND Elgin Theatre RON SEXMITH May 27 NEVERENDING WHITE May 5 FEIST Air Canada Centre TSO: May 13 April 19 RUSSIAN FIREWORKS Sony Centre DANIEL O’DONNELL Music Hall Theatre April 30 TSO: SCHUBERT May 28 Roy Thomson Hall SYMPHONY 9 PANIC AT THE DISCO Sony Centre CANCER BATS May 7 – 8 May 14 April 22 MEGADEATH Roy Thomson Hall Sound Academy CHILDREN OF BODOM May 29 HIGH ON FIRE FLAMES CROWDED HOUSE THE CURE Massey Hall TSO: CELEBRATE JOB FOR A COWBOY May 7 – 8 May 15 SINATRA April 30 Air Canada Centre GEORGE THOROGOOD April 22 – 23 International Centre & THE DESTROYERS Roy Thomson Hall JOE AVATI & FRIENDS May 30 IN FLAMES May 7 – 9 May 16 & 23 Roy Thomson Hall RICHIE HAVENS April 30 Massey Hall Living Arts Centre April 22 – 23 Arrow Hall Mississauga THE RAT PACK SHOW Hugh’s Room MELANIE C May 30 MAY May 8 MIRIAM YEUNG Old Mill Inn & Spa KATHLEEN EDWARDS & TSO: Phoenix Concert Theatre May 20 JUSTIN RUTLEDGE RUSSIAN FIREWORKS Casino Rama RICHARD MARX April 23 May 1 CHICAGO May 31 Hugh’s Room Roy Thomson Hall May 8 – 9 HELLO OPERATOR Niagara Fallsview Casino Niagara Fallsview Casino May 20 THINK FREUD (PINK LARRY THE CABLE GUY COHEED AND CAMBRIA FLOYD TRIBUTE) May 1 JOE AVATI & FRIENDS May 31 April 25 Copps Coliseum Hamilton May 9 KANYE WEST, Sound Academy Living Arts Centre The Rose Theatre RIHANNA, ENGELBERT Brampton LUPE SIASO, K.D. LANG HUMPERDINCK N.E.R.D. May 31 April 25 May 1 PAPA DUKE May 21 Massey Hall Sony Centre Niagara Fallsview Casino May 9 Molson Amphitheatre Living Arts Centre JUNE STEPHEN FEARING THE CONSTANTINES Mississauga TSO: ITZHAK PERLMAN April 25 May 1 CONDUCTS M.I.A. Hugh’s Room Phoenix Concert Theatre FLO RIDA May 21 – 22 June 2 DANITY KANE Roy Thomson Hall Sound Academy BUCK 65, THE VERVE DAY 26 CADENCE WEAPON, May 1 DONNIE KLANG CLASSIC ALBUMS LIVE: UNIQUE LIVES & SKRATCH BASTID Ricoh Colisseum May 9 LED ZEPPELIN: FOUR EXPERIENCE: ELLEN April 25 May 22 JOHNSON-SIRLEAF Danforth Music Hall SOPHIE MILMAN Phoenix Concert Theatre June 3 May 2 TSO: ORCHESTRA Roy Thomson Hall BOBBY VINTON Living Arts Centre FROM PLANET X ANNE MURRAY April 25 – 26 May 10 May 23 & THE Casino Rama TOKYO POLICE CLUB Roy Thomson Hall Sony Centre HEARTBREAKERS May 2, 3 June 3 VICKI LAWRENCE & The Opera House MISSISSAUGA SARAH SLEAN Air Canada Centre MAMA: A TWO-WOMAN SYMPHONY: May 23 SHOW FOALS RITMOS LATINOS Danforth Music Hall STEVE WINWOOD April 25 – 26 May 2 May 10 June 3 Niagara Fallsview Casino Lee’s Palace Living Arts Centre Air Canada Centre Mississauga MIKE MARINO GARY VALENCIAN RON SEXMITH May 24 April 26 May 3 THE MANTINI SISTERS Toronto Centre for the Sony Centre Massey Hall May 10 Performing Arts Living Arts Centre  HOToronto Spring 2007 Spring 2008 HOToronto  TRUE COLORS: DAVE MATHEWS BAND JOHN MAYER, HIPPIEFEST: OCTOBER , June 18 COLBIE COLLAIT JACK BRUCE & CREAM THE B-52’S, Molson Amphitheatre July 7 ERIC BURDON ROSIE O’DONNELL, Molson Amphitheatre & ANIMALS October 8 INDIGO GIRLS, PAULO NUTINI THE TURTLES General Motors Centre THE CLICKS, June 18 JAMES TAYLOR BADFINGER Oshawa CASON KRESSLEY Molson Amphitheatre July 8 TERRY SYLVESTER June 4 Molson Amphitheatre July 25 LENNY KRAVITZ Molson Amphitheatre WALKING WITH Molson Amphitheatre October 22 DINOSAURS GLEN MILLER Air Canada Centre GERRY DEE June 18 - 22 ORCHESTRA AUGUST June 5 – 8 Air Canada Centre July 9 CELTIC THUNDER Yuk Yuks Toronto Roy Thomson Hall RANCID October 23 AL GREEN August 2 Air Canada Centre BOB NEWHART June 19 RUSH Kool Haus June 5 Sony Centre July 9 NOVEMBER Casino Rama Molson Amphitheatre JACK JOHNSON, ANDRE-PHILIPPE ROGUE WAVE, FEIST KIDS IN THE HALL GAGNON THE BEACH BOYS NEIL HALSTEAD November 3 June 5 June 19 – 20 July 9 – 10 August 3 Air Canada Centre Massey Hall Casino Rama Casino Rama Burl’s Creek Park, Hwy 11 just N. or Barrie THE RACONTEURS RINGO STARR : June 5 June 19 – 20 LINKIN PARK, NINE INCH NAILS Ricoh Coliseum Fallsview Casino THE BRAVERY, August 5 STONE TEMPLE PILOTS, Air Canada Centre ALICIA KEYES, OLIVER JONES, SAM ROBERTS NE-YO, AHMAD JAMAL July 12 AVRIL LAVIGNE JORDAN SPARKS June 23 August 6 June 5 Nathan Philips Square Molson Amphitheatre Air Canada Centre GREAT BIG SEA BOZ SCAGGS July 12 SLIPKNOT, R.E.M., June 25 Molson Amphitheatre DISTURBED MODEST MOUSE, Casino Rama August 8 THE NATIONAL ROBERT PLANT & Downsview Park June 8 CHICK COREA, ALISON KRAUSS Molson Amphitheatre STANLEY CLARKE, July 14 CIRQUE SALTIMBANCO LENNY WHITE, Molson Amphitheatre August 13 – 24 CITY AND COLOUR: AL DI MEOLA Air Canada Centre DALLAS GREEN June 25 REBA McENTIRE KT TUNSTALL June 6 - 7 Sony Centre July 15 – 16 RADIOHEAD Massey Hall Fallsview Casino August 15 RETURN TO FOREVER Molson Amphitheatre LEONARD COHEN June 25 MARK KNOPFLER June 6 - 8 Sony Centre For The July 17 ROD STEWART Sony Centre Performing Arts Molson Amphitheatre August 16 Air Canada Centre BARRY MANILOW THE FAB FOUR: THE CREEDENCE June 6 ULTIMATE, TRIBUTE CLEARWATER MAROON 5, Air Canada Centre June 26 – 17 REVISiTED COUNTING CROWS Casino Rama July 17 August 19 FEIST SAIGON Casino Rama Molson Amphitheatre SUMMERFEST: GILBERTO GIL A VIETNAMESE June 27 GEORGE MICHAELS BROOKS AND DUNN FESTIVAL Massey Hall July 17 August 24 June 8 Air Canada Centre Molson Ampitheatre Casino Rama THE NEVILLE BROTHERS WARPED TOUR CELINE DION BLONDIE June 28 July 19 August 27 – 28 June 12 – 13 Casino Rama Downsview Park Air Canada Centre Casino Rama MICHEL LEGRAND TRIO, CROSBY, STILLS SEPTEMBER THE MANTINI THE BAD PLUS PHIL WOODS & NASH SISTERS June 13 June 28 July 20 FOO FIGHTERS Studio Casino Rama September 6 Virgin Festival LAURIE ANDERSON JULY EAGLES Toronto Island June 13 – 14 July 21 Danforth Music Hall DAVE BRUBECK Air Canada Centre BLOC PARTY QUARTET September 6 EMMYLOU HARRIS July 2 DONNA SUMMER Virgin Festival June 16 Four Seasons Centre July 22 – 23 Toronto Island Massey Hall Casino Rama ORCHESTRA BAOBAB OASIS BILLY BRAGG July 3 WEIRD AL YANKOVIC September 7 June 17 Harbourfront Centre July 24 – 25 Virgin Festival CELINE DION Harbourfront Centre Casino Rama Toronto Island STEELY DAN STEVIE NICKS July 4 MELISSA ETHERIDGE June 18 Casino Rama July 18 Casino Rama Massey Hall

