Welcome Wise Daughters!

Wise Daughters Craft Market: A collection of local art and handicrafts

Wise Daughters Craft Market: Local handicrafts and do-it-yourself workshops

Mary Breen, Owner of the Wise Daughters Craft Market

Wise Daughters Craft Market
Local handicrafts and do-it-yourself workshops

3079B Dundas Street West, Toronto, ON, M5P 1Z9
(on Quebec Ave, just south of Dundas)
www.wisedaughters.com
wisedaughters@sympatico.ca
416-761-1555

WELCOME WISE DAUGHTERS

Mary Breen is opening the Wise Daughters Craft Market in the Junction and the response has been overwhelming. She has been welcomed to the community by bloggers, artists and residents eager to support a new initiative that will feature the work of local artisans and artists. Her two story studio opening Saturday January 31 in the old Pilates Studio on Quebec just south of Dundas promises to be a gathering point for community members of all ages.

She says that a lot of the things at Wise Daughters can inspire you to make them yourself. In a recession people need to make things on their own, especially from found, recycled and repurposed objects. Examples abound at Wise Daughters, from the hanging mobiles of Rhona Jones to the primitive folk art dolls of Paula Rossley whose characters come with biographical information of extraordinary detail. She has two dozen vendors, about two thirds of whom are selling their work on consignment.

Also featured are the works of Junction area artists Rhonda Nolan, Sandra Muscat and potter Cori Sandler. In pride of place is a sewing machine owned by Mary’s mother. Who wanted to be a fashion designer and instead became a bacteriologist at Sick Kid’s Hospital. Mary’s life has also been dedicated to a unique path merging public sector work with an artistic sensibility. She has worked for organizations concerned with at risk youth, labour history and adult literacy. Wise Daughters supports the work of Sketch, offering creative expression to the homeless, and the women’s craft/artisan collective Sistering.

The Craft Market will be open late Thursday and Friday nights. Thursday night is Sit and Stitch night from 7-9pm. Drop in to knit, needlepoint, crochet or whatever. Mary will also be offering a number of public workshops including Storytelling: Ideas to Stage with Morgan Jones-Phillips, Journal with Paint with Rhonda Nolan and Beaded Necklace with Katherine Flynn.

Drop in and welcome Wise Daughters to the Junction. Inspire yourself!

Neil Ross

Soviet Cult Films at Margret: Ivan's Childhood

Poster: Soviet Cult Films Night at Margret January 31, 2009:
Ivan's Childhood (1962) by Andrei Tarkovsky

Presented by Big Daddy's DVD Shop
Credit: Margret Bar / Lounge for the Junction

The Arts Junction presents
Soviet Cult Films at Margret Movie Night

Saturday, January 31, 2009
6:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Ivan's Childhood (Ivanovo detstvo)

director: Andrei Tarkovsky
year: 1962
genre: Drama / War
country: Soviet Union
language: Russian / German with English sub-titles
color: Black and White
company: Ministerstvo Kinematografii

Margret Bar / Lounge for the Junction
2952 Dundas Street West, Toronto, ON

*Admission: Free

The fifth night with the first feature film directed by the great Andrei Tarkovsky. A beautiful work, filled with poetic flourishes and a permeating melancholy. A child–warrior… A Russian Anakin Skywalker. It is the most Soviet movie of Tarkovsky. A hint of genius with many nods to the titans… The film contains many images that would later become his trademark. You cannot treat other people as a lowest race. It might come back at you with vengeance. The price Russia paid not to be destroyed was too high and almost deadly with consequences to the future generations.

The Arts Junction
http://www.artjunction.blogspot.com

** The AJ (artjunction) is an independent, local blog dedicated to arts and culture events in the Junction area of Toronto West, and Russian cultural events coming up in Toronto.



links:
eventful: Soviet Cult Movies at Margret
criterion.com: Ivan’s Childhood: Dream Come True BY DINA IORDANOVA
Soviet Cult Films at Margret: Opening Night
Soviet Cult Films at Margret: The White Sun of the Desert
Soviet Cult Films at Margret: Ashik-Kerib
Soviet Cult Films at Margret: Seasonal Classic and Masterpieces of Animated Shorts
Soviet Cult Films at Margret: Ivan's Childhood

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Public Spaces: Junction Public Square Initiative: Give It a Kick

Junction Square: Multipurpose Area

Junction Public Spaces – Junction Public Square Initiative

Here are some straightforward things that you can do. You may want to put up a Junction Public Space poster somewhere. We can send you one, soon we will have a local place where they can be picked up.

