<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 20px;"><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#2c7eba">T.O. </font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00bc62">Greenspiration</font> <font class="Apple-style-span" color="#c900b9">Events</font></b></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Pass this onto a friend! -a</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</span></font></div></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#c92024"><b>Pipeline Opponents: This Means 'War'<br></b></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">First Nations and other British Columbia citizens promise direct actions, protests and legal battles to thwart Northern Gateway project</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/06/18-1">https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/06/18-1</a></span></font><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font><div><div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#14bc6a"><b>Help Defend Unceded Unist'ot'en Territory <br></b></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Chevron is threatening to begin construction on the Pacific Trails Pipeline after June 15 (which has already passed). In the event of an attack on unceded Unist'ot'en territory, we will be holding an emergency rally (details TBD) as soon as possible. To get on the text tree for Toronto, please email Nate your phone number at <a href="mailto:nathan.prier@gmail.com">nathan.prier@gmail.com</a>, or text him directly at 416.993.1813.</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://unistotencamp.com/">http://unistotencamp.com/</a></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#0e88ba"><b>Bike Month: May 26 – June 26<br></b></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">A celebration of cycling in the Greater Toronto Area with hundreds of community events including rides, races, tours, festivals, and more.</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://bikemonth.ca/">http://bikemonth.ca/</a></span><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5" color="#b800b9"><b>Happy World Pride</b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">The LGBTTIQQ2SA festival features entertainment on outdoor stages, the Pride Parade and Dyke March, parties, family activities and much more. <a href="http://worldpridetoronto.com">worldpridetoronto.com</a>. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Jun 20 to 29</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.worldpridetoronto.com/">http://www.worldpridetoronto.com/</a></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5" color="#fa5b00"><b>How Change Happens: Making Our Voices Heard At City Hall And Queen's Park </b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Mon. June 23, 6:30-8:30 pm. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Lillian H Smith Library, 239 College</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">A CultureLink and Cycle Toronto event with lawyer Patrick Brown. Learn about effective civic engagement. Free.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://bikemonth.ca">bikemonth.ca</a>.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5" color="#7b00eb"><b>West Toronto Railpath Extension</b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Monday, June 23. Drop in anytime between 5:30pm and 8:30pm. Presentation to begin at 6:30pm<br>Parkdale Community Recreation Centre, 75 Lansdowne Avenue<br>The City of Toronto has determined a preferred route for extending the West Toronto Railpath from Dundas Street West, along the Kitchener Go rail corridor, to beyond Strachan Avenue and the planned Fort York Pedestrian and Cycle Bridge. You are invited to a public event to learn more about this exciting project and provide your feedback.<br><a href="http://toronto.ca/westrailpath">toronto.ca/westrailpath</a><br></span></font></div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br></span></font></div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div></div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#009dc9"><b>Ancient Technology and the Old Testament. Sumerologists<br></b></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Noah Kramer and Zacharia Sitchin. Evidence for nuclear wars in 2024 BC. Humanity’s hidden history.</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">With Sydney White, investigative journalist - Studies in Propaganda</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br>Mon. June 23, 6 p.m.</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Rm. #140 University College, 15 Kings College Circle, U of T</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">A Free-U-of-T event</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">For more info: 416 787 0592</span><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5" color="#d46403"><b>Pride Night March - Let's get critical - our pride is political</b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Monday June 23, 6:45 – 9 pm. Rally at 7 p.m. Then we march at 7:30.<br>Meet at Church and Alexander Streets<br>Pride began as a grassroots political movement. We do have a lot to celebrate, but there is still reason to demonstrate. Queer Rights, like the rights of so many other marginalized & racialized communities are hard won, but too easily taken from us. Pride has been co-opted into a corporate party. We remember our radical roots. Pride is still political. We need to keep agitating to keep the power in our Queer communities. We must keep fighting! Since its a night march - bring reflectors and bike lights - sparkle!<br>#NightMarchTO Featuring Rhythms of Resistance - Toronto</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://rortoronto.wordpress.com">rortoronto.wordpress.com</a></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#bd00c7"><b>WTF is Queer About Settler Colonialism, Racism and Homonationalism? </b></font><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Mon. June 23, 7 - 9:30 p.m.</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Gladstone Ballroom, 1214 Queen W.