Events for June 2008.
3rd Annual Beach Charity Hockey Game
A group of young men strapped on the blades and took centre ice for a Charity Challenge Hockey Game at Ted Reeve Arena. Event organizer Peter Bernard, President of Thrust Forwardin...more
1st Annual Firt and Dirt Fundraising Event
The 1st Annual Firt and Dirt Fundraising Event was greeted with wind chills and a possible rainstorm, however the energetic group stayed positive and delivering the goods on a surp...more
Container Gardening Seminar
Residents at Avondale Retirement sat in on an interesting and informative garden seminar providing helpful tips for this spring and summer.
Garden Specialist, Nighthawk from Ea...more
Fingerstyle Guitar Open Stage
The Toronto Fingerstyle Guitar Association (TFGA) members and friends both new and old jammed out at Ten Feet Tall for an open mic set. The TFGA recently announced their new bi-wee...more
Beach Creatives
Creative Beach residents gathered at the Winchester Arms for a networking and social gala. Organizer, Lesley Spencer created this important social group for local artists, journali...more
Fighting Breast Cancer
On Thursday May 1st, Mark's Work Warehouses' across Canada helped raise money to fight Breast Cancer. The Mark's Work Warehouse located at Leslie and Lakeshore fully participated i...more
Fashion Show and Benefit Event
Students strutted down the runway at Birchmount Collegiate's 2nd Annual Stop n' Stare Fashion Show wearing designs created by hard-working and very creative students.
The enter...more
Family Movie Day at the Fox
Beach families dropped by the Fox Movie Theatre for Family Movie Day where they watched a free screening of Alvin and the Chipmunks.
Fox Theatre staff were on hand dishing out...more
Jane Jacob's Walking Tour
The East Toronto Climate Action Group and Lost Rivers hosted the Beaches leg of Jane's Walk on May 3rd. Jane's Walk is composed of a series of walking tours around Toronto, named i...more
Contact 08
Contact is the Toronto month long photography festival held every year in May. The city's galleries, restaurants, coffee shops, and outdoor public locations host many photographic ...more
World Laughter Day
Sunday, May 4 was a beautiful sunny day - perfect for World Laughter Day! Held at Kew Beach Gardens, World Laughter Day in the Beaches was a way for people to reduce stress and enj...more
Music Monday
Children across Canada performed Dala’s beautiful song titled, "Our Song" at various locations nationwide.
Music Monday was organized to demonstrate the love for music in our ...more
Free Screening of "Shake Hands with the Devil"
On Tueday, May 6, Beaches-East York MP Maria Minna hosted a screening of the cinematic version of Romeo Dallaire's book at Malvern Collegiate Institute.
Dallaire himself was on...more
Birchmount Ultimate Spring Tournament
The Birchmount Ultimate Spring Tournament (BUST) was held this past month for high school students from around the GTA at Birchmount Collegiate Stadium. Over 20 co-ed highschool ul...more
A Year In Review
Luc Sculpture Studios presented "Awakenings" a unique sculpture show showcasing work from a selection of students at the gallery.
Awakenings is a celebration of rebirth, transf...more
Teddy Bear Picnic
Children swarmed through the educational and exciting learning stations with one-arm wrapped tightly around their closest friend at Dentonia Park Nursey School.
It was a Teddy...more
Small Paintings for Small Spaces
The Small Paintings for Small Spaces Exhibit at the Gardener's Cottage featured the original paintings and pieces of over 40 artists throughout the historic home.
Prices for th...more
Splash at Gallery 888
The Elizabeth Russ Gallery "Gallery 888" welcomed Kim Chan and collection of colourful pieces from her Splash exhibit.
An exhibit with paintings based solely in the deep blue...more
M&M Meats Fundraising
The staff at M&M Meats held a fundraising BBQ outside their store front in Shoppers World to support Crohn's and Colitis research. The goal was raise $2 million at this year's char...more
26th Annual Toronto Police Children's Games
The Annual Toronto Police Children’s Games at Variety Village took flight for it's 26th year. 300 children of all ages and abilities participated alongside police in cooperative ...more
