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weekend roundup

Weekend Events Roundup: May 3 to 5

THESE WEEKEND EVENTS AND PERFORMANCES ARE GUARANTEED TO MAKE YOUR TIME IN TORONTO EVEN MORE MEMORABLE!

The weather is set to be lovely for this weekend's Jane's Walk tours of Toronto (photo: Sanjay Parekh)

The weather is set to be lovely for this weekend’s Jane’s Walk tours of Toronto (photo: Sanjay Parekh)

A Stroll in the Sun
Are your boots made for walking? Well, that’s just what they ought to do this weekend Toronto plays host to dozens of Jane’s Walks. Honouring Jane Jacobs, the urbanist who championed a community-based approach to city building, the event (actually one of many taking place worldwide) offers a stroll for everyone, from history buffs to ghost hunters to street-art aficionados. There’s not an inch of Toronto that will go undiscovered!

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Weekend Events Roundup: April 26 to 28

THESE WEEKEND EVENTS AND CONCERTS ARE GUARANTEED TO MAKE YOUR TIME IN TORONTO EVEN MORE MEMORABLE!

Your weekend to-do list should definitely include a Hot Docs screening or two (photo: Paul Galipeau)

Your weekend to-do list should definitely include a Hot Docs screening or two (photo: Paul Galipeau)

Cinematic Gathering
There’s nothing like an eye-opening documentary film. This weekend, cinema lovers have dozens of them to choose from, courtesy of the Hot Docs, the Canadian International Documentary Festival. The largest of event its kind in North America, Hot Docs runs through to May 5 and screens acclaimed, thought-provoking non-fiction flicks from 35 countries. It’s a refreshing alternative to the traditional Hollywood movie scene.

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Weekend Events Roundup: April 19 to 21

THESE WEEKEND EVENTS AND CONCERTS ARE GUARANTEED TO MAKE YOUR TIME IN TORONTO EVEN MORE MEMORABLE!

Celebrate Earth Day with the polar bears at the Toronto Zoo's Tundra Trek (photo: Axiraa

Celebrate Earth Day with the polar bears at the Toronto Zoo’s Tundra Trek (photo: Axiraa)

Environmental Excitement
Have fun and make a difference at the same time! The Toronto Zoo celebrates Earth Day (April 22) by throwing a Party for the Planet on Saturday and Sunday, featuring a variety of educational programs on recycling, biodiversity and more. The action takes place at the zoo’s “Tundra Trek” pavilion, so you’re sure to get a glimpse at polar bears, too.

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Weekend Events Roundup: April 12 to 14

THESE WEEKEND EVENTS AND PERFORMANCES ARE GUARANTEED TO MAKE YOUR TIME IN TORONTO EVEN MORE MEMORABLE!

Among this weekend's performance picks is Jason Priestley in David Mamet's Race (photo: David Hou)

Among this weekend’s performance picks is Jason Priestley in David Mamet’s Race (photo: David Hou)

Serious Stage
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet has never been one to shy away from “difficult” issues. His recent work, Race, continues the trend. Celebrating its opening weekend at the Bluma Appel Theatre, the Canadian Stage’s production features Jason Priestley in his first live theatrical role in more than a decade. The former 90210 actor takes the lead in this drama about a lawyer who must defend a white man accused of raping a black woman. Incendiary stuff, even in our so-called “post-racial” moment.

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Weekend Events Roundup: April 5 to 7

THESE WEEKEND EVENTS AND PERFORMANCES ARE GUARANTEED TO MAKE YOUR TIME IN TORONTO EVEN MORE MEMORABLE!

Can Edwin Encarnacion help power the Blue Jays to a few wins this weekend in Toronto? (photo: Toronto Blue Jays)

Can Edwin Encarnacion help power the Jays to a few wins this weekend in Toronto? (photo: Toronto Blue Jays)

Swing for the Fences
The Toronto Blue Jays may have started their Major League Baseball season by going 1 and 2 against Cleveland, but we’re certain that, heading into the weekend, the team is ready to step up to the plate and deliver the positive results fans have been anticipating for months. The Jays face the Boston Red Sox Friday through Sunday; head down to the Rogers Centre to cheer on this city’s boys of summer.

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Weekend Events Roundup: March 29 to 31

THESE WEEKEND EVENTS AND PERFORMANCES ARE GUARANTEED TO MAKE YOUR TIME IN TORONTO EVEN MORE MEMORABLE!

