Looking for Beauty in Poverty: Rei Murakami New Photo Exhibition in the Junction

Invitation: Rei Murakami "Looking for Beauty in Poverty"
Exhibition February 11, 2011 @ Chuck Akudu Gallery, The Junction, Toronto
2011 © Rei Murakami

Rei Murakami
Looking for Beauty in Poverty
Photo Exhibit

Opening Reception February 11 @ 7 pm.

Chuck Akudu Gallery
3035 Dundas Street West, Toronto

Chuck Akudu Gallery is featuring a Rei Murakami photography exhibition "Looking for Beauty in Poverty", photos from India. If you're looking for inspiration, it's definitely worth taking a peek at.

links:
Haruki Murakami

Takashi Murakami

Rei Murakami

brokeandliving.com: A Cold day in Toronto
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
"While running around trying to pull some stuff for an upcoming project, we ran into a few people trying to stay warm on this cold cold city ...
Our new favorite person Rei Murakami ... such an amazing person :) " read more >>>

Capitalism and Culture in the Junction Art Exhibit: February 3 – 13

Poster: Capitalism & Culture in the Junction Exhibition
3109 Dundas Street West, #JunctionTO, February 3 – 13, 2011
Credit: capitalismandculture.wordpress.com

If you are in Toronto, check out an art show The Capitalism and Culture in The Junction at the 3109 Dundas West Gallery. The exhibition is open every day from February 3 till February 13 from 12 noon to 8 pm.

Capitalism and Culture in the Junction Exhibition

A community-based exhibition that blends works by Junction inhabitants and workers, some of whom identify as artists and some who do not – but all of whom have blunt questions about the state of the economy.

When: February 3 – 13th, 2011
Time: 12 pm - 8 pm
Venue: Gallery
Location: 3109 Dundas Street West, Toronto
<- Quebec Ave - Clendenan Ave ->

Artists: Mary Breen, Nancy Egan, Evangeline Transformation Project, Craig Flint, Mark Dallas, Nancy Halifax, Donna Husiak, Kim Jackson, Wren Jackson, Richard Joos, Voja Jurisic, Kelli Keily, Leslie Kern, Naomi Knaff and Raul C Andres, Trisha Leigh Lavoie, Ben Ng, Norman Perrin, Michael Ricks, I’m Sold, Lynda Solowinsky … and Junction community members at large.

With the recent economic "crash" the system of capitalism has come under increasing questioning by citizens. Artists and community members respond to life within capitalism: the contradictions and ethical problems it presents, it’s impact on us as individuals and groups, as well as what we think about it. As individuals who survive capitalism we generate knowledge about and against it, which is conveyed through a space we have created to explore the language of art.

Multimedia works are presented as in dialogue, to open up a public conversation about capitalism in the Junction where we share space.

The works span the mediums from photography, painting, sculpture, video, audio, installation, knitting and performance, and embrace themes of ecology, class, history, war, homelessness, hope, nurturing, friendship, recognition, language, humor … and so much more.

Schedule of events
Thursday, February 3
Opening Night, 6-9pm
Coffeehouse with Strobusphere: activated public space in the Junction (7pm)

Saturday, February 5, 7-10 pm
Artist Talk: Capitalism and Culture

Sunday, February 6, 2-5 pm
Evangeline’s Transformation Project: The” Quilt” project knitting circle

Wednesday, February 9, 7:30-9:30pm
The art of selling – a workshop for handmakers
With Mary Breen owner of Wise Daughters Craft Market

Thursday February 10, 7 – 9pm
Hanging by a Thread: Finding the Models for Strong Women in traditional tales
(children welcome, comprehension level is for ages 10 yrs and up.)