SpringSpring 2 0072008 HOTorontoHOToronto   APRIL Toronto’s first consumer Bangladesh will be displayed cards and nonsport items a tremendous success, with show dedicated to all things at the Show. 35 - 40 renown you are sure to find what you over 100,000 attendees and TOTAL HEALTH 2008 green. Information… companies/manufacturers are desire. Many of the dealers 350 Exhibitors. The event April 18 – 20 Innovation… Inspiration… expected to participate in the have been scouring the featured 5 stages with 1200 Metro Toronto Convention everything you need to green show. The show will provide world to bring you the best multicultural performers in Centre up your life is right there, a rare opportunity for the merchandise they can find. over 300,000 square feet of The focus for the 2008 show under one roof! local buyers, traders, and space at the International is devoted to the SLOW the Bangladeshi producers/ THE CLOTHING SHOW Centre. This event was MOVEMENT, a cultural GOOD FOOD FESTIVAL exporters to interact among May 3, 4, 9 proclaimed the largest shift toward slowing down & MARKET themselves and transact Direct Energy Centre of its kind in the South the pace of life. The aim of April 25 – 27 business. This will also be Local fashion designers, Asian Community. The the slow movement is to gain International Centre a great occasion to view vintage clothing dealers, September event was yet time to “do nothing”, live It’s Canada’s largest Bangladeshi products which jewelery artisans and more another successful event that slow and enjoy the moment. celebration of home cooking are exported worldwide at join together to create a one- accommodated more artists, It advocates replacing the and eating. The Festival is competitive price. stop shopping experience. more shows, more vendors, Fast Food culture with Slow all about food and lots of Unlike a mall, shopping for more festivities and certainly Food, enjoying regional it! Explore what’s new in PREMIUM RETAIL unique and unusual gifts is more fun than that of the produce and traditional the world of ethnic cuisine, GROUP WAREHOUSE easy as The Clothing Show is previous events! foods, often grown gourmet fare, natural foods, SALE FEATURING divided into 5 departments; organically. Such a lifestyle cooking ingredients, and GUESS? Boutique, Streetwear, YMCA CORPORATE preserves agricultural expert advice. April 30 – May 4 Accessories, Sample Sales TEAM CHALLENGE biodiversity, provides the International Centre and Vintage. With such wide May 28 pleasure of eating with YOGA THE Premium Retail Group is selection you are sure to find Direct Energy Centre a global conscience and CONFERENCE AND your source for the latest something for everyone. This corporate team relay returns us to a simpler and SHOW 2008 fashion and accessories at fun run raises money for calmer way of life. April 25 – 27 unbelievable discounts. This PROCTER & GAMBLE the YMCA Strong Kids, Metro Toronto Convention year’s Toronto event features WAREHOUSE SALE which allows individuals ELLE CANADA Centre GUESS? and Marciano. May 7 – 25 and families to participate April 24 – 27 With over 10,000 anticipated International Centre in YMCA programs and Direct Energy Centre participants, 150 exhibitors, MAY services they otherwise The ELLE Show is 100 workshops, classes, ONTARIO CENTRES OF could not afford. Your premiering in Toronto at demonstrations and PHOTOGRAPHIC & EXCELLENCE donation can send a kid to the Direct Energy Centre, entertainment, this show will DIGITAL IMAGING May 12 – 13 camp, provide employment . In true be the ultimate one stop shop SHOW Metro Toronto Convention skills, training, literacy Canadian style, the opening for everything YOGA! May 2 – 4 Centre programs, youth substance night will host the Toronto International Centre Experience the evolution abuse counselling and Fashion Incubator’s New Be sure not to miss the Experience all that is new in of Discovery with all-new transitional housing. Labels Fashion Design International Bestselling digital imaging. Take in any events and features. Try your Competition - a tradition authors, educators and number of FREE seminars business pitch on some of FUND RAISING DAY ‘O8 in Toronto for more than presenters, including world presented by the Henry’s Canada’s leading venture May 28 – 29 15 years. Proceeds are renowned Yoga master School of Imaging and capitalists, angel investors Metro Toronto Convention in support of the Toronto Rodney Yee. Rodney has guest speakers all weekend. and business people at The Centre Fashion Incubator’s efforts received international Learn first-hand the magic of Elevator Pitch. Tackle real- Fundraising Day 2008 in helping young Canadian respect and admiration Apple’s iMovie and iPhoto world problems alongside features a great range fashion design talent get for his practice of Yoga hands-on in the on-site your innovative peers at of expert speakers and started. and has been featured computer lab, featuring the Ontario Science Centre thought-provoking sessions on Oprah. Master Yogis Apple iMac computers. Innovation Challenge. addressing current issues CREATIV FESTIVAL Seane Corn, Baron Baptiste Watch a pro-photographer Take part in Sector Forums facing fundraisers and non- April 25 – 27 (Yoga instructor to the NFL do his magic using pro- to engage in the latest profit managers. Please take International Centre Philadephia Eagles), David equipment by Headshots issues around Ontario’s a moment now to check out Seminars by artists, Swenson, Lilias Folan, Rentals and complete the critical sectors such as the sessions, the speakers, designers & TV hosts, Dharma Mittra and more are workflow process with Jones Cleantech, Energy, Life and the learning outcomes industry expert how-to here to impart their wisdom House Imaging Experts. Sciences, Digital Media and – you won’t be disappointed. demos, mini hands-on and expertise with the Take advantage of our Show Manufacturing. Rethink workshops, make ‘n take beginner and seasoned Yoga Only specials on cameras, today’s models of achieving NAPP CANADA JOB projects, interactive in-booth enthusiast alike! lenses, and accessories. Visit success at their keynote FAIR activities, creative industry the Henry’s Deal Zone for sessions, featuring some of May 29 trends, jewellery making TORONTO TOY, TRAIN fabulous deals only available the world’s leading business International Centre & embellishment tips, & DOLL COLLECTORS’ at the Show! Purchase with authors and thinkers. Job Fair 2008 aims to fashion & couture sewing SHOW your Henry’s Advantage Make vital connections at maximize the benefits of the techniques, scrapbooking April 27 Card and save even more! our expanded networking event for both job seekers & paper arts how-to’s, International Centre Test drive up to a dozen environment. It’s the new and employers. For the decorating & design ideas, different lenses at the Lens you can’t afford to miss. Job Seekers, Job Fair 2008 dazzling & inspiring BANGLEDESH EXPO Gallery. provides an opportunity displays, and a chance to win 2008 SOUTH ASIAN to present their skills and exciting door prizes… and April 29 – May 2 SPORTCARD & FESTIVAL experience directly to extraordinary shopping! Metro Toronto Convention MEMORABILIA EXPO May 17 - 18 employers, to network, to Centre May 2 – 4 International Centre learn useful job searching THE GREEN LIVING Readymade Garments, International Centre Capitalizing on the successes techniques, to access the SHOW Ceramic Tableware, The 34th Sportcard and of the past three events, they hidden job market, and to April 25 – 27 Footwear & Leather Goods, Memorabilia Expo is sure are setting foot on the 5th understand the job prospects Direct Energy Centre Jute Goods and other to please all who attend venture confidently. The May in various sectors. The Green Living Show is exportable products from with over 900 tables of rare 17th & 18th 2007 event was 10 HOToronto Spring 2008 JUNE MIXED MARTIAL ARTS EXPO STEP CANADA June 21 – 22 June 4 – 6 International Centre Metro Toronto Convention Centre General public and all martial This year’s conference will offer a artists will find a ton of things to mix of plenary and workshop sessions see and do each day from show where practitioners will hear about opening to closing! the latest developments in the trust - Watch fighters in training estate field with practical commentary - Train hands-on with seasoned from experts in tax, trust law and MMA stars and up-and-comers insurance. Perennial favourites – the - Hourly demonstrations on a wide Look Who’s Filming Here in T.O.! Practitioner’s Update and CRA variety of styles and techniques Hilary Swank, Mark Wahlberg, Richard Gere, Roundtable – will be included. The - Watch or compete in the NAGA keynote luncheon speech will focus ranked Grappling Tournament Mark Consvelos and more! on STEP’s standard trust provisions. - Shop for MMA apparel, gear and collectables from the exhibitors So you thought you’ve been seeing celebrities walking the streets of Toronto, FESTIVAL OF LIFE: LORD OF - Meet with MMA celebrities on GLORY site for autographs and photos dining at one of our fine restaurants, taking in a game or shopping in our June 6 - General Public ~ participate in trendy antique stores. There’s a very good chance you are right. The fol- International Centre Martial Arts 101 sessions! lowing is a list of feature films and TV movies being shot in and around the Greater Toronto Area this spring and summer, and who is starring in them. PEOPLE IN MOTION JULY June 6 – 7 How do you know who’s filming behind those parked semis and RVs parked Direct Energy Centre ONTARIO CONFERENCE OF along the streets? Check out the signs around the production set or sneak Canada’s premier event for persons SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS a peak at the name of the production listed on the permits attached to the with disabilities, seniors with special ‘CAMP MEETING 2008’ windshields of the vehicles. Cross reference the production title with the list needs and professionals working in July 5 related areas. Metro Toronto Convention Centre below to find out who the stars are! MIAC 2008 is Canada’s largest LOMA CANADA trade show for musical instuments Currently Filming In and Around Toronto June 12 and accessories, keyboards, print Metro Toronto Convention Centre AMELIA THE LIST SARAH’S HOUSE music, software and professional Feature TV Series TV Series Find out by attending the LOMA sound & lighting equipment. The Canada Annual Conference and Hilary Swank, Richard Liza Fromer Sarah Richardson, show is open to trades only and Gere Thomas Smythe hear Keynote Speaker, international admission is free. futurist, trends and innovation expert MAX PAYNE BIG CITY BROKER Feature SAVE US FROM Jim Carroll as he puts into perspective CANADIAN IDOL 2008 how our industry leaders should TV Series Mark Wahlberg OUR HOUSE! July 15 – September 20 Brad J. Lamb TV Series be positioning themselves for this Metro Toronto Convention Centre unique time, providing for innovative MY PARENTS’ “CANADIAN IDOL” is COLIN AND HOUSE SAVING GRACE partnerships, better business the Canadian version of the visibility, relentless customer oriented JUSTIN’S HOME TV Series TV Movie international smash hit series. The HEIST Andrika Lawren Mark Consvelos innovation, and forward oriented first season aired on CTV and leadership insight. TV Series quickly became Canada’s highest Colin McAllister NY-LON SAW V rated television series in history. TV Pilot Feature FAME WORLD Celebrities involved include, CHAMPIONSHIPS & DIRTY BUSINESS Elisha Cuthbert , The Temptations, TV Series SHOULD I STAY OR MARKETPLACE , Gordon Lightfoot, June 13 – 15 Joel McCrae, James PARADISE LOST SHOULD I GO Matt Dusk, , Avril Dale TV Series TV Series Metro Toronto Convention Centre Lavigne, Rhianna, The FAME World Championships & & Celine Dion. The first ever Pro Showdown is the biggest event DIVINE DESIGN PETAL PUSHERS SPOILED ROTTEN Canadian Idol, Ryan Malcolm was TV Series TV Series TV Series in fitness, attracting competitors from crowned on September 16th 2003. all corners of the world and all walks Candice Olson David Rosser of life. The physique competition PLASTIC MAKES categories are perfect for all levels FLASHPOINT PERFECT STYLE BY JURY from ‘beach bodied bikini models’ TV Series TV Series TV Series all the way up to ‘the perfect 6-pack’ Bruce Turner physique of natural bodybuilders, FOOD JAMMERS THE RENO SHOW FAME also offers categories for TV Series TV Series TASTE BUDS dancers, gymnasts, cheerleaders, Nobu Adilman, Micah Neil Davies TV Series martial artists, couples and senior Donovan, Chris Martin citizens. The highlight event is the RENT-A-GOALIE TEAM EPIC PRO Show which takes place on FORENSIC FACTOR TV Series Internet TV Series Saturday night. Athletes must move TV Series Christopher Bolton, Montgomery Bjornson, up a 6-Level Tier System in order to M John Kennedy be eligible to participate. Regional HOLMES ON RESTAURANT events are currently underway HOMES MAKEOVER TILL DEBT DO U$ in Canada, the United States and TV Series TV Series PART overseas. Mike Holmes TV Series Gail Vaz-Oxlade SEARCH ENGINE STRATEGIES CANADA 2008 June 16 – 18 Metro Toronto Convention Centre Search Engine Strategies is the leading global conference and expo series that keeps you informed about search engine advertising, including optimisation and marketing issues. This events will teach you everything you need to know about search engine optimization, search engine marketing and paid search advertising, along with information on product developments from representatives of the search engines. Spring 2008 HOToronto 11 APRIL Greem Theatre Various Locations place outdoors at Queen’s Park Hot Docs Canadian Experience one of the world’s North, MIDF takes a journey April 11 - 20 International Documentary truly outstanding wine festivals, around the world, featuring SPROCKETS TORONTO Festival is North America’s featuring amazing vintages, over 30 drumming groups that INTERNATIONAL FILM largest documentary festival. world-famous winemakers, display the diverse cultural FESTIVAL FOR CHILDREN Each year, the festival presents celebrity chefs and spectacular traditions and drumming styles Various Locations a selection of more than 100 cuisine. Vintners from South from many countries. Sprockets presents the best cutting-edge documentaries Africa are among a record in contemporary and classic from Canada and around the setting 90 international wineries June 4 -8 international children’s cinema. globe. Through its industry arriving in Toronto to uncrate ART OF JAZZ Sprockets is programmed for programmes, the Festival their finest vintages. Distillery Historic District children three to 18, presenting also provides a full range of Art of Jazz is a not-for-profit world, North American, professional development, May 15 - 25 organization, dedicated to jazz Canadian and Toronto market and networking INSIDE OUT FILM FESTIVAL education and performance. premieres of feature and short opportunities for documentary Various Locations Founded in 2005 by Jane films to Toronto and school professionals. Since the beginning, Inside Bunnett, Larry Cramer, audiences. Educational and Out’s mission has been the Lenny Binder, Bonnie Lester entertaining, Sprockets offers MAY promotion and exhibition of film and Howard Rees, Art of children the opportunity to learn and video by or about Lesbian, Jazz is dedicated to the about film and cultures from May 1 - 31 Gay, Bisexual and Trans (LGBT) cultivation of jazz education around the world. Sprockets CONTACT: TORONTO people. And now, through a and performance.Through includes a School Programme PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL variety of initiatives, they are enriched educational activities and a Family Weekend Various Locations committed to nurturing and and innovative live musical Programme, in addition to CONTACT is an annual month supporting new and established performances, they celebrate Cinema Literacy workshops long festival of photography with artists while providing the rich heritage, art of for educators and industry over 500 local, national and opportunities for audiences to improvisation, talent and programming. international artists at more than view the best and most diverse discipline that are the heart and 200 venues across the Greater work of interest to the LGBT soul of jazz. April 15 - 21 Toronto Area in May. Founded communities. CREATIVITY WEEK as a not-for-profit organization June 6 – 8 Ontario College of Art & Ontario 12 years ago, CONTACT is May 24 - 25 BLUES FESTIVAL Science Centre devoted to celebrating, and Woodbine Park Creativity and Innovation Day fostering an appreciation Various Neighbourhoods The premise is simple: is a celebration of the unlimited of the art and profession of Doors Open Toronto is an continually maintain the high creative potential in all of us. photography. As the largest annual event held in the standard established since Its goal is to raise awareness photography event in the City of Toronto, Canada, year one of The Distillery Blues of the opportunity to unleash world, and a premiere cultural that showcases many of the Festival. They’re confident that creativity from within - within event in Toronto, CONTACT city’s unique and historically they’ve hit the mark with the our families, our communities, stimulates excitement and significant buildings to the outstanding 2008 Waterfront our workplaces, our city, discussion among a diverse public. Among the buildings Blues line-up of well-established our country, our world and audience that has grown to over included are offices, places acts and emerging talent. ourselves. 1,000,000 and is focused on of worship, and historical And remember this first-rate cultivating even greater interest landmarks (such as the house entertainment is FREE! April 17 and participation this year’s of William Lyon Mackenzie, first NEW CREATIONS FESTIVAL memories. mayor of Toronto). June 6 - 15 The 4th Annual New Creations LUMINATO Festival, that runs from April 9 May 3 - 11 JUNE Various Locations – 17, celebrates the centennial TORONTO JEWISH FILM Last year Luminato - Toronto’s of Olivier Messiaen (1908-92) FESTIVAL June 7 - 8 Festival of Arts and Creativity by presenting several of the Bloor Cinema MUHTADI DRUM FESTIVAL took centre stage as the vibrant French composer’s The Toronto Jewish Film Queens Park North world’s newest international most demanding, grand-scale Festival showcases feature The Muhtadi International multidisciplinary arts festival. orchestral works alongside drama and comedy, Drumming Festival (MIDF) is The inaugural festival attracted world and Canadian premières documentaries and shorts from a not-for-profit organization over one million participants by living composers who Canada and all around the that hosts a three-day annual to over 100 events, including continue to be inspired by globe, often pairing screenings event held in Toronto on the 10 world premieres, and 3 Messiaen’s work. with the filmmakers for up- first weekend in June. The Canadian premieres. close and personal audience festival celebrates the drum, April 17 - 27 participation, interviews and its universality as an art form, June 7 - 8 HOT DOCS CANADIAN Q&As. and its presence in all cultures BRASS IN THE GRASS MUSIC INTERNATIONAL around the world. FESTIVAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL May 5 - 10 Beginning with a gala Lakeshore Grounds Bloor Cinema, Isabel Bader, The SANTE BLOOR-YORKVILLE opening on the first day of the (Lakeshore & Kipling) ROM Theatre, Innis Town Hall, Al WINE FESTIVAL celebration, and then taking

