September 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, Fridays, 12n-5pm. Free. Tentative - Contact BikeChain to confirm. UofT Bikechain Workshop.
Location: International Student Centre (ISC), 33 St George St, north of College St
(map).
Quote: A free do-it-yourself and educational center for bike repair.
Bikechain's August hours: Tuesdays 10am-4pm,
Wednesdays 12n-4pm (Do-it-yourself day: tools available, no mechanic on premises),
Fridays 12n-5pm.
To join the BikeChain listserv send an email to: listserv@listserv.utoronto.ca in the BODY of the message type: subscribe bikechain-l your name.
Info: who.car@gmail.com,
http://www.sustainability.utoronto.ca/projects/bikechain/
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September 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, Fridays, 6pm. Free ROM Tour.
Free admission Fridays 4:30pm-9:30pm. 45-min tours. Meet at Currelly Gallery tour sign, near crest pole stairs.
General Museum tours - 6pm, 6:15pm (in French), 6:20pm, 6:40pm, 7pm.
The ROM has a Hands-on Biodiversity
gallery with an interactive Field Guide
and 'ROM Ontario's Biodiversity Species at Risk'.
Royal Ontario Museum, Main Bldg, 100 Queen's Park, Bloor SW corner/Museum subway
(map).
Excess baggage checked free; coats checked for a fee.
416-586-8000, http://www.rom.on.ca
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September 1, Friday, 6:15pm. Free. Ian Wheal Heritage Walk - Lady Edgar's Rosedale Camping Sights.
Start: Castle Frank subway, Castle Frank Rd & Bloor St East
(map).
Ian Wheal Heritage Walks: 416-593-2656, https://torontoactivities.tripod.com/Ian.html#1 .
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September 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, Fridays, 8:30pm-11pm. $4. 1001 Friday Nights of Storytelling.
Location: Innis College Café, 2 Sussex Ave, St George St, one block north of Hoskin Ave, 1 block south of Bloor St West
(map).
http://www.storytellingtoronto.org/Pages/Fridays.html
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September 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30, Saturdays, 9:10am. 99.1 FM. CBC Radio One: The House.
Quote: "Every Saturday morning CBC Radio takes you behind the scenes in the world of Canadian politics.
Over the years, The House with host Anthony Germain has become known and respected for its groundbreaking interviews with key decision makers and for the understanding and analysis it provides of the political choices that touch all our lives.
This is where listeners go to find out what is really happening in the world of policy. Where is the health care system going? What kind of role is this country playing on the world stage?"
Info: http://www.cbc.ca/thehouse,
http://www.cbc.ca
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September 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30, Saturdays mornings. Bretton Place Organic Farmers Market.
Local farmers (small farms from southern Ontario) sell their organically-grown products, including fruits, vegetables, herbs, and breads.
Plan B Organic Farm (CSA) grows organic vegetables, fruits & herbs, and doesn't sell meat.
Location: 44 Jackes Ave, south of Yonge St & St Clair Ave, behind CHUM Radio
(map).
Info: http://www.planborganicfarms.ca/site/index.html
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September 2. Saturday, 10am-2pm. Free. City of Toronto Environment Day:
- councillor Altobello, Corvette Junior Public School, 30 Corvette Ave, off Kennedy Road, south of Eglinton Ave.
"Household items like clothes, small appliances, computers and related hardware, empty inkjet printer cartridges, tires and non-perishable food items...
You can also purchase a backyard composter, yard waste bins and blue bags...
Note: no other plastic items will be accepted at this year's events. Tubs and lids can be placed in your recycling box starting April 1, 2005."
Info: 416-392-9585, http://www.city.toronto.on.ca/environment_days
Future 2006 Environment Days: September 9, 16, 17, 23.
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September 2, Saturday, 11am-2pm. Food Focus Day Presentation - Foods of the Settlers: Mulberries.
Learn & sample how grapes were used in the 1800's.
Quote: On sale are organically grown berries, pioneer recipes, baked goods made with the berries from historic recipes. This is authentic gourmet stuff. Other recipes for indigenous foods offered in this series in past years are also available. 11am-5pm (or until sold out) at the Cottage.
Location: Historic Tollkeeper's Cottage, NW corner Bathurst St & Davenport Rd
(map).
Info: http://www.tollkeeperscottage.ca .
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September 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30, Saturdays, 12:05pm. 99.1 FM. CBC Radio One Science Show: Quirks & Quarks.
http://radio.cbc.ca/programs/quirks/archives.htm
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September 2, Saturday, 2pm. Free. Ian Wheal Heritage Walk - Parkdale Nature & Pre-History.
Start: Queen St West & Gwynne Ave, west of Dufferin St
(map).
Ian Wheal Heritage Walks: 416-593-2656, https://torontoactivities.tripod.com/Ian.html#1 .
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September 2, Saturday, 2pm-3:30pm. Free. Hosted Toronto Wilde Chat / Conversation Café.
First Saturday of each month. Quote: An open discussion group based on a cross between Socrates Café method and rules of a Conversation Café.
Our aim is to inspire people who are curious, perplexed and filled with an insatiable sense of wonder,
so they can dialogue for discovery.
We also strive to enable those who share our deep concern about the state and straits of civility and civic mindedness to dialogue for democracy.
Location: Ground Level Cafe, 1340 Queen St West, Parkdale, a few doors east of Brock Ave
(map).
Info: Michael Paré, 416-533-6428,
http://www.conversationcafe.org/cousins.html#wilde_chats,
http://www.conversationcafe.org/cafes_schedule_Canada.html,
http://www.conversationcafe.org
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September 3, Sunday, 2pm. Free. Ian Wheal Heritage Walk / TGC Lost River Walk - Iroquois Shore Bluff.
Start: NE corner of Dufferin St & Regal Rd
(map).
Leader: Ian Wheal.
Toronto Green Community / Lost River Walks: 416-781-7663, info@ntgc.ca, http://www.ntgc.ca,
http://www.lostrivers.ca/WalkSchd.htm .
Ian Wheal Heritage Walks: 416-593-2656, https://torontoactivities.tripod.com/Ian.html#1 .
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September 3, Sunday, 2pm. Free. ROMwalk - Mount Pleasant Cemetery Part I.
Start: Mount Pleasant Cemetery - Yonge St Gate, Yonge St north of St Clair Ave.
Highlights: St. Andrew's Society Monument, Massey Mausoleum, Mt. Pleasant Mausoleum, Millionaires' Row, Empress of Ireland Monument.
ROMwalks Info/Confirm: 416-586-8097, 416-586-5513, visit@rom.on.ca,
http://www.rom.on.ca/programs/rom_travel/index.php
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September 3, 10, 17 & 24, Sundays, 3pm-4pm. 1010AM CFRB Radio. Science Show with Dr Joe Schwarcz.
Quote: Answers to all of your questions about the chemistry of everyday life. Dr. Joe also has interviews galore with leading scientists from around the world. Got a question about science Dr. Joe has the answers.
Info: http://www.cfrb.com/content/content_publish/program_details.asp?filename=program_id_735.html
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September 3 & 17, Sunday, 5:45pm. Free. Vegan Potluck & Film/Presentation.
"Please bring some vegan food to share. If you are bringing a main dish, please bring enough food to approximately fill 6 dinner plates.
All plates, cups, glasses, cloth napkins and cutlery are provided courtesy of TARS."
Full kitchen facilities available, with composting & recycling bins.
Potluck: 5:45pm-7pm. Film/Presentation: 7pm-8:30pm. 1st & 3rd Sunday of each month.
First Unitarian Congregation, 175 St Clair Ave West, west of Avenue Rd (map).
Info: http://www.animal-rights.ca,
http://www.veg.ca/events/t-events.html
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September 4, Monday, 9:30am. Free. Bruce Trail Club Urban Hike: High Park.
Start: High Park subway station, main entrance.
Quote: Level I Urban Hike, 3 hrs, Dropouts, Variable terrain, Moderate pace, Beginners, Families, No dogs.
Depart 9:30 am, High Park subway station, main entrance.
Rolande Smith, 416 924-7631.
A leisurely walk through High Park – we will discover its history and some of its interesting features. Then we will continue along the Waterfront Trail westward as far as we want, enjoying the lake. Bring lunch. Une marche à travers le parc High Park – nous découvrirons son histoire et ses sites intéressants. Puis nous continuerons le long du lac vers l’ouest aussi loin que nous le voulons. Approtez un sandwich.
Bruce Trail Club: 416-763-9061, http://www.torontobrucetrailclub.org,
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September 4, 7, 11, 14, 18, 21, 25, 28, Mondays & Thursdays, 10:30am-11:30am.
FoodShare's Sunshine Community Gardens Local Organic Market.
Tentative dates; check with FoodShare to confirm. Open July to early October.
Local gardeners sell their vegetables & herbs, grown organically in their community garden plots.
Quote: "Youth in our Focus on Food program and CAMH participants grew vegetables, herbs and heritage tomatoes in the Sunshine Garden for the Good Food Box. CAMH participants also had their own community garden plots. Expansion plans include a bread oven..."
Location: CAMH Grounds at 1001 Queen St West, SW of Fennings St, between Dovercourt Rd & Ossington Ave, Parkdale
(map).
Info: karine@foodshare.net, 416-392-6653, http://www.foodshare.net/garden07.htm,
http://www.foodshare.net/resource/files/ACFFDD9.pdf,
http://www.gingerstreet.com/profile/875383?context=gingerstreet_event
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September 4-8, 11-15, 18-22, 25-29, Mon-Fri, 11am & 2pm.
Free. University of Toronto Walking Tours.
Also September 2-3, 9-10, 16-17, 23-24, Sat-Sun, 11am.
Quote: Historical Tours are offered during June, July and August daily Monday through Friday at 10:30am, 1:00pm and 2:30pm - holiday weekdays excluded.
Start: Nona Macdonald Visitors Centre, 25 King's College Circle
(map).
Info/Confirm: 416-978-5000,
http://www.utoronto.ca/Prospective_Students/Visiting_U_of_T.htm
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September 5, Tuesday, 9:30am-12n. Free. TFN Nature Walk - Col Samuel Smith Park Birding.
Start: South parking lot, near bus loop at end of Kipling south bus.
Toronto Field Naturalists: 416-593-2656 (Office Hrs: Fridays am), http://www.sources.com/tfn, http://www.sources.com/tfn/t-walks.htm
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September 5, 12, 19, 26, 2006, Tuesdays, 3pm-7pm. Hosswood Farm Organic Farmstand Cabbagetown Organic Farmers Market.
Through October. Local farmers sell their products, including organically grown fruits, vegetables & breads.
Hosswood Farm Organic Farm is a vegetarian owned and managed certified organic farm that grows organic vegetables, fruits & herbs.
Location: Riverdale Park West, Cabbagetown, outside the farm gates, SE of Winchester St & Sumach St,
(map).
Hosswood Farm info: http://www.hosswoodfarm.com.
Market info: elizharr@rogers.com, http://friendsofriverdalefarm.com/market.htm
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September 5, Tuesday, 6pm-8pm. PYOW. Raw Foods Natural Hygiene Potluck & Presentation.
Presentation Topic: Hygienic Superfoods. 1st non-holiday Tuesday of each month.
Tentative location: High Park.
RFNHS Info: Les, 416-887-0333, or Dianne, raw_foods_natural_hygiene@yahoo.com, store@supersprouts.com,
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/rawfoodsnaturalhygiene,
http://www.veg.ca/events/t-events.html
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September 5, Tuesday, 6:30pm-7:30pm. Free. Talk: Natural Solutions to Cholesterol Management.
Speakers: Dr. Graham Beaton and Dr. Daniel Watters, Naturopaths.
Location: Community classroom / kitchen / meeting room, Whole Foods Market, 87 Avenue Rd, near Elgin Ave & Lowther Ave, north of Bloor St West
(map).
Info: Whole Foods Market, 416-944-0500,
http://www.wholefoods.com/stores/calendars/YRK.html,
http://www.wholefoods.com/stores/toronto/community.html
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September 6, 13, 20 & 27, Wednesdays, 11am. VegTv.
Healthy Living Channel TV (Channel 223 on the DISH Network Satellite System)
& on VegTv.com.
Quote: On VegTv, award winning TV news journalist Jane Velez-Mitchell teams with best-selling cookbook author and nutrition expert
Marie Oser to whip up delicious meals that are very low in fat, rich in fiber, and completely cholesterol-free.
TV and movie stars, from Alicia Silverstone to James Cromwell, tell viewers why they have already made the switch to the vegetable based diet.
VegTv uses only fruits, veggies, nuts, grains and legumes, with a special emphasis on soy, in the kitchen.
Our recipes are totally free of meat, fish, eggs, dairy, and processed sugar.
The result is a real alternative for consumers who want to throw fad diets out the window forever
and get fit and healthy without sacrificing taste...
