Toronto - March 2022 The Bloor St. Culture Corridor
We continue to share the most up-to-date information about arts and culture events from our Bloor St. Culture Corridor partners. Don't forget to plan your March break activities along the BCC with great family offerings!
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Royal Ontario Museum
Extended! Great Whales and Wildlife Photographer of the Year. Due to high demand, Great Whales: Up Close and Personal’s run has been extended to June 26, 2022, allowing more visitors to enjoy the unique world of these majestic giants. The exhibition displays three real whale skeletons—the sperm whale, the blue whale, and the North Atlantic right whale—combined with fascinating science and large-scale audio and video experiences. Visitor-favourite Wildlife Photographer of the Year has also been extended to May 29, 2022, so more people can see the longest-running and most prestigious nature photography competition in the world. This exhibition is organized and presented by the Natural History Museum (NHM) in London. There’s still time to enter your best wildlife photos to the ROM Wildlife Photo Contest for a chance to win fabulous prizes including a camera kit courtesy of Henry’s and if you are inspired by nature, enter to win a trip for two to Newfoundland & Labrador to see whales, birds and ‘bergs! Explore now.
Photo: Sperm Whale © Reinhard Mink
Toronto Reference Library
Visit the library’s new exhibit, A Study in Sherlock and His Creator: 50 Years of the Arthur Conan Doyle Collection, in the TD Gallery at the Toronto Reference Library. Explore the many facets of the world’s most famous detective writer, Arthur Conan Doyle. Includes early and rare editions of the Sherlock Holmes stories, original artwork, posters, film stills and memorabilia. Discover Conan Doyle's other published works and his connection to spiritualism. On now till April 16. Admission is free, masks are required. Learn more at tpl.ca/tdgallery.
Randolph Centre for the Arts
Randolph Kids Performing Arts Summer Camps 2022! Join them for the month of August for exciting 1-week in person camps. Dance, sing, act, create, expand and make new friends in a safe, inclusive and fun environment. YouTube, Music Videos, Movie Creation, Next Step Dance, Voice Over, Acting for Film, Pop Vocals, Puppetry, Musicals - we have an amazing line up. Camps are for Grades 1+ and run 4 or 5 days with before and after care available. Register here.
Women's Art Association of Canada
WAAC artist member Iwona Kmiec's solo exhibition, Scent of Laundry, continues until March 5 in Ruth Upjohn Gallery. The exhibition explores how we can stay positive and connected in this challenging pandemic era through the eyes of the artist. WAAC's Dignam Gallery and Ruth Upjohn Gallery present Echoes, a juried exhibition curated by WAAC's curatorial mentoring program March 12-30. In-person opening reception and live-streamed presentations March 12 at 1pm. On March 17 from 1-2 pm, WAAC's Artist Voice presents Playing with Fire with Dale Dunning, discussing the various procedures involved in making sculptures. Please visit their website for event registration and more information.
VEMU Estonian Museum Canada
On March 6 at 2pm there will be an online screening of the Estonian feature film “Sandra Gets A Job”, in Estonian, with English subtitles. The film is a psychological drama about a young Doctor of Physics who unexpectedly loses her job and finds herself in difficult situations in her search for new work. On March 13, in celebration of Estonian Language Day, there will be an online event where speakers will be sharing poems, music and thoughts on the topic of being Estonian. VEMU is also honoured to promote the University of Tartu online lecture titled, “From Estonia to the World and from the World to Estonia” on March 31 by Jaan Valsiner, the visiting professor from the Estonian diaspora for 2021/22. VEMU and Estonian Music Week will also be opening registration for youth to participate in a DJ Live Remix and Sampling workshop musician Erik Laar will be lead participants through sampling Estonian records from the VEMU archives to a live DJ performance. More information can be found on their website.
Gardiner Museum
Step into a multi-sensory installation of ceramics, drawings, life-sized automatons, two-way mirrors, and coin-operated sculpture, set to an interactive score. The Gardiner Museum presents a bold new exhibition by internationally renowned Canadian multidisciplinary artist Shary Boyle. Outside the Palace of Me is Boyle’s first solo Canadian museum tour since she represented Canada at the Venice Biennale in 2013. She transforms the exhibition hall into a strange and captivating universe, parts theatre, carnival, and art museum. Reflecting on contemporary constructions of self through the language of costume, character, set design, and stage effects, the artist invites visitors to explore how we see ourselves and each other. Get tickets here.
