A signature event of Live With Culture and Toronto Culture
Presented by NOW Magazine
A festival of what was, is and could be Toronto
May 26 to June 25, 2006
Complete guide to festival events in NOW Magazine on May 25
Notice: Event Cancellation - Please note that Annabelle's Doll at Gibson House, June 11 - 10 am - 11:30am, has been cancelled.
The Humanitas Festival is an energetic, kinetic series of events, forums, exhibitions, stories, performances and debate that illustrate and animate how Toronto's creative energy is deeply rooted in its history and diversity. Under themes of gathering place, global village and city soul, Humanitas strives to curate our future through ideas and passionate debate about how not only to build cities, but how to develop citizens.
The festival kicks off with Toronto Culture's Doors Open Toronto on May 27 & 28 highlighting Toronto's stories though its built architecture. Humanitas continues through June 25 exploring the social and cultural architecture of Toronto - the architecture of the space between people.
Mark Your Calendar for the Festival Launch!
Don't miss the Humanitas Festival Launch and 7th Annual Doors Open Toronto Kick-Off event on May 26, 6 pm at the Cooler By The Lake Tent located on Toronto's historic front porch - the waterfront - at the foot of Yonge Street. Join Mayor David Miller, City of Toronto Poet Laureate Pier Giorgio Di Cicco, NOW Magazine's Alice Klein and CBC Radio One's Garvia Bailey along with many of Toronto's best-loved artists expressing how Toronto's creative energy is deeply rooted in its history and diversity. The event includes performances by Autorickshaw (Indian Fusion Jazz), The Pocket Dwellers (Rap/Funk/Jazz), the Nathaniel Dett Chorale (Afrocentric Choral Music) and Zaki Ibrahim (Soul). Rap artist MC Abdominal kicks off the evening with a live performance of what could be Toronto's unofficial anthem T.Ode.
The Toronto Story
Gathering it, Sharing it, Honoring it.
The Toronto Story takes place in partnership with City of Toronto Museums, [murmur], Multicultural History Society of Ontario, Regent Park Focus, Spacing, MemoryArchive, artists and residents throughout Toronto.
Urban Forums: Building Livable Cities
Forums launch at the Cooler By The Lake Tent - a waterfront site that launches Humanitas and turns the foot of Yonge Street into an energetic, kinetic hub of ideas and passionate debate. Topics include: 21st Century Museums and their role in the Public Realm; Media and Urban Violence; Identity and Belonging. Forums kick-off with The Networked City and proceed as follows:
The Networked City - a series of large-scale, outdoor, interactive media installations that respond to the public's input and incorporate it into the work. Commissioned by InterAccess Media Arts Centre and co-presented by InterAccess, UPEACE and Humanitas.
Creativity Unleashed - presented by UPEACE - www.toronto.upeace.org. Dynamic Toronto rap, lively Brazilian hip-hop, vibrant graffiti art, children’s theatre exploring conflict and peace, exceptional interactive media installations, enlightening forums and a condo project for pigeons… these are some of the dazzling highlights of UPEACE’s Creativity Unleashed, an exciting one-day event that aims to recognize and celebrate creativity and community-driven innovations that strengthen urban peace and prevent violence.
Media Tuesdays - presented by NOW Magazine in partnership with CBC Radio One, 99.1 and OMNI Television
Identity & Belonging Thursdays - Humanitas program partners and enthusiasts explore the quest to build and sustain liveable cities in the 21st century
Urban Films - presented in partnership with OMNI Television and Planet
In Focus
City Soul
The Humanitas Festival is proud to highlight a sampling of the art, culture and heritage events taking place in Toronto during the festival.
The Humanitas Festival, presented by NOW Magazine, is a signature event of Toronto Culture and Live With Culture. The complete guide to Humanitas Festival events will appear in NOW Magazine on May 25, 2006. Media partners include NOW Magazine, CBC Radio One, 99.1 and OMNI Television.
Live With Culture is a 16-month celebration of Toronto's extraordinary arts and cultural communities, shining a spotlight on the vibrant and diverse activities happening in the city each and every day. From September 2005 until the end of 2006, Live With Culture showcases the vast scope of the city's culture of creativity and inspires culture in Toronto to become a daily part of everyone's life. How do you live with culture? Visit www.livewithculture.ca, the ultimate guide to Toronto's culture scene.