Friday, February 11, 8-10pm
Rates of Exchange: a night of video

Saturday, February 12, 1-4pm
Lets Face It: the resonance of communication

Sunday, February 13, 2-5pm
The Poetics of Social Change: a writing workshop with Nancy Halifax

Closing Party, 6-9 pm
Bring some food or beverage to share. Music by Craig Flint

Exhibit is sponsored by:
Wise Daughters Craft Market
Dundas Marketing & Printing
Cool Hand of a Girl Cafe

Check out the details of the Capitalist Relations and Cultural Production in the Junction Project
http://capitalismandculture.wordpress.com/

For more information, please contact Kim Jackson: lkj7@hotmail.com
http://capitalismandculture-kim.blogspot.com/
facebook: Kim Jackson

Shawn Micallef Talks about His New Book Stroll, February 3 at Junction Historical Society Meeting

Collage: WTJHS Meeting Thursday, February 3, 2011
Shawn Micallef will talk about his book
Stroll: Psychogeographic Walking Tours of Toronto
Credit: wtjhs.ca + murmurtoronto.ca + thestar.com

West Toronto Junction Historical Society

Thursday February 3, 2011

8:15 p.m. to 9:15 p.m.

Shawn Micallef
will discuss his book
"Stroll: Psychogeographic Walking Tours of Toronto"
and will give an excerpt from on one of his 32 walks.

Shawn Micallef is a writer and urbanist with an abiding interest in all things Toronto. As senior editor of Spacing, columnist for Eye Weekly, and a co-founder of both the [murmur] project and the new Yonge Street online magazine, Shawn demonstrates an avante guarde perspective on life in Toronto. In Stroll, Micalleff takes us to well known spots such as the CN Tower, but also to overlooked treats and treasures of Toronto the Good.

Stroll: Psychogeographic Walking Tours of Toronto: Walk This Way for more Stroll goodies, including a special walks section and more maps!
By Shawn Micallef, Illustrated by Marlena Zuber
Details: Coach House Books

Where: Annette Street Public Library
Lower Level, Committee Room 1
145 Annette Street, Toronto, ON M6P 1P3
(One and a half blocks west of Keele)


West Toronto Junction Historical Society Schedule of Events
All meetings take place at the Annette Street Public Library, Committee Room 1, unless as otherwise noted.

Thursday March 3, 2011
7:30 p.m. Refreshments 7:50 p.m. Business Meeting
8:15 p.m. to 9:15 p.m. Bob Roden will take us on an architectural tour of the grand homes of the Hudson Valley and surrounding area

Thursday, April 7, 2011
7:30 p.m. Refreshments 7:50 p.m. Annual General Meeting
8:30 p.m. TBA.

Thursday, May 5, 2011
7:30 p.m. Refreshments 7:50 p.m. Business meeting
8:15 p.m. Edwin Goldstein will present the significance of the Junction Shul and the Jewish community that created it.

June, July, August - no meetings, have a great summer!

Please join the West Toronto Junction Historical Society and help ensure the WTJHS is around for the Junction's next hundred years!

Toronto Junction Local Option Art Walking Tour
Photos: Toronto Junction Local Option Art Awards Guided Walking Tour, August 9, 2008
2011 @ artjunction.blogspot.com

Exhibiting Your Work at Toronto Public Library: Information Session for Artists

Poster: Calling All Artists!
Credit: Toronto Public Library

On January 27, 2011 the Toronto Public Library will host an information session for artists to find out how to prepare your library application to exhibit your work at Toronto Public Library.

Calling All Artists: Exhibiting Your Work at Toronto Public Library

Thursday, January 27, 2011
6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

Northern District Branch, Room 200
40 Orchard View Blvd., Toronto, ON M4R 1B9
TTC: Eglinton subway station, walk 1 block north on Yonge Street

Find out how to prepare your library application.
Includes information on:

• guidance on preparing your submission and application,
• selecting pieces for exhibit,
• the jury process,
• and effective display techniques in the various branch settings,
• tips on improving sales, pricing, and marketing your work,
  
• plus time for questions and answers.

