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Two polaroid photos - one showing watercolour paints and the other showing people walking down a spiral staircase - and several cards with text quotes sit on top of a green background with pink ribbon. Type reads: May 10th, 1771: I am so happy my dearest, so fully absorbed in the feeling of this calm presence, that my art is suffering. I couldn't draw now, not one stroke, and yet I have never been a greater painter than in these moments. The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
Two polaroid photos - one showing watercolour paints and the other showing people walking down a spiral staircase - and several cards with text quotes sit on top of a green background with pink ribbon. Type reads: May 10th, 1771: I am so happy my dearest, so fully absorbed in the feeling of this calm presence, that my art is suffering. I couldn't draw now, not one stroke, and yet I have never been a greater painter than in these moments. The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

Performance Performance

Past event: Greyed out image featuring yellow & black text, photograph & illustration against a salmon pink background. Top: Summer in the Park. To the left: August 22nd-24th, 2025. Free Admission. Featuring performances by Kibra, Replay Storytelling, The Grand Salto Theatre, Tribal Vision Dance, Irmão (Martin Gomes & Matheus Coelho). Little Avenue Memorial Park. 22 Little Ave., Toronto, Ontario, M9N 1K6. crossroadstheatre.org To the right: Photo of the stone gate entrance with Little Avenue Memorial Park sign in an arch between the two pillars, with three illustrated pine trees against a big yellow sun in the background, the roots of the central tree reaching into the ground below.

Summer in the Park

PAST EVENT: From Fri, Aug. 22 – Sun, Aug. 24, 2025: Crossroads Theatre presents Summer in the Park – three days of live music, dance, circus, spoken word, community parties & more on the theme of 'Resilience' at Weston’s Little Avenue Memorial Park. Free and family-friendly.

Past event: Greyed out illustrated image for Peterborough Folk Festival 2025. A circle with a sunflower in the centre, the event title above it. The circle is surrounded by various creatures and instruments, and a bicycle.

Peterborough Folk Festival 2025

PAST EVENT: From Thu, Aug. 14 – Sun, Aug. 17, 2025: Peterborough Folk Festival 2025 presents four days of exciting music performances, culture & community on the hillside at Nicholls Oval Park, plus a kick off concert at Market Hall Performing Arts Centre. Ticketed performances Thursday & Friday, with free admission (donations accepted), all-ages programming on Saturday & Sunday.

Past event: Greyed out poster image featuring text and photograph on a pale orange background. To the left: ARSENIC and Old Lace, with "Arsenic" in bold red font, the left leg of the N extended downwards, a drop of blood dripping from it into a white China tea cup and saucer with a red and green floral pattern. To the right: Muses Studios logo in the top corner. A play by Joseph Kesselring. Directed by Tony Junor. July 18-19 & July 25-26 @ 8:00 pm. July 19 & July 27 @ 2 pm 2025. Studio Theatre, U of T Mississauga. 3359 Mississauga Road, Mississauga. Tickets $25 Tickets $20 (with promo code ARSENIC20 until May 31st, 2025). https://arsenicandoldlacecsp.evenbrite.ca calliopetickets@gmail.com Bottom: *ARSENIC AND OLD LACE is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com)*

On stage: Arsenic and Old Lace

PAST EVENT: From Fri, Jul. 18 – Sun, Jul. 27, 2025: Calliope Sound Productions presents a classic dark comedy from 1939, Arsenic and Old Lace. Two lovely old ladies have a dark secret, causing their nephew’s engagement announcement to go awry. Hilarious antics ensue when the two other nephews & police show up. On stage at the University of Toronto, Mississauga campus' Erindale Studio Theatre.

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Hamilton Fringe Festival 2025

PAST EVENT: Wed, Jul. 16 – Sun, Jul. 27, 2025: Hamilton Festival Theatre Company (HFTco) presents its 21st Hamilton Fringe Festival program, with 50+ shows in 350+ performances at over a dozen venues around the city. This year’s festival includes live comedy, theatre, musicals, dance, art, film, family fare and more. Plus, a free outdoor performance walking tour, back by popular demand, & a new festival hub!

Past event: Greyed out image of a young woman wearing white, with long hair over her shoulder, looks at the camera. She is very amused. Why is that? A mature woman wearing a black top and a blue patterned scarf stands back, looking with suspicion at the younger woman. How do they know each other? Do they have a secret?

TOFringe: Stealing Home

PAST EVENT: From Fri, Jul. 4 – Sun, Jul. 13, 2025: Spangle Theatre presents Stealing Home at the 2025 Toronto Fringe Festival. A comedy set in a fictional Toronto neighbourhood, it pokes fun – and throws more than a little shade – at people who live in an affluent part of the city and their NIMBYism toward a proposed supportive housing project in their neighbourhood. Running on the Alumnae Theatre Mainspace.

Past event: Greyed out detail of an 1879 oil on canvas portrait of a woman in profile. Her eyes are closed, hair tied loosely at the back of her head, and she wears a white dress with a high frilled collar.

