Canadian Music Week
March 22, 2012 by CityEvents
Filed under Past Events, Toronto
Wednesday March 21st, Toronto turned up their amps and grabbed their instruments to be a part of Canadian Music Week. The five-day event, running from Wednesday to Sunday is brought together all kinds of Torontonians. The weeklong festival of events hit genres for every music lover making the event a success. Over the few days there were many ways to be a part of the action. Here is a list of some of the main features of Canadian music week, and what makes it so popular.
Conference/Tradeshow(http://www.cmw.net/conference/conferences/)
Canadian Music Week designs their conferences to put you face-to-face with forward-thinkers who shape the entertainment industries – from sound recording, new media, and broadcast to live touring, film, and technology.
CMW Film Festival (http://www.cmw.net/festival/film-festival/)
Canadian Music Week Film Fest presents an eclectic mix of movie premieres, special screenings, retro rarities, and limited engagements. The festival spotlights some of the industry’s hottest new directors, composers, artists, actors and music supervisors.
Music Festival (http://canadianmusicfest.com/)
The Music Festival is stretched far and wide throughout the city in venues big and small. The festival will be featuring local talent, as well as artists from all over the world. The line up of artists is meant to promote the variety of music that is constantly available in Toronto.
Canadian Music Week also featured a comedy festival and this year the festival featured Steve-O from the notoriously known “Jackass” trilogy. So whether it was grabbing a cold beer and watching a concert, or being a part of the CMW Conference, there was plenty of music to go around to every Canadian interested. I know I enjoyed seeing Canada’s own The Sheepdogs perform live.
Samantha Crimi
Events Intern
More details are available at http://www.cmw.net/
International Women’s Day a Celebration of Women
March 7, 2012 by CityEvents
Filed under Ask Deb, Event Venues, Non-Profit Events, Past Events, Toronto
International Women’s Day is a day to recognize women and their achievements. Celebrated for over 100 years International Women’s Day is an opportunity to access how far we’ve come and where we are going.
Women have achieved many things since the introduction of International Women’s Day including the right to vote. Over the years this day has grown to become a global celebration of women; it is an official holiday in several countries like Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cuba, Georgia, Guinea-Bissau, Eritrea, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam and Zambia.
Celebrate women this International Women’s Day with events around the city; participate in the many offerings Toronto has to recognize and celebrate women.
Fundraise for the Seventh Stage Theatre with 7 Fierce Femmes at the Extension Room, 30 Eastern Ave on March 7. This event includes performances by the City Dance Corps and Erica Peck of We Will Rock You. www.seventhstageproductions.com
On March 8 come out to Celebrate International Women’s Day with Women’s College Hospital and hear from Farrah Khan, counselor at the Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic about women as outsiders at Women’s College Hospital. www.womenscollegehospital.ca
On March 8, Mildred’s Temple Kitchen is hosting Kitchen Sister: An Exquisite Dinning Experience to Benefit Sistering where some of this city’s finest female chefs create delicious dishes to raise money for Sistering’s new kitchen. Mildred’s Temple Kitchen, 85 Hanna Avenue,Toronto. For more information, please visit www.sistering.org
Sisterhood Revisted: Local Transcontinental and Global Feminist Struggles is a keynote address from Dr. Jacinta Muteshia about the contradictions of democracy and feminist politics within institutions of governance. The event takes place at Founders Senior Common Room (Founders 305) at York University., Toronto on March 8, 2012. cfr.info.yorku.ca
NYCH celebrates IWD, NYCH celebrates with fun activities including: Henna, Tahitian dancing, manicure, games and yoga. The Event takes place at Lawrence Square Mall 2nd Floor, suite 226 on March 8, 2012. www.nych.ca
Watch “No Woman No Cry” a free film screening of Christy Turlington’s award winning documentary about maternal health at College and Shaw Public Library on March 15, 2012. www.facebook.com/events/239721572787602/
