Mammalian Diving Reflex - Ballroom Dancing

Ballroom Dancing is an event organized by Darren O'Donnell for My Secret City - a part of Nuit Blanche, an all-night contemporary art event.
Ballroom Dancing is an all-ages dance party deejayed by kids in a gymnasium filled with over 2700 rubber balls. Ballroom Dancing brings adults and children together to dance to tunes selected and controlled by the kids. A safe playtime is fostered in order to counter the prevailing view that the public sphere is a place of danger, atomization and awkwardness rather than safety, communication and stylin' moves.
Music selected by kids from Parkdale Public School, deejay training by Rosina Kazi and Nicholas Murray and light designed by Rebecca Picherack.
Ballroom Dancing and Nuit Blanche happen from sunset at 7:01 p.m. on September 30 to sunrise at 7:15 a.m. on October 1, 2006 at University Settlement House, 23 Grange Road, just south of OCAD.
If you're interested in volunteering please email Darren at darren@mammalian.ca

Check out this great post at Zoilus, about live rock music intersecting with the public library. Amazing.

Kids Can Press: Visions in Poetry
Art exhibition and presentation, featuring Joe Morse, Geneviève Côté, Murray Kimber, Stéphan Jorisch and Ryan Price.
@ TYPE bookstore (883 Queen Street West, across the street from Trinity Bellwoods Park)
Thursday, October 5, 2006 from 6pm to 8pm.

Global Day for Darfur Canada - Toronto Rally

Day for Darfur Link: http://www.dayfordarfur.org/Events/Toronto_Canada.htm

When: September 17, 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Where: Ramsden Park (on Yonge St. across the road from Rosedale subway station, one block north of Bloor St.)
Speakers: Lt. General (Ret.), the Honourable Romeo Dallaire, Senator is the keynote speaker
Ms. Tragi Mustafa, a refugee from Darfur and a leading activist and founder of Save Women - Sudan
Justin Trudeau is the MC

Music by Bedouin Soundclash and Muhtadi, one of Canada's premier percussionists

City of Toronto's Involve Youth 2

City of Toronto's InvolveYouth 2:A guide to meaningful youth engagement was just released. PDF

This past Saturday's Globe & Mail has a special section on books for children, which is available online here.

Public Talk at Lillian H. Smith by Peter J. Schakel

Peter J. Schakel: "Entering Narnia" -- Sept 28 lecture

Thursday, Sept. 28, 8 p.m.

Entering Narnia:
The Magic of Imagination in C.S. Lewis's Chronicles

A lecture by Peter J. Schakel, author of The Way into Narnia. "Where
does the reader's imagination enter into the stories, and how does it
interact with the author's? "
Join us for an engaging talk for adults and students.

Sponsored by The Friends of the Osborne and Lillian H. Smith
Collections and Toronto Public Library.

The community room, Lillian H. Smith branch, Toronto Public Library,
239 College Street (at Huron). Admission is free. Groups, please call
ahead, (416) 393-7753.

Contact: Leslie McGrath, Head, Osborne Collection of Early
Children's Books
lmcgrath@torontopubliclibrary.ca

or Martha Scott, Librarian, Osborne Collection of Early Children's
Books
mcscott@torontopubliclibrary.ca

Check out our web page under "unique collections,"
www.torontopubliclibrary.ca

YPFIS is signed up as a group for tommorow's oUTreach event. For more information on oUTreach, please see:

http://www.students.utoronto.ca/oUTreach.htm

We have been placed at the The Macaulay Child Development Centre, located at 2010 Eglinton Ave. West (Suite 400).

http://www.macaulaycentre.org/

If you are interested in participating, please arrive at the back campus of University College (south side of Harbord, just east of St. George) before 9:15 am. We will register there and then be transported as a group to the placement site (we are scheduled to be there until 3:30 pm). Casual, modest attire and comfortable shoes are recommended.

SHOJO MANGA! GIRL POWER!

September 6 - October 4, 2006

The Japan Foundation, Toronto
131 Bloor St. W., 2nd Floor of the Colonnade building

Gallery Hours:
Monday – Friday 11:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Thursday 11:30 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Special Saturday Openings:
Saturday, September 9 & 16, Noon – 5:00 p.m.