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Listening to the Music Art Exhibition by John Cadiz
Feb 16 to Feb 26 - Opening Night Thursday February 16 7p.m.
Ideasincorporated Gallery 1081 Bathurst St.
416-854-5687 johnmcadiz@gmail.com
If you haven’t already, please have a look at the following blogs and website to learn a little about John and his art. www.whoartthou.ca/john.html http://johncadiz.blogspot.com facebook: listening to the music
Many of you may not know but John has been busy with a new daily cartoon called Stu Piddy http://funnyjohncadiz.blogspot.com/ .
Please check in everyday for a laugh and a smile. I think it’s very funny, if I do say so myself.
Pre-order your limited print poster 11X17 full colour for only $20. Just email me back with your order (payment can be made in cash/cheque payable to John Cadiz)
Thanks for all your support and looking forward to seeing you all in February,
Monica Gupta
Impresario/Wife/Agent at large
“Lively and anarchic, Cadiz’s paintings replicate dreamscapes where the real and the unlikely slide together as easily, and tastily, as warm butter and hot milk.” – R.M.Vaughan, The Globe and Mail
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Articles about John Cadiz
http://www.insidetoronto.com/news/local/article/43916–for-the-love-of-art-not-money
For more information on Kaeja Dance’s Porchview Dances Workshops: Information Session HandoutFINAL
The Annex Chess Club
The Annex chess club is a thriving new club in your neighbourhood, 918 Bathurst, just north of Barton. We meet Monday nights 6:30 to 10:30 with one-game-a-week tournaments and casual chess for players of all ages and strength.
There are also fun classes for kids in another room. Our teachers teach in local schools through the Chess Institute of Canada, www.chessinstitute.ca. This Friday there will be a day tournament for Primary and Junior students: http://adifferentmove.com/Jan_27_Tournament.html
We’re starting something new this Wednesday, introductory chess courses for adults taught by Adie Todd – $85 for seven weeks. And Liam Henry will be giving advanced training classes for tournament players.
We regularly have lectures and there is a special event on February 27. Alexei Shirov is a Latvian international grandmaster who plays for Spain. He was the World Under 16 Champion and has been ranked in the top five in the world, coming close to becoming World Champion; He is currently ranked 39th in the world. It will cost $20 to watch his lecture and $60 to play aginst him in the simultaneous.
Along with our regular events the Toronto Championship will be taking place in May. Last year we hosted the Toronto Junior Championship, Toronto and Canadian Women’s Championship.
For more info: 647-727-3776 info@annexchessclub.com
Thanks,
- Erik Malmsten Secretary, Greater Toronto Chess League
Who Art Thou
Nov. 17-20 and Nov. 24-27
Opening Night Reception Nov. 17th 7p.m.
15 Artists (from Seaton Village, Annex and Christie Pits)
8 days
over 50 pieces of original art
many pieces for under $250
Ideas Incorporated Gallery
1081 Bathurst St. (south of Dupont)
Robin Gray www.organicmetalgallery.com
Cathy Watson
Ginny Brett
Mark Tholen www.t-yyz.ca
Oliver Heinrich http://www.ideasincorporated.ca/
John Cadiz www.wildsofcanada.blogspot.com
Brett Tryon www.bretttryon.com
Natasha Milijasevic http://natashamilijasevic.blogspot.com/
Sabrina Francescut
Kimberley White www.kimberleywhite.com
Pam Willcocks www.snapdragondesigns.ca
Pia Israelsson
Amy Rogers http://www.hereandheredesigns.com/
Audry Kalman www.musegallery.ca
Gisele NavaroliWendy MacMillan
- contact Monica Gupta for more information mongupta@hotmail.com or 416-509-2090
http://heymonicagupta.blogspot.com/
Located at 1211 Bathurst, just across from the TTC yards, north of Bridgman and Bathurst by a few buildings. …
Our space is a haven for all who wish to create strength, flexibility and ease in their bodies. We replace the idea of a workout with the idea of delving into your ability to be aligned, strong, and energized.
http://inhabitpilates.com
Tween Pilates and Movement Classes |
November 7 through November 30, 4 Wednesdays from 4:15 PM to 5:00 PM $54.24 – including HST for the series of 4 classesRegister by emailing julia@inhabitpilates.com, or go to www.inhabitpilates.com and select the quicklink for ”register online” If you create an account for yourself (that is if you don’t already have one!) you can pay online to make it all very easy. Explore work:
Talk about:
Have fun! We are here to be positive and encouraging, and build a healthy relationship with the body. |
No matter what your physical background, no matter what your age, we at Inhabit Pilates and Movement have the tools and experience to challenge your body and fortify your spirit. Experience physical movement the way it’s meant to be: mindful exercise in a positive and rewarding environment.
