Press-Release: The Kidzone is Hands-on at the 2008 Junction Arts Festival

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THE KIDZONE is HANDS-ON
at the 2008 JUNCTION ARTS FESTIVAL

Welcome the Art Gallery of Ontario

Toronto, ON, August 20, 2008 – The Junction Arts Festival (September 3 to 7, 2008 in Toronto), produced by the Junction Forum for Art & Culture, presents a cultural extravaganza like no other and the KIDZONE, taking place during the weekend Dundas Street West street closure on Saturday, September 6 (12:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.) and Sunday, September 7 (11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.), encourages participation and creation and is interactive, entertaining and engaging for the entire family.

Now attracting 150,000 visitors annually, the 2008 Junction Arts Festival, which practices and encourages reducing, reusing and recycling throughout the entire festival location, is set to throw the party of the year as the Junction celebrates its centennial of becoming the City of West Toronto in 1908.

The KIDZONE (supported by Scotia Bank of Canada), located at the west end of the Dundas West festival footprint (Quebec Avenue entrance), will present free daily workshops, demonstrations and performances featuring activities in the visual arts, movement, music, film, martial arts and more including the Art Gallery of Ontario (brand new to the festival this year), the National Film Board of Canada Mediatheque, the Academy of Realist Art and the Junction community stage.
There is no registration required for all workshops.

States Junction Arts Festival Executive Director Michael Menegon, "We’re parents ourselves, so we created a KIDZONE that we think parents want to bring their children to; a place where kids can use their imaginations, get physical and learn about their community. And it’s free!"

The Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) will present their Community Home Mural program and Home Button Project in the AGO tent (Saturday and Sunday, 12:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.).
Join the Art Gallery of Ontario’s Gallery School in creating a mural celebrating home and inspired by the Junction Arts Festival, and draw or write what home means to you and then make it into a button! Learn about the new AGO, win tickets to visit and talk to our 'AGO is A GO' community ambassadors.

The National Film Board of Canada Mediatheque (NFB) will present their Get Animated workshop at the NFB Family Animation Station (Saturday and Sunday, 12:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.).

Participants will bring their ideas to life using simple animation tools and techniques and learn about the world of animation filmmaking, exciting animation films and activities. Use your hands and try out fun animation tricks, games and more with your family and the NFB animation workshop team.

The Academy of Realist Art (ARA) will present Kids Art Lessons at the Academy of Realist Art tent (Saturday, 12:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. and Sunday, 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.).

ARA Instructor Diliana Popova will teach the children and teens who would like to begin developing their artistic skills. Participants are introduced to a variety of mediums and techniques through educational and fun projects including portrait drawing, painting with pastels and watercolours.

JUNCTION COMMUNITY STAGE LINE-UP (Dundas St. West and Quebec Ave.).
Saturday, September 6 and Sunday, September 7 (various times, check updated schedule):

• Aathi Muni Agasthiya Silambakkoyil Martial Arts
• Creative Children Dance Studio
• High Park Martial Arts
• Hip Kik Belly Dance
• Rhythm and Motion
• Vivacci Dance Studio

PLEASE NOTE: For more details and updated schedules of all events please visit regularly at www.junctionartsfest.com.

The 2008 Junction Arts Festival will take place along Dundas St. West between Keele St. and Quebec Ave., and will feature free fun and creativity in eight distinct categories; the Visual Art Exhibitions (starting Wednesday, Sept. 3), the Movieola Movie Night (Thursday, Sept. 4), the outdoor Live Music Stages (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) and the Dance/Street Performance Artists, the Poetry Peepshow, the KidZone, the Green Village, and the Historic City (during the weekend on Saturday, Sept. 6 and Sunday, Sept. 7).

The 2008 Junction Arts Festival will be supported by title sponsor the Junction Business Improvement Area, and Department of Canadian Heritage Anniversary program, Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund, Toronto Arts Council, NOW Magazine and The Villager.

The Junction Forum for Art and Culture (JFAC) is an arts presenting organization whose main project is the annual Junction Arts Festival. JFAC was incorporated as a non-profit group in February 2004. The people who make up the Board of Directors of the Junction Forum for Art and Culture are dedicated cultural producers, artists, residents, business owners and politicians all of whom are connected in some way to the Junction.

