Category Archives: Culture

Events for the week of August 4

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UrbanArts Community Arts Council is once again livening up the Weston-Mount Dennis neighbourhood and Toronto this summer with a full schedule of youth arts programming. CultureShock Festival  The highlight of the summer takes place on Thursday and Friday, August 9th & 10th from 5-7pm, with an art exhibit and film screening respectively at UrbanArts and culminates on Saturday August 11th from 3-9pm with the 8th Annual CultureShock Community Arts Festival, at the Weston Farmers’ Market location at 14 John Street. This year, UrbanArts is teaming up with the popular 106 & York Urban Arts Festival to present CultureShock.

Frontlines Summer Camp

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Frontlines will be hosting its annual summer day camp between July 3 and August 17. This will be held at the Frontlines location, 1844 Weston Road (South of Weston Road and Lawrence). Along with specialized sports, cooking and photography electives, there will be a 3-week musical theatre program.

Ages: 6-12 with a leadership training program for youth in grade 8 and higher.

Cost: there is no charge for participants other than for trips and $10 for a camp T-shirt.

For further information and to register, contact Denise Gillard at 416-244-7017 or email Denise here.

Scott Jackson Performs Sunday

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Local beatboxer Scott Jackson will be competing for a cash prize of $100,000, an excellent car, and a possible Las Vegas appearance this Sunday, May 13, as part of “Canada’s Got Talent“, on CityTV. If you don’t know what beatboxing is, this is just a reminder that you’re well into (or beyond) middle age!

The competition is fierce, so he’ll need every vote he can get.

Scott Jackson in finals of Canada’s Got Talent

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Westonian Scott Jackson has moved onto the finals of Canada’s
Got Talent!

Jackson, a beat boxer, is in the running for a very nice car and $100,000. He faces stiff competition though; among his competitors is an 11-year-old dance prodigy, who nails the cute-and-clean thing right down–but who couldn’t even reach the pedals on a Nissan GT-R.

Traces of Weston’s Past

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A hint of days gone by

A tantalizing glimpse of Weston’s past is still visible on Weston near Lawrence. Here, an old mural proclaims what appears to be his and hers engagement rings for $125. This apparently was available at Weston’s Peoples Credit Jewellers. Payments were $2.00 weekly after a $12.00 deposit. My neighbour tells me that prior to Yorkdale Mall’s opening in 1964, Weston was a hotbed of commerce with several shoe stores, high-end tailors and department stores (Kresge’s). She remembers the streetcars that once trundled up Weston Road.

I wonder if there is thought to preserving or even restoring this mural, now that Weston seems poised to be on an upswing. It might be worthwhile to find and replicate or restore further examples.

Big weekend in Weston

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Put your running shoes on: you’ll want to cover a lot of ground in Weston this weekend.

Peter’s Barbershop—the one with the Maple Leafs—will be bringing the Stanley Cup in to celebrate the business’ 50th anniversary. That’s the nearest a Stanley Cup will have been to a Maple Leaf in almost as much time.

The Best of Weston festival is also on this weekend. There will be booths and bouncy castles, and all sorts of other festival-y stuff.

Saturday will be a bit of a melancholy day, though, as it will be the last weekend of the Farmers’ Market for 2011. This will be your last chance to pick up a pumpkin before Halloween.

 

Book talk on Thursday

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If you’re interested in publishing your own book or novel, or if you want to show your support for a local author, you may be interested in a talk Joszann St John will be giving on Thursday at the library.

St John is the author of three books, and she will be reading from her new novel and giving advice about how to get published. She will speak from 7:00 to 8:00 on Thursday, September 22 at the Weston Public Library.