Let the Music Guide You through the Junction: September 22 - Junction Music Festival

Poster: The Junction Music Festival
Saturday, September 22^nd, 2012, 11 am to 2 am
2 stages + 20 venues along Dundas Street West
between Keele Street and Quebec Avenue
in the Toronto Junction Neighbourhood
Credit: The Junction Business Improvement Association

Press Release

The Junction Music Festival

The Junction Music Festival is a Festival of Independent Music for All Ages. Let the Music Guide You through the Neighbourhood on Saturday, September 22^nd, 2012.

Toronto, ON, August 21st, 2012 - Throughout the year, there are several great events and festivals for the visitors and residents in The Junction. On Saturday, September 22^nd, 2012 let the Music guide you through the neighbourhood, recently hailed as “pitch-perfect < in its > development [1]”.

The Junction Business Improvement Association will host the Junction Music Festival that will run from 11 am to 2 am.

The Junction Music Festival is a festival of independent music for all ages. More than 20 venues, from cafes to interior design stores, will host music acts along Dundas Street West throughout the day.

In addition, the festival attendees can enjoy music on two stages featuring Junction Musicians as well as featured Musical Guests. Our small stage (on Pacific Ave. North of Dundas St. West) will present independent musical acts from noon to 8 PM, and will include some local favourites like Young Running, Dan Gooch & The Cedar Strippers, Philly Moves and more.

In the evening, at South West corner of Dundas and Keele Street intersection, the Junction Music Festival will showcase a free concert by musicians who rarely appear in non-ticketed public events. At 8 PM, in the heart of the Junction, at SW corner of Dundas Street West and Keele Street - you will hear the artist who has credited The Junction for being his Brooklyn-an international award winning Jazz trumpet player Brownman and his ensemble Electryc Trio. Next, indie rockers with terrific sound and the name we love, The Junction. Our closing act, musicians who recently headlined a festival in Yukon- the incredibly talented group with bounds of rolling soul- Bruce Peninsula.

Several Junction Businesses will celebrate The Junction neighbourhood’s love for the art of music by hosting family friendly music workshops, cooking Music inspired cuisine and of course hosting musical talent at different times of the day.

Visit the Junction BIA website for the band line-up, kid’s activities, food vendors, and other event details: www.thejunctionbia.ca/the-junction-music-festival/ .

We hope to see you at the Festival!

Direstions
The Junction Festival will take place in the Junction Neighbourhood along Dundas Street West @ Keele Street

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Find an info booth at SW corner of Dundas St. West and Keele Street for detailed venue Map & Schedule

Stages
Main Stage: (SW corner of Dundas St. West and Keele St)

• 8 pm THE JUNCTION
• 9 pm BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO
• 10 pm BRUCE PENINSULA

Second Stage: (North of Dundas St. West on Pacific Ave)

• 11.15-11.45 Rhythm in Motion- Presentation by Breathe Yoga Studio
• 12-2 PM THE LYING CHEATS / DJ
• *Best tricks competition by SANTION, in co-operation with CONVERSE
• 2 PM Annual Recital by HIP KIK
• 3PM DAN GOOCH & THE CEDAR STRIPPERS
• 4PM DAVID VANGEL
• 5PM YOUNG RUNNING
• 6PM QUADROFONICS
• 7PM PHILLY MOVES

Junction Music Festival September 22, 2012 Legend & Map
Credit: The Junction Business Improvement Association

Music Venues + Music Workshops & Activities + Musical Food Venues
Music Festival Line Up

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Media Release: Launching 'Let the Sneakers Walk Again' Charitable Campaign in Toronto

Logo: 'Let the Sneakers Walk Again' Charitable Campaign
Credit: dundasmarketing.ca

MEDIA INFORMATION - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

We Need Your Sneakers!
And Another 100,000 Canadians to Donate their Sneakers -
From the Bottom of Their Soles

Toronto, ON, August 19, 2009 - The situation in Haiti has recently gone from bad to worse and this international crisis requires our immediate attention and action. Inflation and socio-economic ills have propelled this impoverished nation into absolute poverty, and starvation, that has now reached epidemic proportions.

It isn't an exaggeration to say that in every Canadian household, there is at least one pair of sneakers in good condition that haven't been used in years.

Today, even trying to forage for food in piles of garbage is done barefoot, leading to widespread foot diseases that can result in amputation or even death.

In September 2009, we are launching Let the Sneakers Walk Again: A one-month charitable campaign in downtown Toronto.

We are counting on generous Torontonians, political dignitaries, corporate sponsors and their employees to donate a pair of sneakers so we can make great strides in providing desperately needed footwear to those that need it the most, in Haiti.

Fortunately, there are many committed citizens already working towards alleviating the suffering of destitute Haitian communities. In the small town of Val Thérèse, a 45-minute drive North of Sudbury, a small group of volunteers came together in 1991 from a grassroots level, and started Cercle Missionnaire de la Vallée. Headed by President Georgette Bergeron, over the past 18 years the group has organized shipments of goods to Port-au-Prince in excess of 50 tons, every single year. In Haiti at age 84, Soeur Thérèse l'Amoureux (m.c.r.), a Canadian nun from Montréal, receives the shipment of donations and is responsible for distribution to ensure thousands of Haitians obtain the basic necessities for survival.

By directing all contributions from Let The Sneakers Walk Again (LTSWA) campaign to their charity, we are determined to help Cercle Missionnaire de la Vallée expand their efforts in touching even more lives.

We invite the Toronto Police, Toronto Fire Department, City Council and all citizens of the city of Toronto - and our GTA neighbours - to donate their new or gently-used sneakers. Employees of corporations and mainstream media including Toronto Sun, Toronto Star, Globe and Mail, as well as local ethnic media, will all be encouraged to participate by donating their sneakers too.