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For media information, artist biographies and interviews please contact:
Laurie Lockhart,
Publicist
2008 Junction Arts Festival
Tel: 416-988-2530
Email: gtmessage@sympatico.ca
Web: www.junctionartsfest.com

For general information, please contact:
Junction Forum for Art & Culture,
2008 Junction Arts Festival
Tel: 416-767-5036
Email: junctionartsfest@bellnet.ca
Web: www.junctionartsfest.com
Councillor Bill Saundercook (Ward 13, City of Toronto), JFAC Chair


links:
Press Release: David Usher Headlines the 2008 Junction Arts Festival
Press-Release: Visual Art Ignites the 2008 Junction Arts Festival
Press-Release: Live Stages Rock for Three Days at 2008 Junction Arts Festival
Press Release: Dance and Street Performers Come Alive at the 2008 Junction Arts Festival
Press-Release: The Kidzone is Hands-on at the 2008 Junction Arts Festival
Press-Release: The 2008 Green Village is Home Green Home at Junction Arts Festival
Press Release: The Historic City: A New Zone Celebrating the Junction's Centennial at the 2008 Junction Arts Festival
toronto4kids.com: THE KIDZONE is HANDS-ON at the 2008 JUNCTION ARTS FESTIVAL

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Press Release: Dance and Street Performers Come Alive at the 2008 Junction Arts Festival

Screenshot: Junction Arts Festival 2008: Street Performances

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Photo: Larchaud Dance Project

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Dance and Street Performers Come Alive
at the 2008 Junction Arts Festival

Toronto, ON, August 18, 2008 – The Junction Arts Festival (September 3 to 7, 2008 in Toronto), produced by the Junction Forum for Art & Culture, presents a cultural explosion second to none and the outdoor dance and street performances will burst to life during the weekend street closure on Saturday, September 6 (12:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.) and Sunday, September 7 (11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.).

Now attracting 150,000 visitors annually, the 2008 Junction Arts Festival is set to throw the party of the year as the Junction celebrates its centennial of becoming the City of West Toronto in 1908.

Throughout the one kilometre festival footprint on Dundas Street West (between Keele Street and Quebec Avenue), local and national dance groups, specializing in street performance, will present site-specific, random and roaming flash performances, contemporary interpretive pieces, street theatre pieces, performance art pieces and improvisational ensemble pieces spontaneously animating the Junction Arts Festival streetscape.

Former artistic director of fFIDA International Dance Festival (16 years) and Junction Arts Festival executive producer Michael Menegon states, "The one thing that people have repeatedly talked about and was hugely popular from last year's festival were the dance street performances. So, for 2008 we're bringing back some of last year's groups and adding some new ones; all specializing in street performing. They will transform the street into a carnival of surprises and everyone loves a surprise!"

WEEKEND DANCE/STREET PERFORMER LINE-UP (listed in alphabetical order)
Saturday, September 6 (12:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.) and
Sunday, September 7 (11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.):

• ASM Dance (featuring Jasmyn Fyffe, Adene Blackwood, Andrew Blackwood, Ashlee Deweerd, Solange Fermin, Kathy Lewis, Amanda Nicole).
• BAIN & BERNARD COMEDY (featuring Warren Bain, Matthew Bernard).
• JAY9 DANCE PROJECTS (featuring Jannine Saarinen, Anton Pasquarella, Tara Roberts, Jeff Stevenson).
• LARCHAUD DANCE PROJECT (featuring Robyn Alfonso, Jase Cozmic, Markus Laczk, Mayumi Lashbrook, Jennifer Robichaud, and youth performers Dylan Harding, Kacy Temple, Sidney Temple).
• NAGBOT – New Age Ghetto Ballet of Toronto (featuring Eroca Nichols, Kristina Udegbunam).
• OCTAMEROUS (featuring Brodie Stevenson, Amanda Acorn, Emily Law, Jennifer Lécuyer, with original music composed by Christopher Willes).
• PRAIRIE SKY PRODUCTIONS (featuring Catherine George McLaughlin, Kate Stashko).
• r.a.d. (featuring Laura Bolender, Julie Grant, Ivana Matovina, Liisa Murray, Zita Nyarady).
• TORONTO AERIAL DANCE.
• VERONIQUE MACKENZIE’S CITIZENS (featuring Veronique Mackenzie, Lisa Phinney, Susan Cook, Melissa Lively, Jacinte Armstrong, Kim Kraushar).

Ten ensemble companies from Toronto and provinces including Alberta and Nova Scotia will showcase unique performances.

ASM Dance founded by Jasmyn Fyffe presents a piece which explores the meaning and idea of materialism and addresses the societal norms and behaviours associated with the obsession of material things. Using contemporary movement, text/poetry and songs the idea of obsession and possession over material goods is displayed.

Bain & Bernard; a high-energy vaudevillian duo perform a comedy sketch. Drop by their wooden wonder cart and sample their “This Thing, That Thing, Everything Anything Elixir”.

Jay9 Dance Projects present the amazing automatons in “Wound About”, where life-sized wind-up toys come to life and dance around when audience members are invited to wind them up.

