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July 2, 2010 Events Listing: Ontario: Greater Toronto Area (GTA)
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What: Stitching Community: African Canadian Quilts   tell a friend     single event  
 
 
When: January 30, 2010 until September 6, 2010
 
 
Organization: Royal Ontario Museum
 Where: Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's Park, Toronto, ON
 More Info: In celebration of Black History Month, the Royal Ontario Museum presents Stitching Community: African Canadian Quilts from Southern Ontario, an exhibition that uses quilts made from 1848 to 1976 to explore the role of African Canadian women in strengthening community ties. The exhibition focuses on the African Canadian community in North Buxton, Ontario- a community comprised of many freed slaves who settled in Canada.

The exhibition showcases artifacts loaned from the Buxton Museum and items from the Ontario Black History Society, including quilts, photographs, tools of the trade and a variety of black cloth dolls.
 URL: link
 
 
 
What: Jitters   tell a friend     single event  
 
 
When: June 24, 2010 until July 24, 2010
 
 
Organization: Soulpepper Theatre Company
 Where: Young Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto, ON
 More Info: For those of us who have enjoyed French’s masterful Mercer Trilogy (Leaving Home, Of the Fields, Lately and Salt-Water Moon) Jitters is a very special and deeply funny inside look. In one of the greatest of all "back-stage" comedies, French takes inspiration from the nerves and screw-ups of his own harrowing opening nights.
 URL: http://www.soulpepper.ca
 
 
 
What: Soulpepper Lab Series: The Cherry Orchard   tell a friend     single event  
 
 
When: July 1, 2010 until July 10, 2010
 
 
Organization: Soulpepper Theatre Company
 Where: Young Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto, ON
 More Info: Director Daniel Brooks and the artists of the Soulpepper Academy culminate a year-long journey of discovery of one of the seminal texts of the Western Canon.
 URL: http://www.soulpepper.ca
 
 
 
What: Mount Pleasant Cemetery Extended Summer Hours   tell a friend     single event  
 
 
When: April 1, 2010 until September 30, 2010
 
 
Organization: Mount Pleasant Cemetery
 Where: Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, ON
 More Info: Enjoy the summer months as Mount Pleasant Cemetery announces expanded summer hours from April 1 to September 30, 2010.

Mount Pleasant Cemetery welcomes visitors, walkers, joggers, runners and nature enthusiasts to the peaceful and beautifully landscaped grounds that feature numerous varieties of majestic trees and flowers.

To make access to the property more convenient, Mount Pleasant Cemetery will open its gates one hour earlier during the summer months. Gates will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. from April 1st to September 30th, 2010.

Historical Mount Pleasant Cemetery is located at 375 Mount Pleasant Road and its grounds are bordered by Merton Street and Moore Avenue, Yonge Street and Bayview Avenue.

Check http://friends.mountpleasantgroup.com or http://www.mountpleasantgroup.com/new
periodically for updates regarding the upcoming summer concert series as well as maps of walking and running routes and seasonal washroom locations. For information on cemetery etiquette visit: http://friends.mountpleasantgroup.com/Default.aspx?DN=cfe61d89-f1a8-4574-a65f-a4a542a2cc0f

For more information, please contact Nathan Johnson, Mount Pleasant Cemetery, 416 485-9129
 URL: http://friends.mountpleasantgroup.com
 
 
 
What: The Toronto Fringe Festival   tell a friend     single event  
 
 
When: June 30, 2010 until July 11, 2010
 
 
Organization: The Toronto Fringe Festival
 Where: various locations in downtown Toronto, Toronto, ON
 More Info: The Fringe is Toronto’s largest alternative theatre festival. Over 150 local and international theatre companies take the stage in over 25 different venues across downtown Toronto. Purchase the most economically friendly theatre tickets in the city ($10 max, $5 max for kids) and enjoy what may be the next Broadway smash hit from just a few rows away. There’s something for everyone as the Festival is host to dramas, children’s theatre, musicals and comedies in theatres, playgrounds and parking lots. If you are looking for a way to remember Toronto, this is it!
 URL: http://www.fringetoronto.com
 
 
 
What: Midrash -Photography Exhibition by Oscar Wolfman   tell a friend     single event  
 
 
When: July 2, 2010 until July 13, 2010
 
 
Organization: Queen Gallery
 Where: Queen Gallery, 382 Queen Street East, Toronto, ON
 More Info: Oscar Wolfman’s photography embodies a core Jewish technique to interpret sacred Jewish texts: midrash. Midrash fills in the missing sections of the narratives, resolves contradictions, and imagines creative reconfigurations of Biblical texts. In Oscar’s staged photographic interpretations, Jewish religious and cultural life incorporates queer sensibilities and a modern urban perspective.

This solo exhibition provokes rethinking, instigates discussion, and encourages the viewer to find new beauty in old traditions.

July 2-July 13, 2010
Tuesday to Friday 11 am–6 pm
Saturday 1-5 pm

Opening reception:
Friday July 2nd, 2010, 6-10 pm
 URL: http://www.queengallery.ca
 
 
 
What: Free Concert Series in Garden Square   tell a friend     single event  
 
 
When: Fridays from July 2, 2010 until August 27, 2010
 
 
Organization: Rose Theatre Brampton
 Where: Garden Square Outside the Rose Theatre Brampton, Brampton, ON
 More Info: Join us for free live entertainment all summer long on the fully licensed Rose Theatre Patio! There’s the Thursday Afternoon Folk Series, Friday Nights with Dean McTaggart & Friends and Saturday Morning Music at the Farmers Market. The patio is open Tuesday – Sunday, 11AM – 10PM. Check www.rosetheatre.ca for a full listing of performers and events in Garden Square.
 URL: http://www.rosetheatre.ca
 
 
 
What: Pre-Pride Dance Party   tell a friend     single event  
 
 
When: Friday, July 2, 2010
 Where: The Body Shop Store, Toronto Eaton Centre, Toronto, ON
 More Info: The Body Shop kicks up its heels at the Toronto Eaton Centre, with a Pre-Pride Dance Party from 5:00 -7:00 pm, featuring music from DJ Donovan, colourful dancers from The Body Shop Pride Parade float, plus high-energy sampling. Come out to help congratulate Toronto Pride on its 30th birthday and show your Pride in celebrating 30 years of The Body Shop Defending Human Rights and Activating Self-Esteem!
 
 
 
What: Tambura Rasa live at Yonge-Dundas Square   tell a friend     single event  
 
 
When: Friday, July 2, 2010
 
 
Organization: Yonge-Dundas Square
 Where: Yonge-Dundas Square, Toronto, ON
 More Info: Friday, July 2 - 8-10pm
Presented by Virgin Mobile.

Tambura Rasa is a buoyant cultural cross-pollination that fuses contemporary grooves and traditional rhythms into one energetic musical brand all their own! Packed with fiery Spanish guitar, fully orchestrated Baladi Gypsy string section, burning Afro-Latin percussion and sensual Flamenco and Belly dancers, this act raises the roof and lights up the skies of any concert grounds they land on.

Global Grooves: A carnival of the world's delights, every Friday night
Friday, July 2, 8:00 - 10:00 PM
Yonge-Dundas Square, Toronto, Ontario
Free to attend!
 URL: http://www.ydsquare.ca