TO Events: mad pride, full moon ride, kids, music, food and more

[angela bischoff]

Toronto Greenspiration events

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Mad Pride Week is coming out crazzzzy!
July 14 - 20
- Films, theatre, forums, tours -

Check out the program here:
http://www.friendlyspike.ca/MadPride.html

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Public Forum on InSite and Harm Reduction

Thursday, July 17, 7:00PM (Toronto)
 Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen St. West

As you may know, the BC Supreme Court recently ruled that the application
of Canada's Controlled Drugs and Substances Act in regards to Insite,
Vancouver's Supervised Injection site is inconsistent with Section 7 of the
Charter of Right and Freedoms, protecting life and security of the person.
As a result, Justice Ian Pitfield's judgment grants InSite a permanent
constitutional exemption from federal drug laws, allowing InSite to legally
continue its life saving work.

This was a very unique court decision and has implications for communities
across the country. Each community has its own drug problems to be dealt
with in a unique manner, and these upcoming public forums will allow for
discussion about these issues, as well as provide an opportunity to learn
about other harm reduction initiatives around the world.

Speakers will include Liz Evans, the founder and executive director of the
Portland Hotel Society - the non-profit that operates Vancouver's
supervised injection site, and Tony Trimingham, an Australian advocate for
supervised injection sites whose own son died as the result of a drug
overdose.

Please RSVP to info at communityinsite.ca, as seating at these forums will be
limited, and are expected to fill up quickly.
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Insite for Community Safety
info at comunityinsite.ca
http://www.communityinsite.ca

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FULL MOON RIDE

Sponsored by: ULTRASOUND and the Toronto Cyclists Union (2)
Friday, July 18, 2008 at 9:30 pm - 3 hours
Meet at  Warden Station, St Clair and Warden

A fun, social ride starting from Warden station. The ride winds mostly
through park land and we'll gather at the Dominion on Queen at the end of
the ride.

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Chris McKhool’s "FiddleFire!"
A family interactive concert at the Beaches International Jazz Festival

Date:	Monday and Tuesday, July 21 and 22
Time: 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm (1 hour only)
Location:	Mennonite New Life Centre of Toronto,
1774 Queen Street East, east of Kingston Rd.
Web: http://www.beachesjazz.com/workshops.html#FiddleFire
For children ages 4-12 with their parents. (All ages welcome).

PLEASE REGISTER IF YOU CAN - attendance is FREE but this will help us plan
for the numbers by emailing: bijfworkshops at hotmail.com
Come even if you don't register, but let us know if you can.

This amazing interactive concert is an incredible musical voyage for
families to take together. With FiddleFire! Chris McKhool presents and
uncovers the fundamentals of music (rhythm, melody and harmony) along with
time signatures, pitch, improvisation and styles in a fun and
collaborative way. Chris introduces several musical styles (jazz, blues,
Roma, flamenco, classical, klezmer, funk, East Coast fiddling). Children
and parent get to scat-sing, become a rhythm section and join Chris on
stage to play rare percussion instruments from around the world! Chris
will be joined on stage by fellow musicians, Jordan Klapman (piano), Kevin
Laliberte (guitar), Drew Birston (bass) and Adam David on drums.

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What's New in New York? An evening of film and discussion featuring
Transportation Alternatives' Noah Budnick

Thursday, July 24 , 7:30 p.m.
at Centre for Social Innovation, 215 Spadina

Toronto Coalition for Active Transportation, in partnership with the
<http://bikeunion.to/>Toronto Cyclists Union,
<http://cleanairpartnership.org/>The Clean Air Partnership, and the
<http://toronto.usconsulate.gov/content/index.asp>US Consulate General in
Toronto, is happy to present:

What's New in New York? An evening of film and discussion featuring
Transportation Alternatives' Noah Budnick

Noah is responsible for TA’s campaigns to improve and increase walking,
biking and transit in NYC and efforts to win congestion pricing, complete
streets and increase federal transportation funding.
Films by <http://www.streetfilms.org/>STREETFILMS.org

For more information or to download the flyer
<http://www.torontocat.ca/main/sites/all/files/July%2024_Budnick.pdf>click
here

For more information on Transportation Alternatives
<http://www.transalt.org/>click here

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An evening with Phil Ochs featuring Zachary Stevenson
I Ain't Marching Anymore

Thursday, July 24 @ 8pm (doors open at 7pm)
OISE Auditorium, 252 Bloor Street West
INFO: 416.535.8779; web: www.zacharystevenson.com;
www.socialistaction.org/ca.htm

Tickets at the door:  $20 waged / $10 non-waged

During the intermission: a speaker from the War Resisters' Support Campaign.

