The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) unveils the Teck Suite of Galleries: Earth's Treasures located on Level 2 of the Weston Family Wing on December 20, 2008. Composed of the Vale Inco Limited Gallery of Minerals, the Gallery of Gems and Gold and the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame Gallery, the galleries occupy a combined total of 6,900 square feet and showcase over 2,300 of the ROM’s exceptional specimens of minerals, gems, meteorites and rocks, a collection among the finest in North America. The fascinating displays are contextualized by over 40 interactive touch-screen stations, compelling video exhibits and engrossing information on Canada’s mining industry.

Location: Royal Ontario Museum -- 100 Queen's Park (Avenue Rd. and Bloor St. West)

Opening at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) on May 16, 2009, the Schad Gallery of Biodiversity is devoted to exploring our world’s biodiversity and the numerous factors affecting its conservation and survival. This innovative and interactive gallery combines seven ecosystem experiences, approximately 2,500 specimens and the Earth Rangers Studio featuring live animal ambassadors to convey an important message about the stunning variety of life on Earth, the interconnectedness of nature’s amazing web, and the ability that each of us has to care for the environment.

Location: Royal Ontario Museum -- 100 Queen's Park (Bloor and Avenue Rd.)

Lots of Jazz, Swing, Celtic, Opera, Big Band and much more. Join us all summer long! See website for schedule details.

Location: Main Street -- Unionville

Monday to Thursday Open: Noon to 6pm Tour Times: Every 30 minutes beginning at 1pm. Last tour at 5pm. Friday and Saturday Open: 11am to 6pm Tour Times: 12:00 and Every 30 minutes beginning at 1pm. Last tour at 5pm. Sunday Open: 11am to 5pm Tour Times: 12:00 and Every 30 minutes beginning at 1pm. Last tour at 4pm. Tour Size: MAXIMUM 15 people Reservations accepted Monday to Thursday, Booked first-come first-served on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. For group tours, please contact our Retail Manager at 416-362-2337 ext 240 or retail@steamwhistle.ca

Location: STEAM WHISTLE BREWING, The Roundhouse - 255 Bremner Blvd.

Newly re-installed gallery features nearly 600 of the most exquisite gems and jewels from the ROM’s vaults. On December 19, 2009 the Museum proudly opens the Gallery of Gems and Gold, the final stage of the Teck Suite of Galleries: Earth’s Treasures, on Level 2 of the Weston Family Wing. Nearly 600 beautiful and rare gems, gem crystals, jewellery and gold specimens will be on display representing the wide diversity and colour of precious stones, and some of the finest gems and jewellery in Canada. Highlighted in the gallery is the famed 900-carat Light of the Desert, the largest faceted cerussite gem in the world.

Location: Royal Ontario Museum -- 100 Queen's Park (Avenue Rd. and Bloor St. West)

By Williams Shakespeare. Banished by her usurping uncle, Rosalind seeks refuge in the Forest of Arden, where her father, Duke Senior, holds court with his followers. There, disguised as a young squire, she instructs Orlando, the man she secretly loves, in the ways of a woman's heart -- only to acquire a new and unexpected admirer. Box office: 1-800-567-1600.

Location: Festival Theatre -- Stratford, Ontario

Music and lyrics by Cole Porter. Book by Sam and Bella Spewack. As backstage bickering between the co-stars of a musical version of The Taming of the Shrew threatens to sabotage opening night, along come a couple of gangsters with a gambling debt to collect. The result is hilarity on and off stage -- all punctuated by Cole Porter's unforgettable melodies and wickedly witty lyrics. Box office: 1-800-567-1600.

Location: Festival Theatre -- Stratford, Ontario

By William Shakespeare. Marooned on a distant island with his daughter Miranda, Prospero has spent twelve years perfecting his magic arts. Now, with the help of the spirit Ariel, he raises a storm at sea, bringing within his grasp the enemies who robbed him of his dukedom. But what vengeance does he propose to take? Box office: 1-800-567-1600.

Location: Festival Theatre -- Stratford, Ontario

By Christopher Hampton. In pre-Revolutionary France, the Marquise de Merteuil and her sometime lover the Vicomte de Valmont amuse themselves by plotting the seduction of two women of virtue: the virginal Cecile Volanges and the respectably married Mme de Tourvel. But as their cynical game proceeds, the players' motives grow deeper -- and more deadly. Box office: 1-800-567-1600.

Location: Festival Theatre -- Stratford, Ontario

Lyrics by Tim Rice. Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. As ambitious as she is charismatic, Eva Duarte rises from poverty in rural Argentina to become first the mistress and then the wildly popular wife of President Juan Peron. Blending the personal with the political, this landmark of modern musical theatre paints a dazzling portrait of a woman who helped shape history. Box office: 1-800-567-1600.

Location: Avon Theatre -- Stratford, Ontario

A strange visitor flies in through the Darling children's nursery window and whisks Wendy, Michael and John away to a magical land -- where fairies and mermaids mindgle with Indian maidens, and the boy who refuses to grow up must face his arch enemy, the fearsome Captain Hook. Box office: 1-800-567-1600.

Location: Avon Theatre -- Stratford, Ontario

by William Shakespeare. Obsessed by suspicions of infidelity, King Leontes puts his pregnant wife, Hermione, on trial for her life -- coming to his senses only when his actions have cost him both wife and children. But true love can work miracles, and anguish in one generation can breed happiness in the next. Box office: 1-800-567-1600.

