This
week’s image – when snowdrops appear, it’s Spring!
OPEN HOUSE LISTINGS
Click
here to read about the open houses in our area this weekend.
NEIGHBOURHOOD NEWS
The
wandering Tee shirt
Last
week, we re-introduced our global Cabbagetown Tee Shirt project. This week, we’re featuring Christopher
Dew. It’s his second appearance. This guy has an obsession with
mountains. A few years ago, he
climbed Africa’s Mount Kilimanjaro and earned a spot in our flag-wavers Hall of
Fame. This time, he’s up at Base
Camp One on Mount Everest.
Earn
your spot on the world-wide web
Are
you going on a trip? Perhaps to
Etobicoke or Istanbul. Take your
Cabbagetown tee shirt or your flag and slip them into a noteworthy photo. Send your stuff to
cabbagetownreview@gmail.com and we’ll make you famous. Don’t have a tee or a flag? Contact the BIA at (416) 921-0857 –
they’ve got both available for you.
The
Cabbagetown Community Arts Centre
Hundreds
of kids take part in the CCAC’s music, art, theatre and karate programs and its
summer day camps. It needs to
raise $200,000 to meet its annual budget.
At a lunch last Monday, Luba Goy and Chrystia Freeland started the ball
rolling. The Centre will initiate
a donors’ wall and in November, there will be a gala evening “The Art of the
Quizzle” at the Daniels Spectrum.
The gala’s stars include Olivia Chow, John Tory, Chrystia Freeland, Bill
Graham, Bob Rae, Glen Murray and representatives from TD Canada Trust and
RBC. You can see the Centre’s
video here.
Raffle
prizes at the Forsythia Festival
The
Festival is our annual salute to Spring. This year especially we’ll certainly
welcome it. Organizers have been
busy rounding up raffle prizes and the donors, as always, deserve a big thanks
from all of us.
Here
are some of the prizes that you can win throughout the day.
A
Giant Animator bike from Cycle Solutions (444 Parliament). A one-on-one cycling ride with a
professional coach from AR Coaching (www.arcoaching.ca). A black leather kimono belt from the
Dress Mavens (www.lemondropclothing.com).
A one-hour massage courtesy of Claudia Salzmann (78 Amelia). An adult hair cut by Lam at Hair Spa
(440 Parliament). A
custom-designed cabbage pillow from Spruce Home Décor (455 Parliament). 5 lbs of coffee from Jet Fuel (519
Parliament). A $50 gift
certificate from Merryberry Café (559 Parliament). Another $50 gift certificate from The Scullery (200
Carlton).
The
Cabbagetown Residents Association is keeping an up-to-date list of donors on
its website.
The
tree diary
Last
summer, our apple tree in front of our house was condemned by the City of
Toronto. It was on City property
and the officials had the final voice in the matter. When it was cut down, the first two
steps went well. The tree and then
the stump were both removed cleanly and carefully, without wrecking the garden
or destroying the plants around the base of the old tree. This week, the City left a notice that
we would receive a white elm (or a tulip tree), in the Spring planting program.
Since
this is an issue now sadly facing lots of people in the neighbourhood, this
little diary is being written to keep other homeowners informed about the
process. You can also check out
ReLeaf’s great website.
MOVIES, DANCE & THEATRE
ReelWorld
Film Festival
ReelWorld
Film Festival (438 Parliament) launches its 2014 Toronto events at Canada
Square on Wednesday April 2 with the world premiere of Jeremy Whittaker’s
Destiny. It runs to Sunday April
6. 70% of the works have Canadian
content and overall, there’ll be films from twenty countries. The program emphasizes works that
represent the real world by film makers who are aboriginal, black, Latino,
South Asian, middle eastern and Asian.
Check out the program and Festival highlights here.
Acceleration
2014
Acceleration
is the annual showcase that presents the talents of graduating students in the
professional development program at the School of Toronto Dance Theatre. This
year’s program includes works by Susan Burpee, Paul-Andre Fortier, Christopher
House, James Kudelka and Darryl Tracy. March 26 to 29, Winchester Dance Theatre
(80 Winchester). For tickets and
more program details, click here.
