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  • Winner of first Café Haiku contest announced!

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    The CRBA has announced the first winner of the Café Haiku contest! Earlier in the spring, Corktowner readers were challenged to guess the dish from this photo and the accompanying haiku. The winner would receive a gift certificate to the restaurant for the value of the dish. Mussels, shrimp, scallops see tart tomatoes, fresh herbs…

  • Stone Diaries 3 brings contemporary Zimbabwean art to the Distillery District

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      Coming to the Distillery District this weekend, Stone Diaries 3 showcases the work of over 30 contemporary Zimbabwean stone sculptors. Featured artist, Simon Chidharara, ZimArt’s 2013 artist-in-residence, will be on site during the exhibition to both demonstrate and talk about his art. The public exhibition will be open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on…

  • Doula Meet & Greet at 360 Health Care set for Thursday, June 20

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    Tomorrow night — Thursday June 20 — our friends at 360 Health Care (360 King Street East) are holding a Meet & Greet Night — a chance to meet their new Doulas and learn about the role Doulas can play in birth and postpartum care. There will be an information session complete with Q&A and…

  • Corktown’s Enoch Turner Schoolhouse hosts Toronto’s first-ever un-gala-like “camp gala”

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    On Tuesday, June 5, Corktown’s Enoch Turner Schoolhouse played host to the inaugural Starlit Night, a fundraising gala put on by Moorelands Community Services, a 100-year-old Toronto charity. Described as the first-ever un-gala-like “camp gala”, it was held to help send children affected by poverty to camp. The event was a huge success with more than…

  • Ryerson students present final report on their Corktown Heritage Study

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      A group of students from the School of Urban and Regional Planning at Ryerson University have been hard at work over the past few months putting together their final report on their Corktown Heritage Study. In their own words, the report “investigates the heritage elements of the Corktown neighbourhood and the options available to…

  • Tarot Card Reading at Nancy Psychic Oracle

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    By the Corktown Critic, Writer of Anonymously Honest Reviews I have never had my fortune told. When I think of fortunetellers I picture longhaired gypsies hidden in the back of circus tents cradling crystal balls. To me, the idea of paying money to have a wild-looking person guess my future seems a waste. And while…