We need advice from you on every aspect of this initiative - feel free to give it. There are a lot of tasks to be accomplished that do not take up a lot of your time. And there are some efforts that will need a little time, you choose. We will not get this done unless a lot of people give it a kick. With that hand holding aside, please use the following resources and help us get going.

Join our low-traffic e-mail discussion list for people who care about public spaces in the Junction. Ask questions there, so everyone can help answer the questions. E-mail us at junctionps@gmail.com for us to add you to the list.

Contact us, and arrange a phone call, or to meet up - we even plan to have discussions where everyone tells everyone else about how the project should be run.

Robert Hilts, Artist
Marek Rozkowski, Architect

Junction Residents’ Association meeting webcasting:
January 15, 2009 @ artjunction.blogspot.com

Junction Public Square Project: Idea Discussion Drawings: For Your Comments

Junction Square: view from Dundas Street West and Pacific Avenue

Junction Public Space - needs and idea discussion drawings produced by High Park Architects based on the initial idea expanded to incorporate ideas from the last Junction Residents Association meeting.

Junction Square: front view from Dundas Street West looking north

Junction Square: Multipurpose Area

Junction Square: Amphitheatre

Junction Public Square: Idea Discussion Drawings: Floor Plan

Please find other drawings and specifications on the High Park Architects' wiki.
For your comments e-mail: junctionps@gmail.com
Thank you.

"Medicine For Melancholy" Photo Contest: Get a Chance to Win $1,000 and More

Screenshot: Brickfish Social Media: "Medicine For Melancholy" Photo Project
Credit: brickfish.com

"Medicine For Melancholy" Photo Project

All it takes to enter is a camera and the city you live in. I hope it will be a lot entries from Canada, Ontario, Toronto, the Art Junction District! Check out the details here:

http://www.brickfish.com/Entertainment/MedicineforMelancholy?tab=overview

12/30/2008 - 2/24/2009
252 Entries Submitted (for January 16, 2009)

Watch the Medicine for Melancholy trailer to get a sense of the film's strong performances & location then submit a photo of the city you call home for a chance at $1,000 and more.

links:
Medicine for Melancholy
TIFF08: My Russian Film List: Smaller, Thinner and Lighter

Junction Residents' Association Meeting Tonight LIVE on Webcast!

Stream videos at UstreamCredit: Your Fab VA
Expertise To HELP You Manage Your BUSINESS

Tonight @ 7pm, please attend the JRA meeting at the West Toronto Baptist Church, 3049 Dundas St. W.

If you would like to attend, but can't make it to the church, you can watch it live at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/junction-residents-association. Click the link now and you should arrive at our broadcasting window with the JRA logo.

Memberships can be obtained between 6:30pm and 7pm. You can print out this JRA Membership Form and fill it out before you come to save time.

On the agenda is the Time Capsule Project, a February Free Event and an update on the Public Spaces Project.

Please email us if on-site baby-sitting is required.

Thanks, and we will see you there!

junctionra@gmail.com

links:
The West Bend Community Association
TWBCA January Meeting: WednesdayJanuary 21, 2009 @ 7:00pm - Guest Speaker: Gord Perks
"We have booked Councillor Perks to come and provide an update on City plans and programs. Bring your questions for the councillor."

Roncesvalles-Macdonell Residents' Association (RMRA) - Toronto
January 27, 2009
Planning. Come to hear about recent developments in our community
"A New Community Arts Festival is being organized to debut in April 2009
Kiteworks
KiteWorks is an ad hoc, not-for-profit collective that believes art can work to build stronger communities and bring about meaningful social change!
With your help, KiteWorks aims to coordinate an interdisciplinary community arts festival in Parkdale called KiteSite: Ronces-dale / Park-valles. The festival is scheduled for the first weekend of April 2009.
We believe that the ideas driving the festival must come from community members like all of you!"

Bloor West Village Residents Association

South Junction Triangle Residents Association

Happy New Year 2009!

