The Toronto Observer

An information session regarding Culture Days is set to take place at the Scarborough Arts office on Kingston Road. Culture Days is a collaborative movement set to raise awareness, participation and engagement of all Canadian related arts and culture in communities all across the nation. The next Culture Days are scheduled for Sept 27-29. To [...]

Paula Davies' team is out twice weekly bringing the site back to what it once was. A recent problem that she's noticed in the preserve is that guests are digging up plants and taking them away.

“(The plot is) two secret lovers from disapproving groups must find a way to overcome their differences and unite as one,” Yang Chen said. “We renamed our choir this year to D-Verses to represent the diversity of our school.”

Scarborough residents will get to enjoy four days of culture and cuisine. The Bridging Festival, which started in 2010, aims to bring the community together through art and culture. It is set to take place in the Kingston-Galloway/Orton Park neighbourhood, celebrating art and community. It runs from Aug. 15 to 24. Activities on the first [...]

The masterminds behind last year’s Lego man space shot are now pursuing higher learning. Last January, Asad Muhammad and Matthew Ho, both 18, successfully launched a science balloon with a Lego man and a video camera aboard. The balloon climbed 24 kilometres into the atmosphere before returning to Earth. The two former high-school students have now decided where they will continue their educations.

To battle liver disease, the Canadian Liver Foundation is bringing Scarborough to its feet with their fundraising event, March for Liver.

The National Film Board Film Club screened one of its films Tuesday night at Agincourt Library in Scarborough, Ont. The film, entitled Who Cares, is one of a series of films the NFB plans to screen at the Toronto Public Library.

Canada's new immigration point system, set to come into effect May 4, 2013, drew criticism from some New Democrats during a language and culture celebration in Toronto. At a Wednesday (Feb. 20) celebration of International Mother Language Day, hosted by NDP MP Matthew Kellway (Beaches-East York), some NDP politicians expressed concern over planned changes to federal immigration policy.

Sometimes the men and women move in a line opposite each other. Other times they move in a circle, their hands barely touching in the centre like spokes on a wheel. There is music from the early 19th century. The caller, Karen Millyard, directs the men and women through their moves. “I approach the dance with a certain amount of historical context,” she said. “I’ve used a wide range of music and dances from the full repertoire which stretches over many of hundreds of years.”

Do you ever wonder how animals find that special someone? On Feb. 14-15 from 6:30-8:30 p.m., the Toronto Zoo will be a hosting “So You Think You Can Romance?” The event examines the hunt for romance observed in the animal kingdom. Animal lovers will watch and discover the outrageous and sometimes hilarious lengths animals go [...]