The
Corktown Community Orchestra
The
Orchestra presents “Polished gems of the 20th century” including
pieces by Ravel, Copland, Schafer, Anderson and Prokofiev. Tickets for adults are $10, children
are free. Thursday April 3 at 8 pm
at Little Trinity Church (425 Queen E).
Soulpepper’s
three new productions
Starting
this week - Trudeau & the FLQ by Michael Hollingsworth. A videocabaret that embraces the 1960s
with the approach of Canada’s Centennial year, Trudeau’s ascent to power and
the violence unleashed by the FLQ.
March 27 to May 10.
Also
this week – The Gigli Concert by Tom Murphy. Murphy is one of Ireland’s best modern
playwrights and this is one of his masterpieces. Onstage March 28 to May 16.
Coming
April 15 – Of Human Bondage by Vern Thiessen based on the novel
by W Somerset Maughan.
For
ticket information, dates and times, click here. Young Centre for the Performing Arts (50 Tank House Lane,
The Distillery)
You
Should Be Dancing
Tour
de Danse at The Toronto Dance Theatre (80 Winchester). You’re invited to join
the performance and experience the excitement of dancing in a high energy
evening with TDT’s company dancers.
It’s a fundraiser. You can
support the company by joining the dancers for $100. Your package includes working with TDT’s artistic director
Christopher House. You’ll select
one, two or three rehearsals (April 2, 3 and 4) and then everyone appears at
the final dress rehearsal on April 5.
Your onstage debut happens on Saturday evening April 5. TDT happily notes that this event is
for everyone with all sorts of body shapes, sizes and skill levels. Tickets for the performance itself are
$25. For details, click here.
Canadian
Stage, Berkeley Street Theatre
Belleville. A young American couple have a
seemingly idyllic life in Paris until bit by bit their life slides into
tragedy. April 6 to May 4. Click here for the details and for
tickets. (26 Berkeley)
The
Daniels Spectrum
Elegies is a tribute to the life
and music of William Finn. Onstage
now until April 13 at the Daniels Spectrum’s Ada Slaight Theatre (585 Dundas
E) Click here for more info.
The
Toronto Storytelling Festival
An
event for every member of your family. The guests come from all over the globe
and from our own community.
Events are happening from Friday March 28 to Sunday April 6 in venues
across Toronto, including the Daniels Spectrum. Click here to see the Festival’s schedule.
Young Centre/George Brown Theatre
The Rose Tattoo by Tennessee
Williams. April 8 to 19. Tickets and program info here. (50 Tank House Lane, The Distillery)
Alumnae Theatre
Rabbit Hole is an honest and surprisingly
humorous study of a family coping after the death of their four-year old
son. April 11 to 26 Details here. (70 Berkeley)
RESTAURANT NEWS
Toronto
Life’s Best Restaurants
The
2014 edition of Toronto Life’s directory is now available. Five of our local restaurants have been
listed: Italian - F’Amelia (12
Amelia), Japanese - Kingyo (51B Winchester), Sushi - Omi (243 Carlton), Greek - Retsina (209 Gerrard E) and
Thai - Sukhothai (274 Parliament).
Congrats everyone.
Earth
Hour
Three
local pubs – Mill Street Brew Pub (21 Tank House Lane, Distillery), Stout Irish
Pub (221 Carlton) and The Local GEST (424 Parliament) – have announced that
they’ll observe Earth Hour with a candlelit hour from 8 to 9 pm on Saturday
March 29. It’s a very romantic
occasion - your chance to have a beer in the dark! All three have live music as
well. Mill Street Brewery is
sponsoring these events.
Junior
Jazz Jam
Paintbox
Bistro (535 Dundas E) is home again to Junior Jazz – an hour-long musical
extravaganza for kids. Saturday morning, March 29, 10 to 11 am. There’s brunch and entertainment for
the whole family. This week’s
guest is Sophia Perlman with her quartet.
No cover charge.
Taste for Life
David
at Hey Lucy (229 Carlton) has alerted us to the Taste For Life events happening
in our neighbourhood on Wednesday April 29. This is a nation-wide evening in support of AIDS/HIV
community services in our community.
