Work by local Corktown photographer, Spencer Wynn, is being highlighted on the CRBA Facebook page as well as on the CorktownTO Instagram and Twitter accounts.  Check back often to see what is new.  Thank you Spencer!

2 Hands Create is a seasonal bricks and mortar experimental curated marketplace in Corktown. They are accepting applications now from artists who would like to become a part of their curated marketplace.  They will choose 8 – 16 artists to creatively merchandise and sell the following types of products: Fashion and Accessories, Home Decor, New Media, Paintings and Drawings

The Marketplace will be open Friday, Saturday & Sunday, July through October at 503 Queen St East just east of Queen and Sumach @ Studio Visuals.   Go to their website for more information.

Taking the A Train Downtown Manhattan — The Melting Pot  explores the history and culture of the original neighbourhoods of New York. This original concert encapsulates stories of immigration, innovation, vaudeville, organized crime and the birth of American song. This concert takes place at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts on April 8 at 7:30 p.m., April 9 at 1:30 p.m. and April 12 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets start at $25 and are available here:  Tickets and Schedules

Project: Under Gardiner will transform the 1.7km of forgotten space under the Gardiner Expressway from Strachan to Spadina. The first public meeting is to be held this week. If you cannot make the meeting, the presentation and display boards will also be made available online for viewing and public comment the week of April 11, 2016.

Date: April 7

Time:  Open House at 6:30pm, Presentation from 7:00pm – 8:00pm

Location: Harbourfront Community Centre Gynasium, 627 Queens Quay West

See their website for more information on this great project.

Special lecture by Ted Barris: Fire Canoe: How Canada Became a Nation from Sea to Sea.

Date: Tuesday, April 26
Time:  AGM 6:00pm, Refreshments 6:30pm, Lecture 7:00pm
Location: Enoch Turner Schoolhouse, 106 Trinity St.

With Canada’s sesquicentennial (the 150th anniversary of Confederation) in 2017, Canadians will be reflecting on how their nation was born. In his unique, you-are-there storytelling style, Barris will describe how and why steamboats, or fire canoes as they were called by aboriginal people, brought about Canada’s rapid expansion from coast to coast.

See their website for timing and ticket information.