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The UPDATE news-letter is published by YCC 510 (Harbour-Side) Corporation 55-65 Harbour Square Toronto, ON M5J 2L1

April 2015

HARBOURSIDE

IN THIS ISSUE:

President’s message 2Manager’s report 3Green Bin Program 4About our Concierges 5Security Committee 6Photo contest winners 6Restaurant review 7Ferry terminal plans 8/9Take a travel photo 10Bible class 10Glen’s wine column 11“Where is it” winners 11Art across the street 13Into the board room 13Spring poem by Carr 14Neighbourhood activities 15Photo contest winner 16

UPDATE

“Sails and Paddles” - Cellphone Category: Photo by Simon Jude Athaide, HarbourSquare resident – A view of Lake Ontario from HarbourSide shot on August 20th, using a Samsung s3.

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“Water, water everywhere nor any drop” of (ice) ... (with apologies.)Where has the ice gone? And isn’t it nice to see the water in the Harbour, recogniz-ing that Spring is working its best to bring us back from what has been a very difficult Winter.

During one of its meetings the Board reviewed the effects on our building of this past Winter season. We were all relieved and even proud (as you should be too) of the fact that our 36 year old building had so little damage or concerns from the ravages of the very low temperatures and large snow fall events.

Our building is so very well built and the original materials were (are) of such high quality that all seems to wear long beyond warranty levels. Whenever changes are necessary this Board insists on quality (as have previous Boards)

We do have a very pro-active Property Committee which has been reviewing many of the aspects of the building. You may have seen some of them carrying out an inspec-tion of every corridor. The results of their efforts were discussed with management. A pro-active set of plans, already put into place by the Property Manager and the Build-ing manager were then reviewed and further action steps set up.

Have you made yourself aware of the plans for the waterfront area at the Harbour Side of our building?. From the removal of a large parking area, to the installation of a public road, to the removal of the tunnel, all sorts of ideas are being presented by city planners as they consider the future of the Terminal docks.

Be sure to read materials from the City, from our Update columns, from the Y.Q.N.A. from the local B.I.A. to be familiar about what is going on and find out what you could do about it, one way or the other.

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

This Month’s Masthead

Photo copyright © 2006 Leonard G, licensed under the Creative Commons Share Alike 1.0 license.If you have an image of the waterfront viewed from Toronto Island that we can use for the masthead, send an email to: harboursideupdate@gmail.com

HarbourSide UPDATE is published ten times a year by the Communications Committee. Content - including articles and photos - is contributed by Committee members and others. Original photos are typically credited. Stock photos and clip art are copyright Microsoft, provided free of charge courtesy Microsoft Design Gallery. UPDATE is printed on-site at HarbourSide. We welcome your comments and suggestions; send an email to: harboursideupdate@gmail.com.

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DON COOPER

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Rogers Bulk Cable Services at

Harbourside

We are very pleased to report that YCC 510 renewed their bulk TV Cable agreement with Rogers for another 5 year term beginning on April 1, 2015.

This bulk agreement entitles all of our residents to receive the Rogers digital VIP television package at significant (61%!) discount over market rates and is included in the monthly condominium fees.

We receive up to 400 channels and access to 26 Timeshifting Channels. We also receive many premium channels in HD service, including, A&E, AMC, Bravo, Discovery Channel, Disney, Documentary, Food Network, HGTV, MovieTime, National Geographic, Nickelodeon, Peachtree TV, Showcase, Slice, Sportsnet, TLC, W Network, Travel &

Escape, and Treehouse to name a few.

You can obtain a copy of the complete channel listing on line at www.rogers.com or in the management office on request.

Our bulk agreement also includes:

• Each suite is entitled to receive up to 3 standard digital terminal boxes

OR• 2 Standard digital

terminals and 1 high definition terminal

OR• 2 Standard terminals

and an HD PVR terminal for $23.95* (Which is the regular rate of $27.94* minus our bulk agreement discount of $3.99)

Residents wanting an additional HD terminal can obtain one at the rate of $11.95* (Which is the regular rate of $15.94* minus our bulk agreement discount of $3.99)

Please call ROGERS directly at 1-888-764-3771 to obtain your boxes. *Rates as at April 1, 2015, and may be subject to change by Rogers Cable, the discount of $3.99 is fixed until March 31, 2020.

