What’s On Calendar
August 3–5, 2012
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Visual Arts Summer Exhibitions
Friday, August 3, 2012
10:00am
–11:00pm
Eight exciting new exhibitions, including a co-production with the Woodland Cultural Centre as part of the Planet IndigenUS festival.
Friday, August 3, 2012
12:00pm
– 6:00pm
Bringing together artists and practices that create and engage tools to effect change and reconsider social behaviour, Tools for Conviviality includes works that are interactive as well as mechanisms towards self-help, political shifts, ritual devices, potential weapons, and means for critique.
Friday, August 3, 2012
7:00pm
– 8:00pm
We begin the Island Soul festival with Jouvay, an interactive parade around the grounds of Harbourfront Centre.
Visual Arts Summer Exhibitions
Saturday, August 4, 2012
10:00am
–11:00pm
Eight exciting new exhibitions, including a co-production with the Woodland Cultural Centre as part of the Planet IndigenUS festival.
Saturday, August 4, 2012
12:00pm
– 8:00pm
Bringing together artists and practices that create and engage tools to effect change and reconsider social behaviour, Tools for Conviviality includes works that are interactive as well as mechanisms towards self-help, political shifts, ritual devices, potential weapons, and means for critique.
Saturday, August 4, 2012
2:00pm
– 8:00pm
Play the original Ludi game with family and friends in the breezy shade by the water on our custom-made game boards.
Afro-Caribbean Drum and Dance Theatre
Saturday, August 4, 2012
3:30pm
– 4:00pm
Don't miss the spectacular performance put on by the boys and girls of Afro-Caribbean Drum and Dance Theatre!
Visual Arts Summer Exhibitions
Sunday, August 5, 2012
10:00am
– 9:00pm
Eight exciting new exhibitions, including a co-production with the Woodland Cultural Centre as part of the Planet IndigenUS festival.
Sunday, August 5, 2012
12:00pm
– 8:00pm
Bringing together artists and practices that create and engage tools to effect change and reconsider social behaviour, Tools for Conviviality includes works that are interactive as well as mechanisms towards self-help, political shifts, ritual devices, potential weapons, and means for critique.
SUNDAY SCENE / Valerie Velardo
Sunday, August 5, 2012
2:00pm
Valerie Velardo is Curatorial Intern at The Power Plant, and she will respond to the current exhibition, Tools for Conviviality.
Sunday, August 5, 2012
2:00pm
– 8:00pm
Play the original Ludi game with family and friends in the breezy shade by the water on our custom-made game boards.
Moko Jumbie: The Dancing Spirits of Trinidad (For Kids!)
Sunday, August 5, 2012
2:00pm
– 5:00pm
An introductory workshop for kids on the traditions of Moko Jumbie (stilt-dancing spirit of the forest) and all of its transitions from Africa to the Caribbean and Canada.
Sunday, August 5, 2012
2:00pm
Have fun with the best face painting based on Caribbean children stories by master face painter Christopher Pinheiro.
Miss Lou's Room Five Year Celebration
Sunday, August 5, 2012
2:00pm
– 4:00pm
Join us for the fifth anniversary of celebrating the stories of Miss Lou at Harbourfront Centre.
