Category: Parkdale
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Parkdale Showcase
Episode 28 of This Is Toronto is now available!!! This latest edition previews the 12th annual Parkdale Film + Video Showcase; June 25-27. www.thisistorontopodcast.blogspot.com NEXT EPISODE: July 2, 2010
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Toronto Steps Up for the Parkdale Food Bank
Yesterday was a great day in West Toronto. The snow dump and the problems that came with it make it even more impressive that the Music Marathon Fundraiser for the Parkdale Foodbank came off without a hitch. Of the 10 scheduled bands only one had to cancel and the Cadillac Lounge was full all day….
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Event Reminder: Sunday, All Day Music Fest For Parkdale Food Bank
Have a drink, listen to live music and feed some of Toronto’s most vulnerable citizens, all at the same time! There are Facebook events being created for this event left and right. (I think every band playing Sunday has their own). For those of you who still don’t know the Parkdale Food Bank is in…
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Parkdale Food Bank Update #4
So this is where we stand. I’ve talked to someone from St. Francis Table who assures me that they don’t have the administrative resources to deal with the monthly auto withdrawal donations. As I understand it, St. Francis Table is a volunteer run organization and they also handle the administrative side of the Parkdale Food…
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Parkdale Food Bank Update #3
As mentioned yesterday, Benjamin Meuller-Heaslip of the Parkdale Revolutionary Orchestra is organizing a fundraiser for the Parkdale Food Bank. Here are the details so far. Time and Place Date: Sunday, December 16, 2007Time: 3:00pm – 9:00pmLocation:The Cadillac Lounge1296 Queen Street WestToronto, ON Five-hour Music Marathon in support of the Parkdale Food Bank! 10 half-hour sets…
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Parkdale Food Bank Update:
While the mechanism still isn’t in place for auto-withdrawals or online donations I’ve set up a facebook group called $5 For the Parkdale Food Bank. The purpose of the group is to gather people who would be willing to make a $5/month donation (via bank account or credit card) to the food bank. $5 may…
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Parkdale Deserves Food Too
There are alot of poor people in the Parkdale area of Toronto. There are also alot of people who are right on the edge – people who are getting by but who could be in serious trouble if they had a bad month. There is also alot of money in West Toronto so it is…
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gentrifying parkdale
A quick stroll through the neighbourhoods of Toronto and it’s not hard to see which ones are getting the big makeovers. Places that were once down-at-heel are now all gussied up with more bells and whistles than a porn star on the Fourth of July. A recent article in the Globe and Mail had a…