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Dinner and a Song is very excited to welcome back Irene Torres (https://www.irenetorres.com/ to kick off our Fall 2026 season, on Friday, September 25, 2026, at The Olde Stone Cottage Pub.

Irene was born in Lima, Peru and moved to Canada with her family as refugees when she was six years old. She is an established member of Toronto’s diverse music scene.

Irene is celebrated for her powerful voice and deeply emotive performances in both Spanish and English. Her latest album Travesía (Voyage), weaves traditional Peruvian instrumentation with intimate, personal storytelling. The project beautifully highlights her artistic growth and unwavering dedication to her rich cultural heritage.

Irene will be accompanied by guitarist extraordinaire Eric St-Laurent. (https://www.ericst-laurent.com/ )

TICKETS: $65 for a two-course dinner and show (the $40 dinner portion of this payment includes the tax and tip on the food); available only at https://www.dinnerandasong.com/ . A limited number of show-only tickets are available at $30 each.

Dinner on September 25th will begin at 5:30 in the pub with the show starting at 7:30 upstairs in the loft.

The Providence Healthcare Foundation is hosting our new signature community fundraiser, The Providence Way Walk & Roll, in support of Providence Healthcare on September 26, 2026.

It’s a walk, roll, or stroll, up to 5KM, open to everyone, and includes a BBQ, live music, and other on-site activations. Providence Healthcare is a national leader in rehabilitation, seniors’ care, long-term care and palliative care. Our health teams are renowned for compassion, and providing exceptional care to patients, but today, we are asking for your help!

All of the event details can be found in the Instagram post below, as well as on our website.

📲 https://www.instagram.com/p/DZDhncVmUBM/

Scarborough Junction Community, Community Bikeways Toronto, and Scarborough Cycles are joining forces to offer two separate rides on Sunday September 27 to highlight The Loop Trail and the Scarborough Link and the importance of “closing the gaps” in these two important trails. Both rides will be starting at 9:00am with the 75 km Loop Trail Ride starting in the Distillery District and the 21 km Scarborough Link Ride starting at Warden Hilltop Community Centre near Warden Subway Station. The two groups will meet at Coxwell Ravine Park at the junction of the Don Valley Trail and the Taylor Massey Creek Trail at 9:45am for a short 15 minute rally before continuing on their respective rides.

The ride will be a no-drop, recreational pace.

The purpose of these rides is to bring attention to several gaps in both the Loop Trail and the Scarborough Link. The goal is to create an accessible, continuous and safe ride or walk for all Torontonians by creating linking trails, minimizing on-street sections and creating safe walking and riding conditions on-street where necessary.

For three decades, Tanglefoot carried the spirit of Canada across stages in North America, the United Kingdom, and Europe with powerful harmonies, quick wit, rich storytelling, and songs rooted in Canadian history. Now this legendary Canadian folk ensemble returns for a special reunion concert, bringing their unmistakable energy, warmth, and humour back to the stage.

This new chapter reunites Canadian Folk Music Award winners Steve Ritchie, Al Parrish, Sandra Swannell Young, and Rob Ritchie, joined by Rob’s son, singer and multi-instrumentalist Josh Ritchie, stepping into the place once held by the late Terry Young. It is both a celebration of legacy and a fresh passing of the torch.

Audiences can expect fan favourites, hidden gems, stories, laughter, and the kind of heartfelt music that turns a concert into a shared memory. For longtime fans, this is a rare chance to reconnect with a beloved part of Canadian folk music. For those discovering Tanglefoot for the first time, it is an invitation into songs that feel timeless, spirited, and deeply Canadian.

Join us at Acoustic Harvest for an evening of friendship, storytelling, and music that reminds us why live folk music still matters.

Nuit Blanche returns next month for its 20th anniversary, transforming Toronto into a citywide exhibition of free contemporary art. From 7 p.m. on Saturday, October 3 until 7 a.m. on Sunday, October 4, audiences can experience more than 70 projects by local, national and international artists, institutions and community partners.

Looking back at two decades of artistic experimentation, public encounters and citywide transformation, this year’s theme Tomorrow’s Memories explores the ways memories are created, preserved, revisited and reimagined through art.

Revisiting two decades of unforgettable art

The anniversary edition revisits the festival’s history through a series of legacy projects by acclaimed artists whose works have helped define Nuit Blanche. Returning artists and projects offer audiences an opportunity to experience how artworks evolve over time, while reflecting on the event’s lasting cultural impact.

