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What: English Cafe (Language Skills)   tell a friend     single event  
 
 
When: Every second Friday
 Where: The Grace Centre, 6670 Campobello Road, Mississauga, ON
 More Info: PRACTICE YOUR ENGLISH FOR FREE IN A FUN, SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT!

Many people move to the Mississauga area with an academic understanding of English but without a practical foundation. The Grace Centre's English Cafe is designed to give those wishing to solidify their conversational English a chance to do just that in a safe, fun environment.

Meeting the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month.

For info contact Elizabeth at:
speak.english.cafe@gmail.com
905.510.5785
 
 
 
What: CPA's 2010 Conference & Trade Show   tell a friend     single event  
 
 
When: July 6, 2010 until July 9, 2010
 
 
Organization: Canadian Payroll Association
 Where: Westin Harbour Castle Hotel & Conference Centre, Ontario, ON
 More Info: Toronto 2010: The Payroll Mosaic

Come explore the diversity of payroll, share in the wealth of professional experiences, and be inspired by Toronto’s eclectic mix of cosmopolitan chic and cultural charm.

From July 6 to 9, 2010, join the Canadian Payroll Association in the multicultural city of Toronto for an education experience that brings together payroll, compliance, employment standards and strategic management to meet your professional needs.

The 2010 Conference will provide you with the knowledge and skills you need to stay at the top of your payroll career while you learn from the experiences of your payroll friends and colleagues.

Who should attend?
• New and experienced Payroll, HR and IT professionals
• Specialists from related fields, such as Finance and Accounting
• Consultants, trainers, business owners and other individuals with a functional responsibility for payroll
 URL: link
 
 
 
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: Business From A Woman's Perspective   tell a friend     single event     see map  
 
 
When: Every second Friday
 Where: Green Instead, 200 Spadina Avenue, Suite 201, Toronto, ON
 More Info: Bi-weekly, Fridays
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM

This set of events is for people who want to save their business development days for the end of the week as a recap of what has already been done and setting targets for the next week. We'll meet every two weeks on Friday afternoons (we can swap the time around - I am just picking something as a starter).

Each meeting will consist of:
- Time for each member to give a brief recap of their progress on last week's goals, and receive feedback on current challenges and successes;
- A main group session (see below);
- Goal/intention setting for the next week.

The main session might consist of:
- a speaker or coaching session;
- if a member identifies a special issue that they are having IN ADVANCE of the meeting, we can focus on brainstorming solutions for her;
- a member sharing what they have learned from a course or book they have read.

Please note: you don't have to attend every meeting (and especially not both weekday sets of meetings).
 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: A Month in the Country   tell a friend     single event  
 
 
When: July 6, 2010 until August 7, 2010
 
 
Organization: Soulpepper Theatre Company
 Where: Young Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto, ON
 More Info: Hungarian master László Marton (Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters, Platonov, The Play’s the Thing, The Guardsman, The Wild Duck) returns to Soulpepper to direct one of the masterpieces of Russian literature. In this richly textured, love-filled comedy, the magic of a summer holiday turns several hearts upside-down.
 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: Concert for French horn and Organ   tell a friend     single event  
 
 
When: Friday, July 9, 2010
 Where: St. James Cathedral, Toronto, ON
 More Info: World Premiere: “Sonata for French horn and Organ” by Andrew Ager, Director of Music at St. James, Toronto
Music of the Baroque and Romantic
Henri Ormieres, France, and Reinhard Seeliger,Germany, Organ
Manfred Dippmann, Germany, French horn
10$-20$ suggested donation.
 URL: link
 
 
 
What: 7 Stories   tell a friend     single event  
 
 
When: July 9, 2010 until July 10, 2010
 
 
Organization: Rose Theatre brampton
 Where: 1 Theatre Lane, Brampton, ON
 More Info: What do you do when you're on a ledge, ready to jump, and you keep getting interrupted? This is the hilariously surreal premise of 7 Stories, a play that offers a peek into the lives of various people living in a high rise. Inspired by a Magritte painting, the award-winning Morris Panych play is a warm look at the foibles and follies of human nature, and touching exploration of one's place in the world.

Regular Ticket Price: $25 or Subscribe & Save!

Contact the Rose Theatre Box Office at 905-874-2800 or visit us online at www.rosetheatre.ca for more information.
 URL: http://www.rosetheatre.ca
 
 
 
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: The Drinks Show   tell a friend     single event  
 
 
When: July 9, 2010 until July 10, 2010
 
 
Organization: Fulcrum Events Inc.
 Where: Polson Pier, Toronto, ON
 More Info: The Drinks Show is the ultimate cocktail tasting experience. You sample new and original recipes made by the hottest mixologists in the city, but you can do so much more! Taste delectable treats, jam to the city's best DJs, leave with a great swag bag, and maybe even win airfare for 2 to anywhere in the world. Come celebrate the cocktail culture by the water at Toronto's biggest summer patio event.

Friday, July 9 & Saturday, July 10
5-11 p.m.

Tickets $23 online (plus taxes), $30 at the door (taxes included)

19+ event
 URL: http://drinksshow.ca
 
 
 
What: The Drinks Show   tell a friend     single event  
 
 
When: July 9, 2010 until July 10, 2010
 
 
Organization: The Drinks Show
 Where: Polson Pier, 11 Polson St., Toronto, ON
 More Info: The Drinks Show is the ultimate cocktail tasting experience. Not only will you sample new and original recipes made by the hottest mixologists in the city, but you can do so much more! Taste delectable treats, jam to the city’s best DJ’s, leave with a great swag bag and maybe even win airfare for 2 to anywhere in the world. Come celebrate the cocktail culture by the water at Toronto’s biggest summer patio event.

Polson Pier
11 Polson St.
Toronto, ON
M5A1A4

Friday, July 9 & Saturday, July 10, 2010
5-11 p.m.

19+ event
drinksshow.ca
info@drinksshow.ca
 URL: http://drinksshow.ca
 
 
 
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: 'My Oakville' Photo Contest   tell a friend     single event  
 
 
When: July 5, 2010 until July 25, 2010
 
 
Organization: Oakville Place
 Where: Oakville Place, Oakville, ON
 More Info: 'My Oakville' is Focus of Oakville Place Photo Contest __ July 5 – 25, 2010
Oakville Place shopping centre wants to know, ‘What does your Oakville look like through the lens of a camera?’ Enter the ‘My Oakville’ photo contest, July 5 - 25, for a chance to win one of 4 Grand Prizes of a $1000 Oakville Place Gift Card and have your winning photo published in the Oakville Beaver. It is free to enter. You don’t have to live in Oakville, just take your photos there. All submissions will be displayed at Oakville Place in August. For further information go to www.oakvilleplace.com or call Oakville Place at (905) 842-2140.
 URL: http://www.oakvilleplace.com
 
 
 
What: Gallery in the Garden: Over The Road   tell a friend     single event  
 
 
When: July 7, 2010 until August 14, 2010
 
 
Organization: Sherway Gardens
 Where: Sherway Gardens, Etobicoke, ON
 More Info: Expand the imagination with Sherway Gardens’ current Gallery in the Garden exhibit entitled Over The Road. The acrylic and mixed media paintings by Margaret O’Flanagan-Byerley, Pamela Avril Pols and Catherine Shane featured in this exhibit reach the imagination in a variety of ways. Their diverse and unique paintings are very complimentary to one another and will be on display until August 14, 2010. Call 416-621-1070 or visit www.sherwaygardens.ca for more information.
 URL: http://www.sherwaygardens.ca