12 HOToronto Spring 2008 Spring 2007 HOToronto 13 June 7 - 8 produces Toronto’s Pride Week, July 4 - 20 additional weekend at Woodbine WOOFSTOCK a ten day long celebration of SUMMERLICIOUS Park to complement the well The the diverse sexual and gender Various Restaurant Locations established Main Stage concerts identities, histories, cultures, Toronto Special Events is a at , StreetFest, June 10 - 15 families and lives of Toronto’s full-service Section of the and Jazz related workshops. WORLDWIDE SHORT FILM Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, City of Toronto’s Economic FESTIVAL Transsexual, Transgender, Development, Culture & Tourism July 19 Various Locations Intersex, Queer, Questioning division. With a mandate to RASTAFEST 2008 Every year the Worldwide and 2 Spirited communities. develop and promote dynamic, Short Film Festival produces a Pride Toronto has been in innovative and accessible compilation CD of independent existence in various forms since events and festivals, the Toronto July 22 – August 17 Canadian music by Canadian the late 1970’s and annually Special Events office celebrates TORONTO SUMMER MUSIC musicians. The compilation since 1981. Over the years, what the richness and diversity of this FESTIVAL CD is an innovative way for began as a statement on the great city, enriching the quality University of Toronto filmmakers and musicians to existence of lesbians and gays of life for residents and attracting As the Toronto Summer Music collaborate creatively and form has evolved into an inclusive worldwide tourist audiences. Festival enters its third season, working partnerships. The CD is and award winning arts and a month-long celebration of distributed to over 400 festival cultural festival. July 6 - 8 music and music making, delegates. TORONTO FIESTA once again they have chosen June 21 - 22 St. Clair Ave. West (Dufferin to to program concerts around a June 11 - 15 TORONTO INTERNATIONAL Earlscourt) central theme. TORONTO ITALIAN FILM DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL FESTIVAL Centre Island July 11 -13 July 24 - 26 The Bloor Cinema The Toronto International TORONTO OUTDOOR ART BEACHES JAZZ FESTIVAL: Dragon Boat Race Festival EXHIBITION STREETFEST June 12 - 15 (TIDBRF) is an annual dragon Nathan Phillips Square Queen Street East Woodbine to NXNE – NORTH BY boat regatta, first held in As the largest outdoor art Beech NORTHEAST Toronto, Ontario, Canada in exhibition in Canada, the TOAE StreetFest is a Beaches Various Nightclub Locations 1988. It developed from the offers a fresh-air alternative International Jazz Festival North by Northeast 14 takes Canadian International Dragon to conventional art shows and original event showcasing over downtown Toronto June Boat Festival held in Vancouver, galleries. Approximately 500 the finest in Big Band, Swing, 12-15, 2008. For four days and BC. An associated festival artists participate and over Dixieland, Smooth, Post-Bop, nights on the cusp of summer, highlights Asian and other 100,000 visitors attend the Afro-Cuban, Fusion, Funk, NXNE will entertain close to . exhibition every year. Side R&B and Soul sounds that 100,000 people. The Music by side, established artists, Canada has to offer. Upwards Festival will showcase over 500 June 29 undiscovered talents and of 50 bands entertain you performers on stages at 40 of PRIDE PARADE innovative students sell their along a closed 2 km stretch the city’s coolest clubs. The Film Yonge Street (Downtown Core) work directly to the public and of Queen Street East! It’s an Festival will screen the year’s Pride Toronto is the registered make lasting connections with annual 3-afternoon into evening best music-related cinema. not-for-profit organization that art dealers and collectors. pilgrimage for close to a million produces Toronto’s Pride Week, folks who come out to groove June 15 - 17 a ten day long celebration of July 17 - 22 to the music and soak in the TASTE OF LITTLE ITALY the diverse sexual and gender FIRST TAKE STUDENT FILM ambience. Admission is FREE Little Italy – College Street identities, histories, cultures, FESTIVAL to all! College Street, from Bathurst families and lives of Toronto’s Various Locations to Shaw, becomes a pedestrian Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, July 25 - 27 square for the weekend, lined by Transsexual, Transgender, July 18 - 27 TORONTO AFTER DARK local restaurants sampling their Intersex, Queer, Questioning BEACHES INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL very best fare, music on every and 2 Spirited communities. JAZZ FESTIVAL Bloor Cinema corner, shopping and exploring, Queen Street East / Woodbine Park Toronto After Dark Film and some of the best people JULY / Kew Gardens Festival is one of the world’s watching in the city. And in a International Jazz leading showcases of thrilling typical Toronto twist, nestled July 1 Festival has grown steadily international cinema and runs among the great Italian cafes, CANADA DAY COUNTRY JAM since that first year of an every October, just before patios and street performers Woodbine Park afternoon of Jazz in the park into Halloween. The critically are other gems from around the a world-class event that attracts acclaimed festival features new world. July 2 -13 an annual audience of 1 million horror, sci-fi, fantasy, action, THE TORONTO FRINGE people. Now, in celebration animated and cult films from June 21 - 29 THEATRE FESTIVAL of their 20th anniversary, around the world, including PRIDE WEEK 2008 Various Locations Beaches Jazz - voted Toronto’s a number of award-winning Various Locations # 1 music event in a 2006 features and shorts. Pride Toronto is the registered Toronto Star Decima Poll - has not-for-profit organization that been enhanced to include an (continued)

