Category: Announcements
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Corktown News & Events: Corktown Common opens, West Don Lands Walk, Richmond-Adelaide Cycling Consultation + more!
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AT LONG LAST: Corktowners will finally get a close-up look of the pavilion at Corktown Common when it opens to the public on Friday, June 28. Photo courtesy of Waterfront Toronto. News from the community The future of the Gardiner Expressway is an important issue to many Corktowners, whether they drive, cycle or just want to…
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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…
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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…
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Corktown’s Enoch Turner Schoolhouse hosts Toronto’s first-ever un-gala-like “camp gala”
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in EventsOn 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…
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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…