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20. Toronto Urban Adventures: Multicultural Kensington Market & Chinatown

January 20, 2011 Heikki Walden

January 20, 2011

Whether you’ve lived in Toronto your whole life, or if you’ve just moved to the city, Toronto Urban Adventures is a great way to get to know T.O.! Today’s Multicultural Kensington Market & Chinatown tour starts at the Art Gallery of Ontario at 10am and finishes two hours later at the Dragon City Shopping Centre (at the southwest corner of Spadina Avenue and Dundas Street West).

You’ll have the opportunity to check out two of Toronto’s most beloved neighbourhoods, while stopping at locally-owned eateries, produce markets, and shops. You’ll learn about the history of Kensington Market and Chinatown, and be dropped off in the perfect location for some after-tour shopping!

At $25 per person, this tour has no “minimum enrolment” – if you register, the tour is on! To learn more about Toronto Urban Adventures and the other tours they offer, check out their website.

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19. Get a cookie at Sweet Flour Bake Shop

January 19, 2011 Heikki Walden

January 19, 2011

There’s no two ways about it: there’s nothing quite like a fresh baked cookie, warm out of the oven. But how can you experience that delicious aroma, that enticing taste, and that comforting warmth without getting yourself covered in flour and burning the bottoms of your cookies? Sweet Flour Bake Shop!

This ingenious bakery/cafe has perfected the art of the freshly baked cookie, and all you have to do is select your gourmet dough (original, peanut butter, or oatmeal) and choose two to three mix-ins (22 options include dark and milk chocolate chunks, macadamia nuts, mini pretzels, dried cranberries and blueberries, chocolate mint chips, peanut butter pieces, snickers, pistachios, dried figs, and yes, sprinkles!) The bakers will put your cookie together, pop it in the oven, and presto! Less than five minutes later you have your custom, fresh, warm and gooey cookie, made just as you like it! If you want to stray from tradition, you can also create a cookie sandwich, a muffin top, and even get oatmeal, granola, or yogurt with Sweet Flour’s delicious mix-ins! Sweet Flour Bake Shop is located in Bloor West Village at 2352 Bloor Street West.

To learn more about Sweet Flour Bake Shop and the Bloor West Village neighbourhood, check out Heikki’s interview with Sweet Flour’s owner, Kim!

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18. Tim Burton Exhibition + Films

January 18, 2011 Heikki Walden

January 18, 2011

Hosted at Toronto’s fabulous new TIFF Bell Lightbox and organized by New York’s Museum of Modern Art, the Tim Burton Exhibition promises to be spectacular.

Follow Burton’s remarkable career via the more than 700 items highlighting the director/author/photographer/illustrator/writer/producer’s development as artist and storyteller. You’ll see everything from some of Burton’s earliest paintings right up to the more recent and sophisticated elements he has created for the likes of Alice in Wonderland, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Big Fish, The Nightmare Before Christmas, and Planet of the Apes.

The Tim Burton Exhibition is open from Tuesday through Sunday until April 17, 2011. Tickets for the general public are $22.75; double bills of Burton’s films can be enjoyed for $20. To purchase your tickets, or for more information about the film schedule, go to the TIFF website.

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17. The Film Buffet Double Bill

January 17, 2011 Heikki Walden

January 17, 2011

Calling all film buffs! The Toronto Film Society presents your opportunity to “go West” with tonight’s films, The Left Handed Gun and Way Out West.

A Billy the Kid film featuring then newcomer, Paul Newman, The Left Handed Gun is a 1958 production with a reputation as “one of the sexiest Westerns ever made.” Way Out West, starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, has been dubbed one of the funniest Western films, so you’re in for a night of fantastic Western fun!

Screenings take place at Innis College on the University of Toronto campus, and $15 will get you entrance to this, or any Toronto Film Society double bill; you can also purchase a “Pick 7” membership – $80 for seven double-bills of your choosing. To find out more about the full Film Buffet Double Bill line up, check out the Toronto Film Society’s website.

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16. St. Clair Gardens Cavalcade of Lights

January 16, 2011 Heikki Walden

January 16, 2011

Santa may have retired the reindeer for the year, but you can still catch the spectacular holiday light show at St. Clair Gardens until January 31st! An energy efficient, LED lighting neighbourhood festival, this Cavalcade of Lights will put some green in your winter and let you hang on to that holiday spirit for another month – after all, January is the month of Epiphany (when Christians celebrate the “three Wise Men” who visited Jesus) and Ukrainian Christmas, and Chinese New Year is not far away either!

