Artwork Credit | Artist: Chikonzero Chazunguza | Title: Existence
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Muhtadi International Drumming Festival The Muhtadi International Drumming Festival presents Drum Beats - a series of performances and drumming activities for communities in Greater Toronto Area libraries, community venues and schools by eight professional performing artists or groups involving children, youth, and adults during Black History Month 2013. The program features Black artists and drumming traditions of Africa and the Caribbean. Jan. 14 Njacko Backo Humewood PS, Toronto |
Ryerson Image Centre Using the 1948 Universal Declaration as a point of departure, Human Rights, Human Wrongs examines whether images of political struggle, suffering and victims of violence work for or against humanitarian objectives, especially when considering questions of race, representation, ethical responsibility and the cultural position of the photographer. This exhibition is made possible through the generous support of TD Bank, Ryerson University, and The Paul J. Ruhnke Memorial Fund. |
Harbourfront Centre February 1 - 3, 2013 Harbourfront Centre's Kuumba events celebrate the vitality of Toronto’s African and Caribbean communities, showcasing works by emerging and innovative Canadian and international artists. The big ideas within the three days of celebrating Kuumba are Rewind and Black love; looking back into past traditions and history of Black culture and also pressing forward to the future by engaging our artists, youth and leaders of tomorrow, while embracing a love movement. |
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Leap Year Love Dance February 1 - 28, 2013 The film LEAP YEAR LOVE DANCE, written, produced and directed by Colina Phillips, choreographs legendary African-Canadian ranching pioneer John Ware first meeting his lovely wife Mildred Lewis. A screening and website launch will be held at Stewart Memorial Church in Hamilton, bringing together two significant markers in the history of African Canadians in the founding of Canada. |
Wedge Curatorial Projects Reggae or Not: The Birth of Dancehall Culture in Jamaica and Toronto – Photographs by Beth Lesser documents the history of reggae and dancehall music, celebrating the history of Jamaican musicians of the 1970s and 80s. |
Lesia Bailey with Fourth Eye Gallery and Helping This photography exhibition chronicles Dancehall culture in Toronto over the past two decades. Captured on 35mm and digital format, this exhibition will provide a visual documentation of the changing landscape of the players/promoters, their growth, the artist and the launch to stardom, and the numerous lives that have been lost on many party floors. |
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Mackenzie House Celebrates Black History Month February 2013 | Weekends 12 to 5 pm Visit Mackenzie House on weekends in February and learn more about the early Black community in Toronto, including those who published newspapers. Print a souvenir copy of Mary Ann Shadd Cary's newspaper, The Provincial Freeman, in the re-created 1850's printshop. Included with admission. Plus, Mackenzie House is open on Family Day, Monday, February 18! Visit the museum to learn about Black Life in Victorian Toronto. Children can try illumination - colouring previously drawn and printed pictures - which was a popular practice in the 19th century. Included with regular admission. |
Archie Alleyne Scholarship Fund Syncopation: Life in the Key of Black February 3 – March 2, 2013 Black musicians are oftentimes at the vanguard of the Canadian music industry, yet knowledge of their accomplishments is underrepresented within the larger community, and risks becoming a lost history. Syncopation…Life in the Key of Black brings the historical achievements of Black musicians into focus through a photographic exhibition celebrating their influence. |
Young People's Theatre February 4 – 22, 2013 This is the powerful, true story of Harriet Tubman, who led hundreds of slaves to freedom and inspired hope for thousands more. Born a slave in Maryland in 1820, Harriet escaped to freedom at the age of 29. Not content just to be free, she risked her newfound liberty again and again to lead more than 300 slaves to freedom in the Northern States and Canada. Playwright Michael Miller (Touch the Sky) uses fact, speculation, and deft theatricality to tell the riveting story of the Underground Railroad’s most famous “conductor”. |
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Obsidian Theatre Company Two iconic Black characters in Shakespeare’s work are brought to life in this visionary play. The piece takes you on a journey into the hearts and minds of Othello and Titus Andronicus’s Aaron as they confront their creator. This play is subversive and poetic. It will dare you to see Shakespeare in a whole new light. |
Toronto Public Library February 6 - 26, 2013 This year’s Black History Month programs include author readings, theatrical presentations, musical extravaganzas, storytelling, dance, history, poetry, and drumming from across the African Diaspora. For info about our exciting and free programs, visit www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/blackhistory. |