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Join me for a night of eco- and bike-inspired dancing!

MR. SOMETHING SOMETHING http://www.mrsomethingsomething.com
with special guest Evalyn Parry
Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas St. West (just west of Dufferin)
Friday, July 25
9:30 pm. $10.

"Dancefloor activists"
Mr. Something Something electrified by their audience - literally.

With some help from its loyal fans and an electrical engineer the band is
building green "generating stations" that you can hook up your bicycle to.
Then all you have to do is pedal away to make sure the music doesn't stop.
But to acquire all the mechanical parts required for this unique show, Mr.
Something Something will be playing a fundraiser at the
<http://www.lula.ca>Lula Lounge on Friday July 25.

Fellow Hillside perfomer and bike enthusiast
<http://www.evalynparry.com>Evalyn Parry will be warming up the crowd with
her unique blend of witty, passionate and political folk songs. There will
also be custom-built bicycles on display, an array of great door prizes,
and information about grassroots cycling initiatives happening in the
city. Longtime activist and cycling advocate Angela Bischoff will be the
MC for the evening.

Aside from wildly energized and unpredictable live shows, the band is
becoming increasingly well-known for its green politics and environmental
activism.

The fresh sound and powerful message of the band's second album 'The Edge'
led to a nomination for a 2007 JUNO Award for World Music Album of the
Year. Their follow-up 'Deep Sleep' was the most played world music album
of 2007 on Canadian college and community radio. Over the last three years
the band has toured relentlessly in Canada, playing more than 300 shows,
including appearances at folk festivals from coast to coast and most major
jazz festivals.
<http://www.mrsomethingsomething.com>http://www.mrsomethingsomething.com

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Rhythms of Peace
Saturday,July 26 @ 8pm
Cecil Community Centre, 58 Cecil St. (College and Spadina)
INFO about the event or to become a performer, partner and or sponsor:
Bahar Karbakhsh, Coordinator, 416.727.1030; email:
baharkarbakhsh at hotmail.com

Today more than ever, we need to reinforce our efforts to build
collectively and at all levels a Culture of Peace, one of the greatest
challenges being to better dialogue, understand and share between and
among cultures and civilizations.~ UNESCO 2001

The Centre for Social Justice will be hosting Rhythms of Peace on Saturday
July 26th 2008 at the Cecil Community Centre (58 Cecil Street, near
Spadina Ave. and College St.) to mark the United Nation's declaration that
this decade is dedicated to promoting a culture of peace.  Professional
and amateur artists will share the ways in which their art form brings
about healing,transforms, enlivens, and promotes a culture of
togetherness.

Several visual artists will simultaneously be painting their rendition of
peace in what will be called "Pieces of Peace". The artwork will be
auctioned at the end of the night and proceeds will go towards further
research and education on the importance of the arts in manifesting peace.
Raffle tickets will also be sold, the proceeds of which will also go
towards the cause. Doors will open from 7:30pm and performances will begin
at 8:00pm and end at midnight in a family-friendly and wheelchair
accessible venue, The Cecil Community Centre. The space is versatile and
allows for participants to be seated, to dance, to interact and to
network.

List of Performers: Al-Lala Dance Group - Lebanese dance - Arabesque Dance
Company - Sufi whirling dancer/belly dance and drums Asifa Sheikh - poetry
Chaitanya (Chai) Kalevar - poetry Douglas Gordon Campbell - painter
Farheen Beg - jazz Harv Sokoloff - Hootenanny Izuba Theatre Troupe -
healing after Rwandan genocide Ladan Adhami - poetry Mayadaós Bellydance -
Egyptian folkloric troop Nathan Roder - classical violinist Rhythm of the
Nile Dance Company Salimah Valiani - spoken word artist And more to be
added...

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For a fantastic weekend of camaraderie, education and nature, register now
for the annual Social Justice Summer Retreat: from Poverty to Power
Aug. 21-24
in Algonquin Park
http://www.socialjustice.org/index.php?page=summer-retreat

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