Viewers can download recipes, watch streaming videos, participate in on-line discussions
and find all the products needed to switch to a healthier lifestyle on VegTv.com.
VegTv can be seen every Wednesday at 11am Eastern (10am Central, 9am Mountain
8am Pacific) on Healthy Living Channel available on satellite and cable systems.
The hosts of this show are also its executive producers and are available for interviews.
Info: http://www.vegtv.com/showinfo.htm
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September 6, 13, 20 & 27, Wednesdays, 5:30pm-7pm. Free. Hosted Conversation Café.
Location: Cafe Elise, 673 Spadina Ave, near Sussex Ave, south of Bloor St West
(map).
Info: Michael Kerman, 416-964-1133, mkerman@rogers.com,
http://www.conversationcafe.org/cafes_schedule_Canada.html,
http://www.conversationcafe.org
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September 6, Wednesday, 6pm. Free. ROMwalk - Jarvis Street Mansions & Churches of the Rich and Religious.
Start: Bloor St East & Church St.
Highlights: St. Paul's Church, Victorian Houses including Massey House, Jarvis Collegiate, Allan Gardens, Jarvis St. Baptist Church.
ROMwalks Info/Confirm: 416-586-8097, 416-586-5513, visit@rom.on.ca,
http://www.rom.on.ca/programs/rom_travel/index.php
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September 6, Wednesday, 7pm-9pm. Free. Discussion - Socrates Cafe: What is Emotion?.
Location: World Class Bakers, 690 St Clair Ave West
(map).
Quote: Join us at World Class Bakers every other Wednesday for an open discussion on topics philosphic. There are no fees or prerequisites beyond an inquisitive mind.
Info: socratescafe@mystclair.com,
http://www.mystclair.com/events.php?id=556,
http://web.295.ca/~mpare/
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September 6, Wednesday, 9:05pm. 99.1 FM. CBC Radio One Ideas: Emergencies.
Quote: All the rules change in emergencies. Or do they? IDEAS host Paul Kennedy and philosophers Michael Blake, Sophia Moreau and Arthur Ripstein discuss urgent—and topical—questions. Listen. Before it's too late.
Info: http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/schedule.html
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September 7, Thursday, 10am-9pm. Free. Distillery Arts Walk.
Studio tours, artist talks, videos, performance art.
Location: Distillery District, 55 Mill St, west of Cherry St.
Info: Distillery District, 416-364-1177,
http://www.thedistillerydistrict.com
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September 7, 14, 21, 28, Thursdays, 3:30pm-7pm. Toronto West Organic Farmers Market.
Local farmers (small farms from southern Ontario) sell their organically-grown products, including fruits, vegetables, herbs, and breads. Runs all year. Access to the produce farm stands is from the south/side entrance facing the park (not through the main entrance facing the mall).
Among the farmstands are Thorpe's Organic Produce Farm and Plan B Organic Farm (CSA); their two farms grow organic vegetables, fruits & herbs, and they don't sell meat.
Location: 875 Dufferin St, Dufferin Grove Park rink house, near Dufferin St & Dufferin Park Ave, btwn Bloor St West & College St
(map).
Info: market@dufferinpark.ca, http://www.dufferinpark.ca/market/market.html
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September 7, Thursday, 5pm-10pm. Free. Coach House Open House.
Tour the lit press and learn about the making of a book.
Location: bpNichol Lane, behind 401 Huron St, between Bloor St West, Spadina, St George & Sussex Ave
(map).
Info: 416-979-2217, http://www.chbooks.com/
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September 7, Thursdays, 7pm. Free. Harbourfront Centre Music Garden Tours & Performances: Bach at Dusk.
Tours: To September 17, Wednesdays, Thursdays & Sundays, 2006, 4pm & 7pm.
Performances Thursdays Sept7-Bach) at 7pm &
Sunday (September 10) at 4pm.
45-minute walking tours led by Toronto Botanical Garden guides take place Wednesdays at 11am & Thursdays at 6pm.
Location: Toronto Music Garden, 475 Queens Quay West, west of Spadina Ave
(map).
Info: 416-973-4000 (Tues-Sat, 1PM-8PM),
http://www.harbourfrontcentre.com/noflash/visarts/musicgarden.php
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September 7, 2006, Thursday, 9pm. Free. Public Astronomy Tour - What is the shape of our universe?
Speaker: Parandis. Telescope operator: Alexandre. Talk, Q&A and telescope observation (weather permitting).
Rm MP-134, McClennan Physical Labs, 60 St George St, Russell St, north of College St
(map).
1st Thursday of the month. Starts at 8pm from October through April. University of Toronto Astronomy Dept:
http://www.astro.utoronto.ca/StGeorge_tours.html,
http://www.astro.utoronto.ca/~gasa/public_talk/2006.htm
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September 7, Thursday, 9:05pm. 99.1 FM. CBC Radio One Ideas: 40 Years of Great Ideas.
Quote: We continue our celebration of IDEAS’ fortieth anniversary season. Tonight, part nine of ten episodes, Rants and Raves. They’ve all done it…Lester B. Pearson, John Gray, George Steiner, Paul Goodman…stepped up to the microphone and let us know exactly what they think. Part Ten airs Thursday, September 14.
Info: http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/schedule.html
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September 8 Friday (4pm-9pm), September 9 Saturday (11am-8pm) & September 10 Sunday (11am-6pm), 2005. Free.
TVA Annual Vegetarian Food Fair at Harbourfront.
Quote: Our biggest event of the year (with more than 15,000 people) takes place once again at Harbourfront. Join us for three colourful days of free food samples, cooking demonstrations, lectures, exhibitors, music and more.
Free programming throughout the duration of the fair, including guest speakers,
workshops, cooking demonstrations, book signing sessions, and children’s activities.
Over 70 businesses and organizations staff their own exhibit tables. Food concessions are located in the World Café and offer a variety of reasonably priced vegetarian meals to visitors at the fair.
Toronto-area restaurants, caterers and organizations operate the food concessions.
Meals served represent a range of ethno-cultural backgrounds (e.g. Indian, Middle Eastern, Chinese, Italian, Ethiopian, etc.)
Free admission. Volunteers wanted.
Location: Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay West
(map).
A tentative schedule may be found at: http://veg.ca/events/t-events.html.
Info: Food Fair, Toronto Vegetarian Association, 416-544-8891, foodfair@veg.ca, 17 Baldwin St, west of McCaul St, NW of St Patrick station
(map),
http://www.veg.ca/foodfair
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September 8, 15, 22 & 29, Fridays, 6pm. Free ROM Tour. Free admission Fridays, 4:30pm-9:30pm.
ROM, 100 Queen's Park. 416-586-8000, http://www.rom.on.ca
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September 8, 2006, Friday. Free. Film Screenings: 15th Annual Cabbagetown Short Film and Video Festival.
Quote: The Cabbagetown Short Film & Video Festival features some of the world's best short films, receiving submissions from across Canada and United States, as well as Europe, South America, Australia, Hong Kong and Japan.
The Cabbagetown Short Film & Video Festival is a juried showcase and all selected entries will be eligible for awards.
Location: Winchester Street Theatre, 80 Winchester St, east of Parliament St
(map).
Info: Gina D, 416-924-3514, gdineen[@]sympatico.ca,
http://www.torontoartsonline.org/content/view/full/8023/,
http://www.cabbagetownshortfilmandvideofestival.com.
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September 8, Friday, 9:05pm. 99.1 FM. CBC Radio One Ideas: Flowgirl and the Superheroes.
Quote: They dress up as their highest mythic selves, ride bicycles and commit random acts of kindness. Join Cindy Bisaillon on a revolutionary pilgrimage.
Info: http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/schedule.html
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September 9, Saturday, 10am-11:30am & 2pm-3:30pm. Free. Talk: Raw Food Made Easy for 1 or 2 People and "All Chocolate-No Dairy" Desserts.
Speakers: Chicago-based cooking instructor Jennifer Cornbleet and
Fran Costigan, pastry chef who marries healthy eating with sumptuous tastes and textures,
a graduate of the New York Restaurant School and the Natural Gourmet Cookery School, and has developed many courses at the Natural Gourmet Institute for Health and Culinary Arts and at the Institute of Culinary Education.
Location: Community classroom / kitchen / meeting room, Whole Foods Market, 87 Avenue Rd, near Elgin Ave & Lowther Ave, north of Bloor St West
(map).
Info: Whole Foods Market, 416-944-0500,
http://www.wholefoods.com/stores/calendars/YRK.html,
http://www.wholefoods.com/stores/toronto/community.html
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September 9, Saturday, 1pm. Free. Bruce Trail Club Urban Hike: Central Ravines, Beltline, and Gardens.
Start: Eglinton West subway station.
Quote: Level II Urban Hike, 12 km, Dropouts, Variable terrain, Moderate pace, Beginners, Families, No dogs, Refreshments, Pub stop.
Depart 1 pm, Eglinton West subway station.
Explore wooded Don River ravines, follow a lost historic rail line, discover our industrial heritage and the splendid park-like environment of Mt Pleasant Cemetery. Depending on weather, we will end the hike at Yonge/Davisville where we will have refreshments on an outdoor patio or indoors at a local pub. Bring a loonie for the Escarpment Fund.
Bruce Trail Club: 416-763-9061, http://www.torontobrucetrailclub.org
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September 9, Saturday, 2pm. Free. Bruce Trail Club Urban Hike: Humber Valley Nature Trail.
Start: Eglinton and Scarlett Rd, SE corner.
Quote: Level II Urban Hike, 12 km, Dropout at Dundas St., Flat, Moderate pace, Beginners, Families, Refreshments, Pub stop.
Depart 2 pm, Eglinton and Scarlett Rd, southeast corner. From Runnymede subway station, take the Scarlett Rd. #79 Bus to Eglinton and Scarlett Rd.
Humber River Figure eight loop hike from Eglinton and Scarlett Rd to Old Mill, and back. The Humber River is one of the most beautiful nature trails in Toronto. Three hours of exercise and fresh air along the river is restorative to body and spirit. Refreshments afterwards.
Bruce Trail Club: 416-763-9061, http://www.torontobrucetrailclub.org
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September 9, Saturday, 10am. Free. TFN Nature Walk - Mt Pleasant Cemetery Tree Identification Walk.
Start: Davisville subway exit.
Toronto Field Naturalists: 416-593-2656 (Office Hrs: Fridays am), http://www.sources.com/tfn, http://www.sources.com/tfn/t-walks.htm
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September 9, 16, 17, 23. Saturday, 10pm-2pm. Free. City of Toronto Environment Day:
- councillors Mayor Miller/Carroll, Georges Vanier Secondary School, 3000 Don Mills Rd, south of Finch Avenue East.
and
- councillors Holyday/Milczyn, Toronto Hydro Building Parking Lot, 2 Civic Centre Court, off The West Mall, south of Burnhamthorpe Rd.
"Household items like clothes, small appliances, computers and related hardware, empty inkjet printer cartridges, tires and non-perishable food items...
You can also purchase a backyard composter, yard waste bins and blue bags...
Note: no other plastic items will be accepted at this year's events. Tubs and lids can be placed in your recycling box starting April 1, 2005."
Info: 416-392-9585, http://www.city.toronto.on.ca/environment_days
Future 2006 Environment Days: September 2, 9, 16, 17, 23.
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September 9, Saturday, 1:30pm. Free. Heritage Toronto Walk - Toronto Banks.
2 hours. Focus: Historical, cultural.
Difficulty: Easy walk on sidewalks. Leader: Christopher Hume, Toronto Star columnist.
Start: SE corner of Yonge St and Front St.
End: BCE Place, Front St and Bay St.
Heritage Toronto: 416-338-0684, http://heritagetoronto.org/programs/programs2.show?eventId=46
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September 9, 23, 30, Saturday, 7:30pm-10:30pm. $10. Contra Dancing.
This event is tentative - call to confirm. Usually the 2nd, 4th, 5th Saturdays 7:30pm to 10:30pm.
Regular location (September through June): St Barnabas Church Hall, 361 Danforth Ave, corner of Hampton Ave, near Chester Ave
(map).
December Christmas location: Eastminster United Church, 310 Danforth Ave, east of Broadview Ave, west of Pape Ave
(map).
Info: The Toronto Country Dancers, 416-532-2025, info@tcdance.org,
http://sca.uwaterloo.ca/~tcd/schedule.htm,
http://sca.uwaterloo.ca/~tcd/alternate_halls/stbarnabas.htm,
http://sca.uwaterloo.ca/~tcd/aboutus/contra.htm.
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September 10, Sunday, 9am/10am. $2. High Park Walking Tour: Birds of Fall.
1 1/2 to 2 hour walk in uncleared trails.
Start: Benches across the road from the south side of the Grenadier Cafe and Teahouse in High Park.
