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The Alumnae Theatre's New Ideas Festival is an annual, three-week, juried festival of new writing, works-in-progress and experimental theatre, with a different program of plays each week and staged readings on Saturdays at noon. The 2016 festival takes place in the Studio at Alumnae Theatre and runs from March 9-27, 2016. This year's festival features 16 new works, ranging in length from 10 to 60 minutes. The plays' eclectic mix of characters includes three women mountain climbers at the top of their game, a dysfunctional parent council, three curious housemaids, a group of at-risk kids in a rehab yoga class, a street canvasser, a South American cardinal with a shady past, and Irish poet W.B. Yeats.

How will you be remembered? How will you choose to remember those you love? As the aging patriarch of a modern family – a university professor, political and intellectual force, and long-time sovereigntist – suffers from dementia, the people who love him struggle to make room in their lives for his care. A vivid and elegant drama about family and memory from one of Québec's most dynamic voices: Governor General's Award-winning playwright François Archambault. Translated by Bobby Theodore Directed by Joel Greenberg Starring R.H. Thomson, Nancy Palk, Marc McGrinder, Kimwun Perehinec, Alanna Bale

A City Transformed: Images of Istanbul Then and Now gives North American audiences unprecedented access to the private collection of Turkish art philanthropist Ömer M. Koç. Nearly 70 photographs, albums, and panoramas from Koç's collection present the architecture, monuments, and people of this historic city from the 1850s to early 1900s. New photographs and digital animations by acclaimed Turkish artist Murat Germen offer startling contrasts in era, scale, and scope. Germen's dazzling cityscapes convey the heady pace — and price — of urban development in a city long revered for its historic character. A City Transformed will be a Primary Exhibition in this year's Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival.

The year 2016 marks 400 years since the death of William Shakespeare. To honour this milestone, the Fisher Library is holding an exhibition that explores the rich printed history of Shakespeare, and features the only Canadian-held copy of the celebrated 1623 First Folio on display. With almost 60 books on display - running chronologically from 1548 to 2010 - the exhibition features early source material such as Holinshed's Chronicles (1587) and Plutarch's Lives (1579) along with a range of Renaissance genres and forms, from maps to bibles to works of poetry, anatomy and heraldry. Later editions of Shakespeare and experiments with his works will also be prominently featured in the exhibition and accompanying catalogue.

Have you ever wondered about museum objects that are not on display? Our Spotlight exhibit will showcase interesting and rarely seen objects from the Gibson House collection. Gibson family objects that fall outside of the scope and time period of the historic house will also be featured.

Lauren Pelc-McArthur's art practice responds to the melding of visual culture with digital technology, challenging the boundaries of digital art and traditional painting. Her interdisciplinary approach begins with the conventional organizing principles of portraits and landscapes, yet these principles are present in vague forms and broken into fragments. Bold colours are used to tantalize and repel - resembling neurons that fire like neon lights as viewers cycle through headlines, listicles, and infinite scrolls. Fluctuating between various styles of painting, Pelc-McArthur unsettles the boundaries of figuration and abstraction to articulate the feelings of ‘sensory overload' that are derived from the consumption of digital information.

Set in Calcutta, Pyaasa (meaning “thirsty” in Hindi) tells the story of Chaya, an eleven-year-old untouchable who dreams of nothing more than learning her times table. When Chaya's mother begs a woman from a higher caste to give Chaya a job at a local tea stall, Chaya's journey from childhood to adulthood begins and ends over ten days. A moving and heartfelt play, Pyaasa illustrates with subtlety and nuanced truth the inequities and injustices that persist through the Indian caste system. But it also speaks to us about the inequities and injustices that are all around us here in our own community.

Ever wanted to learn a fun, professionally-choreographed dance routine but never had the opportunity? Here's your chance! Ahead of Sharing Dance Day (on June 3 @ Yonge-Dundas Square), Canada's National Ballet School is offering three FREE dance classes per week to encourage people of all ages and abilities to learn this year's Sharing Dance Routine. Choreographed by Kevin Ormsby, the Artistic Director of KasheDance, the routine is inspired by Afro-Caribbean culture and set to Jully Black's Sweat of Your Brow. Participants range from 7 years old to 90! Gather your family and friends and get dancing! To learn more about Sharing Dance and to register for FREE classes, please visit: www.nbs-enb.ca/Sharing-Dance/Sharing-Dance-Day-2016.