The Larchaud Dance Project will succeed once again in astounding all with their extreme physicality and unstoppable presence imagining what would happen if individuals of the punk movement were to travel back in time to influence the future and formation of society.

"NAGBOT", described as beat impromptu and superheroes of rhythm, have united into one tribe and will make their way as nomads across the universe taking over one street corner at a time.

Octamerous uses a group choreographic process and presents a site-specific installment entitled "Everything Ordinary", in which a group of strangers arrive in an alien culture and must learn how to make their way in this new environment.

Prairie Sky presents "Lucy’s Living Room", which is structured improvisation and a choreographer’s play with words, based around the central idea of urban green space and inspired by a game of Boggle.

r.a.d continue to create relationships with those who are not usually exposed to dance and will perform "Any Woman, Any Time" (four different comical vignettes), which will serve a taste of female etiquette and its evolution over the past century.

The Toronto Aerial Dance will present "Century"; a performance art piece retelling the story of the Junction Triangle in Toronto. Inspiring aerial choreography is woven with innovative modern dance to a back drop of projected images and original visual arts depicting the region.

Veronique Mackenzie’s "Citizens", inspired by the flash mobbing phenomena, will gather in an undetermined location perform some brief action, and then quickly disperse. As quickly as people realize there is something going on, the performance will have scattered only to reappear somewhere else.

PLEASE NOTE: For more details, artist biographies and updated schedules of all dance/street performance artists and all events please visit www.junctionartsfest.com.

The 2008 Junction Arts Festival will take place along Dundas St. West between Keele St. and Quebec Ave., and will feature free fun and creativity in eight distinct categories; the Visual Art Exhibitions (starting Wednesday, Sept. 3), the Movieola Movie Night (Thursday, Sept. 4), and the outdoor Live Music Stages, the Dance/Street Performance Artists, the Poetry Peepshow, the KidZone, the Green Village, and the Historic City (during the weekend on Saturday, Sept. 6 and Sunday, Sept. 7).

The 2008 Junction Arts Festival will be supported by title sponsor the Junction Business Improvement Area, and Department of Canadian Heritage Anniversary program, Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund, Toronto Arts Council, NOW Magazine and The Villager.

The Junction Forum for Art and Culture (JFAC) is an arts presenting organization whose main project is the annual Junction Arts Festival. JFAC was incorporated as a non-profit group in February 2004. The people who make up the Board of Directors of the Junction Forum for Art and Culture are dedicated cultural producers, artists, residents, business owners and politicians all of whom are connected in some way to the Junction.

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For media information and interviews please contact:
Laurie Lockhart,
Publicist
2008 Junction Arts Festival
Tel: 416-988-2530
Email: gtmessage@sympatico.ca
Web: www.junctionartsfest.com
For general information please contact:
Junction Forum for Art & Culture,
2008 Junction Arts Festival
Tel: 416-767-5036
Email: junctionartsfest@bellnet.ca
Web: www.junctionartsfest.com
Councillor Bill Saundercook (Ward 13, City of Toronto), JFAC Chair

links:
Press Release: David Usher Headlines the 2008 Junction Arts Festival
Press-Release: Visual Art Ignites the 2008 Junction Arts Festival
Press-Release: Live Stages Rock for Three Days at 2008 Junction Arts Festival
Press Release: Dance and Street Performers Come Alive at the 2008 Junction Arts Festival
Press-Release: The 2008 Green Village is Home Green Home at Junction Arts Festival
Press Release: The Historic City: A New Zone Celebrating the Junction's Centennial at the 2008 Junction Arts Festival
Dance Ontario: Bringing Dance Information & News to Ontario
torontolife.com: Arts & Entertainment Guide: Junction Arts Festival
"To help cele­brate the Junction’s 100th anniversary, organizers have invited 10 groups from across Canada and the United States to form the dance component of this annual performance and visual arts festival. With last year’s demise of the Fringe Festival of Independent Dance Artists, the Junction’s party is now the only wildly diverse showcase for dance in Toronto."—Paula Citron
When: Sep. 3/08 - Sep. 7/08
Free Event
Location: The Junction: from Keele St. to Quebec Ave

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Toronto Junction Local Option Art Awards: Self Guided Walking Tours

Map: The Local Option Art Awards Participated Businesses
Credit: wtjhs.ca

You are welcome to take a self-guided Local Option Art Awards tour. Be a part of the Art of Democracy in the heart of "Junction City".

The Local Option Art Awards is a West Toronto Junction Historical Society initiative with 20 local businesses hosting 27 artists exploring the themes of this storied community and vying for $1,000 first prize, $500 second prize and $250 third prize which will be determined by public vote.Vote for your favorite works and you may win 'The Spirit of the Junction' sculpture by award-winning artist Reid English.