Happy New Year 2009 from the Arts Junction!
Credit: Microsoft Office clip art

January 1, 2009 @ artjunction.blogspot.com

A very Happy New Year to all of you that stop by here now and then and to all others as well.

All the best in 2009!

CPR Holiday Train Steams into the Junction of History

The Canadian Pacific Holiday Train Brings the Holiday Season Magic to the Junction
December 2, 2008 @ artjunction.blogspot.com

CPR HOLIDAY TRAIN STEAMS INTO THE JUNCTION OF HISTORY
By Neil Ross

The Canadian Pacific Holiday Train steamed into the Junction Tuesday night, flying Canadian and American flags and a neon Christmas tree. The Junction crowd was made up of families and other residents jubilant to be allowed access to the railway yard for the first time in their lives. Apparently, the train’s stop was something of a coup for Councillor Saundercook who appeared in a box car with Councilors Nunziata and Palacio. The Holiday Train raises money for local food banks and it was a joy to be able to contribute knowing the proceeds would go to be used right here in the community as the cold weather was a grim reminder of how much we need to share in this northern clime. Also sharing were Tim Horton’s who provided free coffee and hot chocolate to the crowd. This is the tenth anniversary of the holiday train and over its decade it’s raised two hundred and thirteen tons of food and over one and a half million dollars.

As the big doors opened on the side of the box car the unmistakable strains of the theme to the Friendly Giant swept across the crowd. Santa Claus himself was the first performer channeling James Brown as the hardest working man at the North Pole and revealing an extraordinary set of lungs on the long notes. Also featured were Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame member Tracey Brown, CCMA winner Johnny Reid, and singer/guitarist/song-writer Shaun Verreault. The highlights included a song written on board the train just that day which seemed to be called A Change is Coming which had Junction parents dancing with their children and children dancing with each other. Another was the guitar solo during Silent Night . . . and there’s a sentence you don’t get to write very often. Actually Silent Night had been nicely adapted to the 2008 Politically Correct Carol Book to Sabbath Night, which played quite well, and considering the aforementioned guitar solo was perhaps a more apt title than Silent Night.

Junction Historical Society train expert Raymond Kennedy (trainweb.org/oldtimetrains) had been scheduled to give a talk on the history of railways in the Junction of which he is an invaluable fount of lore. Unfortunately, his talk was only briefly mentioned from the train and Raymond wisely put the event off for some later date. It’s a shame as Raymond could have given the crowd something the other speakers could not: what the trains really meant to this historic community. We’re told that if enough excitement is generated the CPR will bring the train back next year. An old Junction rebel whispers in my ear: "how much excitement would it take for them to rebuild the railway station?" but the food bank is a right now need and the CPR is to be commended.

Happy Holidays from the West Toronto Junction Historical Society Centennial Committee.

2008 © Neil Ross

Neil Ross, writer/comedian/historian
West Toronto Junction Historical Society
Centennial Committee Chair

Soviet Seasonal Classic and Masterpieces of Animated Shorts at Margret

Poster: The Arts Junction’s Soviet Cult Films Night at Margret: Neptune's Holiday
Credit: Margret Bar / Lounge for the Junction

What are you doing on the last Saturday night of the year?

The Arts Junction presents the Soviet Cult Films at Margret

The Fourth Movie Night with the Soviet Seasonal Classic Movie:
[*] Neptune’s Holiday (1986)
and Masterpieces of Animated Shorts:
[*] There Once Was a Dog (1982)
[*] The Hedgehog in the Fog (1975)
[*] Tale of Tales (1979)

Saturday, December 27, 2008
6:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Margret Bar / Lounge for the Junction
2952 Dundas Street West at Pacific Avenue
Toronto, ON M6P 1Y8
416-762-3373

*Admission: Free

Bring your friends and join us for a great evening of fun and masterpieces of animated shorts!

Soviet Cult Films at Margret
http://eventful.com/toronto/events/soviet-cult-films-margret-/E0-001-018357846-7

The fourth night with the best Soviet animated shorts The Hedgehog in the Fog, Tale of Tales, There Once Was a Dog and a short feature film Neptune's Holiday.

You are not in a Disneyland anymore. "Neptune's Holiday" is the last Soviet comedy.
Laugh when you say a goodbye to your past but nobody knows what expects you in the future.
Otherwise it would not be so funny.