Organized by the High Park Citizens' Advisory Committee
and the City of Toronto, Parks and Recreation Division and by Colborne Lodge, City of Toronto, Culture Division.
High Park Walking Tours Info: High Park Citizens' Advisory Committee: 416-392-1748 or 416-392-6916 (Colborne Lodge),
walking@highpark.org, http://www.highpark.org/walking.htm
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September 10, Sunday, 10am. Cost:? Toronto Volleyball Meetup: Pickup Volleyball Game.
Tentative location: Ashbridges Bay Park, 30 Ashbridge's Bay Park, Court#84.
Quote: We will be Playing again Sunday Sept 10th, in the same spot at court #84. Starting at 10am - 3pm.
Info/RSVP: Peter, 905-334-7686, http://volleyball.meetup.com/74/
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September 10, Sunday, 10am. Free. Bruce Trail Club Urban Hike: Cabbagetown, Riverdale Farm, Todmorden Mills, Chester Springs Marsh.
Start: Broadview subway station, Broadview Ave exit.
Quote: Level I Urban Hike, 8 km, Dropouts anywhere, Flat, Leisurely pace, Beginners, families, Hiking boots or sturdy footwear
Depart 10 am, Broadview subway station, Broadview Ave exit.
Marlon Chen, 416 250-8522, before 9 pm. Sam Wong, 416 961-8457, before 9 pm.
Join the Cabbagetown and Riverdale Arts & Crafts and Farm Festival (craft demonstrations, corn roasts, fiddle playing, and children’s activities). Discover the Don River Valley, visit the 19th century Riverdale Farm, learn the history of the Don River Valley at the historic Todmorden Mills Museum, explore the Chester Springs Marsh... Suitable for the whole family.
Bruce Trail Club: 416-763-9061, http://www.torontobrucetrailclub.org,
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September 10, Sunday, 10:30am-12:30pm. Free. High Park Stewardship Program - Planting Event.
Planting event with restoration crew.
Meet: Grenadier Restaurant, High Park, West Rd & Colborne Lodge Dr
(map).
Organized by TFBBD, the High Park Citizens' Advisory Committee & the High Park Volunteer Stewardship Program.
Next: September 24, Preparing plants for Harvest Festival Native Plant Sale with greenhouse staff.
HPVSP info: High Park Volunteer Stewardship Program (VSP), High Park Citizens' Advisory Committee, 416-392-1748,
http://www.highpark.org/vsp.htm,
http://www.highpark.org/vspcalendar.htm,
http://www.highpark.org
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September 10, Sunday, 1pm. Free. Bicycle Ride - Laneways Bike Tour.
Limited to 10 people. Every two weeks. June to September.
Start: TBA. Info: Graeme, laneways@graemeparry.com,
http://www.graemeparry.com/laneways/Tours.html
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September 10, Sunday, 1:30pm. Free. Heritage Toronto Walk - Spadina, Its Neighbourhood and the Ending of the Expressway.
2 hours. Focus: Historical, architectural.
Difficulty: Average walk on sidewalks and grass, some rough ground and slopes.
Leaders: Douglas Fyfe and David Healey, Spadina Museum.
Start: Main front gate of Spadina Museum, 285 Spadina Rd., east of Casa Loma.
End: Same as start point.
Heritage Toronto: 416-338-0684, http://heritagetoronto.org/programs/programs2.show?eventId=46
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September 10, Sunday, 1:30pm. Free. Heritage Toronto Walk - The Guild Inn Gardens.
2 hours. Focus: Architectural, historical.
Difficulty: Average walk on sidewalks and grass, some rough ground and slopes.
Leader: Donald Smith.
Start: Front garden of the Guild Inn, 201 Guildwood Parkway, halfway between Livingston Rd. and Galloway Rd., south of Kingston Rd., Scarborough.
End: Guild Office.
Heritage Toronto: 416-338-0684, http://heritagetoronto.org/programs/programs2.show?eventId=46
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September 10, Sunday, 1:30pm-4pm. Free. Tentative. Rouge Valley Guided Theme Walk: Late Summer Meadows.
"Walks are led by an experienced hike leader every second sunday of the month and are open to the public.
All walks are approximately two hours in length and begin and end at the Rouge Valley Conservation Centre (Pearse House)."
Start: Rouge Valley Conservation Centre (RVCC), Pearse House, 1749 Meadowvale Rd,
north of Sheppard Ave, south of Old Finch Ave, across from the Toronto Zoo,
(map).
Future 2006 Guided Theme Walks: October 8 (Fall colours, Salmon run), Nov 12 (Native and Pioneer history), Dec 10 (Winter in the Valley).
Future 2006 Guided Nature Walks: Sept 28 (Brownfields, a presentation of opportunities by Wendy Meininger-Dyk), Nov 30 (Hiking in the Rocky Mountains, slide show by Bill Lewis).
Rouge Valley Conservation Centre info: 416-282-8265.
Guided Theme Walks (2nd Sunday of the month) & Guided Nature walks (last Thursday of the month).
Info: RVCC Volunteer Sunday Walks, 2nd Sunday of the each month, 1:30pm to 4pm,
Rouge Valley Naturalists, 416-282-8265, 416-282-045, 1749 Meadowvale Rd, Scarborough, Ontario, M1B 5W8,
info@rougevalleynaturalists.com, http://www.rougevalleynaturalists.com/news.htm
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September 10, Sunday, 2pm. Free. ROMwalk - Mount Pleasant Cemetery Part II.
Start: Mount Pleasant Cemetery - Mt Pleasant Gate, Mt Pleasant Road north of St Clair Ave.
Highlights: Garden of Remembrance, Noronic Memorial, Air Canada Flight 621 Memorial, Gravesites of Dr. Alan Brown, Sir Frederick Banting and Charles Best.
ROMwalks Info/Confirm: 416-586-8097, 416-586-5513, visit@rom.on.ca,
http://www.rom.on.ca/programs/rom_travel/index.php
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September 10, Sunday, 2:30pm. Free. TFN Lecture/Illustrated Talk - Cannibalistic Spiders.
Speaker: Maydianne Andrade, University of Toronto.
Quote: A recent winner of the Young Scientist of the Year award and others, Professor Andrade has an international reputation for studying dangerous spiders up close and personal. Why do some female spiders kill their mates? Come and find out about the secret life of spiders.
Location: Emmanuel College, 75 Queen's Park Crescent East
(map).
Toronto Field Naturalists: 416-593-2656 (Office Hrs: Fridays am),
http://www.sources.com/tfn,
http://www.sources.com/tfn/t-meet.htm
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September 10 4pm Sunday & September 17 Thursday 4pm & 7pm. Free. Harbourfront Centre Music Garden Tours & Performances.
Tours: To September 17, Wednesdays, Thursdays & Sundays, 2006, 4pm & 7pm.
Performance Thursday Sept 7Bach at 7pm & Sunday September 10 at 4pm.
45-minute walking tours led by Toronto Botanical Garden guides take place Wednesdays at 11am & Thursdays at 6pm.
Location: Toronto Music Garden, 475 Queens Quay West, west of Spadina Ave
(map).
Info: 416-973-4000 (Tues-Sat, 1PM-8PM),
http://www.harbourfrontcentre.com/noflash/visarts/musicgarden.php
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September 11, & 25, Monday, 7:30pm. Free. Monday Spanish Club Meeting.
People in Toronto that get together to speak Spanish... Meet to practice Spanish at an advanced level.
Alternate Mondays; skipping holidays. Location: Bedford Academy Pub, 36 Prince Arthur Ave,
between Bloor St West & Lowther Ave, near St George subway station, Bedford Rd exit
(map).
Info: 416-921-4600, spanish@mexican.ca,
http://speak-spanish-club.mexican.ca.
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September 11, Monday, 9:05pm. 99.1 FM. CBC Radio One Ideas: The Ideas of Theodore Dalrymple.
Quote: Is British society Western civilization's "canary in the mine"? A British psychiatrist and writer traces the descent of a culture towards wanton self-destructiveness and alerts us to the new face of barbarism.
Info: http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/schedule.html
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September 12, Tuesday, 10:30am. Free. TFN Nature Walk - Rouge Park Nature Walk.
Start: Rouge Valley Conservation Centre (RVCC), Pearse House, 1749 Meadowvale Rd,
north of Sheppard Ave, south of Old Finch Ave, across from the Toronto Zoo,
(map).
Toronto Field Naturalists: 416-593-2656 (Office Hrs: Fridays am), http://www.sources.com/tfn, http://www.sources.com/tfn/t-walks.htm
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September 12, Tuesday, 7:30pm. Free. Science Talk/Discussion.
Sponsored by UofT Natural Philosophers / Canadian Association of Natural Philosophers (CANP).
Quote: Luis Fornazzari MD FRCPC of the Multicultural Memory Clinic, Division of Neurology, University of Toronto, will give a presentation.
Usually the 2nd Tuesday of each month. Contact Physics Department to confirm.
University of Toronto Physics Dept: 416-978-2936,
http://www.physics.utoronto.ca/helper/contact_phone.html.
Location: McClennan Physical Labs, 1st floor lounge (around elevators), 60 St George St, Russell St, north of College St
(map).
Hosted by the Natural Philosophers, University of Toronto, Physics Department, bhs@look.ca,
http://www.physics.utoronto.ca/news/alumni/00spring/PAGE4.htm.
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September 13, Wednesday, 6pm. Free. ROMwalk - Rosedale.
Start: Bloor St East & Castle Frank Rd.
Highlights: James Ramsay House, Drumsnab, Hawthorn Gardens, Craighleigh Gardens, Mooredale House, Ancroft Place.
ROMwalks Info/Confirm: 416-586-8097, 416-586-5513, visit@rom.on.ca,
http://www.rom.on.ca/programs/rom_travel/index.php
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September 14, Thursday, 6pm-9pm. Free. Secular Group - Talk: Buckman, Ito, Barrie, Jun.
Location: Secular Freethought Centre, 216 Beverley St, south of College St
(map).
Quote: Special guests Dr. Robert Buckman, medical doctor, broadcaster and best-selling author of “Can We be Good Without God?”, and CBC’s Mary Ito and Andy Barrie, the latter of the number one show, Metro Morning. Back from the “god machine”, student Andrew Jun discusses the result of having his temporal lobe stimulated, an experiment by Dr. Michael Persinger known to induce spiritual experiences. A tour and intro to the SFC will be provided.
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Toronto Secular Alliance info: info@secularalliance.ca,
http://www.secularalliance.ca .
Event info: http://secularalliance.ca/2006/08/28/fcw-buckman-ito-barrie-jun/
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September 14, Thursday, 7pm. Free. Big Carrot Film & Discussion: Superfoods.
Location: Room 212, 2nd floor, 348 Danforth Ave, entrance by Book City
(map).
Info: The Big Carrot Health Food Store, 416-466-2129,
http://www.thebigcarrot.ca/calendar.htm
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September 14, Thursday, 7pm. Cost:? Discussion - French Language Meetup 44.
Tentative location: Labrinth Lounge, 298 Brunswick Ave, south of Bloor St West
(map).
Past location: Futures Bakery, 416-922-5875, 483 Bloor St West, near Howland Ave & Borden St, between Bathurst St & Spadina Ave
(map).
Info/RSVP: http://french.meetup.com/44/.
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September 14, Thursday, 9:05pm. 99.1 FM. CBC Radio One Ideas: 40 Years of Great Ideas: Public Passions.
Quote: In the concluding part of our special, fortieth anniversary season programming, our contributors obsess about the most unusual things: boxing, comic books, overtone throat singing, personal pilgrimage and of course, their dogs.
Info: http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/schedule.html
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September 15, Friday (10am-5pm) & September 16, Saturday (10am-5pm). Free. TRL Used Book Sale.
Location: Beeton Auditorium, Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge St, corner of Cumberland/Asquith, south of Davenport/Church, north of Bloor St
(map).
Info: Toronto Reference Library, 416-393-7209, 416-393-7056, 416-393-7131,
http://www.tpl.toronto.on.ca,
http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/sup_boo_index.jsp
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September 15, 22 & 29, Fridays, 6pm. Free ROM Tour. Free admission Fridays, 4:30pm-9:30pm.
ROM, 100 Queen's Park. 416-586-8000, http://www.rom.on.ca
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September 15, Friday, 6:15pm. Free. Ian Wheal Heritage Walk - York Springs: Water Outpost of Toronto.
Start: York Mills subway.
Ian Wheal Heritage Walks: 416-593-2656, https://torontoactivities.tripod.com/Ian.html#1 .
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September 15, Friday, 7pm. Free. Bicycle Ride - Dusk to Dark.
Group cycling adventure along the waterfront.
Start: Fort York, Garrison off Fleet. Info: 416-203-3105
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September 15, Friday, 7:30pm. Free. Secular Group - Films & Talk - Peter Kastner: 'Are You Ready for the Rapture?'
