TO. Greenspiration Events - dumps and black-out party
Angela Bischoff
greenspi at web.ca
Tue Aug 11 11:45:10 EDT 2009
TO. Greenspiration Events
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You may have read in NOW Magazine (thanks NOW!) that we were planning
a Tooker Gomberg Open Source Library Launch on Aug. 12, but sadly
this has been post-poned till sometime in the fall. Stay tuned for
details.
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Dumpsite 41 - Forum
No Water to Waste
Thur. August 13, 7 p.m.
University of Toronto Medical Sciences Building, Macleod Auditorium
Room 2158
Entrances off Kings College Circle (College St) and also Queens Park
Circle nearest the Queens Park Subway
Why is Simcoe County building a dump site on pristine water?
Find out how to stop this environmental destruction
Call (416) 979-5554 for more information
Speakers include:
Dale Goldhawk
Emcee
David Crombie
Former Toronto mayor, former federal cabinet minister
Sandy Hudson
University of Toronto Student Union President
Meera Karunananthan
Council of Canadians Water campaigner
Vicki Monague
Spokesperson for The Anishinabe Women, Keepers of the Water from
Christian Island
Mary Muter
Georgian Baykeeper for Georgian Bay Forever
Stephen Ogden
Resident of Simcoe County & member of the Community Monitoring Committee
You can find info on dumpsite 41 on the Council of Canadians website:
http://www.canadians.org/water/issues/Site41/index.html
There is background info, an online petition and you can also:
Contact Dalton McGuinty
Please take action - help us make a difference. Call or write Dalton
McGuinty at 613-736-9573 or dmcguinty.mpp.co at liberal.ola.org on this
issue and tell him to support a one-year moratorium. You can send
your letter automatically online at www.canadians.org/action/2009/10-
July-09.html.
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Night of Mayhem
6th Anniversary of the 2003 Blackout
Fri. Aug. 14
3 great parties to celebrate the anniversary of the blackout…
Party the 1st : Blackout on Ossington Avenue, Dundas to Queen, 8 pm
to close - 28 venues, buskers, live acoustic music, parking meter
parties, candlelight
Party the 2nd: Group bike ride - bring your lights, meet Bloor and
Spadina at 8:45 - at 9:15 let’s ride!
Party the 3rd: Circus geeks and dance freaks, meet NW corner of
Trinity Belwoods near Simon de Bolivar bust at 9 ish, bring
glowsticks and dancing shoes
…don’t miss the big surprise at 10pm when three parties become one…
http://www.streetsareforpeople.org for details about other parties
and a link to the film when all three parties became one last year
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6izc1_fifth-anniversary-blackout-
party_webcam
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Edible Tree Tour
Sat. August 15, 2009 from 2pm to 4pm
Eglington West Station
Sponsored by: LEAF , Not Far From The Tree and Growing For Green
Come and taste the fruit of our labour at the Edible Tree Tour. For
the second year, LEAF is teaming with Not Far From The Tree for this
one of a kind tree tour. Starting at Toronto’s first community
orchard at Ben Nobleman Park, we will learn about the efforts of the
community group Growing For Green in Toronto’s Ward 21. We will then
make our way into Cedarvale Park where open fields are surrounded by
a diverse canopy of beautiful trees. LEAF arborist Todd Irvine will
introduce us to a centuries old red oak, a testament to when our city
was a lush forest. Joining us will be OCAD professor Stan
Krzyzanowski, who will talk about his art installation of grafted
cherry trees. Finally, the tour will pass a live action fruit pick.
This is one tree tour that really bears fruit.
Space is limited so please register online at www.treetours.to/
RSVP. Suggested donation: $5.
For more information, contact:
Claudio Tata, Toronto Tree Tours Co-ordinator at 416-413-9244 ext. 15
or claudio at leaftoronto.org
VISIT www.treetours.to FEATURING SELF-GUIDED TREE TOURS ACROSS THE CITY
The Toronto Tree Tours are a project of LEAF (www.leaftoronto.org), a
not-for-profit organization that is dedicated to the protection and
improvement of the urban forest through education, training and
planting initiatives.
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Toronto Civics 101
The City of Toronto is launching a new program to help
Torontonians learn about their local government. Starting in
September, participants in the new Toronto Civics 101 program will
attend 6 evening sessions to find out more about how the City works,
its finances, planning processes, how decisions are made and how they
can be involved in their City and communities.
On-line at: www.toronto.ca/civic-engagement or engagement at toronto.ca.
Or in writing from the City Managers Office, 10th Floor East Tower,
City Hall, 100 Queen St. West, Toronto, ON M5H 2N2 or, by calling
416-392-8592 to ask for one by fax, mail or email
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Women's Lives focus of "the crush of beauty"
at SummerWorks, Aug. 6-16
Fresh from the critical and audience favourite of the Toronto Fringe,
George Bernard Shaw's "Candida," (“ five stars“ - eye weekly;
“without question, one of the hits at this year's Fringe” -
torontoist.com), Burning Passions Theatre stages a new work, "the
crush of beauty," at the SummerWorks Theatre Festival, running August
6-16 at St. Andrew’s Playground (Adelaide St. W., at Brant St., just
west of Spadina). Shows run Tues.-Fri. at 7 pm, Sat. & Sun. at 3 pm.
Chairs will be provided.
Written and directed by Laurel Smith, co-produced by Matthew Behrens,
starring Elva Mai Hoover and Tiffany Martin, stage managed by Natalie
Gisele, with technical direction and sound design by Hilary Unger,
"the crush of beauty" explores the unlikely friendship between an
older woman and a teenage girl who are surprised to discover how much
they have in common. The play explores the ways in which women are
still trying to understand and express their frustration at a world
that places very real constraints on their freedom and their lives.
Hoover, a National Theatre School graduate with thirty years of
experience on the stage (including Stratford and regional theatres
across Canada), in film, television, and commercials, has received
four Gemini and Genie nominations, and is often seen on the small
screen as Elvira Lawson on Road to Avonlea, Mrs. Edison on The
Edison Twins, and Ted’s Mom on Queer as Folk. Martin, a Humber
Theatre Performance graduate, was nominated for a Dora Award in 2008
(Ensemble Cast) for an outstanding group performance in Factory
Theatre’s Production of "Tough!". Most recently she appeared in
Obsidian Theatre’s critically acclaimed production of "Black Medea."
"the crush of beauty"
a random encounter...an unlikely friendship
SummerWorks Theatre Festival
St. Andrew's Playground
Adelaide St. W. at Brant St. (one block west of Spadina)
CHAIRS PROVIDED
Aug. 6-16, 2009
Tues. to Fri. at 7pm
Sat. and Sun. at 3pm
Tickets: 416.504.7529
Online: www.artsboxoffice.ca
On facebook: http://www.facebook.com/events.php#/event.php?
eid=118797791480
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