Neptune's Holiday ( 1986)
Prazdnik Neptuna
Director: Yuri Mamin

Plot summary for Prazdnik Neptuna (1986) More at IMDbPro »
A group of Swedish tourists are on the way to a Russian village to witness the so called 'Festivity of Neptunus', in which the inhabitants take a dive in a hole in the ice. This tradition, however, does not exist at all. The inhabitants try to make a good impression by starting the 'tradition' to please the tourists. Written by C. van Lieshout {c.van.lieshout@tip.nl}
Credit: imdb.com

Директор Дома культуры запланировал на 1 января праздник Нептуна с участием 150 "моржей". Эта цифра настолько поразила областное начальство, что в село на праздник была направлена шведская делегация, которой надо было теперь показывать праздник во всей красе… Жители маленького городка решают устроить иностранным гостям праздник Нептуна... в самый разгар русской зимы.
Credit: ruskino.ru

Masterpieces of Animated Shorts

There Once Was a Dog (1982)
Zhil-byl pyos
Director: Eduard Nazarov

Based on a Ukrainian folk tale. In a small village, there once lived a dog. All his life he did his job honestly. But then he grew old. His nose couldn't smell as used to. His eyes were not sharp as before. And his legs felt like they didn't even belong to him. And ... what happened to him next.

Credit: youtube.com

The Hedgehog in the Fog (1975)
Yozhik v tumane
Director: Yuri Norstein

2003—Tokyo All time animation best 150 in Japan and Worldwide: Hedgehog in the Fog "№1 Animated film of all the time"
Credit: bookrags.com

Tale of Tales (1979)
Skazka skazok
Director: Yuriy Norshteyn

Tale of Tales, like Tarkovsky's Mirror, attempts to structure itself like a human memory. Memories are not recalled in neat chronological order; instead, they are recalled by the association of one thing with another, which means that any attempt to put memory on film cannot be told like a conventional narrative.
Credit: wikipedia.org

The Arts Junction
http://www.artjunction.blogspot.com

** The AJ (artjunction) is an independent, local blog dedicated to arts and culture events in the Junction area of Toronto West, and Russian cultural events coming up in Toronto.

links:
eventful: Soviet Cult Movies at Margret
toronto.com: New in Bars: Margret
Story and photography by Stacey McLeod
Soviet Cult Films at Margret: Opening Night
Soviet Cult Films at Margret: The White Sun of the Desert
Soviet Cult Films at Margret: Ashik-Kerib
Soviet Cult Films at Margret: Seasonal Classic and Masterpieces of Animated Shorts

Latitude 44 Gallery Highlights Paintings by Micheline Montgomery and Poetry by Hédi Bouraoui

Poster: Latitude 44 Presents Visages Du Dedans
Paintings by Micheline Montgomery and Poetry by Hédi Bouraoui

Latitude 44 Presents Visages Du Dedans

Paintings by Micheline Montgomery and Poetry by Hédi Bouraoui

December 16, 2008 to January 17, 2009

Vernissage / Opening Reception:
Thursday, December 18, 2008
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Latitude 44: Gallery ~ Framing ~ Decor
2900 Dundas Street West, Toronto ON M6P 1Y8 (just W of Keele, in the historic Junction)
Tues-Fri 10-7, Sat 10-5, Mon by appointment
T: 416 769 2900
Google™ Map
www.latitude44gallery.ca

VISAGES DU DEDANS. An intriguing collection of faces in mixed media by Micheline Montgomery.
This show is a collaboration between artist and poet revealing in the works exhibited, their artistic and spiritual quest.
Latitude 44 Gallery (T.O. Central: Junction)

Slate Art Guide Linting

"I paint everywhere. I cannot separate art from the rest of my life. I believe art can inspire and touch people if it comes from the heart and the soul. Faces and angels are recurrent themes in my art. The spiritual element expresses my endless quest for peace, harmony and integration. Art becomes for me a magical path expressing my perception and experience of life".
Micheline Montgomery

"La Paix, c’est la véritable rencontre de l’Autre dans sa Vérité, c’est l’acceptation totale de la différence."
Hédi Bouraoui, Vers et l’Envers