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SUMMARY:Summer Crafternoons
DESCRIPTION:It’s officially summer\, and we’re celebrating with outdoor arts activities all summer long! Come join us in Mimico Square for afternoons of arts-based play\, starting July 14.   \n\n\n\nLocation: Mimico Square in Amos Waites Park\, 2441 Lake Shore Blvd. W. \n\n\n\nRain or shine! In the event of bad weather join us inside at Lakeshore Arts\, 2422 Lake Shore Blvd. W. \n\n\n\nFREE\, all-ages activities! Drop in\, no registration required. \n\n\n\nPlease note that caregivers must accompany children under 7\, children 8-12 can be dropped off with caregiver consent.  \n\n\n\nNote: activities are subject to change on programming day \n\n\n\nNew activities every week! \n\n\n\nJuly 14 & 16: Shadow tracing\, Crayon rubbing & Sun-catchers \n\n\n\nJuly 21 & 23: Cyanotype & Sketchbook binding \n\n\n\nJuly 28 & 30: Collaborative Story Telling & Blackout Poetry \n\n\n\nAugust 4 & 6: 1-page Zines & Temporary Stamps (Aug 4) and Cyanotype (Aug 6) \n\n\n\nAugust 11 & 13: Picture Frames and Polaroid Photography  \n\n\n\nAugust 18 & 20: Mind Map & Tiny Museum – bring your art from previous weeks if you would like it to be included in the gallery! \n\n\n\nQuestions? Email CommunityPrograms@LakeShoreArts.ca
URL:https://lakeshorearts.ca/calendar-event/summer-crafternoons/2026-08-18/
LOCATION:Mimico Square in Amos Waites Park\, 2441 Lake Shore Blvd. W.\, Etobicoke\, ON
CATEGORIES:Drop-In
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SUMMARY:Future Frequencies 2026
DESCRIPTION:Future Frequencies is a creative writing & radio broadcasting program for youth ages 14-18. The program runs in two parts. In the first\, participants will be mentored by writer Jingshu Yao to hone their craft and put together creative writing pieces. The second half of the program will focus on radio production\, under the guidance of Met Radio staff. Participants will work in-studio at Toronto Metropolitan University to record and edit their pieces\, which will air on Met Radio! \n\n\n\nLocations  \n\n\n\n\nRaucous Caucus Collective Studio @ Kensington Market\n\n\n\nMet Radio @ TMU\n\n\n\n\nLocation schedule will be sent out upon registration confirmation. \n\n\n\nProgram Bonus: $150 honorarium for completing the program + meal served at every workshop. \n\n\n\nRegistration: Registration for this program is now closed.  \n\n\n\nQuestions about Future Frequencies? Contact Program Manager\, Revital Weiss\, at CommunityPrograms@lakeshore.ca
URL:https://lakeshorearts.ca/calendar-event/future-frequencies-2026/2026-08-19/
LOCATION:Raucous Caucus Collective Studio @ Kensington Market\, 219 Augusta Avenue\, Toronto\, ON
CATEGORIES:Registered
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SUMMARY:Summer Crafternoons
DESCRIPTION:It’s officially summer\, and we’re celebrating with outdoor arts activities all summer long! Come join us in Mimico Square for afternoons of arts-based play\, starting July 14.   \n\n\n\nLocation: Mimico Square in Amos Waites Park\, 2441 Lake Shore Blvd. W. \n\n\n\nRain or shine! In the event of bad weather join us inside at Lakeshore Arts\, 2422 Lake Shore Blvd. W. \n\n\n\nFREE\, all-ages activities! Drop in\, no registration required. \n\n\n\nPlease note that caregivers must accompany children under 7\, children 8-12 can be dropped off with caregiver consent.  \n\n\n\nNote: activities are subject to change on programming day \n\n\n\nNew activities every week! \n\n\n\nJuly 14 & 16: Shadow tracing\, Crayon rubbing & Sun-catchers \n\n\n\nJuly 21 & 23: Cyanotype & Sketchbook binding \n\n\n\nJuly 28 & 30: Collaborative Story Telling & Blackout Poetry \n\n\n\nAugust 4 & 6: 1-page Zines & Temporary Stamps (Aug 4) and Cyanotype (Aug 6) \n\n\n\nAugust 11 & 13: Picture Frames and Polaroid Photography  \n\n\n\nAugust 18 & 20: Mind Map & Tiny Museum – bring your art from previous weeks if you would like it to be included in the gallery! \n\n\n\nQuestions? Email CommunityPrograms@LakeShoreArts.ca
URL:https://lakeshorearts.ca/calendar-event/summer-crafternoons/2026-08-20/
LOCATION:Mimico Square in Amos Waites Park\, 2441 Lake Shore Blvd. W.\, Etobicoke\, ON
CATEGORIES:Drop-In
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260707T153333Z
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SUMMARY:Future Frequencies 2026
DESCRIPTION:Future Frequencies is a creative writing & radio broadcasting program for youth ages 14-18. The program runs in two parts. In the first\, participants will be mentored by writer Jingshu Yao to hone their craft and put together creative writing pieces. The second half of the program will focus on radio production\, under the guidance of Met Radio staff. Participants will work in-studio at Toronto Metropolitan University to record and edit their pieces\, which will air on Met Radio! \n\n\n\nLocations  \n\n\n\n\nRaucous Caucus Collective Studio @ Kensington Market\n\n\n\nMet Radio @ TMU\n\n\n\n\nLocation schedule will be sent out upon registration confirmation. \n\n\n\nProgram Bonus: $150 honorarium for completing the program + meal served at every workshop. \n\n\n\nRegistration: Registration for this program is now closed.  \n\n\n\nQuestions about Future Frequencies? Contact Program Manager\, Revital Weiss\, at CommunityPrograms@lakeshore.ca
URL:https://lakeshorearts.ca/calendar-event/future-frequencies-2026/2026-08-26/
LOCATION:Raucous Caucus Collective Studio @ Kensington Market\, 219 Augusta Avenue\, Toronto\, ON
CATEGORIES:Registered
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SUMMARY:Printmaking Community Hub
DESCRIPTION:Explore a variety of printmaking projects and styles with artists Jennie Davis and Amara King. Projects are suitable for all ages and abilities. Participants will be able to drop-in anytime during the workshop to participate. Activities will include relief printing techniques such as lino\, as well as screen printing. \n\n\n\nAll materials for printmaking projects will be supplied! \n\n\n\nQuestions about Printmaking? Contact Programs Manager\, Revital Weiss\, at CommunityPrograms@LakeshoreArts.ca. \n\n\n\nAll Community Hubs are FREE\, drop-in and open to all. Art activities are suitable for the whole family! No registration required\, no experience necessary\, all materials provided. See full program details & descriptions below! \n\n\n\nLakeshore Arts’ Community Project space is located on the first floor of a building with 2 stairs at the entrance\, and a non-automatic door. There is a ramp available upon request\, please email Francis@LakeshoreArts.ca in advance if you require ramp access. Our bathrooms are located at basement level\, only accessible by a flight of stairs.
