TWASblog – All Eyes on Culture!

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…