Location: Secular Freethought Centre, 216 Beverley St, south of College St
(map).
Quote: Peter Kastner, Toronto singer-songwriter, sings, chats and screens video about his life without religion in a presentation called “Are You Ready for the Rapture?” “My songs are political and personal,” said Kastner, whose acting career in the mid-sixties included the lead in The National Film Board of Canada’s classic “Nobody Waved Goodbye” (1964) which earned him the lead in “You’re A Big Boy Now,” the first feature film (1967) of director Francis Coppola.
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Toronto Secular Alliance info: info@secularalliance.ca,
http://www.secularalliance.ca .
Event info: http://secularalliance.ca/2006/08/28/fcw-peter-kastner/
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September 15, Friday, 9:05pm. 99.1 FM. CBC Radio One Ideas: Modern Social Imaginaries.
Quote: What makes modernity different from all previous ways of life? Canadian philosopher Charles Taylor talks to IDEAS producer David Cayley about what makes us modern.
Info: http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/schedule.html
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September 16-24. Free. Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup.
Quote: lf you don't have time to organize a cleanup yourself or you just heard about the program, we have an easy way to get involved. Come by and join one of our many "Drop-in" Shoreline Cleanups across Canada. You do not have to pre-register, and can just show up and Get Involved in any of these cleanup.
Info: 1-877-427-2422, 416-484-7729, susan.debreceni@vanaqua.org,
http://www.vanaqua.org/cleanup/home.php,
http://www.vanaqua.org/cleanup/register.php
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September 16, Saturday, 10am. Free. TFN Nature Walk - Humber Bay Park East.
Start: Humber loop, Queen streetcar line, west of Humber River.
Toronto Field Naturalists: 416-593-2656 (Office Hrs: Fridays am), http://www.sources.com/tfn, http://www.sources.com/tfn/t-walks.htm
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September 16, Saturday, 10am-2pm. Free. City of Toronto Environment Day:
- councillor Del Grande, Kidstown at L'Amoreaux Park, 3159 Birchmount Rd, at McNicoll Avenue.
"Household items like clothes, small appliances, computers and related hardware, empty inkjet printer cartridges, tires and non-perishable food items...
You can also purchase a backyard composter, yard waste bins and blue bags...
Note: no other plastic items will be accepted at this year's events. Tubs and lids can be placed in your recycling box starting April 1, 2005."
Info: 416-392-9585, http://www.city.toronto.on.ca/environment_days
Future 2006 Environment Days: September 17, 23.
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September 16, Saturday, 1pm. Free. Heritage Toronto Walk - Historic Churches of Weston.
2 hours. Focus: Historical, architectural.
Difficulty: Long walk on sidewalks, some stairs into buildings. Leaders: Weston Historical Society.
Start: Weston Public Library, Weston Rd. and King St.
End: Lawrence Ave and Weston Rd.
Heritage Toronto: 416-338-0684,
http://heritagetoronto.org/programs/programs2.show?eventId=46
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September 16, Saturday, 1:30pm. Free. Heritage Toronto Walk - Quarries, Rails and Wildflowers.
2 hours. Focus: Historical, cultural.
Difficulty: Average walk mostly on sidewalks, some rough ground. Leader: Ed Freeman.
Start: Victoria Park Subway Station – South Entrance.
End: Same as start point.
Heritage Toronto: 416-338-0684,
http://heritagetoronto.org/programs/programs2.show?eventId=46
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September 16, Saturday, 2pm. Cost? Sierra Club of Canada Eastern Canada Chapter -
History of the Bicycle in Toronto.
Quote: Join Sierra Club members and their guests for a guided tour of this amazing exhibit at the Market Gallery.
This is a free event, directed to Sierra Club members but open to all...
Join us afterward (approximately 3:30pm)at the nearby C'est What Pub for drinks and discussion (full menu available). Special guests from the Community Bicycle Network, the Toronto Cycling Committee, Take the Tooker and the brand new Toronto Coalition for Active Transport (T-CAT) have been invited to partake. Discover what's being done for the future of cycling in Toronto and learn how you can help leverage the upcoming municipal election in favour of improved cycling infrastructure...
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Location: The Market Gallery, 2nd floor, 416-392-7604, South St Lawrence Market, 95 Front St East, at Jarvis St
(map).
Drinks and Discussion to follow at 3:30pm at C'Est What (downstairs), 67 Front St East, near Church St
(map).
Event info/RSVP: Margaret Hastings-James, 416-727-4927, margaret@ms.com.
Sierra Club info: Sandi, 416-485-9173, info@ecocertontario.ca,
http://ontario.sierraclub.ca/ecocertification.asp,
http://ontario.sierraclub.ca/events/index.php?id=1153
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September 16, 2006, Saturday, 4pm-6pm. Free. Cafe Scientifique Science & Technology Talk/Discussion -
Is Creativity Genetic?
Usually the 3rd Saturday. Speakers: TBA.
Quote: Café Scientifique is where you can have a drink and learn about the latest ideas and issues in science and technology in an informal setting.
It's not a lecture. It's a place for group discussion and audience involvement is the most important ingredient.
Location: Rivoli, 334 Queen St West, between Spadina Ave & Peter St
(map).
Info: Café Scientifique Toronto, http://www.cafescientifique.ca/#toronto
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September 16, Saturday, 7pm. $27/Team. Urban Exploration Game Waking City / TorGame.
Location: TBA.
TorGame, Toronto's first narrative-based alternate reality game of urban exploration;
begins Saturday September 16, 2006.
Quote: Toronto’s first alternate reality game, Waking City! It’s a perfect place to meet other players, and if you haven’t already, join a team!
Waking City will run from September 16 to 28.
Cost: $27.80/team member. Team sizes must be between 4 to 7 people.
Info: TorGame & Waking City, info@torgame.com,
http://torgame.com/,
http://thingsaregood.com/
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September 17, Sunday, 10am-2pm. Free. City of Toronto Environment Day:
- councillor - councillor Rae, Ramsden Works Yard, 1008 Yonge St, across from Rosedale Subway Station.
"Household items like clothes, small appliances, computers and related hardware, empty inkjet printer cartridges, tires and non-perishable food items...
You can also purchase a backyard composter, yard waste bins and blue bags...
Note: no other plastic items will be accepted at this year's events. Tubs and lids can be placed in your recycling box starting April 1, 2005."
Info: 416-392-9585, http://www.city.toronto.on.ca/environment_days
Future 2006 Environment Days: September 2, 9, 16, 17, 23.
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September 17, Sunday, 11am. Free. Heritage Toronto Walk - Yorkville.
2 hours. Focus: Historical, architectural.
Difficulty: Average walk on sidewalks. Leaders: Stephanie Thomas, Elaine Campbell.
Start: NW corner of Yonge and Bloor Streets.
End: Bay Subway Station, Cumberland St. entrance.
Heritage Toronto: 416-338-0684,
http://heritagetoronto.org/programs/programs2.show?eventId=46
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September 17, Sunday, 1:30pm. Free. Heritage Toronto Walk - Lawrence Park.
2 hours. Focus: Architectural, historical.
Difficulty: Average walk on sidewalks, some slopes. Leader: Marta O’Brien.
Start: SE corner of Yonge St. and St. Edmund’s Dr. 1st traffic light south of Lawrence Ave..
End: Lawrence Ave., just east of Yonge St.
Heritage Toronto: 416-338-0684,
http://heritagetoronto.org/programs/programs2.show?eventId=46
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September 17, Sunday, 2pm. Free. Ian Wheal Heritage Walk / TGC Lost River Walk - Small's Pond.
Start: Woodbine Ave and Eastwood Rd, SW corner,
'To explore an area of lost ponds and streams and see how human activity has affected it. Moderate difficulty.'
Leader: Ian Wheal assisted by Richard Anderson.
Toronto Green Community / Lost River Walks: 416-781-7663, info@ntgc.ca, http://www.ntgc.ca,
http://www.lostrivers.ca/WalkSchd.htm .
Rouge Park Hikes: These walks are easy / moderately difficult on nature trails and normally last about two hours. All programs are rain or shine and are free, but donations are always welcome.
Ian Wheal Heritage Walks: 416-593-2656, https://torontoactivities.tripod.com/Ian.html#1 .
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September 17, Sunday, 2pm. Free. ROMwalk - The Danforth.
Start: Danforth Ave & Cambridge Ave, east end of Prince Edward Viaduct.
Highlights: Prince Edward Viaduct, Playter Farmhouse, Eastminster United Church, Carrot Common, Owen Staples House, Riverdale Park.
ROMwalks Info/Confirm: 416-586-8097, 416-586-5513, visit@rom.on.ca,
http://www.rom.on.ca/programs/rom_travel/index.php
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September 17, Sunday, 5:45pm. Free. Vegan Potluck & Film/Presentation: Ian from Queens University speaking about Dr. Gary Francione.
"Please bring some vegan food to share. If you are bringing a main dish, please bring enough food to approximately fill 6 dinner plates.
All plates, cups, glasses, cloth napkins and cutlery are provided courtesy of TARS."
Full kitchen facilities available, with composting & recycling bins.
Potluck: 5:45pm-7pm. Film/Presentation: 7pm-8:30pm. 1st & 3rd Sunday of each month.
First Unitarian Congregation, 175 St Clair Ave West, west of Avenue Rd (map).
Info: http://www.animal-rights.ca,
http://www.veg.ca/events/t-events.html
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September 18, Monday, 7pm. Free. Secular Group - Talk: Gary Bauslaugh on 'The Great Canadian Intelligent Design Scandal'.
Location: Secular Freethought Centre, 216 Beverley St, south of College St
(map).
Quote: Humanist Association of Canada President Gary Bauslaugh presents “SSHRCing Responsibility: The Great Canadian Intelligent Design Scandal',
concerning the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council’s refusal to fund a study on the 'detrimental effects of popularizing anti-evolution’s intelligent design theory' submitted Dr Brian Alters of McGill University.
The reason given was “the committee [did not] consider there was justification for the assumption…the theory of Evolution, and not Intelligent Design theory, was correct.'
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Toronto Secular Alliance info: info@secularalliance.ca,
http://www.secularalliance.ca .
Event info: http://secularalliance.ca/2006/08/28/fcw-the-great-canadian-intelligent-design-scandal/
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September 18, Monday, 7:30pm. Free. Toronto Mayoral Race Debate: David Miller vs. Jane Pittfield.
Location: Innis College Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave, St George St, one block north of Hoskin Ave, 1 block south of Bloor St West
(map).
Info:
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September 18, Monday, 9:05pm. 99.1 FM. CBC Radio One Ideas: The Dragon Throne's Fleet.
Quote: n 1405, Zheng He, chief eunuch to the emperor of China, commanded the magnificent Dragon Throne’s Fleet and China ruled the seas. A few short decades later, the Ming Dynasty’s power over the seas had ended. Christine Wong tells what happened.
Info: http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/schedule.html
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September 19, Tuesday. Free. International TLAP (Talk Like a Pirate) Day.
Quote: Talking like a pirate is fun. It's really that simple...
Before we go any further, there's something we need to be clear about.
Pirates were and are bad people. Really reprehensible.
Even the most casual exploration of the history of pirates
(and believe us, casual is an accurate description of our research)
leaves you hip deep in blood and barbarity. We recognize this, all right?
We aren't for one minute suggesting that real, honest-to-God pirates were in any way, shape or form worth emulating.
So what is it exactly that we're celebrating here, if not pirates?
What, you're wondering, is the point?
We're going to be painfully honest here, perhaps fatally so.
The point is, there is no point.
And that's what's fun about Talk Like a Pirate Day specifically, and talking like a pirate in general.
Why: http://www.talklikeapirate.com/howto.html.
More Info: http://www.talklikeapirate.com/.
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September 19, Tuesday, 7:30pm. $2. Discussion - Renewable Energy Meetup.
Location: Toby's Good Eats, 5095 Yonge St
(map).
Quote: Discuss some future Renewable Projects that you may be interested in.
We'll also look at what "Klean" Energy Shows are coming to Toronto this year...
"Meetup with other local individuals interested in exploring all forms of Alternative Energy. Discuss ways to preserve the world's resources and protect the environment."
Info: http://alternativeenergy.meetup.com/70/.
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September 19, Tuesday, 9:05pm. 99.1 FM. CBC Radio One Ideas: Pastures Unsung.
Quote: From the Burrowing Owl to the Sprague’s Pipit, grassland birds are declining faster than any other group of birds on the continent. Regina naturalist Trevor Herriot travels with ornithologist and historian Dr. Stuart Houston, to examine the plight of prairie birds one hundred and twenty-five years after explorer John Macoun pronounced the great Canadian grasslands fit for the plough.
Info: http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/schedule.html
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September 20, Wednesday, 10am. Free. TFN Nature Walk - York Cemetery Birds.