Guest speakers:
Carol Barbour, Gallery and Exhibits Curator, Toronto Public Library;
Karen Fleming, Arts and Exhibits, Toronto Public Library;
Susan Cohen, Program Director, Cultural Careers Council of Ontario.

Program takes place in Northern District Branch, Room 200.

For more information, contact the Art Exhibits Office:
416-393-7224
artexhibits@torontopubliclibrary.ca
torontopubliclibrary.ca

From Russia with Blues

Photo: Arsen Shomakhov and Holger Petersen
Credit: cbc.ca

CBC.ca | Saturday Night Blues

Hour 1: A young guitar slinger from the heart of Russia transplanted into the heart of Vancouver is taking the blues world by storm. Arsen Shomakhov was recorded at Edmonton's Labatt Blues Festival. [drums: Adam Drake, bass guitar: Bruce O'Neill]
Wednesday January 12, 2011

http://www.cbc.ca/snb/2011/01/12/coming-up/
http://www.youtube.com/user/arsenicblues

Junction Residents Association Meeting Tomorrow Thursday, January 13

e-poster: Junction Residents Association Meeting
2011 @ junctionra.ca

The Junction Residents Association Meeting

When: Thursday, January 13, 2011
Time: 7 pm - 8:30 pm
Where: West Toronto Baptist Church
Location: 3049 Dundas Street West, Toronto
South side of Dundas St. West, across from Mc Murray Ave.

Website: http://www.junctionra.ca
Organized By: JunctionRA

The JRA Meeting will be held on Thursday, January 13 at 7pm.

The meeting is at the West Toronto Baptist Church, 3049 Dundas Street West. Come out, meet your neighbours and help shape the Junction in 2011 by getting involved.

Too cold to make it out on Thursday? Check out JRA TV!

Can’t make the meeting? Your JRA uses the free service offered by www.ustream.tv to webcast our public meetings and events so everyone can stay informed and enjoy our meetings from anywhere.
Follow this link to website and watch the meeting live.

Ustream: Live stream of the JRA meeting you could view on the JRA Channel

You can also comment and ask questions from the comforts of your home.

Next JRA Members Meeting - Thursday, March 10, 2011

Visit junctionra.ca today! Find out about the JRA and what it's doing for our community.

It's Your Junction! Join the JRA!!

Remembering Lhasa de Sela - CBC Radio

Lhasa de Sela in concert, Toronto, 2004.
olgubar | January 08, 2010 | 4,817 views , 16 likes, 0 dislikes

Listen online to the host of A Propos Jim Corcoran with his insights on the artist and his thoughts about Lhasa.

+ Inside The Music radio documentary "She Moves Between Worlds: A tribute to Lhasa de Sela", written, narrated, and produced by Madonna Hamel.
Presented by Patti Schmidt, the host of CBC Radio Inside the Music.

It airs on Radio 1 and Radio 2 today, and I hope to have a link to this doc on the Inside the Music web page.



"I'll put my foot
On the living road
And be carried from here
To the heart of the world. "
Lhasa de Sela


links:
cbc.ca: Singer-songwriter Lhasa dies at 37
Last Updated: Monday, January 4, 2010 | 7:52 PM ET Comments 67 Recommend 159
CBC News

theglobeandmail.com: Review: Memoir: Lighting out for the territory
Madonna Hamel reviews Breakfast At the Exit Café: Travels Through America, by Wayne Grady and Merilyn Simonds.
Madonna Hamel’s documentary about Lhasa de Sela, the Montreal-based singer who lived a third of her life on a bus crisscrossing the United States and Mexico, will be aired in January on CBC’s Inside the Music.
Published Friday, Oct. 22, 2010 4:00PM EDT

alternative.blog.nl: Patrick Watson herdenkt Lhasa de Sela met een lied
+ song "Snow Day for Lhasa" - Esmerine + Patrick Watson

