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Coming Events Archives
2001
A Service of
The Scarboro Heights Record
Dedicated To Promoting
Community Events, Multicultural Activities,
The Arts, Non-Profit Groups,
Local History and Local Heroes
Publisher and Executive Editor
Bea McCowan, Broker
HomeLife Best-Seller Realty Inc.
Please send stories of life in the community,
announcements and any other correspondence
to bea@beamccowan.com or
to:
The Scarboro Heights Record
Bea McCowan, Broker
HomeLife Best-Seller Realty Inc.
477 Ellesmere Rd.., Scarborough, Ontario, M1R4E5
Tel 416-288-8822 or 416-447-4895
Fax 416-288-8733
Free Concert: Starlight Orchestra
Scarborough Civic Centre
150 Borough Drive
July 29 2001, 2-4 PM
The Odyssey
Cliffhanger Productions presents the classic tale of Greek heros and
monsters
Guild Inn Gardens, 201 Guildwood Parkway, Scarborough
Call for show times, 416-264-5869
July 3 to Aug. 9 2001
Caribana
Showcasing Toronto's Caribbean community throughout the city.
416-465-4884
July 20 to Aug. 6 2001
14th Annual Community Charity Fish Fry
Bluffers Park
7 Brimley Road South
Toronto, Ontario, M1M 3W3
416-266-4556
August 5th, 2001- Start at 1:00 pm
Heritage Board Appointments
To get involved in the preservation of Toronto's heritage, attend the
Information Seminar at Metro Hall, 55 John St., Rm 307
416-392-6827 x 227
egallacher@city.toronto.on.ca
Aug. 9 2001, 7 PM
Fringe Festival of Independent Dance Artists
90 dancers perform in various locations in Toronto
416-410-4291
Aug. 1 to 19 2001
Festival of Beer
Beer tasting and beer history at Historic Fort York.
416-392-6907
Aug. 10 to 12 2001
Taste of the Danforth
Now a multicultural festival of food on Danforth Avenue between Jones and
Broadview.
416-469-5634
Aug. 10 to 12 2001
Massey Field Day
Antique tractor and implement demonstrations
Norbrae Farm, 1 mile east of #12 Highway, 1 mile north of Greenbank
(1 hour from Scarboro Heights)
905-985-7776
August 18-19 2001
Kanatan Aski
Native North American music and dance
Nathan Phillips Square
416-395-7350
Aug. 22 2001, noon-2 PM
Fiddle Song Trio
Concert: Early Canadian as well as international music.
Harbourfront Centre, Toronto Music Garden
Aug. 23 2001
416-973-3000
www.harbourfront.on.ca
Estate Sale: Contents -- Antiques / Furniture
189 Randall Cres., Scarborough
(Kingston Road / St. Clair)
Sat. Aug. 25, 9-4
Sun. Aug. 26, 10-3
Rhythms of the World
200 concert performances presented by musicians from 20 different nations
Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queen's Quay W.
416-973-3000
Until Sept. 2 2001
Open Doors 2001
Scarborough Arts Council's Arts Week Presentation
Sept. 22-30
call 416-698-7322 for a descriptive brochure with times and locations
Including the following in Scarboro Heights:
-Neigh the Front-Exploring Scarboro Heights, Book Signing at
the Bluffs Gallery, 1859 Kingston Road, 416-698-7322, Sept. 29, 1 to 4 PM
-Barishev School of Fine Art, 2965 Kingston Road, Ste. 2A,
416-267-7030, all week, call ahead for times
-Barbara Sutherland, 1 Ledge Road, 416-269-5335, Sept. 29-30, 2-5 PM
-Doris McCarthy, 1 Meadowcliffe Dr., Sept. 25, 1-4 PM
Book Signing: Neigh the Front --
Exploring Scarboro Heights, by Bruce McCowan.
At the Bluffs Gallery, 1859 Kingston Road, 416-698-7322
Cost of Book: $15.00 (Proceeds to the Janet McCowan Fincham
Memorial Scarborough Community Studies program) (Also available from the McCowan Society,
c/o 19 Monarchwood Crescent, Don Mills, Ont., M3A 1H3 -- add $2.00 for postage)
416-447-4895
Sept. 29 2001, 1:00 to 4:00 PM
In Neigh the Front, Bruce McCowan has
assembled an impressive montage of primary sources documenting the history of the Scarboro
Heights. The story is told through eyewitness accounts amplified by background
information, learning exercises, pictures and maps...
Barbara Myrvold, librarian and local historian
Cathedral Bluffs Symphony Orchestra
First concert of the season is at Scarborough Civic Centre, Sun. Sept. 30 2001, 2
PM
For info call 416-879-5566 or visit www.cathedralbluffs.com
International Conference on Volunteer Administration
Oct. 3-6, 2001.
Downtown Sheraton Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Sponsored by the Association for Volunteer Administration. For information, call
804-345-2266, write to avaintl@mindspring.com
or visit www.avaintl.org
(See also my page on Volunteerism)
Exhibition: Justina M. Barnicke Gallery
Hart House
http://www.utoronto.ca/gallery/
October 11 to November 8, 2001
Yehouda CHAKI
"Mi Makir: A Search for the Missing"
Apple Harvest Festival
Scarborough Historical Museum, 1007 Brimley Road, north of Lawrence, Sun., Oct. 14 12-4.