St. Clair Gardens Cavalcade of Lights starts at St. Clair Gardens Parkette at 1 Prescott Avenue; you can also take #512 St. Clair Streetcar westbound from St. Clair West Station or from Keele and St. Clair Avenue West to enjoy the show.

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15. Engineers Without Borders Gala 2011 – Celebrating African Partnerships

January 15, 2011 Heikki Walden

January 15, 2011

Engineers Without Borders is celebrating 10 years of their work in addressing the effects of poverty in rural Africa. Whether creating opportunities for access to clean water or helping small farms to generate an income, EWB has played an important role in working alongside African communities while educating the rest of the world on the root causes of poverty. Support EWB today by purchasing a ticket to the ten-year anniversary gala; each ticket purchased will be issued a tax receipt for $40.

Gala attendees will enjoy concerts by K’Naan and Bonjay, traditional African food and drink, African drumming and dancing, an authentic marketplace, fair trade soccer pitch, and speeches by EWB founders George Roter and Parker Mitchell. Tickets start at $125 and can be purchased at the Gala’s website.

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14. Karaoke at the Gladstone Hotel

January 14, 2011 Heikki Walden

January 14, 2011

Voted Queen West’s “best karaoke bar” by NOW Magazine for seven years, it’s no exaggeration to say that karaoke at the Gladstone is an institution.

Hosted by Peter Styles every Friday and Saturday from 10pm until 2:30am, you can croon the night away with your pals (and new-found pals: nothing quite brings people together like karaoke!)

http://www.gladstonehotel.com/

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13. Design Talks: Creating Liveable Living Rooms

January 13, 2011 Heikki Walden

January 13, 2011

The living room is the life of your home: this space can “double” as an office or a home theatre centre, and it is more than likely your primary entertainment venue. In short your living room is where you live – it should be lively, welcoming, and reflect your sense of style! Join us for our first Design Talk of 2011 when Karl Lohnes, Homes Columnist for Metro News, will help us to make our living rooms more liveable!

Karl will teach us the “tricks of the trade” as he helps us learn to match patterns and colours in a room, measure a space for the right sized sofa and area rug, hang and display artwork effectively, find the right paint colour for your walls, and introduce us to the basics of window treatments. After the talk, don’t miss the opportunity to have your decor dilemmas solved by this celebrated designer in our fun Q&A!

Mark your calendars! Our event kicks off at 7pm on Thursday, January 13th at Urban Mode (145 Tecumseth Street, just south of Queen St West). Spaces are limited – purchase your ticket at http://livingrooms.eventbrite.com/ now to avoid disappointment!

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12. AGO’s Maharaja exhibition + Art Talk: “Indian Popular Culture and Courtly Life”

January 12, 2011 Heikki Walden

January 12, 2011

Maharaja: The Splendour of India’s Royal Courts is the Art Gallery of Ontario’s exploration of the luxurious lifestyle of the maharajas. This exhibit features over 200 paintings, furniture, jewelry and more, all crafted for India’s greatest kings.

Today, you not only have the opportunity to discover this opulent exhibit, you can also attend an AGO Art Talk to learn more about the modern implications courtly life has created. Led by Dr. Stephen Inglis, curator of the AGO’s Maharaja exhibition and curator emeritus at the Canadian Museum of Civilization, you’ll learn all about the ways in which Indian popular culture and tourism have been influenced by the culture of India’s kings.

Tonight’s Talk starts at 7pm and costs $18 for the general public; to find out how to register for this fascinating foray into the story behind the Maharaja exhibition, go to www.ago.net.

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11. Register for a trial box from Organics Delivered

January 11, 2011 Heikki Walden

January 11, 2011

Everyone’s heard about the “dirty dozen” and the benefits of eating organic produce, but when it comes down to it, organic fruits and veggies can be difficult to find in your local grocery store, and when you do find them, you are bound to pay a substantial amount for your desire to eat healthy, clean food. Organics Delivered saves you the difficulty of finding organic produce, is cheaper than the organic fruits and veggies at your local grocery store, and even delivers the goods right to your doorstep!

If you register today for a two trial box from Organics Delivered, you’ll receive two regular-sized boxes of delicious, healthy, organic produce for $79.90. Around the time of your second delivery (deliveries are either one or two weeks apart, based on your preference), Organics Delivered will contact you to see if you’d like to subscribe for regular delivery of their organic produce. Not only is delivery free, the company tracks the fruits and veggies that you don’t want in your food box, and will supplement your produce with the items you love!

To find out if Organic Delivered delivers to your area, and to find out more about signing up for a two trial box, go to the Organics Delivered website.