Voting closes at 2 pm Sunday, September 7, 2008 on the last day of the Junction Arts Festival, winners will be announced at 4:30 pm Sunday, September 7, at the Latitude 44 Gallery, and Local Option Awards will be presented at WTJHS Silent Auction, on Thursday, October 23, starting at 7 pm at the Latitude 44 Gallery (2900 Dundas Street West, Toronto, M6P 1Y8).

For more information, visit www.wtjhs.ca, or email westjunction@bellnet.ca Please include the words "Local Option Tour" on the subject line. Ballots and maps available at all participating businesses.
Visit www.latitude44gallery.ca, phone: 416-769-2900.

The Local Option Art can be viewed at the following participating Dundas Street West businesses:

• Picture It Framed: 3047 Dundas Street West, Toronto, ON M6P 1Z5
• The Relax Shack: 3026 Dundas Street West, Toronto, ON M6P 1Z3
• Agora Mediterranean Cafe: 3015 Dundas Street West, Toronto, ON M6P 1Z4
• Parkdale-High Park Ontario Early Years Centre: 2918 Dundas Street West, Toronto, ON M6P 1Y8
• Taylor's Shoes
• The Hair Lounge: 2940 Dundas Street West, Toronto, ON M6P 1Y8
• The Beet Organic Café & Market
• Triple Z Roti
• Pascal's Bagels and Baguette
• Athens House of Beauty
• Optometrists: Dr. Brian S. Feldman and Associates: 2913 Dundas Street West, Toronto ON M6P 1Z1
• Latitude 44 Gallery Framing Decor: 2900 Dundas Street West, Toronto, ON M6P 1Y8
• Forever Interiors: 2903 Dundas Street West, Toronto, ON M6P 1Z3
• Blockbuster Video
• Hole in the Wall
• Phil's Espresso Bar
• Pandemonium New & Used Books and Discs: 2862 Dundas Street West, Toronto, ON M6P 1Y9
• Super Submarine, 2856 Dundas Street West, Toronto, ON M6P 1Y8; 416-762-9849
  
• West End Holistic Centre
• Shox's Billiards Lounge, Bar and Grill: The Local Option: 2827 Dundas Street West, Toronto, ON
• High Park Marshal Arts: 3094 Dundas Street West, Toronto, Ontario M6P 1Z8

links:
Junction Art Tour: The White Goddess Graces Pandemonium
The AJO: Toronto Art Junction Option + Guided Walking Tours
Toronto Junction's Rich Living Exposition of Art: the Local Option
Vital Links Between Arts and Business: Toronto Junction Local Option
Explore the Local Toronto Art Scene and Vote for Your Favourite Artist
insidetoronto.com: Celebrating art is the function at the Junction
by Lisa Rainford, July 31, 2008

Press Release: The Historic City: A New Zone Celebrating the Junction's Centennial at the 2008 Junction Arts Festival

Screenshot: Junction Arts Festival 2008: The Historic City: Happy 100th to the Junction, Sept. 6 & 7

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The Historic City: A New Zone Celebrating the Junction's Centennial at the 2008 Junction Arts Festival

Happy 100th to the Junction!

Toronto, ON, August 27, 2008 - The Junction Arts Festival (September 3 to 7, 2008 in Toronto), produced by the Junction Forum for Art & Culture, presents a cultural extravaganza like no other and the Historic City is a new area at the 16th annual festival (taking place during the weekend street closure on Saturday, September 6 and Sunday, September 7), which will honour the 100th anniversary of the Junction officially becoming the City of West Toronto by the Province of Ontario in 1908.

Now attracting 150,000 visitors annually, the 2008 Junction Arts Festival, which practices reducing, reusing and recycling throughout the entire festival location, is set to throw the largest party of the Junction's centennial year as the area remembers its significant history and looks forward to the future.

The Historic City, located at High Park Avenue and Dundas Street West (Saturday, 12:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m., and Sunday, 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.), will feature fun events for the entire family and will present live stage performances including Boom Times Cabaret - Heart of the Junction Talk Show (with local actor/historian Neil Ross as Junction journalist A. B. Rice) and guitar and banjo duo Doin' Time, plus West Toronto Junction Historical Society walking tours, archival photo exhibits, turn-of-the-century children's games, photo opportunities in period costume, vintage fire and police vehicles and the Toronto Aerial Dance Company will present "Century"; a performance art piece.

Councillor Bill Saundercook (Ward 13, City of Toronto) and JFAC Chair states, "The Junction has an incredible past, which has had an undeniable influence on the area's vibrant present. It has been the Junction Forum for Art & Culture's (JFAC) honour to have presented the year long centennial celebrations in the Junction, on behalf of the Junction BIA and all of its residents."