Springing from years of experience teaching in the neighbourhood, Inhabit Pilates and Movement was created as a place for people to enjoy movement and exercise and to re-educate their body in habits of strength and grace. We absolutely love to move well, and know this simple pleasure can change your life. We look forward to seeing you soon.
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives presents an evening with Stephen Lewis and Michele Landsberg
7pm Thursday November 3, Trinity St Paul’s Church
Kaeja d’Dance welcomes residents and families of Seaton Village, situated between Dupont/Bloor and Bathurst/Christie, to partake in Porch View Dances.
Porch View Dances is a public-participatory community dance festival presented in partnership with St Alban’s Boys’ & Girls’ Club, the Ontario Trillium Foundation and a family of other supporters in mid-July 2012.
Celebrating the lives and stories of real families and residents of Seaton Village, Porch View Dances will feature five short dances created with, and performed by, local families, residents and youth in the front yards, porches and courtyards of their own homes. Audiences will be led from dwelling to dwelling in up to five performances over four days. In addition, all performances will conclude with a dance finale in Vermont Square which will be open for members of the public to participate in.
Porch View Dances will also provide opportunities for local youth to learn how to reinterpret movement through the medium of dance on film, resulting in the production of short films based on the individual Porch View Dances creations.
All selected participants will be provided with intensive mentoring and training in dance creation and performance. As such, no dance training or experience is necessary
For more information and our participant application, please visit us at www.kaeja.org, or connect with us at urban@kaeja.org.
Vidya Institute
Pre-Natal Yoga Mondays 5:30—7:00pm To view: Vidya_Poster
In pregnancy, the mind and body experience a dramatic shift. Old ways of being and moving must change in order to support the new life unfolding within. Pre-natal yoga offers a place in which the body can be newly discovered, energized, restored, and balanced; in keeping with the specific needs of pregnancy. In addition, asanas (postures) that prepare for birth are explored, as well as breath awareness and relaxation.
Post-Natal Yoga for Parents Mondays 4:00—5:00pm
New time constraints and responsibilities often limit time for yoga practice. This is, however, when an up-lifting and restoring interlude is most needed. In this post-natal class, asana (postures) will be used to strengthen, invigorate, and restore the body. Babies and children are most welcome as we remember…practice continues throughout all phases of life.
232 Christie Street (Two blocks south of Dupont on the West side) 416.651.6558 gyp53@hotmail.com
**Classes begin Monday June 27th, 2011, and are taught by Gina Vaccaro, YT, RKC
For more information on classes and scheduling, visit www.vidyainstitute.com
AWESOME DISCOVER CENTRAL TECH Festival this Saturday June 3th 10 – 4:00pm
see the poster: DiscoverCTShandbill WE’D LOVE TO SHOW YOU AROUND! www.CENTRALTECHNICALSCHOOL.CA
The Children’s Storefront: newletter-information may2011[1]
please view this for information about the The Children’s Storefront and some of the special events that are coming up! the Children’s Storefront can be directly linked from our Home page!
Emerging professional strip with Naturopathic, Chiropractic, Medical and Dental offices on the block. Children’s Storefront across the street
My dream would be a bakery /cafe /gallery of some kind or something that would encourage gatherings… FOR RENT!
$800 / 135ft² – bright professional office (Bloor at Christie) Beautiful office on Bloor Street near Christie Pits!
Suit health professional or Lawyer. Two offices, share a bright, spacious wait-room/reception area. Access to group space available too -Available July 1st.
Minutes to Christie or Ossington Subway. Plenty of customer street parking and Christie Pits nearby.
Email for details. Please include type of practice/profession and availability date: http://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/tor/off/2361081836.html
$1000+ TMI / 750ft² – Retail store or office space (Bloor at Crawford) Main floor retail/office space available July 1st, 2011
Landlord willing to subdivide into offices, with retail reception area or renovate for fabulous storefront. Be part of the gentrification. Get in now, before rents soar. THANKS!
Show Us Your Warmth and We’ll Show You Ours – We’ve MOVED…
Yes, The Concerned Kids, whose mandate it is to move people to action with
our presentations – have moved ourselves.
YOU’RE INVITED TO OUR OPEN HOUSE/OFFICE WARMING
Come, see what we do. Learn more about how and why we do it. We want and need your support. Donations are welcome and encouraged. We’ll have a bite to eat and drink, something to see (excerpts from our Puppet Shows) and tickets for a draw.