Location: Tom Patterson Theatre -- Stratford, Ontario

By Michel Tremblay. Translated by Linda Gaboriau. In this hilarious and heartrending tribute to his mother, Canada's Michel Tremblay has created one of the greatest female characters of our time. A born storyteller with a love of exaggeration and invention, Nana often exasperates the son she so fiercely loves -- yet proves an inspiration for his art. Box office: 1-800-567-1600.

Location: Tom Patterson Theatre -- Stratford, Ontario

Often haunting, sometimes humorous, always vivdly dramatic, the songs of Belgian troubadour Jacques Brel have been recorded by countless artists throughout the world. Encompassing themes of joy and sorrow, love and loss, life and death, this compilation of Brel's finest work celebrates the diverse complexity of the human heart. Box office: 1-800-567-1600.

Location: Tom Patterson Theatre -- Stratford, Ontario

Proteus and Valentine are the best of friends until Proteus also falls for the new object of Valentine's affections -- Silvia. Forsaking his own betrothed, Julia, Proteus sets out to betray his unsuspecting friend, only to find that both Silvia and Julia have a thing or two to teach him about loyalty and love. Box office: 1-800-567-1600.

Location: Studio Theatre -- Stratford, Ontario

By George F. Walker. Songs and Music by John Roby. Lyrics by George F. Walker. Master thief Mac and his equally crooked father-in-law, Peachum, are coerced by the FBI into mounting a sting operation against a cadre of corrupt bankers. Instead, they soon hatch schemes of their own. A nightclub cabaret in 1928 New York is the setting for this musical tale of deception, double-cross and sudden demise. Box office: 1-800-567-1600.

Location: Studio Theatre -- Stratford, Ontario

The Canadian National Exhibition (affectionately referred to as "The Ex") is the last big hurrah of the summer. With midway rides, cotton candy, Tiny Tim Donuts, and many games to wish plush toys, The Ex has always held a special place in many hearts. It is fun for the entire family. The horse shows and petting zoos really get you up close and personal with some fine and adorable animals. The Food Building enables everyone to sample cuisine from many cultures. The prices are always right and the foods are especially delicious. Medieval Times by the Dufferin Gates is a great way to dine, be entertained and participate in the show. The International Marketplace in the Direct Energy Centre offers bargains galore. Also in the same venue various vendors sell some of the new and latest products to make life more comfortable. Spend the entire day at The Ex and you will be filled with fond memories that time will not erase.

Location: Exhibition Place (Lakeshore Blvd. west of Bathurst St.)

UK 1969. With his trademark blend of wit and irreverence, Joe Orton (Loot 2009) blends sexual indiscretion and bureaucratic incompetence to create a seditious farcical romp. Directed by Jim Warren. Box office at 416.866.8666.

Location: Young Centre for the Performing Arts -- 55 Mill Street, Building 49

Canada 1984. Winner of both the Chalmers Canadian Play Award and the Governor General’s Award for drama, Doc is a powerful and very personal play by one Canada’s most celebrated playwrights. With generosity and forgiveness, Pollock examines the scars and redemption of a daughter’s relationship with her parents and her younger self. Directed by Diana Leblanc. Box office at 416.866.8666.

Location: Young Centre for the Performing Arts -- 55 Mill Street, Building 49

In celebration of Black History Month, the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) proudly presents Stitching Community: African Canadian Quilts from Southern Ontario, an exhibition that uses quilts made from 1848 to 1976 to explore the role of African Canadian women in reinforcing community ties in new and unfamiliar settings. The exhibition runs from January 30 to September 6, 2010, in the Wilson Canadian Heritage Exhibition Room of the Sigmund Samuel Gallery of Canada, and addresses the notion of developing social and familial ties through quilts while mainly focusing on the African Canadian community in North Buxton - a community whose foundation owes much to the freed slaves who settled in Canada, 'the land of freedom.' The exhibition is comprised of artifacts loaned from the Buxton Museum and items from the Ontario Black History Society (OBHS), including quilts, photographs, tools of the trade, and a variety of black cloth dolls.

Location: Royal Ontario Museum -- 100 Queen's Park (Avenue Rd. and Bloor St. West)

The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) is pleased to announce the re-opening of the famed Bat Cave on February 27, 2010! Completely renovated and updated, the new Bat Cave is larger and more interactive with animatronic technology as well as audiovisual displays guiding visitors through a multi-sensory journey inside a recreated bat habitat. From the shadowy cave mouth, home to hundreds of roosting bats, to its finale, featuring a dramatization of the nightly exodus of the bat colony taking flight, the new Bat Cave promises a fascinating immersive and educational adventure. The Bat Cave is located on Level 2, Philosophers’ Walk Wing in the ROM’s Heritage Building. First opened in 1988, the gallery realistically portrays the renowned St. Clair Cave in Jamaica. The remodeled 1.700-square-foot gallery features more than 20 bat specimens and over 800 models, some mechanized, to thrill visitors of all ages while teaching them about bat species, navigation and behaviour, as well as the ecology of the cave in which they live.

Location: Royal Ontario Museum -- 100 Queen's Park (Avenue Rd. and Bloor St. West)

Harbourfront Centre's Artists' Gardens are back for the 20th year with 23 existing gardens. Since the programme's inception in 1990, landscape architects, designers, craftspeople, performing and visual artists have collaborated to create living installations that challenge traditional ideas about gardening. All the gardens are situated outdoors on the Harbourfront Centre site (235 Queens Quay West). Curated by Patrick Macauley. Admission is free. For more information the public can call 416-973-4000 or check the Harbourfront Centre website.