14 HOToronto Spring 2007 Spring 2008 HOToronto 14 Spring 2007 HOToronto 15 the upcoming events planned panel discussions involve for Centennial filmmakers, artists, and people Celebrations including the with professional and personal Junction Arts Festival. experience with mental illness and addiction. September 20 PIONEER FESTIVAL November 7 - 16 Black Creek Pioneer Village THE ROYAL Taste delicious foods, find great AGRICULTURAL WINTER crafts, hunt for bargains and FAIR enjoy a farmers’ market and Direct Energy Centre and most entertaining street old-fashioned entertainment at Truly, a show like no other. AUGUST performers gather in the St. this acclaimed Mennonite and No theatre can offer more Lawrence market to bring the Pennsylvania-German Festival. outstanding live action. No August 7 - 10 thrill of world class street theatre cinema can be as interactive TORONTO’S FESTIVAL to Torontonians. September 28 and involving. No classroom OF BEER WORD ON THE STREET can match the magic of August 26 – September 1 Historic Queen’s Park hands-on learning. Nothing The Beer Store proudly ASHKENAZ FESTIVAL – A On the last Sunday in compares with the multiple presents the 13th edition of FESTIVAL OF NEW YIDDISH September, Queen’s Park will layers of sight, sound, smell Canada’s premier beer festival, CULTURE transform into a booklover’s and taste that make up The Toronto’s Festival of Beer! On Harbourfront Centre paradise with a marketplace of Royal Experience. It’s a part August 7 - 10, they celebrate The Ashkenaz Foundation more than 250 book, magazine of Canadian tradition. It’s the a dozen years of this popular is a community-based non- and literacy exhibits, readings place where entertainment summer tradition at the Historic profit organization dedicated by more than 170 Canadian meets education. Where the Fort York. Festival Organizers, to fostering an increased authors, poets, storytellers, and thrill of competition meets Sponsors and Exhibitors remind awareness of Yiddish and performers, and a myriad of the pride of accomplishment. you to please drink responsibly. Jewish culture through the arts. workshops for aspiring writers. Where the country shows the Through its biannual festival and city a thing or two. August 11 - 17 an expanding slate of year- OCTOBER TORONTO INTERNATIONAL round programming, Ashkenaz November 12 - 16 showcases the work of leading IMPROV FESTIVAL October 4 THE TORONTO REEL contemporary artists from Various Locations NUIT BLANCHE 2008 ASIAN INTERNATIONAL The Toronto International Canada and around the world Various Locations FILM FESTIVAL Improv Festival has quickly working in music, film, theatre, Revellers hit the streets of Various Locations become a top destination for dance, literature, craft, and Toronto to participate in a Canada’s Premier Pan-Asian teams, groups and individual visual arts. playful sunset-to-sunrise International Film Festival. improvisers from around celebration of contemporary A unique showcase of the world. Attendees have SEPTEMBER art. For one night only, all night contemporary Asian cinema traveled from as far away as long, Scotiabank Nuit Blanche and work from the Asian Portugal, Norway and Japan. September 4 - 13 transform public space, making diaspora. Works include The seventh annual Toronto TORONTO INTERNATIONAL contemporary art accessible to films and videos by East International Improv Festival FILM FESTIVAL thousands. and Southeast Asian artist will be held from Monday, Aug. Various Locations in Toronto in Canada, the U.S., Asia 11 to Sunday, Aug. 17, 2008. October 14 - October 26 and all over the world. NOW The festival will feature three September 6 - 7 CHOCOLATE FEST ’08 Magazine has named reel key components: performance, DRAGON BOAT CHALLENGE Various Locations Asian Toronto’s Best Small seminars, and workshops. This is the event where Festival: “(Reel Asian) strikes Dragon boat racing is the fastest Chocolate is featured in all its the best balance between August 15 – September 1 growing water sport in the world. magnificent and tasty forms. cutting edge and community. CANADIAN NATIONAL Helping to drive that expansion ChocolateFest ‘08 promises Strong programming and EXHIBITION in North America is Great White to present three delectable, deep roots attract a super- Exhibition Place North (GWN) Dragon Boat, the delicious and simply decadent hyphenated tribe.” The Canadian National continent’s largest, full-service events including Chocolicious, Exhibition (CNE) is an 18-day dragon boat racing company. The Chocolate Ball and The fair beginning every August Each year, GWN produces Chocolate Show. concluding on Labour Day. Over more than 40 dragon boat www.ChocolateFestivalWeek.com its 129-year history, the CNE events, which raise millions has grown to be the largest of dollars for community and NOVEMBER annual fair in Canada and the charitable partners. fifth largest in North America November 6 – 15 attracting approximately 1.25 September 11 - 14 RENDEZVOUS WITH million visitors each year. JUNCTION ARTS FESTIVAL MADNESS FILM FESTIVAL Dundas St. W. Between Keele and Workman Theatre August 21 – 24 Quebec Ave. Rendezvous with Madness BUSKERFEST The Junction Arts Festival invite Film Festival is an annual St. Lawrence Market Neighborhood all interested individuals and film festival that presents Get Listings Comedy, spontaneity and organizations to participate features and shorts touching a dash of the unbelievable! in this information session to upon the facts and mythology at Welcome to the wacky and be held at local Junction bar, surrounding mental health wonderful world of BuskerFest. Margret at 2952 Dundas Street and addiction. Each program HOToronto.com For 4 days, every August, a West (just east of Pacific Ave). focuses on a different collection of the highest skilled They will be discussing all of theme. Post-screening 16 HOToronto Spring 2008 Spring 2007 HOToronto 17 The warm weather is back and it’s going to be a very hot season for blockbuster movie releases. This guide is designed as a reference source and should be used IRON MAN STAR WARS: as a checklist reminder of movies you plan to see over the coming months. THE CLONE