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Emotionally potent, rhythmically thrilling, and richly reflective of its creator's Catholic faith, Celtic cultural roots, and outspoken political conscience, the choral music of Scottish composer and conductor James MacMillan has won international critical and popular acclaim. MacMillan himself conducts Choir 21 and the Virtuoso String Orchestra in a choral program at Trinity-St. Paul's Centre comprising Canadian works, selected motets by J.S. Bach, and his own 1993 cantata Seven Last Words from the Cross. Combining dramatic narrative with spiritual meditation, this spellbinding sequence of seven adagio movements, inspired by the four gospel accounts of the Crucifixion, is justly regarded as one of his masterpieces.

During the Second World War, the Canadian government built a sprawling top secret munitions plant in the rural community of Scarborough. The plant, called GECO, comprised 346 acres, more than four kilometres of tunnels, and 172 buildings (all built in five months). On International Women's Day, hear historian Barbara Dickson, author of Bomb Girls: Trading Aprons for Ammo, tell the true story of how 17,000 women worked around the clock for four years at the GECO munitions factory. Their stories reveal tenacity, dedication, patriotism, and resolve in a time when the concept of women working outside the home was a cultural anomaly.

How will you be remembered? How will you choose to remember those you love? As the aging patriarch of a modern family – a university professor, political and intellectual force, and long-time sovereigntist – suffers from dementia, the people who love him struggle to make room in their lives for his care. A vivid and elegant drama about family and memory from one of Québec's most dynamic voices: Governor General's Award-winning playwright François Archambault. Translated by Bobby Theodore Directed by Joel Greenberg Starring R.H. Thomson, Nancy Palk, Marc McGrinder, Kimwun Perehinec, Alanna Bale

A City Transformed: Images of Istanbul Then and Now gives North American audiences unprecedented access to the private collection of Turkish art philanthropist Ömer M. Koç. Nearly 70 photographs, albums, and panoramas from Koç's collection present the architecture, monuments, and people of this historic city from the 1850s to early 1900s. New photographs and digital animations by acclaimed Turkish artist Murat Germen offer startling contrasts in era, scale, and scope. Germen's dazzling cityscapes convey the heady pace — and price — of urban development in a city long revered for its historic character. A City Transformed will be a Primary Exhibition in this year's Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival.

The year 2016 marks 400 years since the death of William Shakespeare. To honour this milestone, the Fisher Library is holding an exhibition that explores the rich printed history of Shakespeare, and features the only Canadian-held copy of the celebrated 1623 First Folio on display. With almost 60 books on display - running chronologically from 1548 to 2010 - the exhibition features early source material such as Holinshed's Chronicles (1587) and Plutarch's Lives (1579) along with a range of Renaissance genres and forms, from maps to bibles to works of poetry, anatomy and heraldry. Later editions of Shakespeare and experiments with his works will also be prominently featured in the exhibition and accompanying catalogue.

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Following a rare screening on 35mm, Canadian director Sturla Gunnarsson discusses his adaptation of Rohinton Mistry's influential Governor General Award–winning novel. For more information, please visit: tiff.net/books

What started 4 years ago on the second floor of a little tea room in Toronto has now grown to 14 cities. Wow! Who would have thunk it? This deserves a party. A big, big party! Get ready for the most incredible speakers, storytellers, musicians, and performers that you'd find anywhere! Plus you'll be with the nicest people on the planet, and yes, that includes you! Save your seat (and a few bucks) by getting advance online tickets for just $15 including hst — available online until the Friday before the show. Tickets at the door are $25. Come early to grab a great seat and give yourself time to eat, drink and socialize! You really do meet the nicest people at momondays! Info and tickets: www.momondays.com/toronto/

Group trivia with a variety of questions. music, science, geography in all areas of trivial matters. 10% of all sales and group fees go to Horizon Children Centre.

The year 2016 marks 400 years since the death of William Shakespeare. To honour this milestone, the Fisher Library is holding an exhibition that explores the rich printed history of Shakespeare, and features the only Canadian-held copy of the celebrated 1623 First Folio on display. With almost 60 books on display - running chronologically from 1548 to 2010 - the exhibition features early source material such as Holinshed's Chronicles (1587) and Plutarch's Lives (1579) along with a range of Renaissance genres and forms, from maps to bibles to works of poetry, anatomy and heraldry. Later editions of Shakespeare and experiments with his works will also be prominently featured in the exhibition and accompanying catalogue.