May 7th

TRUESAY Workshop
Toronto’s Response to an Uncertain Economy
Specifically Advantaging Youth

Metro Hall - 55 John Street - 6pm.

Host: TYC (Toronto Youth Cabinet)

The youth-led TRUESAY workshops empower people of all ages to achieve their goals through education, goal setting and planning

TRUESAY is comprised of 3 components:

1. An opportunity for any person to learn easy personal finance, establish clear goals and take home a personal budgeting strategy (built by the participant themselves and structured to achieve their own objectives).

2. A chance for any youth to become a facilitator of TRUESAY and learn the skills required to lead others to financial independence.

3. A link to a wide variety of opportunities in the Greater Toronto Area including employment services, education, financial advisors, business startups and networking opportunities with organizations focused on developing the people of Toronto.

Do not wait for high levels of government to solve your problems! Take action! Your future is now!

Contact: Andrew McNab at amcnab5@gmail.com,

Hotline: Call the TRUESAY hotline at 416-273-5312

Website: www.thetyc.ca

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May 7th

Free Breakdancing Workshop with Lady Noyze
Thursday May 7th, 4:00pm-5:30pm
Oakwood Village Library and Arts Centre, 341 Oakwood Ave (at rogers rd)

Host: Art Starts

Drop In break dancing Workshops with Toronto’s own B-girl Lady Noyze.
Learn a variety of break dancing moves and participate in a real cypher. Beginners welcome!
“Hip Hop is often misrepresented by media, and thus, is often pigeon holed by society solely as “gangster rap”. Hip Hop is in fact its own subculture. It is a way of life that reinforces respect, the development of confidence and originality. These qualities set the foundation of our cultural dance known as “break dancing”. ” (Taken from Lady Noyze’s Artist Statement)

Art Starts: Art Starts is an arts-based community development organization operating in the City of Toronto. Our mandate is to build healthier communities using the arts. At Art Starts we understand that the arts are a medium for engaging residents, creating a shared sense of identity, identifying challenges and collectively working to overcome them. We offer high quality, responsive and relevant creative opportunities to those who do not have access – namely people living in under-served and stressed communities. We bring together professional artists with people from various neighborhoods and create projects and programs in all artistic media, with all ages, with artists and participants from various ethnic backgrounds. We reflect the cultures of the neighborhood and build bridges among them. We also function as an advocacy and referral organization for the artists with whom we work. Though we provide programming for all age groups, the bulk of our programs engage children and youth.

Website: http://www.artstarts.net/

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May 8th

Friday May 8th, 2009 at 7:30 pm
The Manifesto Studio (358 Dufferin Street - Suite 104, just South of Queen)

Keeping with Youth Week’s theme of engagement in social justice issues through the arts, ReelChange is a showcase of films by young artists engaging in a creative form of activism. Meant to encourage aspiring filmmakers, ReelChange is also a chance for those who have participated in our city’s abundance of youth-film-making programs/workshops or schools, and self-starters to unite in one event as a community.
–>now with submissions from Vancouver and Montreal<–
—>enjoy music by @J_Lab throughout the night<—

FREE and open to all.

Coordinated By: Chris Di Staulo & Jessica Denyer, Youth Action Network
Contact: reelchangeyouth@gmail.com

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May 8th

Concrete Dismissal
*OPENING: May 8th (5-8pm)
Ongoing event running: May 8th-June 7th (photo exhibit)

Address: 580 King St. W 2nd floor, Toronto, M5V 1M3 - 2nd floor

Host: SKETCH

Concrete Dismissal exposes the lives of people in the Dominican Republic displaced by their government to a barrio known as Hainamosa to make room for an oversize concrete shrine. The exhibit reveals the continued consequence of colonialism and appalling urban planning. What makes this story unique is the soul and spirit of the children who now inhibit the Hainamosa complex. Their dissent love for their island is what shines through in the photographs.

*All the proceeds from the sales of the photographs will be donated to an education fund for these children.

Sketch artists will be performing a free show & some Sketch art will be for sale @ this amazing event!!

*PLEASE JOIN US ON THIS DYNAMIC EVENING FOR A NIGHT FULL OF CREATIVE YOUTH INITIATIVES IN OUR UNIQUE SPACE!

Host: Sketch is a community arts development initiative based in Toronto that works to engage youth at risk through the celebration of unique stories and perspectives. Sketch recognizes these individuals and their stories as key contributors to overall culture. At Sketch, we Love to make things, live in the moment, overcome our struggles, influence others, build community and affect social change.

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May 9th

Hey Bear Woah Bear!!!
Freedom Clothing - 939 Bloor Street West
Saturday May 9th - 7:30pm

Spring is here and so to celebration Freedom Clothing collective is hosting the first session of our intimate in-store summer music and art series. Atop clothing racks and sock drawers, emerging singer-song-writer Tim Moxam of Hey Bear, Whoa Bear will debut his new socially reflective album fresh off the press. Electro smoothie David Ace Dean will also be on site, so this is a little show you should not miss. Finally, visual artist Joshua Barndt will be exhibiting a series of unsettling paintings and drawings about the collapse of our out of control society. We hope to see you there!!!