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">This interactive panel will aim to answer basic questions about homonationalism and other concepts, as well as some ways in which queer scholarship may help inform community-based initiatives to address/challenge racist and settler colonialist contradictions in refugee/immigration support work, Pride events, hate crime agendas that rely on policing and gentrification, international solidarity work, and other queer of colour, trans of colour, Black/Caribbean and Indigenous/2-Spirit activism. Free<br><a href="http://on.fb.me/1p7P2rH">http://on.fb.me/1p7P2rH</a></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#0096c9"><b>Skills for Solidarity<br></b></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">An introductory program that will explore the relationship between Indigenous Peoples and Non-Indigenous Peoples in Canada and open up a conversation about what it looks like to renew the relationship between nations.</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">5 sessions over 5 months starting Tues. June 24. Online.</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Find out more and sign up here:</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.leadnow.ca/skills-for-solidarity/">http://www.leadnow.ca/skills-for-solidarity/</a></span><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br></span></font></div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#00cb3c"><b>How To: Seed Bomb Making Workshop</b></font><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Tuesday June 24, 5 - 7 pm</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Harvest Noon Cafe, upstairs at 16 Bancroft Ave, U of T</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">$5 for Harvest Noon members & University of Toronto graduate students; $10 for for non-members (includes your $5 lifetime Harvest Noon membership – please sign up under members); PWYC (Pay What You Can) spaces available for those experiencing financial difficulty</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">This workshop will feature hands-on demonstration on how to create seed bombs, an ancient agricultural practice now more prominently used in guerrilla gardening. Through simple activity of making seed bombs; mixing clay, water, compost, and seeds:</span><br></font><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• We can learn about the importance of spreading native plants, and how these plants are crucial to sustain our local bio-diversity.<br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• We can learn about composting, the process nature recycles life through decay.<br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Also how to protect native pollinators; not only honey bees and butterflies are hurting because of the lack of habitat and food, so are solitary bees.<br></span></font></div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">But most importantly, a new perspective on how the smallest things we can do can have such great impact. All materials will be provided and you will walk away with your very own seed bombs!<br><a href="http://bit.ly/1l1mXiT">http://bit.ly/1l1mXiT</a></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/654278657990626">https://www.facebook.com/events/654278657990626</a><br><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5" color="#d65500"><b>Apartheid Then and Now: Queer Struggles, Queer Solidarities</b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Tuesday June 24, 7 pm<br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Tecumseh Auditorium, Ryerson Student Centre, 55 Gould Street,<br>A panel discussion on the possibilities and challenges of queer solidarity. Featuring: Prabha Khosla, Sara Matthews, Ghaida Moussa, Phumi Mtetwa<br>Please avoid using scented products and perfumes.<br>Free Event: No tickets needed.<br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#a500c8"><b>Shab-e She'r (Poetry Night) XVIII Open Stage of poetry and music</b></font><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Tuesday, June 24, 7pm (open mic signups 6:30)</span><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham (at Bloor)<br>Each month, Shab-e She'r brings voices from a broad range of poetic styles, ethnicities, nationalities, religions, etc. Featured poets: Karen Connelly is the author of ten books of award-winning poetry, fiction, and non-fiction. Much of her work explores exile, dissident politics, human rights, and linguistic immersion. Nik Beat has been an active poet for the last 21 years in Toronto. Beat has been published in numerous anthologies throughout the world. For the last 17 years he has been hosting a spoken word show called 'Howl' on CIUT.<br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://beitzatoun.org/event/shab-e-sher-poetry-night-xviii/?mc_cid=92aa57603d&mc_eid=8320353111">http://beitzatoun.org/event/shab-e-sher-poetry-night-xviii/?mc_cid=92aa57603d&mc_eid=8320353111</a><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#0098c9"><b>Girl Rising</b></font><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Tues. June 24, 6:30 p.m.</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Bloor Hot Docs (at Bathurst)</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">In this inspiring film, nine unforgettable girls from around the world confront tremendous challenges and overcome nearly impossible odds to reach their dreams. Narrated by renowned actors, including Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep and Kerry Washington, the stories in Girl Rising demonstrate the remarkable strength of the human spirit and the power of education to change the world.</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://boxoffice.hotdocs.ca/WebSales/pages/info.aspx?evtinfo=25825~fff311b7-cdad-4e14-9ae4-a9905e1b9cb0&">http://boxoffice.hotdocs.ca/WebSales/pages/info.aspx?evtinfo=25825~fff311b7-cdad-4e14-9ae4-a9905e1b9cb0&</a></span><br><br></font><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</span></font></div></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5" color="#00cb44"><b>Social democracy: why does it disappoint?