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Tuesday, October 9, 2012

October Events 2012

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving long weekend!

Here's what happening in and out of town this month:


In Toront/Greater Toronto Area
- Grindhouse Ghoulies (October 12)
Chinese Canadian for the Environment - Action Matters (October 13)
- Creativ Festival (October 12-14)
- Show & Sale of Fine Miniatures (October 13-14)
- Stouffville Studio Tour (October 13-14) 
- Richmond Hill Studio Tour & Art Sale (October 13-14) 
- Fall Into Nature (October 6, 7, 8, 13, 14)  
- Downey's Farm Pumpkinfest (October 1-31)
- Powerhouse of Terror (October 11-30) 
- Halloween Haunt (October 12-28)
- Screemers (October 12-31) 
- Camp Spooky (October 13-28)
- Toronto After Dark Film Festival (October 18-26)
- Toronto Zombie Walk (October 20)
- Mississauga Artisan Studio Tour (October 20-21) 
- Soupstock (October 21) 
- Fall Cottage Life Show (October 26-28)
- Art Toronto Focus Asia 2012 (October 26-29) 
- TEDx Toronto (October 26)
- Made By Hand Show (October 27)
- Street Closing Block Party (October 31)
- Corn Mazes in the GTA (October 1-31)
- Cirque du Soleil's Amaluna (October 9-November 4)
- Yonge Lawrence Village Artwalk (October 11-November 1)

- Toronto Chocolate Festival (October 13-November 4) 
- Casa Loma Events: Boo-Tastic Trick or Treat; Ghost Tracking; Dracula - A Love Story (various dates in October and November) 


 
Mid-distance to Toronto
- Guelph Studio Tour (October 12-14)
- Waterford Pumpkin Festival (October 12-14)
- Hamilton Fall Garden & Mom Show (October 19-28) 
- Birtch Farms Pumpkin Festival (October 20-21)
- Haunted Harbour (October 25-27) 
- Halloween Marsh Monster Mystery (October 27)
- Howells Pumpkin Farm (October 1-31) 


Far from Toronto
- Saunders Farm: Days of Fall-tastic Fun or Nights of Terror (October 1-31) 

Howells Farm Pumpkinfest

Fall Into Nature: Scavenger Hunt at Hilton Falls

Fall Into Nature: Cable Car Ride Up the Hill at Kelso Conservation Area

Pumpkin Patch at Birtch Farms

Corn Maze Fun

Halloween Street Block Party at Church Street

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

July 2012 Events

Busy with online courses, not a lot of time or motivation to update this blog :P I have decided to give monthly instead of weekly updates/suggestions. And then update as I come up with more ideas.

So far for this month:

Food Festivals 

- Ribfest (June-August)
- Summerlicious (July 6-22)
- Taste of Lawrence (July 6-8)
- Night It Up! (July 13-15)
- Taste of Thailand (July 14-15)
- Lobster Lovers Festival (July 19)
- T & T Waterfront Night Market (July 20-22)

- Hot & Spicy Festival (July 20-22)
- TO Food Festival (July 29)

Other Festivals

- Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition (July 6-8)
- Lavender Festival (July 14-15)
- Farm Crawl Hamilton (July 14)
- Beaches International Jazz Festival (July 20-29)
- Live Green Toronto Festival (July 21)

Click on the title of each event to see more details.

Have a great summer everyone! Stay cool! 


Bears love the purple lavender fields! Hard to believe this place is just 1 hr drive from Toronto!

Your typical summer street/food festival. There's almost one (or more than one) per week in Toronto.

Your typical outdoor food selling booth at a night market festival . A variety of multicultural cuisine and snacks are available. Some work till late nights which is atypical in Toronto.

Outdoor art exhibition. All FREE!






  

Monday, May 21, 2012

More things to share...



New Japanese Ramen Shop (Same chain as Guu)
51 Baldwin St.




 




















Free HK Movie This Friday
May 25, 7:00PM
Isabel Bader Theatre (93 Charles St W at Queen's Park)      
Overheard 2 窃听风云2
Directors Felix Chong, Alan Mak | Cast: Lau Ching Wan, Louis Koo, Daniel Wu
Hong Kong 2011 | 119 min | Cantonese with English subtitles
A crime thriller about greed and betrayal
FREE Admission - Ticketing begins at 6PM on May 25
http://reelasian.com/index.php/k2/item/245-reel-asian-asian-heritage-month


 


Doors Open Toronto
May 26-27, 10am-5pm
All around Toronto
FREE admission
More than 135 architecturally, historically, culturally and socially significant buildings will open their doors for the weekend and highlight the people who built our city
http://wx.toronto.ca/inter/culture/doorsopen.nsf/BuildingsAll?OpenView&count=999



























Art Battle  
Tuesday May 29, 7pm, The Great Hall
Tickets $15 / $10 Students (w/ ID)
Live painting competition   




 




















Eco Swap @ Sage Fair
June 2, 2012 11am – 6pm; June 3, 2012, 11am – 5pm
Metro Toronto Convention Centre, 255 Front St West
$6 for all Swapsity members, $10 for non-members
Swap books, DVDs, CDs, Blu-rays and records!