nathan phillips square

7 things to do in Toronto today

Today in Toronto we have many reasons to rally together. There's a huge vigil planned at Nathan Phillips Square to pay tribute to the victims of the Quebec City mosque shootings, while Black Lives Matter kicks off Black History month with a panel discussion. On the lighter side, Baby G's launches live punk karaoke.

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    About the Event
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    • February 1
      Join hundreds of Torontonians for a peaceful vigil at Nathan Phillips Square at 7 p.m., to commemorate the lives lost in the attack at the Sainte-Foy, Quebec City Mosque.
      Nathan Phillips Square
    • February 1
      Good Enough Live Karaoke is launching a new punk themed monthly happening the first Wednesday of every month, in collaboration with Baby G's on Dundas West. Celebrating "Punk" from '69 to '85.
    • February 1
      This is an interactive night of storytelling where four teams of emerging writers from Ontario's top writing programs compete by improvising stories on stage. It's a night of spinning yarns like you've never seen before.
      Harbourfront Centre
    • February 1
      This will be a candid discussion of the achievements of Toronto's Black communities, the Black Lives Matter movement, and race-relations in Canada at this intimate Black History Month launch event.
      Toronto Reference Library, Atrium
    • February 1
      They've just released their 10h album, AFI (The Blood Album), and have Souvenirs and Nothing and Chain Gang of 1974 opening for them at every show, so catch the California rockers on this short North American tour while you can.
      The Danforth Music Hall
    • February 1
      Here we have an evening of all-true storytelling on the first day of the shortest month with a theme that seems only fitting: the Shortest Story. 25 storytellers share their personal accounts, in two minutes or less.
    • February 1-12
      Queen West's Gallery 1313 is celebrating 20 years of art shows with works by their newly formed collective. Check out mixed media, ceramics, glass, watercolour, oil and acrylics by 20 artists from 1-6 p.m.
      Gallery 1313
    Lead photo by

    Lee Chu

Lead photo by

Lee Chu


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