Residents should check their monthly bills to ensure that they are either not being billed for services included in the contract and that they are in fact receiving the discount of $3.99 for services indicated above which are not included.

Please note that all residents must contact Rogers Cable directly to obtain terminal boxes or PVRs, to set up an account with Rogers or for any technical or billing issues. Unfortunately, property management office staff are not authorized to make these calls or inquiries on your behalf.

PROPERTY MANAGER’S REPORT

REMEMBER OUR CONDO WEBSITE IS: www.harboursidecondos.ca

RUTH WORMITT

OUR GREEN BIN PROGRAM STARTS THIS

MONTH

Each unit will be getting an in-dividual kitchen bin this month, along with a flyer that lists all of the organic materials that go in the bin. This flyer will also be posted in every garbage room.

By separating organics, we will reduce the volume of the garbage going to landfill, thus reducing the amount we pay the City in dispos-al fees (about $22,000 per year).

It is estimated that organic ma-terial makes up approximately 30% of the garbage that has gone to landfill.

Follow These Simple Steps:1. Use a plastic grocery bag or

small white garbage bag to collect waste in your kitchen bin. Do not use biodegrad-able bags.

2. Deposit filled plastic bags (tied up by hand – no twist ties) into the green bin which will be placed in each gar-bage room.

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ENERGY COMMITTEE REPORT : GREEN BIN PROGRAM

Note: this bin will replace one of the blue boxes, so put all recyclables into the remaining blue box in your garbage room.

For complete information, come to an information meeting in the Tiffany Room on Wednesday Apr. 8th. Remember, this program is compulsory, environmentally sound, and will save money, so please participate fully.

From the Energy Committee and Board

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FUN FACTS ABOUT OUR 55 CONCIERGE TEAM

Update asked Bruce McKay and Mohammed Bade a few questions to get to know them a little better. Thank you to them both for taking the time to answer them.

How long have you worked at Harbour Square? Bruce: “Over 30 years” Mohammed: “14 years”

What is your favourite meal? Mohammed: “Lasagne” Bruce: “Double bacon cheeseburger from Harveys”

Where would be your dream holiday destination? Bruce: “Hawaii” Mohammed: “To go back home to Ethiopia and enjoy the lovely weather and company of family and childhood friends” If you could wake up tomorrow in the body of someone else, who would it be and what would you do? Mohammed: “No one specific. I love my life and my fam ily and there would be no need to live an other person’s life, even for a day.” Bruce: “Superman – I would save the world.”

If you could spend the day with any famous person who would it be? Bruce: “Michelangelo”

Which of the four season do you love the most? And hate? Mohammed: “Love the Spring and I don’t like the Fall” Bruce: “Love Summer – hate Winter.”

And one final comment from Bruce, one of Canada’s most colourful and fascinating artists, “If you are interested in a piece of unique art, I give a 15% discount to HarbourSide residents!”

Written by: Abigail Wren, Communications Committee

Mohammed

Bruce

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SECURITY COMMITTEE REPORT

Cigarette Butts

There is no law against smoking, but there are courtesy issues regard-ing the use of cigarettes. One very large and often over looked item is the cigarette butt, the leftover from a puff.

Far too often this leftover is discard-ed anywhere: on a sidewalk, in a planter and onto balconies. The last mentioned is of great concern to us.

Our residents have endured these butts landing on their balconies or patios and have had lit butts burn furniture and the wooden flooring

of their patio. Small children have lit butts land next to them. The “04” section has been of most concern.

Cigarette butts do not decompose; they can exist for many years. No one should have to endure these dirty leftovers.

Let’s be considerate to our neigh-bours, refrain from tossing butts out

of windows and instead dispose of them properly.

Written by: the Security Committee

CONGRATS TO OUR PHOTO CONTEST WINNERS

There were 30 entries in the Open category. Our expert judges, Rick Eglinton and Jim Orgill, took quite a while to decide because of the fine quality of the photos, but here are their decisions:

Winner, Cellphone Category: Sails and Paddles by Simon Jude Athaide

Winner, Open Category: Paris Night Light by Roxanne Hollingsworth

Honourable Mentions:• Cruise Ship at Sunrise by Steve Tullett• Towers and Trees Toronto by Steve Tullett, in a close contest over Moscow by

Night by Ray Brown

Thanks again to our judges - professional photographers Jim Orgill and Rick Eglinton, professional photographers - who have judged our contests for the past three years - for gra-ciously donating their time and expertise.

