Events Guide October 2015 – April 2016
At a Glance HarbourKIDS: Rites October 12
International Festival of Authors October 22 – November 1
Day of the Dead Presented by
Visual Arts Food for Thought
September 26 – December 24 Deliberately Ambiguous
January 23 - June 19
The Power Plant Carlos Amorales, Dora Garcia, Mark Lewis
September 26 – January 3
November 7–8
Carlos Amorales, Patrick Bernatchez, Leslie Hewitt, Aude Moreau
Swedish Christmas Festival
January 23 – May 15
By SWEA Toronto
November 21–22
New Year’s Eve Skating Party December 31
Kuumba
Craft & Design Workshops & Courses
Year-round Craft & Design Studio
Year-round
Presented by
Learn to Skate
February 5–7
Generously Supported by
HarbourKIDS: Snowglobe Presented by
February 15
LunarFest Co-produced with Asian-Canadian Special Events Association
Natrel Rink November 24 – March 6
Skating on the Natrel Rink Opens November 14
DJ Skate Nights Natrel Rink
February 20–21
December 19 – February 20
Toronto Storytelling Festival
World Stage
Co-produced with Storytelling Toronto
April 9–10
NextSteps Canada’s Dance Series
September 23 – May 28
January 20 – June 11
March Break Camps March 14–18
HATCH
April 4–30
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Literary
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On the Natrel Rink
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Festivals
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Activities
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Visual Arts
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The Power Plant
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Craft & Design
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Harbourfront Centre Shop
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NextSteps
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World Stage
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Artist Development
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Music
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Sailing & Powerboating
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Getting Here
Harbourfront Centre is a Canadian charity operating 10 prime acres of Toronto’s central waterfront as a free and open public site. We celebrate the mulitplicities of cultures that comprise Canada and enliven the city through the creative imaginations of artists from across the country and around the globe. DJ Skate Nights
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Support Creativity Free festivals Free skating Free admission to galleries ... and so much more Your donations help our year-round programming thrive. Thank you! To make your donation, please call 416 952 4746 or visit harbourfrontcentre.com
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Literary
Photo: Tom Bilenkey
IFOA Panel Discussion
International Festival of Authors October 22 – November 1
Don’t miss the 36th edition of the International Festival of Authors, Toronto’s festival of words and ideas. See over 100 of the world’s most exciting contemporary writers, including Anne Enright, Sara Gruen, Lawrence Hill and Adrian Tomine. Enjoy 11 days of readings, interviews, lectures, round table discussions and book signings.
IFOA Panel Discussion
IFOA Weekly September–June
Join us for IFOA’s weekly reading series. Immerse yourself in literature as both Canadian and international authors take the stage for intimate dialogues with their readers.
John Ralston Saul
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On the Natrel Rink
DJ Skate Nights
Learn to Skate
DJ Skate Nights
November 24 – March 6
Every Saturday December 19 – February 20 8–11pm
Registration is now open
(No programming December 26)
Generously Supported by
Whether your child is a seasoned skater or a rookie to the ice, skating lessons are the perfect present. Our skating classes are held on the beautiful outdoor Natrel Rink, overlooking Lake Ontario. It’s scenic, seasonal fun.
Sharpen your skates and skills as Toronto’s best outdoor winter party returns. Top local and international DJs spin the soundtrack to a magical Saturday night as you skate under the stars.
Because classes are held outdoors, weather plays an important role in our programming. Classes are held in all conditions, unless they get extreme. If we cancel a class, we’ll reschedule it. You’ll always receive your complete number of classes. Visit our website to book a lesson or call 416 973 4039.
Rink Hours Monday-Thursday: 10am-10pm Friday-Sunday: 10am-11pm DJ Skate Nights Opposite: Learn to Skate 4
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Festivals Day of the Dead
Kuumba
Presented by
Presented by
November 7–8
February 5–7
Explore the ancient and contemporary traditions of Mexico and Latin America’s oldest cultural celebration of life, heritage and family histories. Gather, remember and celebrate your ancestors with friends, family and some of the country’s finest artists in music, dance, crafts, ofrendas and more. Day of the Dead is a unique expression of past, present and future.