APRIL BIG STAN Hoffman, Jakie Chan, Eddie Murphy, Elizabeth THE INTERNATIONAL (Comedy) April 25 Angelina Jolie Banks (Thriller) August 15 FOOD FIGHT! Rob Schneider, David Clive Owen, Naomi Watts (Comedy) April 11 Carradine DON’T MESS WITH THE THE DARK NIGHT Haylie Duff, Hilary Duff ZOHAN (Action) July 18 MIRRORS MAY (Comedy) June 6 Christian Bale, Heath (Horror) August 15 PROM NIGHT Adam Sandler, John Ledger Kiefer Sutherland, Paula (Horror) April 11 IRON MAN Turturro, Rob Schneider Patton, Amy Smart Brittany , Scott (Action) May 2 MAMA MIA! Porter, Jessica Stroup Robert Downey Jr., THE HAPPENING (Comedy) July 18 STAR WARS: THE Terrence Howard, (Thriller) June 13 Meryl Streep, Pierce CLONE WARS SMART PEOPLE Gwyneth Paltrow Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Brosnan (Sci-fi) August 15 (Drama) April 11 Deschanel, John Terrence Carson, Anthony Dennis Quaid, Sarah MADE OF HONOR Leguizamo SPACE CHIMPS Daniels, Tom Kane, Jessica Parker, Ellen (Comedy) May 2 (Animation) July 18 Matthew Wood Page Patrick Dempsey, Michelle THE INCREDIBLE Andy Samberg, Jeff Monaghan HULK Daniels TROPIC THUNDER STREET KINGS (Action) June 13 (Comedy) August 15 (Thriller) April 11 POSTAL Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, THE LONGSHOTS Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Keanu Reeves, Forest (Comedy) May 2 Robert Downey Jr. (Drama) July 25 Robert Downey Jr. Whitaker, Hugh Laurie, Zack Ward, Dave Foley, Ice Cube, Keke Palmer Cedric the Entertainer Michael Benyaer GET SMART WILD CHILD (Comedy) June 20 STEP BROTHERS (Comedy) August 15 88 MINUTES SPEED RACER Steve Carell, Anne (Comedy) July 25 Emma Roberts, Natasha (Thriller) April 18 (Action) May 9 Hathaway, Dwayne “The Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly Richardson Al Pacino, Alicia Witt, Emile Hirsch, Matthew Rock” Johnson Leelee Sobieski Fox, John Goodman AUGUST THE ACCIDENTAL THE LOVE GURU HUSBAND THE FORBIDDEN WHAT HAPPENS IN (Comedy) June 20 HE’S JUST NOT THAT (Comedy) August 22 KINGDOM VEGAS … Mike Myers, Jessica Alba, INTO YOU Uma Thurman, Colin Firth (Action) April 18 (Comedy) May 9 Justin Timberlake (Comedy) August 1 Jackie Chan, Jet Li Cameron Diaz, Aston Drew Barrymore, Justin BANGKOK Kutcher, Queen Latifah WALL*E Long, Scarlett Johansson, DANGEROUSLY FORGETTING SARAH (Family) June 27 Ben Affleck (Action) August 22 MARSHALL THE CHRONICLES Fred Willard, Jeff Garlin, Nicolas Cage, Shahkrit (Comedy) April 18 OF NARNIA: PRINCE Ben Burtt, John THE MUMMY: THE Yamnarm Jason Segel, Kristen Bell, CASPIAN Ratzenberger TOMB OF THE DRAG- Mila Kunis, (Fantasy) May 16 ON EMPEROR FLY ME TO THE MOON Georgie Henly, Skandar WANTED (Action) August 1 (Family) August 22 KISS THE BRIDE Keynes, Liam Neeson (Action) June 27 Brendan Fraser, Jet Li, Christopher Lloyd, Tim (Comedy) April 18 James McAvoy, Morgan Maria Bello Curry, Kelly Ripa Tori Spelling, Philipp THE MIDNIGHT MEAT Freeman, Angelina Jolie Karner, Robert Foxworth TRAIN THE ROCKER THE HOUSE BUNNY (Horror) May 16 HANDCOCK (Comedy) August 1 (Comedy) August 22 BABY MAMA Bradley Cooper, Vinnie (Comedy) July 2 Rainn Wilson, Christina Anna Faris, Colin Hanks, (Comedy) April 25 Jones, Brooke Shields Will Smith, Charlize Applegate, Jeff Garlin Dana Goodman Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Theron Greg Kinnear, Dax INDIANA JONES AND EAGLE EYE BABYLON A.D. Shepard, Romany Malco, THE KINGDOM OF THE KIT KITTREDGE: AN (Thriller) August 8 (Action) August 29 Maura Tierney, Holland CRYSTAL SKULL AMERICAN GIRL Shia LeBeouf, Michelle Vin Diesel, Michelle Yeoh Taylor, Sigourney Weaver (Action) May 22 (Family) July 2 Monaghan, Billy Bob Harrison Ford, Shia Abigail Breslin, Joan Thornton COLLEGE DECEPTION LaBeouf, Cate Blanchett Cusack (Comedy) August 29 (Thriller) April 25 PINEAPPLE EXPRESS Bell, Ryan Ewan McGregor, Hugh SEX AND THE CITY: JULY (Comedy) August 8 Pinkston, Kevin Covais Jackman, Michelle THE MOVIE Seth Rogen, James Williams (Comedy) May 30 HELLBOY II: THE Franco, Gary Cole HORRORWEEN Sarah Jessica Parker, GOLDEN ARMY (Horror) August 29 HAROLD AND KUMAR Kim Cattrall, Cynthia (Action) July 11 SISTERHOOD OF Chuck Lamb, Ed Meyer ESCAPE FROM Nixon, Kristin Davis Ron Perlman, Selma TRAVELING PANTS 2 GUANTANAMO BAY Blair, Doug Jones (Drama) August 8 (Comedy) April 25 THE STRANGERS Amber Tamblyn, America John Cho, Kal Penn, (Horror) May 30 JOURNEY TO THE Ferrera, Blake Lively, Roger Bart Liv Tyler, Scott CENTER OF THE Alexis Bledel Speedman, Gemma Ward EARTH 3D THEN SHE FOUND ME (Family) July 11 REPO! THE GENETIC (Drama) April 25 JUNE Brendan Fraser, Josh OPERA Helen Hunt, Colin Firth, Hutcherson (Musical) August 8 Matthew Broderick KUNG FU PANDA Paul Sorvino, (Family) June 6 MEET DAVE Bill Moseley, Paris Hilton Jack Black, Dustin (Comedy) July 11 WALL*E 18 HOToronto Spring 2007 Spring 2008 HOToronto 18 HOToronto is proud to provide the following list of live productions currently staged at theatres throughout Toronto and surrounding areas. This HOToronto Guide to theatre is a comprehensive list of current and upcoming productions scheduled in Toronto. For dates and show times please call the theatre box office direct. STAR WARS: THE CLONE DRAMA 27 Front St .East BEAU JEST 165 Front St. E. What if Misery was a person? April 24 - May 4 Cory, Andrew and Tiga are all BARBER OF SEVILLE Award-winning romance novelist Toronto Centre For Arts avid players of the violent video To May 23 Paul Sheldon is in a car accident; (Studio Theatre) game Dead Ahead. The goal of the Four Season Centre he wakes up to find he has been 5040 Yonge St, Toronto game is “Gangland Supremacy in 227 Front St. E. rescued by his Number One Fan, Encore Entertainment presents Mega City” where society’s rules, Count Almaviva is in love with the Annie Wilkes. It doesn’t take long Beau Jest a Romantic Comedy by mores, and morality have little charming Rosina, a prisoner in the for Paul to realize that he’s not a James Sherman. currency. Using the game format as home of her elderly guardian who patient but a hostage, and Annie a framing device, this teen thriller intends to marry her himself. To has quite a temper. This thrilling BLACK COMEDY / THE REAL examines group dynamics, societal gain access to Rosina, Almaviva tale will have audience members INSPECTOR HOUND responsibility, and ultimately - teen hires the services of Figaro; the on the edge of their seat from start August 20 - September 20 homicide. As the drama unfolds, irrepressible barber who spends as to finish as the suspense builds and Young Centre Distillery District, the play’s characters are thrust into much time scheming as he does will finally give some insight into Here we have paired what we be- a moral dilemma when one of them shaving. where writers get all their ideas. lieve are the two best one-act farces commits murder. Is the murder of the 20th century English theatre. justified? Is murder ever justified? DAUGHTER OF THE HOUSE SISTERS ROSENSWEIG Stoppard’s The Real Should they cover up the crime, To May 3 June 6 - 21 Inspector Hound, set in the theatre, or should they call the police? In Alumnae Theatre - Main Stage Jane Mallett Theatre is a delicious skewering of critics a striking conclusion, the play 70 Berkeley St. 27 Front St. E. and the genre of murder mysteries. becomes interactive – and the We proudly present the premiere of In Black Comedy by Peter Shaffer audience must decide. a play by one of our own members. SIX DEGREES OF (Amadeus, Equus) the madness Set in 1950s Dublin, Daughter of SEPARATION begins when the lights go out… PIED PIPER the House tells the story of Eileen, To April 19 except that in this play the actors June 7 - 29 torn between her desire to follow George Brown Theatre see the darkness and you see the Solar Stage her man to Canada and her duty, as This prize winning play follows the light. 4950 Yonge Street, Madison Centre the only daughter, to stay and care trail of a young con man, Paul, who for her mother. All members of the insinuates himself into the lives of WAY OF THE WORLD RAPUNZEL: THE GIRL WITH family express their views with a wealthy New York couple, Ouisa July 2 - August 2 THE GOLDEN HAIR intensity and humour - no holding and Flan Kittredge. Claiming he Young Centre, Distillery District May 10 - 25 back in this household! A poignant, knows their son at college, Paul William Congreve’s Restoration Solar Stage witty exploration of richly nuanced convinces them that he is the son masterpiece is one of the wittiest, 4950 Yonge Street, characters - with a surprise at the of actor Sidney Poitier and has just sauciest, and most loved of English Madison Centre end. been mugged. Captivated by Paul’s language comedies. Peopled with a intelligence and fascinating wonderful variety of characters, the SEUSSICAL JR. DECEMBER MAN conversation (and the possibility of play is particularly distinguished May 9 - 10 To May 17 appearing in a new Sidney Poitier in its creation of unforgettably as- Lester B. Pearson Theatre Berkerly St Theatre movie), the Kittredges invite him to sertive women. A rare commodity: 150 Central Park Dr, Brampton 26 Berkeley St. stay the night. However, in the a very sexy, very smart and very Based on the works of Dr. Seuss, Colleen Murphy’s latest play, The morning a shocking discovery funny play. all of our favorite Dr. Seuss char- December Man, follows the life changes everything. acters are brought to life, including of a young Montreal man, Jean, WE’RE FUNNY THAT WAY Horton the Elephant, Gertrude whose family attempts to help UNCLE VANYA April 30 - May 3 McFuzz, Lazy Mayzie and all of him cope with the guilt and rage June 5 - 21 Buddies in Bad Times Theatre the Whos of Whoville! These clas- he feels after being caught up in a Young Centre, Distillery District 12 Alexander St. sic, colorful tales are seamlessly tragic act of public violence. It’s time for queer cheer and a brought together by Jojo, a young Based on Marc Lepine’s brutal COMEDY debaucherous comedy line-up! boy and “thinker of strange and murder of 14 women at the Ecole Buddies proudly welcome back the wonderful thinks”! Polytechnique in Montreal in 1989, AS YOU LIKE IT brash and sassy Maggie Cassella, The December Man is a heart- To April 19 for the 12th incarnation of North VARIETY wrenching tale of heroism and Young Centre, Distillery District America’s premiere queer comedy ALIBI despair. An evil duke. A motley Fool. festival. Annually, We’re Funny To April 19 A gaggle of country bumpkins. That Way showcases the most Fairview Library Theatre LIE, CHEAT AND A melancholy philosopher. A girl unique comedic talent from Canada 35 Fairview Mall Dr. GENUFLECT pretending to be a boy pretending and the U.S. June 5 - 14 to be a girl in order to woo a boy. COMPLETE WORKS OF Burnhamthorpe Auditorium The entire world is a stage, and in FOR KIDS AND FAMILY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 500 The East Mall this play the stage is crowded with May 22 - June 7 love and laughter and a delicious DEAD AHEAD Scarborough Village Theatre MISERY cast of players. April 28 - May 16 3600 Kingston Rd. at Markham Rd. May 1 - 31 Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young Bluma Appel People - Studio Spring 2007 HOToronto 19