Start: York cemetery entrance, Beecroft Rd at North York Blvd.
Toronto Field Naturalists: 416-593-2656 (Office Hrs: Fridays am), http://www.sources.com/tfn, http://www.sources.com/tfn/t-walks.htm
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September 20, Wednesday, 5:45pm. Free. Green Drinks in Toronto.
3rd Wednesday of each month.
Quote: "Do you want to meet a lively group of friendly people interested in environmental issues from academia,
business, government and NGOs for good conversation? If so, join us for drinks in Toronto.
There's no agenda or other formality - it's a chance to meet regularly to chat,
debate, socialize and connect with other Torontonians passionate about environmental and sustainability issues.
These events are very simple and unstructured, but many people have found employment,
made friends, developed new ideas, done deals and had moments of serendipity.."
Location: Duke of York Pub, 416-964-2441, backyard garden patio, 39 Prince Arthur Ave,
steps from St George subway station. Near Bloor St. W, and Avenue Rd.
Info: http://www.greendrinks.org
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September 20, Wednesday, 6pm. Free. ROMwalk - Parkdale.
Start: In front of Parkdale Public Library, 1303 Queen St West.
Highlights: St. Mark's Anglican Church, Queen Victoria P.S., Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Old Firehall, Masaryk Hall, Melbourne Mews and the homes of Dr. Anderson Abbott and Mazo de la Roche.
ROMwalks Info/Confirm: 416-586-8097, 416-586-5513, visit@rom.on.ca,
http://www.rom.on.ca/programs/rom_travel/index.php
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September 20, Wednesday, 7:30pm. $5. University of Toronto Bookstores Talk - Physics Strings Us Along.
Quote: Renowned theoretical physicist, Lee Smolin, author of The Life of the Cosmos, Three Roads to Quantum Gravity, brings us his latest book Trouble with Physics: Rise of String Theory. Lee will be interviewed by author and host of the Discovery Channel’s Daily Planet Jay Ingram. Lee’s book argues that physics — the basis for all other sciences — has lost its way. Why is physics suddenly in trouble? And what can we do about it?
Location: Innis College Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave, St George St, one block north of Hoskin Ave, 1 block south of Bloor St West
(map).
Event info: http://events.uoftbookstore.com/2006/08/29/physics-strings-us-along-lee-smolin-interviewed-by-jay-ingram/ .
Info: University of Toronto Bookstores, 416-640-5828,
http://events.uoftbookstore.com/category/reading-series/
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September 21, Thursday, 3pm-11pm. Free. Free. Fair Trade Fair.
Quote: Presentations and discussions on fair trade, entertainment, a world radio forum, fair trade coffee and more.
Location: Ryerson Student Campus Centre, 55 Gould St, between Yonge St, Jarvis St, Dundas St East and Carlton St
(map).
Info: 416-979-5251.
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September 21, Thursday, 7:30pm. Free. French Film Screening: "Le lait de la tendresse humaine" ('The Milk of Human Kindness', by Dominique Cabréra, 1hr35mins).
Location: La Galerie, Alliance-Francaise, 24 Spadina Rd, north of Bloor St, near Lowther Ave
(map).
Quote: Christelle is 30 years old and works in the Besançon region. She already has two sons, Rémi and Cédric, and has recently given birth to a daughter, Cendrine. Christelle is having a hard time facing up to all the changes brought on by this new arrival and runs away from home. She is taken in by Claire, a librarian neighbour who lives on a higher floor of the building. Claire looks after Christelle and listens to her, drastically changing her life. Christelle’s husband, Laurent, goes looking for his wife, questioning her parents, sister and friends.
Info: Alliance-Francaise, 416.922.2014x35,
http://www.alliance-francaise.ca/en/cineclub.php,
http://alliance-francaise.ca/htmlemail/4226_lelait/
Next: "Á la vie à la mort" [To Life, to Death], by Robert Guédiguian.
Wednesday October 18, at 7:30 PM, at North York campus and
Thursday October 26, at 7:30 PM, at Spadina campus (downtown).
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September 21 Thursday to September 25 Tuesday, 9:05pm. 99.1 FM. CBC Radio One Ideas: Salt.
Quote: Something insignificant is sometimes said to be worth “a pinch of salt.” On the other hand, people of impeccable integrity are often called, “the salt of the earth.” Salt is now among the most common substances on earth, although once it was rarer and more valuable than gold. Paul Kennedy considers the incredible history, science and mythology of salt.
Info: http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/schedule.html
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September 22, Friday, 10am-3pm. Free. Sierra Club Car-Free Day.
Quote: Enjoy musicians, bands, dancers, environmental displays, speakers and more on a car-free Yonge. 10 am-3 pm. Free.
Location: Shuter to Dundas.
Event info: Sierra Club of Canada, 416-960-9606, ontariochapter@sierraclub.ca,
http://www.ontario.sierraclub.ca/events/
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September 22, Friday, 6pm. Free. Ian Wheal Heritage Walk - Laneways of Old West Toronto.
Start: SE corner Queen St West and Spadina Ave
(map).
Ian Wheal Heritage Walks: 416-593-2656, https://torontoactivities.tripod.com/Ian.html#1 .
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September 22 & 29, Fridays, 6pm. Free ROM Tour. Free admission Fridays, 4:30pm-9:30pm.
ROM, 100 Queen's Park. 416-586-8000, http://www.rom.on.ca
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September 22, Friday, 7pm. Free. Film: The Long Goodbye (112mins, US, 1973).
Directed by Robert Altman. Starring: Elliot Gould, Nina Van Pallandt, Sterling Hayden.
Location: Innis College Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave, St George St, one block north of Hoskin Ave, 1 block south of Bloor St West
(map).
UofT CINSSU Free Films: 416-978-7434, cinssu@pwd.ca,
http://www.utoronto.ca/fff/index2.html
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September 22, Friday, 7pm. Free. Bicycle Ride - Significant Bike Tour.
Author Darren O'Donnell leads a bike tour through significant parts of his Toronto.
Start: Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen St West, east of Dufferin St
(map).
Info: darren@mammalian.ca
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September 23, Saturday, 9:30am. Free. Simcoe Historical Walk.
Re-enactment of governor John Graves Simcoe's journey up the Toronto Carrying Place.
Quote: The Humber Heritage Committee was formed in 1984 and is made up of representatives of Heritage groups throughout the Humber Watershed.
Its objects are the recognition, protection and preservation of the Humber River, its watershed, its history and natural feature.
The Committee is involved in partnership generation of migratory fish passages on the River for the restoration of indigenous species, particularly the Atlantic Salmon.
The Committee is also involved in restoration and protection of indigenous flora and fauna.
A primary aim is protection of the River's headwaters in the Moraine and Escarpment as well as the responsible public use of this beautiful watershed for recreational and educational purposes, based on its recognized importance to the People of Canada.
The Committee has produced a full colour brochure about the Humber which is available on request to educators and interested public.
Leader: Madeleine McDowell.
Start: Parking area S of 8 South Kingsway, north of The Queensway
(map).
Info: Humber Heritage Committee, m.mcdowell@sympatico.ca.
Posted info: http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2004-09-23/sevendays3.php
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September 23, Saturday, 9am. Free. Bruce Trail Club Urban Hike: Highland Creek, Scarborough Bluffs.
Start: Guildwood GO station parking lot, Kingston Rd by Livingston Rd.
Quote: Level II Urban Hike, 15 km, Dropouts, Hilly, flat, Moderate pace, No dogs, Refreshments.
Depart 9 am, Guildwood GO station parking lot, Kingston Rd by Livingston Rd.
A loop hike by Highland Creek, through the U of T Scarborough Campus, along the Scaborough Bluffs with its lake views, and to Guildwood Park with its "sculpture" garden. A joint hike with the Outing Club of East York.
Bruce Trail Club: 416-763-9061, http://www.torontobrucetrailclub.org,
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September 23, Saturday, 10am-12n. Free. TFBBD Planting Event - Crothers'Woods Herbaceous Planting.
Location: Meet at the far end of the Loblaws parking lot, located on Redway Rd, which runs south of Millwood, east of Moore Ave.
Quote: Join City staff to plant native understorey species in Crothers'Woods, located near Millwood and Moore.
TFBBD info: Bring Back the Don, City of Toronto's Natural Environment and Horticulture Section,
416-392-0373, 416-392-0401, 416-392-5323, http://www.toronto.ca/don/treeplanting.htm
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September 23, Saturday, 10am-2pm. Free. Free. Seeds of Diversity / Toronto Urban Seed Savers Network Event: Urban Heirloom Harvest Fest and Farmers' Market.
Quote: The Toronto Urban Seed Savers Network (USSN) is hosting its first annual Urban Heirloom Harvest Fest and Farmers' Market on Saturday, September 23rd, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Withrow Park (just south of Greektown on the Danforth in Toronto's east end), and is looking for seed donations and vendors of heirloom fruits and vegetables.
Our aim is to showcase the fabulous variety of produce available in Ontario, and to entice Toronto gardeners and food lovers to learn more about the (bio)diversity of crops that grows in Toronto's "backyard".
This year's spot light is directed at the heirloom tomato, but we invite seed donations of other vegetable varieties as well.
Send us your favorites, not your most precious. If you are a grower who would like to sell tomatoes and/or other heirloom produce at the event, or if you want to make a seed donation, please contact Roberta (ussnto@seeds.ca or 416-461-2701) by September 1st for more information.
The USSN is a pilot project of Seeds of Diversity Canada, founded to promote the work of SoDC and its members on a regional level through community outreach activities and the building of partnerships. All proceeds of the seed sales will go toward the support of Seeds of Diversity Canada and the Toronto Urban Seed Savers Network.
Location: Withrow Park, Logan Ave south of Danforth Ave
(map).
Info: The Toronto Urban Seed Savers Network (USSN), 416-461-2701.
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September 23, Saturday, 10am-2pm. Free. Free. Event: Organic Community Garden Fall Fair.
Quote: Fall fair with an organic harvest, social forum, mask-making workshop and more.
Location: Stop Community Garden, Earlscourt Park, Davenport and Symington, west of Lansdowne Ave
(map).
Info: Stop Community Garden, 416-652-7867x225, Earlscourt Park, Davenport and Symington.
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September 23. Saturday, 10am-2pm. Free. City of Toronto Environment Day:
- councillor Cowbourne, Colonel Danforth Park, 73 Colonel Danforth Trail (at Kingston Road),
and - councillor De Baeremaeker, Cedarbrae Mall, 3495 Lawrence Avenue East (at Markham Road).
"Household items like clothes, small appliances, computers and related hardware, empty inkjet printer cartridges, tires and non-perishable food items...
You can also purchase a backyard composter, yard waste bins and blue bags...
Note: no other plastic items will be accepted at this year's events. Tubs and lids can be placed in your recycling box starting April 1, 2005."
Info: 416-392-9585, http://www.city.toronto.on.ca/environment_days
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September 23. Saturday, 12n. Free. TVA Veggies of Halton & Peel: Restaurant Dinner.
Location: Le Commensal, 655 Bay St, on Elm St, north of Dundas St West, between Bay St & Yonge St
(map).
Quote: Le Commensal Fine Vegetarian Cuisine is a buffet-style vegetarian restaurant with a significant selection of food. Note: There is free parking available as described on their website.
Also note upcoming events (final details to be decided by the group on Sept 23):
- October 19 or 26 (Thursday) 7:00 pm at Mid Eastern Restaurant in Oakville (either Montfort or Agabe).
- November 18 (Saturday) 7:00 pm, Potluck - location TBA.
- December 10 (Sunday) noon, Restaurant meal - location TBA.
Friendly, informal, vegetarian get-together usually in the Halton/Peel area. New members welcome.
TVA Veggies of Halton & Peel info: Fraser at fraser.w.gibsong@mail.com, or leave a message at the TVA office at 416-544-9800.
Updated Info: http://www.veg.ca/events/t-events.html
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September 23, Saturday, 12n-5pm. $6, stu/srs $3, child $2. Early Music Fair.
Mini-concerts, exhibits and info on the art of historical music performance.
Location: Montgomery's Inn, 4709 Dundas St West, east of Islington Ave
(map).
Info: Toronto Early Music Centre (TEMC), 416-394-8113, 416-966-1409, temc@interlog.com,
http://home.interlog.com/~temc/
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September 23. Saturday, 1pm. Free. TVA Vegetarians In Their Twenties (VITT): Potluck Picnic Lunch and Raspberry Picking.
Location: Whittamore's Farm, (905)294-3275, 8100 Steeles Ave East, (www.whittamoresfarm.com)
(map).
Quote: What: Potluck picnic lunch and raspberry picking.
Bring: A vegan (no animal products: no red meat, poultry, fish, cheese, milk, yogurt, eggs, honey) dish to share.
It can be something simple like a fruit salad or sandwiches.
