We retain past notices for public review, to retain a memory of our neighbourhood activities.

On this page:

• Tim Posgate CD launch, Winter, 2003-2004
• Andrea Nann's choreography and dance, March 11, CBC TV
• Aftertaste - opening launch for thenewthis design collective, March 12, York Quay Gallery
• Emma Cook: Redwood Women's Shelter Benefit, Friday March 12, Gladstone Hotel
• A start-up Ideas Workshop, Wallace Emerson Walkway Project, Cement design and workshops explore ideas for Wallace Emerson Park, March 13, 1444 Dupont.
• Lyne Tremblay at Gate 403, Friday March 19
• 2004 Toronto Festival of Storytelling, March 26 - April 4, in the Annex
• Ken Whiteley: April 4, Hugh's Room
• Dupont Projects Art Show Opening March 27
• David Buchbinder, Feast of the East, Lula Lounge, Wed, April 21
• Three Funny Hats, Sat. May 8, 11:00am
• STONE SOUP CONCERT, Sat. May 8, 7:30pm
• Lyne Tremblay around Kurt Weill, April 28-May 15
• Andrea Nann with the Premiere Dance Theatre, May 20
• Jumblies Theatre: Once a Shoreline, May 21 - May 30
• Andrew Munger's Film -- Campaign: Making of a Candidate -- May 27, 29, Newsworld
• Madawaska String Quartet, May 27, Aug 8
• Chanteuse/Performer Lyne Tremblay Announces Monthly Lula Lounge Show With Summer Dates
• Congratulations to Ken Whitely
• Samba at 90 Croatia Street
  • Performance, Friday Sept 17, 7pm
  • Regular Sunday Events, from September 19, 2004
• Art Show at Dupont Projects: Robert Linsley Mike Murphy, Sept 15 - Oct 4
• Shurum Burum Jazz Circus, Oct. 6 to 17
• Mark Keetch Puppetry, Oct 24
• GaPa, November 6
• Heather Bambrock, November 13
• Mondo Bazaar at the Gladstone, Saturday November 20
• Laura Repo at the Gladstone, November 24
• Theo Heras Book Launch, November 28
• Mark Keetch Puppetry, December 3 and 4
• Andrea Nann in INK, Dec 9-11
• autorickshaw, funky, contemporary arrangements of south Indian music at RCM, November 27

Neighbourhood Artists and Performers

The neighborhood around the park is home to many artists and performers, many of whom are friends of the park as well. Please email us at dufferinpark@dufferinpark.ca if you know of any new performance date or event).

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Tim Posgate CD launch, Winter, 2003-2004

hi folks, your website looks great! Here is a good photo from the Cd launch for Tim Posgate's In the Future of Your Dream (the words of Peter McPhee) from last winter!!

tim posgate

For details about the CD see http://www.guildwoodrecords.com/Music_Dream.htm.

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Andrea Nann's choreography and dance, March 11, CBC TV

Andrea Nann is a friend of the park, a dancer who lives just up the street. She sent us this e-mail:

hi everyone,
if you have time to turn on the tube next thursday night...
(many of you have seen live performances of these dances, I'd love to know your thoughts on the film)

happy days,

love, andrea

Shadow Pleasures
Handwriting into Dance
Thursday, March 11 (at approximately 7:50pm)
World Premiere Broadcast on CBC Television's Opening Night 7-9pm
Written and narrated by Michael Ondaatje
Directed by Veronica Tennant
featuring riveting performances by a stellar cast of
choreographers/performers:
Margie Gillis  Andrea Nann  Roberto Campanella  Paola Styron  Robert Glumbek
actress:
Suleka Mathew
dancers:
Gerald Michaud  Mary Paterson  Sean Ling  Caroline Richardson  Gail Skrela
composers:
John Gzowski  Anne Bourne  Rick Hyslop

Shadow Pleasures is structured in a series of five episodic sequences Cato and Alice, Tropical Rumours, Meditation #5 on Loss and Desire, The Nine Sentiments and The Cinnamon Peeler. The film opens and closes with the evocative music of Bhaktimala featuring the voice of India's Kishori Amonkar. Narrated and written by internationally acclaimed author Michael Ondaatje, conceived and directed International Emmy Award-winner Veronica Tennant O.C., produced by Peter Gentile, this one hour performance film explores the sensual imagery of Ondaatje's imagination using dance, music and spoken word.