Restaurants in our area are donating 25% of their proceeds to help Fife
House. Hey Lucy’s fundraiser is hosted by John Joseph Mastrandrea, Bill Calkins
and Michael Blair. The Flying
Beaver (488 Parliament), Gilead Café Wine Bar (9 Gilead Place), Butter Chicken
Factory (556 Parliament), Spice House (587 Parliament) and Peartree (507
Parliament) are also part of the program.
Just make your reservation, enjoy your dinner and support your
community.
More
menu items at 420 Smokehouse
Virginia
is adding more yummy stuff to her menu.
Watch for a quarter and a half smoked chicken dinner as an everyday
offering (she says, “It’s out of this world”). On the Sunday specials list, she’s bringing out a combo
platter of smoked chicken and ribs. On Tuesdays, there’s a pound of wings and a
pint for $14 On Wednesdays, a half rack of St Louis ribs ($15). On Thursdays, it’s an 8 oz burger with
bacon, cheese and fries along with a pint for $15. $5 pints of Golden Horseshoe
and Wellington County from 3 to 6 pm, Tuesday to Thursday. 420 Parliament.
THURSDAY MARCH 27 TO SUNDAY MARCH 30
Contact
info
Alice’s
Place, 554 Parliament St, (647) 931-9088
Dominion
on Queen, 500 Queen St E, (416) 368-6893, www.dominiononqueen.com
The
Flying Beaver, 488 Parliament St, (647) 347-6567, www.pubaret.com
House
on Parliament, 454 Parliament St, (416) 925-4074,
www.facebook.com/pages/House-on-Parliament
The
Irv, 195 Carlton Street, (647) 350-4787, https://www.facebook.com/theirvpub
The
Local GEST, 424 Parliament St, (416) 961-9425, https://www.facebook.com/thelocalgest
Merryberry,
559 Parliament, www.merryberry.ca
Mill
Street Beer Hall, 21 Tank House Ln (Distillery), (416) 681-0338, Facebook and
http://toronto.millstreetbrewpub.ca/
Paintbox
Bistro, 555 Dundas St E, (647) 748-0555, www.paintboxbistro.ca
Stout
Irish Pub, 221 Carlton St, (647) 344-7676, www.stoutirishpub.ca
Under
the Table, 568 Parliament St, (647) 351-1533
If there's a cover charge or tickets are sold, we’ve
listed the prices. Otherwise, the event is free.
THURSDAY MARCH 27
Dominion
on Queen
9
pm, jazz with Landen Vieira quartet, $10
Flying
Beaver
Dykewerquing
The
Local GEST
8
pm, Jeff Barnes & Noah Zacharin
FRIDAY MARCH 28
Flying
Beaver
7
pm, Aastha Lal “Words to Laugh By”, $10/advance & pwyw at the door
9
pm, Ryan G Hinds “Comedy, cabaret and coffee talk”, $10/advance & $15/door
Paintbox
8
pm, The worst pop band ever, $10
Stout
Irish Pub
8
pm, Lights out for Earth Day, live music
SATURDAY MARCH 29
Dominion
on Queen
7
pm, Toronto Film Noir presents “Johnny O’Clock”
9
pm, acoustic blues with Al Lerman, $10
Flying
Beaver
9
pm, Reenee soul pop quintet, pwyw
10:30
pm, Sarah Bee Dance Party, $5 at the door
The
Irv
9
pm, Frank Ryan’s vocals and acoustics
The
Local GEST
8
pm, Lights out for Earth Day, live music with the Maladies of Adam Stokes
Mill
Street Brew pub
8:30
pm, Lights out for Earth Day, live music
Paintbox
10
am, Junior jazz jam and brunch, no cover
SUNDAY MARCH 30
Alice’s
Place
4
pm, Karaoke
Flying
Beaver
11
am, Psychic brunch, $29/reading
Local
GEST
4:30
pm, Sunday jazz
Mill
Street Beer Hall
1
pm, Jazz brunch with Tyler Yarema