We Want You and all Torontonians to Donate Sneakers -
From the Bottom of Your Sole!

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For more information please contact LTSWA:
Julie Dimenna, Executive Director or
Voja Jurisic, President
416-849-6766

c/o Dundas Marketing & Printing
2932 Dundas Street West
Toronto, ON M6P !Y8
416-875-5916
E-mail: vj@dundasmarketing.ca
Web-site: http://sneakerswalkagain.com/

Media Release: Let the Sneakers Walk Again: A one-month charitable campaign in downtown Toronto
Credit: dundasmarketing.ca

links:
landmarkeducationnews.info: Serving up Strikes: Waitresses Bowl to Help Save Toronto Foodbank
By George F on May 9, 2008
lasalleuniform.ca: CERCLE MISSIONNAIRE de la VALLEE
valleyeasttoday.ca: CERCLE MISSIONNAIRE de la VALLEE
reuters.com: Canada Launches Major Vocational Training Initiative for Haiti
Mar 27, 2009

Press-Release: Toronto West End Web: Raising An Online Community

Flyer: West End Web: Junction Parents: Raising An Online Community
Wednesday, August 19, 10 am - noon
Gingerbread House Family Cafe
2790 Dundas Street West at Indian Grove
Join other parents who are active, or just interested, in our online organizing in our community.
Share success stories and plan for the future.
Moms, dads, kids; all are welcome!
Brought to you by:
http://totallyspun.com
http://junction-parents.blogspot.com
http://gingerbreadcafe.ca
Photo (CC) by Pink Sherbet Photography

For Immediate Release
Please add to your listings & forward appropriately

Toronto West End Web -- Raising An Online Community

Toronto, ON, August 12 2009 - For the last two months, Junction-based design and marketing company Totally Spun has hosted networking events in the neighbourhood. In June a general meet-up of web savvy and web curious residents alike was held at Crema Coffee Co., and in July a meet-up of local artists interested in online organizing happened at Wise Daughters Craft Market. (Links to the recaps for each of these events are below)

On Wednesday August 19th from 10am-noon, the third monthly meet-up will happen at Gingerbread House Family Cafe (2790 Dundas Street West). This month's meet-up is geared toward the established online community of parents and family in the Junction. Breaking the tradition of evening meetings, this 10am-noon meet-up will give local parents and their kids -- who aren't always available after the dinner hour -- an opportunity to come out to a family friendly environment and talk about online organizing, web and social media.

Co-organizer of this month's event Irina from The Junction Parents Blog will share some of the successful efforts the established online parent community has used in the past to get it where it is today, leading to an open discussion of ideas for carrying forward that momentum. Totally Spun owner Paul Reynolds will be on hand to advise on specific technologies and services and to facilitate the event.

Parents and their kids from around the Junction and surrounding neighbourhoods are welcome, as well as non-parents interested in organizing families on our corner of the net or anyone wanting to learn from this community's successes so-far.

WHAT: West End Web: Junction Parents
WHEN: Wednesday, August 19th 10am -- noon
WHERE: Gingerbread House Family Cafe
(2790 Dundas Street West at Indian Grove)

Totally Spun is a Junction-based business specializing in web design, development, online promotion and social media. Totally spun is the host of the monthly West End Web events.
http://totallyspun.com

Junction Parents Blog is a local family oriented blog at the heart of the neighbourhood's online community and co-organizer of this month's event.
http://junction-parents.blogspot.com

Gingerbread House Cafe is a new restaurant in the neighbourhood providing a family-friendly atmosphere and home style cooking. They graciously donated the use of their space for this month's event.
http://gingerbreadcafe.ca

Recap of July's event: http://totallyspun.com/2009/08/10/west-end-web-arts/
Recap of June's event: http://totallyspun.com/2009/06/18/west-end-web-recap/

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Media enquiries:

Paul Reynolds
(647) 835-9150
paul@totallyspun.com

Collage: July Meeting West End Web (& Arts)
Credit: totallyspun.com
Photos: artjunction.blogspot.com

Junction Arts Festival Announces Call to Artists: Press Release

Media and Arts Industry Alert - For Immediate Release
Please retain for events listings

"CALL TO ARTISTS - TORONTO"

2008 Junction Arts Festival 'Centennial Edition'

Toronto, ON, May 15, 2008 - The 2008 Junction Arts Festival 'Centennial Edition', set for September 3 to 7, is sending out a "Call to Artists".

Applications are currently being accepted for the following categories: Juried Visual Art Exhibit; Street Performing Artists; Art Installations; KIDZone/Junction Community Stage; Writers and Readings and Music (all genres). The deadline is May 30, 2008.

In 2008 the Junction is celebrating its 100th anniversary of becoming the City of West Toronto in 1908. Celebrations are being planned all year, but none as big as the annual Junction Arts Festival.

Our vision is to program the artistic line-up around the 2008 festival theme - Historic Mind / Modern Eye. At a time when we are celebrating the Junction's past, with 2007's record breaking attendance (200,000) and ground breaking artistic expression, we do so with one eye on the present and one on the future. The interpretations, performances, stories, hopes and dreams presented will transform this theme into reality and define who we are; The Junction.

For applications and more information visit,
www.junctionartsfest.com.





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For media information and interviews please contact:

Laurie Lockhart
GET THE MESSAGE Publicity
Tel: 416-988-2530
Email: gtmessage@sympatico.ca

For general information contact:

Junction Forum for Art and Culture
Tel: 416-767-5036
Email: junctionartsfest@on.aibn.com
Web: www.junctionartsfest.com

Councillor Bill Saundercook (Ward 13, City of Toronto), J.F.A.C. Chair