19 HOToronto Spring 2008 PARANORMAL SHOW LITTLE SHOP OF HORROR Having signed on as a harpooner all come from Stephen Sondheim’s To May 3 July 10 - September 14 aboard the Pequod, a whaling ship legendary musical, Follies. We’re Diesel Playhouse Cabaret Stage West commanded by the mysterious presenting the bittersweet tale of 56 Blue Jays Way 5400 Dixie, Mississauga Captain Ahab, the former the reunion of Broadway showgirls schoolteacher Ishmael gets more and the men in their lives in concert PERFORMANCE SPRING MUSIC HALL REVUE than he bargained for when Ahab, form, so sit back and enjoy our May 7 - 25 April 25 - May 3 obsessed by the great white whale simple and sophisticated version of Factory Mainspace Transac Club that took his leg, turns the voyage this brilliant musical. 125 Bathurst St. 292 Brunswick Ave. into a personal quest for revenge. Book soon – there are only four Music and movement help tell the performances! SEXUAL PRACTICES OKLAHOMA story in this world première of a OF THE JAPANESE April 24 - May 4 new Canadian play by the co-cre- INSPECTOR CALLS May 7 - 18 Scarborough Village Theatre ator of The Overcoat. To November 2 Factory Mainspace 3600 Kingston Rd. at Markham Rd. Festival Theatre - Shaw 125 Bathurst St. MUSIC MAN 10 Queens Parade, April 26 - November 1 Niagara-On-The-Lake SHAKESPEARE’S BITS STRATFORD Avon Theatre - Stratford A spring evening, 1912, and the FESTIVAL 99 Downie St. Stratford prosperous Birling family have May 28 - June 8 CABARET When charming huckster Harold gathered for an intimate dinner. Alchemy Studio May 13 - October 25 Hill arrives in River City, Iowa, Their daughter’s engagement to 133 Tecumseth Avenue Avon Theatre - Stratford with a promise to teach the town’s a fine young man of means is the 99 Downie St. Stratford youth to play in a marching band, cause for celebration, but the fes- SWAN LAKE ON ICE No sooner does struggling writer librarian Marian Paroo rightly sus- tivities are interrupted when a police April 30 - May 11 Clifford Bradshaw arrive in Berlin pects that he’s a fraud. But Harold’s inspector unexpectedly calls. He is Sony Centre for the Performing Arts to work on his novel than he’s dis- silver-tongued gift for selling looking into the death of a young 1 Front St. tracted by a romance with nightclub dreams may be more potent than he woman and as Inspector Goole singer Sally Bowles. Meanwhile, the realizes. questions each member of the fam- MUSICALS world around them is darkening un- ily, skeletons come clattering out of der a sinister shadow, as Hitler’s Na- ROMEO AND JULIET the closet and a remarkable web of CANADIAN EXPLOSION: zis rise to power. Memorable tunes, May 7 - November 8 connections unfolds. A MUSICAL REVUE deliciously decadent dance numbers Festival Theatre - Stratford April 28 - July 6 and a poignant love story have made 50 Queen St. Stratford LITTLE FOXES Stage West this one of the most popular musicals They love each other passionately May 2 - November 1 5400 Dixie, Mississauga of modern times. as only teenagers can – while their Royal George Theatre - Shaw We tuned into the Americans and families, addicted to hatred, em- Picton St. Niagara-On-The-Lake Brits throughout the 60’s and 70’s HAMLET brace a culture of endless violence. Family and money – a lethal combi- and then came , April 23 - October 26 To be united with her Romeo, Juliet nation. When the Hubbard siblings Shania Twain, and Celine Dion. Festival Theatre - Stratford dares to face the terrors of the tomb decide to invest in a cotton mill, By the 90’s, Canada boasted a 50 Queen St. Stratford – but not even the best of plans the struggle for the biggest slice of flourishing music industry and some Devastated to find that his father’s can change the inevitable course of the pie begins. Brothers Ben and of the World’s greatest recording death was no accident – that, in fact, disaster. Oscar connive and scheme, but it stars. Let’s take you on a “Spring the brother who now wears his crown is their powerful sister Regina who Wheel Ridge” from the Guess Who murdered the late king – Prince TROJAN WOMEN will seemingly stop at nothing to in the 60’s to Barenaked Ladies Hamlet immediately vows revenge. May 14 - October 5 get what she wants. The treachery today. Yet putting that vow into practice Tom Patterson Theatre - StratFord of these Southern foxes is a timeless proves agonizingly difficult, and 111 Lakeside Dr. Stratford story about the power of greed. ET SI ON CHANTAIT … Hamlet – perhaps the most famous From the ancient roots of drama (SHALL WE SING?) tragic hero in all of Western drama, comes this powerfully moving LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC April 23 - May 10 and certainly the most enigmatic testament to the endurance of the June 1 - October 4 Berkerly St Theatre Upstairs – can’t even figure out why. human spirit in the face of adver- Court House Theatre - Shaw 26 Berkeley St. sity. After 10 years’ siege, Troy has Picton St. Niagara-On-The-Lake LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST fallen to the Greeks. Now King From the ancient roots of drama EVIL DEAD: THE MUSICAL May 21 - October 4 Priam’s widow, Hecuba, and other comes this powerfully moving testa- To June 14 Tom Patterson Theatre - Stratford women of the ruined city are to be ment to the endurance of the human Diesel Playhouse Main stage 111 Lakeside Dr. Stratford the slaves of their conquerors. But spirit in the face of 56 Blue Jays Way In order to devote themselves to even as they adversity. After 10 years’ siege, What can go wrong when five intellectual pursuits, the King of lament their present calamity, they Troy has fallen to the Greeks. Now college students break into an Navarre and his friends swear to hear predictions of tragedy still to King Priam’s widow, Hecuba, and abandoned cabin in the woods? avoid female company for three come. other women of the ruined city are Apparently a whole heck of a lot! years. When four lovely ladies then to be the slaves of their They unleash evil spirits, turn into arrive on the scene, the men are smit- SHAW FESTIVAL conquerors. But even as they demons… and sing show tunes! In ten – but what about their vow? The NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE lament their present calamity, they Evil Dead: the Musical, Sam Raimi’s members of the 2007 Birmingham hear predictions of tragedy still to cult classic 80s films are brought to Conservatory for Classical Theatre FOLLIES come. life in a hilarious, campy show that perform alongside senior artists in August 29 - October 4 will make you love the theatre again. this delightful comic feast of lan- Festival Theatre – Shaw PRESIDENT guage and love. 10 Queens Parade, June 7 - October 4 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL Niagara-On-The-Lake Royal George Theatre - Shaw July 18 - 26 “Broadway Baby”, “I’m Still Picton St. Niagara-On-The-Lake MOBY DICK Air Canada Centre Here”, “In Buddy’s Eyes”, “Losing In this fast-paced comedy, the July 22 - October 18 My Mind” – celebrated contem- clock starts ticking for a powerful Studio Theatre - Stratford porary Broadway standards that bank president when the young Downie St. Stratford heiress under his care announces 20 HOToronto Spring 2007 her secret marriage to a Communist feminist daughter to finally learn the taxi driver! Norrison tries in vain truth about her mother’s profession. to convince her to divorce him but The shocking news sets the stage for she is prepared to make her big an- a battle royal between mother and nouncement to her parents, who are daughter about sex, love, money and arriving imminently. So what does a morality. Chief Executive do? Simply trans- form this wholly unsuitable suitor WONDERFUL TOWN into the perfectly well-bred, To October 5 well-mannered, well-spoken Festival Theatre - Shaw son-in-law – all in under an hour! 10 Queens Parade, Niagara-On-The-Lake MRS. WARREN’S A musical adventure about being PROFESSION young and pursuing a dream, based July 6 - October 5 on the play My Sister Eileen and the Festival Theatre - Shaw stories by Ruth McKenney. 10 Queens Parade, Sisters Eileen and Ruth arrive in Niagara-On-The-Lake in 1935, fresh off the Shaw’s story of the ultimate test of a bus from Columbus, Ohio, to find mother-daughter relationship is one fame, fortune and love. Lucky for of his most enduring and them, they’ve landed in Greenwich best-loved plays. Mrs. Kitty Village, where artists, bohemians and a cast of colourful characters Warren has worked hard to provide greet them. for her daughter Vivie, to give her the genteel upbringing she never had. Now that Vivie is about to embark on her own career, her mother decides that it is time for her

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Port Credit Memorial Park Mississauga June 13, 14 & 15

The Award Winning Mississauga Waterfront Two wonderful contests will be co-sponsored by Festival takes place June 13, 14 & 15, 2008 in The Mississauga News! Don’t miss the excite- Port Credit, Memorial Park. ment of finding out what talented singer the celebrity judges will choose to be our fifth annual This annual festival is known for “Celebrating Mississauga Future Star! Prizes include a the Best in Great Canadian Music” and that’s $2,000.00 cash prize sponsored by Aielli, a Cana- what you’ll hear at this year’s festival! dian Music Week showcase and chance to record at Metalworks Studios. In the Great Canadian Friday night features singer songwriter, Matthew Dad Contest the winner will take home a number Good coming off his sold-out North American of fabulous prizes including a family barbeque, tour. On Saturday from Vancouver, Canada’s lawnmower and power tools from Home Depot. most popular blues rocker Colin James will hit the main stage. The incredible Suzie McNeill will Learn about the city’s pioneer past with historical perform on Sunday followed by Mississauga’s re-enactments, dancers and singers from Heritage own world-renowned guitarist Rik Emmett and Mississauga. Experience vibrant regalia, thunder- his hot band! All of these exciting performers ing drums and traditional storytelling as the Ojib- are at the height of their careers with hits topping way storyteller and Gonrah Desgohwah White the charts across Canada and Internationally! Pine Dancers, Mississauga of the New Credit and Some great new Canadian talent will also be members of the Métis Nation bring the teachings featured including newly signed, Crash Parallel of the First Nations People through Educational, & the The Sadies, Juno nominee Johnny Max and Interactive And Entertaining Performances on Australian newcomer Marta! our First Nations /Heritage Stage.

Kids won’t know what to do first in the Family There’s lots to do & see with the family at the Fun Village! On the Children’s Stage, MC Patty Home Depot Kid’s Workshop, YTV’S Weird On the Clown will keep everybody excited! They Wheels, Purina Pro Plan Dog Stars featuring the can interact with Splash’ N Boots™ and Miss McCann Dogs, Skyriders Trampoline Show, Piz- Spider™ and the Sunny Patch Kids, and have za Nova’s Kid’s Pizza Workshop, Rock Climbing Advance Weekend Pass - $13 For Adults fun with popular Treehouse TV Friends, Toopy Wall, Petting Zoo, Pony Rides, Funland Carnival, $8 For Seniors 65+ /Children 12 And & Binoo™! Moms, Dads & kids will learn how and Pirate Ship. Marvel at extreme water sports Under to keep fit with Dance n Play with Silke and including the SWYWYS Jet-Ski Stunt Show, sing along with tributes to Hannah Montanna Summer Water-ski Show and Rowing Skills Available by visiting the official Web-Site and High School Musical. They’ll see a live Challenge and see exciting Flatland Riders in and at Various Shoppers Drug Marts Reptilia Show and thrill to a Meet & Greet with the arena. $15 For Adults And $10 For Seniors 65+ every child’s friend, Dora The Explorer™ and /Children 12 And Under At The Gate the popular Max from Treehouse TV’s Max N Children 2 and Under Are Free Ruby ™.