When: Sunday, April 10th, 2011
Drop In: 1:00pm – 4:00pm
Where: Centre for Social Innovation Building – 720 Bathurst St, Suite 300 Toronto M5S 2R5
(map)
How much?: Pay What You Will (suggested minimum $20.00)
If you would like to donate online to The Concerned Kids Tel: 416.636.1656 Email: info@theconcernedkids.com
WWW.THECONCERNEDKIDS.COM
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Mind Your Body is offering a “Spring Tune Up” special.
From the first day of spring, March 20 to May 19, 2011
60 minute sessions are $60 ($15 savings)
90 minute sessions are $90 ($20 savings)
And, if you share this with a friend (who has not been to see me before) and they come in for a session, you will receive a 15% discount (to be used by you for a future session).
Please mention that you saw this at the SVRA website
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Studio location: 489 Dupont Street, Suite 201
Here’s to a healthy, happy Spring!
all my best
Nadine Feldman, C.T.P.
Certified Trager Practitioner
MIND YOUR BODY ~ specializing in gentle bodywork ….
489 Dupont St., Suite 201 Toronto ON M6G 1Y6 416-406-0836 By appointment only
How do YOU mind your body?
- Vanessa Ring writes about and reposts a lot of happenings of interest to Annex and Seaton Village residents on her blog http://ringaroundthecity.blogspot.com/ Check it out!!!
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Launch Your Inspired Destiny! Community Event
Link: http://sheraptherapy.webs.com/apps/calendar/showEvent?calID=3740685&eventID=120438462
Date: April 7
Start time: 7:30 pm
End time: 9:30 pm
Location: 720 Bathurst Street, Toronto
- Contact Name: Sherap Andrea Winn Our Email Address: sherap.winn@gmail.com
Event Name: Destiny Club First Meeting
Event Date: April 12, 2011Event Time: 07:00 – 10:00 pmEvent Location: 720 Bathurst Street
Organized By: Sherap Andrea Winn, MEdPrice: $0Event Description: This is the first of six meetings of THE DESTINY CLUB. This club is for inspired truth seekers who want to study the life-changing book, Inspired Destiny, by Dr. John Demartini. The group is running as a collective and they value creating a safe space together to do this soul journeying.
http://sheraptherapy.webs.com/apps/calendar/showEvent?calID=3740685&eventID=124555765
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Seaton Village/Christie Pits resident John Cadiz will be having an exhibition of his art at a local gallery Ideas Incorporated at 1081 Bathurst St. (near Dupont).
John has been painting for over 25 years and this is his fourth time showing any of his works. It is also the first time he will be selling.
His paintings are deeply personal and reflect events in his life growing up in Trinidad to now in Toronto.
Have a look at his blog http://johncadiz.blogspot.com/
You can reach John at 416-854-5687 or johnmcadiz@gmail.com
Opening Night on Friday Jan. 28th 6-9p.m. The show will run from January 28th to February 20th. The gallery will be open Wed-Sun. during the length of the show.
The area up at Bathurst and Dupont has many restaurants, cafes and bars…and is going through some interesting changes from greasy spoons to designer galleries. A little surprising. There was a recent article in the Toronto Star about the area where the gallery is http://www.thestar.com/article/902941–bathurst-and-dupont-is-the-newest-style-mecca
West Annex News
Bathurst Street, Children’s Storefront fire, Dupont Street, Ideasincorporated, John Cadiz, upper West Annex
John Cadiz Life Stories at Ideasincorporated, 1081 Bathurst Street, until February 20, 2011
In Coming Events, Reviews on February 7, 2011 at 10:16 PM
Launching the boat (1989) by John Cadiz, at Ideasincorporated
By West Annex News | After decades of struggle, the Bathurst Street strip south of Dupont is finally taking off. With the trauma of a major fire and the seemingly endless construction on Bathurst Street and the CPR overpass finally behind it, the revolving door of interesting shops that have come and gone over the years has finally stopped spinning. A critical mass of interesting galleries, indie coffee houses, shops and restaurants have come and stayed. Suddenly signs of gentrification are everywhere on this once perennially scuzzy strip.
Bathurst from Vermont north to Dupont is now a worthy destination to plan to spend an entire morning or afternoon, enjoyably wandering from gallery to gallery and shop to shop, fortifying yourself with restorative breaks in the various interesting cafes for lunch, coffee or tea.
We’ll be writing more in coming weeks about some of these shops, galleries and cafes which have been garnering rave reviews from the media, like Madeleines Cherry Pie and Ice Cream, Rapido, Burnett, Java Mama, Barbara Edwards Contemporary, Ewanika, and opening later this month, a new wine bar The Grape. All these have joined with neighbourhood stalwarts like Annapurna Vegetarian, La Parette Gallery and the unspoiled vintage diners Apollo 11 and Vesta Lunch.