URL:https://lakeshorearts.ca/calendar-event/printmaking-community-hub/2026-09-19/
LOCATION:Lakeshore Arts\, 2422 Lake Shore Blvd W\, M8V 1C4\, Ontario\, M8V 1C4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Drop-In
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260923T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260923T193000
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SUMMARY:REGISTERED - Write by the Water 2026
DESCRIPTION:Back in its eighth year\, LSA is proud to offer Write by the Water\, a 8-week intensive writing workshop for BIPOC (Black\, Indigenous\, People of Colour) creative youths and adults\, ages 18+\, to express themselves through storytelling and the written word.  \n\n\n\nThis year\, we once again welcome  writer\, language enthusiast and arts-educator\, Jedidiah Mugarura as the program facilitator. \n\n\n\nEach in-person session\, held (at least in part) by Lake Ontario at Amos Waites Park\, shall open with body movements as language embodied before visiting the page. \n\n\n\nWho is this program for: \n\n\n\nBIPOC Creative Writers: authors\, playwrights\, poets\, rappers\, singers and writers of any other medium\, ages 18+.  \n\n\n\nLocation:  \n\n\n\nLakeshore Arts (2422 Lake Shore Blvd. W.\, Etobicoke) and by the waterfront at Amos Waites Park. \n\n\n\nProgram Cost: Free!  \n\n\n\nThis program will be capped at 15 participants.  \n\n\n\nRegistration is currently closed.  \n\n\n\nIf you require more information or help with this registration\, please contact Revital Weiss\, Programs Manager\, at CommunityPrograms@LakeshoreArts.ca
URL:https://lakeshorearts.ca/calendar-event/registered-write-by-the-water-2026/2026-09-23/
LOCATION:Lakeshore Arts\, 2422 Lake Shore Blvd W\, M8V 1C4\, Ontario\, M8V 1C4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Registered
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260926T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260926T153000
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CREATED:20260929T191844Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260929T195536Z
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SUMMARY:Printmaking Community Hub
DESCRIPTION:Explore a variety of printmaking projects and styles with artists Jennie Davis and Amara King. Projects are suitable for all ages and abilities. Participants will be able to drop-in anytime during the workshop to participate. Activities will include relief printing techniques such as lino\, as well as screen printing. \n\n\n\nAll materials for printmaking projects will be supplied! \n\n\n\nQuestions about Printmaking? Contact Programs Manager\, Revital Weiss\, at CommunityPrograms@LakeshoreArts.ca. \n\n\n\nAll Community Hubs are FREE\, drop-in and open to all. Art activities are suitable for the whole family! No registration required\, no experience necessary\, all materials provided. See full program details & descriptions below! \n\n\n\nLakeshore Arts’ Community Project space is located on the first floor of a building with 2 stairs at the entrance\, and a non-automatic door. There is a ramp available upon request\, please email Francis@LakeshoreArts.ca in advance if you require ramp access. Our bathrooms are located at basement level\, only accessible by a flight of stairs.