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Aftertaste - opening launch for thenewthis design collective, March 12, York Quay Gallery

Here's an email from our neighbour Fung Lee:

Fung Lee is inviting you to an opening at York Quay Gallery, Harbourfront centre.

aftertaste

an exhibition by thenewthis design collective

participating designers

Alistair Chang, Carlos Jarvis, Matt Bilewicz, Lubomir Brezina, Chet Culham, Camila Prada, Thierry Loa, Kirsten White, James Paterson, Diane Pinoch, and Fung Lee

dates

Opening reception Friday, March 12, 6–9 pm

Exhibit runs from Friday, March 12 through Sunday, April 25, 2004

Hours of operation: Tuesday, Thursday to Sunday 12-6pm, Wednesday 12-8pm, Mondays closed to the public except for civic holidays

location

York Quay Gallery, Harbourfront Centre
235 Queens Quay West
Toronto, ON M5J 2G8
t: 416.973.5379
www.harbourfront.on.ca

About the collective: Young Canadian designers working in industrial, furniture, ceramic and digital fields use functional production practice as a guide to probe the non-functional conceptual possibilities in their work. www.thenewthis.com

Hope to see you at the opening!

Fung

Fung Lee for thenewthis
Co-facilitator/exhibit designer, thenewthis
c/o 56 Stafford Street, Toronto, ON M6J 2R8
t: 416.239.9818 evg tel: 416.364.4061
www.thenewthis.com

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Emma Cook: Redwood Women's Shelter Benefit, Friday March 12, Gladstone Hotel

Emma Cook is a staff person at Dufferin Grove Park. Many of you have probably met her in and around our Zamboni Cafe in the rinkhouse. Here's a press release from her, promoting a benefit performance at the Gladstone Hotel Friday March 12. See the press release.

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A start-up Ideas Workshop, Wallace Emerson Walkway Project, Cement design and workshops explore ideas for Wallace Emerson Park, March 12, 1444 Dupont.

This is a neighbourhood improvment project sponsored by

DUPONT PROJECTS: A project and gallery space focused on the exploration, support and advancement of the cultural, urban space as considered through art, architecture, urban planning, landscape architecture, photography, community and public art.

Saturday, March 13th, 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Dupont Projects 1444 Dupont Ave., Building D, No 31, Toronto, Ont.
M6P 4H3, Telephone: 416- 531-1215

Website: Dupont Projects.

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Lyne Tremblay at Gate 403, Friday March 19

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2004 Toronto Festival of Storytelling, March 26 - April 4, in the Annex

Three Funny Hats Part of the Toronto International Storytelling Festival- March 29 & 30 Read more >>

Dan Yashinsky is a friend of Jane Jacobs and also a friend of our park. When we built our second oven, he came to tell a story, and to be part of the celebration. He just sent us this email inviting people to visit www.storytellingtoronto.org to find out about the upcoming 2004 Toronto Festival of Storytelling. The Annex (Jane's neighbourhood) is becoming a storytelling village from March 26 - April 4. Jane Jacobs herself seems to like stories a lot -- when we gave her a copy of our "Cooking with fire in Public Space" booklet, she read it from cover to cover. Putting the storytelling festival in her neighborhood seems very fitting. Here's the email:

Hi Everyone,

In response to my email from yesterday, Dan Yashinsky sent me an email inviting all of you to visit www.storytellingtoronto.org to find out about the upcoming 2004 Toronto Festival of Storytelling. The Annex (Jane's neighbourhood) is becoming a storytelling village from March 26 - April 4.

Sarah Gledhill
Ideas That Matter, February 13, 2004

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Ken Whiteley: April 4, Hugh's Room

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Dupont Projects Art Show Opening March 27

Here's an email from our neighbour Dyan Marie:

You are invited to an exhibition by artists at 1444.

Opening: March 27, 2-5
March 27 to April 10, Saturdays and Wednesdays, 12:00 to 5:00 or by appointment.
Dupont Projects 1444 Dupont Ave., Building D, Unit 31
Telephone: 416 531-1215 Email: dyan@dyanmarie.com
Information about Dupont Projects see www.todayi.ca

Artists:
Diane Lingenfelter
Larry Middlestadt
Lois Andison
Shelley Adler
Ania Machudera
Kathryn Bemrose
Dionne Simpson
Dyan Marie

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Well-known musician David Buchbinder is a regular customer at the Dufferin Grove Park farmers' market. Maybe we could persuade him to do an outdoor concert sometime, at the park.