The Ontario Black History Society & Heritage Toronto February 9, 2013 | 9am - 12pm Did you know that Toronto had a Black Mayor or that Black businesses flourished in this area long before Caribana was ever created? Did you know that the largest convention of Black free men was held in Toronto? Join the Discover Black History in Toronto tour to learn more about these events and numerous others through this guided tour with several opportunities to visit historic sites that connect Black History to important people, events and contributions that will add to your appreciation of Toronto's early and current diversity, then and now. |
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Clement Virgo Productions & The Canadian Film Centre present February 12, 2013 An Evening With... offers the public a moderated and intimate discussion with an internationally recognized Black artist, known to be a culturally or creative trail blazer, and whose work in film is representative of the Black experience. This year's guest of honour is John Singleton, acclaimed director, screenwriter and producer (Boyz n the Hood, Poetic Justice, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Four Brothers). Singleton's 1991 film debut, 'Boyz n the Hood' received Academy Award® nominations for Best Screenplay and Best Director. At 24, he was the youngest director nominated for Best Director Oscar® and the first African American to be nominated for the award. This project also includes a Master Class with the guest of honour and up to 15 emerging artists from Black communities. |
We Are One Jazz Project The We Are One Jazz Project: In Concert is the culminating choir performance for 300 children from grades 3 - 6 from eight schools in north Scarborough. While the children’s choir is the centerpiece of the performance, a big band, a string section, a teen choir and special guest artists provide accompaniment. Joining this year is legendary pianist and senior project mentor, Dr. Barry Harris, and the great alto saxophonist, Charles McPherson. Experience the power and beauty of 300 voices in concert! |
The Great Black North This Black History Month event is a celebration of contemporary African Canadian poetry celebrating the first ever collection of such work, The Great Black North, edited by Valerie Mason-John and Kevan Anthony Cameron, with an introduction by George Elliott Clarke (published by Frontenac House). |
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Chinedesign Masquerade as it is performed all over Africa, is a complex and often clandestine ritual that is interwoven into the religious, political and social fabric of the people. Masquerade is a fashion show fused with an art exhibition and elements of a masked ball party. It features the presentation of a couture collection designed by Chinedu Ukabam of Chinedesign. This collection will explore the overlap or relationship between African Masquerade and Caribbean “Mas” and will traverse the gradient from darkness and secrecy to brightness and gaiety. |
An(other) Antilles: Through a documentary showing and visual media exhibit, An(other) Antilles explores the experiences of Black Caribbean peoples' and their arrival stories during the 1969 Sir George Williams Affair in Montreal, Canada. The stories shared, wind through immigration, race, and the small but formidable Black Power movement in Montreal. |
Dalton Higgins Author Dalton Higgins discusses his book Far From Over about actor/rapper Drake. FAR FROM OVER: The Music and Life of Drake is the first biography of the platinum-selling hip-hop artist to hit shelves. In this book, award-winning journalist Dalton Higgins examines Drake’s transition from heartthrob Canadian actor, Aubrey Drake Graham, to the hip-hop superstar famous around the world. Featuring original interviews and insights surrounding the history of Canada's hip hop scene, and detailing the background cultural conditions in Toronto that helped create the Drake phenomenon, this one of a kind biography / Toronto hip hop history book reveals the still unfolding story of an artist whose star continues to rise. |
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IFT (It's a Freedom Thing) Theatre nightmareDREAM is a site-specific multidisciplinary project exploring the historical encounter of the African with the 'other’. Set in the Campbell House Museum, a historical western building in downtown Toronto, this unique installation series will feature performance installations of sound, movement and poetry. |
BAND CNN’s Geraldine Moriba and Don Lemon join Cameron Bailey, Artistic Director of the Toronto International Film Festival, to discuss their experiences in broadcast journalism and the challenges in general faced by blacks in the media. |
Andrew Craig Productions The Brothas Concert brings together 14 of Toronto’s Black keyboard players on one stage, for one extraordinary night of music! In a wide range of musical styles, and in everything from solo to full group numbers, the Brothas will put three generations of virtuosi from Toronto’s Black community on full display! |
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Jasmyn Fyffe & Natasha Powell We are in 1963. Ska music: A new sound, a new musical revolution, a new meaning, a new life, a new creation of history influencing the island of Jamaica and the world forever. Set in the 1960's through to the 1980's, Gimme One Riddim is a dance-theater production co-choreographed and co-directed by Natasha Powell and Jasmyn Fyffe. |