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Marché, means market in French, mercado in Span-ish, vermarkten in German and great food in Canadian.

Occupying the northern half of BCE Place’s Allen Lambert Galleria, Toronto’s 570 seat Marché (a subsid-iary of Movenpick), is the company’s sole location in Canada. Marché opened in December 2010 in a spot formerly occupied by a Richtree restaurant. Up-date’s well-travelled readers will recognise Marché from the many restaurants it op-erates along Europe’s major highways, in airports and around the world.

My wife and I visited Marché for lunch at 11:30 on a weekday in order to beat the office crowd. And although we had our pick of tables, there were few left unoccupied by 12:15.

After wandering through Marché’s 14 or so food and beverage ‘stations’ my wife finally decided on a bowl of Thai Curry Chicken (12.99) and a spinach, melon and or-ange juice smoothie (5.99). Conservative as I tend to be, I picked up my ole standby - beef pie (3.99), a small bowl of fresh serve-yourself vegetables (5.99), and a tall glass of freshly squeezed lemonade (4.29) (disclaim-er: I am a regular at Marché)

One of the first things you will notice about Marché is the open kitchen concept. All the peeling, grating, chopping, dicing, juicing, and other food prep is per-formed in plain view.

According to their website, “We cook with seasonal products from the region and are committed to offer-ing products which are free of preservatives, artificial colours and flavour enhanc-ers.” Marché coffee and tea is organic and ‘fair trade’ sourced so diners need not be concerning that children in Third World countries were employed in the pick-ing or that the adult workers are not paid a ‘fair’ wage.

“Plenty of shrimp,” was my wife’s first comment as she swirled her spoon through the noodle dish that also contained chicken, veggies, and rice noodles. She had added peanuts, green onion and cilantro from the self-serve condiment section as well as a side dish of hoisin sauce. “This is really good”, she added when the bowl reached the half-empty mark.

My beef pie was predictably good although unlike on other occasions, I found the bottom layer of pastry a tad tough this time. The veg-gie bar is ‘fill your bowls’, which come in small, medi-

um and large. I selected med-ley of sweet potatoes, kid-ney beans, hard-boiled eggs, corn, potato salad, and beets. Marché’s lemonade is the best in Toronto - perhaps the world although I must admit that the scope of my survey may have been a tad narrow - because it is the only lem-onade I found that neither as-saults my taste buds with ex-cessive sweetness nor does it does it bring tears to my eyes with a citrusy bite.

Aside from the great food and the friendly and help-ful staff my wife and I loved sitting in the treed courtyard terrace with its six storey high ceiling of glass and steel designed by world-famous Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava.

Our final bill came to $42.08 - more than we had self-calculated with tax but that was because Marché auto-matically adds a 12% gratu-ity at checkout. Tipping is not necessary therefore, but likely appreciated.

Marché (Marché-restau-rants.com) is open seven days a week Sunday - Thurs-day, 7.30 am - 11 pm, Friday - Saturday 7.30 am - 1 am. Free WIFI, baby-changing stations, is handicapped ac-cessible, and caters.

RESTAURANT REVIEW: MARCHÉ

Photo and written by: James M. Russell, Communications Committee

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On March 16th, the five design finalists (see photos on centre pages) in the competition for a new plan for the Jack Layton Ferry Terminal and Harbour Square Park presented their designs at City Hall. A jury will choose a winner on April 1, which may be one of the proposals or an amalgam of the best ideas from more than one design. Here are the implications of the five design proposals for our condo complex as I see it:

1. All of them remove the visitor parking lot south of #33 (which is city owned). Since over 2400 cars use this lot per month, including 800 for school drop offs and pickups, our own visitor parking and traffic security will be signifi-cantly affected.

2. All but one of the proposals remove the tunnel (originally built by the city) over our private road on the Bay Street side. Some envisage Bay Street becoming a public road rather than a private road.

IMPLICATIONS OF THE NEW

City Terminal, by Clement Blanchet, RVTR and othersThis proposal features a cantilevered walkway called a Belvedere along the waterfront and elevating over the ferry queueing and loading area for continuous pedestrian access along the water’s edge to Yonge St. and beyond.