No need to complicate things. Reusable plate and cutlery.
Seems like it'll be a little chilly (+14), so a jacket is a good idea as well.
TVA VITT info: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vitt/, or leave a message at the TVA office at 416-544-9800.
Updated Info: http://www.veg.ca/events/t-events.html
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September 23, Saturday, 1:30pm. Free. Heritage Toronto Walk - Midtown Toronto’s Hidden Sculptures.
2 hours. Focus: Cultural, historical.
Difficulty: Average walk on sidewalks and lawns. Leaders: Dave LeBlanc, Globe & Mail columnist.
Start: Canadian Sculpture Centre, 64 Merton St. (2 blocks S. of Davisville Subway Station, E. off Yonge).
End: Same as start point.
Heritage Toronto: 416-338-0684,
http://heritagetoronto.org/programs/programs2.show?eventId=46
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September 23, Saturday, 1:30pm. Free. Heritage Toronto Walk - The Howards’ High Park.
2 hours. Focus: Historical, horticultural, architectural, natural.
Difficulty: Walk on park lawns, stairs and hills.
Leader: Catherine Raven, Colborne Lodge.
Start: Colborne Lodge, Colborne Lodge Dr., N. of the Queensway. Meet in front of the coach house.
End: Hillside Gardens, Colborne Lodge Dr.
Heritage Toronto: 416-338-0684,
http://heritagetoronto.org/programs/programs2.show?eventId=46
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September 23, Saturday, 2pm. Free. Ian Wheal Heritage Walk - Saul's Creek: Lakeview.
Start: Long Branch TTC Loop, Brown's Line & Lakeshore
(map).
Ian Wheal Heritage Walks: 416-593-2656, https://torontoactivities.tripod.com/Ian.html#1 .
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September 23, Saturday, 2pm. Free. TFN Nature Walk - Waterfront Parks & Gardens.
Start: Sw corner Bathurst St & Queens Quay West at monument in Little Norway Park. Walk proceeds east & ends at Music Garden.
Toronto Field Naturalists: 416-593-2656 (Office Hrs: Fridays am), http://www.sources.com/tfn, http://www.sources.com/tfn/t-walks.htm
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September 23, Saturday, 3pm. Free/$16. Bruce Trail Club Urban Hike: Humber River Park Theatre Hike.
Start: SE corner of Eglinton Ave West and Scarlett Rd. Take Bus 79 from Runnymede subway station to Scarlett Rd and Eglinton West.
Quote: Level I Urban Hike, 10 km, Dropouts, Flat, Leisurely pace, Beginners, Pub stop, Pre-Reservation for dinner and theatre only.
Depart 3 pm, southeast corner of Eglinton Ave W and Scarlett Rd. Take Bus 79 from Runnymede subway station to Scarlett Rd and Eglinton W.
Barbara Whyte, 905 827-5604 (leave a message) or barbwhyteaa@yahoo.com
Walk along the Humber River to Bloor St W. Have dinner at 6 pm at a local eatery. Then attend the play "Our Town," by Thornton Wilder, at 8 pm at the Village Playhouse, 2190 Bloor St W. Cost of ticket $16. Reserve tickets for play, and optional dinner with group, from Barbara Whyte by Tuesday, September 19. No reservations needed for the hike. Multiple choices for the day. Attend just the hike. Join the group for dinner. Attend just the play.
Bruce Trail Club: 416-763-9061, http://www.torontobrucetrailclub.org,
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September 23, Saturday, 4pm. Free. Town of York D&D Meetup.
Quote: Our September Meetup (#3, yay!) is now scheduled at a new, more central location.
Our group is growing. Noobees and experienced players (& DMs) will get together and meet and greet like-minded individuals. There are future games to set up, so come and "hang-out" with fellow hobbyists.
Location: Scallywags Bar and Restaurant, 11 St Clair Ave West, main floor
(map).
Info: http://dnd.meetup.com/808/
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September 23, 30, Saturday, 7:30pm-10:30pm. $10. Contra Dancing.
This event is tentative - call to confirm. Usually the 2nd, 4th, 5th Saturdays 7:30pm to 10:30pm.
Regular location (September through June): St Barnabas Church Hall, 361 Danforth Ave, corner of Hampton Ave, near Chester Ave
(map).
December Christmas location: Eastminster United Church, 310 Danforth Ave, east of Broadview Ave, west of Pape Ave
(map).
Future 2006 dances: Sept 30, Oct 14, Oct 28 (Halloween Dance), Nov 11, Nov 25, Dec 9,
& Friday Dec 29 (Holiday Dance at St. Barnabas).
Info: The Toronto Country Dancers, 416-532-2025, info@tcdance.org,
http://sca.uwaterloo.ca/~tcd/schedule.htm,
http://sca.uwaterloo.ca/~tcd/alternate_halls/stbarnabas.htm,
http://sca.uwaterloo.ca/~tcd/aboutus/contra.htm.
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September 24, Sunday, 10:30am-12:30pm. Free. High Park Stewardship Program - Preparing Plants for Harvest Festival.
Preparing plants for Harvest Festival Native Plant Sale with greenhouse staff.
Meet: Grenadier Restaurant, High Park, West Rd & Colborne Lodge Dr
(map).
Organized by TFBBD, the High Park Citizens' Advisory Committee & the High Park Volunteer Stewardship Program.
HPVSP info: High Park Volunteer Stewardship Program (VSP), High Park Citizens' Advisory Committee, 416-392-1748,
http://www.highpark.org/vsp.htm,
http://www.highpark.org/vspcalendar.htm,
http://www.highpark.org
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September 24, Sunday, 11am-1:10pm. Free? High Park Walking Tour - Foraging Wild Edibles.
Meet: Benches on south side of Grenadier Restaurant, High Park, West Rd & Colborne Lodge Dr
(map).
Contact info: Ivan, 416-763-1228, liferadiateslife@gmail.com,
http://liferadiateslife.blogspot.com .
Event info: http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2006-06-29/guide_listings2.php
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September 24, Sunday, 11am-6pm. Free. 15th Annual The Word On The Street Book and Magazine Festival.
"Book signings, literacy quizzes, a kids area, books and more."
Location: Queen's Park, between Bloor St West and Wellesley St.
Info: The Word On The Street Toronto, 40 Wellington St East, Suite 300, 416-504-7241, toronto@thewordonthestreet.ca,
http://www.thewordonthestreet.ca/toronto.php
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September 24, Sunday, 1pm. Free. Bruce Trail Club Urban Hike: Vale of Avoca, Don Valley Brickworks.
Start: Deer Park Library, 40 St. Clair Ave East, 2 min. from St. Clair subway station.
Quote: Level I Urban Hike, 10 km, Dropouts anywhere, Flat, Leisurely pace, Beginners, Families, Hiking boots or sturdy footwear.
Depart 1 pm, Deer Park Library, 40 St. Clair Ave. E., 2 min. from St. Clair subway station.
Marlon Chen, 416 250-8522, before 9 pm.
Sam Wong, 416 961-8457, before9 pm
Escape the bustle of the city and explore the Vale of Avoca ravine, learn the history of the well-known quarry and brick plant at the historic Don Valley Brickworks, explore this recently restored architectural, geological and natural heritage. Suitable for the whole family.
Bruce Trail Club: 416-763-9061, http://www.torontobrucetrailclub.org,
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September 24, Sunday, 1pm. Free. Bruce Trail Club Urban Hike: Central Ravines, Beltline, and Gardens.
Start: Eglinton West subway station.
Quote: Level II Urban Hike, 12 km, Dropouts, Variable terrain, Moderate pace, Beginners, Families, No dogs, Refreshments, Pub stop.
Depart 1 pm, Eglinton West subway station.
Explore wooded Don River ravines, follow a lost historic rail line, discover our industrial heritage and the splendid park-like environment of Mt Pleasant Cemetery. Depending on weather, we will end the hike at Yonge/Davisville where we will have refreshments on an outdoor patio or indoors at a local pub. Bring a loonie for the Escarpment Fund.
Bruce Trail Club: 416-763-9061, http://www.torontobrucetrailclub.org,
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September 24, Sunday, 1pm. Free. Town of York D&D Meetup Game.
Quote: This is a bi-weekly D&D game that is going to be run by our assistant organizer, Bill. The MAXIMUM number of players in this game is 6. We are going to be using a 'first come, first in' system, so be sure to RSVP as soon as you can.
As well, please do NOT say 'Yes' to this unless you can commit to a bi-weekly game (Bill will be playing in my Modern Game on alternating weekends).
For more information on the game he is running, please see the "D&D Game" thread on the message board.
Hope to see six of you there.
Location: Bill's place, 664 Pharmacy Ave (side door), north of St Clair Ave East, Scarborough
(map).
Info: http://dnd.meetup.com/808/
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September 24 & October 29, Sundays, 1pm-7pm. Free. Block Party: P.S. Kensington.
Pedestrian Sundays in Kensington Market.
Kensington Market goes car-free with acoustic music and more.
Location: Augusta, Baldwin and Kensington Ave in Kensington Market.
Info: Pedestrian Sundays Kensington, 416-531-5409,
http://www.pskensington.ca
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September 24, Sunday, 1:15pm. $2. High Park Walking Tour: Fall Wildflowers and Seeds.
1 1/2 to 2 hour walk in uncleared trails.
Start: Benches across the road from the south side of the Grenadier Cafe and Teahouse in High Park.
Organized by the High Park Citizens' Advisory Committee
and the City of Toronto, Parks and Recreation Division and by Colborne Lodge, City of Toronto, Culture Division.
High Park Walking Tours Info: High Park Citizens' Advisory Committee: 416-392-1748 or 416-392-6916 (Colborne Lodge),
walking@highpark.org, http://www.highpark.org/walking.htm
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September 24, Sunday, 1:30pm. Free. Heritage Toronto Walk - Colourful Corktown.
2 hours. Focus: Historical, architectural.
Difficulty: Average walk on sidewalks.
Leaders: Shirley Hartt and Catherine Raven, Enoch Turner Schoolhouse.
Start: Enoch Turner Schoolhouse, 106 Trinity St. (1 block E. of Parliament and King St East).
End: Dominion Hotel, Queen St East and Sumach St.
Heritage Toronto: 416-338-0684,
http://heritagetoronto.org/programs/programs2.show?eventId=46
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September 24, Sunday, 2pm. Free. ROMwalk - ROM and its Neighbours.
Start: In front of the ROM.
Highlights: Ombudsman's Office, Church of the Redeemer, Royal Ontario Museum, Taddle Creek, Royal Conservatory of Music, Flavelle House.
ROMwalks Info/Confirm: 416-586-8097, 416-586-5513, visit@rom.on.ca,
http://www.rom.on.ca/programs/rom_travel/index.php
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September 24, Sunday, 6:15pm. Free (RSVP Required). CBC Newsworld Climate Change Forum & Documentary Video Taping - The Big Picture: Can We Save Planet Earth?
The Video: 'Can We Save Planet Earth?' David Attenborough's epic look at looming climate catastrophe.
The Discussion Forum: The Big Picture - Solutions, what we must do now as Canadians.
Forum Guests: Bob Mills, Alberta Tory MP, Chair of the Standing Committee on the Environment and Sustainable Development;
Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party;
Terry Glavin, Author, Waiting for the Macaws;
Mark Nantais, President, Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers' Association.
Studio audience taping on Sunday, September 24 at 6:15pm.
Airs on CBC Newsworld TV September 27 at 10pm.
Quote: Town hall to watch a documentary on the looming climate catastrophe with host Avi Lewis.
Location: CBC Broadcasting Centre, 205 Wellington St West
(map).
Info/RSVP: 416-205-7400,
http://www.cbc.ca/bigpicture/audience.html,
http://www.cbc.ca/bigpicture/planet.html
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September 25, Monday, 7pm. $5. TGC Speaker Series - Green Power Your Home.
Speakers: Dan Adirim, Blair Beesley and Carolyn Moss.
Location: Fairlawn Neighbourhood Centre, 28 Fairlawn Ave
(map).
Toronto Green Community Info: 416-781-7663, info@ntgc.ca,
http://www.ntgc.ca/events.html
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September 25 & October 23, 2006, Mondays, 7pm. Cost: ? Mushroom Identification Monday.
Hosted by the Mycological Society of Toronto.
Quote: We have planned for two Mushroom Identification Mondays for members who might not be able to attend forays on the preceding weekend. However, they may have collected some mushrooms on their own and would like to have these identified. The dates reserved are September 25/06 and October 23/06, both at 7:00 p. m. at the Toronto Botanical Garden, Studio1. We will be discussing our finds with knowledgeable members and each other, and to help with these identifications, there will be a manned microscope and reference material. The latter part of the evening will be reserved for one or two informal presentations on a specific group or Genus of particular interest or one that presented a challenge to identify during the evening, and then perhaps an overview of all the specimens on display. In addition to good company, there will also be refreshments.