Highlights include:
– Everything and Nothing (2014) returns a work by the late Kelly Mark, often referred to as the godmother of Nuit Blanche Toronto. Presented as a dialogue between a man and a woman, each reading from scripts of one hundred phrases beginning with “everything” and “nothing” respectively, the performance will feature notable guests including former Mayor David Miller.
– Avataq and Avataq Gathering (2022) by Couzyn van Heuvelen will be remounted at Nathan Phillips Square and the Chelsea Toronto featuring inflated foil sculptures that reinterpret the traditional Inuit hunting tool through a blend of contemporary aesthetics and Inuit cultural traditions.
– Brendan Fernandes’ On Flashing Lights (2018) will be restaged in the underground parking garage at Toronto City Hall. A formation of police vehicles will occupy the space, flashing lights becoming the backdrop for a dance party featuring live DJs, transforming an everyday urban space into a powerful setting for gathering, movement and contemplation.

New commissions imagine Tomorrow’s Memories

Inspired by this year’s theme, artists explore nostalgia, belonging, transformation and shared histories through immersive installations, large-scale sculptures, sound environments, and participatory experiences.

Highlights include:
– UFO by Brandon Vickerd located at Queen Street West and University Avenue, is a large-scale sculpture depicting a crashed flying saucer complete with smoke and strobing lights. Drawing on Cold War-era imagery, the work explores our fascination with conspiracy theories, spectacle and the shared narratives that shape cultural identity.
– Simile Aria by Maggy Hamel-Metsos, presented in Old City Hall, is a monumental sound installation in which the angelic cries of a pipe organ emerge from the metallic wail of industrial air compressors. Tracing an evolutionary arc from pre-linguistic exclamation to operatic expression, the work transforms breath, emotion and memory into a haunting sonic encounter.
– I Miss You: T.Dot Memories by Francesca Nocera aka SUN SUN (curated by Witch Prophet), located at the intersection of Queen Street West and Bay Street, is a large, illuminated inflatable featuring illustrations of beloved Toronto landmarks such as Honest Ed’s, Ontario Place, Sam the Record Man and MuchMusic. The work reimagines disappearing community spaces as glowing monuments to collective memory and urban change.

Art takes over neighbourhoods across Toronto

Nuit Blanche extends into neighbourhoods across Toronto through special and independent projects, major institution exhibitions and community partnerships.

Highlights include:
– Major institution: Aga Khan Museum’s exhibition Sacred and Profane is centred around Toronto-based studio JAH QUBE’s materia prima, a piece that explores the intersection of ritual, devotion, labour and everyday life through a luminous crystal sculpture inspired by a floating lotus flower and Islamic architectural forms, alongside other works by Mina Talaee, Poems in Passage, Andrew Kay, Raag Mala, Rumi Canada and others.
– Independent project: Negar Pooya’s The Wishing Boat, at GWL Realty Advisors’ North York Centre, is a large origami boat sculpture that invites visitors to inscribe wishes and poems, creating a multilingual vessel of dreams, stories and belonging.
– Special project: Keeper’s by Kendra Yee, the City of Toronto’s artist in residence, reimagines the neighbourhood corner store as a tribute to family-run businesses. Located at 1643 Dupont St., the storefront installation features ceramic objects adorned with ephemera from the Toronto Archives, transforming an everyday commercial space into a celebration of local history and community connection.

Making Nuit Blanche accessible to all

Nuit Blanche continues its commitment to accessibility through a partnership with Tangled Art + Disability. The Nuit Blanche Remote Access Hub returns as a live, disability-led online broadcast featuring artist interviews, tours from sites across the city, live description, ASL interpretation and captioning. Part access intervention and part remote nightlife, the Hub streams on the City’s YouTube channel and offers audiences across Toronto and beyond an accessible way to experience the festival through the perspectives of hosts and correspondents from the disability community.

Additional accessibility supports include tactile experiences, captioning and audio description at select projects throughout the downtown core.

More information about Nuit Blanche along with a complete list of art projects and locations can be found on the City’s Nuit Blanche website: www.toronto.ca/nuitblanche.

The Toronto Feral Cat Coalition will have trappers in Scarborough Southwest on Oct.15/26 to trap feral cat, take them to a City clinic for spay/neuter operation and a health check, then return them to the location from which they were trapped. Residents are encouraged to keep pet cats indoors on that date.

Volunteers who wish to assist with this project are asked to email to bill@communitycats.ca to discuss ways to help.

Family Fun Activities for the whole family. Spooky garden maze with pumpkin carving and costume contest and more! A fall vendor fair, with gift wares for fall! We will have monster peameal and mummy vegan panini sandwiches and hot squash potion soup! We will have a lots of baked goodies for sale!

The Fall Art Show and Sale showcases over 400 juried, original works of art created by The Art Guild of Scarborough artists, many of whom will be in attendance. The art is a variety of mediums including watercolour, pastel, oil, acrylic, ink, sculpture and mixed media. Free parking, admission and refreshments. We look forward to seeing you.

Hello friends!! This is our third year partnering with the community officers here in Scarborough to help give some kids a good Christmas during these hard times. We will be hosting our annual “stuff the cruiser” toy drive on November 21,2026 from 6pm-8pm. Come join us for photos with Santa, some hot chocolate and bring a toy to donate to a good cause for children in our community!! We hope to see you there this year 🥳🥳