West Toronto Junction Historical Society centennial committee chair Neil Ross states, "The Historic City is a true merging of story and place. The new zone is situated beside the old Avenue Hotel and behind is the track of the old Carlton Race Course (location of the first Queen's Plate). It is an interactive, informative musical comic dialogue, which may give us a rollicking insight into the Junction's future."

On the Historic City stage (September 6 and 7 at 1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m.), the Boom Times Cabaret - Heart of the Junction Talk Show will take to the stage for six performances with host Neil Ross as Junction journalist A. B. Rice, Samantha Martin as Dr. Minerva Reid (the first lady of medicine) and the Boom Times Band. Their guests are a cavalcade of historical, contemporary and musical originals.

The Cabaret audience will be up close and personal with the 'Legends of the Junction'; the conmen, lawmen, musicians, politicians and scribes who built "Junction City" will come alive. Discover the Junction's railway roots; sample its breathtaking diversity of culture and character in a monologue, interviews, sketch and song.

Doin' Time (also on the Historic City stage on Saturday, September 6 only, at 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.), featuring "Five Fingers Pete" and "Ramblin' Reg" now crisscross the country on their musical road to redemption atoning for passed indiscretions by singin' and playin' rather than coning and cheating.

The West Toronto Junction Historical Society (WTJHS) will invite visitors to experience "Junction City" through the eyes of the men and women who built it. The Society will present the 'Legends of the Junction Walking Tours', which will leave from the WTJHS booth at the Historic City (Saturday, September 6 at 11:30 a.m., 3:30 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. and Sunday, September 7 at 11:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.) and proceed back in time to rendezvous with historical characters enroute, who will give participants a first hand account of their lives and times in the thriving railway town.

The Toronto Aerial Dance Company is extremely proud to be presenting "Century"; a performance art piece retelling the story of the Junction Triangle in Toronto (Sunday, September 7 only, at 1:30 p.m. and 4:00 p.m.) at the Historic City area.

Inspiring aerial choreography is woven with innovative modern dance, to a back drop of projected images and original visual arts depicting the region. "Century" will retrace the steps of three transformative eras: The ongoing consolidation of an integrated community, the expansion of urbanization and finally, the first sparks of industry.

A live visual artist will paint onstage, creating improvisational pieces in response to each era, representing the ongoing history, growth and diversity of the area. Recorded music will be accompanied by live instrumentation.

For more Historic City information go to,
www.junctionartsfest.com/2008/sites/historiccity/.

Also, join current and former Junction residents at the 'Junction Homecoming'; a celebratory picnic marking the Junction centennial (Saturday, September 6 in Vine Avenue Park, 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.)

If anyone has ever lived or worked in the Junction they will be able to re-connect, meet celebrities, political figures, historians and make new friends, and visitors of the Homecoming can bring their Junction stories and be eligible to win great prizes, generously donated by local businesses, or can send their stories ahead of time to junctionhomecoming@yahoo.com or call 416 767-9068.

For more 'Junction Homecoming' information go to,
www.junctionartsfest.com/2008/sites/homecoming/.

The 2008 Junction Arts Festival will take place along Dundas St. West between Keele St. and Quebec Ave., and will feature free fun and creativity in eight distinct categories; the Visual Art Exhibitions (starting Wednesday, Sept. 3), the Movieola Movie Night (Thursday, Sept. 4), the outdoor Live Music Stages (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) and the Dance/Street Performance Artists, the Poetry Peepshow, the KIDZONE, the Green Village, and the Historic City (during the weekend on Saturday, Sept. 6 and Sunday, Sept. 7).

PLEASE NOTE: For more details and updated schedules of all events please visit regularly at www.junctionartsfest.com.

The 2008 Junction Arts Festival will be supported by title sponsor the Junction Business Improvement Area, and Department of Canadian Heritage Anniversary program, Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund, Toronto Arts Council, NOW Magazine and The Villager.

The Junction Forum for Art and Culture (JFAC) is an arts presenting organization whose main project is the annual Junction Arts Festival. JFAC was incorporated as a non-profit group in February 2004. The people who make up the Board of Directors of the Junction Forum for Art and Culture are dedicated cultural producers, artists, residents, business owners and politicians all of whom are connected in some way to the Junction.

