This year’s annual Gala of Light charity event will take place at The Spoke Club on King West with cocktails and live musical entertainment to support and celebrate Street Haven at the Crossroads in their 49th year of helping marginalized and homeless women.
This year’s Pink Party, in support of the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, was held on Friday, April 11, 2014 at the Castlefield Event Theatre. Now in it’s fifth year, the event continues to get bigger and better. Event director Paul Etherington, who also organizes the highly successful Motionball gala ), promised a fun time to be had by all, with the talent and performances lined up for the night.
It was my second time at the Curve Ball gala and I remembered why it was one of my favourite events of 2013. Taking place on the baseball turf on the Rogers Centre with more than 1,000 VIP guests, it’s a fun one-of-a-kind baseball themed gala where guests get to mingle and rub shoulders with star athletes and alumni from the Toronto Blue Jays.
From the same group that created important food events for a cause, Foodstock followed by Soupstock, the Canadian Chefs’ Congress held a timely “Spring Thaw” event to celebrate the arrival of the new growing season, just as the weather started getting better.
Who else is looking forward to this year’s POGO charity party? It takes place at the Liberty Grand Entertainment Complex with awesome people like Mike Chalut from ProudFM. This year’s theme is “ODYSSEY” so get your space suits out and join 1,000 philanthropic party goers in “a journey through space” in support of children with cancer. Last year the POGO gala raised $800K for this important cause.
Last weekend, I had the esteemed privilege of attending a rehearsal of the latest project by the critically acclaimed Arabesque Dance Company and Orchestra. Founded in 1992 in downtown Toronto, Arabesque features dance and music styles of the Middle East with contemporary twists. Titled SAWAH, meaning traveller or wanderer in Arabic, this latest dance and music production premieres on Thursday, April 10th at the Fleck Dance Theatre at Harbourfront Centre.