URL:https://lakeshorearts.ca/calendar-event/printmaking-community-hub/2026-09-26/
LOCATION:Lakeshore Arts\, 2422 Lake Shore Blvd W\, M8V 1C4\, Ontario\, M8V 1C4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Drop-In
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260928T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260928T200000
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CREATED:20260831T195145Z
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SUMMARY:REGISTERED - Q Summit 2026
DESCRIPTION:Q Summit is… \n\n\n\nA portal? A club? A lucky break? The feeling of drawing a spiral with 3 markers? A bunch of guys being dudes? An avant-garde Trust-fall? A Trans-Queer-Utopian Diorama made out of borrowed denim and pocket trash? \n\n\n\nQ summit is a 2-month long poetry intensive for 2SLGBTQ+ youth (ages 19 to 29) who want to deepen and invigorate their writing practice through guided exploration in a dedicated cohort! Join facilitators Melly and Mart in this stylistic and experimental program that fosters Queer connection\, and creative development. Weekly thematic workshops will consist of writing\, reading\, research\, discussion\, sharing\, living\, laughing\, loving\, and ultimately—collective inquiry into our Queerness as it relates to poetic subject\, form\, medium\, and creative approach. Participants will write towards a collective anthology of new work and a final live performance. Participants can expect new chops\, new tricks\, new worlds\, and new friends. \n\n\n\nRegister by: Wednesday\, September 23\, 2026 at 11:59 PM  \n\n\n\nSpots are limited so register now!  \n\n\n\nFor full program details and registration information\, visit lakeshorearts.ca/q-summit-poetry-intensive-2026
URL:https://lakeshorearts.ca/calendar-event/registered-q-summit-2026/2026-09-28/
LOCATION:Lakeshore Arts\, 2422 Lake Shore Blvd W\, M8V 1C4\, Ontario\, M8V 1C4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Registered
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260930T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260930T193000
DTSTAMP:20261019T152645
CREATED:20260814T181156Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260909T153405Z
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SUMMARY:REGISTERED - Write by the Water 2026
DESCRIPTION:Back in its eighth year\, LSA is proud to offer Write by the Water\, a 8-week intensive writing workshop for BIPOC (Black\, Indigenous\, People of Colour) creative youths and adults\, ages 18+\, to express themselves through storytelling and the written word.  \n\n\n\nThis year\, we once again welcome  writer\, language enthusiast and arts-educator\, Jedidiah Mugarura as the program facilitator. \n\n\n\nEach in-person session\, held (at least in part) by Lake Ontario at Amos Waites Park\, shall open with body movements as language embodied before visiting the page. \n\n\n\nWho is this program for: \n\n\n\nBIPOC Creative Writers: authors\, playwrights\, poets\, rappers\, singers and writers of any other medium\, ages 18+.  \n\n\n\nLocation:  \n\n\n\nLakeshore Arts (2422 Lake Shore Blvd. W.\, Etobicoke) and by the waterfront at Amos Waites Park. \n\n\n\nProgram Cost: Free!  \n\n\n\nThis program will be capped at 15 participants.  \n\n\n\nRegistration is currently closed.  \n\n\n\nIf you require more information or help with this registration\, please contact Revital Weiss\, Programs Manager\, at CommunityPrograms@LakeshoreArts.ca
URL:https://lakeshorearts.ca/calendar-event/registered-write-by-the-water-2026/2026-09-30/
LOCATION:Lakeshore Arts\, 2422 Lake Shore Blvd W\, M8V 1C4\, Ontario\, M8V 1C4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Registered
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261003T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20261003T153000
DTSTAMP:20261019T152645
CREATED:20260929T191844Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260929T195536Z
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SUMMARY:Printmaking Community Hub
DESCRIPTION:Explore a variety of printmaking projects and styles with artists Jennie Davis and Amara King. Projects are suitable for all ages and abilities. Participants will be able to drop-in anytime during the workshop to participate. Activities will include relief printing techniques such as lino\, as well as screen printing. \n\n\n\nAll materials for printmaking projects will be supplied! \n\n\n\nQuestions about Printmaking? Contact Programs Manager\, Revital Weiss\, at CommunityPrograms@LakeshoreArts.ca. \n\n\n\nAll Community Hubs are FREE\, drop-in and open to all. Art activities are suitable for the whole family! No registration required\, no experience necessary\, all materials provided. See full program details & descriptions below! \n\n\n\nLakeshore Arts’ Community Project space is located on the first floor of a building with 2 stairs at the entrance\, and a non-automatic door. There is a ramp available upon request\, please email Francis@LakeshoreArts.ca in advance if you require ramp access. Our bathrooms are located at basement level\, only accessible by a flight of stairs.
URL:https://lakeshorearts.ca/calendar-event/printmaking-community-hub/2026-10-03/
LOCATION:Lakeshore Arts\, 2422 Lake Shore Blvd W\, M8V 1C4\, Ontario\, M8V 1C4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Drop-In
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261005T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20261005T200000
DTSTAMP:20261019T152645
CREATED:20260831T195145Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260831T195232Z
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SUMMARY:REGISTERED - Q Summit 2026
DESCRIPTION:Q Summit is… \n\n\n\nA portal? A club? A lucky break? The feeling of drawing a spiral with 3 markers? A bunch of guys being dudes? An avant-garde Trust-fall? A Trans-Queer-Utopian Diorama made out of borrowed denim and pocket trash? \n\n\n\nQ summit is a 2-month long poetry intensive for 2SLGBTQ+ youth (ages 19 to 29) who want to deepen and invigorate their writing practice through guided exploration in a dedicated cohort! Join facilitators Melly and Mart in this stylistic and experimental program that fosters Queer connection\, and creative development. Weekly thematic workshops will consist of writing\, reading\, research\, discussion\, sharing\, living\, laughing\, loving\, and ultimately—collective inquiry into our Queerness as it relates to poetic subject\, form\, medium\, and creative approach. Participants will write towards a collective anthology of new work and a final live performance. Participants can expect new chops\, new tricks\, new worlds\, and new friends. \n\n\n\nRegister by: Wednesday\, September 23\, 2026 at 11:59 PM  \n\n\n\nSpots are limited so register now!  \n\n\n\nFor full program details and registration information\, visit lakeshorearts.ca/q-summit-poetry-intensive-2026
URL:https://lakeshorearts.ca/calendar-event/registered-q-summit-2026/2026-10-05/
LOCATION:Lakeshore Arts\, 2422 Lake Shore Blvd W\, M8V 1C4\, Ontario\, M8V 1C4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Registered
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261006T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20261006T203000
DTSTAMP:20261019T152645
CREATED:20261002T171006Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261002T171009Z
UID:10000297-1791313200-1791318600@lakeshorearts.ca
SUMMARY:Song Circle
DESCRIPTION:Experience the magic of singing with others! Join members of Toronto Community Singing for a family-friendly weekly song circle at Lakeshore Arts. All voices are welcome\, to sing in community\, no previous experience required. The songs are heart centred\, fun and taught in the oral tradition of call and response. Come sing with us\, you’ll love it! \n\n\n\nQuestions about Song Circle? Contact Programs Manager\, Revital Weiss\, at CommunityPrograms@LakeshoreArts.ca.