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For media information and interviews please contact:
Laurie Lockhart,
Publicist
2008 Junction Arts Festival
Tel: 416-988-2530
Email: gtmessage@sympatico.ca
Web: www.junctionartsfest.com

For general information please contact:
Junction Forum for Art & Culture,
2008 Junction Arts Festival
Tel: 416-767-5036
Email: junctionartsfest@bellnet.ca
Web: www.junctionartsfest.com
Councillor Bill Saundercook (Ward 13, City of Toronto), JFAC Chair

links:
Press Release: David Usher Headlines the 2008 Junction Arts Festival
Press-Release: Visual Art Ignites the 2008 Junction Arts Festival
Press-Release: Live Stages Rock for Three Days at 2008 Junction Arts Festival
Press-Release: The 2008 Green Village is Home Green Home at Junction Arts Festival
Press Release: The Historic City: A New Zone Celebrating the Junction's Centennial at the 2008 Junction Arts Festival

Junction Homecoming: Invitation to Centennial Bash
martinflowers.com: Boom Time Cabaret: "The Boom Times Cabaret merges arts and heritage, making legends of the Junction's past come to life. The Cabaret will be performed on the "Historical Stage" during the 16th Annual Junction Arts Festival on September 6 and 7, 2008. Come and see historical characters like D.W. Clendenan, A.B. Rice and Minerva Reid as they share stories and songs based on the Junction's colourful past.
There will be two Martin ladies and one Martin gentleman taking part in one performance. The young ladies will be dressed in floral gowns. Stacey will wear an interpretation of an 1890's dress, and Chloe will model a 2008 creation. Julian will be taking part in the Cabaret, playing the role of his great-grandfather, Alfred Martin."
virginradio999.com: Events: 2008 Junction Arts
torontolife.com: Arts & Entertainment Guide: Junction Arts Festival
"To help cele­brate the Junction’s 100th anniversary, organizers have invited 10 groups from across Canada and the United States to form the dance component of this annual performance and visual arts festival. With last year’s demise of the Fringe Festival of Independent Dance Artists, the Junction’s party is now the only wildly diverse showcase for dance in Toronto."—Paula Citron
When: Sep. 3/08 - Sep. 7/08
Free Event
Location: The Junction: from Keele St. to Quebec Ave

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Press-Release: The 2008 Green Village is Home Green Home at Junction Arts Festival

Screenshot: The 2008 Junction Arts Festival is pleased to announce its Green Village focus - HOME GREEN HOME

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The 2008 Green Village is Home Green Home at Junction Arts Festival

The entire festival runs on Bullfrog Power: 100% green electricity

Toronto, ON, August 26, 2008 - The Junction Arts Festival (September 3 to 7, 2008 in Toronto), produced by the Junction Forum for Art & Culture, presents a cultural extravaganza like no other and HOME GREEN HOME is the theme for the second annual Green Village, which takes place during the weekend street closure on Saturday, September 6 (12:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.) and Sunday, September 7 (11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.).

Now attracting 150,000 visitors annually, the 2008 Junction Arts Festival, which practices and encourages reducing, reusing and recycling throughout the entire festival location, is set to throw the party of the year as the Junction celebrates its centennial of becoming the City of West Toronto in 1908.

The second annual Green Village, presented also for the second year by Bombardier Inc., is back bigger than before and will demonstrate and inspire positive methods of how to incorporate green conscious living into everyone's home and lifestyle.

Starting at the east end of the Dundas West festival footprint (Keele Street entrance), a number of environmental organizations, guest speakers and community groups will present information, daily lectures, workshops and demonstrations on ways to reduce your ecological footprint. Save money with eco- renovations and ways to reduce energy consumption, discover government programs, alternative energy sources, city planning initiatives and more.

Councillor Bill Saundercook (Ward 13, City of Toronto) and JFAC Chair states, "We are proud to have Bombardier Inc. back at this year's Junction Arts Festival as our Green Village sponsor. The Green Village goal is to motivate festival visitors and cultivate interaction through knowledge, discovery and participation with environmental concerns, and we applaud all participating groups and organizations."

Junction business owner Martin Scott of Forever Interiors states, "This year at the Junction Arts Festival we embrace creativity in the ways in which we focus on the concerns of the environment. Join us in the second annual Green Village as we artfully help you solve the needs of your environment - your home. Home Green Home."

Equally as important, the 2008 Junction Arts Festival proudly announces it will be 'Bullfrogpowered' with 100% green electricity.

'Bullfrogpowered' means that Bullfrog Power will inject carbon-free green power onto the Ontario electricity grid to match the amount of electricity used by the Junction Arts Festival. Bullfrog's green power is sourced exclusively from wind power and low-impact hydro producers who meet or exceed the federal government's EcoLogoM standard for renewable energy.

Choosing green, carbon-free power is an easy way for homes, businesses and organizations to help fight climate change and create a healthier environment for future generations. Visit Bullfrog Power on the web at www.bullfrogpower.com.

