Toronto Craft Alert

Come decorate a sleeping mask before catching some Z’s in downtown Toronto!

The residents of Toronto are invited to come personalize a sleeping mask using simple crafting techniques before covering their eyes and dozing off in the city. By creating a safe sleeping zone on the site of a proposed park in the Queen West neighbourhood, Eric Moschopedis and Mia Rushton seek to legitimize public napping under the aegis of art – just sweet public dreams!

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As a member of the ArtsVote Facebook Group, I received the note below from them outlining their campaign priorities for 2010.  Really interesting to note that Toronto’s arts and culture funding  ($18 per Torontonian) falls significantly below Vancouver ($26) and Montreal’s ($33).  Shame shame.

Looking forward to the ArtsVote Report Card in Sept. to help me decide how to vote!

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Hello Artsvote Fans, Folks and Friends,

ArtsVote Toronto 2010 is working to elect candidates who are committed to making Toronto a world-class hub for arts and culture. The highly anticipated ArtsVote Report Card, to be [...]

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Exit Through the Gift Shop: A Banksy Film
Review by Kalpna Patel

“Imagine a city where graffiti wasn’t illegal, a city where everybody could draw whatever they liked. Where every street was awash with a million colours and little phrases. Where standing at a bus stop was never boring. A city that felt like a party where everyone was invited, not just the estate agents and barons of big business. Imagine a [...]

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This workshop is open to everyone who wants to learn how to make pysanky- traditional Ukrainian easter eggs. Instruction will begin around 2pm with explanation of techniques and a step by step run through of how to make a pysanka. Then everyone will have the opportunity to slowly work on their own pysanka with assistance. Making a pysanka for the first time takes a lot of time- be patient :) Give yourself 1.5-2 hours to make your first one. After that it’s up to you if you want to stay longer and keep [...]

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Attention crafty photo and video makers!

Are you living Earth Hour every hour? Maybe you’ve decided to bike or
take transit to work instead of driving your car. Or maybe you’re
trying to reduce the amount of waste your family throws out, or how
much electricity you use.Those little changes will add up to make a
huge difference!

Visit http://share.wwf.ca and upload a video or photo essay and you
could win a trip for two to see polar bears in Churchill, Manitoba.

**The deadline to submit photos and videos and collect votes is MARCH
25. [...]

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hello!

as a lot of you know, there are some massive mother earth happenings around the world we may or may not know about – most recent – earthquakes in Haiti and now Chile!

My sister and two other colleagues are heading to Haiti for 2 weeks to help volunteer their time and skills to help! They have the opportunity to join a medical team that is being hosted by ACTS. ACTS is partnered with Operation Hope for Haiti’s Children. For more information, please visit

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