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This Wonderful Weekend in Toronto!
Friday, July 28, 2023, 7pm, Brock Stonefish @Indigenous Sounds Now, Ontario Place Trillium Stage, Toronto Friday, July 28 – 8:10/9:15pm Gary Farmer & The Troublemakers @Indigenous Sounds Now, Ontario Place Trillium Stage, Toronto Friday, July 28 – Aug. 6, 2023, King Gilgamesh and the Man of the Wild @Soulpepper Theatre, Distillery District. Friday, July 28…
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Another Busy Weekend in Toronto! July 20 – July 23, 2023
See www.twasonline.com and sign up for www.twasblog.com Thursday, July 20, 2023, 7pm, Moskitto Bar @Drom Taberna, 458 Queen St. W. Friday, July 21 – Sunday, July 23, 2023, TD Weekend (Beaches Jazz) featuring Jay Douglas, Johannes Linstead and more @Woodbine Park, Toronto https://www.beachesjazz.com/tdweekend Friday, July 21 – Sunday, July 23, 2023 – Toronto International Brazilfest…
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Award-Winning Photographer and Artist, Carolyn Quan gives Toronto photography workshop!
Sunday, July 16 – 10 am to 12 noon Visionary OCAD graduate and Torontonian now located in California, Carolyn Quan, gives a rare in-person workshop in Toronto. Carolyn has a unique vision that she applies to mixed media artwork, and a line of clothing. She has worked in Toronto, Hawaii, New York and California and…
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This Weekend in Toronto!
See www.twasonline.com and sign up for www.twasblog.com Friday, July 14, 2023, 11am, Reimagining the African Diaspora with Coco and Kwanza, @ TPL Albion, 1515 Albion Rd. Toronto. Friday, July 14 – Sunday, July 16, 2023 – Salsa on the Beach @Woodbine Park, Toronto Friday, July 14 – Sunday, July 16, 2023 – Taste of the…
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This Week in Toronto!
Wednesday, June 28, 2023, 8pm, Barnes + Woldemichael Ethiojazz @Hirut Café, 2050 Danforth Ave. Thursday, June 29, 2023, 8:30pm, Lorraine Klaasen @TD Village Stage Friday, June 30, 2023, 4:30pm – 6pm, Reimaging the African Diaspora with Coco and Kwanza (ages 8-12) @Albion TPL, 1515 Albion Rd., Toronto Saturday, July 1, 2023, 10am, Pulga Dance Fest…
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Fantahun Shewankochew releases 6th cd, Lemen?!, on Friday, June 16, 2023.
Ethiopian-Canadian composer, arranger, krar player and vocalist, Fantahun Shewankochew came to Toronto in 2011. He may have left his home in Addis Ababa behind physically, but his music and culture have always played an important role in his life here. He has shared his artistic gifts at Harbourfront Centre, the Music Gallery, Habari Africa Festival,…
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Book Review: How to Clean a Fish: And Other Adventures in Portugal
by Emanuel Melo Originally published on https://thetorzorean.com/ I spent the weekend sitting in my garden, with a most enjoyable read of How to Clean a Fish: And Other Adventures in Portugal by Esmeralda Cabral. I haven’t been to the Costa da Caparica, near Lisbon, but after reading Esmeralda’s travel memoir of her family’s stay for eight months…
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6th Annual Malcolm X Day Celebration
Saturday, May 20, 2023 @7pm Featuring Waleed Kush African Jazz Ensemble and Osaze Dolabaille Small World Music Centre, 180 Shaw St., Tickets: $30 The Jabari Project proudly celebrates the birth of Malcolm X instead of Queen Victoria again this Saturday, May 20, 2023. The intimate space at the Small World Music Centre will see a…
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Spring/Summer 2023 Events
June 14 – Cliff Cardinal and the Sky-Larks (NXNE), 9pm @Painted Lady, 218 Ossington Ave., Toronto 15 – Words, Music and Black Experience feat. Donna Bailey Nurse, ahdri zhina mandiela, and D. Brainerd Blyden-Taylor, 5pm @ Harbourfront Centre Theatre, Toronto 16 – Fantahun Shewankochew Album Release Concert 8pm@Alliance Francaise, 24 Spadina Rd. (north of Bloor),…
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EVENT REVIEW: Waleed Kush African Jazz Ensemble – Pilgrimage to the Nubian Pyramids @Small World Music Centre, Friday, April 21, 2023
by Lise Watson Waleed Kush African Jazz Ensemble illuminates the deep African roots of jazz while at the same time, countering the perpetual dystopic images of Africa. But the most important aspects of this unique ensemble and its recent performance at the Small World Music Centre are the ways the band members connect with the…
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