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Klezmerson
The Koffler @ Ashkenaz Festival
Monday, September 3, 2012, 3 PM | FREE | Harbourfront Centre, WestJet Stage
235 Queens Quay West
The Canadian premiere of the remarkable band out of Mexico City, who explore Jewish musical traditions while reflecting the diverse urban sounds of their hometown. Embracing electronica, rock, funk and jazz improvisations over Klezmer themes, Klezmerson delivers a high-energy, explosive concert experience.
Presented together with Ashkenaz Festival.
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The Sistine Secrets: A lecture by Roy Doliner
September 6, 2012, 7:30 PM | FREE
Joseph D. Carrier Art Gallery, Columbus Centre | 901 Lawrence Avenue West
Roy Doliner, co-author of the international bestselling book The Sistine Secrets, speaks on Jewish symbolism, secret messages and forbidden mystical knowledge concealed within the paintings in the Sistine Chapel.
Presented together with the Jerusalem Foundation, as part of Saluti a Jerusalem.
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KOFFLER CLASSES NOW AVAILABLE ACROSS THE CITY... REGISTER TODAY!
The Koffler is thrilled to announce that starting this fall, we will offer our signature art and studio classes at three locations:
- at our home base in the Prosserman JCC on Sherman Campus at Bathurst and Sheppard
- at the Schwartz/Reisman Centre on the brand new Lebovic Jewish Community Campus, just north of Bathurst and Rutherford in Vaughan
- at the Leo Baeck Day School, South Campus (Arlington)
REGISTER TODAY!
SEPTEMBER OPEN HOUSE & FREE DROP-IN CLASSES
Brring your family and friends to our OPEN HOUSE on SEPTEMBER 10, 11 and 12 at both the Prosserman JCC and Schwartz/Reisman Centre. Three days full of FREE drop-in classes, music performances, food and fun for the whole family!
FREE TRIAL CLASSES IN SEPTEMBER AT THE SCHWARTZ/REISMAN CENTRE
From September 9 - 24, try out Koffler ceramics and visual arts classes for kids, adults and families at the Schwartz/Reisman Centre - all day, all for FREE!
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Erica Brisson: Local Colour Info Centre October 4 to November 11, 2012 | Koffler Gallery Off-Site at Miracle Thieves
249 Crawford St. (at Dundas St., across from Trinity Bellwoods Park)
Emerging Toronto artist Erica Brisson engages audiences in an exploration of public space, identity and community through drawing and urban interventions.
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Summer Special
Continues to November 11, 2012 | Koffler Gallery Off-Site at Honest Ed's, 581 Bloor St. W.
Corinne Carlson, Robin Collyer, Barr Gilmore, Jen Hutton, Sarah Lazarovic, Ron Terada
There is still time to see the exhibition that the Toronto Star, the National Post, Canadian Art, blogTO and the Jewish Daily Forward are raving about! Honest Ed's trademark hand-painted signs and show bills serve as inspiration for six Canadian artists who infiltrate the iconic building and its façade with site-specific installations. Plus, Historic Summer Special, an exhibition of historic signs from the archive of Honest Ed's.
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Honesty
October 18 to November 4 | Honest Ed's, various locations | FREE
581 Bloor St. West, Toronto A performance intervention by Jordan Tannahill and starring Virgilia Griffith, Honesty plays out in various locations within Toronto's discount emporium. Shape-shifting between voices, transcending age, gender, and race, Griffith embodies the diverse people who sustain Honest Ed's, and becomes a living, breathing record of the store.
Presented in association with the Koffler Gallery Off-Site exhibition Summer Special and in partnership with Suburban Beast. |
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Koffler Centre of the Arts Trip to MASS MoCA for Oh Canada!
Sunday, October 28, 2012 | Meet at 8 AM | Return 8 PM
Open to Koffler Centre of the Arts Envision Members | Limited space!
Cost per person: $900, including charter flights, transportation, meals, and guided tour
A one-day adventure to North Adams, Massachusetts and Mass MoCA - one of the world's premier centres for contemporary art - to tour the Oh Canada exhibition with curator Denise Markonish.
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OCTOBER 28: Koffler @ the IFOA! Featuring Man Booker-Prize winning author Howard Jacobson at the International Festival of Authors, Harbourfront Centre.
NOVEMBER 1: Life in Stills Film presentation at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema, presented together with the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs.
DECEMBER 2: Musical Crossroads The Koffler Chamber Orchestra's first performance of the 2012-13 season, featuring neo-classical, classic-romantic and baroque-romantic pieces for strings at Temple Emanu-El. |
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Koffler Centre of the Arts
4588 Bathurst Street
Toronto, Ontario M2R 1W6
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Koffler Centre of the Arts is Canada's only multidisciplinary, contemporary Jewish cultural institution. We present cutting-edge exhibitions of new Canadian and international art, and diverse programs in music, dance, literature, film, spoken word and theatre. Our programs are open to everyone from every background. Thank you to our supporters: 
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