Come celebrate Black History Month with Harbourfront Centre at the 21st edition of Kuumba. Kuumba looks to uplift and inspire through socially relevant and entertaining programming for the whole family. Using the themes of Black Youth / Endangered Species and Black Like Me?, artists explore the issues currently affecting the black community worldwide and here at home while also examining how identity and environment inform our understanding of race.
Swedish Christmas Festival By SWEA Toronto
November 21-22 Get into the holiday spirit Scandinavian style at our Swedish Christmas Festival by SWEA. Featuring all things Swedish, our site lights up with the renowned Lucia Pageant, a procession of children singing traditional Swedish Christmas carols. Check off your gift list with traditional Swedish fare including handmade crafts, unique decor, clogs, textiles, and tasty Swedish delicacies like glögg. Sing along to the Abba-a-thon on the Natrel Rink and celebrate the 70th anniversary of Pippi Longstocking, one of Sweden’s most iconic exports.
Kuumba
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Day of the Dead
Day of the Dead
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Dragon of Glory, LunarFest
HarbourKIDS Skating Festival
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Festivals
Activities
HarbourKIDS: Snowglobe Presented by
February 15, 11am–5pm Come join us on the the Natrel Rink and skate by the lake this Family Day. Enjoy skating, arts and crafts, a snowglobe-inspired space and more.
LunarFest Co-produced by Asian-Canadian Special Events Association
February 20–21 Monkey King and his friends will be visiting Toronto to celebrate the Year of the Monkey. Hundreds of monkeys will gather at Harbourfront Centre for our Lunar New Year festivities. Enjoy exhibitions, craft workshops, dance, and music. Have a fun and memorable start to your Year of the Monkey.
Toronto Storytelling Festival
Miss Lou’s Room
Miss Lou’s Room Generously Supported by
We all have stories to tell and we should take pride in our own culture. Come and learn about Miss Lou as you explore our interactive exhibit and participate in engaging hands-on family activities.
Co-produced by Storytelling Toronto
April 9–10
Call 416 973 4000 to find out which activity is scheduled for your visit.
Some of the world’s finest storytellers spin creation myths, wondertales, true stories and made-up yarns. The festival features all-ages storytelling with riddle contests, folktales and Toronto’s first-ever Story Fair.
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Visual Arts
Visual Arts Food for Thought
Deliberately Ambiguous
Five exhibitions respond to food in all its complexity, from the celebration of the meal to food politics. 27 artists create new work in craft, design, photography and installation that explores our relationship to the food we eat.
Our five winter exhibitions feature artists defying categorization. Highly aware and engaged with contemporary culture, these artists embrace it all. Our feature exhibition, Non-Objective, highlights the achievements of our Craft & Design Studio with many past and present Artists-in-Residence. This exhibition confounds specific readings of the craft “object” and happily engages in ambiguity.
September 26 – December 24
January 23 – June 19
Forage, Food for Thought
The Power Plant Fall Exhibition
Winter Exhibition
The Power Plant presents three solo exhibitions by international artists that explore Toronto’s position in the global conciousness. Dora García’s I SEE WORDS, I HEAR VOICES, curated by Chantal Pontbriand, explores facets of the artistic experience, language, perception, and literature. Carlos Amorales’ stunning installation Black Cloud, curated by Christine Shaw, blurs the boundaries between beauty and awe. Mark Lewis’ Invention, guest curated by Barbara Fischer, is his most ambitious project to date, centred on three new works shot in Toronto.
Delve into the interdisciplinary world of film, photography, sound and movingimage with installations from artists Patrick Bernatchez, Leslie Hewitt and Aude Moreau.
September 26 – January 3
January 23 – May 15
Opposite: Carlos Amorales, Black Cloud
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Craft & Design Craft & Design Studio For over 40 years our Craft & Design Studio has seen hundreds of artists hone their skills through its Artists-inResidence programme. The public is offered the rare opportunity to walk through our corridors and watch artists working in textiles, glass, metal and ceramics in a fully-equipped facility.
Courses & Workshops Explore your creativity through unique classes taught by the Artists-inResidence at Harbourfront Centre. Ongoing adult classes in glass blowing, ceramics, textiles and jewellery are held in our recently renovated Craft & Design Studio. Pre-registration is required.