</b></font></div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Tuesday June 24, 6 pm<br>OISE (252 Bloor Street West), room 8201<br>Join us for a discussion on the roots of social democracy and why it tends to constantly disappoint whether in power or as opposition. As parties rooted in the working class or left wing, why can't they live up to the hopes of the class they are supposed to represent? Why have social democratic parties across the world been steadily drifting to the right? Everyone is welcome. Organized by Toronto International Socialists<br><a href="http://www.socialist.ca/node/2310">http://www.socialist.ca/node/2310</a><br> <br></span></font></div><div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</span></font></div></div></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><br><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#d46700">Germany's Path to 100% Renewable Energy Regions – Webinar</font></b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Wed. June 25, 3 p.m. EST. In recent years, Germany has experienced a boom in local energy initiatives aiming at 100% renewable energy. The webinar will offer an overview of progress, and highlight the strategies that have worked, including successful political decision-making, networking, courageous entrepreneurship, and citizen-led organizing. <a href="http://www.bcsea.org/get-involved/events/2014/06/25/germanys-path-towards-100-renewable-energy-regions">http://www.bcsea.org/get-involved/events/2014/06/25/germanys-path-towards-100-renewable-energy-regions</a></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5" color="#bc00c7"><b>Show Your Pedal Pride at the dandyhorse Launch Party for issue 11</b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Thursday, June 26, 8 p.m. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Cafe Pamenar, 307 Augusta Ave.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Our bike plan election issue Issue 11 has sex, religion, politics and, of course, bikes! All wrapped into one sexy package. Designed by Laura Mensinga, with stories about sex workers' rights, dykes on bikes at the World Pride Parade, Evalyn Parry of SPIN fame and interviews with 23 planners, policy-makers, politicians and professors, including the 'top 5' mayoral candidates. We'll be raffling an Avail 3 Giant bike courtesy of Giant Toronto as well as an ABUS lock. The raffle will be at 11 p.m. and tickets are $5 each. Contributors, sponsors and subscribers are in for free, and we will be selling the issue for $10. <br><a href="http://dandyhorsemagazine.com/blog/2014/06/14/dandyhorse-launch-party-june-26-discount-for-online-purchases/">http://dandyhorsemagazine.com/blog/2014/06/14/dandyhorse-launch-party-june-26-discount-for-online-purchases/</a><br><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#008ac9"><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5">Peace, Love, Music - BBQ and Fundraiser</font></b></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br>Thursday, June 26, 7 pm</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil St. (near College and Spadina)</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">$20 waged / $10 students / pwyc. Includes food & music</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Indulge your inner pinko lefty commie hippie peace-loving granola-crunching bike-riding tree-hugging self and bring in summer with a super-chillin’, laid-back evening filled with the best BBQ on the block, live groovy tunes and funky vibes.</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://canadianpeace.org/">http://canadianpeace.org/</a></span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1451452118436651/?notif_t=plan_user_invited">https://www.facebook.com/events/1451452118436651/?notif_t=plan_user_invited</a></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5" color="#00ca7c"><b>The Food Fighters: Pre-Release Screening</b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Thu, Jun 26, 6:30 - 11:30pm<br>Bloor Hot Docs (Bloor and Bathurst)<br>See the big potential in tiny farms. This independent film takes you up close and personal with small businesses like Fresh City and the West End Food Co-op, who are working together to create alternatives to large-scale food production. Click here to watch the trailer and RSVP! Free.<br><a href="https://www.uniiverse.com/listings/the-food-fighters-pre-release-screening-tickets-toronto-PRS49/1403821800">https://www.uniiverse.com/listings/the-food-fighters-pre-release-screening-tickets-toronto-PRS49/1403821800</a><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#d65100"><b>Best of Rabble 2014 Edition Launch Party </b></font><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Thursday, June 26, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Centre for Social Innovation - Annex, 720 Bathurst St</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Please join us for the Toronto launch of our annual supporter drive, and of The Best of <a href="http://rabble.ca">rabble.ca</a> 2014 edition: The Year of Living Consciously. This book is published both in print and iBook form (available soon for free through iTunes) and brings together many of our Toronto writers, including Chelsea Vowel, Pamela Palmater, Humberto Dasilva, HG Watson, Jessica Rose and more! Special guest speaker: Judy Rebick, <a href="http://rabble.ca">rabble.ca</a> founding publisher</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://rabble.ca">rabble.ca</a></span><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br></span></font></div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5" color="#b300c7"><b>TREC Educations's School’s Out Party </b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Thur. June 26, 6:30 - 11 p.m.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Steam Whistle Brewery, The Round House, 255 Bremner Blvd</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">$60 Ticket includes Guest Speaker, Tom Rand's new book, Waking The Frog: Solutions for our Climate Change Paralysis, 1 drink ticket, hors d'oeurve, live DJ, networking, and TREC Education's energy games. Toronto Renewable Energy Cooperative's annual fundraiser. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.eventbrite.ca/e/schools-out-fundraiser-tickets-11138757323">http://www.eventbrite.ca/e/schools-out-fundraiser-tickets-11138757323</a></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#008fc9"><b>Bike Kitchen </b></font><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Thursday June 26, 7 - 9 pm</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Harvest Noon Cafe (upstairs at 16 Bancroft Ave), U of T</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Suggested Donation: $5</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">What happens when you combine cycling and cooking? Harvest Noon and Bikechain are partnering to launch an exciting series of cooking workshops themed Bike Kitchen! Come out and learn how to cook nutritious, protein-rich and carbohydrate-rich food that is portable, easy to make and consume and fuels a body pedaling on the go. There will be a total of four workstations during the evening, where you can meet people and experience preparing unique recipes. Menu: smoothies, mushroom pâté, fruity-chewy granola bars, lentil lettuce wraps. Presented by Bikechain & Harvest Noon</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/288736757970758">https://www.facebook.com/events/288736757970758</a></span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://harvestnoon.com/bike-kitchen-presented-by-bikechain-harvest-noon/">http://harvestnoon.com/bike-kitchen-presented-by-bikechain-harvest-noon/</a></span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://bit.ly/1l1okOO">http://bit.ly/1l1okOO</a></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00cb4a"><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5">Poetic Justice: Rise Up Through Revolutionary Love</font></b></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br>Fri. June 27, 7 pm - 2 am</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Church of St. Stephens-in-the-field, 103 Bellevue Ave (College west of Spadina)</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Suggested donation $10, sliding scale, no one turned away for lack of funds. Pay what you can for food, no one turned away from food.</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Low Income Families Together (LIFT) Youth Project and Sacred HeART JAM Thursdays are hosting a community event/fundraiser: theatre, poetry, and music. If you are interested in performing, please message the organizers. Silent auction and raffle will be happening all night so get ready - included a beautiful oil painting, and a jewelry making workshop for you and 2 friends! All proceeds of the night go to the LIFT’s Conscious Minds Camp and the Sacred Heart Jam Thursdays.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">- More About the Projects:<br>LIFT Youth Project: Conscious Minds Camp, is a ten day rural retreat for youth and young adults to talk about youth issues, human rights, and community resilience. To find out more about the camp, please visit: <a href="http://www.youthliftcamp.com/">http://www.youthliftcamp.com/</a>.<br>- Sacred HeART Jam (formerly INterONto Acting): interdisciplinary Community Theatre that focuses on skills training and developing new shows that help us tell our stories. As our spiritual journeys lead us into new territory of thought and feeling, weekly Thursday Sacred HeART Jams is a helpful community to learn about emotion, communication, authenticity, and discipline. No experience necessary, new skills every week, guests artists and of course a lot of PLAY... <br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/471790849631125/?fref=ts">https://www.facebook.com/events/471790849631125/?fref=ts</a><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</span></font></div></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#d73900"><b>Journey through Arab World Music</b></font><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Friday, June 27, 7 pm - 9:30 pm</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham (at Bloor)<br>Toronto premiere of The Arab Canadian Music Ensemble. Taste every region in the Arab World; from Iraq in the East to Algiers and Tunisia in the West. Music that brings back memories of times past, from the villages of Syria and Lebanon to the Golden Years of Egypt. Music by Mohammad Abdel Wahhab, Omar Khayrat, Ziad Rahbani, Sayyed Darwish, Othman Al Mousily, Anouar Ibrahim, Riad Al Sunbati in addition to surprising mixtures of Arabic and Western classical music. <br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://beitzatoun.org/event/journey-through-arab-world-music/?mc_cid=92aa57603d&mc_eid=8320353111">http://beitzatoun.org/event/journey-through-arab-world-music/?mc_cid=92aa57603d&mc_eid=8320353111</a><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#b000c7"><b>Spiritfest: A Weekend of Music, Nature & The Arts<br></b></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">June 27 - 30</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Mansfield Outdoor Education Centre (1 hr NW of Toronto)</span><br></font></div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.spiritfest.ca/">http://www.spiritfest.ca/</a><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br></span></font></div></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5" color="#008ac9"><b>Pedestrian Sundays In Kensington Market </b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Sun. June 29, noon - 7 p.m.<br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Kensington Market, Augusta and College<br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Celebrate summer with music, street theatre and more on streets closed to traffic. <br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://pskensington.ca">pskensington.ca</a>.<br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br></span></font></div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><br><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#00ca7e"><b>Hot Docs</b></font><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Bloor Cinema (Bloor and Bathurst)</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://bloorcinema.com/">http://bloorcinema.com/</a></span><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><br><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#da0f93"><b>NOW magazine hosts a very comprehensive online events listing<br></b></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.nowtoronto.com/news/listings/">http://www.nowtoronto.com/news/listings/</a></span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div></div></div></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<br>Eulogies and Condolences for Tooker<br>and Stories of ecology and activism<br><a href="http://www.greenspiration.org">http://www.greenspiration.org</a><br><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<br>Join my email list by emailing Angela at:<br>greenspiration@web.ca<br>Write "subscribe" in the subject line<br>and tell me what city/country you live in<br><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<br><br><br></span></font></div><br></div></body></html>