813. April Events in Multicultural Toronto – 2018

I’m leaving today for a week in Ireland.  Fortunately, some of you have sent posters which makes it easier for me to tell everybody  about free or relatively free events in our culturally diverse city.  Please send posters to:  ruthlormalloy@gmail.com. Please subscribe above so you will know immediately about our next blog.

Italy: For this free event and other cultural happenings at the Italian Cultural Centre, see:  https://iictoronto.esteri.it/iic_toronto/it/gli_eventi/calendario/2018/04/presentazione-della-produzione.html..

Multicultural:

Multicultural: 

Multicultural. Multicultural. Turkey.

Muslim.  Sufi.  Concert. May 16, 2018 is the inaugural  ‘International Day of Living Together in Peace‘.   The initiative was proposed by Sheikh Khaled Bentounes – Honorary Head of the international Sufi order AISA (International Association Sufi Alawiyya NGO) – and adopted as an annual official day by the UN General Assembly on December 8, 2017.

Featuring:
Shams al-Habib – singing poetry of Shaykh Ahmad al-Alawi
Shaykh Murat Coskun – leading a Zikr ceremony with music and whirling dervishes of The Rifai Sufi Order

Everyone is welcome to participate and/or observe.

Date: Saturday April 28, 2018
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Auditorium, Noor Cultural Centre, 123 Wynford Drive
Admission: Free (donations are welcome)

Event Partners – International Association Sufi Alawiyya; 
The Nimatullahi Sufi Order
The Inayati Order
Canadian Institute of Sufi Studies
Emmanuel College

Pakistan. Sikh.  Lost Heritage: A Sikh Legacy in Pakistan. April 7 – July 2
Peel Art Gallery.  http://pama.peelregion.ca/en/exhibitions/artgallery.asp.

This exhibition of photographs reflects Singapore-based Amardeep Singh’s deep connection to the land of his ancestors – a connection that impelled him to travel to Pakistan in 2014 to re-trace the movement of the Sikhs eastward and to document their journey. Artist Talk: Saturday, April 21, 12 p.m.

This exhibition is sponsored by the Sikh Foundation of Canada