Shop Harbourfront Centre Shop is dedicated to searching the world of craft and design to bring a mix of extraordinary accessories, gifts, and hand-made objects into your life. We proudly carry imaginatively designed and beautifully made pieces from artists working in our very own Craft & Design Studio as well as many other artists across Canada. You’ll also find green, up-cycle, local, and small footprint designers.
Store Hours
Making and Thinking Symposium
Saturday – Thursday
November 14
This one-day symposium investigates the craft world’s reinvigorated interest in the relationship between craft and design. It will provide a forum to address larger issues, as well as practical questions. Speakers include: Scot Laughton (keynote), Suzanne Carlsen and Noah Rosen of Carl&Rose, Greg Sims, Shaun Moore of MADE Design, Lysanne Latulippe of String Theory, and Heather Lam and Scott Bodaly of the National Design Collective.
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11am–6pm
Friday 11am–8pm
Dance
NextSteps, Sinha Danse and Constantinople
NextSteps
Canada’s Dance Series ProArteDanza Season 2015
September 23–26
Tribal Crackling Wind Woven
Presented by DanceWorks
September 24–26
Flamenco Up Close Grilo
October 3
Ritmo Flamenco
Dance Weekend ‘16
November 4–8
January 15–17
Human Body Expression
Julia Sasso dances
November 12–14
Presented by DanceWorks
In association with Harbourfront Centre
Armband
Jackie Burroughs Is Dead
November 19–21
Presented by DanceWorks
The Chimera Project
November 26–28
In association with Harbourfront Centre
October 6–7
Daniel Léveillé Danse Solitudes Solo
Presented by DanceWorks
October 23–24
Toronto Dance Theatre Echo
November 3–7
Sporting Life
DA Hoskins
SUNYA
October 5–7
FRESH BLOOD
In association with Harbourfront Centre
March 3–5
Sinha Danse and Constantinople
Atlas Moves Watching Dance Projects
Bird Bee Bat Attack
Dance Ontario Association
Fujiwara Dance Inventions EUNOIA
eidolon
April 7–9
Esmeralda Enrique Spanish Dance Company April 22–24
Ballet Creole and Nathaniel Dett Chorale An Indigo Christmas... Soulful Messiah December 4–6
Canadian Contemporary Dance Theatre Wintersong – dances fora sacred season December 11–12
Kaha:wi Dance Theatre Re-Quickening
April 28 – May 1
605 Collective
Vital Few
Presented by DanceWorks
May 7
Canadian Contemporary Dance Theatre PRECIPICE May 27–28
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Performance World Stage With bold curatorial vision, World Stage brings today’s most innovative performance leaders to Toronto for an unprecedented exploration of the contemporary.
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The World Stage Mirror Ball with Mother Trouble Nuance January 30
We celebrate the beginning of the World Stage 2016 season with a performance party featuring 10 runway categories, a make-up station and a DJ spinning dancefloor hits late into the night.
Germinal
Halory Goerger & Antoine Defoort France January 20-23
Straddling the playful and profound, Germinal begins with a bare stage and a group of intrepid adventurers who set out on a mission of exploration. Their task: to imagine how they would remake the universe from the beginning.
Badke
KVS, les ballets C de la B, A.M. Qattan Foundation
Looking for Paul: Inez van Dam vs. the Buttplug Gnome Wunderbaum
The Netherlands April 27-30 Inez van Dam lives in Rotterdam opposite the so-called “Buttplug Gnome,” a controversial public sculpture by the contemporary artist Paul McCarthy. When Dutch theatre collective Wunderbaum receives a U.S. grant, they bring Inez to L.A. to confront McCarthy and develop her story as part of their residency. The result is a messy and productive discussion of McCarthy’s work and the merits of public art.
Steer
Zata Omm Dance Projects Toronto, Canada
Produced with Harbourfront Centre’s World Stage
May 11-14 Using innovative real-time technology including infrared cameras and motion sensors, this solo work from the groundbreaking Zata Omm imagines a human trajectory where the boundaries between flesh and technology become intertwined.
Belgium & Palestine February 17-20
Backstage in Biscuit Land
Badke assembles a group of Palestinian dancers who have taken daily risks in the pursuit of their craft. Crossing through borders and checkpoints, both literally and figuratively, they combine traditional dabke with elements of hip-hop and capoeira in a politically charged and highly anticipated performance.