The Japan Foundation, Toronto
The Japan Foundation, Toronto has reopened its doors to the public! Book your visit on their website and come check out items from their Library or see the Hiroshige’s “Edo Hyaku” ukiyo-e exhibition on Tuesdays and Thursdays. If you’re interested in their selection of children’s stories or young adult literature, be sure to register for their online talk Parallel Worlds: Translating for Young Minds on March 3. For a collection that is available 24/7, the JFT OverDrive Library is constantly adding new Japan-related ebooks, audiobooks, and streaming videos covering a wide range of themes and topics. March also marks the end of STAGE BEYOND BORDERS - Selection of Japanese Performances. These 70 recorded stage performances with English subtitles are all free to watch for just a few more weeks. Catch them before they’re gone! For more information about their ongoing events, please visit their website.
Bata Shoe Museum
Toronto’s favourite shoebox launches their new virtual exhibition Boots & Blades: The Story of Canadian Figure Skating! Explore the artistry and athleticism of figure skating, from its early beginnings to today, and discover how it has evolved through boots, blades, movement, costume, music and more. And check out Off the Shelf for extra episodes featuring skates this month. Join them for a sports-filled experience with Ready, Set…Go Sporty at the BSM this March Break from March 14-19. Their popular Salon Series returns on March 20 with special guest Lauren Stowell, Co-Founder of American Duchess Historical Footwear ~ visit their website to register. Every Sunday, enjoy a new Camp in a Shoebox episode and get creative with their weekly colouring sheets! Book your tickets now to visit them IRL and for everything #BSMFromHome - visit their website.
Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
Hot Docs Cinema turns 10! Join them as they celebrate a decade of bringing the best in documentary cinema to their community. Because you asked for it—2022 Best Documentary Oscar nominees Flee, Ascension, and Writing With Fire return for encore screenings. Join them for the 2022 Oscar Documentary Shorts program, complete your Oscar ballot, and show off to your cinephile friends! Follow acclaimed French artist JR around the globe in his quest to challenge perspectives through his art in Paper & Glue. Explore the hopes, fears, and dreams of young people in Italy in the eye-opening Futura. Bask in the dazzling glory of David Bowie with their new retrospective series We Can Be Heroes: A Bowie Cinematic Experience, featuring classics like Labyrinth and The Man Who Fell To Earth. Find inspiration in one of their new Curious Minds courses, back in-person this month, with topics ranging from Parisian café culture to the lasting influence of the World’s Fairs. Visit their website to view their health and safety guidelines, and programming schedule.
Alliance Française de Toronto
Alliance Française Toronto is thrilled to present you its cultural program for March! Be prepared, there are many events to come. On March 12, Alliance Française will host a lecture about French painter Marcel Duchamp, who belonged to cubist, dada and conceptual art movements. This event is organized in partnership with the Toronto Public Library. On March 19, Alliance Française will welcome Mimi O’Bonsawin for a wonderful concert which will take you to the beautiful north-Ontario Landscapes. On March 24, the French actress Maud Andrieux will perform “La Douleur” by Marguerite Duras. This powerful work shows the horror lived during the 2nd world war in Europe. For the “Semaine de la Francophonie” (20-27th of March), Alliance Française Toronto will offer you a great selection of movies from Quebec, both online and on site. All event information, much of which will come soon, can be found at their website.
The Royal Conservatory
Award-winning pianist Jeremy Denk will perform Renaissance and Baroque works with Quebec’s Les Violins de Roy at The Royal Conservatory's Koerner Hall on March 6. Hailing from Nazareth, the Galilee Chamber Orchestra consists of Jewish and Arab musicians and will make their first Canadian appearance on March 21 with Canadian pianist Jon Kimura Parker. Celebrate the life and music of Dave Brubeck with a unique multimedia show on March 25 featuring music performed by his sons, bassist Chris, drummer Dan, and cellist Matt. The great Latvian cellist, Mischa Maisky, will perform Johann Sebastian Bach's Cello Suites No. 1, 4, and 5 on March 27. Additional performances this month include the Grammy nominated ARC Ensemble celebrating their 20th anniversary season on March 20, The Glenn Gould School Spring Opera 2022, featuring George Frideric Handel’s Rinaldo on March 16 and 18, and many more. Head to their website to learn more.
Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre
Spring Arts and Culture at the Miles Nadal JCC starts early! Opening March 1, From the Depths: A Women’s Art Association of Canada Exhibition, featuring paintings, photographs, illustrations and sculptures of nine women artists. Should Canada abolish the monarchy? Join Alan Simons for a lecture, The Future of the Monarchy in Canada on March 3. Come to a series of lectures: The Shtetl: The Real, The Fictitious and the Nostalgic, Part II, March 7, 14 & 21 with Joseph Gilbert. Bake along to make Ube Hamantaschen with Marianna Breytman on March 13. Yiddish scholar and archivist Miriam Borden lectures on the Purim Shpiel Through History on March 17. Learn online Beginners’ Hebrew (daytime or evening options) starting March 22. Beginner Plus through Intermediate Adult Ukulele with Susan Baskin starts March 29, and Spring Daytime Choir with director Asher Farber begins March 29 with the theme Music You Can Dance To. All this and more at their website.
