Kicking things off at the Storys Building last week, the Michael “Pinball” Clemons Foundation (MPCF) started their fundraising efforts ahead of the annual gala event called “WE|U|Night” in support of their longtime charity and education partner, “Free the Children”, co-founded by fellow philanthropist, Craig Kielburger.
In it’s 11th year, the Reel Artists Film Festival returns with an artfully curated selection of 19 international feature-length and short documentary films devoted to visual arts, taking place at TIFF Bell Lightbox from February 19th to the 23rd. Presented by the Canadian Art Foundation, RAFF boasts being North America’s only film festival centered around visual art and artists. One of the main features is the film about New York’s renowned artist Kehinde Wiley (featured in GQ, WSJ and more)…
Celebrating women and raising awareness of ovarian cancer, the annual LOVE HER charity gala takes place across the country in Vancouver (in March) and Calgary (in May). In Toronto, the celebration goes down at the Liberty Grand on February 27, 2014. With a fashion show by Andrews fashion studio, a “fireman’s raffle”, silent auction and live musical performances by Juno award-winning singer Divine Brown and popular violinist Sofie Serafino, it’s sure to be a great night for a great women’s…
It was an honour to be approached by BizBash last fall to consult on finalizing their list of Top Toronto Events of 2013. It was also exciting to win the Canadian Special Events 2013 award for Favourite Event Industry Blog (thank you all for your support!). Our own list of favourite events is below, but first here’s some exciting upcoming events very soon. UPCOMING EVENTS Here’s some upcoming big events and also keep an eye on our Upcoming Events page…
Chefs Challenge 2014 is exactly one month away on February 8, 2014 at the Toronto Congress Centre! Back in October we announced the exciting news that Giada de Laurentiis was going to headline and now we have the rest of the celebrities involved this year. The last event was an epic and exciting culinary battle and this year will be even better! Here are your Chefs Challenge team leaders: David Rocco (David Rocco’s Dolce Vita) Bal Arneson (Spice Goddess) Derek…
UPDATE: Click here to register for the first round of auditions this Saturday, February 1st. Madonna is scheduled to appear for the official grand opening of her Hard Candy fitness club on February 11, 2014. Not only is she going to make an appearance but she will also be leading her signature Addicted to Sweat cardio-based dance class with the Hard Candy Fitness Performance Team. In addition to being joined by a selected group of Toronto members, auditions will be…