Location: Toronto Botanical Garden, formerly Civic Garden Centre,
777 Lawrence Ave East, at Leslie St
(map).
Info: Pat B, vsoots@globalserve.net,
http://www.myctor.org
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September 25, Monday, 7:30pm-9:30pm. Free. St Lawrence Centre Forum - Climate Change: From Inconvenient Truth to Political Action
Panelists: Elizabeth May (Leader of the Green Party of Canada);
Ralph Torrie (Energy and environmental consultant);
Jose Etcheverry (Climate Change Program, David Suzuki Foundation).
Location: 27 Front St East, between Yonge St & Church St
(map).
Info: St Lawrence Centre Forum, 416-366-1656, http://forum.stlc.com/forum.php
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September 25-26, Monday-Tuesday, 9:05pm. 99.1 FM. CBC Radio One Ideas: The Path of Knowledge.
Quote: Commanded by the Qur'an to seek knowledge and examine nature for signs of the Creator, the Islamic world was synonymous with learning and science for five hundred years.
In the twenty-first century, the relationship between science and religion generates much debate amoung Muslims. Chris Tenove asks if there is a contradiction between Islam and modern science.
Info: http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/schedule.html
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September 26, Tuesday, 7:30pm. Free. Discussion: Generate Your Own Power.
Discussion on home energy efficiency and solar energy.
Location: Fern Avenue Public School, 128 Fern Ave, between Roncesvalles Ave & Sorauren Ave
(map).
Info: Peter E, 416-588-1195, http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2006-09-21/sevendays.php
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September 26, Tuesday, 7:30pm. Free. University Professor Lecture Series Talk -
Gender Inequities in the Global Village
Speaker: University Prof Donna Stewart, psychiatry.
Location: George Ignatieff Theatre, Trinity College, 5 Devonshire Place
(map).
Info: The University Professor Lecture Series, presented by the Global Knowledge Foundation, a non-profit U of T student group that promotes matters of interest in the arts and sciences, and is sponsored by the Faculty of Arts and Science and the Elderwood Foundation, 416-946-5937,
http://www.events.utoronto.ca/event.asp?ID=13653,
http://www.artsandscience.utoronto.ca
Future University Professor Lecture Series Talks:
Aging and Memory: Downhill All the Way? (Tuesday November 28),
A Neural Network That Learns To See (Tuesday January 30, 2007),
Common Ground Around the Tower of Babel (Tuesday March 27, 2007).
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September 27, Wednesday, 10:30am. Free. TFN Nature Walk - East Don River.
Start: Woodbine Heights & Hackberry St, 91A bus north from Woodbine subway station. The 9:33 or 9:57AM bus.
Steep hill walk. Ends at Forks of the Don River.
Toronto Field Naturalists: 416-593-2656 (Office Hrs: Fridays am), http://www.sources.com/tfn, http://www.sources.com/tfn/t-walks.htm
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September 27, Wednesday, 11:45am-2pm. Free/$5. UofT Environment Week Event: Creative Sustainability Networking Fair & $5 Lunch.
Sponsored by UofT Environmental Resource Network.
Location: Hart House Great Hall, 7 Hart House Circle
(map).
Info: http://utern.sa.utoronto.ca/home.html#
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September 27, Wednesday, Time TBD. Free. UofT Environment Week Bikechain Workshop: Bike Maintenance or How to Build a Single Speed/Fixed Gear Bike.
Location: International Student Centre (ISC), 33 St George St, north of College St
(map).
To join the BikeChain listserv send an email to: listserv@listserv.utoronto.ca in the BODY of the message type: subscribe bikechain-l your name.
Info: who.car@gmail.com,
http://www.sustainability.utoronto.ca/projects/bikechain/
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September 27, Wednesday, 6pm. Free. ROMwalk - Historic Toronto.
Start: 260 Adelaide St East.
Highlights: Toronto's First Post Office, Bank of Upper Canada, St. Lawrence Market, St. James' Cathedral.
ROMwalks Info/Confirm: 416-586-8097, 416-586-5513, visit@rom.on.ca,
http://www.rom.on.ca/programs/rom_travel/index.php
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September 27, Wednesday, 6:45pm-9pm. $2/person. Peak Oil Discussion.
Quote: We'll follow our usual agenda, in shortened form, to give more time to our presenter, Professor Danny Harvey from the Geography Department of the University of Toronto.
Professor Harvey's work is cited prominently in Richard Gilbert's peak oil report for commissioned by the City of Hamilton.
Professor Harvey describes his topic as "Peak Oil is Not the End of the World (although it might seem like it for some)", and I am really looking forward to hearing him speak.
More information on his research and publications can be found here:
http://www.geog.utoronto.ca/info/faculty/Harvey.htm
One of his courses is "ENERGY SUPPLY AND USE".
"The course exams the options availability for dramatically reducing our use of primary energy with no reduction in meaningful energy services, on the one hand, and in meeting the reduced primary energy demand with renewable energy on the other hand.
The course takes a nut-and-bolts, technical approach: students are expected to learn how various energy using equipment and energy supply equipment works, and from this, understand the possibilities for radical changes in the way we produce and use energy."
Info: The Toronto Peak Oil Discussion Group,
http://oilawareness.meetup.com/70/.
September 27 location: Frankland Community School, 416-393-9720, 816 Logan Ave, 1 block south of Danforth Ave
(map).
Past location: Rm 301, Miles Nadal JCC, 750 Spadina Ave (map).
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September 27, Wednesday, 7:30pm. Free. Tentative Local History Talk - Creating the Urban: Toronto 1793-1914.
Illustrated talk by curator Carl Benn.
Monthly talk & meeting of the North Toronto Historical Society.
Location: Northern District Library, 416-393-7610, 2nd floor meeting room, 40 Orchardview, 1 block NW of Yonge & Eglington
(map).
Talks on Toronto history & architecture are free & open to anyone.
North Toronto Historical Society info: 416-393-7610, http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/8809/,
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/8809/ntmeet04current.html,
http://www.tpl.toronto.on.ca/pro_ke_pv.jsp#nd.
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September 27, Wednesday, 9:05pm. 99.1 FM. CBC Radio One Ideas: Organics Goes Mainstream.
Quote: Organic food has jumped from the margins to the mainstream and is now the fastest growing food category on supermarket shelves. What started as a social movement has become an industry with companies like General Mills, ConAgra and Kraft as major players. For some, this represents a victory for organics. Others worry that success will compromise the ideals of the movement. Jill Eisen looks at the past, present and future of organics. Part Two airs Wednesday, October 4.
Info: http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/schedule.html
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September 28, Thursday, 2pm. Free. Film Screening: Syriana (126mins).
Location: Barbara Frum Branch, Toronto Public Library, 20 Covington Rd, 1 block NW of Lawrence Ave & Bathurst St
(map).
Info: 416-395-5440,
http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/pro_ag_dt.jsp#bf
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September 28, Thursday, 4:10pm-5:10pm. Free. UofT Environment Week Ecoholic Workshop.
Quote: As part of Environment Week this year the Ecoholic from NOW magazine will be hosting a workshop.
It will focus on how to reduce your ecological footprint, as well as any other environmental questions or issues you might have.
Space will be limited so please e-mail Dan Mossip-Balkwill at dan.mossip.balkwill@gmail.com ASAP to reserve your spot.
Once you are on the workshop list you will be contacted with the location.
Location: TBD.
Info: http://www.sustainability.utoronto.ca
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September 28, Thursday, 6:30pm-7:30pm. Free? Book Launch: The No-Nonsense Guide to Animal Rights.
Scheduled: Launch of Catharine Grant's 'The No-Nonsense Guide to Animal Rights.'
Location: Grassroots Environmental Store, 372 Danforth Ave, west of Chester Ave
(map).
Info/Register: Grassroots, 416.466.2841,
http://www.btlbooks.com/Links/news_and_events.htm,
http://www.grassrootsstore.com
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September 28, 2006, Thursday, 7:30pm. Free. Tentative. Rouge Valley Guided Nature Walk: Brownfields.
"Walks are led by an experienced hike leader every second sunday of the month and are open to the public.
All walks are approximately two hours in length and begin and end at the Rouge Valley Conservation Centre (Pearse House)."
Start: Rouge Valley Conservation Centre (RVCC), Pearse House, 1749 Meadowvale Rd,
north of Sheppard Ave, south of Old Finch Ave, across from the Toronto Zoo,
(map).
Future 2006 Guided Theme Walks: October 8 (Fall colours, Salmon run), Nov 12 (Native and Pioneer history), Dec 10 (Winter in the Valley).
Future 2006 Guided Nature Walks: Sept. 28 (Brownfields, a presentation of opportunities by Wendy Meininger-Dyk), Nov 30 (Hiking in the Rocky Mountains, slide show by Bill Lewis).
Rouge Valley Conservation Centre info: 416-282-8265.
Guided Theme Walks (2nd Sunday of the month) & Guided Nature walks (last Thursday of the month).
Info: RVCC Volunteer Sunday Walks, 2nd Sunday of the each month, 1:30pm to 4pm,
Rouge Valley Naturalists, 416-282-8265, 416-282-045, 1749 Meadowvale Rd, Scarborough, Ontario, M1B 5W8,
info@rougevalleynaturalists.com, http://www.rougevalleynaturalists.com/news.htm
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September 28, Thursday, 7pm. Free. Big Carrot Film & Discussion: Naturopathy.
Location: Room 212, 2nd floor, 348 Danforth Ave, entrance by Book City
(map).
Info: The Big Carrot Health Food Store, 416-466-2129,
http://www.thebigcarrot.ca/calendar.htm
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September 28, Thursday, 7pm. Free. TRL Author Series: John Lawrence Reynolds.
Quote: Join award-winning author John Lawrence Reynolds, as he discusses his new book,
Shadow People: Inside History's Most Notorious Secret Societies.
The societies in question include Cosa Nostra, Al Qaeda, Triads, Wicca, Skull & Bones, Kabbalah, Freemasons, Druids and secret societies in modern culture.
A question and answer period to follow the reading.
Location: Elizabeth Beeton Auditorium, Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge St, corner of Cumberland/Asquith, south of Davenport/Church, north of Bloor St
(map).
Info: Toronto Reference Library, 416-393-7209, 416-393-7056, 416-393-7131,
http://www.tpl.toronto.on.ca
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September 28, Thursday, 7pm. Free. Japan Foundation Film Screening: 'Passport to Canada' (Dir. Alexander Pappas, JumpPoint Entertainment, 2005, 46 min).
Location: 131 Bloor St West, half block east of Avenue Rd
(map).
Quote: Passport To Canada is a documentary that follows two Japanese students, Mai Aoki from Yokohama and Arata Aono from Osaka, who have come to work and study in Canada. The film gives us an up-close and personal look into each of their lives, and provides a glimpse of their hopes and dreams as they learn to adapt and struggle to live in a country so far from their home.
Info: Japan Foundation, 416-966-1600, 131 Bloor St West, Suite 213,
http://www.japanfoundationcanada.org .
Future screenings: Oct 12 'A Portrait of Solitude',
Oct 26 Shodo: 'The Path of Writing' and 'Japan Blue: The Art of Indigo Dyeing',
Nov 9 'Swordsmith' and 'Alone to the North Pole',
Nov 23 'Tile Roofing Expert', 'A Father, Two Sons & A Factory' and 'The Drum Taiko - The Brothers Who Create Drums'.
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September 28, 2006, Thursday, 7pm. Free. Discussion - Cryonics Meetup.
Longevity & cryonics discussion with members of the
Cryonics Society of Canada.
Usually the 4th Thursday of each month.
Info/RSVP: http://cryonics.meetup.com.
Cryonics Society of Canada: http://www.cryocdn.org.
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September 28, Thursday, 8pm. Free. Lecture - Entering Narnia: The Magic of Imagination in CS Lewis's Chronicles.
Lecture by author Peter J Schakel
Location: TPL Lillian H Smith Library, 239 College St, at Huron St, between Spadina Ave & StGeorge/Beverly St
(map).
Info/Register: ,
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September 29, Friday, 7:30am/8am & 5pm. Free. BikeFriday: Bicycle Group Commutes.
Commute ride last Friday of the month, every month, 7:30am/8am & 5pm. Bikers Breakfast 8am-9:30am.
Quote: BikeFriday's goal is to make the last Friday of every month a celebration of cycling in Toronto.
Remember BikeWeek last Spring? The Group Commutes? The Breakfast at City Hall? The wonderful bike-related events put on by businesses and organizations all over the city?
BikeFriday asks... why does this only happen one day a year?
Let's fill the last Friday of EVERY month with group rides, bike maintenance workshops, free breakfasts and prizes for cyclists.