TOFringe: Divine Monster

PAST EVENT: From Wed, Jul. 2 – Sat, Jul. 12, 2025: Bernhardt Productions presents Divine Monster at the 2025 Toronto Fringe Festival. An encounter in a Paris cemetery between the ghost of the great French actress Sarah Bernhardt and a distraught young Canadian musician leads to a passionate debate about art, fame and success in a world now dominated by social media. Presented in Soulpepper Theatre’s RBC Finance Studio in the Distillery Historic District.

Past event: Greyed out detail of postcard collage image featuring text and photographs. On either side, half close-ups of women's faces. In the centre, a rust brown plushy Scottish cow, with a rocky landscape, Scottish flag, castle and cloudy sky in the background, with a car driving along a highway below. Centre: A torn piece of paper with the words: Me and You and the Highland Coo. Bottom: Created by Sara Masciotra-Milstein.

TOFringe: Me and You and the Highland Coo

PAST EVENT: From Wed, Jul. 2 – Sun, Jul. 13, 2025: Happy as a Clam Productions presents Me and You and the Highland Coo at Soulpepper’s TD Studio as part of the 2025 Toronto Fringe Festival. Experience a taste of Scotland in Toronto on a road trip adventure that reminds us to look for the light in times of darkness. For audiences 14+.

Past event: Greyed out medium close-up of a man with short dark blond hair and a scruff of a beard and mustache, wearing a light plaid shirt over a light blue t-shirt. His hands grasp the sides of his head as he gazes at us, eyes wide and teeth clenched with stress.

TOFringe: Jack Goes to Therapy: A (Somewhat) Romantic Comedy

PAST EVENT: From Fri, Jul. 4 – Fri, Jul. 11, 2025: Zac Williams brings his critically acclaimed solo show Jack Goes to Therapy: A (Somewhat) Romantic Comedy to the 2025 Toronto Fringe Festival. An unforgettable and loveable story of a Kindergarten teacher in therapy with a broken heart after his boyfriend leaves him for the man they had a threesome with. Running at Alumnae Theatre’s Mainspace.

Past event: Greyed out image featuring text overlapping a photograph. Top of the image: #1 Clown Comedy with Victor & Priscilla, with the TO Fringe logo below it. A blonde woman and a man with short dark hair, both cross-dressed in Victorian clothing and wearing red cone-shaped party hats, gesture with their hands, mouths and eyes open with excitement and delight. Two fans, with a draped black patterned fabric, hang on the blue, star-covered fabric background.

TOFringe: #1 Clown Comedy with Victor & Priscilla

PAST EVENT: Wed, Jul. 2 – Sun, Jul. 13, 2025: #1 Clown Comedy with Victor & Priscilla comes to the 2025 Toronto Fringe Festival at VideoCabaret. The zany, cross-dressing, historically inaccurate Victorian-era clown siblings return – this time, they’re thinking of quitting vaudeville to become upper-class toffs. Sure to entertain with song, dance, witty wordplay, slapstick, drag & puppets, while touching on the deeper theme of LGBTQ+ history. PG-13, appropriate for older children.

Past event: Greyed out poster image featuring text on a purple background. Mathew's Big Broadway Bash written in marquee lighting font. To the left of "Bash": Toronto Fringe. To the right of "Bash" Toronto Cabaret Productions.

TOFringe: Mathew’s Big Broadway Bash

PAST EVENT: From Thu, Jul. 3 – Sat, Jul. 12, 2025: Toronto Cabaret Productions presents Mathew’s Big Broadway Bash at the Heliconian Club as part of the 2025 Toronto Fringe Festival. This isn’t just a show – it’s a high-energy, feel-good love letter to the musicals we grew up on and still belt in the shower. Come out and sing along! For audiences 12+.

Past event: Greyed out image of two actors on stage, performing with life-sized puppets. The man (left) holds a puppet of a bearded Giant dressed in green, while the woman (right) holds a puppet of a harp, which is in the shape of a woman wearing an orange gown and turban.

TOFringe: JACK’d, a Thief, a Murder, some Sex and a BEANSTALK!

PAST EVENT: From Thu, Jul. 3 – Sun, Jul. 13, 2025: JACK’d Up Productions presents JACK’d, a Thief, a Murder, some Sex and a BEANSTALK! at the 2025 Toronto Fringe Festival. Using rather naughty inuendoes, ribald humour and puppets, JACK’d asks us to question the stories we’ve been told and, more importantly, the stories we tell ourselves. Running at Rafos Hall. For audiences 16+.

Past event: Greyed out image featuring photo, illustration and text. To the left, an elderly man with a salt and pepper receding hairline, wearing glasses and a white shirt, glances up at us as he writes at a desk covered in papers. In the top right corner, illustrated yellow post-it notes with the words Things My Dad Kept. By: Ronit Rubinstein, written in script on separate note pages. In the bottom right corner, illustrated blank white pages float, with paper airplanes flying about over them and around the photo of the man, including diagrams of how to make one.

TOFringe: Things My Dad Kept

PAST EVENT: From Thu, Jul. 3 – Sun, Jul. 13, 2025: Award-winning playwright and veteran storyteller Ronit Rubinstein presents her hilarious solo show, Things My Dad Kept, at Soulpepper’s TD Studio as part of the 2025 Toronto Fringe Festival. What would you do if, 12 years after losing someone you love, you discovered that they'd documented every moment of your life? And does it count as hoarding if the thing hoarded is... memories? For ages 18+.