Today we’re looking in particular at Ideasincorporated gallery at 1081 Bathurst Street and their current show, John Cadiz Life Stories, which features the exuberant paintings of Trinidadian expatriate and Seaton Village resident John Cadiz.
Opening night of John Cadiz Life Stories at Ideasincorporated gallery, January 28, 2011 **pictures disabled…
“I was born and raised in Trinidad” says Cadiz. “My French/Irish/Spanish ancestry, white skin with all its implied privileges, and a strict Catholic upbringing have perhaps afforded me a unique perspective. I emigrated to Canada in 1977 and worked as a graphic designer to support myself. During a rather stressful period about twenty years ago I started to paint. I am mainly self-taught and tend to use events in my past, religion, and Trinidad carnival as props or metaphors, some of which I put into paintings set in more recent times.”
Whether set in his Trinidadian past or in Canada, summoned from his memory or imagination, these painting layer sweetness, sadness, and the macabre together, using humour to leaven the mix.
Venus de Kaboom (2005) by John Cadiz
The macabre is particularly strong in painting like Putting Down Sambo (2008) based on a true incident in which the artist’s father botched an attempt to euthanize a beloved pet, @#$% Gridlock (2004) where through the window of a TTC bus one sees an execution about to take place, but jaded commuters only complain about the gridlock, and Venus de Kaboom (2005) where a female suicide bomber detonates herself to a sexist commentary on her detached body parts from demons, who presumably urged her on to self-destruction.
!!@##% Gridlock (2004) by John Cadiz
Others, like The Family Reunion (2007) appears tranquil enough at first glance. The label beside this painting reads “I thought I’d have a fantasy reunion, a kind of snapshot with the picture taker trying to get everyone to take a bow at the same time with the usual fooling around. The family would be together one last time when we were all happy.”
John Cadiz: The Family Reunion (2007)
Not mentioned are the three guest on the porch, looking on at the family’s merriment: an angel, a top-hatted grim reaper, and a character who is perhaps Jab Molassie–a devil masquerade character in Trinidad’s Carnival. While the angel is plainly a mortal–we see the band on the headdress holding up her halo–the devil is real: he breathes fire as he exclaims in patois. The reaper leans back contentedly; he’s found a home to settle into for a while.
Fall (2006) by John Cadiz
Similarly, in the punning Fall (2006), a placid scene of traffic on a multi-lane highway returning to Toronto at the end of an autumn weekend is punctuated by a disintegrating aircraft falling from the sky overhead.
But not all the painting have a morbid twist. In Bettina’s garten (2000) we see a scene of urban Toronto bliss as Monica and her sister-in-law Poonam barbecue in the backyard of their Ossington home, surrounded by a garden planted by their German tenant Bettina.
Bettina’s garten (2000) by John Cadiz
And in Camping with the mon (1998), the artist’s tenderness and self-deprecating humour is evident in his autobiographic portrayal of a camping trip to Tobermory Provincial Park gone wrong. The loving couple both embrace and shield each other’s eyes as a powerful wind whips through their campsite, blowing campfire smoke into their faces.
Camping with the mon (1992) by John Cadiz
There are many other paintings, equally engaging and absorbing. We’ve been to the show twice now, and plan to visit again before the show closes on February 2o, 2011.
Ideasincorporated began in 2007 when owner Oliver Heinrich bought 1081 Bathurst Street in 2007 and set to work renovating it into a live/work space with his family’s living quarters upstairs and the gallery below. He devoted the first show to an installation of works made from materials he recycled from the building’s renovation.
The Ideasincorporated gallery at 1081 Bathurst Street, beside the empty lot left after the fire that destroyed the Children’s Storefront
Devoted to showcasing the work of local artists, Heinrich had just held his first two successful shows when disaster struck in October 2009: the Children’s Storefront housed in the building to his immediate south burned to the ground in October of 2009. In fighting the fire, Heinrich’s gallery was drenched with water, the south wall destroyed and the recently renovated ceilings, floors, and electrical wiring ruined. A struggle with his insurer–still unresolved–meant Heinrich wasn’t able to complete the restoration of the interior of the property until late summer of 2010. The exterior still awaits final repairs, so the gallery can be easily missed from the street.
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_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ For more on the ascendance of the upper West Annex at Bathurst and Dupont, read Karen van Hahn’s “Bathurst and Dupont is the newest style mecca” in thestar.com.
Vanessa Ring writes about and reposts a lot of happenings of interest to Annex and Seaton Village residents on her blog http://ringaroundthecity.blogspot.com/ Check it out!!!
Please come support our fellow Seaton Villager and our local businesses – they all contribute to making this community so vibrant and great to live in!