The Historica-Dominion Institute For your Black History Month event, The Historica-Dominion Institute offers free bilingual educational resources, a quiz and guest speakers! Invite a Passages to Canada speaker, free of charge, to share his or her inspiring story of Black Canadian heritage and identity with your students or community group. Arrange a visit at: passagestocanada.com. Download our free educational guide for interactive activities and a quiz on the key events and personalities of Black Canadian history. Examine issues of identity, equality, community and nation-building. All this can be found at our Black History Portal: blackhistorycanada.ca. |
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Fondation Fabienne Colas Fade to Black is a multidisciplinary program that celebrates Black History Month through movies, music, theatre, dance, visual arts, food tastings and conferences, from February 1 to 28, 2013. |
Table ronde du Mois de l'Histoire des Noirs The "I Have a Dream" exhibition highlights great moments from the life of the staunch defender of freedom in the US and includes archives from his visit to Canada. Through visual, text and sound archives, the exhibition provides visitors with an overview of the life of one of the most influential men of the 20th Century. In addition to archival documents, the exhibition will include a creative component featuring works by Black Canadian artists reinterpreting King's famous "I Have a Dream" speech. The free exhibition will be presented at Place des Arts and provide Montrealers with a look back at this page in history while providing a contemporary context through the eyes of visual artists. |
The Frobruary Foundation The Frobruary Festival is a multi-disciplinary festival featuring music, conferences, workshops and discussions. Frobruary is a dynamic movement aimed at educating and helping Black communities fully embrace their natural beauty. Our activities are held as part of Black History Month from February 1 to 28, 2013. |
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AFROPHILYA™ The 3rd annual AFROPHILYA concert series takes place from February 6th to February 28th 2013. Throughout the month expect nothing less then award winning local and international artists gracing our stage. This year’s series opens on February 6th, the birthday of legendary Reggae icon Bob Marley. The series opens with a special dedication concert by Montreal-based roots reggae band INWORD. Following is the highly anticipated album release concert for DESSY DI LAURO, Los Angeles-based award-winning singer and her internationally renowned keyboardist & musical director RIC’KEY PAGEOT (Madonna, Jill Scott, Earth Wind & Fire). |
ARC-EN-CIEL D’AFRIQUE MASSIMADI (February 4 to 9, 2013): Montreal festival of Afro-Caribbean lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) films and documentaries. Demystifying homosexuality and transexuality in Montreal’s Black communities. (February 4 to 9, 2013): Montreal festival of Afro-Caribbean lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) films and documentaries. Demystifying homosexuality and transexuality in Montreal’s Black communities. |
Black Theatre Workshop Black Theatre Workshop presents the world premier of When Elephant was King by Chimwemwe Miller, which will be presented as part of our annual Black History Month School Tour this February 2013, and two public performances on Sunday, February 24, 2013. |
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Centre International de Documentation Ebony Writers is a multimedia exhibition presenting Canada’s great Black writers. The exhibition will be held in February 2013 at Montreal City Hall. |
Youth Stars Foundation (Fondation Jeunes Etoiles) The Black History Cultural Diversity Tour will be launched in high schools on the island of Montreal and other Quebec regions and includes performances from several known and up-and-coming artists, as well as high school students. The overall goal of this project is to promote Black History while teaching youth about the significant historical contributions the Black Community has made in Quebec and Canadian culture. The tour celebrates cultural differences and aims to fight ignorance, decrease prejudice, and break stereotypes with the hope of educating youth of today. |
The Historica-Dominion Institute For your Black History Month event, The Historica-Dominion Institute offers free bilingual educational resources, a quiz and guest speakers! Invite a Passages to Canada speaker, free of charge, to share his or her inspiring story of Black Canadian heritage and identity with your students or community group. Arrange a visit at: passagestocanada.com. Download our free educational guide for interactive activities and a quiz on the key events and personalities of Black Canadian history. Examine issues of identity, equality, community and nation-building. All this can be found at our Black History Portal: blackhistorycanada.ca. |
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Cultural Ambiguity Exhibition This contemporary art exhibition is a celebration of culture, showcasing the works of 3 local artists, Chikonzero Chazunguza, Allen Andre, and Elbagir Osman. The presented artwork is a dynamic and colourful display of the ambiguous nature of culture. |
