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Toronto: City of Words Tues. August 3, 7:30 pm This illustrated talk by Sarah Elton and photographer Kevin Robbins is a unique tour through Toronto’s landscapes, streets, and souls. Their illustrated book, City of Words: Toronto through Her Writers’ Eyes, opens up the city as our writers have discovered it. “There is no city that does not dream,” writes poet and novelist Anne Michaels, and City of Words is a literary key to all we’ve been and all we’re becoming. Cost $9 (including HST)
Fort York Festival Great Voices, a theatrical production on the grounds of Fort York August 4 to 13 and 16 to 20, 7:30 pm Written by nationally known playwrights Rick Salutin and Dale Hamilton, Great Voices is a 90-minute site-specific theatrical collage of historical figures, including Lieutenant-Governor Simcoe, Tecumseh, Laura Second, and Susanna Moodie, combined with campfires, songs, fireworks, and food animating Toronto where the city began, at Fort York. Original music composed by songwriter James Gordon is sung by the composer and by members of the Fort York Guard. Produced by Sid Bruyn. Cost $25 (including HST). For more information go to www.festivalatthefort.ca
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