Torontoist » “Daps All Ages Concerts” http://torontoist.com Torontoist is about Toronto and everything that happens in it Sat, 25 May 2013 17:49:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 KAMP: Horrors at the Hands of Humans http://torontoist.com/events/event/kamp-horrors-at-the-hands-of-humans/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kamp-horrors-at-the-hands-of-humans http://torontoist.com/events/event/kamp-horrors-at-the-hands-of-humans/#comments Fri, 24 May 2013 17:30:28 +0000 Carly Maga http://torontoist.com/?post_type=event&p=255611 The puppets of KAMP recreate the atrocities of Auschwitz. Photo by Herman Helle.

When telling the story of the Holocaust, one effective way to overcome our sheer inability to comprehend the scope and scale of such atrocities is to zoom in on one or two stories: share one particular experience, in all its brutal specificity, and we have at least a small way into the event—the small details [...]

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When telling the story of the Holocaust, one effective way to overcome our sheer inability to comprehend the scope and scale of such atrocities is to zoom in on one or two stories: share one particular experience, in all its brutal specificity, and we have at least a small way into the event—the small details illuminate the larger whole.

One theatre company from the Netherlands, Hotel Modern, takes a related approach in KAMP (CAMP). The production depicts a typical day at the Auschwitz concentration camp, but instead of zooming in into a closeup, it shrinks everything down, literally, into miniature. It’s the accumulation of thousands of small details that has the impact in this case.

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Eleanor McMahon thinks it’s time to change the conversation around cycling in Ontario. McMahon is the founder of the Share the Road Cycling Coalition, who will be hosting the fifth annual Ontario Bike Summit this week in Toronto. She says that we need to stop talking about things like bike lanes and other bicycle infrastructure [...]

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Eleanor McMahon thinks it’s time to change the conversation around cycling in Ontario.

McMahon is the founder of the Share the Road Cycling Coalition, who will be hosting the fifth annual Ontario Bike Summit this week in Toronto. She says that we need to stop talking about things like bike lanes and other bicycle infrastructure as a zero sum game between cars and bikes.

“We do polling, and our polling tells us that 89 per cent of Ontarians are both drivers and cyclists,” she says. “The notion that it’s cars versus bikes is overblown, and it’s really not working anymore. Deciding to change the conversation means going out of our way to poke holes in that idea and say from the get go ‘We don’t buy into that philosophy, and just because you say it, doesn’t make it true.’ ”

]]> http://torontoist.com/events/event/ontario-bike-summit-aims-to-change-the-conversation-on-cycling/feed/ 2 Urban Planner: July 30, 2010 http://torontoist.com/2010/07/urban_planner_july_30_2010/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=urban_planner_july_30_2010 http://torontoist.com/2010/07/urban_planner_july_30_2010/#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:00:00 +0000 Steve Fisher http://torontoist.com/2010/07/urban_planner_july_30_2010/ In today's Urban Planner, the Toronto Cyclists Union officially "opens" the Jarvis bike lanes; Sonic Boom hosts its first ever art exhibit opening, with Jesi the Elder; a spelling bee with high stakes; and Bishop Morocco leads you down an alleyway to show you their new record.

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Jesi the Elder is the first artist to have a full exhibit showing at Sonic Boom; there’s an opening reception at the Bloor and Bathurst record shop this evening. Image courtesy of Jesi the Elder.


In today’s Urban Planner, the Toronto Cyclists Union officially “opens” the Jarvis bike lanes; Sonic Boom hosts its first ever art exhibit opening, with Jesi the Elder; a spelling bee with high stakes; and Bishop Morocco leads you down an alleyway to show you their new record.

CYCLING: Studies are planned for the fall on how they’ve affected traffic, but the new Jarvis Street bike lanes are being celebrated nonetheless. The Toronto Cyclists Union intends to celebrate this morning with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. We wonder—might Rocco Rossi make it out for the occasion? Jarvis Street and Wellesley Street, southwest corner, 8:30 a.m., FREE.
FESTIVAL: Daps All Ages Concerts have teamed with Cultura to program an afternoon and evening of fun. Buskers, artists, and international food vendors will be showcased, and musicians such as Maylee Todd (who will be rocking the harp and the Tenori-on), Times Neue Roman, and Tanika Charles will be entertaining on the main stage until 9 p.m., when Charlie and The Chocolate Factory will be screened. Mel Lastman Square (5100 Yonge Street), 5 p.m. onwards, FREE.
ART: Record shop Sonic Boom is known for its elaborate window displays to promote albums, but they’ve never featured a full art exhibit—until now. Tonight, they’re hosting an opening reception for Jesi The Elder‘s month-long show, I Hate You More Than The Devil Hates Me, which will take up a wall of the cavernous store. Sonic Boom (512 Bloor Street West), 7 p.m., FREE.
FILM: The Seven Deadly Sins Festival wraps up tonight, featuring Wrath. Charles Bronson wages an all-out street war with punks in Death Wish 3 at 7 p.m., and a man kidnapped and imprisoned for decades for no obvious reason reaps his revenge in Park Chan-Wook’s Oldboy at 9 p.m. Toronto Underground Cinema (186 Spadina Avenue), 7 p.m. & 9 p.m., $8 ($14 for the double bill).
MUSIC: It’s a busy night for concert-goers, with Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros playing a sold-out show at the Phoenix, and United Steelworkers of Montreal playing with locals The Schomberg Fair and Great Bloomers at the Horseshoe Tavern. But the most intriguing show of the night will take place through a black door behind 102 Ossington, where Bishop Morocco is throwing their eponymous record release. The duo’s album is being touted as one of the best local releases of the year to date (we sure liked it), and they’ve assembled a line-up of great dance acts and DJs to celebrate late into the night in the heavily soundproofed location. UNITC (102 Ossington Avenue), rear entrance through alleyway off Humbert Street, 9 p.m., FREE.
CONTEST: Fifteen smarty-pants exhibitionists will be competing to see whose smarts keep their pants on longest at Strip Spelling Bee 7. Contestants lose a third of their attire for every word spelled wrong, until they’re down to their underwear (or birthday suit). There are prizes for the top speller and the top stripper. Buddies in Bad Times Theatre (12 Alexander Street), sign-up at 10 p.m., Bee at 10:30 p.m., $10 (must be 18+).

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