Toronto Welcomes Chihuly’s Colourful Works of Art

The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) is now proudly showcasing the colourful, captivating art of internationally acclaimed artist Dale Chihuly. The exhibit will run from June 25, 2016 all the way through until January 2, 2017 and will feature classic installations selected by Chihuly, along with pieces created exclusively for the ROM’s exhibit.

Chihuly has been creating colourful and mesmerizing glass installations for over 50 years. Drawing inspiration from the environment around him, his pieces are unique to each place he has visited. Over his career, Chihuly has mastered the transparent qualities of ice, water, glass and neon by creating works of art that allow viewers to be immersed into his thoughts and experiences.

The exhibit is now open, and being displayed in the Garfield Weston Exhibition Hall. Admission is free for ROM members, $29 for adults, $26.50 for students/seniors, and $21 for children (4-14 years).

Make sure not to miss this unique, colourful and captivating exhibit, perfect for any age.

For tickets or more information visit http://www.rom.on.ca/en/chihuly

 

More than your neighbourhood coffeehouse: Boxcar Riverside

The up and coming neighbourhood, Riverside, became a lot trendier with the opening of Boxcar Riverside, part of the Boxcar Social brand. Boxcar Social is a rustic-chic, coffeehouse that offers premium coffee, craft brews and charcuterie plates. The Riverside coffeehouse is the second location, with the first  at Yonge street and Birch avenue.

The owners wanted to do something they loved and they wanted to do it right. Bringing their customers beans from all over North America and having fresh, organically certified ingredients is very important to them. With the success of their first shop, they were able to bring great coffee, local beers and foods to the east-end.

Boxcar Riverside is a large, trendy coffee shop located at Boulton avenue and Queen street east. The gorgeous spot is a great place to get some work done and enjoy a quiet cup of your favourite coffee or host a private party and enjoy the local craft brews on tap.

 

Courtesy of: Boxcar Social

Hours of Operation
Monday: 8 a.m.- 5 p.m.

Tuesday: 8 a.m. – 12 a.m.

Wednesday: 8 a.m.  – 12 a.m.

Thursday: 8 a.m. – 12 a.m.

Friday: 8 a.m. – 2 a.m.

Saturday: 8 a.m. – 2 a.m.

Sunday: 8 a.m. – 8 p.m.

 

For more information on Boxcar Social:

http://www.boxcarsocial.ca/contact-riverside.html

Market your event & create the buzz with Hootsuite

If you have been following our series of how to market and create the buzz on social media, here is our new video!
This time we are telling you how to promote your event through Hootsuite: an easy to navigate website that has a dashboard supporting social network integrations for Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+ and more. Hootsuite let’s you schedule posts onto any social media platform days in advance without having to worry about manually posting. As posting on social media can be time consuming, hootsuite will help you to post on all your social media platforms in a minute.

Here are some highlights of the video:

Hootsuite is composed of 4 main tabs:
Streams: This is where you have the ability to watch all activity happening on your timeline or dashboard including live tweets, direct messages, whose retweeted or whose mentioned you. Here you can track what people are saying before, during, or after your event. Hootsuite also allows you to stream specific hashtags, keywords and followers to stay updated on current conversations. All you have to do is upload the csv spreadsheet template given to you, with date, time and your message.

Publisher: This is where you can schedule and post your messages. Instead of logging in every time you want to post something on your social media, you can schedule everything in advance and on all your social media. This is a real lifesaver! You can even schedule all your posts in one click thanks to bulk schedule.

Analytics:This tool will help you track your traffic and all the information you want of all your social media. Hootsuite lets you customize your analytics to any form you need to present and sends you an email with a PDF attachment of your click summaries.

Campaign tool: The campaign tool allows you to create sweepstakes, galleries, and contests in minutes. Holding a sweepstake or contest prior to your event is a good way to build hype and excitement for your event.

Watch our video below for more complete information and tips

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