Kuumba, Harbourfront Centre’s Black History Month celebration, returns February 1-3. With its Swahili roots, Kuumba hopes to deeply engross all of you in the creativity of it’s extensive lineup. The festival features a plethora of events through which the vision of Kuumba will be expressed. The Story of Lover’s Rock, directed by award-winning director/producer Menelik Shabazz, will be making its …
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Kuumba returns to Harbourfront Centre
Meet DJ Manifest
Meet DJ Manifest. He’s been rocking clubs, radios and festivals with brilliant DJ sets for the last 14 years of his professional career.
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Winnipeg’s Contemporary Dancers pay tribute to Rachel Browne
As our Next Steps season continues Winnipeg’s Contemporary Dancers (WCD), Canada’s oldest modern dance company, will honour their beloved founder, Rachel Browne, by remounting nine of her signature works from 1964 through 2012. We spoke with them to find out more about Rachel Browne, her lasting influence/legacy, the Winnipeg dance scene and what audiences can expect from the January 12th presentation of …
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Learn to Skate Quick Tip: Posture
Proper posture is the key to good balance and to staying on your feet. Shoulders back and down, feet apart, knees bent, and, above all, keep your head up! While we probably should stand like this without our skates on, most of us don’t. Paying attention to how you hold your body on the ice will improve your stride and …
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DJ M-Rock Will Rock With Us at Harbourfront Centre
What would our DJ Skate Nights series be without the critically acclaimed DJ M-Rock? With his mixtape series, he’s gained a massive following as well as head nods from visionaries/pioneers such as Pete Rock, Just Blaze and more. M-Rock is the resident DJ for boutique club F-Stop where Shaq, actor Ryan Gosling, Drake and designer Marc Ecko have all complimented him personally …
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Baba Kahn Brings Bollywood Back to Harbourfront Centre
One of Canada’s most celebrated DJ’s, Baba Kahn is poised to take over the Natrel Rink during the holidays.
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Courses & Workshops: Five questions with artist Duncan Newman
Duncan Newman is a Toronto-based artist. This January, he’ll be teaching intro- and intermediate-level drawing courses as part of Courses & Workshops. We recently spoke with Duncan to chat about his art, thoughts on teaching and advice for first-time artists.
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Learn To Skate Quick Tip: Lacing Up
Whether you’re new to skating or you’ve been at it for years, the way your skates fit can have a huge impact on how you move on the ice.
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1 LOVE T.O. Returns to the Natrel Rink
There are few movements in Toronto that have had such a large and important impact on the city’s infrastructure and the cultural synchronicity of our people as 1 LOVE T.O. Founded by Bryan Brock as well as Tyronne “T-rexxx” Edwards, 1 LOVE T.O. has quickly become a homegrown staple in our multifaceted and diverse community. Using his roots in charity …
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Our Holiday Market continues this weekend!
Harbourfront Centre has many regular vendors, some of whom have been with us over a decade! Many of our favourite regulars are with us for our Holiday Market but we also excited to have several new vendors participating. Read more
