The Beaches International Jazz Festival will celebrate rock music with the Rockfest concerts set for this weekend in Scarborough. The concerts will take place in the parking lot of the Guildwood GO Station, 4105 Kingston Rd., on Friday, March 24, and Saturday, March 25. Admission to the performances, which will feature a number of tribute […]
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Films at the Fox: Women Talking features excellent performances and solid screenplay
Local student Brady Burkett shares his reviews of movies that have recently been shown, or will be shown, at the Fox Theatre on Queen Street East in the Beach. By BRADY BURKETT I greatly appreciate when a movie has a solid title, and Women Talking has one of my favourites. It’s simple, catchy, and describes […]
Community Lantern Parade set for tonight at Dentonia Park to welcome Spring Equinox
A Community Lantern Parade is set for the night of Sunday, March 19, in Dentonia Park to help welcome the Spring Equinox. East End Arts, Shadowland Theatre and Workman Arts are teaming up to host the community lantern celebration that begins at 7;15 p.m. in the parking lot at the east end of Dentonia Park, […]
Mike Stevens and The Schotts perform this Saturday at Acoustic Harvest concert
The Saturday, March 18, Acoustic Harvest concert will feature world-renowned harmonica player Mike Stevens along with the bluegrass duo The Schotts. The concert takes place at 8 p.m. at St. Paul’s United Church, 200 McIntosh St. in southwest Scarborough. Doors for the show will open at 7:30 p.m. A 2023 Canadian Folk Music Awards nominee, […]
Notre Dame students create portal for The Beach BIA art display along Queen Street
As part of The Beach BIA’s Moonlight Madness celebration last month, students from Notre Dame Catholic School were invited to contribute a work of art celebrating the community. The Portals project featured a number of artworks set up in areas along Queen Street East from the R.C. Harris Water Treatment Plant in the east to […]
Light it Up 2023 celebration welcoming the Spring Equinox will feature Community Lantern Parade in Crescent Town
East End Arts, Shadowland Theatre and Workman Arts are teaming up to host a community lantern celebration this month to welcome the Spring Equinox. Light it Up 2023: An East Toronto Lantern Celebration will feature a Community Lantern Parade on the night of Sunday, March 19, in the Dentonia Park and Crescent Town neighbourhood. The […]
Poetry of the late Lavell Ferris celebrated in book Bright Fish
By CINDY CHIM The poetry of the late Lavell Ferris is being celebrated in a book published by her husband Frank Baldock. A Beach resident and former journalist and wine writer, Baldock published the book Bright Fish in memory of Ferris who died in March of 2020. “If I had not done that, the poetry […]
The Two Fours band set to perform tonight at Press Vinyl Cafe on Danforth Avenue
Tonight (Tuesday, Feb. 28), the Press Vinyl Cafe hosts The Two Fours and their Good Old Rock ‘n’ Roots ‘n’ Blues Party. Owner Trevor Stafford called the local band “…a rock ‘n’ roots foursome covering tunes from blues giants to rock ‘n’ roll royalty. “Expect to hear Van Morrison, Dion, Muddy Waters, Elvis, The Band, […]
Black History Month: Canticles III (MMXXII) by poet George Elliott Clarke pays tribute to the African Baptist Association of Nova Scotia
By AHMED DIRIE Beach resident George Elliott Clarke returns to his epic poem anthology with the recent release of Canticles III (MMXXII) delving into the African Baptist Association of Nova Scotia. A Halifax native, Clarke felt right at home when he moved many years ago to the Beach community and its waterfront aesthetic. “Being from […]
Musicians excited to be performing in Winter Bach concert at Kingston Road United Church on March 4
The Kingston Road Village Concert Series presents The Side by Side Winter Bach #2 concert on Saturday, March 4, at 7:30 p.m. The concert will take place at Kingston Road United Church, 975 Kingston Rd. The March 4 concert will feature University of Toronto music students Emma Schmiedecke on cello and Arlan Vriens on violin […]