Toronto Weekend Events and Concerts

Maria Pagés Compania’s performance at the Sony Centre is just one of this weekend’s top events

A Life in Dance
The passion and beauty of Spanish Flamenco dancing is on full display Saturday night at the Sony Centre, as choreographer Maria Pagés offers a personal look at her lifelong passion in Autorretrato (Self Portrait). Along with seven other dancers and six musicians, Pagés’s performance is informed by her 23 years as a professional dancer, and inspired by her time spent at the internationally renowned Baryshnikov Art Centre.

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Weekend Events Roundup: March 22 to 24

THESE WEEKEND EVENTS AND PERFORMANCES ARE GUARANTEED TO MAKE YOUR TIME IN TORONTO EVEN MORE MEMORABLE!

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Rock of Ages has returned to Toronto with four performances this weekend

Don’t Stop Believin’
It’s 1987 on the Sunset Strip and a small-town girl has just met a big-city musician. Watch as they fall in love against a backdrop of ’80s hits in the Tony-nominated musical Rock of Ages. A show about living large, playing loud and partying on, it’s back in town for a limited run at the Sony Centre, with classic jukebox tracks by Styx, REO Speedwagon, Journey and more along for the wild ride.

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Weekend Events Roundup: March 15 to 17

THESE WEEKEND EVENTS AND PERFORMANCES ARE GUARANTEED TO MAKE YOUR TIME IN TORONTO EVEN MORE MEMORABLE!

Toronto Weekend Events - Scooby Doo

Scooby Doo and the gang come alive for a weekend event that’s fun for the whole family

A Dogged Detective
Scooby-Dooby-Doo! Your kids’ favourite group of mystery-solving oddballs is back at it again. This time in our very own backyard! See Shaggy, Fred, Daphne, Velma and their lovable hound work to ferret out a pesky theatre-haunting ghost in Scooby-Doo Live! Musical Mysteries. Paired with a engaging musical score, this spook-tastic (yet child-friendly) tale is on stage Friday and Saturday at the Sony Centre.

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Weekend Roundup: March 8 to 10

THESE WEEKEND EVENTS AND PERFORMANCES ARE GUARANTEED TO MAKE YOUR TIME IN TORONTO EVEN MORE MEMORABLE!

Toronto Weekend Events and Concerts

This weekend, see Mary Walsh in all her glory at Toronto’s Panasonic Theatre

Crazed Comedy
One of Canada’s best-known comediennes, Mary Walsh, has brought her wickedly funny one-woman show to the Panasonic Theatre. Incorporating all of the This Hour Has 22 Minutes star’s most iconic characters—including Warrior Princess and Marg Delahunty—Dancing With Rage is outrageous, original and brutally honest.

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Weekend Roundup: March 1 to 3

THESE WEEKEND EVENTS AND CONCERTS ARE GUARANTEED TO MAKE YOUR TIME IN TORONTO TRULY MEMORABLE!

Toronto Weekend Events and Concerts the Cat Came Back

Fred Penner and Jay Brazeau brighten your family’s weekend in Young People’s Theatre’s The Cat Came Back (photo: Leif Norman)

Pussyfooting Performance
How often have you wanted something only after it was gone? This universal feeling is charmingly captured in the family-friendly production of The Cat Came Back, currently on stage at Young Peoples Theatre. Based on the famous tune by children’s performer Fred Penner, the play tracks the torn conscience of a cranky Mr. Johnson, whose affection for a cat increases or decreases depending on its proximity. Best of all, Penner himself is part of the action!

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Weekend Roundup: February 22 to 24

THESE WEEKEND EVENTS AND CONCERTS ARE GUARANTEED TO MAKE YOUR TIME IN TORONTO TRULY MEMORABLE!

Toronto Weekend Events Roundup

Celtic Woman brings traditional and contemporary folk music from Ireland to the Sony Centre

Modern Folk
Talented Irish singers Chloe Agnew, Lisa Lambe and Susan McFadden, as well as violinist Máiréad Nesbitt, mix traditional Emerald Isle music with original compositions in a pair of elaborately staged concerts this weekend at the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts. Their show, titled Celtic Woman is a breathtaking musical and theatrical experience the whole family can enjoy.

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Family Day Weekend Roundup: February 15 to 18

These weekend events and concerts are guaranteed to make your time in Toronto (including Family Day) truly memorable!

Toronto Weekend Events

Clybourne Park is just one of the worthwhile weekend events and performances happening in Toronto

On-Stage Extra
This past week saw the opening of the Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning Clybourne Park, presented as part of Mirvish Productions’ “Off-Mirvish” series of indie-theatre favourites. Bruce Norris’s cutting satire uses humour to tackle tough questions of race and real estate, and Studio 180′s well-honed rendition is a welcome addition to Toronto’s stage scene. This weekend offers multiple opportunities to see the show at the Panasonic Theatre.

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