Results tagged “coliseum”

ART: When artist Tennille Will was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, she was not far from falling into the coma that would have led to her death. She credits the Diabetes Education Centre at Toronto Western Hospital with saving her life—she now knows how to control her diet and treat herself with insulin injections. Will has been raising money on behalf of the Centre through her series of Sugar Free Paintings, on exhibit this month at Shopgirls (1342 Queen Street West). She has also written a book, Sugar Free Paintings: Poems & Prescriptions. The book launches tonight, after a benefit dinner, in honour of National Diabetes Awareness Month. The Harbord Room (89 Harbord Street), 9 p.m., $10.

The hosts of Re-Inventors, Jeremy MacPherson and Matt Hunter, put one of their "re-inventions" to the test against Olivier Jean, a speed skater and Olympic hopeful, at the Ricoh Coliseum this week. The propeller strapped to MacPherson's back was based on a patent registered in 1948 by Horace M. Morrill, who intended the device to "provide a portable manually supported propelling unit" for people on skates, boats or bicycles.

The fiftieth edition of the Toronto International Boat Show docks for nine days at the National Trade Centre starting Saturday. Boating geeks, wannabes, and reluctant family thereof all descend on the show every year, seeking everything from fishing lures to gazillion-dollar yachts.

Vancouver Central Public Library photo by lindn.

We're a little late with this week's music listing--blame the election! Er, okay, maybe someone just got immersed in learning a bit of Flash and let it slip. It won't happen again.