Istituto Italiano di Cultura
The Istituto unveils 3CODESIGN 3Rs: Reduce Recycle Reuse, an exhibition of 56 objects, products and accessories that are either recycled or made of sustainable materials, with sustainable technologies, designed by Italian designers and produced by Italian companies, providing an overview on how Italian design is working in the direction of environmental sustainability. Italian designer Antonio Aricò will also be on hand for a presentation on Italian design. On March 8, for International Women’s Day, Prof. Angelica Pesarini (U of T) will present her talk "You Were the Shame of Race": Black Italian women, history, and resistance. Taking place at the Alliance Française, Dr. Pesarini will illustrate stories of marginalization and resistance of Italian women of African descent born during the fascist colonial time in East Africa. The talk will show the complexities of the Black presence in Italian history and the difficulty to acknowledge issues of race, identity, and citizenship. For details and other upcoming events, visit their website.
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir
Tickets are now on sale for Tafelmusik’s March digital events. They hope you will join them for one or both of these early spring events! Tafel Talks: Music in the Key of Green, premiering on March 16 at 7pm ET, is a wide-ranging conversation exploring the profound relationship between music and the environment, from the sustainability of materials used to make instruments, to the idea of retraining our ears to listen more closely to the natural world. Haydn & Friends, premiering on March 17 at 8pm ET, invites you to savour this classical chamber program full of wit and charm featuring music by Haydn and his contemporaries. Tickets are now available at their website.
The Bloor St. Culture Corridor, Toronto's most diverse arts and culture district, is a true creative cluster, an arts and culture destination, and a collaboration between some of Toronto's most dynamic arts and culture organizations.
The Bloor St. Culture Corridor offers the public a wide variety of arts genres, from museum experiences to films, art exhibitions to music concerts, and opportunities to experience some of Toronto's cultural diversity, including Aboriginal, French, Jewish, Italian, Japanese, Estonian, African and Caribbean arts and culture.
All Bloor St. Culture Corridor organizations present arts and cultural events for the public year-round in destination venues located in a cluster along a vibrant stretch of Bloor Street West. Each year more than three million members of the public go to Bloor St. Culture Corridor arts and culture destinations, and attend exhibitions, performances, and events. Together, the Bloor St. Culture Corridor organizations employ more than 5,500 culture workers and generate more than $629,500,000 in economic impact each year. In 2016, The Bloor St. Culture Corridor was successful in working with the City of Toronto to have the Bloor St. Culture corridor section of Bloor St. West designated an official City of Toronto cultural corridor.
The Bloor St. Culture Corridor includes:
918 Bathurst Centre for Culture, Arts, Media and Education: 918 Bathurst St. 918bathurst.com
Alliance Française de Toronto: 24 Spadina Road alliance-francaise.ca
Bata Shoe Museum: 327 Bloor Street West batashoemuseum.ca
A Different Booklist Cultural Centre: 777-779 Bathurst St. adbcc.org
Gardiner Museum: 111 Queen's Park gardinermuseum.com
Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema: 506 Bloor Street West hotdocscinema.ca
Istituto Italiano di Cultura: 496 Huron Street iictoronto.esteri.it
The Japan Foundation, Toronto: 2 Bloor Street East, Suite 300 jftor.org
Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre: 750 Spadina Ave. mnjcc.org
The Music Gallery: 918 Bathurst St. musicgallery.org
Native Canadian Centre of Toronto: 16 Spadina Road ncct.on.ca
The Randolph Centre for the Arts: 736 Bathurst St. randolphcentreforthearts.com
The Royal Conservatory of Music / Koerner Hall: 273 Bloor Street West rcmusic.com/performance
Royal Ontario Museum (ROM): 100 Queen's Park (Entrance on Bloor St. W.) rom.on.ca
Soundstreams: various venues on the Bloor St. Culture Corridor soundstreams.ca
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra & Chamber Choir: 427 Bloor Street West tafelmusik.org
The Toronto Consort: 427 Bloor Street West torontoconsort.org
Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library: 120 St. George St. fisher.library.utoronto.ca
Toronto Reference Library: 789 Yonge Street torontopubliclibrary.ca
University of Toronto Faculty of Music: 80 Queen's Park music.utoronto.ca
VEMU Estonian Museum Canada: 310 Bloor Street West vemu.ca
Women's Art Association of Canada: 23 Prince Arthur Ave. womensartofcanada.ca
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