7:30am Group Commutes:
# Danforth & Woodbine (to City Hall).
# Bloor & HighPark (to City Hall).
# Yonge & Lawrence (to City Hall).
# St. Clair West & Christie (to City Hall).
# York Region - Yonge & Major Mackenzie (to Hwy 7 & Warden).
8am Group Commutes:
# Queen West & Sorauren (to City Hall);
# Queen East & Woodbine (to City Hall);
# Yonge & Lawrence (to Hwy 7 & Leslie).
Event Info: Sierra Club of Canada, 416-960-9606, ontariochapter@sierraclub.ca,
http://www.bikingtoronto.com/bikefriday/
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September 29, Friday, 7:30am/8am & 5pm. Free. BikeFriday: Cyclists' Breakfast.
Commute ride last Friday of the month, every month, 7:30am/8am & 5pm. Cyclists' Breakfast 8am-9:30am.
Quote: BikeFriday's goal is to make the last Friday of every month a celebration of cycling in Toronto.
Remember BikeWeek last Spring? The Group Commutes? The Breakfast at City Hall? The wonderful bike-related events put on by businesses and organizations all over the city?
BikeFriday asks... why does this only happen one day a year?
Let's fill the last Friday of EVERY month with group rides, bike maintenance workshops, free breakfasts and prizes for cyclists.
On Friday September 29, Grassroots Environmental Products is offering free breakfast to any cyclist who comes by their Annex Store, just east of Bloor & Bathurst (408 Bloor Street West).
Bikers Breakfast Location: 408 Bloor St West, near Brunswick, between Bathurst St & Spadina Rd
(map).
Bikers Breakfast Info: http://www.bikingtoronto.com/bikefriday/breakfast.html
Event Info: Sierra Club of Canada, 416-960-9606, ontariochapter@sierraclub.ca,
http://www.bikingtoronto.com/bikefriday/
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September 29, Friday, 10am-3pm. Free. Green Toronto Festival and Energy Challenge.
Quote: The Green Toronto Festival and Energy Challenge is a one-day event to showcase the City’s environmental initiatives. This year’s theme is energy conservation and Torontonians are “challenged” to come out to the Square to find out how they can reduce their energy consumption.
Join Mark Dailey, Co-Anchor of "CityNews Tonight" & "The Voice" of Citytv, and you can:
- Learn about the latest advancements in energy reduction and how to reduce your energy use
- Review green services and products from over 35 exhibitors
- Pick up an assortment of energy- and money-saving coupons
- Enjoy a low-cost lunch from Field to Table, offering a selection of fresh, nutritious and delicious foods prepared with creative flair
- Kids will delight in fun, interactive displays and enjoy the music of Chris McKhool
.
Location: Toronto City Hall, Nathan Phillips Square, 100 Queen St West,
(map).
Info: Nancy, 416-392-2984,
http://www.toronto.ca/greentorontofestival/index.htm
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September 29, Friday, Time TBD. Free. UofT Environment Week Event: Keynote Speech.
Sponsored by UofT Environmental Resource Network.
Location: TBD.
Info: http://utern.sa.utoronto.ca/home.html#
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September 29, Fridays, 6pm. Free ROM Tour. Free admission Fridays, 4:30pm-9:30pm.
ROM, 100 Queen's Park. 416-586-8000, http://www.rom.on.ca
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September 29, Friday, 6pm. Free. BikeFriday Event - Critical Mass.
Quote: Critical Mass is a bike ride held on the last Friday of every month where bicyclists take to the streets en masse. Critical Mass is not led, and has no officially-stated message, though it is largely understood to be an effort to promote alternative (non-motorized) modes of transportation and to raise awareness about bike-car safety issues. Participants enjoy the security and companionship of travelling as a group through city streets intentionally causing a mild and temporary disruption to vehicle traffic. The general philosophy behind the ride is expressed in the widely-used slogan, "We aren't blocking traffic; we are traffic."
Critical Mass started in 1992 in San Francisco and has spread to over 400 cities around the world. It has been a Toronto tradition since the late 1990s.
Critical Mass starts from the south-west corner of Bloor & Spadina. Cyclists meet at 6:00 and ride at 6:30. There is no set route, for it is decided on the way by whoever happens to be at the front (which changes many many times during a ride).
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Last friday of the month, every month. Meets at 6pm, leaves at 6:30pm.
Start: SW corner of Bloor St West & Spadina Ave,
(map).
Info: info@cmtoronto.ca, http://www.cmtoronto.ca,
http://www.bikingtoronto.com/bikefriday/criticalmass.html
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September 29, Thursday, 6pm. $5. Secular Group - Films, Food & Talk: .
Location: Secular Freethought Centre, 216 Beverley St, south of College St
(map).
Quote: We will be discussing the book Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.
We are hoping to make this event a potluck, so please RSVP to elaine.cairns@utoronto.ca
if you plan to attend. As before, we are asking for a minimum donation of $5 if you cannot bring a food item.
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Toronto Secular Alliance info: info@secularalliance.ca,
http://www.secularalliance.ca .
Event info: http://secularalliance.ca/2006/08/21/potluck-book-club-brave-new-world/
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September 29, Friday, 7pm. TVA's Singles Group: Dinner & C.C.F.A. Fundraiser.
Organized by the Toronto Vegetarian Association Singles Group.
Locations: Dinner at Ambsale Ethiopian Restaurant, 416-469-0888, 1134A Danforth Ave, near Greenwood Station
(map) and
C.C.F.A. Fundraiser at Renaissance Cafe, 1938 Danforth Ave, west of Woodbine subway station
(map).
Quote: Come on out this Friday, September 29th at 7:00 p.m. for an absolutely delicious meal at Ambsale Ethiopian Restaurant (1134A Danforth, just east of Greenwood Station) followed by a fundraiser for the Canadian Coalition for Farm Animals (C.C.F.A.) at Renaissance Cafe (1938 Danforth just west of Woodbine Station).
Although Ambsale is not fully veg. they do have a veg. platter served on their traditional injera bread which you use to scoop up your food sans utensils. The cost per individual platter is around $8.
The fundraiser afterwards (which we can all travel to together via subway or splitting cabs) will feature music by Blakely and Walker beginning at 8:30 p.m. and an ongoing photo documentary by the very talented Jo-Anne McArthur entitled "We Animals". There is a $5 entrance fee for this fundraiser which will entitle you to a raffle ticket for some prizes from local vendors and restaurants (hopefully veg ;o).
So that's that! As per usual please r.s.v.p. so I can get a handle on numbers. I've tentatively booked us a table for 30 at the restaurant just based on our past dinner attendance rates but I will need to get a firm number to give to the owner over the next couple of days.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact me!
Thanks everyone and hope to see you all there!! Paul. :o)
Info/RSVP: TVA Singles Group, tvaSinglesEvents@yahoo.com,
http://veg.ca/events/t-events.html,
http://veg.ca/tva/tvagroups.html#Singles
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September 29, Friday, 7pm. Free. Film: Internal Affairs (101mins, Hong Kong, 2004).
Directed by Andrew Lau & Mark Siu Fai. Starring: Tony Leung, Andy Lau, Eric Tsang.
Future FFF: September 29, October 6, 13, 20, 27, 31, November 24, December 1, Fridays.
Location: Innis College Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave, St George St, one block north of Hoskin Ave, 1 block south of Bloor St West
(map).
UofT CINSSU Free Films: 416-978-7434, cinssu@pwd.ca,
http://www.utoronto.ca/fff/index2.html
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September 29, Friday, 9:05pm. 99.1 FM. CBC Radio One Ideas: By Design: The Politics of Everyday Objects.
Quote: We tend to take the objects around us, from paper clips to bridges, for granted, remarking only when they're either annoying to use, or impossibly elegant. Why do everyday objects look the way they do, and why are we so often saddled with clunky, ugly things? Writer-broadcaster Nora Young looks at the hidden politics and unintended consequences behind the design of everyday stuff. Part Two airs Friday, October 6.
Info: http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/schedule.html
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September 30, Saturday, 10am. Free. FODE / Bruce Trail Club Urban Hike: Taylor-Massey Creek.
Start: West entrance of Terraview Park, near 1630 Pharmacy Ave. just south of Hwy 401.
Quote: Level II Urban Hike, 15 km, Dropouts at any bus stop, Flat, variable terrain, Moderate pace, No dogs.
Depart 10 am, west entrance of Terraview Park, near 1630 Pharmacy Ave. just south of Hwy 401.
Take the #67 Pharmacy bus from Victoria Park subway station. Get off at last stop and walk one block north. Or, take the #24 Victoria bus from Victoria Park subway station, get off at Terraview Blvd (north of Ellesmere) and walk three blocks east to Pharmacy.
Taylor-Massey Creek: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Walk the entire length of this urban creek. Parts of the creek are quite beautiful, other parts are downright ugly. Mostly paved paths, fairly easy terrain.
Bring a lunch. A partnership walk with Friends of the Don East.
FODE info: Friends of the Don East, 416-466-9153, info@fode.ca, http://www.fode.ca .
Bruce Trail Club: 416-763-9061, http://www.torontobrucetrailclub.org,
Future Bruce Trail Urban Hikes:
Sunday, October 8 (Toronto Taylor Creek & Don Valley),
Saturday, October 14 (Toronto, Don Valley Bike Trail Hike),
Sunday, October 15 (Toronto, Belt Line and Central Ravines),
Thursday, October 19 (Toronto, Central Ravines, Beltline, and Gardens),
Friday, October 27 (Toronto Ravines),
Saturday, November 18 (Toronto, Humber River Park Theatre Hike).
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September 30, Saturday, 10:30am. Free. TFN Nature Walk - Scarborough Bluffs.
Start: SE corner Kingston Rd & Chine Dr.
Toronto Field Naturalists: 416-593-2656 (Office Hrs: Fridays am), http://www.sources.com/tfn, http://www.sources.com/tfn/t-walks.htm
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September 30, Saturday, 1:30pm. Free. Heritage Toronto Walk - The Beach.
2 hours. Focus: Historical.
Difficulty: Some stairs, slopes and rough ground.
At the conclusion of the tour, join us for the unveiling of a Heritage Toronto plaque commemorating the Beaches Branch Library.
Leaders: Barbara Myrvold, Toronto Public Library; Neil Macdonald.
Start: Beaches Branch, Toronto Public Library, 2161 Queen St. E. (Kew Gardens, west of Lee Ave).
End: Same as start point.
Heritage Toronto: 416-338-0684,
http://heritagetoronto.org/programs/programs2.show?eventId=46
Future Heritage Toronto Walk: South Rosedale (Sunday, October 1 – 1:30 PM).
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September 30, Saturday, 2pm. Free. TVA Vegetarians In Their Twenties (VITT): Indoor Rock Climbing at Joe Rockhead's.
Location: Joe Rockhead's, 29 Fraser Ave, south of King St West, east of Dufferin St
(map).
Quote: VITTs going rock climbing!! Won't be quite like the scenes in Mission Impossible 2, but the improved chances of coming out alive should make the experience all the more fun!
Cost: (all prices +tax)
1. $35: under 6 people, lesson, day pass, shoes, harness.
2. $30: 6 or more people, lesson, day pass, shoes, harness.
3. $25 adults/$23 students: day pass, shoes, harness Indiv prices (if you have your own equipment): $15 adult/$13 student day pass, $6 harness, $6 shoes.
Other Details: Everyone must pass a test showing they know how to belay and tie in.
Therefore, you must take a lesson if it's your first time or if you've forgotten everything you once knew.
Although running shoes are allowed, climbing shoes are highly recommended as they are more flexible and the toe is the right shape to allow better grip on the rocks.
Vegan climbing shoes are available, but only in select sizes, and I have been warned that they may be less comfortable than the standard suede ones.
RSVP: By posting a msg to the board. Be sure to include whether or not you'll need a lesson, and what your previous rock climbing experience is.
This group is for Toronto vegetarians in their twenties that would like to go out and have fun!
As well as going to vegetarian restaurants, we try to have a variety of events to appeal to everyone's tastes. If you would like there to be a specific type of event, feel free to suggest it or plan it yourself. We are a social group run by the Toronto Vegetarian Association.
TVA VITT info: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vitt/, or leave a message at the TVA office at 416-544-9800.
Updated Info: http://www.veg.ca/events/t-events.html
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September 30, Saturday, 2pm. Free. Ian Wheal Heritage Walk / TGC Lost River Walk - Henry Scadding’s Don Mountain, Caves & Lairs.
Start: entrance to Riverdale Library, Broadview Ave & Gerrard St East
(map).
Leader: Ian Wheal.
Toronto Green Community / Lost River Walks: 416-781-7663, info@ntgc.ca, http://www.ntgc.ca,
http://www.lostrivers.ca/WalkSchd.htm .
Ian Wheal Heritage Walks: 416-593-2656, https://torontoactivities.tripod.com/Ian.html#1 .
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