Location: York Quay Centre (Harbourfront Centre) -- 235 Queens Quay West

By Oscar Wilde. When a husband behaves badly, should a wife always stand by her man? The quest for power and ambition finally catches up with a much-admired politician one night at an elegant party, when a past misdeed is revealed by a beautiful stranger. The options are clear -- public scandal or the loss of his trusting wife -- but how to choose? Wilde's play about infidelity and life in the political arena remains witty and utterly relevant more than a century after it was first performed in 1895. Tickets: 1-800-511-SHAW.

Location: Festival Theatre -- 10 Queen's Parade, Niagara-on-the-Lake

By Clare Boothe Luce. Welcome to a secret society -- the world of women. A Manhattan socialite finds out her husband is cheating on her, and her girlfriends are no help at all. With manicured claws, these women are fighting to maintain their status while scheming to leave, steal or win back their own husbands. This classic play captures a world that only half the population ever really gets to see. A revealing look into the lives of the ladies-who-lunch that is clever, cut-throat and full of outrageous humour. Tickets: 1-800-511-SHAW.

Location: Festival Theatre -- 10 Queen's Parade, Niagara-on-the-Lake

By Bernard Shaw. A doctor who has discovered a lifesaving cure must make an impossible decision. Who should he treat: a kindly colleague who serves the poor, or an extremely talented but unscrupulous young artist, who also happens to have a beautiful young wife? When there's only room for one more, who can he afford to save? Shaw's comic exploration of the medical establishment and the value of art. Tickets: 1-800-511-SHAW.

Location: Festival Theatre -- 10 Queen's Parade, Niagara-on-the-Lake

By Anton Chekhov, adapted by Tom Murphy. An aristocratic family's way of of life seems to be disappearing, and with it, their beloved cherry orchard. On the verge of financial collapse, will they finally make the decision to sell their land to make way for holiday cottages? Or will they remain in blissful denial of the unstoppable nature of progress? This adaptation of Chekhov's seriously comic final play by one of Ireland's leading contemporary playwrights, maintains all the power of this Russian classic, with an Irish twist. 1-800-511-SHAW.

Location: Court House Theatre -- 26 Queen St., Niagara-on-the-Lake

By Bernard Shaw. Friends and business partners Broadbent and Doyle travel to a small town in Ireland with a business deal in mind. The Englishman, Broadbent, falls in love with everything about the place, including Nora Reilly, Doyle's old flame. Doyle, the hometown boy, only sees a country trapped in its past. Shaw's unromantic look at the romance of Ireland, and a play so funny that at a royal command performance, King Edward VII laughed so hard he broke his chair! 1-800-511-SHAW.

Location: Court House Theatre -- 26 Queen St., Niagara-on-the-Lake

By Linda Griffiths. It's 1885, and in London there are half a million more women than men. Mary, an ex-suffragette, has opened a secretarial school for women to teach liberation through typing. When three sisters sign up, unexpected passions and secret desires are unleashed as they each learn what being a New Woman can truly mean. A contemporary look at our mandate by an award-winning writer. 1-800-511-SHAW.

Location: Court House Theatre -- 26 Queen St., Niagara-on-the-Lake

By Mary Chase. Everyone wants to meet Elwood Dowd and his friend Harvey. When they enter a room, strangers soon become friends and people want to share a drink with them. But Harvey is a six-foot invisible rabbit and Elwood's sister wants him gone. The question is -- does the world need another "normal" chap, or more Harvey's? A new look at this Pulitzer Prize-winning play, made famous by Jimmy Stewart's portrayal of the loveable Elwood Dowd in the 1950 film. 1-800-511-SHAW.

Location: Royal George Theatre -- 85 Queen Street, Niagara-on-the-Lake

Music by Kurt Weill, lyrics by Ogden Nash. Book by Ogden Nash and S.J. Perelman. The ancient goddess of love visits Manhattan in this musical fantasy. A modern art collector brings a statue of Venues to town. Through the magic of a ring, Venus comes to life, falls for a barber named Hatch and chases him all over New York. But will this wild woman allow herself to be tamed? A comic caper from the pen of the Marx Brothers' writer S.J. Perelman and New Yorker poet Ogden Nash, with classic Weill song like "Speak Low" and "I'm A Stranger Here Myself". 1-800-511-SHAW.

Location: Royal George Theatre -- 85 Queen Street, Niagara-on-the-Lake

By J.M. Barrie. How much can a life change in half an hour? One night, just before a dinner party, Lilian Garson makes an escape from her confining husband. But when these best-laid plans go horribly awry -- can she quickly slip back into her old life in time for dinner for eight? A compelling sotry of a woman who's only got half an hour to change her life. 1-800-511-SHAW.

Location: Royal George Theatre -- 85 Queen Street, Niagara-on-the-Lake

By Caryl Churchill. The London Stock Market in the 1980s was the Wild West -- a land of corporate raiders and stock traders created by a financial boom that seemed to have no end. This no-holds barred look at corporate greed and financial excess is Caryl Churchill at her most provocative and penetrating. And all in rhyming verse! 1-800-511-SHAW.

