What’s On Calendar
February 9–11, 2018
IMPORTANT MESSAGE
Harbourfront Centre is disappointed to announce that serious infrastructure issues have forced the closure of its iconic outdoor waterfront rink this winter.
We are also deeply disappointed that we must cancel our 2020–21 skating season, including our Learn to Skate program, as we were all looking forward to getting outside and skating on one of the most beautiful rinks in the city. Learn more here.
Harbourfront Centre continues to monitor the rapidly changing situation regarding the COVID-19 virus. For the health and safety of all our staff and our volunteers, our patrons, supporters and the community, and in line with the advice and guidelines of Toronto Public Health, we will be closed to the public until further notice. Learn more here.
Friday, February 9, 2018
10:00am
– 5:00pm
Michael Landy invites the public to collaborate in building a ‘wall of protest’ by submitting images, words, texts and slogans that represent their thoughts and feelings, to be transformed by the artist into drawings.
Kader Attia: The Field of Emotion
Friday, February 9, 2018
10:00am
– 5:00pm
The Field of Emotion brings together recent and newly commissioned works that confront us with traumas of the past and their spectres in the present.
Emeka Ogboh: The Song of the Germans
Friday, February 9, 2018
10:00am
– 5:00pm
The Song of the Germans raises questions of national identity, citizenship and belonging and is a timely examination of issues felt increasingly all across the globe, including in Canada.
Visual Arts Exhibitions – Winter 2018
Friday, February 9, 2018
12:00pm
– 8:00pm
Harbourfront Centre presents six exhibitions spanning architecture, craft, photography, installation, art, contemporary jewellery, and more.
Friday, February 9, 2018
6:30pm
–11:00pm
Through photography and video, Khalil West and Ajamu explore race, visibility, (gay) respectability politics, sexual agency, commodity, pleasure and liberation, by documenting through portraiture a counter-narrative to traditional products of erotic labour and conceptions of queer Black men and sex workers.
Opening Reception - Journey to Black Liberation Symposium
Friday, February 9, 2018
6:30pm
– 8:00pm
Join us for the opening of the Journey to Black Liberation Symposium, and photography exhibit, I Am For You Can Enjoy. Part of the Journey to Black Liberation Symposium.
DanceWorks: Dancers of Damelahamid – Flicker
Friday, February 9, 2018
8:00pm
Directed by choreographer and performer Margaret Grenier, Flicker is an evocative multimedia dance piece performed by Vancouver-based Indigenous dance company, Dancers of Damelahamid of the Gitxsan Nation.
Cancelled – The Trans Sounds of Black Liberation with Michael Roberson Maasai Milan
Friday, February 9, 2018
8:00pm
**CANCELLED** Michael Roberson Maasai Milan explores the history of the house ballroom community and its use of the art of performance to situate its history in mobilizing as a resistance to oppression. Part of the Journey to Black Liberation Symposium.
Saturday, February 10, 2018
10:00am
– 5:00pm
Michael Landy invites the public to collaborate in building a ‘wall of protest’ by submitting images, words, texts and slogans that represent their thoughts and feelings, to be transformed by the artist into drawings.
Kader Attia: The Field of Emotion
Saturday, February 10, 2018
10:00am
– 5:00pm
The Field of Emotion brings together recent and newly commissioned works that confront us with traumas of the past and their spectres in the present.
Emeka Ogboh: The Song of the Germans
Saturday, February 10, 2018
10:00am
– 5:00pm
The Song of the Germans raises questions of national identity, citizenship and belonging and is a timely examination of issues felt increasingly all across the globe, including in Canada.
Saturday, February 10, 2018
12:00pm
–11:00pm
Through photography and video, Khalil West and Ajamu explore race, visibility, (gay) respectability politics, sexual agency, commodity, pleasure and liberation, by documenting through portraiture a counter-narrative to traditional products of erotic labour and conceptions of queer Black men and sex workers.
Saturday, February 10, 2018
12:00pm
– 6:00pm
A contemplative, calm space for attendees of the symposium who need to decompress if they have been triggered by any of the discussions, and for people who would like to be “in their bodies” instead of being “in their heads”. Free massages will be offered by Ki Alleyne.
Visual Arts Exhibitions – Winter 2018
Saturday, February 10, 2018
12:00pm
– 6:00pm
Harbourfront Centre presents six exhibitions spanning architecture, craft, photography, installation, art, contemporary jewellery, and more.
Womanism, Black Feminism and The Politics of Love: A conversation around liberation for Black women
Saturday, February 10, 2018
1:00pm
– 2:30pm
A cross-border conversation around Black Womanism and Self Love, featuring different Black women's perspectives as they speak about their experiences moving through this world in their bodies. Part of the Journey to Black Liberation Symposium.
Voguing Workshop with Pony Zion
Saturday, February 10, 2018
3:00pm
Learn the basic elements of Vogue and work through movements with leading vogue choreographer Pony Zion!
Am I not a Black Man? Black masculinity, male sexuality and respectability politics
Saturday, February 10, 2018
3:00pm
– 4:30pm
A trans-national dialogue exploring Black masculinities across borders, examining topics ranging from respectability politics and self-love to heteronormativity and homophobia and how they relate to liberation for Black men. Part of the Journey to Black Liberation Symposium.
HIV and Black People in the Americas / parTy boi: black diamonds in ice castles
Saturday, February 10, 2018
5:00pm
– 8:00pm
Explore and discuss meth addiction within the Black LGBTQ community and participate in a broader conversation around HIV in Black communities in North and South America. Preceded by the debut screening of documentary parTy boi: black diamonds in ice castles, from director Micheal Rice. Part of the Journey to Black Liberation Symposium.
DanceWorks: Dancers of Damelahamid – Flicker
Saturday, February 10, 2018
8:00pm
Directed by choreographer and performer Margaret Grenier, Flicker is an evocative multimedia dance piece performed by Vancouver-based Indigenous dance company, Dancers of Damelahamid of the Gitxsan Nation.
Saturday, February 10, 2018
8:00pm
–11:00pm
The award-winning MANIFESTO, one of Canada’s biggest celebrations of hip hop culture and beyond, bring their beats to the Natrel Rink!
Saturday, February 10, 2018
9:30pm
– 2:30am
Celebrate Blackness at a ball that showcases international legends!
Sunday, February 11, 2018
10:00am
– 5:00pm
Michael Landy invites the public to collaborate in building a ‘wall of protest’ by submitting images, words, texts and slogans that represent their thoughts and feelings, to be transformed by the artist into drawings.
Kader Attia: The Field of Emotion
Sunday, February 11, 2018
10:00am
– 5:00pm
The Field of Emotion brings together recent and newly commissioned works that confront us with traumas of the past and their spectres in the present.
Emeka Ogboh: The Song of the Germans
Sunday, February 11, 2018
10:00am
– 5:00pm
The Song of the Germans raises questions of national identity, citizenship and belonging and is a timely examination of issues felt increasingly all across the globe, including in Canada.
Visual Arts Exhibitions – Winter 2018
Sunday, February 11, 2018
12:00pm
– 6:00pm
Harbourfront Centre presents six exhibitions spanning architecture, craft, photography, installation, art, contemporary jewellery, and more.
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