For Further Information Call the Festival

Hotline at: 905-891-0002

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Matthew Good Suzie McNeill

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Pavilions include: Africa, Egypt, Jamaica, Serbia, Armenia, Greece, Lithuania, Scotland, Azerbaijan, Guyana,Macedonia, Caribbean, Hawaii, Philippines, China, India, Poland, Croatia, International, Portugal, Cyprus, Italy and Scotland. CELEBRATING Visit the Carassauga website at www.carassauga.com for updates on the 2008 festival ONTARIO’S & pavilions. PASSPORTS CULTURAL DIVERSITY FOR Carassauga passports are $8.00 in advance and $10.00 at the door. Children 12 and under are free, when accompanied by an adult passport holder. A passport entitles 23 YEARS! the visitor to unlimited entry to all pavilions during festival hours. Passports will be May 23 – 25. 2008 sold at various locations; for more information please contact the Carassauga office (905) 615-3010. Over three fun filled days, visitors will have the unique opportunity to span the globe without leaving the city! RIDE FOR FREE Present your passport to a Mississauga Transit driver during festival hours and travel A Carassauga Festival Passport gets you unlimited access to cultural free both on regularly scheduled Mississauga Transit bus routes, plus on any of pavilions all festival weekend long! Carassauga’s shuttle bus routes. The shuttle bus routes visit each pavilion every 30 minutes and all intersect at the Hershey Centre! Children 12 years of age and under, Each cultural pavilion provides a unique blend of music, fashion, and accompanied by an adult, also ride free. food with a focus on celebrating the city’s cultural diversity. WRISTBAND POLICY IN EFFECT Carassauga’s mission is to organize a city-wide multicultural festival to Carassauga passports are not transferable. Each visitor attending Carassauga will promote understanding, respect and co-operation among all Canadians of have a wristband attached to their wrist and their passport will be clipped when different heritage. Pavilions feature a wide variety of activities depicting they attend their first pavilion this year. To gain admission to subsequent pavilions, many cultures are showcased in arenas, community centres and private halls festival goers are required to both wear their wristband and present their passport throughout the City. Each pavilion showcases heritage through cultural music, each time. If a person removes their wristband, they must purchase another “at door” food, art, fashion, dance and more with over 3,000 volunteers participating and passport at a purchase price of $10 and have a new wristband attached in order to a record 200,000+ people attended the festival in 2007. attend more pavilions. Carassauga volunteers thank everyone for their cooperation with this new procedure.

Streetsville’s 35th Bread and Honey Festival is held in Streetsville Memorial Park, a natural amphitheatre site of 30 acres on the Credit River. This year the festival will take place from June 6 - 8, and as usual, expect the tongue-tantalizing sensations of the locally made bread from the local flourmills in Streetsville, the Reid Milling andADM Milling flourmills. Of course, to go with the local bread, local honey is also used. Various forms of music will be featured on the main stage Saturday and Sunday from 60’s to rock and Jazz, Pop and Country. There will be events and features for children like the petting zoo located on the fair- grounds, including a rubber duck race through the Credit River, food conces- sion stands and various rides. The Bread and Honey Festival begins with the Lions Carnival at 4 pm on Friday with the Mammoth Parade taking place at 10 am sharp on Saturday June 7th. The festival, a non-profit, volunteer-run event, ends at 6 pm on Sunday. Full schedule visit www.breadandhoney.com

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BUY DESIGN 54 $125 per couple for the general EYES WIDE OPEN away from cancer at the age of 7. Date: April 26 public. Date: May 15 In it’s 12th year, Adam’s Dream Location: Distillery Historic District Location: This Is London Fund Dinner Gala raises money for Charity: Buy Design for Windfall Haute cuisine accompanied by fine Charity Mount Sanai Hospital Cancer Research and the Therapeutic Tickets: wine. Conversations with friends Tickets: $180 416-586-8203 Ext. Clown Program at SickKids. Enjoy $75 buydesignforwindfall.ca 3192 old and new at your table, the joy of an evening of food, entertainment, watching whirling couples circling silent and live auctions at Spiral. For Party-goers will strut their stuff in NOIR: Halston lame or polyester pant suits the dance floor in their finest gowns SEXY–SLEEK–SUMPTUOUS more information, please visit www. and formal wear. The Viennese Ball adamsdreamfund.org. to the tunes of the 70’s. Guests walk Date: May 21 is simply unlike any other event on past crowds of hangers-on and receive Location: Liberty Grand the Toronto social calendar. At breaks BARBADOS CHARITY BALL an approving not from the baddest Charity: The Gary * Nancy Pencer in the evening, more contemporary Date: May 31 doorman in town. Sauntering into the Brain Trust music is played for those couples who Locaiton: Metro Toronto opulent world of a bygone era, guests Tickets: glimpse shimmering disco balls and would like to expand their dancing Convention Centre Tickets : a crazy crescent-shaped DJ booth. beyond the waltz JAMES BEARD DINNER Jessica Carrington at 905.472.1188, Joan Rowe at The lavish space comes alive with Date: May 21 SPIRIT OF TORONTO 416.756.1070 or Peggy Murray at energy-fuelled disco-dancers, raven- Locaiton: Drake Hotel Date: May 10 416.614.3143 ous paparazzi and impossibly cool Charity: James Beard Foundation Location: Roy Thomson Hall cats. No worries about missing a beat Tickets: $295 416-531-5042 Ext. Tickets: $105 in advance, $135 day TORONTO TASTE – dance coaches are on hand to teach 113 guests all the right moves. Behind the of show. Roy Thomson Hall box of- Date: June 8 fice or 416-872-4255 Location: Japanese Canadian Cul- velvet rope are hundreds of alluring Five chefs will prepare an individual tural Centre “must have” items up for grabs. course allowing diners to explore re- More than 100 single malt whiskies Charity: Second Harvest This event supports Windfall Clothing gional cuisine from across the country will be poured at this annual tasting Tickets: $225 (tax receipt for $125) Service, Canada’s only NEW clothing as well as get a taste of what makes event! Tickets are $105 and include 416-408-2594 bank. these chefs the best in the business. all samples, a Blender’s Malt Whisky ART GALLERY OF Glass from the Glencairn Crystal POWER BALL 10 Join more than 50 of the top chefs MISSISSUAGA 5th ANNUAL Studio in Scotland, gourmet catering DECADANCE in the city showcasing their culinary courtesy of Daniel et Daniel and the creations in tandem with fantastic ART AUCTION Date: May 22 Date: Spirit of Toronto Masterclass Series wine, beer and spirits.Let yourself be May 2 Location: Power Plant, Location: featuring rare and unique whiskies, tempted by the extraordinary items at Pavilion Royale, 5165 Harbourfront many not available anywhere in Cana- the silent auction, wine auction and Dixie Road, Mississauga Tickets: $140 Members, $160 Non- Charity: da; food pairings, whisky cocktails, raffle, and our fabulous live auction, Art Gallery of members Box Office: 416-973-4000. live jazz and an outdoor cigar terrace in support of Second Harvest. Mississauga VIP Preview Cocktail 416-973-4949 TicketsS: $125 905-895-5088 round out this spectacular evening. THE GREASE BALL BRAZILIAN CARNIVAL 6TH ANNUAL FUNNY GIRLS The evening will feature a four course BALL Date: May 10 AND DYNAMIC DIVA dinner, live entertainment, silent auc- Date: May 24 Location: tion and the main event - an exciting Location: Metro Toronto Charity: Scarborough Hospital Engaging audiences for the past five live auction of original art works and Convention Centre Foundation years Funny Girls and Dynamic Divas luxury items. Charity: Oncology Nursing, Princess returns with their cabaret of Canada’s Tickets: Theatre tickets: $150 Dinner Margaret Hospital finest women comics and musicians tickets: $300 14TH ANNUAL STARLIGHT Ticket Info: 905-475-2520 in support of Sistering, a multi-ser- INSURANCE GALA www.BrazilianBall.com vice centre for homeless, at-risk and Date: May 3 aWEARness socially isolated women in Toronto. Locat Date: May 4 ion: The Carlu The 42nd Brazilian Carnival Ball Charity Time: 1:00 - 2:00 pm VIP preview On Thursday, May 29, the Hot House : Starlight Children’s Founda- will celebrate the remarkable life and tion Canada shopping: 2:00 - 5:00 pm General Band will be recurring their role as spirit of Anna Maria de Souza, the back up band to a new line up of com- Tickets: Shopping Carla 416-868-5697 inspiration and founder of the Ball. ics and musicians. In addition to the Location: Liberty Grand Anna Maria sadly passed away last talent, there will be a Silent Auction. Charity: Princess Margaret Hospital / Take a step back in time to the glitz September 18th after a courageous Items such as hotel accommodations, Ovarian Cancer and glamour of the roaring twenties. battle with cancer. She had a profound massages, concert tickets are up for Tickets: $100 grabs. and lasting impact on the community STARS OF THE and has left this tremendous legacy aWEARness Canada provides a Funny Girls and Dynamic Divas takes 21ST CENTURY to honour. It was her wish for the unique shopping experience, at which place at the Glenn Gould Studio, 250 PRE AND POST Ball to continue to grow and support you can purchase designer fashions at Front St. W. The evening promises PERFORMANCE GALA numerous worthy charities in the to be a celebration of laughter, music Date discounted prices. : May 4 coming years. and splendid eats. All proceeds benefit Location: Toronto Centre for the Arts This is a fashion shopping opportunity the programs at Sistering. Reception Charity: Koffler Centre for the Arts where your purchases of fabulous ADAM’S DREAM FUND begins at 6 p.m. and the show begins Tickets: $375 416-636-1880 Ext. 271 designer fashions translate into gifts GALA DINNER 2008 at 7:30 p.m. of life. Date: May 29 VIENNESE BALL 2008 KEN PAGE Location: Spiral Date: May 10 Charity: Hospital for Sick Children Location: Grand Ballroom, MEMORIAL TRUST 10th ANNUAL FUNDRAISING TIickets: Hilary Prusznowski /www. Royal York Hotel adamsdreamfund.com Charity: Toronto Philharmonia GALA Tickets: Date: May 14 $85 per couple for students, Adam’s Dream Fund was cre- $105 per couple for Stanford faculty Location: Japanes Cultural Centre Tickets: $150 416-515-0200 ated to honour the memory of and staff, and Cardinal Young Alumni. Adam Prusznowski who passed