URL:https://lakeshorearts.ca/calendar-event/song-circle/2026-10-06/
LOCATION:Lakeshore Arts\, 2422 Lake Shore Blvd W\, M8V 1C4\, Ontario\, M8V 1C4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Drop-In
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261007T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20261007T193000
DTSTAMP:20261019T152645
CREATED:20260814T181156Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260909T153405Z
UID:10000252-1791394200-1791401400@lakeshorearts.ca
SUMMARY:REGISTERED - Write by the Water 2026
DESCRIPTION:Back in its eighth year\, LSA is proud to offer Write by the Water\, a 8-week intensive writing workshop for BIPOC (Black\, Indigenous\, People of Colour) creative youths and adults\, ages 18+\, to express themselves through storytelling and the written word.  \n\n\n\nThis year\, we once again welcome  writer\, language enthusiast and arts-educator\, Jedidiah Mugarura as the program facilitator. \n\n\n\nEach in-person session\, held (at least in part) by Lake Ontario at Amos Waites Park\, shall open with body movements as language embodied before visiting the page. \n\n\n\nWho is this program for: \n\n\n\nBIPOC Creative Writers: authors\, playwrights\, poets\, rappers\, singers and writers of any other medium\, ages 18+.  \n\n\n\nLocation:  \n\n\n\nLakeshore Arts (2422 Lake Shore Blvd. W.\, Etobicoke) and by the waterfront at Amos Waites Park. \n\n\n\nProgram Cost: Free!  \n\n\n\nThis program will be capped at 15 participants.  \n\n\n\nRegistration is currently closed.  \n\n\n\nIf you require more information or help with this registration\, please contact Revital Weiss\, Programs Manager\, at CommunityPrograms@LakeshoreArts.ca
URL:https://lakeshorearts.ca/calendar-event/registered-write-by-the-water-2026/2026-10-07/
LOCATION:Lakeshore Arts\, 2422 Lake Shore Blvd W\, M8V 1C4\, Ontario\, M8V 1C4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Registered
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261010T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20261010T153000
DTSTAMP:20261019T152645
CREATED:20260929T191844Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260929T195536Z
UID:10000279-1791637200-1791646200@lakeshorearts.ca
SUMMARY:Printmaking Community Hub
DESCRIPTION:Explore a variety of printmaking projects and styles with artists Jennie Davis and Amara King. Projects are suitable for all ages and abilities. Participants will be able to drop-in anytime during the workshop to participate. Activities will include relief printing techniques such as lino\, as well as screen printing. \n\n\n\nAll materials for printmaking projects will be supplied! \n\n\n\nQuestions about Printmaking? Contact Programs Manager\, Revital Weiss\, at CommunityPrograms@LakeshoreArts.ca. \n\n\n\nAll Community Hubs are FREE\, drop-in and open to all. Art activities are suitable for the whole family! No registration required\, no experience necessary\, all materials provided. See full program details & descriptions below! \n\n\n\nLakeshore Arts’ Community Project space is located on the first floor of a building with 2 stairs at the entrance\, and a non-automatic door. There is a ramp available upon request\, please email Francis@LakeshoreArts.ca in advance if you require ramp access. Our bathrooms are located at basement level\, only accessible by a flight of stairs.
URL:https://lakeshorearts.ca/calendar-event/printmaking-community-hub/2026-10-10/
LOCATION:Lakeshore Arts\, 2422 Lake Shore Blvd W\, M8V 1C4\, Ontario\, M8V 1C4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Drop-In
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261012T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20261012T200000
DTSTAMP:20261019T152645
CREATED:20260831T195145Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260831T195232Z
UID:10000268-1791828000-1791835200@lakeshorearts.ca
SUMMARY:REGISTERED - Q Summit 2026
DESCRIPTION:Q Summit is… \n\n\n\nA portal? A club? A lucky break? The feeling of drawing a spiral with 3 markers? A bunch of guys being dudes? An avant-garde Trust-fall? A Trans-Queer-Utopian Diorama made out of borrowed denim and pocket trash? \n\n\n\nQ summit is a 2-month long poetry intensive for 2SLGBTQ+ youth (ages 19 to 29) who want to deepen and invigorate their writing practice through guided exploration in a dedicated cohort! Join facilitators Melly and Mart in this stylistic and experimental program that fosters Queer connection\, and creative development. Weekly thematic workshops will consist of writing\, reading\, research\, discussion\, sharing\, living\, laughing\, loving\, and ultimately—collective inquiry into our Queerness as it relates to poetic subject\, form\, medium\, and creative approach. Participants will write towards a collective anthology of new work and a final live performance. Participants can expect new chops\, new tricks\, new worlds\, and new friends. \n\n\n\nRegister by: Wednesday\, September 23\, 2026 at 11:59 PM  \n\n\n\nSpots are limited so register now!  \n\n\n\nFor full program details and registration information\, visit lakeshorearts.ca/q-summit-poetry-intensive-2026
URL:https://lakeshorearts.ca/calendar-event/registered-q-summit-2026/2026-10-12/
LOCATION:Lakeshore Arts\, 2422 Lake Shore Blvd W\, M8V 1C4\, Ontario\, M8V 1C4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Registered
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261013T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20261013T203000
DTSTAMP:20261019T152645
CREATED:20261002T171006Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261002T171009Z
UID:10000298-1791918000-1791923400@lakeshorearts.ca
SUMMARY:Song Circle
DESCRIPTION:Experience the magic of singing with others! Join members of Toronto Community Singing for a family-friendly weekly song circle at Lakeshore Arts. All voices are welcome\, to sing in community\, no previous experience required. The songs are heart centred\, fun and taught in the oral tradition of call and response. Come sing with us\, you’ll love it! \n\n\n\nQuestions about Song Circle? Contact Programs Manager\, Revital Weiss\, at CommunityPrograms@LakeshoreArts.ca.