Location: Studio Theatre -- 10 Queen's Parade, Niagara-on-the-Lake

In 1987, on the Sunset Strip, a small town girl meets a big city rocker and, in LA's most famous rock club, they fall in love to the greatest songs of the '80s. It's ROCK OF AGES, an arena-rock love story told through the mind-blowing, face-melting hits of Journey, Foreigner, Styx, Reo Speedwagon, Pat Benatar, Twisted Sister, Poison, Asia, Whitesnake and many more. Nominated for five Tony awards, including Best Musical, ROCK OF AGES took Broadway by storm when it opened at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre in April 2009.

Location: Royal Alexandra Theatre -- 260 King Street West

Toronto Rock and Blues Cruise is proud to present a series of Rockin' Blues Cruises aboard Mariposa's beautiful Capt.Matthew Flinders. Patrons will cruise around Toronto Harbour and Toronto Islands while enjoying the magnificent views. Mariposa Cruises, on their own, are a terrific way to enjoy the sights but they will be made even better by adding a rockin' blues soundtrack. These series kicks off on Sunday, June 20 at 1:00PM with a pair of Toronto's best harp players who are known for creating a FUN atmophere with plenty of dancing. The second in the series on Monday, August 2 will feature Shakura S'Aida, one of the best singers in Toronto who really knows how to work the stage and bring the audience to the heights. The third cruise on Sunday September 19 really takes off with a fantastic Delta blues slide guitar wizard named Eric Sardinas who will really rock that boat and show you how it's done in the vein of Johnny Winter with a little Robert Johnston thrown in. All cruises start at 1:00PM and finish at 5:00PM. Pick up is at Queen's Quay behind the Second Cup.

Location: Harbourfront Centre

Do your part in creating, greener and more liveable Toronto. What better way to live green than to attend a Community Environment Day event hosted by your local Councillor.

Location: Various Communities Across Toronto

Facets of Fame: Portraits by Toronto Photographer Al Gilbert. Presented by the Ontario Jewish Archives, a department of the National Centre for Jewish Heritage of the UJA Federation of Greater Toronto. Internationally acclaimed portrait photographer Albert Gilbert C.M. has photographed some of the most influential people of our time, including many prominent Torontonians. This photo exhibit will celebrate his career, showcasing some of the images he recently donated to the Ontario Jewish Archives. Contact: 316-392-7604 or via email marketgallery@toronto.ca. FREE admission. Gallery Hours: Tuesday to Friday: 10am to 4pm. Saturday: 9am to 4pm. Closed Sunday and Monday.

Location: The Market Gallery -- 95 Front St. East (South St. Lawrence Market)

The popular Summer Music in the Garden series returns to the Toronto Music Garden with a new season of free classical music and dance all summer long! Summer Music in the Garden showcases an eclectic array of music and dance performances that complement the beauty and calm of the Toronto Music Garden, and the music of composer Johann Sebastian Bach that inspired it. Summer Music in the Garden presents free outdoor concerts and dance performances over the course of the summer, taking place on Thursday evenings at 7pm and on most Sundays at 4pm. The popular 45-minute free guided garden tours led by volunteers from the Toronto Botanical Garden return for another season, taking place from June 2 to Sept. 29 on Wednesday at 11am and on Thursdays before every concert at 5:30pm. Self-guided 70-minute audio tours (English only) hosted by Yo-Yo Ma and Julie Moir Messervy are also available for a rental fee of $5. Admission to the park and all its programming is FREE! The programmes that take place in the Toronto Music Garden are produced by Harbourfront Centre in partnership with City of Toronto Department of Parks, Forestry and Recreation. Summer Music in the Garden is curated for Harbourfront Centre by artistic director, Tamara Bernstein. The Toronto Music Garden is wheelchair-accessible and open year-round.

Location: Harbourfront Centre -- 475 Queens Quay West (between Bathurst and Spadina Ave.)

The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) presents House Calls with my Camera, a poignant series of photo essays capturing the lives of the patients of Toronto physician Dr. Mark Nowaczynski. The 36 powerful photos taken by Dr. Nowacyznski, many of which are on display for the first time, document the hidden world of his house-bound patients, revealing the startling lack of medical and supportive home care services of this vulnerable population. House Calls with my Camera will be on display on Level 2 in the Hilary and Galen Weston Wing from May 15 to October 11, 2010. “Dr. Mark Nowaczynski’s work follows a long line of photo documentarians – individuals gifted with the ability to wed their exceptional artistic talent with strong social convictions. The ROM is delighted to display the work of Dr. Nowaczynski, offering visitors the opportunity to explore the beauty of his stirring photography, while considering the harsh realities of our aging population,” said William Thorsell, ROM Director and CEO.

Location: Royal Ontario Museum -- 100 Queen's Park (Avenue Rd. and Bloor St. West)

Enjoy Fifi Forget-Me-Not and her best friend FuzzBuzz. Help Fifi remember her words and sing along with these loveable Flowertots.

Location: Ontario Place -- 955 Lakeshore Blvd. West

Mister Maker is the ultimate children's arts and crafts show which teaches and entertains in fun and imaginative ways. Children love joining in with Mister Maker on TV and now they can have even more fun in the Mister Maker Craft Area where they can cut, glue, paint and draw!

Location: Ontario Place -- 955 Lakeshore Blvd. West

You're attending a conference of criminologists, where Dr. Henry Jekyll is about to make a presentation on his radical approach to investigating the "Criminal Mind". The discovery of a dead body forces him to put his theories to the test. See if you can help him solve Whodunit? in this hilarious twist of the classic tale. Box office: 416-486-7469 or 1-800-NOT-DEAD (668-3323).

Location: Mysteriously Yours...Mystery Bistro Theatre -- 2026 Yonge St.