David Buchbinder, Feast of the East, Lula Lounge, Wed, April 21

Feast of the East is built around ensembles led by trumpeter and composer David Buchbinder, including the expanded, dance version of his Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band (Eastern European Jewish fusion music), Buchbinder's Brass (Roma dance music) & Medina (Arabic music), as well as hot world music band Maza Meze performing Greek & Arabic dance music. Feast is dedicated to creating not only one of the hottest dance parties in Toronto but a complete event, with visual and olfactory delights to accompany the expected auditory awesomeness.

At every Feast entrancing dance enchantment will be provided by the ROULETTES, as teachers, dance muses, invokers of the good moves, princesses of the Belly-a Go-Go pillars, and, of course, as performers, showcasing original Bellydance choreography by Roula Said.

Doors @ 7:00pm, Dance Class @ 8:00pm, Show @ 9:00pm, Admission $15, Students $12 , Dinner and Show $45

Lula Lounge: 1585 Dundas Street West. Tel: 416-588-0307. Click here to read more on the web.

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A note from Emma Cook:

Hi everyone!

I'm just writing a note to everyone to let you know that my music will be featured on the gida folk internet radio station tomorrow (Mon 26) and Tuesday, April 27. If you have time, there will be four shows throughout the day. If you are online, tune in!

Also, there is a wonderful review of "Manifesto" on the gida folk website, perhaps the most thoughtful of reviews I have recieved so far!

Here's the link to the site . . . happy listening!

http://gida.tzo.net/RadioDB

Emma Cook
Emmazing Records

Teusday: We just checked the gida website, and they are playing Emma's music on Wednesday the 28th as well.

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Three Funny Hats, Sat. May 8, 11:00am

A magic carpet ride of storytelling & songs for all ages "especially good for those 3 - 100".

At the Village Café (962 Bloor Street West at Dovercourt), 11:00am - noon. Tickets $5 at the door.

From their website:

Three Funny Hats are Kimberly Way, James & Kathy Patterson, a storytelling and musical trio who perform educational and entertaining shows for all ages. The program includes many original stories & songs as well as favourite fables, parables, and folk songs from around the world.

Three Funny Hats love what they do. Their performances sparkle with enthusiasm, charisma and a spontaneous fun-loving camaraderie. Children in the audience are invited to participate, dance and play throughout the show and are sometimes spontaneously welcomed to become one of the characters in a song or story.

Three Funny Hats aim to produce music and stories that are like vitamins, offering ‘entertainment nutrition' to little and big minds alike. They tell of nature and discovering the seasons, value and respect all for life. Three Funny Hats recognize the sensitivity, intelligence and curiosity of young people. These qualities are animated in the content of their materials and given special focus during their performances for young audiences. Their performance presence is warm and beckons young and old alike to enter a golden world of tales and song.

Read more at www.threefunnyhats.com.

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STONE SOUP CONCERT, Sat. May 8, 7:30pm

see Neighbourhood Artists and Performers

The Stone Soup Concert, serving up SCARLETT, WASHINGTON & WHITELEY, TABBY JOHNSON, JENNY WHITELEY, THE BROTHERS COSMOLINE and SAX FAMILY ROBINSON Isabel Bader Theatre, Saturday, May 8, 7:30 pm.

The 5th Annual Stone Soup Concert for the Alan Howard Waldorf School's downtown Toronto campus simmers to a boil on Saturday, May 8, 2004 from 7:30 - 11:00 PM at the Isabel Bader Theatre, Victoria University, 93 Charles St. West (Museum subway) on the campus of the University of Toronto.

Bucky Berger, event producer and a well-known Toronto musician has been a Waldorf enthusiast ever since his daughter joined the growing 17 year-old downtown Madison Avenue School 6 years ago. "Michael Rose is thriving at the school," says Berger, "but private school is costly and like most independent schools in Ontario we're not funded by the public. The concert has become a good opportunity to raise awareness of and funds for Waldorf education as well as a great reason to bring together some fabulous artists, as this year's line up will attest."

The trio of Jackie Washington, Ken Whiteley and Mose Scarlett headlines a show featuring Jenny Whiteley, Tabby Johnson, Sax Family Robinson and The Brothers Cosmoline hosted by Rick Roberts (An American in Canada) and Gregory Hoskins. General Admission tickets at $25.00 (including taxes) are available at The Alan Howard Waldorf School, 250 Madison Avenue, by calling 416 963-5068, on line at www.ahws.org or email at stonesoup@sympatico.ca.

