Junction Triangle

Please witness subway art in action at the Wallace Studio Galleries right now, featuring the photography of Chris Shepherd.

WEST Toronto Exhibit Date: July 10th - August 15th, 2008
Location: Centennial College @Wallace Studios Gallery, 258 Wallace Ave. (Bloor / Landsdowne),

http://www.centennialcollege.ca/thecentre/shepherd
http://www.chrisshepherd.net

Yasi's Place is hosting a free outdoor screening of The Neverending Story. Details below are from the Facebook events listing.

Date: Saturday, July 19, 2008
Time: 9:00pm - 11:00pm
Location: yasi's place
Street: 299 wallace ave
City/Town: Toronto, ON

Phone: 4165369888
Email: yasisplace@yahoo.ca

Description:

The West Toronto Rail Path, under construction. The start of one of the new art installations?

Photo by Ranajit Singh, July 9 2008.

The West Toronto Rail Path, under construction. Some graffiti along the way.

Photo by Ranajit Singh, July 9 2008.

Saturday's National Post had an article by Leah Sandals, Why Lansdowne is on the up and up.

The article mainly focuses on the local art scene that is migrating to our neighbourhood, particularly from Queen St. West. Three major art projects are mentioned:

1. Georgia Scherman Projects at 300 Campbell Ave.
2. Public Art, by Dyan Marie and Richard Mongiat
3. Toronto Free Gallery at 1277 Bloor St. W.

As the article says, "Grab a coffee at local fave Yasi's Place and come along."

You can view the article online at the National Post Website, or view a PDF of the article here.

Thanks to Joan for bringing this article to our attention!

This Saturday, June 21st, will be a busy day in our neighbourhood!

BIG on Bloor Festival
The BIG festival starts at 1:00pm, on Bloor St. between Lansdowne Ave. and Christie Pits. Bloor St. will be closed to automobile traffic, but opened up to community groups, local shops and restaurants, art exhibits, performances, and more. At 6:00pm, the whole street will turn in to a 2.5km long dinner party.

Also, artist Richard Mongiat will officially unveil his new murals on Bloor St., west of Lansdowne Ave.

Perth Park Community Festival
The Dovercourt Boys and Girls Club is hosting a community festival in Perth Ave. Park. There will be games, live music and dancing performances, food, dancing, surprise guests, and more.

Have fun!

Over the last week or two, you may have noticed some new murals going up in our neighbourhood. These murals are painted on the concrete walls of the railway underpass on Bloor St. between Ruttan St. and St. Helen's Ave.

The artist, Richard Mongiat, is painting these murals in preparation for this Saturday's BIG on Bloor festival, where they will be officially unveiled.

Walk by and have a look. It's a nice upgrade to the plain industrial concrete look of that underpass.

Some of the new murals on Bloor St., under the train tracks between Ruttan St. and St. Helens Ave.

The murals are by Richard Mongiat.

Photo by Vic Gedris, 2008-06-17.

BIG on Bloor Festival - June 21, 2008.
http://bigonbloor.com/festival/

Toronto resident and cartographer Graeme Parry has mapped out a series of Laneway Bike Tours in various locations around the city. One of these tours covers The Junction, with a jaunt through the western end of our own neighbourhood and along the Railpath.

The Junction laneway bike tours will happen five times this year, starting from Dundas West subway station, always on Sundays at 11:00am, on the following dates:

• June 8
• July 6
• August 3
• August 31
• September 28