Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'westvillage'
August 30, 2007
All summer long, Toronto has been jam-packed with countless cultural festivities, and as the last weekend of the summer begins to dawn on us—with students gearing up for school and vacations coming to an unfortunate end—why not end the summer with some Ukrainian style? This year, what was formerly known as the Bloor West Village Ukrainian Festival is being renamed the Toronto Ukrainian Festival and will take place at Harbourfront Centre. From August 31......
Continue Reading "End Summer With A Ukrainian Zabava!"December 19, 2006
When you go through the doors of City Hall, one of the first things you'll probably see (especially if you're headed to the café, library, or washrooms) is "Metropolis" to your immediate right, an expansive "mural" made out of 100 000 nails, their blunt ends jutting out in patterns of concentric circles. And you won't be able to resist running your hand along it, no matter how late you are for your meeting or......
Continue Reading "A Partridge in a Nail Tree"June 9, 2006
Toronto Pride is touted as the biggest in Canada... North America... or the world or something. Every queer and their mother told me this tidbit before I moved here, so I had to come and see. After having a great time at the parties and the Church and the community festivities, I checked out the parade. After being pelted with a Gillette® razor, Trojan® condoms and some Naya® water from the passing floats, I......
Continue Reading "Go West Where the Skies are Blue"May 23, 2006
In this post, Torontoist mistakenly implied that the Yard Sale for the Cure was happening only in the The Beaches/The Beach. It's time to clear up the confusion. Las year the Yard Sale for the Cure held it's inaugural event in the Beaches, but this year it has spread to 28 different places, including Edmonton, Oakville, Lorne Park, Bloor West Village / High Park, Leaside / Victoria Village, Thornhill, The Beaches and Peterborough .......
Continue Reading "more on the Yard Sale for the Cure"August 26, 2005
The Bloor West Village Ukrainian Festival takes over (you guessed it) Bloor West Village this weekend. They say: This is the Festival's 9th year (it began in 1997) and each time it comes around it continues to get better. Who doesn't like things that get better with each go round? The parade begins tomorrow at 10:15 in High Park, with John Turner as Parade Marshal. Other activities include a 9am Saturday Morning Pancake Breakfast and......
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