For a web page about the concert, see www.ahws.org/stonesoup.htm

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Lyne Tremblay around Kurt Weill, April 28 - May 15

Lyne Tremblay is in a show at the Berkley Street Theatre, April 28 - May 15. The show is presented in French, and is called Autour de Kurt Weill (around Kurt Weill) the famous German Cabaret composer ("Mack the Knife" etc.).

click for the brochure

Berkley Street Theatre: 416-534-6604.

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Andrea Nann with the Premiere Dance Theatre, May 20

Our neighbour Andrea Nann is at it again...

Dreamwalker Productions in association with Volcano present:

THE WHOLE SHEBANG

dance...music...spoken word

May 20th at 7:30pm
Premiere Dance Theatre

Read the pamplet >>

Call Harbourfront Centre Box Office: 416-973-4000

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Jumblies Theatre: Once a Shoreline, May 21 - May 30

Jumblies Theatre is pleased to announce a spectacular theatre event, Once A Shoreline which takes us to the shores of a prehistoric lake that, twelve thousand years ago, extended as far north as the hill of Davenport Road. Within the framework of this vanished lake three overlapping tales of courage and magic unfold in visual imagery, poetry and text. Read the brochure >>

A letter from Ruth Howard, Artistic Director, Jumblies Theatre:

Dear Friends and Supporters,

We are very excited to be in the final weeks of production on Once A Shoreline , an extravagant theatre event by Jumblies Theatre with the Davenport Perth Neighbourhood Centre.

The Sanctuary performance space has been transformed to create a sense of location that takes us to the shores of a prehistoric lake that, twelve thousand years ago extended as far north as the hill of Davenport Road. Within the framework of this vanished lake three overlapping tales of courage and magic unfold in music, visual imagery, movement and poetry.

The piece, like the ebb and flow of tides on the changed shoreline, envelopes the audience - interweaving dance, puppetry, singing, pageantry and circus arts. Original music and soundscape by composer Wende Bartley, and the participation of three choirs, live musicians and over one hundred community members combine to make this a truly spectacular theatre event.

The play is designed for a standing audience – the action takes place through and around the audience and it is most fun to experience it like this. It is about 1 and a half hours long with an intermission past the half-way point. There are a small number of seats for seniors/ those who really can't be standing, so if you need these please specify when you order tickets.

Also, the show is driven by an ongoing musical score – it is a bit like an opera. It requires quiet and focus, and is, therefore, not suitable for very young children or those who wouldn't be able to pay attention quietly for that amount of time.

The show is written and designed by Ruth Howard, directed by Varrick Grimes with musical director Erna Van Daele, performers Mara Shaughnessy and Noah Kenneally, choreographers Tanya Williams and Antonio Ramirez, singers Kate Van Doorne and Jen Carter, musicians Kevin Barrett, Erin Donovan, and Jonathan Craig, VIVA! Youth Singers, the Alpha Alternative Choir and the Davenport Perth Community Choir, and the design/ technical assistance of Chris Clifford, Angela Thomas, Kit Currie, Marianne Alas, Mary Ford and many others.

Please come and join us!

Our staff person Liz Rucker is in this one.

Once A Shoreline Opening May 21 runs to May 30. Preview May 19.

Davenport Perth Neighbourhood Centre, 1900 Davenport Rd (west of Lansdowne). Parking available at Pope Paul VI School 270 Laughton St (south of St Clair).

Performances: Friday and Saturday 7:30 pm, Sunday 3:30 pm, Wednesday 6:30 pm

Tickets:$12 - $15, families $40. group rates available
For tickets or information call: 416-203-8428 or jumblies@sympatico.ca
web site: www.jumbliestheatre.org

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Andrew Munger's Film -- Campaign: Making of a Candidate -- May 27, 29, Newsworld

Our neighbour Andrew Munger insinuated himself into David Miller's campaign early on, and was able to film the story of the come-from-behind victory. Watch it on CBC's Newsworld:

Thursday, May 27 at 10pm
Saturday, May 29 at 5am and 10pm.

See the brochure>>

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Madawaska String Quartet, May 27, Aug 8

Meran Currie-Roberts was once a staff person at the park.

May 27, 2004, 8:00pm,
Fundraiser for Music Gallery Residency,
Music Gallery, Toronto

August 8, 2004, 4:00pm,
Summer Music in the Garden,
The Music Garden, Toronto

From their website:

Since our first concerts, given in the towns along the Madawaska River, we have been fascinated by the many extraordinary, and sometimes unlikely, connections between the music of different eras and different countries. The exploration of these innumerable cultural explorations has become the basis of our programming, giving us the threads to combine the old with the new, and the familiar with the less well known. Our aim is to bring highly diverse repertoire to as broad an audience as possible, and it has been inspiring to find our audiences enthusiastically embracing new challenges with us.

