On Thursday, October 31st, 2019, the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) threw one of the biggest Halloween parties the city has ever seen! The TIFF Bell Lightbox was transformed into the TIFF Boom Box, TIFF’s annual Halloween party that raises funds for TIFF’s charitable endeavours. Since its inception, the event has raised over $1.3 million…

© 2019 TorontoArtsandEvents The twenty-fourth annual Eat to the Beat fundraiser was held on Tuesday, October 22nd, 2019 at Roy Thomson Hall. It’s the only culinary event in Canada to exclusively feature the talent of sixty female chefs, coming together to benefit the Canadian Cancer Society. Founded twenty-four years ago by sisters Lisa and Abby…

Brunico Communications Ltd. held the 12th annual Canadian Innovation Exchange (CIX) at the Marriott Hotel Eaton’s Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on October 16 & 17, 2019.   CIX was a two day technology conference where investors, innovative companies, entrepreneurs and facilitators meet to discuss the financing, the development and the implementation of new technologies.     Attendees…

Preview Reception Casey House held Art with Heart, a stunning party and auction at the beautiful Art Gallery of Ontario to raise funds in support of innovative HIV/AIDS care at Casey House on October 8, 2019.  Torontoartsandevents was there to capture this exciting event and the great art. It was chaired by Stephan Jost, Art…

Are you a hero, or a villain? Good and evil collide on October 31 at TIFF Bell Lightbox, where heroes face off against villains and Cirque du Soleil dazzles with an exclusive, one-night-only performance. Do you have what it takes to leave your ordinary life behind and enter a world of extraordinarily high stakes and…

Departure Q & A © 2019 David Spowart photography C21 Media held its second annual Content Canada 2019 at the prestigious Four Season Hotel on September 10 and 11, 2019 alongside the Toronto International Film Festival 2019.  Content Canada is a two-day event dedicated to producing next generation content for all platforms.   This year’s conference…

HAVIAH MIGHTY – © 2019 Dustin-Rabin Haviah Mighty won the 2019 Polaris Music Prize for the album 13th Floor and with it $50,000 at the Carlu in Toronto.   The event featured performances by nine of the 10 Polaris nominees; namely, Marie Davidson, Elisapie, FET.NAT, Dominique Fils-Aimé, Les Louanges, Haviah Mighty, PUP, Shad and Snotty Nose…

The annual Toronto International Film Festival was held September 5 to 15, 2019 in Toronto, Ontario. According to TIFF, it is the “leading public film festival in the world, screening more than 300 films from 60+ countries every September. Our programmers have earned a reputation for excellence, and a diverse array of films is shown:…

Broken Branches is a powerful new play about what happens when sibling conflict crosses the line.  It weaves together stories of  Jade, Rachel and Josh  who finally confront the truth about their childhood of sibling abuse and the impact it’s made on their lives.  Using honesty and humour, the play tackles this very difficult subject with…

Untraceable held its second annual Blockchain Futurist Conference from August 12 to 14, 2019 at Rebel Entertainment Complex, Toronto, Ontario.    According to organizers, this year’s conference was attended by over 2,300 attendees from around the world covering the future of technology including artificial intelligence,  blockchain and other  disruptive technologies. The Blockchain Futurist Conference incorporated token…