Also on the second story of the new large horizontal ter-minal building would be a glassed-in conservatory so that visitors will feel like they are in a tropical greenhouse. The plan also features a children’s playground, public swimming pool, and defined areas of wetland, orchard and sand dunes. With respect to the Harbour Square con-dos, it would take away (in addition to the tunnel, parking lot and Passerelle) half of our private road, removing our car access to Bay street entirely, so that we would only have a one-way private road using York Street and end-ing/turning around in front of 33 and 65 Harbour Square.

Cloud Gate, by Stoss Landscape Urbanism, nArchitects and ZAS Architects This proposal has some interesting and attractive features, but significant drawbacks as well. For example, it includes a beautiful new terminal building located at the foot of Bay St and visible once our tunnel and hill are removed. They propose to house ferry operations in a second build-ing by Yonge St. so that visitor services would be more accessible. However, the new visitor terminal is not large enough to provide a lot of cover in rainy weather.

Their plan for a new adventure playground for children is very appealing, and they add trees and hills to the park, but they also include a swimming pool built into the lake. They propose that the tunnel be removed, with Bay Street becoming a wider public road with a turnaround at the south end, and our private road starting at a new gate at the southwest corner of #33 Harbour Square. While they re-tain the Passerelle as their signature Cloud Gate, the risks created by a constant mist make it unlikely to be imple-mented.

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HARBOUR SQUARE PARK PROPOSALS

3. Three of them propose that the park feature a public swimming pool, which could be very noisy (and is likely too expensive to be implemented anyway).

4. Four out of five remove the Passerelle, and the 5th turns it into an unlikely “cloud” producing mist year-round, which could mean extremely slippery road conditions.

The proposals, in order of presentation and available online at waterfronttoronto.ca are below and on the previous page. You will be kept updated on developments with these designs, what will happen next, and how all three condo boards are planning to respond. In any case, nothing substantive is likely to happen for some time.

By Rosemary Clark, Communications Committee

Civic Canopy, by Diller Scofi-dio & Renfro and othersThe Civic Canopy design moves the entire terminal building and ferry loading area westward towards us. The huge new two-storey terminal would display an attractive timbered roof canopy, horizontally meeting up on its western edge with tree canopy in the park. Areas are set aside for constructed rock formations and a floating wetland. It would have a shal-low fountain area converted to a skat-ing rink in winter, but only a limited playground. This plan would turn Bay Street into a combined roadway and pedestrian access path paved in gran-ite and leading to a turnaround near the lake. A private road for the condo complex branches off of the main ac-cess and is shown as lined with street parking. An iconic centerpiece to the design is a Geyser Clock which would go off to alert passengers on timed-entry tickets to ferry departure times.

Quadrangle Architects and OthersThis design includes many commer-cial opportunities for cafes and res-taurants in its new terminal building, and envisages new activities such as model boats and a sheltered kayak-ing area, as well as a beach area like Sugar Beach. The terminal building is two story with an elevated walk-way at the harbour’s edge. A walkway along the Yonge Street side becomes a key pedestrian route, which is a wel-come feature. However, a large pub-lic swimming pool is again a major element. Tickets and other amenities would be available from “street crea-tures” which add whimsy to the broad entrance walking down what used to be our private road (Bay St). A version of our private access road is included but moved to hug the wall of #33, with a public turnaround area where it in-tersects with Queens Quay.

Harbour Landing, by KPMB, West 8 and GreenburgConsultantsThis proposal, in my opinion, was the most practical. Unlike other propos-als, it kept our private road and tun-nel (although they proposed making it smaller or eliminating it if a corporate donor can be found), as well as the 33 visitor parking lot which would be converted to an underground lot. The new terminal building would have a large, undulating green park roof which would be instantly recogniz-able from the water and provide el-evated views, as well as connecting walkways right through to the rede-signed and re-activated Yonge Street slip. A sheltered kayaking and begin-ner canoe area is created to the west which is turned into a skating rink in the winter. By moving the ferry docks further out into the lake, more space is created for the park. A large chil-dren’s playground would be located just south of 33 Harbour Square.

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WE HAVE READERS AROUND THE WORLD!

The Communications Committee thanks residents for their interest in writing to us. No matter what your view are, UPDATE welcomes your questions, comments or suggestions. You can reach us at: harboursideupdate@gmail.com or leave a note at the Management Office for the Communications Committee, and we will follow up.