England May 25-28
Touretteshero
Combining storytelling, comedy and puppetry, this playful and spontaneous performance offers an intimate glimpse into Jess Thom’s unique perspective as an artist and woman with Tourette’s syndrome.
Portraits in Motion
Every Song I’ve Ever Written
Germany April 13-16
Montreal, Canada June 8 & 10-11
Volker Gerling
In a series of enchanting recollections, the subjects of Gerling’s photographic flipbooks are momentarily brought to life as the theatre becomes a communal place of cinematic storytelling.
Jacob Wren / PME-ART
From 1985 to 2004, Jacob Wren wrote 58 songs that few people have ever heard. In a way, they don’t yet exist – not without you. Upload your own cover of one of his songs to the project web portal or attend one of the multiple live iterations and engage with this interactive project spanning memory, history, the internet and pop culture.
Opposite: William Yong in Zata Omm’s Steer
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Artist Development
Music
HATCH
Art of Time Ensemble
April 4–30
HATCH is Harbourfront Centre’s annual performing arts residency programme. It fosters new approaches in performance practice and brings artists and audiences together in the spirit of inquiry. Encounter some of the most innovative and original voices Toronto has to offer.
Artists-in-Residence Located in the heart of Harbourfront Centre, the newly redesigned Craft & Design Studio is home to several multidisciplinary Artists-in-Residence. The programme assists recent graduates as they begin their professional careers. Come by and watch the Artists-inResidence as they collaborate, blow glass, create ceramic arts, design textiles and jewellery.
December 4–5 February 19–20
April 1–2 May 13–14
Led by Artistic Director Andrew Burashko, Art of Time Ensemble transforms the way you experience music by fusing high art and popular culture.
Nagata Shachu presents 11 November 28, 8pm November 29, 2pm
This once-in-a-lifetime concert will feature eleven past, present, and future members performing on Japanese drums, bamboo flutes, and shamisen, that celebrates Nagata Shachu’s 17th annual concert season.
Massey Hall presents Torn from the Pages: Nino Ricci November 12
Dave Bidini hosts this evening where the worlds of books and music collide.
Donovan Woods November 13
Donovan Woods’ songs speak to the world that produced him – the towns of Canada’s industrial heartland.
Against the Grain’s Messiah December 16–18, 8pm December 19, 2pm
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This collective of Toronto artists performs in unique spaces - taking “classics” and turning them sideways.
Sailing & Powerboating Our Fleet At Harbourfront Centre Sailing & Powerboating, our fleet is in great shape and has all the required safety equipment. We have a varied fleet of both sail- and powerboats, and rent bareboat to members of the public with recognized credentials, or equivalent boating experience. Our smaller powerboats require safety training provided by our knowledgeable staff or, for those without experience, we can provide an instructor to sail or drive the boat for you.
Celestial & Coastal Navigation Classes
November 7, January 8 & March 18 These dry-dock courses are designed to help you develop your navigation skills and get qualified. Coastal Navigation covers elements from charts, tide tables, and aids to navigation, to plotting positions and a special electronic navigation session. Celestial Navigation takes you back in time to the early methods of using the sun and the stars to find your position anywhere on the planet.
Caribbean Sailing January 30 – February 13
Harbourfront Centre’s exciting approach to boating is not restricted simply to the shores of Lake Ontario. We organize an annual Caribbean sailing trip with qualified instructors at the helm, offering people the unique opportunity to build practical skills, or simply relax and have fun meeting sailors from all around the world while vacationing in a tropical paradise!
Annual Sailing & Powerboating Early bird sign-up April 1
Caribbean Sailing
Harbourfront Centre Sailing & Powerboating offers you a gateway into the world of boating. This day allows the public to get their spring and summer planned out early, and the opportunity to take advantage of the best deals of the season.
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CAMPS 2016
Hello, Spring!
March Break Camps March 14–18
Get your creative juices flowing and make this a March Break to remember. We offer a wide range of experiences to cover every interest, including: Emerging Chef Challenge Junior Circus Camp Digital Media – Stop Motion and much, much more.
Registration Opens January 4
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