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175 Years Young
Lost amidst this week’s bigger news was the announced schedule of events to celebrate Toronto’s 175th anniversary from March 6 to 8, 2009. Although it seems like some details still need to be fleshed out, at first glance it’s a bit of an underwhelming lineup focused more on celebrating the city’s present-day culture and diversity—culminating in a finale that sounds like a cultural mash-up of music and dance that could end up muddled or absolutely brilliant—than in telling the story of how Toronto evolved to this point. But public commemorations always tell more about who is celebrating than what is being remembered. And there are more than a few nuggets in the festivities, including a couple exhibitions of street art and photography at City Hall and a showcase of Toronto-themed literary readings. [via Heritage Toronto.]