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Episode 6 - July 15, 2008

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Blair
on July 17, 2008
in Visual art, music and theatre
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On a beautiful Tuesday night, Katherine and Blair find themselves strolling through the cobble stone streets of Toronto’s historic Distillery District. Full of galleries, restaurants, and boutique shops, micro-breweries - the Distillery has a plethora to offer the culture vulture. It’s also a great hub of music.

A brief history of The Distillery (from their website):

Founded in 1832 by Brothers-in-law William Gooderham and James Worts, the Gooderham and Worts Distillery eventually became the largest distillery in the British empire. Set on 13 acres in downtown Toronto, the forty plus buildings constitute the largest and best preserved collection of Victorian Industrial Architecture in North America. The Distillery District is a national historic site.

The Distillery is a hub of creativity housing some of Toronto’s outstanding performing arts companies. One of the crown jewels of the entire site is the Young Centre for the Performing Arts, a multi-venue theatre, home of Soulpepper Theatre Company and George Brown College’s Theatre Program. Katherine and Blair took in a performance of The Way of the World at Soulpepper before heading over to the Mill Street Brew Pub for a bite to eat and a sip of beer.

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Photo taken of the Gooderham & Worts Building in the Distillery by Katherine Grainger.

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Episode 5 - July 3, 2008

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Blair
on July 4, 2008
in dance, opera and theatre
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July always starts with a bang in Toronto due largely in part to the Toronto Fringe Festival - the annual tradition when thousands of people descend upon the Annex Neighbourhood and surrounding areas. Hundreds of artists vie for your attention with flyers, posters, costumes, PR stunts and more. And for only $10, you could see the next big hit to grace the stages of Toronto. The Drowsy Chaperone is probably the best and most quoted example of the little Fringe show that could - making its way from its humble beginnings here in Toronto to the bright lights of Broadway and beyond!

Both Katherine and I have a history with the Fringe. I used to tech for a couple of years at a few of the University of Toronto venues while Katherine has produced one of the hit Fringe shows a few years ago and is back at it again this year with The Three Magic Wishes, a Cow Over Moon Children’s Theatre Company production.
Day 2 of the Fringe and we hit up the Fringe text to say hi to some friends, grab a beer and see some great improvisation.

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Photo taken of Future’s Bakery at Bloor and Brunswick by Blair Francey

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Episode 4 - June 30, 2008 (Mini Edition)

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Blair
on July 4, 2008
in dance, opera and theatre
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Once a year, the theatre, dance and opera community come together to celebrate their achievements over the past year at the Dora Mavor Moore Awards. Produced by the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA), the Dora Awards have been celebrating excellence on Toronto’s stages for the past 29 years!

In episode 4, Katherine and Blair take you behind the scenes of this years award show from the VIP reception to the after party to talk to the nominees and winners.
It was a long day … but it was worth it. :)

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Photo taken from the CN Tower by Blair Francey

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Coming up this week …

Published
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Blair
on July 2, 2008
in theatre
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It’s the beginning of July and that can only mean one thing … that the Toronto Fringe Festival is kicking into high gear!

Katherine and the good folks of Cow Over Moon Children’s Theatre have a show in the festival called “The Three Magic Wishes” at the Palmerston Library. After the performance on Thursday afternoon, we’re going to go check out some of the sites and sounds of the Annex and run from venue to venue to find the next big show to come out of the festival!

If you’re around, be sure to find us in the beer tent at the Tranzac Club later on in the evening. If you’ve got a tip on a great show to check out, let us know!

See you there!

Episode 1 - June 10, 2008

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by
Blair
on June 15, 2008
in film, music, photography and theatre
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Our first vlog!

Katherine and I are really excited to show you our first attempt at putting our first video blog together!

On June 10, 2008, we began our night at the Mille Femme exhibit at Brookfield Place, biked up town to see Black Watch at Varsity Arena, stopped off at Hart House to observe Slow Dance, grabbed a bite to eat at Queen and Spadina before rockin’ out at The Horseshoe Tavern with Sebastien Grainger And The Mountains.

Here’s how much we spent tonight: approximately $47.

Unfortunately we couldn’t take any footage of the Black Watch performance - lucky for us though, there’s a great preview on YouTube - check it out here:

We hope you enjoy the first of our vlogs about culture in Toronto. Do you know of an event or exhibition or show we should check out? Give us a shout!

Did you see one of the events we saw? What did you think of it? Leave a comment!

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