URL:https://lakeshorearts.ca/calendar-event/song-circle/2026-10-13/
LOCATION:Lakeshore Arts\, 2422 Lake Shore Blvd W\, M8V 1C4\, Ontario\, M8V 1C4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Drop-In
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://lakeshorearts.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Song-Circle-socials.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261014T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20261014T193000
DTSTAMP:20261019T152645
CREATED:20260814T181156Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260909T153405Z
UID:10000253-1791999000-1792006200@lakeshorearts.ca
SUMMARY:REGISTERED - Write by the Water 2026
DESCRIPTION:Back in its eighth year\, LSA is proud to offer Write by the Water\, a 8-week intensive writing workshop for BIPOC (Black\, Indigenous\, People of Colour) creative youths and adults\, ages 18+\, to express themselves through storytelling and the written word.  \n\n\n\nThis year\, we once again welcome  writer\, language enthusiast and arts-educator\, Jedidiah Mugarura as the program facilitator. \n\n\n\nEach in-person session\, held (at least in part) by Lake Ontario at Amos Waites Park\, shall open with body movements as language embodied before visiting the page. \n\n\n\nWho is this program for: \n\n\n\nBIPOC Creative Writers: authors\, playwrights\, poets\, rappers\, singers and writers of any other medium\, ages 18+.  \n\n\n\nLocation:  \n\n\n\nLakeshore Arts (2422 Lake Shore Blvd. W.\, Etobicoke) and by the waterfront at Amos Waites Park. \n\n\n\nProgram Cost: Free!  \n\n\n\nThis program will be capped at 15 participants.  \n\n\n\nRegistration is currently closed.  \n\n\n\nIf you require more information or help with this registration\, please contact Revital Weiss\, Programs Manager\, at CommunityPrograms@LakeshoreArts.ca
URL:https://lakeshorearts.ca/calendar-event/registered-write-by-the-water-2026/2026-10-14/
LOCATION:Lakeshore Arts\, 2422 Lake Shore Blvd W\, M8V 1C4\, Ontario\, M8V 1C4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Registered
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://lakeshorearts.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/1.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261017T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20261017T153000
DTSTAMP:20261019T152645
CREATED:20260929T191844Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260929T195536Z
UID:10000280-1792242000-1792251000@lakeshorearts.ca
SUMMARY:Printmaking Community Hub
DESCRIPTION:Explore a variety of printmaking projects and styles with artists Jennie Davis and Amara King. Projects are suitable for all ages and abilities. Participants will be able to drop-in anytime during the workshop to participate. Activities will include relief printing techniques such as lino\, as well as screen printing. \n\n\n\nAll materials for printmaking projects will be supplied! \n\n\n\nQuestions about Printmaking? Contact Programs Manager\, Revital Weiss\, at CommunityPrograms@LakeshoreArts.ca. \n\n\n\nAll Community Hubs are FREE\, drop-in and open to all. Art activities are suitable for the whole family! No registration required\, no experience necessary\, all materials provided. See full program details & descriptions below! \n\n\n\nLakeshore Arts’ Community Project space is located on the first floor of a building with 2 stairs at the entrance\, and a non-automatic door. There is a ramp available upon request\, please email Francis@LakeshoreArts.ca in advance if you require ramp access. Our bathrooms are located at basement level\, only accessible by a flight of stairs.
URL:https://lakeshorearts.ca/calendar-event/printmaking-community-hub/2026-10-17/
LOCATION:Lakeshore Arts\, 2422 Lake Shore Blvd W\, M8V 1C4\, Ontario\, M8V 1C4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Drop-In
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://lakeshorearts.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/LSA-Community-Champion-Graphics.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261018T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20261018T153000
DTSTAMP:20261019T152645
CREATED:20261001T182555Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261001T185704Z
UID:10000288-1792332000-1792337400@lakeshorearts.ca
SUMMARY:Jamboree
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Jamboree\, LSA’s musical jam session and community song event! All ages\, voices and musical experience levels are welcome. We will be singing and jamming to songs that we all may know or be able to easily learn: traditional songs\, folk songs\, children’s songs\, work songs and gospel\, protest songs\, pop\, rock\, and R&B. The kind of songs that travel between cultures\, generations and time.  \n\n\n\nWe invite you to bring a guitar\, a banjo\, a stand-up bass\, a fiddle\, a horn\, percussion\, a key board\, a slide whistle or a kazoo. A list of potential songs will be circulated\, but you can bring your own songs to lead\, too–songs for people to sing along with and jam to at the Musical Jamboree. \n\n\n\nJamboree is a Community Led Club\, led by a member of LSA’s local artist community. This means that there is no formal teaching involved\, but rather a space where all are welcome to bring their own skills and experience to.
