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.
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.
World famous Cirque du Soleil arrives in Toronto soon with a new creation. The Montreal-
founded circus art company brings you its latest production, Kurios – Cabinet of Curiosities, to the Toronto Port Lands this summer.
The entertainment acts lined up for this year’s Pink Party are looking pretty good! This annual not-for-profit charity event just keeps getting better and better.
Spring is here! And who isn’t looking forward to warmer weather that’s almost within reach? So to celebrate the new season, how apropos of a food-focused fundraising event to be called “Spring Thaw”. Taking place on Monday, March 31st, 2014, Spring Thaw is a new signature culinary event by the Canadian Chefs’ Congress bringing together over 22 Canadian chefs (many from Toronto) including Frank Restaurant (AGO), Boehmer, Momofuku, Canoe and so much more. There will also be live music by…