Year: 2012

  Sometimes when you travel abroad, the only native you talk to at length is your tour guide. To remedy this problem, I try

  The biggest event this weekend is the Portugal Day Parade on Saturday. It’s huge and colourful. It goes from Dundas St. West to

  Lots happening that’s free or nearly free and multicultural this weekend. I hope the weather improves. Check for cancellations. On Saturday, June 2,

  Last Sunday, Carassauga started off badly for me. I thought I had planned my visit carefully by choosing only five countries. I only had

    I was at the Royal Ontario Museum’s Iranian Heritage Day on Saturday. It was wonderful. I stayed there from 11am to 5.

  Over 10 years ago, I accompanied then 8-year old Mei Li and her adoptive parents back to China. We went to the tree

  This coming weekend May 25-27, there’s Doors Open, an opportunity to visit any of 135 buildings including a Turkish mosque, an exquisite Tibetan

P. Anne Winter writes about the famous Japanese onnagata actor. The free poster exhibit at the Japanese Foundation on Japan’s living cultural icon Tomasaburo

  Saturday, May 26 and Sunday, May 27. 12-5pm. Some buildings close earlier. Over 135 buildings in the GTA are open to the public

  With 60 countries represented in 26 pavilions at 12 locations across Mississauga, this is a not-to-be missed multicultural event. Festivals in other parts