Additionally, a new special feature of the 2008 Green Village is the Junction Tree Tour (meeting on the N.W. corner of Keele Street and Dundas Street West, Sunday September 7 at 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.), which will be presented by Local Enhancement & Appreciation of Forests (LEAF).

Join LEAF arborist Todd Irvine as he explores the Junction neighbourhood to uncover both historic and newly planted native trees. From back streets to grand boulevards, the Junction is home to a diverse array of trees including the rare black oak often associated with High Park and a honey-locust with a vigorous, arching canopy that is 60 feet across.

The tour will also feature the personal story of one resident who has turned her front yard into a 'monarch feeding station' by packing it full of native trees, shrubs and prairie plants.


For more Green Village information go to www.junctionartsfest.com/2008/sites/greenvillage/.

GREEN VILLAGE VENDOR LINE-UP (listed in alphabetical order)

• 1 800 RID OF IT
• Carbon Challenge
• Cathy's Crawly Composters
• City of Toronto, Toronto Environment Office
• Enfleurage Organics/Golden Designs
• Faces of Fair Trade
• Fred Dwyer Real Estate
• Global Aware
• GM of Canada
• Junction BIA Sustainability Booth
• Landcare
• LEAF (Local Enhancement & Appreciation of Forests)
• Lifecycles Wellness
• RONA Home and Garden
• Seeds of Diversity
• Ten Thousand Villages
• The Little Green Book of Big Savings
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The 2008 Junction Arts Festival will take place along Dundas St. West between Keele St. and Quebec Ave., and will feature free fun and creativity in eight distinct categories; the Visual Art Exhibitions (starting Wednesday, Sept. 3), the Movieola Movie Night (Thursday, Sept. 4), the
outdoor Live Music Stages (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) and the Dance/Street Performance Artists, the Poetry Peepshow, the KIDZONE, the Green Village, and the Historic City (during the weekend on Saturday, Sept. 6 and Sunday, Sept. 7).

PLEASE NOTE: For more details and updated schedules of all events please visit regularly at www.junctionartsfest.com.

The 2008 Junction Arts Festival will be supported by title sponsor the Junction Business Improvement Area, and Department of Canadian Heritage Anniversary program, Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund, Toronto Arts Council, NOW Magazine and The Villager.

The Junction Forum for Art and Culture (JFAC) is an arts presenting organization whose main project is the annual Junction Arts Festival. JFAC was incorporated as a non-profit group in February 2004. The people who make up the Board of Directors of the Junction Forum for Art and Culture are dedicated cultural producers, artists, residents, business owners and politicians all of whom are connected in some way to the Junction.

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For media information, artist biographies and interviews please contact:
Laurie Lockhart,
Publicist
2008 Junction Arts Festival
Tel: 416-988-2530
Email: gtmessage@sympatico.ca
Web: www.junctionartsfest.com

For general information, please contact:
Junction Forum for Art & Culture,
2008 Junction Arts Festival
Tel: 416-767-5036
Email: junctionartsfest@bellnet.ca
Web: www.junctionartsfest.com
Councillor Bill Saundercook (Ward 13, City of Toronto), JFAC Chair

links:
Press Release: David Usher Headlines the 2008 Junction Arts Festival
Press-Release: Visual Art Ignites the 2008 Junction Arts Festival
Press-Release: The 2008 Green Village is Home Green Home at Junction Arts Festival

planetfriendly.net: Green / Environmental Event: Green Village at the Junction Arts Festival (Sept 3 - 7)
thegreenpages.ca: HOME GREEN HOME is the 2008 GREEN VILLAGE THEME at the JUNCTION ARTS FESTIVAL
climatecrisis.net: Official An Inconvenient Truth: Global Warming Effect, Al Gore Movie, Climate Change, CO2 Emissions & Solutions

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Volunteer Opportunities at Toronto Junction Arts Festival: September 3-7, 2008

Poster: Call to Volunteers for the Centennial celebration Toronto Junction Arts Festival 2008
Credit: junctionARTSfest.com

Volunteers Needed!

The Junction Arts Festival (September 3-7, 2008) needs over 100 volunteers to help make this year’s festivities possible.

Join our Street Team in one of these exciting positions:
[V] Reception and Gala Attendants
[V] Gallery Attendants
[V] Green Team members
[V] Set-up & Strike Crew
[V] Info Booth & Access Gate Staff
[V] Technical Support

Thursday, August 21, 7pm-9pm
OR
Monday, August 25, 7pm-9pm

Location:
Axis Bar and Grill
Sports Room, Downstairs
3048 Dundas Street West
(at High Park)
Snacks will be provided.