National Arts Centre Molly Johnson has earned her reputation as one of Canada's greatest voices... She has rocked standing-room only audiences in nightclubs and bars from coast-to-coast as a pop artist, and seduced the patrons of salons and lounges with her luscious interpretations of jazz and blues standards. |
The Historica-Dominion Institute For your Black History Month event, The Historica-Dominion Institute offers free bilingual educational resources, a quiz and guest speakers! Invite a Passages to Canada speaker, free of charge, to share his or her inspiring story of Black Canadian heritage and identity with your students or community group. Arrange a visit at: passagestocanada.com. Download our free educational guide for interactive activities and a quiz on the key events and personalities of Black Canadian history. Examine issues of identity, equality, community and nation-building. All this can be found at our Black History Portal: blackhistorycanada.ca. |
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Wedge Curatorial Projects What does it mean to be African Canadian? Explore the topic of Black identity in Canada in the context of immigration and multiculturalism and reflect on this question as you discover Position As Desired / Exploring African Canadian Identity: Photographs from the Wedge Collection, the Museum’s newest temporary exhibition. Position As Desired presents photographic works, ranging from rare vintage portraits of the first African immigrants to Canada, to contemporary works by four emerging artists that document the experiences of African Canadians. Inspired by the curatorial vision of the exhibition, the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 is featuring works produced by African Nova Scotians, adding to the diversity of the African Canadian experience. |
Black Artists Network of Nova Scotia January 28 – February 8, 2013 | 10am - 5pm February 12 - March 10, 2013 | Tues - Fri 1pm - 6pm; Sat - Sun 1pm -4pm StFX Art Gallery, Bloomingfield Ctr, StFX University Dartmouth, NS The Secret Codes: An exhibition of contemporary narrative and picture quilts inspired by the story of the Underground Railroad and created by African Nova Scotian quiltmakers. In The Secret Codes, the quiltmakers explore the quilt as a vehicle of storytelling and community history. Quiltmakers worked from drawings by artist and writer David Woods, as well as their own original designs to create a series of quilts that capture African Nova Scotian community and history, as well as their personal stories. |
Charles Taylor Hall Theatre Society February 1 & 2, 2013 Set in the 1960’s, Dreamgirls is a very popular musical that fuses a blend of soul, motown, and gospel music. The story follows the dramatic development of a young, Black, female singing trio from Chicago who ascend to stardom through an amateur singing competition. This Canadian staging features a concert piece, alongside play excerpts. The production involves five professional artists and ten emerging, established, and community-based artists. |
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Dartmouth Heritage Museum February 2 – April 27, 2013 Curated by Black Artists Network of Nova Scotia, this exhibition is both a celebration, as well as an educational campaign increasing the awareness of African Maritime art. This platform showcases the works and illustrated biographies of artists who were critical in establishing a presence for African Nova Scotian art in the province. Though largely unknown, these artists made significant contributions to Nova Scotia’s art history and are a figurative element in its cultural narrative. |
Word Iz Bond Spoken Word Collective This poetry showcase brings together young emerging artists from indigenous Black communities in Nova Scotia, and African and Caribbean immigrant communities in Montreal. Together through the art of language, this collective of artists aim to foster greater understanding between the multiplicity of experiences and cultures in the African Diaspora -- often left divided amongst one another. Through this unique exchange, artists and audiences in both communities will be exposed to new work and artistic practices that expand the genres of jazz and spoken word through cross-disciplinary collaboration. |
San Family Productions The San Family is a historical journey to a time when being Black in Nova Scotia was considered worse than death itself. It is a triumphant tale of how two very unlikely characters are able to overcome societal constraints and unite through the power of music. |
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The Historica-Dominion Institute February 2013 For your Black History Month event, The Historica-Dominion Institute offers free bilingual educational resources, a quiz and guest speakers! Invite a Passages to Canada speaker, free of charge, to share his or her inspiring story of Black Canadian heritage and identity with your students or community group. Arrange a visit at: passagestocanada.com. Download our free educational guide for interactive activities and a quiz on the key events and personalities of Black Canadian history. Examine issues of identity, equality, community and nation-building. All this can be found at our Black History Portal: blackhistorycanada.ca. |
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