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ERICA BRISSON: LOCAL COLOUR INFO CENTRE
Continues 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. Inspired by tourism information centres as well as the process of public consultation, Local Colour Info Centre sets up a social space where passersby can share their personal interpretations of the city's intentional or informal landmarks.
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HONESTY
A performance intervention by Jordan Tannahill, starring Virgilia Griffith
ONLY 5 DAYS LEFT! Until November 4, 2012
Wednesday - Friday, Act One: 5 - 6:30 PM, Act Two: 7:30 - 9 PM
Saturday - Sunday, Act One: 2 - 3:30 PM, Act Two: 4:30 - 6 PM | FREE
Honest Ed's, various locations within the store | 581 Bloor St. W.
"A truly heartfelt experience" (NNNN) - NOW MagazineDon't miss the remarkable one-woman performance that plays out in various locations within Toronto's iconic discount emporium. By embodying the diverse people who sustain it daily, Virgilia Griffith becomes a living, breathing record of the store, shape-shifting between voices, transcending age, gender, and race.
Presented in partnership with Suburban Beast and in association with the Koffler Gallery Off-Site exhibition Summer Special. Summer Special continues until November 11, 2012.
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LIFE IN STILLS, A FILM BY TAMAR TAL and Q&A w/ BEN PETER
Thursday, November 1, 2012 | 7 PM | Bloor Hot Docs Cinema, 506 Bloor Street W.
General $12 | Koffler & Bloor Hot Docs Cinema Members $10 | Tickets
Includes post-screening soirée at the Victory Café, 581 Markham St.
The award-winning Israeli documentary explores the relationship between Ben Peter and his 96-year old grandmother Miriam - the late photographer Rudi Weissenstein's 96-year-old widow - as they try to save Weissenstein's landmark photo studio in Tel Aviv from development. Screening followed by Q&A and soirée with Life in Stills star Ben Peter at the Victory Café.
Presented by the Koffler Centre of the Arts, Size Doesn't Matter and Sternthal Books. Sponsored by Ryerson University. Additional sponsor: Hillel of Greater Toronto.
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LOOKING FOR MORE WAYS TO BRING ART INTO YOUR LIFE?
It's not too late to register for these Fall classes at the Schwartz/Reisman Centre!
Engage in different art techniques and learn to paint like the great masters in a fun and supportive environment. Presented in partnership with SRC Children and Family Programming. All materials included in the course fee.
Mondays, 4 - 4:45 PM | November 5 - December 3, 2012
$47.50 | Instructor: Suzanne Metz
Spend creative time together with your family making functional and decorative ceramics. Open to all ages and skill levels. One block of clay included in the course fee. Additional clay $32.50.
Sundays, 10 AM - 12 PM | November 4 - December 16, 2012
$175 - $245 (fee depends on number of participants) | Instructor: Grace Donati
Using principles and elements of design to guide participants' choices and impressions, create your own Visual Taste Guide, participate in interactive challenges, and make satisfying visual choices. Build confidence to add originality and character to your art appreciation skills.
Mondays, 11 AM - 12:30 PM | November 19, 2012 & November 26, 2012
$40 | Instructor: Harriet Liebmann
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IN THE COMMUNITY
Holocaust Education Week 2012: Culture of Memory
November 1 - 8, 2012 | Locations across the GTA Opening Night: What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank, with Nathan EnglanderThursday, November 1, 7:30 PM | FREERoyal Ontario Museum, Samuel Hall Currelly Gallery | 100 Queen's ParkAcclaimed author Nathan Englander reflects on how collective memory of the Holocaust has influenced his writing and creative process at this literary program that launches the 32nd annual Holocaust Education Week. Holocaust Education Week 2012 features artistic and literary representations of the theme, Culture of Memory. For a complete program listing and more information, visit holocausteducationweek.com or call 416.631.5689.
Holocaust Education Week is presented by the Sarah and Chaim Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre, UJA Federation of Greater Toronto, in partnership with numerous venues, organizations and communities throughout our city and region.
Athletes and Artists: Bodybuilders, Sax-players, Boxers, and Dancers from the Collection of the Ontario Jewish Archives
Schwartz/Reisman Centre, Joseph and Wolf Lebovic Jewish Community Campus
9600 Bathurst St.
A new installation of photographs at the Schwartz/Reisman Centre from the collection of the Ontario Jewish Archives (OJA). Many of the photographs on view - weightlifters, young potters at their wheels, badminton champions, a SCUBA-diving class, and leotard-clad children - celebrate the history of Toronto's JCCs from their earliest days in a small downtown building to today's thriving centres around the city. Full details here.
Polyester, Pattern, and Perms: Fashion and Hairstyles from the OJA Collection
Lipa Green Centre, Sherman Campus, 4600 Bathurst St.
In celebration of the Ontario Jewish Archives upcoming 40th anniversary in 2013, there will be a series of changing exhibitions in cases around the Sherman Campus starting in November. Each exhibition provides an opportunity to explore a theme or story from the Archives' expansive collection. The first exhibition - Polyester, Pattern, and Perms: Fashion and Hairstyles from the OJA Collection - presents photos from the 1960s through the 1970s. Full details here.
AVIVA - CD release concert and celebration - SAVE THE DATE!
Wednesday, December 5, Doors 7:30 PM, Concert 8 PM | $15 advance, $20 door
918 Bathurst Street Arts Centre
Aviva Chernick, lead singer of the Juno Nominated ensemble Jaffa Road is setting out on her first solo album venture with When I Arrived You Were Already There. Please join us for an evening of music and celebration. Tickets and full details.
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Koffler Centre of the Arts
4588 Bathurst Street
Toronto, Ontario M2R 1W6
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The 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 welcome everyone from every background. The Koffler Centre of the Arts is an agency of UJA Federation of Greater Toronto. Thank you to our supporters: 
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JOIN THE KOFFLER!
Join ENVISION, the Koffler Centre of the Arts' membership program.
Benefits include access to special member's events, great discounts and more.
Membership begins at just $80.
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