patrick-watson.net: New free song released, for Lhasa de Sela
Interference From The Sky: A website dedicated to the amazing Canadian band Patrick Watson

cbc radio2: She Moves Between Worlds: Celebrating Lhasa de Sela
Posted by Carole Warren on Jan- 6-11 at 4:13 PM Comments 0 Recommend 3

cbc radio2: Listen again: She Moves Between Two Worlds
A full show documentary examining the life and music of Montreal - and person of the world - Lhasa de Sela, who died January 1, 2010. Produced by Madonna Hamel. Listen
Posted by Carole Warren on Friday January 7, 2011 at 9:33 AM Comments 0 Recommend 0

Santa Clause is coming to the Junction on Saturday December 11, 2010

Clipart: Santa with Sleigh and Reindeer
Credit: MS Office MC900290658

The Junction BIA invites you and your family to the

Santa in the Junction Event

Saturday, December 11, 2010

from 11 am - 2 pm

at the Junction Train Platform
2960 Dundas Street West
Dundas Street West and Pacific Avenue


Toronto -- (Fri, Dec 3, 2010) -- Santa in the Junction

This just in! Santa Clause is coming to the Junction. It’s been confirmed!

On Saturday December 11, 2010 Santa Claus is going to be at the Junction Train Platform. (Dundas & Pacific).

Word on the street is that he will have a big bag of candy canes with him.

He’s coming at 11:00 in the morning and staying until 2:00 in the afternoon.

This year he is bringing Mrs Santa Claus with him too. She is going to be across the street in the window of West Toronto Paint and Wallpaper and you can stand on the street and listen to her read Christmas stories.

The Creative Children’s Dance Centre will have their dancers performing routines from The Nutcracker in other store windows up and down the street. (just follow the Candy Cane signs).

At 12:15 the Redpath Sugar Cookie Truck is coming with their great cookies. Free hot chocolate and cider will warm you up while you wait to sit on Santa’s knee, listen to the choir or stroll up and down the street watching our live window performers.

The Junction BIA is pleased to be once again be accepting toys on behalf of the Toronto Fire Fighters Toy Drive and accepting donations to the Toronto Star Santa Claus Fund.

For more information please call Mo Ho Ho McGuinty 416 - 767 - 9068

The Junction BIA
www.thejunctionbia.com

links:
toronto.com: Where to See Santa in Toronto
Compiled by Deanna Lampert and Jackelyn Crawford, Nov 12, 2010
The Junction BIA is on Facebook
The Junction BIA is on Twitter @JunctionBIA
Junction Parents: Santa In The Junction!
Come On Out To See Santa In The Junction!
Santa Clause is coming to the Junction on Saturday December 11, 2010
http://tinyurl.com/SantaInTheJunction
Twitter: @High_Park_Web: Santa Clause is coming to the Junction on Saturday December 11, 2010: Clipart: Santa with Sleigh and Reindeer Cre... http://bit.ly/f4PQk8
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Group of Seven - Women Artists Show and Sale at Macdonald House

Poster: ART SALE WITH LIVE MUSIC
THE J.E.H./THOREAU MACDONALD HOUSE
DECEMBER 4-5, 2010, 10AM-5PM

Art Sale with Live Music

When: December 4-5, 2010, 10 am - 5 pm
Where: The MacDonald House
Location: 121 Centre Street, Thornhill, Ontario L4J 1G4
Parking: on Brooke St. @ Holy Trinity Church

Join seven artisans, and musicians, at this renovated home of a founder of the Group of Seven Artists in the charming historic village of Thornhill. Paintings, photography, jewellery, ceramics will be available to complete your holiday gift shopping. Prices from $10 and up.

