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 in multicultural Toronto this holiday weekend May 19-21 that’s free or nearly free. Details are on www.TorontoMulticulturalCalendar.com . On Saturday, from
24Apr
Free Israeli, British, Roma, Bulgarian, Burmese, Buddhist, & Sikh events are on this weekend. In addition there’s International Dance Day and the documentary
15Mar
It was my first Fire Festival. I was expecting to see mainly men jump over a big bonfire like acrobats. Instead, I found
Our Toronto Tibetan elderly are tough. On March 10, they spent 30 minutes at a rally with almost a thousand younger Tibetans. They stood
Nowruz, the Iranian New Year and the beginning of spring in Toronto is March 20 at 1:15 am. The celebrations start, however, on
February 22 is Losar, the first day of the Tibetan New Year. It is a 15-day holiday, but the first three days are the
Too bad there weren’t more participants on Saturday at the annual Drum and Dance Festival in Mississauga. It was a pity because we had
Should you go to Little India this weekend? I’ve been at festivals twice now at Gerrard and Coxwell and they can be fun.