BIBLE CLASS

The Bible Class is held twice a month on Thursdays in the library from 2:30 to 4:00 p.m. We begin with a Bible reading, then the lesson is discussed with the aid of printed material.

Relating present life experiences to Bible events in a social atmosphere is en-joyed by all. Everyone is welcome and refreshments are provided.

Adele Slavik - 416-361-0506

Send us your photo of someone reading a copy of the HarbourSide UPDATE in an exotic place and we’ll publish it. So don’t forget to pack a copy of the UPDATE when you leave on your next vacation or business trip.

Just email your photo to us at harboursideupdate@gmail.com (along with where the photo was taken and who took the photo)

Smart phone photo taken in Venice, Italy by James Russell, Communications Committee

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GLEN’S WINE COLUMN

Another New Winery – Two Sisters Vineyards

After almost five years at Château des Charmes, I have moved on to a new winery, Two Sisters Vineyards. Two Sisters Vineyards (TSV) is also family owned and operated and is named for the two Marotta sisters, Angela and Melissa who are fea-tured in the logo.

Officially opened in November 2014, Two Sisters is on John Street just outside the old town area of Ni-agara on the Lake and is right beside Peller Estates.

The property is in the Niagara Riv-er Appellation just a stone’s throw from the river itself, which helps to moderate the sub climate by reduc-ing both extreme heat in the summer and extreme cold in the winter.

The proximity of the river and the lake also extends the growing season in the fall. For this reason, only red wine vines were planted in this vine-yard. The Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon used for

the terrific red wines are all sourced from here.The wine maker, currently Adam Pearce, sources white grapes from other areas of the Niagara Peninsula where he feels he can get the best grapes. For example, the Chardon-nay grapes come from the Creek Shores appellation which is along the flat area near the shores of Lake Ontario, while grapes for the Ries-ling come from the Foxcroft Vine-yard on the Twenty Mile Bench in the Jordan area which is somewhat higher in elevation and cooler.

After you turn in from John Street, you are surrounded by the vineyards as you drive towards the magnificent building which was heavily influ-enced by the work of Andrea Pal-ladio of the Italian Renaissance era. As I posted on Facebook my first day, I left one castle to work in an-other one.

Once inside the central hallway opens into the expansive tasting room. The walls are lined with wine while the white marble tasting bar

runs almost the entire width of the room. All of the wines are available for tasting and, of course, for pur-chase. Currently none of the wines are available at the LCBO.

A little further down the hall, on the right, is the 80 seat restaurant, Kitchen 76, which serves an Ital-ian influenced menu for lunch and dinner Wednesday through Sunday in the winter and Tuesday through Sunday in the summer. The left side of the building is dedicated to the barrel room and also has some of the fermentation tanks.

My first hour on the job was spent tasting all of the wines with wine-maker Adam Pearce. It was a great way to start a new job. My thoughts on two of the wines are below. Please feel free to drop in over the summer, say Hi and try the wines. I look forward to seeing you!

TSV Riesling 2013 – Foxcroft Vineyard, Twenty Mile Bench - $24.00 You all know about my love af-

Written by: Glen Siegel, ISG

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CONGRATS TO THE “WHERE IS IT” WINNERS

fair with Riesling which continues with this wine. There are aromas of fresh lemon peel, pear, white peach overlaid with hints of spring flowers. The fla-vours of peach, pear and citrus are brightened by the lively acidity and the hint of residual sweetness from unfermented grape sugars. The finish is high-lighted by lemon-zest and

lime pith notes.TSV – 11th Post 2011 - $39.0011Th Post is a blend of Cabernet Franc (52%), Merlot (23%) and Caber-net Sauvignon(25%), an incredibly aromatic wine as aromas of violets, earth, nutmeg and cloves come from the glass before it reaches your nose. Once you actually get the wine

in your mouth, you are rewarded with flavours of black currents, dark cherry and blue berries. The wine spent 15 months in a com-bination of French (80%) and American (20%) oak, mostly new barrels. For those who remember, 2011 was not a stellar year for red wines so I am re-ally looking forward to fu-ture vintages of this wine.

GLEN’S WINE COLUMN: continued

Eric HampelLillian LiMaria MenesesDoreen PooleyShelley Swanlund

Angela and Melissa, Proprietors

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ART ACROSS THE STREET

“Compartment Earth” by Roxy Paine, is located in the lobby of the new RBC building

Mr. Paine (born 1966 in New York) is an Ameri-can artist. He was educated at both the College of Santa Fe (now Santa Fe University of Art and Design) in New Mexico and the Pratt Institute in New York.

