tsoundcheck $6 tickets to Stravinsky’s Petrouchka
On May 26 & 27, get your culture fix for only $6 through the tsoundcheck program for those between the ages of 15-35.
Robert Spano, the distinguished music director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, makes his TSO début with this immensely colourful programme. Violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg brings her uniquely infectious exuberance to tango legend Astor Piazzolla’s spicy South American evocations of the four seasons. Stravinsky’s kaleidoscopic dance score, Petrouchka, tells a haunting tale of love and betrayal, set in the bustling world of a Russian fairground. Read more
Check out the Second City Training Centre
Come out and check out John Candy Box at the The Second City Training Centre’s up and coming talent every Monday, Thursday and Friday for their regular performances. Tickets are Pay What You Can.
Right now, they have three regular shows going on:
Wheel of Improv
Four teams will compete in two 30 minute rounds. What will the game be? Well why don’t you let the Wheel decide (a la Wheel of Fortune)! New improvisors get the chance to play with fellow classmates and improv students, as well as seasoned improvisors-while playing with the fundamentals of improv. Come out and let the Wheel decide your FATE! Read more
Enter OCAD – 95th Annual Graduate Exhibition
May 6, 2010 by Will
Filed under Attractions, City, Classes, Culture, Downtown, Events, Free, Nerdy Stuff, Shows, Spring, Students, Stuff To Do, Toronto
Enter OCAD presents the thesis work of the class of 2010, an eclectic mix of more than 500 graduating students working in twelve undergraduate programs ranging from drawing and painting, printmaking, photography, criticism and curatorial practice, integrated media and sculpture/installation in the Faculty of Art, to advertising, environmental, industrial and graphic design, illustration and material art and design (jewellery, fibre and ceramics) in the university’s Faculty of Design. Enter OCAD will transform the university’s main building and the acclaimed Sharp Centre for Design into the biggest exhibition of the year. Read more
Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s tsoundcheck – Mozart violin concerto $12
May 6, 2010 by Will
Filed under Attractions, City, Culture, Deals, Downtown, Nerdy Stuff, Spring, Stuff To Do, Toronto
Need more Mozart? Want to check out Tchaikovsky? It’s easy! If you’re between 15 and 35 years of age, you can sign up to buy tickets to the TSO for only $12!
The centrepiece of former TSO music director Sir Andrew Davis’s programme is the warm-hearted Symphony No. 1 by Britain’s greatest composer, Sir Edward Elgar. Elgar declared that it embodied “great charity (love) and a massive hope in the future.” Violinist Stefan Jackiw, whom the Baltimore Sun praised as an artist who “…plays with the incisiveness and exquisite taste of an Old World, long-seasoned fiddler” makes his TSO début with a sweet, lyrical Mozart concerto. Read more
Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s tsoundcheck – Kuerti Plays Mendelssohn $12
April 28, 2010 by Will
Filed under Attractions, City, Culture, Deals, Downtown, Music, Students, Stuff To Do, Toronto
Need more Mozart? Want to check out Tchaikovsky? If you’re between 15 and 35 years of age, you can sign up to buy tickets to the TSO and get your culture fix for $12 through the “tsoundcheck” program.
Peter Oundjian continues his exploration of the Mahler Symphonies, leading the rarely heard but deeply intriguing No. 7. It ranges through heroic marches and nocturnal serenades to a darting, spidery scherzo and a triumphant finale. The celebrated pianist Anton Kuerti adds to the enjoyment with a sparkling concerto by Mendelssohn. Read more