Watch the cast try out new comedic ideas after each main stage show. Box office: 416-343-0011.

Location: The Second City -- 51 Mercer St.

Bent Out of Shape celebrates Canada's rich industrial design history from 1945 - to the present. The exhibition is devoted to showing the Design Exchange's permanent collection to the lens of material, method, technology, identity and transformation. In doing so Bent Out of Shape will illustrate rapid political, technological and social changes which burst forth following the war and moving toward modernity. Admission : Adults: $10.00; Students/Seniors: $8.00; DX Members: Free. Curated by AnneMarie Minardi, Director of Collections, Acting Curator, Design Exchange Toronto.

Location: Design Exchange -- 234 Bay Street

(Every Saturday). A killer comedy about disorganized crime. Big Time Productions. Box office: 416-855-3306.

Location: Forget About It Supper Club -- 3258 King St. West

1:00 - 4:00 p.m. All our walking tours start PROMPTLY at Streetsville Florist, 265 Queen St. South. Pre-registration is not necessary. Comfortable walking shoes are highly recommended. Tours are on the dates: May 30, June 26, July 18, August 27, September 18, and October 17.

Location: Village of Streetsville, Mississauga

Back by popular demand, Shear Madness is truly a "whodunit" mystery, especially since "whodunit" can change every performance! The audience helps solve the crime. The play is in the Guiness Book of Records as the longest-running non-musical play in American theatre history! It ran in Boston over 17 years and in Chicago over 15 years. Box office: 1-800-263-0684.

Location: Stage West Dinner Theatre -- 5400 Dixie Rd, Mississauga

The Toronto Zoo offers up interaction and fun with the new and exclusive live exhibit, Sharks at Stingray Bay-A Touching Experience. This exhibit will engage visitors and provide them with the opportunity to humanely and safely interact with these incredible creatures including Horseshoe Crabs, new for 2010! Situated in our Group Events Tent, within Zellers Discovery Zone, Sharks at Stingray Bay will feature Bamboo and Nurse Sharks as well as Cownose and Southern Stingrays and Horseshoe Crabs. Guests can bond with these graceful animals and learn all about them through keeper talks. Don't forget to drop by to pick up a Zoo-Venir at our Sharks at Stingray Bay Retail Outlet! This exhibit will be supported in 20 inch deep, 1,450 square foot, and 60,500 litre salt water habitat with waterfall and state-of-the-art life support system. Standard hand wash stations will be available for visitors to use. The pool was specifically designed for easy and gentle navigation and includes a mid-section resting area. Tickets* are only $3 and FREE to children 3 and under. Applicable to members. *Subject to change without notice.

Location: Toronto Zoo -- Meadowvale Rd. (north of Highway 401)

Cross-border shopping without leaving the city. Weekends: Fridays from 6pm to 12am; Saturdays from noon to 12am; and Sundays from noon to 8pm. For delightful treasures from the four corners of the globe, the International Marketplace provides a constantly changing selection of vendors with endless varieties from Indonesian textiles, Native crafts, African artifacts, jewellery from Thailand and South America and much more. For information, please call 416-973-4000 or visit the website.

Location: York Quay Centre (Harbourfront Centre) -- 235 Queens Quay West

Fridays from 6pm to 12am; Saturdays from 12pm to 12am; and Sundays 12pm to 8pm. The World Cafe is the summer's waterfront hot spot serving up diverse and delicious cuisine from around the world. Every weekend, visitors have a chance to try food from different regions, such as Africa, East Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, the Mediterranean, the Middle East, South Asia, the Caribbean, as well as fusion cuisine. The outdoor cafe cuisine is prepared by a rotating selection of popular Toronto restaurants and caterers offering a variety of tasty international cuisine, right in the middle of our bustling festival site. For more information, please call 416-973-4000.

Location: York Quay Centre (Harbourfront Centre) -- 235 Queens Quay West

Harbourfront Centre today announced the eight emerging Canadian photographers who have been commissioned to take part in the unique exhibition Beyond Imaginings: Eight artists encounter Ontario's Greenbelt. From June 18, 2010 through June 2011, the photographs of Beyond Imaginings will occupy Canada’s largest outdoor photography exhibition gallery, located at Harbourfront Centre on its 10-acre central waterfront Toronto site, one of the most visited public sites in all of Canada. Beyond Imaginings is free and open to all ages. The eight artists selected to participate in the exhibition are Becky Comber, Keesic Douglas, Martie Giefert, Mark Kasumovic, Rob MacInnis, Erin Riley, Meera Margaret Singh, and Garett Walker. Artist information is included below. A total of 72 large scale photographs by the eight artists will provide glimpses of various facets of this environmentally protected region, one of the largest of its type in the world. Each photographer will explore one of three aspects through their work: Natural Beauty, Working the Land and People of the Greenbelt.

Location: Harbourfront Centre

"Yes, we really sail!" This is your chance to sail aboard a traditional 165' three masted Tall Ship. Only in the Caribbean can this be duplicated. On the deck of Kajama, sit back and relax for a sail, while enjoying a cold drink from our fully licensed bar. Kajama is a piece of living history. Launched in 1930 as a commercial sailing ship, she traveled the waters of Europe until arrival in Canada in 2000. For reservations: 416-203-2322.