URL:https://lakeshorearts.ca/calendar-event/jamboree/2026-10-18/
LOCATION:Lakeshore Arts\, 2422 Lake Shore Blvd W\, M8V 1C4\, Ontario\, M8V 1C4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Drop-In
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://lakeshorearts.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/call-for-volunteers.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261019T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20261019T200000
DTSTAMP:20261019T152645
CREATED:20260831T195145Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260831T195232Z
UID:10000269-1792432800-1792440000@lakeshorearts.ca
SUMMARY:REGISTERED - Q Summit 2026
DESCRIPTION:Q Summit is… \n\n\n\nA portal? A club? A lucky break? The feeling of drawing a spiral with 3 markers? A bunch of guys being dudes? An avant-garde Trust-fall? A Trans-Queer-Utopian Diorama made out of borrowed denim and pocket trash? \n\n\n\nQ summit is a 2-month long poetry intensive for 2SLGBTQ+ youth (ages 19 to 29) who want to deepen and invigorate their writing practice through guided exploration in a dedicated cohort! Join facilitators Melly and Mart in this stylistic and experimental program that fosters Queer connection\, and creative development. Weekly thematic workshops will consist of writing\, reading\, research\, discussion\, sharing\, living\, laughing\, loving\, and ultimately—collective inquiry into our Queerness as it relates to poetic subject\, form\, medium\, and creative approach. Participants will write towards a collective anthology of new work and a final live performance. Participants can expect new chops\, new tricks\, new worlds\, and new friends. \n\n\n\nRegister by: Wednesday\, September 23\, 2026 at 11:59 PM  \n\n\n\nSpots are limited so register now!  \n\n\n\nFor full program details and registration information\, visit lakeshorearts.ca/q-summit-poetry-intensive-2026
URL:https://lakeshorearts.ca/calendar-event/registered-q-summit-2026/2026-10-19/
LOCATION:Lakeshore Arts\, 2422 Lake Shore Blvd W\, M8V 1C4\, Ontario\, M8V 1C4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Registered
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261020T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20261020T203000
DTSTAMP:20261019T152645
CREATED:20261002T171006Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261002T171009Z
UID:10000299-1792522800-1792528200@lakeshorearts.ca
SUMMARY:Song Circle
DESCRIPTION:Experience the magic of singing with others! Join members of Toronto Community Singing for a family-friendly weekly song circle at Lakeshore Arts. All voices are welcome\, to sing in community\, no previous experience required. The songs are heart centred\, fun and taught in the oral tradition of call and response. Come sing with us\, you’ll love it! \n\n\n\nQuestions about Song Circle? Contact Programs Manager\, Revital Weiss\, at CommunityPrograms@LakeshoreArts.ca.
URL:https://lakeshorearts.ca/calendar-event/song-circle/2026-10-20/
LOCATION:Lakeshore Arts\, 2422 Lake Shore Blvd W\, M8V 1C4\, Ontario\, M8V 1C4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Drop-In
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://lakeshorearts.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Song-Circle-socials.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261021T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20261021T193000
DTSTAMP:20261019T152645
CREATED:20260814T181156Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260909T153405Z
UID:10000254-1792603800-1792611000@lakeshorearts.ca
SUMMARY:REGISTERED - Write by the Water 2026
DESCRIPTION:Back in its eighth year\, LSA is proud to offer Write by the Water\, a 8-week intensive writing workshop for BIPOC (Black\, Indigenous\, People of Colour) creative youths and adults\, ages 18+\, to express themselves through storytelling and the written word.  \n\n\n\nThis year\, we once again welcome  writer\, language enthusiast and arts-educator\, Jedidiah Mugarura as the program facilitator. \n\n\n\nEach in-person session\, held (at least in part) by Lake Ontario at Amos Waites Park\, shall open with body movements as language embodied before visiting the page. \n\n\n\nWho is this program for: \n\n\n\nBIPOC Creative Writers: authors\, playwrights\, poets\, rappers\, singers and writers of any other medium\, ages 18+.  \n\n\n\nLocation:  \n\n\n\nLakeshore Arts (2422 Lake Shore Blvd. W.\, Etobicoke) and by the waterfront at Amos Waites Park. \n\n\n\nProgram Cost: Free!  \n\n\n\nThis program will be capped at 15 participants.  \n\n\n\nRegistration is currently closed.  \n\n\n\nIf you require more information or help with this registration\, please contact Revital Weiss\, Programs Manager\, at CommunityPrograms@LakeshoreArts.ca
URL:https://lakeshorearts.ca/calendar-event/registered-write-by-the-water-2026/2026-10-21/
LOCATION:Lakeshore Arts\, 2422 Lake Shore Blvd W\, M8V 1C4\, Ontario\, M8V 1C4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Registered
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://lakeshorearts.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/1.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261022T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20261022T200000
DTSTAMP:20261019T152645
CREATED:20261001T192701Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T192105Z
UID:10000296-1792692000-1792699200@lakeshorearts.ca
SUMMARY:My and Our: Black Artists Residency 2025-2026 Exhibition Opening Reception
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the opening reception of My and Our\, the Black Artist Residency 2025 – 2026 Exhibition\, which includes the work of Lakeshore Arts’ Artists-in-residences\, A. Hassan\, Amara King\, and Kiké Otuije. Enjoy light refreshments and see what the Artists-in-residence have created during their time at LSA! \n\n\n\nMy and Our will be on view from October 13 – December 4\, 2026 during LSA’s opening hours (11 AM – 3 PM\, Tuesdays and Thursdays).  \n\n\n\nAbout My and Our  \n\n\n\nMy and Our is a 2026 exhibition featuring new works completed by artists in Lakeshore Arts’ 2025-2026 Black Artists Residency Program. Through portraiture and photography\, the exhibition explores community and belonging\, self and identity\, and where one might be situated within larger gender\, social\, and cultural movements. \n\n\n\nAs emerging and mid-career artists\, A. Hassan\, Amara King\, and Kiké Otuije use a diverse range of new or experimental disciplines to create possibilities for themselves\, carving out an artistic practice within a contemporary existence characterized by economic pressure and rapid political and social change.  \n\n\n\nLakeshore Arts’ Black Artist Residency invites emerging to mid-career Black Artists to take part in an 8-month residency in our South Etobicoke studios. Selected artists receive a materials stipend and work on self-directed projects\, culminating in a featured exhibition. \n\n\n\nAbout the Artists  \n\n\n\nA. Hassan is a multidisciplinary artist based in Toronto. Her research focuses on labour struggles and workers’ rights\, particularly among refugee and immigrant communities. She is currently developing a film project in partnership with the Toronto and York Region Labour Council. \n\n\n\nAmara King is a Toronto lens-based artist whose practice is deeply rooted in analog\, experimental\, and hands-on alternative processes. She explores memory and the various landscapes of belonging through an interplay of materials and techniques. A 2025 recipient of the Gallery 44 Emerging Artist Award\, Amara received her BFA in Photography and a Minor in Printmaking from OCAD University. Through experimentation and conceptual practices\, Amara navigates the nuances of being (a)part of the Caribbean diaspora\, exploring themes of belonging\, identity\, history\, and storytelling\, transforming personal and collective memory into visual narratives. Her work aims to create space for the viewer to engage\, feel\, and immerse themselves in the physical and cultural landscapes we call home — spaces both familiar and ephemeral. \n\n\n\nKiké Otuije is a Nigerian\, Toronto-based emerging multi-disciplinary visual artist whose practice is unfolding through mixed-media portraiture that aims to witness\, confront and honor the beauty\, relevance and layered complexity of themself and their community. Working primarily in charcoal—both a material and metaphor for resilience and metamorphosis —they use mixed-media portraiture to explore\, play and attempt to unravel their inner landscape.  As a non-binary artist\, Kiké’s work also explores and highlights the fluidity of gender and how that echoes the richness\, boundlessness and ever-evolving complexity of the human experience.