The McCowan Log House, one of the buildings at the museum, was occupied by William Porteous McCowan from 1848 to
1902.
Ashbridge ECO Community Garden
Harvest Festival
Oct. 13, 2-4 PM
The organic vegetable and herb garden is located on the lot of the Division 55 Police
Station at Dundas and Coxwell.
Scottish Studies Program Fall Colloquium
"Regulating Culture and Society in Scotland"
University of Guelph, University Centre Rm 103
scottish@uoguelph.ca, 519-824-4120 x 3209
Oct. 13 2001
Cabbagetown Walking Tour
Sunday October 14, 2001, 1 pm to 2:30 pm
Meet Toronto Historical Association guide at Riverdale Farm, 201 Winchester Street. Please
register by October 8. Call 416-926-7145. (Canadian Celtic Arts Association)
International Festival of Authors
Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queen's Quay W., 416-973-4000
Oct. 17-27
Tillsonburg, Canadian Stage Presentation
October 15 - November 10, 2001. "Discover" the meaning of culture shock picking
tobacco in the back fields of Ontario. Berkeley Street Theatre 416-368-3110.
Irish Canadian Aid and Cultural Society of Toronto Grand Millennium Reunion
Saturday October 27, 2001. Phone: 416-762-2858.
Kickoff Meeting for The Janet McCowan Fincham Memorial Scarborough Community Studies Program in connection with the Milk
Challenge
Oct. 22 2001, 7:30 PM. Please call 416-447-4895 for the location and other details. (bea@beamccowan.com)
What to Bring:
- Feedback on our Information Processing Program and Educational
Resource at www.scarboroughrecord.com
- Ideas for encouraging and furthering community studies in local schools using Neigh the Front, www.scarboroughrecord.com and other
resources
- Ideas for convincing the milk industry that the Scarborough origins of the milk
marketing movement in Ontario on April 18 1892 should be recognized in a meaningful and
beneficial fashion
- A sense of how you would like to help -- what element can you champion?
Scarborough Camera Club Meeting
Oct. 23 2001
David and Mary Thomson Collegiate, 2740 Lawrence Ave. E.
Rediscovering Garrison Creek
Walking Tour presented by Waterfront Regeneration Trust
416-943-8080 x 228
October 28 2001, 1-4 PM, gather at Christie Pits (Bloor/Christie)
Ontario Contact 2001 -- Annual Arts Conference
Presented by Ontario Arts Council
George Weston Recital Hall, Toronto Centre for the Arts
5040 Yonge St.
Nov. 8-10
www.arts.on.ca, 416-961-1660
Craft Show
Royal Canadian Legion, 81 Peard Road (Victoria Park / St. Clair)
Nov. 24, 9am - 3pm
Stage: Five Women Wearing the Same Dress
Stage Door Theatre
Nov. 22-24; Nov. 29-Dec.1; 8 PM
416-643-0546
Toronto Welsh Male Voice Choir
St. Nicholas Anglican Church, 1512 Kingston Rd.
Nov. 24, 7:30 pm
416-693-0232
Wine: 7000 Years of History
Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's Park
416-586-8000
Until October 21 2001
Ready & Able -- Including Volunteers with Disabilities
Conference: November 6th 2001 at Metro Hall
To launch resource materials and to provide training to organizations. A Volunteer Trade
Show & Fair will be held on the same date.
Please contact: Audrey Jamal
Volunteer Centre of Toronto
344 Bloor Street West, Suite 207
Toronto, ON M5S 3A7
Phone: 416-961-6888
Fax: 416-961-6859
ajamal@volunteertoronto.on.ca
2001 Heritage Toronto Awards
November 15. 416-392-6827 ext 450.
The 2001 Heritage Toronto Awards Gala will be held at the Ontario Association of
Architects. The Annual Awards programme was introduced in 1974 to recognize individuals,
groups or organizations who have made outstanding contributions to the preservation of
Toronto's archaeological, built, cultural and natural heritage.
Christmas Pageant, "Christmas Presence"
Cliffcrest United Church, 1 McCowan Road
Dec 9 2001, 10:30 AM service
A Christmas Carol
A Dramatic Reading with music
Birchcliff United Church, 33 East Road (Kingston / Warden)
416-694-4081; bcuc@sympatico.ca
Dec. 15 2001, 7 PM
Cathedral Bluffs Symphony Orchestra
Stephen Leacock Collegiate, 2450 Birchmount Road
416-879-5566
Dec. 15 2001, 8 PM
Jews in Shanghai: Exhibit
Chinese Cultural Centre
5183 Sheppard Ave. E.
Scarborough, 416-292-9293
Until Dec. 22 2001
Short Story Contest (Canadian Authors Assoc)
Entry forms are at www.tacob.org
(905) 428-7244
Every Step a Lotus: Shoes in the Lives of Women in Late-Imperial China
The pain of foot-binding.
Bata Shoe Museum, 327 Bloor St. W. 416-979-7799
Until December 31 2001
Agincourt Community History Project: Exhibit
Multicultural History Society and City of Toronto Culture Division
Call Madeleine 416-338-8807 or Jennifer 416-979-2973 to contribute stories.
Dec. 2001
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