This week we are still experiencing restrictions due to Covid so here are some outdoor activities and online events to keep you entertained! Have a great week!
Concert for Hope with High Notes Avante – Jan 24th – 8pm
A digital concert featuring Grammy and Juno awarded musicians and other exceptional artists who have been touched by mental illness and still create amazing art. It will be streamed on Facebook, and the Richmond Hill Performing Arts Centre page.
For more details click here. Price: FREE (all donations for people touched by mental illness)
Winter Backyard Birds – Markham Public Library Online Event – Jan 26th – 7pm
The winter season brings a variety of birds to backyards across the Toronto area. You can attract and observe them with backyard bird feeders and native plants that supplement their winter diets! Feeding birds will give you a front-row seat to observe these beautiful species from the comfort of home! We’ll introduce common backyard birds, feeder styles, seed mixes, and maintenance.
For more details click here. Price: FREE
Amedeo Modigliani – Art & Film History Livestream – Jan 22nd – 8pm
Let’s travel back in time to early 1900’s Paris and learn about the fascinating art and tragic life of Modigliani.
The first portion of this two-part art and film history livestream program will be an overview of Italian artist Amedo Modigliani. We’ll look at several noteworthy works in relation to his life and career. We’ll also provide an overview of the Modigliani film, including: historical context, plot summary, accuracy, things to look for, etc. The second part of the program will be a screening of the entire 128-minute film ‘Modigliani’. Your host for this program is Robert Kelleman, the founder/director of the non-profit community organization Washington, DC History & Culture.
For more details click here. Price: FREE
Speak the Word: online open mic event – Jan 22nd – 1pm
An online poetry and spoken word open mic night for people of all levels of experience.
5-minute slots available. Come to read and come to listen.
Come and enjoy some wordplay with a friendly, inclusive and encouraging group. Whoever you are and whatever your relationship with poetry, we’d love you to join us. Feel free to join as audience, without reading. Duration: 2 hours.
For more details click here. Price: FREE
National Geographic Traveller: The Masterclasses – Jan 24th-26th – 1pm
After the success of the first digital event in 2021, where the popular travel writing and photography sessions brought a wealth of knowledge and inspiration into your homes, National Geographic Traveller (UK)’s The Masterclasses returns from 24-26 January 2022 with a series of new online courses.
The three days of in-depth courses, led by the magazine’s senior editors and renowned contributors, provides stimulating workshops and lectures that illuminate the art of written and visual storytelling. For the curious travel writer and avid photographer, this is an opportunity to immerse yourself in inspiration and practical instruction from some of the industry’s leading experts.
For more details click here. Price: from around $20 per class depending on exchange rate.
Brooks Farms Winter Forest Bonfires – from Jan 22nd
Bonfires are the perfect way to spend time with your family and friends. Enjoy a hot beverage, roast marshmallows, relax and enjoy great company in the Glimmering Winter Forest. It’s the ultimate winter activity as we navigate the current pandemic! When you arrive for your designated time slot, we will have your fire blazing for you and ensure your flames are thriving as you and your guests enjoy the warmth and energy from the crackle of the logs. Includes:
- 2 Hour use of one of our Fire Pits located in the Glimmering Winter Forest
- S’mores Kit for 4
- 1 Hot Beverage Per Person (Hot Chocolate, Tea, or Coffee)
- 1 Roasting Stick Per Person
For more details click here. Price: $65 for 4 people, additional $10/person to a max of 10 people.
Roseneath Theatre Online Camps – Various dates
From Dungeons and Dragons camps to Drag Camp to Magician Camp, Roseneath Theatre welcomes kids from 8-16yrs to their camps led by professional artist educators, guest artists and supported by Youth Leaders and volunteers. The main goal of the camps is to cultivate a unique experience for campers by exploring their individual areas of interests within our themes and using that knowledge to enrich their time spent with Roseneath.
For more details click here. Price: from $60
Being+ – Online Exhibition – until March 1st
‘BEING+’ is an online exhibition curated by Abisola Oni with the mentorship of Flavio Belli The exhibition explores the nexus between the experience of the individual and the objective social and cultural forces that bind this experience. Simone De Beauvoir recognizes the ambiguity of the human experience which suggests we are both subjects who act, and objects who are acted upon, constrained by our physical limits, social barriers, and the political powers of others (The Ethics of Ambiguity, pp.7-34). ‘BEING+’ similarly considers the variable states of selfhood and complicates the rigidity of subject-object relations.
‘BEING+’ consists of abstract, figurative, installation, and collage artworks by Biba Esaad, Noah Lima, Miles Ingrassia, Roxana Parsa, Michelle Cieloszczyk, and Michelle Rodrigues. The artists examine the experience of being in relation to social and cultural phenomena by expressing diverse subjectivities through formal elements and subject matter. Collectively, ‘BEING+’ considers nuances in the socio-cultural influences on gender, power relations, the racialized body, and the role of place and kinship in the conceptualization of identity. As a result, ‘BEING+’ forms an exploration of selfhood that lends itself to the understanding of collective memory.
For more details click here. Price: FREE
Outdoor Activity: Toboganning – anytime there is snowfall!
Here are some places in Markham that you can go toboganning!
Milliken Mills Park – 4277 14th Avenue (West side of the park, Kennedy Road & 14th Avenue)
Paramount Park – East side of Paramount Drive, Between Fincham Avenue south to Church Street.
Milne Dam Conservation Park (Main Street & Hwy 7 ) – east end
Mint Leaf Park (Fincham Avenue just East of Larkin )