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FAMOUS PEOPLE PLAYERS Make sure you step back in time and see the on the DINNER THEATRE new show. Guests feast on a four-course meal 110 Sudbury Street served in medieval style as knights on horse- 416-928-1044 back demonstrate precise equestrian tourna- www.fpp.org ment maneuvers along with sword fighting and jousting. Great family entertainment. GOING BANANAS Glitz! January 22 – June 30 SECOND CITY Not just another day at the circus. 51 Mercer Street The Glitz Take a trip to the circus with this hilarious take (at Blue Jays Way, next to Gretzky’s) on ‘Send in the Clowns’. It’s our wildest and 416-343-0011 & Glamour most daring adventure yet. Get your inside look www.secondcity.com at the side-splitting chaos that erupts behind the of Old Hollywood ‘Big Top’. Giggle with us at the hysterical ups, TAZED AND CONFUSE downs and side-to-sides of putting on a circus (Continuing) comes alive at the show. Jump through magical hoops of black Tazed and Confused is a comedy shock to light and roar with laughter. the system – a social defibrillator for a city that has locked itself away in 400 square foot MYSTERIOUSLY YOURS condos, insulating itself from the realities of DINNER THEATRE foreign war, escalating crime and economic 2026 Yonge Street uncertainty. But the urban cocoon can also be 416-486-7469 or 1-800-NOT DEAD a prison – 5 million people living together, www.mysteriouslyyours.com alone. Depressed? Don’t worry; The Second City is here to help you laugh your way For 20 years, high profile and outspoken mem- through it with scenes, songs and a big jolt of bers of the audience have been incorporated into funny. the many different mysteries, put under suspi- cion and embarrassed sufficiently that everyone Returning to the fold for Tazed and Confused else has a memorable time. Of course, all of this is Leslie Seiler, fresh off her tour of duty on good fun with no devastation or humiliation CTV’s Comedy Inc. She joins a cast made intended. up of newcomer Ashley Botting and veterans Friday, October 17 Marty Adams, Jim Annan Darryl Hinds and DANCING WITH THE STARS Karen Parker. Will and all new scenic design Palais Royale CAN BE MURDER by multiple Dora Award winning Camellia (Continuing) Koo, Tazed and Confused will have a fresh Welcome to Dancing With Stars: The Finals! new look to accompany its fresh new comedy. With your host: Jimmy Kibble They’re down to the final 3 couples. Which of them will be the winners? The remaining celeb- STAGE WEST rities are: Shayne Newton, Ryan Seafoam, & 5400 Dixie Road Mary Kate Lohanspears. They’ll be dancing with 905-238-0042 their Professional Partners. As always, the Head www.stagewest.com For Tickets & Information Judge is Bruno Tarantella. Tonight, the Prima Ballerina, Tatiana Imasonova, will be teaching CANADIAN EXPLOSION: please visit everyone a classical, Russian dance. A MUSICAL REVUE www.TheChocolateBall.ca Join the fun and see if you can solve April 24 - July 6 “whodunit?”in the lampooning of the popular We tuned into the Americans and Brits or call reality dance show. throughout the 60’s and 70’s and then came Bryan Adams, Shania Twain, and Celine Dion. 905-593-1608 MEDIEVAL TIMES: By the 90’s, Canada boasted a DINNER & TOURNAMENT flourishing music industry and some of the Exhibition Place, Dufferin Gates World’s greatest recording stars. Canadian 416-260-1234 Explosion takes you on a “Spring Wheel www.medievaltimes.com Ridge” from the Guess Who in the 60’s to the A Signature Event of Barenaked Ladies today. KNIGHTS OF THE REALM ChocolateFest ‘08 (Continuing) Months in the making, and having worked it’s way east through the network of Castles, the new “Knights of the Realm” show has arrived.

26 HOToronto Spring 2007 Spring 2008 HOToronto 26 Tours depart hourly from 11am to 5pm, seven days a week. 6 pm tours run during July and August. The Pick up and Departure location is 151 Front St. W. At the S.E. corner of Front and Simcoe St. Directly beside East Side Mario’s. Tours run from May 1 to October 31.

ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO 317 Dundas St. West, 416-979-6648 / 1-877-225-4246 (toll-free) THE MARKET GALLERY www.ago.net 92 Front Street East 416-392-7120 www.stlawrencemarket.com Founded in 1900 by a group of private citizens as the Art Museum of Toronto, the Art Gallery of Ontario is one of the largest art museums in North America, with a The Market Gallery opened in 1979 and is an exhibition facility for the physical facility of 486,000 square feet. Currently under construction, the AGO’s new City of Toronto, Culture Division. facility will boast 583,000 square feet, and will re-open in 2008 with an innovative Located inside the South St. Lawrence Market on the south-west architectural design by world-renowned architect Frank Gehry. corner of Front Street East and Jarvis Street, the Market Gallery is on The nearly transformed AGO closed its doors on October 7 as they install thou- the second floor in the original council chamber, all that remains from sands of artworks in 110 galleries. They haven’t set the reopening date yet but are Toronto’s City Hall (1845-1899) which once stood on this site. aiming for Fall 2008. The Market Gallery mounts several exhibits and hosts a number of Meanwhile, the public can keep in touch throughout the closure. The AGO’s Gal- special events each year. lery School will continue providing a full slate of classes for adults and children at its temporary location just down the street from the AGO at 60 McCaul. Current exhibits and events happening at the market gallery

A COMMON THREAD: THE TALL SHIP KAJAMA A ’S GARMENT INDUSTRY www.greatlakesschooner.com A Common Thread chronicles the history of the garment industry that This gives you a chance to get on board and sail the Kajama, a traditional 165 foot began over one hundred years ago and centred around Spadina Avenue. three mastered Schooner boat cruise. Only in the Caribbean can this boat cruise be Photographs, vintage clothing and other items including old sewing duplicated. Sit back and relax with a cold drink from their fully licensed bar, as you machines provide a colourful backdrop to this fascinating aspect of set sail on Toronto Harbour and beautiful Lake Ontario. Toronto’s history. This exhibit explores a wide variety of issues such as Enjoy an open water view of Toronto Harbour Fireworks, such as the Symphony of immigrant opportunities, working conditions, union activity as well as Fire, from aboard the Tall Ship Kajama, a 164’ three-masted gaff-rigged schooner ... individual stories of those who worked in this industry. the same ship that has traded in ports from Northwest Spain through western Europe, This event runs until June 15 and as far north as Norway and Russia. This ship, and many more Toronto Cruise Ships, are available for you and your party on the waters of Lake Ontario. ART & ARTEFACT: FINE AND DECORATIVE ART FROM THE CITY’S COLLECTIONS AIR COMBAT ZONE 5170 Dixie Rd., Mississauga 905-602-4775 Presented in partnership with Arts Services and Museum and Heritage www.aircombatzone.com Services, Culture, this exhibition will feature unique historical items from the City’s collections. Running June 21 until October 19. Air Combat Zone puts you behind the controls of a high performance F/A-18 flight simulator. Four flight simulators mean live head-to-head air combat thrills with up to four people. If you’ve ever wondered what it might be like to be a real F/A-18 pilot, ROGERS CENTRE TOUR EXPERIENCE now’s your chance to find out. The Air Combat Zone experience redefines entertain- One Blue Jays Way, 416-341-2771 ment to bring you the thrill of a lifetime. It’s just like the real thing. When you climb aboard an Air Combat Zone simulator, and settle into the ejection Rogers Centre Tour Experience is the best way to appreciate the won- seat, you’ll be amazed. The live instrumentation, working Heads Up Display and ders of Rogers Centre, one of Toronto’s most popular attractions. The replica HOTAS throttle and stick combine to convince you you’re flying a Hornet for tour offers a newly renovated museum area featuring a model of Rog- real! ers Centre, memorabilia from past events, concerts and much more! Your Air Combat Zone experience includes a pre-flight mission briefing to give you See the multi-screen video wall featuring the many exciting sports and the instruction you need to survive in the cyber skies. You’ll also get all the mission events that have been held at the facility. support you need from our staff in the control tower. Regardless of the mission you Rogers Centre Tour Experience is a one hour, fully-guided behind- choose, Air Combat Zone delivers high-octane jet fighter excitement! the-scenes tour. Highlights of the tour include a visit to the Blue Jays Mission packages are developed for various events including: birthday parties, Hall of Fame, a Press Box and a Luxury Suite among other stops. bachelor parties, group night-outs, and corporate events. GROUP TOUR INFORMATION Group rates are available for groups of 20 or more. We are happy to TORONTO HIPPO TOURS accommodate school, adult and youth groups and can customize a tour www.torontohippotours.com based on your area of interest. Tours can also be made available in multiple languages if requested in advance. A Hippo is a unique 40 passenger vessel that offers land and water tours of Toronto. Come splash into Lake Ontario on our Bus that Floats!. Experience an urban safari VISIT in one of Canada’s most beautiful cities with all its historical sites and its magnifi- www.HOToronto.com cent waterways. TO GET MORE THAN JUST ATTRACTIONS. Their city tour of downtown Toronto takes you past some of the city’s major YOU WILL FIND: landmarks such as the Hockey Hall of Fame, Hummingbird Centre, Air Canada Hotel Hot Spots, Hot Spas & Resorts, Wine Country, Centre, Molson Amphitheatre, IMAX, Eaton Centre, , Old and New Fashion & Design Events, Casino Entertainment, City Hall, Toronto’s waterfront and . The 90-minute “urban safari” Live Theatre Directory, Restaurants, Club Hot Spots, is uninterrupted and is fully narrated by our tour escort, to provide you with some Vacation Hot Spots, Cottage Country Getaways, of the history of Toronto and the historical landmarks. The Hippo is driven by a On The Waterfront and a whole lot more! marine licensed captain to ensure your comfort and safety.

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