Exhibitors:

• Sharon Tiessen, artist, ceramic arts, Be Creative
• Sharon Slimowitz, jewelery designer, artisan, Uniquely Yours business partner: Rhea Bottler
• Mari Nicolson, Artist, photographer, designer, musician, Mari's Art by Design
• Sofia, jewelry designer Unique Design
• Antonina Dunaeva, artist, painter
• Leor Maxwell, artist, painter
• Anna Lobsanova, artist, painter, Art Paradise

The Group of Seven were a legendary group of Canadian landscape painters. The founder of the group J. E. H. Macdonald lived in a famous house, in Thornhill, Ontario. Due to the abundance of nature around the house, such as a variety of trees and garden vegetation, James Macdonald called the house the Four Elms, its rich natural environment became an inspiration for one of his greatest paintings: "The Tangled Garden".

The Four Elms house was frequented by many artists including members of the Group of Seven. At this historic house, on December 4-5, 2010, 10am – 5pm, there will be an exhibit and sale of art created by contemporary artists. Unlike the renowned Group of Seven, this group of artists are women working in a variety of artistic mediums, including jewellery, ceramics, photography and painting. Everyone is welcome to visit this remarkable house and see the fascinating art creations by these diverse women artists.

The J. E. H. Macdonald House is a 4-acre territory located at 121 Centre Street in Thornhill. The parking is available at the Holy Trinity Church at 140 Brooke St.

The exhibit will feature live music and unique works of art in the rooms of the magnificent house. Enjoy the exhibit and buy original and creative gifts for the holidays. Experience the fine tradition of Canadian art and the new works by today’s contemporary artists.

Check facebook + twitter @ThornhillArtShow for details.

links:

youtube.com: Heffel's sale of Fine Canadian Art on November 26, 2009.
Heffel's sale of J.E.H. MacDonald ~ Sunset, Waldmere Farm, Muskoka
Sketch by group of seven member J.E.H MacDonald sells for $339,300.
Credit: HeffelAuctions

City of Vaughan: MacDonald House: ART EXHIBITION + STUDIO SPACE RENTAL PROGRAM

Feliz Navidad: Music Legend Jose Feliciano in Toronto Tonight

Feliz Navidad - 40th Anniversary: Jose Feliciano in Toronto
for Epilepsy Cure Initiative Benefit Concert
November 27, 2010; Photo by Olga Goubar

Margaret Maye - Bravo International - Singers on Stage proudly presents

A Legend in Concert
Jose Feliciano
Feliz Navidad - 40 Anniversary
World Holiday Tour 2010
for the 4th Annual Concert for Epilepsy

When: Saturday, November 27, 2010
Time: 7:00 pm
Where: Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Location: 190 Princes Boulevard
CNE, Toronto, ON M6K 3C3

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the release of Jose Feliciano's evergreen and beloved Christmas classic Feliz Navidad. So, we can think that the official Christmas season 2010 begins tonight with Jose's performance of his Christmas classic song.

Also appearing on stage:
Viva Mexico Mariachi - instrumental group
Carmen Romero - Flamenco dancer with her accompanying ensemble
Canadian guitar legend Pavlo with his band
Margaret Maye - mezzosoprano with her music ensemble

The Concert Under Hounorable Patronage of the Consul General of The Republic of Poland will raise awareness and funds for Epilepsy research and The Children's Memorial Hospital in Poland.

Feliz Navidad - 40th Anniversary: Jose Feliciano in Toronto for Epilepsy Cure Initiative Benefit Concert, November 27, 2010

A Legend in Concert - Jose Feliciano in Concert in Toronto
Feliz Navidad -- 40th anniversary of the release of the most popular Christmas song around the World; World Holiday Tour 2010
Saturday, November 27, 2010 At the Queen Elizabeth Theatre

This 4th annual benefit concert for Epilepsy Cure Initiative was presented by Margaret Maye, Bravo International -- Singers on Stage in appearance of Pavlo, Carmen Romero, and Viva Mexico Mariachi.

Enjoy live performance of a magnificent artist Jose Feliciano singing his hit Feliz Navidad -- a classic of the Holiday!

Feliz Navidad!