Register by RSVPing
to volunteer@junctionartsfest.com
or 416-767-5036
and let us know which of the following sessions you will be attending.
(Registration at orientation also welcomed)

Visit junctionartsfest.com/2008/volunteer for more information.

Dear Friends of the Junction,

The Junction Arts Festival 2008 is seeking the most dynamic and passionate of ambassadors' to volunteer and represent this year's festival as part of JAF Street Team 2008. Street team members play a vital role in how the festival is seen and heard by all that come to experience the excitement and magic of the street. It is our aim to make these experiences as enjoyable,
memorable, and fulfilling as possible, and we cannot do this without the help of our brilliant volunteers.

We invite you to come and be part of this visually stimulating, environmentally friendly, street festival. This year's festivities starts September 3rd with an opening night gala, Movieola movie night on the Thursday, Live music starting Friday night, headlined by David Usher on Saturday, and full street closure featuring our sensational street performers on Saturday and Sunday September 6th to the 7th.

New this year, we are also looking for charismatic members to lead and usher our exciting "green team" as part of this year's Green Village at the festival. Join us as we answer the call and endeavor to make this a greener and more environmentally friendly festival than any we've had before.

Exciting Street Team positions available:
* Reception and Gala Attendants
* Gallery Attendants
* Green Team
* Set-up & Strike Crew
* Info Booth & Access Gate Staff
* Technical Support

Time commitment: We are seeking a minimum of one five hour shift commitment as well as mandatory attendance to one of our orientation sessions.

Orientation session: Thursday August 21st at 7pm OR Monday August 25th at 7pm.

Where: Axis Bar and Grill, 3048 Dundas Street West. Snacks will be provided.

Sign up at volunteer@junctionartsfest.com

**Please Note: if you cannot make either of these sessions, please contact the office immediately so that we may make alternate arrangements; Orientation is mandatory**

If you have any further questions, concerns or comments, please do not hesitate to contact us at 416 767 5036 or visit www.junctionartsfest.com

See you in the Junction!

Sincerely,

Brenda N. Kahura
Assistant Producer

Paul Reynolds
Festival Coordinator

3042 Dundas Street West
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M6P 1Z3
t: 416 767-5036
e: volunteer@junctionartsfest.com

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Volunteer Opportunities at Toronto Junction Arts Festival 2008 Centennial Celebration

links:
junctionARTSfest.com: Call to volunteers
WorkInCulture.ca: Cultural Careers Council Ontario: Call to Volunteers! Junction Arts Festival
junctionARTSfest.com: Volunteer at Junction Arts Festival
junctionartsfest.blogspot.com: Volunteering Opportunities at the Festival

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Junction Homecoming: Invitation to Centennial Bash

Poster: Junction Homecoming: September 6, 2008
Credit: wtjhs.ca

Centennial Bash at the Junction Homecoming
community reunion

Saturday, September 6, 2008
11 am - 4 pm
during the Junction Arts Festival

Vine Avenue Park
(between McMurray Avenue and Pacific Avenue, north of Dundas Street West)

[V] bring your stories
[V] listen to great music
[V] special guests
[V] share a junction story, any story, and your name goes into the hat to win one of the fabulous prizes donated junctioneers of past and present

come and share the past, present and future

The reunion was the idea of Doris Moxam, who has worked at Taylor Shoes, and it supported by the Junction BIA and the West Toronto Junction Historical Society.

For details:
Call 416-766-3345 or 416-767-9068
Share your stories by e-mailing junctionhomecoming@yahoo.com
or visit www.facebook.com: Junction Homecoming - Centennial Bash

Flyer: Participating Junction Businesses invite you home!

Come and enjoy the first ever Junction Homecoming Reunion! Come rain or shine!
Please pass this information around to friends, neighbours, families, co-workers, communities.

links:
insidetoronto.ca: Junction expatriates invited to community reunion
"Junction expatriates are invited "home" to celebrate with old friends and neighbours at a community reunion during the Junction Arts Festival, as part of the neighbourhood's centennial celebrations this year."
BY LISA RAINFORD
Local News: Summer in the Toronto Junction City
goldbook.ca: Martin's The Flower People: Join us in celebrating our 110th Anniversary on September 6th
Come to the Junction Arts Festival to see our contemporary floral art installations. See a floral interpretation of a dress from 1898. Visit the Boom Times Cabaret and drop in at the Junction Homecoming picnic. Join the Junction celebration of Historic Mind/Modern Eye in art of all kinds. Let’s Celebrate!
facebook.com: The Junction Arts Festival
facebook.com: Junction Homecoming - Centennial Birthday Bash
facebook.com: The Troubadour Bar
facebook.com: Junction Parents
facebook.com: Junction
facebook.com: Up The Junction Toronto
facebook.com: Nuit Blanche Toronto

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