URL:https://lakeshorearts.ca/calendar-event/black-artists-residency-2025-2026-showcase-opening-reception/
LOCATION:Lakeshore Arts\, 2422 Lake Shore Blvd W\, M8V 1C4\, Ontario\, M8V 1C4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Public Event
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261024T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20261024T153000
DTSTAMP:20261019T152645
CREATED:20260929T191844Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260929T195536Z
UID:10000281-1792846800-1792855800@lakeshorearts.ca
SUMMARY:Printmaking Community Hub
DESCRIPTION:Explore a variety of printmaking projects and styles with artists Jennie Davis and Amara King. Projects are suitable for all ages and abilities. Participants will be able to drop-in anytime during the workshop to participate. Activities will include relief printing techniques such as lino\, as well as screen printing. \n\n\n\nAll materials for printmaking projects will be supplied! \n\n\n\nQuestions about Printmaking? Contact Programs Manager\, Revital Weiss\, at CommunityPrograms@LakeshoreArts.ca. \n\n\n\nAll Community Hubs are FREE\, drop-in and open to all. Art activities are suitable for the whole family! No registration required\, no experience necessary\, all materials provided. See full program details & descriptions below! \n\n\n\nLakeshore Arts’ Community Project space is located on the first floor of a building with 2 stairs at the entrance\, and a non-automatic door. There is a ramp available upon request\, please email Francis@LakeshoreArts.ca in advance if you require ramp access. Our bathrooms are located at basement level\, only accessible by a flight of stairs.
URL:https://lakeshorearts.ca/calendar-event/printmaking-community-hub/2026-10-24/
LOCATION:Lakeshore Arts\, 2422 Lake Shore Blvd W\, M8V 1C4\, Ontario\, M8V 1C4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Drop-In
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://lakeshorearts.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/LSA-Community-Champion-Graphics.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261025T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20261025T153000
DTSTAMP:20261019T152645
CREATED:20261001T182555Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261001T185704Z
UID:10000289-1792936800-1792942200@lakeshorearts.ca
SUMMARY:Jamboree
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Jamboree\, LSA’s musical jam session and community song event! All ages\, voices and musical experience levels are welcome. We will be singing and jamming to songs that we all may know or be able to easily learn: traditional songs\, folk songs\, children’s songs\, work songs and gospel\, protest songs\, pop\, rock\, and R&B. The kind of songs that travel between cultures\, generations and time.  \n\n\n\nWe invite you to bring a guitar\, a banjo\, a stand-up bass\, a fiddle\, a horn\, percussion\, a key board\, a slide whistle or a kazoo. A list of potential songs will be circulated\, but you can bring your own songs to lead\, too–songs for people to sing along with and jam to at the Musical Jamboree. \n\n\n\nJamboree is a Community Led Club\, led by a member of LSA’s local artist community. This means that there is no formal teaching involved\, but rather a space where all are welcome to bring their own skills and experience to.
URL:https://lakeshorearts.ca/calendar-event/jamboree/2026-10-25/
LOCATION:Lakeshore Arts\, 2422 Lake Shore Blvd W\, M8V 1C4\, Ontario\, M8V 1C4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Drop-In
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://lakeshorearts.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/call-for-volunteers.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261026T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20261026T200000
DTSTAMP:20261019T152645
CREATED:20260831T195145Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260831T195232Z
UID:10000270-1793037600-1793044800@lakeshorearts.ca
SUMMARY:REGISTERED - Q Summit 2026
DESCRIPTION:Q Summit is… \n\n\n\nA portal? A club? A lucky break? The feeling of drawing a spiral with 3 markers? A bunch of guys being dudes? An avant-garde Trust-fall? A Trans-Queer-Utopian Diorama made out of borrowed denim and pocket trash? \n\n\n\nQ summit is a 2-month long poetry intensive for 2SLGBTQ+ youth (ages 19 to 29) who want to deepen and invigorate their writing practice through guided exploration in a dedicated cohort! Join facilitators Melly and Mart in this stylistic and experimental program that fosters Queer connection\, and creative development. Weekly thematic workshops will consist of writing\, reading\, research\, discussion\, sharing\, living\, laughing\, loving\, and ultimately—collective inquiry into our Queerness as it relates to poetic subject\, form\, medium\, and creative approach. Participants will write towards a collective anthology of new work and a final live performance. Participants can expect new chops\, new tricks\, new worlds\, and new friends. \n\n\n\nRegister by: Wednesday\, September 23\, 2026 at 11:59 PM  \n\n\n\nSpots are limited so register now!  \n\n\n\nFor full program details and registration information\, visit lakeshorearts.ca/q-summit-poetry-intensive-2026
URL:https://lakeshorearts.ca/calendar-event/registered-q-summit-2026/2026-10-26/
LOCATION:Lakeshore Arts\, 2422 Lake Shore Blvd W\, M8V 1C4\, Ontario\, M8V 1C4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Registered
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://lakeshorearts.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Q-Summit-2026-IG-Post.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261027T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20261027T203000
DTSTAMP:20261019T152645
CREATED:20261002T171006Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261002T171009Z
UID:10000300-1793127600-1793133000@lakeshorearts.ca
SUMMARY:Song Circle
DESCRIPTION:Experience the magic of singing with others! Join members of Toronto Community Singing for a family-friendly weekly song circle at Lakeshore Arts. All voices are welcome\, to sing in community\, no previous experience required. The songs are heart centred\, fun and taught in the oral tradition of call and response. Come sing with us\, you’ll love it! \n\n\n\nQuestions about Song Circle? Contact Programs Manager\, Revital Weiss\, at CommunityPrograms@LakeshoreArts.ca.