Check out their website at www.madawaskaquartet.com.

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Chanteuse/Performer Lyne Tremblay Announces Monthly Lula Lounge Show With Summer Dates

From the press release:

May 26, 2004 … After three successful years of regular performances at Gate 403 in Toronto, The Lyne Tremblay Ensemble will expand shows and audiences to Toronto's eclectic Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas Street West every first Wednesday monthly beginning June 2 from 8 pm to 11 pm (also July 7, August 4, September 1).

"Ravishing to see and hear" (Ray Conlogue, The Globe and Mail), torch-singer jazz performer, bilingual Tremblay dazzles crowds with her charm and moves, and has been catapulted into the spotlight since her debut CD Break ‘n Enter (selected as one of the top ten CDs of the year by Jazz FM 91.1). Lyne is one of Canada's most original, multidisciplinary performers with a style and charm that captivate audiences almost immediately. Nominated for Best New Jazz Vocalist, National Jazz Awards 2003, Tremblay will expand her repertoire at Lula with regular guest musicians, paving the way for new material, a fall tour (in development) of her native Quebec, and Ontario, eventually returning to begin work on her next CD.

"Ms. Tremblay has a sultry and soulful delivery with a flair for the dramatic . . . an appealing European sensibility, which makes for a refreshing change from the usual offerings . . . merci bien" (Downtown Jazz, Toronto). With recent performances at The Distillery Jazz Festival burning up the stage and a full summer itinerary, Tremblay will again be headlining at Lula on Tuesday and Wednesday, June 29 and 30 in The Groove Suites 5: five fantastic females: five shows, two nights, one price (see www.lula.ca for details). Joining Lyne at Lula for both shows will be her Musical Director Scott Marshall (saxophones), Steve Heathcote (drums), Carlos Lopes (guitar), Wes Neal (bass) and Marcel Aucoin (piano) and special guests.

LYNE'S LULA SHOW DETAILS: Doors open 7 pm, Show time: 8 to 11 pm, Show $10, Dinner/Show $45

Contact: GOYA Productions, gaye@goyaproductions.com, 416-535-5678 or 416-875-3346.
Visit Lula Lounge www.lula.ca
Lyne Tremblay at www.lynetremblay.com

Congratulations to Ken Whitely

posted May 1, 2004

Congratulations to Ken Whitely for receiving a 2004 Genie Award: ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC - ORIGINAL SONG: Ken Whiteley - Falling Angels "Tell Me" (see www.northernstars.ca/genies/winners_2004.html).

Samba at 90 Croatia Street

Performance, Friday Sept 17, 7pm

A few summers ago, Alan Hetherington and his samba band rehearsed every Sunday afternoon in the park near Dufferin Street. Lots of people watched and enjoyed themselves but eventually it got to noisy for the neighbourhood, and we had to ask them to stop. Now that the Royal Conservatory of Music is moving into our neighbourhood (into the former Ursula Franklin High School building, Brockton High School before that, located across from the north end of the Dufferin Mall), Alan and his samba group are back, but playing inside the conservatory. Just a block from the park! On Friday Sept.17, 7 p.m., three samba groups will have a performance of Brazilian music, dance and pageantry, in honour of Brazilian Independence Day, at 7p.m. (tickets $10 at the door). The groups are Escola de Samba de Toronto, Brazil Nativa Dancers, and Axe Capoeira. The feature presentation will be a film, WE ARE SAMBA about the group, The Escola de Samba, their travels and links within Brazil. Following the 70 min film will be a live performance of samba drumming and dancing, with everyone on the stage.

A good thing to go to after Friday night supper, which will feature a Brazilian menu that night.

Regular Sunday Events, from September 19, 2004

Then every Sunday afternoon from September 19, at 3 pm., you can go over to 90 Croatia Street and learn Samba percussion and dance (bring the kids):

• 1:00-2:30 Iniciantes (beginner music lesson, Pay what you can drop-in workshop)
• 2:30-3:30 Aula de Samba (Samba dance lesson, Pay what you can drop-in workshop)
• 3:00-5:30 Ensiaro da Bateria (Bateria rehearsal, Open to the public for inspiration/entertainment, participated in by regular members of Escola de Samba de Toronto)

Alan says they're really looking forward to returning to the community after a few years "in exile." Good!