Location: Harbourfront Centre (behind Queen's Quay Terminal -- 207 Queen's Quay West)

For over thirty years, art enthusiasts Jim and Sue Waddington have been locating the exact sketching sites for artworks by Group of Seven members. This enchanting exhibition showcases the Group's art alongside stunning photographs taken of the original locations that inspired these artworks some eighty years ago. Following in the Footsteps of the Group of Seven will showcase the art of Franklin Carmichael, A.Y. Jackson, A.J. Casson, Arthur Lismer, and J.E.H. MacDonald alongside present day photographs representing the iconic sceneries that continue to inspire Canadians today. Phone: 1-888-213-1121.

Location: McMichael Canadian Art Collection -- 10365 Islington Ave., Kleinburg

The Dorothy Knowles: Land Marks retrospective exhibition offers an informed overview of the landscape artist’s exemplary body of work. At first glance, the artist’s humble and natural subject matter can be underestimated or overlooked. However, Knowles radically chose to document her own backyard during a time when abstract art was rapidly gaining ground. This exhibition celebrates Knowles’ favourite subjects—the lush river valleys and prairie landscapes that characterized her rural childhood. Phone: 1-888-213-1121.

Location: McMichael Canadian Art Collection -- 10365 Islington Ave., Kleinburg

This exhibition showcases the little-known phenomenon of Victorian photocollage. Organized by the Art Institute of Chicago and curated by Elizabeth Siegel, it features more than 40 of the best albums and loose pages from collections across the United States, Europe and Australia — many rarely, if ever, seen in public before. With sharp wit and dramatic shifts of scale, these delightful collages upend the serious conventions of photography at that time. They also reveal the accomplished hands and educated minds of their makers — taking on the new theory of evolution, addressing the changing role of photography, and challenging the strict conventions of aristocratic society. And while these unique compositions may seem wonderfully odd to us now, they are actually perfectly in keeping with the Victorian sensibility that embraced juxtaposition and variety. They also offer enduring inspiration for photographic experimentation today. Organized by the Art Institute of Chicago.

Location: Art Gallery of Ontario -- 317 Dundas St. West (at McCaul St.)

Every Saturday from 10am to 1pm. All summer long! Kids Bowl Free is a great summer bowling program where children receive 2 FREE Games when accompanied with an adult from May 1 to September 11, 2010. Terms & Conditions: not good for use with daycare outings, business or club outings, or birthday party celebrations. Must be with a parent. Standard shoe rental rates apply. Based on lane availability. Ages 12 & under. Not valid on holidays. Other conditions apply.

Location: All Star Interactive -- 2791 Eglington Avenue East

20 June–12 September, 2 PM (except 27 June) The Power Plant FREE with gallery admission. Every Sunday, speakers from the world of art and beyond offer their responses to the current exhibitions. Whether focusing on a single work/artist or on the entire exhibition, guest presenters draw provocative connections between our programs and broader cultural and intellectual debates.

Location: The Power Plant (Harbourfront Centre) -- 231 Queens Quay West

The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery at Harbourfront Centre is very pleased to offer the ALL SUMMER, ALL FREE program for the fifth consecutive year in a row. With the ongoing support of the Hal Jackman Foundation and Media Partner NOW Magazine, the gallery will again open its doors free of charge to all visitors this season with a new group exhibition and its annual summer party on Friday, June 18, 2010. Since 2005, The Power Plant has waived admission charges for patrons during the summer, making the gallery more accessible to thousands of lakefront visitors. This initiative, led by Director Gregory Burke, aims to introduce as many visitors as possible to the most dynamic and challenging art being produced today. Burke explains, “The goal of the programme is consistent with The Power Plant’s strategic vision; by eliminating the cost of admission, the gallery can build audiences while increasing the general public’s engagement with and access to contemporary art. The gallery’s summer group exhibitions intelligently highlight vital contemporary themes that are designed to appeal to a broad audience.” Summer 2010 is no exception. The ALL SUMMER, ALL FREE program will showcase the gallery’s summer group exhibition entitled Adaptation: Between Species, an exhibition which explores encounters and exchanges between the species, and includes works by Canadian and international artists of varying ages and cultural backgrounds in a broad range of media, from photography, film/video, installation, drawing, sculpture, and performance. Adaptation highlights The Power Plant’s desire to curate summer exhibitions that touch upon broader cultural trends that have the potential to speak to people from all walks of life.

Location: The Power Plant (Harbourfront Centre) -- 231 Queens Quay West

The drum is an ancient tool of communication and community building, and has been used to create a sense of unity. In Africa and in many other cultures around the world, before any major tribal decision is made, the community gathers together at the centre of the village to make music. Drum Cafe's artists are world-class and have performed in the same bill as artists such as: Peter Gabriel, Annie Lennox, and many more. They have provided entertainment to high profile companies, diplomatic parties and high energy entertainment events, such as live concerts, the Elite Model of the Year competition in Europe and to top celebrities including Bill Clinton, Tony Blair, Prince Charles, Nicole Richie, Paris Hilton, Nicole Kidman and many more. Located in the Waterside Theatre, two shows daily at 3:30pm and 4:30pm, now you can enjoy this liberating experience that will teach you some simple drumming rhythms. At the end of the show, you and your family will be left feeling energized and exhilarated and ready to explore the Zoo and visit with over 5,000 animals.