URL:https://lakeshorearts.ca/calendar-event/song-circle/2026-10-27/
LOCATION:Lakeshore Arts\, 2422 Lake Shore Blvd W\, M8V 1C4\, Ontario\, M8V 1C4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Drop-In
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://lakeshorearts.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Song-Circle-socials.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261028T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20261028T193000
DTSTAMP:20261019T152645
CREATED:20260814T181156Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260909T153405Z
UID:10000255-1793208600-1793215800@lakeshorearts.ca
SUMMARY:REGISTERED - Write by the Water 2026
DESCRIPTION:Back in its eighth year\, LSA is proud to offer Write by the Water\, a 8-week intensive writing workshop for BIPOC (Black\, Indigenous\, People of Colour) creative youths and adults\, ages 18+\, to express themselves through storytelling and the written word.  \n\n\n\nThis year\, we once again welcome  writer\, language enthusiast and arts-educator\, Jedidiah Mugarura as the program facilitator. \n\n\n\nEach in-person session\, held (at least in part) by Lake Ontario at Amos Waites Park\, shall open with body movements as language embodied before visiting the page. \n\n\n\nWho is this program for: \n\n\n\nBIPOC Creative Writers: authors\, playwrights\, poets\, rappers\, singers and writers of any other medium\, ages 18+.  \n\n\n\nLocation:  \n\n\n\nLakeshore Arts (2422 Lake Shore Blvd. W.\, Etobicoke) and by the waterfront at Amos Waites Park. \n\n\n\nProgram Cost: Free!  \n\n\n\nThis program will be capped at 15 participants.  \n\n\n\nRegistration is currently closed.  \n\n\n\nIf you require more information or help with this registration\, please contact Revital Weiss\, Programs Manager\, at CommunityPrograms@LakeshoreArts.ca
URL:https://lakeshorearts.ca/calendar-event/registered-write-by-the-water-2026/2026-10-28/
LOCATION:Lakeshore Arts\, 2422 Lake Shore Blvd W\, M8V 1C4\, Ontario\, M8V 1C4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Registered
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://lakeshorearts.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/1.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261031T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20261031T153000
DTSTAMP:20261019T152645
CREATED:20260929T195239Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260929T195601Z
UID:10000282-1793408400-1793460600@lakeshorearts.ca
SUMMARY:Halloween Community Hub
DESCRIPTION:Join Lakeshore Arts staff for a special Halloween event perfect for all ages! Our Costume Clinic will include everything you need to make the final touches on your costume\, including sewing supplies (plus a sewist to help you with your touch-ups)\, fabric paint\, face paint and a cardboard craft station for props and accessories. If your costume is already perfect\, we’ll have a Hallowe’en craft to work on\, and\, of course\, lots of candy\, so you can trick or treat early at Lakeshore Arts! \n\n\n\nQuestions about the Halloween Costume Clinic? Contact Communications and Special Events Coordinator\, Francis Tomkins\, at Francis@LakeshoreArts.ca \n\n\n\nAll Community Hubs are FREE\, drop-in and open to all. Art activities are suitable for the whole family! No registration required\, no experience necessary\, all materials provided. See full program details & descriptions below! \n\n\n\nLakeshore Arts’ Community Project space is located on the first floor of a building with 2 stairs at the entrance\, and a non-automatic door. There is a ramp available upon request\, please email Francis@LakeshoreArts.ca in advance if you require ramp access. Our bathrooms are located at basement level\, only accessible by a flight of stairs.
URL:https://lakeshorearts.ca/calendar-event/halloween-community-hub/
LOCATION:Lakeshore Arts\, 2422 Lake Shore Blvd W\, M8V 1C4\, Ontario\, M8V 1C4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Drop-In
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://lakeshorearts.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/7.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261101T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20261101T153000
DTSTAMP:20261019T152645
CREATED:20261001T182555Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261001T185704Z
UID:10000290-1793541600-1793547000@lakeshorearts.ca
SUMMARY:Jamboree
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Jamboree\, LSA’s musical jam session and community song event! All ages\, voices and musical experience levels are welcome. We will be singing and jamming to songs that we all may know or be able to easily learn: traditional songs\, folk songs\, children’s songs\, work songs and gospel\, protest songs\, pop\, rock\, and R&B. The kind of songs that travel between cultures\, generations and time.  \n\n\n\nWe invite you to bring a guitar\, a banjo\, a stand-up bass\, a fiddle\, a horn\, percussion\, a key board\, a slide whistle or a kazoo. A list of potential songs will be circulated\, but you can bring your own songs to lead\, too–songs for people to sing along with and jam to at the Musical Jamboree. \n\n\n\nJamboree is a Community Led Club\, led by a member of LSA’s local artist community. This means that there is no formal teaching involved\, but rather a space where all are welcome to bring their own skills and experience to.
URL:https://lakeshorearts.ca/calendar-event/jamboree/2026-11-01/
LOCATION:Lakeshore Arts\, 2422 Lake Shore Blvd W\, M8V 1C4\, Ontario\, M8V 1C4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Drop-In
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