As Toronto’s October “Festival of Walking” draws to a close, here are a couple of interesting walking-themed events for the week.
The week ends, of course, with what is perhaps the biggest walking festival of the year – Hallowe’en. Everyone should walk the streets that night to banish their fear of the darkening city.
Closing Gould Street – Tuesday Oct. 28.
Ryerson students have been campaigning to get Gould Street, at the heart of their campus, closed to traffic. For the moment, they are at least closing it for one day (well, from 10:00 to 4:00). Here’s what they say:
Most students at Ryerson agree that closing Gould Street to regular traffic would make life a lot easier — not only would making it to class be faster and safer, but it would provide more student space for events and entertainment on campus. Closing Gould Street would help Ryerson University become more environmentally friendly, because it would promote the use of public transit to and from campus and demonstrate what a car-free community would look like.On October 28, we are going to demonstrate support in a major way. We going to close Gould Street!!
Featuring:
Live Music
Salsa performance & lessons
Beatbox performance & workshop
Street Hockey
Henna Tattoos
Ryerson’s own video booth “speakers corner”
Interactive T-Shirt making
Banner Painting
Media Art Displays
Hot chocolate
And much, much moreAll these actions and performances will be interactive and turn Gould Street into a student-friendly environment not a space for cars to pollute!
Black Creek Storytelling Parade
This sounds interesting. I have seen the two presenters at tree tours and they create enjoyable events:
Thursday October 30th, 4-7 pm
Meet in front of the Jane and Finch Boys and Girls Club
300 Grandravine Drive, Unit 176A
Toronto Ontario*The Jane and Finch Boys and Girls Club is located behind the Oakdale
Community Centre.This event is free. Everyone is welcome.
The Art Gallery of York University (AGYU), in partnership with
community artists Liz Forsberg and Laura Reinsborough along with
members of the Jane and Finch Boys and Girls Club invite you to an
arts-based exploration of the Black Creek on Thursday October 30th
from 4 -7pm.Join us in celebrating this unique watershed through a series of
youth-led arts activities. Participants can look forward to an
outdoor exhibition of photographs, a dance performance choreographed
by the club’s own in-house choreographer Shizzle, tree-planting with
Gaspar Horvath from the Black Creek Conservation Project, and
participatory installations along the creek. Glowing handmade
lanterns will light our way back to the Jane and Finch Boys and Girls
club where the festivities will continue with free food and drink.For more information please contact Allyson at 416.736.2100 ext.
88608 / aadley-at-yorku.ca