Since 1990, Paine’s work has been internation-ally exhibited and is included in major collec-tions such as the De Pont Museum of Contem-porary Art, Tilburg, The Netherlands; Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, D.C.; Israel Museum, Jerusalem; Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA; and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY.

.... Courtesy: Wikipedia

Photo by: James M. Russell, Communications Committee

“Love Me Tender” might be the theme song for your 2014-15 Board of Directors. Before each large contract (over $ 10,000) expires, our managers send it out for tender and collect at least three bids. Then the Board scru-tinizes the details and selects a winner. Recent new contracts include (in addition to those reported in previous issues):• Major repairs to the garage expansion joints on levels 4,5, and 6• A three year cleaning and maintenance contract• Needed repairs in one of the townhouse corridors Soon, we will be tendering our night and weekend security contract and our window replacement contract. One of our successful new contracts was for our photocopier lease. Formerly, Update often had to be sent out for printing when our copier broke down. Now, we have a new colour photocopier specially designed to print beauti-ful newsletters like ours. Admire our colour pages – really professional quality and a cost saving over last year’s expenditure!

Written by: Rosemary Clark, Communications Committee

A GLIMPSE INTO THE BOARDROOM

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A POEM FOR THE SEASON

CLOUD GATE QUADRANGLE

Oh spring!I want to go out and feel you

and get inspiration.My old things seem dead.

I want fresh contacts,more vital searchings.

....Emily Carr

Pillow Fight Toronto 2015Bring a soft pillow and wait for the signal. Pillow fight! Rules: Soft, feather-free pillows only! Swing lightly, many people will be swing-ing at once. Do not swing at people without pillows or with cameras. Remove glasses beforehand! Paja-mas welcome. Free, Nathan Phillips SquareApril 4, starting at 3 pm, facebook.com/events/1407771342852723/

The Ultimutts Stunt Dog ShowThe amazing Ultimutts Stunt Dog Show will be returning to Purina PawsWay just down the street as part of this year’s Easter programming.

This unique circus style show is jam packed with non-stop incredible tricks to wow the audience and keep them on the edge of their seats!April 5-6, 2015, 12 noon

TIFF Kids Film FestivalApr. 7-15 sees the TIFF Kids in town. Engaging, educational and entertaining. Much more than just a day at the movies, TIFF Kids in-cludes screenings for families. 415-599-843, www.tiff.net

Learn a New Skill at Harbourfront CentreHere are some of the crafts courses you can take to fill your April eve-nings and make something beautiful for your friends and family to ad-mire. Glass blowing is a weekend course, repeated several times, with the next one starting Friday Apr. 3. Introductory Jewelry is a 6 week course starting Monday Apr. 6 for 6 weeks. Pottery making is an 8 week course starting Thurs Apr. 9, har-bourfrontcentre.com/whatson

Toronto Observed Through Three Generations” Photogra-phy ExhibitThe Market Gallery’s exhibition “Toronto Observed Through Three Generations” features almost 80 black-and-white photographs by Harry Joy, Doug Hemmy and Andy Brooks, whose work documents the city at different times and in differ-ent ways. Showing until May 9.Free, 10am to 4pm, Tues to Sat.416-392-7604, toronto.ca/market-gallery

Art Gallery of OntarioThe last two weeks of April are a good time to see several shows at once at the Art Gallery of Ontario. A special exhibition of works by the New York City graffiti phenom turned artist, Jean Michel Basquiat: Now’s The Time, continues un-til May 10, while an exhibit which wowed English audiences entitled From the Forest to the Sea: Emily Carr in British Columbia, sheds fresh light on this west coast Canadian pi-oneer, her work and life starting Apr. 11. And be sure to visit the stirring collection of wartime photos from the Lodz Ghetto. Art Gallery of Ontario, ago.net

Compiled by: Rosemary Clark,Communications Committee

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NEIGHBOURHOOD ACTIVITIES

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PHOTO CONTEST WINNER! OPEN CATEGORY

“Paris Night Light”, photo by: Roxanne Hollingsworth. “As I turned a corner – there it was! The light piercing the sky at night.” Shot in Paris with a Fujifilm Super CCo EXR camera.