Location: Toronto Zoo -- Meadowvale Rd. (north of Highway 401)

Michael Rubinoff and Daryl Roth are proud to announce that Paula Brancati, Lauren Collins, Wendy Crewson, Cynthia Dale, Andrea Martin, and Louise Pitre are to star in the Canadian premiere of the award-winning, New York smash hit Love, Loss, and What I Wore, an intimate collection of stories by Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron. This exciting theatrical event at Toronto's Panasonic Theatre (651 Yonge St.) features a cast of five that rotates in four-week cycles. Love, Loss, and What I Wore is a collection of stories based on the best-selling book by Ilene Beckerman, as well as on the recollections of the Ephrons' friends. Like the popular book, it uses clothing and accessories and the memories they trigger to tell funny and often poignant stories that all women can relate to. By Phone 416-872-1212 or 1-800-461-3333 or online at www.ticketking.com. Tuesday-Saturday 8pm, Matinees Wednesday & Saturday 2pm. Additional Performances: Sunday, July 18 at 2pm and 7pm. Tickets: $35-$65. Premium seats available. For groups of 8+ contact The Group Tix Company 647-438-5559 or 1-866-447-7849.

Location: Panasonic Theatre -- 651 Yonge Street

Step back in time with epic battles, jousting tournaments, royal feasts, knights and romance. Box office: 1-866-543-9637.

Location: Exhibition Place -- 10 Dufferin St.

From Diane Dupuy's best seller comes a lively, hilarious musical of a little girl who is different from other children and must face the challenges of growing up in a narrow little village with narrow-minded people. Box office: 416-532-1137 or 1-888-453-3385. This dinner and show is also perfect for groups!

Location: Famous PEOPLE Players Dine & Dream Theatre -- 343 Evans Avenue (one block east of Kipling)

Thursdays only. Farm fresh selection of produce, baked goods and preserves. International flavours of local restauranteurs. Jazz, R&B, Folk, Roots and World Music by Toronto-based musicians.

Location: Metro Square, Metro Hall

This summer the Toronto Zoo will host its second immersion into African Art and Culture in our African Savanna area. African visual artists will again be exhibiting their work and offering artistic demonstrations at three strategic interpretive areas. Along with the visual art, the weekends of July 10-11 and 24-25 will feature dance performances, music, crafts, traditional storytelling and more. The African Festival will take place in the following three areas of the African Savanna: Outside the Market Bazaar; At the Kesho Park Ranger Station; and Picnic area west of Simba Restaurant. Zoo visitors will have the opportunity to view the artwork, ask questions, witness demonstrations, and purchase artwork.

Location: Toronto Zoo -- Meadowvale Rd. (north of Highway 401)

3-hour cruise through Toronto's spectacular Harbourfront, delicious buffet-style dinner prepared fresh by our Chefs, Professional Disc Jockey, fully Licensed Cash Bar and Reserved Seating. Boarding at 6:30pm. Cruise from 7-10pm. Cost: $72.95+tax & HSC ($86.27 w tax). 1-866-MAR-POSA (627-7672).

Location: Mariposa Cruises -- Harbourfront

2010 represents the 41st anniversary of Canada's Original Safari Adventure. The park continues the original vision of the late Col. G.D. Dailley, founder of African Lion Safari, "to provide an environment for self-sustaining populations of declining wildlife species." He realized this vision by creating displays where visitors were "caged" in their vehicles and the animals were allowed to roam freely. On Friday, August 22, 1969 African Lion Safari opened its gates with 40 lions roaming free throughout three large drive-through Game Reserves. Today, over 40 years later, African Lion Safari maintains a collection of 1,000 exotic birds and animals comprised of over 100 different species. African Lion Safari has successfully bred over 20 species that are considered endangered and 30 that are listed as threatened. We are a founding member of the Canadian Association of Zoos and Aquariums (CAZA). The park also participates in the International Species Survival Plan for the Asian elephant, white rhino and Cinereous vulture. We hope you will find your visit both entertaining and enriching and encourage you to respect the animals and their environment.

Location: African Lion Safari -- Cambridge, Ontario

Peeking inside some of Canada’s major corporations, Art at Work explores the shifting dynamics in the marriage of art and business. Does art still possess the ability to transform its audience even in its reluctant function as “office décor”? Is art’s critical value diminished by its role as a tool to convey wealth and status? Or, conversely, is corporate art collecting really just astute investing disguised as self-reflection or critical thought? Corporate art collections once represented the majority of transactions in our art market; has this reduced art to mere dollar figures? Can art in corporate collections provide social critique? In its short “collected” life at McMillan LLP, a Toronto law firm, Greg Staats’ memorable 1994 silver print, Wesley Rheaume offers a different view, as a First Nations’ youth looks defiantly back at the viewer. This haunting portrait of society’s least privileged, now-marginalized outsider, whose people were once the only insiders, is ironically now welcomed within. Art in corporate collections also highlights the human factor. Photography, portraits and images of people dominate in many contemporary corporate collections. The famously unpeopled wilderness landscape once symbolized Canadian ideas of visual beauty. Still powerfully present in Alex Cameron’s environmentally-threatened Georgian Bay Aurora, 1988, from Oslers LLP’s collection, vacant natural scenes have been triumphantly displaced by pictures of ourselves. Along with photographic images by Barbara Astman, Rebecca Belmore, Luis Jacobs, Kelly Wood and others in corporate collections, The Royal Bank of Canada’s recent acquisition of Geoffrey Farmer’s figurative installation for its new building demonstrates the strong corporate appetite for images of people. Davis explores corporate collectors’ fascination with photography and human images in light of contemporary art’s “branding” function in notable collecting practices of Canadian businesses today

Location: Art Gallery of Mississauga -- 300 City Centre Drive, Mississauga, ON

Round up the kids and chill out in Splash Island, the coolest spot in the Zoo! It's two magical acres of hands-on, non-stop family fun amidst waterslides, bigger than life water-spouting animals, a waterfall, lots of misters, and way-cool tipping buckets. But keep in mind - while the kids are screaming with delight, they're also learning all about which plants and animals live in different bodies of water in Canada. Need towels, sunscreen or swimwear? No problem, just check in with our Discovery Zone Shop, located right at the entrance to the Kids Zoo.

