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The Summer season is looking delicious at Harbourfront Centre

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It’s time again for the Toronto International Circus Festival! This Victoria Day weekend, dazzling daredevils, amazing acrobats, hilarious buskers and more take over our site. HarbourKIDS is Harbourfront Centre’s family programme designed to inspire imagination and creativity in kids under 12, by exploring contemporary arts and culture from a kid-centric point of view. While visiting, make sure to enjoy some of the unique and delicious foods, located in our World Café and Lake View Market.

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Harbourfront Centre Holiday Market

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From natural skin care products to locally designed jewellery, Harbourfront Centre’s Holiday Market is a great place to find unique Christmas gifts.

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Telus TAIWANfest Interviews: Chef Tim Teng

Chef Tim Teng, the King of Stewing, will be sharing the secrets of the Taiwanese staple this weekend at TAIWANfest. Teng grew up in British Columbia, went to school in Michigan and started his culinary career in his native Taiwan. This fusion of backgrounds has influenced his cooking and has led to him being one of the top young chefs …

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UPDATED: Francisco Alejandri of Agave Y Aguacate at Harbourfront Centre

With the end summer comes a plethora of changes. Children prepare for school, young adults gear up for college, the weather forces us to bring our sweaters and jackets out and beaches gradually become more and more deserted.

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Exciting Planet IndigenUS Events Ahead!

It feels likes yesterday that we saw performances from Pacific Curls, Plex and Dallas Arcand on Plant IndigenUS’ opening night spectacle. Now, just a little over the half-way mark we get ready to draw the curtains on this remarkable ten-day festival celebrating Aboriginal culture. However, there are still many events to attend during the festival’s closing-weekend if you still want …

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Introducing the Lifestyle Zone

This past weekend we launched our new Lifestyle Zone, which is a new café set-up located on our site (right near One Love Corn for those who are in the know).

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Taco Takedown Interviews: Aaron Foster

To finish up our interview series with the Taco Takedown Featured Chefs we turn our spotlight on Aaron Foster. We sat down with Aaron at L.A Italian+Bar to talk about his experiences working at his mom’s restaurant, opening a restaurant in Bangkok and moving back to Toronto. Make sure you check out Aaron’s taco creation tonight at 6:30 at the …

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Taco Takedown Interviews: Mary Luz Mejia

Hosting this years Taco Takedown, our very own Chairman Kaga, is Mary Luz Mejia. Food columnist, travel writer and cookbook nerd, Mary was kind enough to answer a few questions for us. Check them out below ____ You’re hosting Taco Takedown at our Hot & Spicy festival.  What do you think it is about spicy food that brings people together? …

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Taco Takedown Interviews: Sang Kim

Sang Kim is an author, restaurant consultant and owner of the sushi-making class Sushi Making for the Soul. He stopped by Harbourfront for a quick chat about sushi, his new book Woody Allen Ate My Kimchi, and why he is deserving of a pity win at this years Taco Takedown. We think his competition should not be fooled by his …

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Taco Takedown Interviews: Luis Valenzuela

Luis Valenzuela, head chef at Torito Tapas Bar, talks about living in Canada, working in Kensington and competing in this years Taco Takedown in this interview. Check it out

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