GODSPELLTHE LEGENDARY ROCK MUSICAL RETURNS TO BROADWAYNEW YORK – Prepare ye for GODSPELL, the beloved classic from Stephen Schwartz, the Grammy® and Academy Award®-winning composer of WICKED and PIPPIN. Enjoy all the good gifts of one of the most e…

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Elton John ballet to debut to Toronto audiencesLove Lies BleedingPresented by David Mirvish and Corey RossNovember 8 to 12, 2011Toronto, ON –  David Mirvish and Corey Ross are proud to present Alberta Ballet’s hit show L…

Street artists, this wall needs your help.

BY: Unknown LOCATION: Unknown PHOTO BY: Bella Manu FIELD NOTES: Toronto, there is a thief among us! Someone has replaced enriching street art with a boring blank wall! What fiend would commit such a heinous crime? Hopefully art will find its way back to the wall and we can live in peace once more. Once [...]

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FREE public screening of the enRoute Film Festival.Thursday, November 10, 2011 – 7 p.m.Scotiabank Theatre (259 Richmond St. West, Toronto)Air Canada’s enRoute Film Festival announces 2011 juryCanadian short films showcased in-…

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Royal Conservatory November News & UpdatesCANADIAN DEBUT OF STILL BLACK, STILL PROUD, ANDTORONTO DEBUTS OF PHILIPPE JAROUSSKY AND DIEGO EL CIGALA HIGHLIGHT NOVEMBER AT THE ROYAL CONSERVATORYJOE LOVANO RESCHEDULED DUE TO WINTE…

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THE WANTED: TORONTO OUTLAWS SURFACE WITH SELF-TITLED DEBUT–  @ THE GLADSTONE HOTEL’S “COUNTRY SATURDAYS” ON NOVEMBER 5
Goodtime country band The WantedA raucous showdown hoedown – Where The Carter Family meets Chuck Berry…

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Video Services Corp.presents:

FACE OFFDirected by George McCowanProduced by John F. Bassett

Canada, 2011, 104 min
Starring: Art Hindle (ENG), Trudy Young (Razzle Dazzle), Frank Moore (The Kennedys), John Vernon (Animal House…

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Sometimes Y Theatre returns to Toronto after a 9 year absence with: 
DITCH by Geoff KavanaghNovember 2nd to 20th, 2011Directed by Ed RoyStarring Clinton Walker and Robert TsonosTheatre Passe Muraille Backspace16 Ryerson Aven…

Artist Jonathan Harris  talks about the  Balloons for Bhutan project, his effort to capture “a portrait of happiness in the last Himalayan kingdom”:Instead of “Gross National Product”, Bhutan uses “Gross National …

© 2004-2011 Rebecca Bollwitt – Miss604.com. If you are not reading this via official Miss604 channels, this content is being reproduced without permission. The very popular Circle Craft Christmas Market returns for its 38th year this month at the Vancouver Convention Centre West. I have still never been but everyone I have talked to (even [...]

The best graffiti you’ll never see

You’ve heard the old adage about what it takes for a struggling musician to get to Carnegie Hall, right? According to Toronto graff artist, Sohoe, the same applies to mastering the art of graffiti. Before gaining the respect of fellow graff writers, not to mention a dope reputation from here to Montreal, Sohoe followed the [...]

Breast casts of various celebrities customized and tarted up by artists (more breasts here) to be auctioned and proceeds going to the Keep-a-Breast Foundation, a charity which promotes breast cancer awareness. The charity has been in the news lately b…

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Toronto street artist Sean Martindale on how we interact with the city around us.

Guiding the audience through a series of childhood photos, street artist Sean Martindale paused at an early photo of himself, his chubby arms cuddling a Coke can. He remarked how early we’re exposed to corporate branding. The audience guffawed, but Martindale was dead serious. In a chat before his lecture (titled “Playful Interventions”) at the [...]

SPOTTED BY: edk7 WHERE: Toronto Sculpture Garden, 115 King Street East WHEN: October 9 WHAT: The Toronto Sculpture Garden celebrated three decades of exhibiting amazing art last month with the installation of Jed Lind’s Gold, Silver & Lead, an imposing stack of bone-coloured Honda Civics that becomes increasingly skeletal, seeming to disintegrate, as it rises. [...]

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2011 Toronto International Art FairOctober 28 to 31, 2011Metro Toronto Convention Centre

I had a chance to preview the 12th Annual Toronto International Art Fair this morning, doing my best to check out the mind boggling array of fine art on display. …

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Trumpeter/Composer Wadada Leo Smith Presents World Premiere of Civil Rights Opus”Ten Freedom Summers” with Golden Quartet and Southwest Chamber MusicMulti-Media Event October 28 – 30 at theREDCAT Theater in the Walt Disney…

From a media release:Sultans of String MOVE CD Release!featuring special guests Ernie Tollar, Jordan Klapman, Pabloski Rosales, The Cuban Trumpet Ensemble, and more!Saturday, October 29, 8pm (doors: 7pm)Trinity St Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor St West, To…

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From Sahara Trance Bluegrass to Re-Imagined Brazilian Choros:The Un-Chamber Music of Real Vocal String Quartet on Tour

The classically-trained players of the Real Vocal String Quartet have lost it. As can be witnessed on their …