Location: Toronto Zoo -- Meadowvale Rd. (north of Highway 401)

Grab a seat in this spectacular theatre and treat your family to a host of fun-tastic times. Catch the Amazing Animal or Wingin’ It Show, plus various children’s shows and concerts. Wingin' It (1:00pm) and The Amazing Animal Show (2:30pm)* (*Training sessions).

Location: Toronto Zoo (Waterside Theatre) -- Meadowvale Rd. (north of Highway 401)

Weekends only July 17 to September 6. This summer the Toronto Zoo will host its inaugural year of an immersion into Inuit Art and Culture in our Tundra Trek area. Inuit visual artists will be exhibiting their work and offering artistic demonstrations. The Inuit Arts and Culture Festival will take place in the interpretive area of Tundra Trek between the Reindeer and the Polar Bear exhibits. The art displays will be manned continuously by the Artist/Vendors and their representatives on the Festival weekends from 9:00 a.m. to Zoo closing at 7:30 p.m. Artist/Vendors also have the option of displaying their artwork 7 days a week. Visitors will have the opportunity to view the artwork, ask questions, witness demonstrations, and purchase artwork.

Location: Toronto Zoo -- Meadowvale Rd. (north of Highway 401)

A free Friday night summer concert series at Yonge-Dundas Square. Contact: 416-979-9960.

Location: Yonge-Dundas Square (across from the Eaton Centre)

Every Sunday afternoon, student performers from The Royal Conservatory will perform classical and favourite pieces. Contact: 416-485-9129.

Location: Mount Pleasant Cemetary -- Yonge St. (between St. Clair Ave. and Davisville)

Featuring interactive installations, performances, workshop intensive, 3-sided square, and the Toronto Electro-acoustic Symposium. Contact: 416-625-5115.

Location: Toronto Islands and Wychwood Barns

A girl's pink indulgence lands her at the doctor's office with pinkititus. Vital Theatre Company. Box office: 416-642-8973.

Location: Al Green Theatre -- 750 Spadina Ave.

A series of personal performances by fascinating and gifted artists. Box office: 416-866-8666.

Location: The Garland Cabaret (Distillery District, Building 49) -- 55 Mill St.

Daily during spa hours or Fridays with Exhibition Curator. Copper Thunderbird: The Art of Norval Morrisseau at Elmwood Spa, 18 Elm Street. An exhibition of paintings by the famed Canadian Aboriginal artist featuring a private collection of 40 paintings spanning over four decades of artwork never been shown together before. Viewing by spa guests is free and by appointment only. To schedule a viewing, please call Dominique Giliberti at 416-323-4275 or email to dgiliberti@elmwoodspa.com.

Location: Elmwood Spa -- 18 Elm Street

Every Sunday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday Brunch with Jazz at Commensal, 655 Bay Street. Enjoy delicious wholesome breakfast dishes paired with jazz. No cover charge for jazz. Free parking with minimum $20 purchase. For more information, call 416 596 9364 visit www.commensal.ca.

Location: Commensal -- 655 Bay Street

David Mirvish is delighted to present Brendan O’Carroll’s hilarious and madcap world of Dublin’s most popular family in its North American premiere. O’Carroll’s acclaimed and box office record-breaking comedy HOW NOW MRS. BROWN COW! will play a limited engagement at Toronto’s Canon Theatre from August 17 to September 4, 2010 O’Carroll created Mrs. Agnes Brown, a Dublin mother of six whose hobbies include drinking, tea, bingo and meddling, for a programme on Irish radio in 1990. Originally scheduled to run daily for two weeks, the programme ran for three years and 500-plus episodes. Dublin’s prisoners even asked to be locked up early so they could hear the afternoon show! The radio series was adapted into the stage plays, which have toured around Ireland dozens of times and made the voyage across the Irish Sea to conquer England with similar immense success. Tickets: 1-800-461-3333.

Location: Canon Theatre -- 244 Victoria Street

At 8pm. Never mind the awards, accolades and top-selling albums -- including her hotly anticipated new recording The Beat Goes On -- we love Emilie-Claire Barlow for her fresh, frank, sophisticated sound. Canada's rising star will have you feeling like you're hearing this music for the very first time, every impeccable note perfect and delivered in swinging style. Tickets: $39.50 to $49.50. Box office: 416-872-4255.

Location: Queen Elizabeth Theatre -- 190 Princes' Blvd (Exhibition Place)

American art superstar Julian Schnabel has spent his life pushing the limits of painting and crossing artistic boundaries as an award-winning filmmaker. Now, for the first time, a major retrospective examines the connections between painting and film in Schnabel’s work, tracing how his paintings exist in dialogue with the cinema and revealing the rich interplay between the two media. Julian Schnabel: Art and Film surveys Schnabel’s work as a painter from the mid-1970s to the present and features more than 25 key works. The exhibition will occupy the entire fifth floor of the Art Gallery of Ontario’s Vivian & David Campbell Centre for Contemporary Art.

Location: Art Gallery of Ontario -- 317 Dundas St. West (at McCaul St.)