The New AM 740 is proud to be the Official Radio Sponsor of a Summer Toronto tradition, the 28th Annual “Canadian Stage TD Dream in High Park” as they present William Shakespeare’s tragic love story “Romeo and Juliet” from June 25 to September 5.

Over 1.3 million people have flocked to see Shakespeare in the park to experience live theatre under the stars. Performances run Tuesday through Sunday at 8 p.m. Gate opens at 6 p.m. Admission is pay what you can at the gate and free for children 14 and under.

For more information go to canstage.com.

The New Classical 96.3 FM and The New AM 740 are proud sponsors of the ASHKENAZ FESTIVAL, August 31 to September 6 at Harbourfront Centre. With more than 90 acts and 200 individual artists hailing from over a dozen countries, it is North America’s premier festival of Jewish music and culture and is marking its 15th anniversary.

Don’t miss the Canadian premiere of the avant-garde opera of Frank London’s “Night in the Old Marketplace” (Monday September 6 at 1pm) featuring Marilyn lightstone as the narrator. Tickets are $25 inadvance or $30 at the door.

For more information go to: www.ashkenazfestival.com

Dancap Productions Inc. presents The Seven‐time 2008 TONY AWARD®‐WINNING LINCOLN CENTER THEATER Production of RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN’S SOUTH PACIFIC, directed by BARTLETT SHER at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto.

145 Queen Street West (at University Avenue –Osgoode subway)- August 12 to September 5, 2010
Opening Night: Sunday, August 15 @ 7:30pm

Tuesday – Saturday @ 7:30pm • Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday @ 2pm
Ticket prices range from $28 ‐ $200

Order online at www.DancapTickets.com or call 416.644.3665 or toll‐free 1.866.950.7469
For more info visit www.DancapTickets.com or www.SouthPacificOnTour.com.

As announced on April 27th’s top-rated American Idol performance show, American Idol will be hitting the road this summer, stopping in Toronto on September 9th! Tickets for the Copps Coliseum show on July 5th, are on sale now. The American Idol Live! Tour 2010 will feature the American Idol Season 9 top 10 contestants Didi Benami, Crystal Bowersox, Lee DeWyze, Andrew Garcia, Casey James, Aaron Kelly, Michael Lynche, Siobhan Magnus, Katie Stevens, and Tim Urban.

Tickets available all Ticketmaster Outlets, the Air Canada Centre box office (no first day sales) or call 416-870-8000 to charge.

Tickets (incl. GST) $44.50 / $57.00/ 86.50 reserved seats

*A limited number of specially priced 4 packs available! (plus FMF and service charges)

AM 740 is a proud sponsor of the 2010 Taste of the Kingsway, September 11th and 12th along Bloor Street West between Prince Edward Drive and Montgomery Road in Toronto’s west end. Come out for over 200 exhibitors, live music and performers, food vendors and sampling, a children’s midway, skateboard park, and more. For more information visit: thekingswaytoronto.ca. “2010 Taste of the Kingsway” sponsored in part by
Zoomer Radio…The New AM 740.

Fernando Krapp Wrote Me This Letter
Written by Tankred Dorst
Translated and Directed by Matthew Jocelyn
Sept. 18 – Oct. 16 2010

When a mysterious millionaire writes her a letter calling her the most beautiful girl in the city and vowing to marry her, Julia is outraged. Though they are strangers, Fernando is determined that his betrothed love him and is undeterred by her protestations. They marry, but when accusations of infidelity arise, both Julia and Fernando have to parse through the facts in an attempt to separate reality and fantasy. This bold metaphysical fable is an investigation of the nature of love, power, desire and reality.
Tickets range in price between $22- $99
Canadian Stage Box Office- 416.368.3110
www.canadianstage.com

The Legend Lives, Gino Monopoli
NewMarket Theatre
505 Pickering Cres, Newmarket
Purchase Tickets at www.newmarkettheatre.ca, or call the box office at 1-905-953-5122
Show starts at 8 pm
Tickets $40 for adults, $35 Seniors

The Andersen Project
Written and Directed by Robert Lepage
Starring Yves Jaques
An Ex Machina production presented by Canadian Stage
Oct. 21- Oct. 30 2010

This modern multimedia fairy-tale from Canadian theatre visionary Robert Lepage explores questions of sexual identity, unfulfilled fantasies and a thirst for recognition and fame that are drawn from the life and writings of legendary storyteller Hans Christian Andersen. This one-man show employs Lepage’s trademark theatrical magic to tell the tale of a Québécois songwriter whose apparently prestigious engagement at the Paris Opera helps him to discover what defines, motivates and inspires him.

Tickets range in price between $22- $99
Canadian Stage Box Office- 416.368.3110

www.canadianstage.com

Whether crafting for relaxation, gift giving, personalizing your home or making a unique fashion statement — it’s a trend that’s growing with many experiencing and enjoying the self-satisfaction of creating! The 23rd annual Creativ Festival, at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, South Building, is THE place to be October 22 to 24, 2010 to get in-the-know and stay on top of what’s hot, what’s new and what’s next in the world of sewing, knitting, beading, quilting, machine embroidery, needlework, paper arts and crafting.

With this year’s line up of events, classes and activities just released a week ago, all signs are pointing to a record breaking attendance with over 30,000 expected. For the first time ever, the first class sold out in just 3 hours and already more VIP Platinum and Gold delegates have registered than in total last year.

For 3 days only, Friday to Sunday, the exhibit hall, infused with inspiration, is offering stunning displays, runway shows, demos, make ‘n takes, how-tos, meet & greets and more. Here you will find to-die-for fabrics, fibres, papers, beads, patterns, kits and must have notions, tools and equipment. In our Canadian Arctic Pavilion, discover the luxury of Qiviuk, the inner down of exceptional quality from the Muskox, an animal that survived the last ice age. Relax and sample the many fibres of Coats & Clark Canada, Westminster Fibers and Kertzer at their yarn tasting. And, watch fashion happen right before your eyes as student design teams race the clock to complete a winning design in their show floor studios for our Project Creativ Catwalk challenge.

There’s always something new to learn. Whether beginner or expert you can choose from more than 200 hands-on classes that will challenge you to explore and work with new mediums while indulging in the process of personal design and style. Get up-close-and-personal direction from industry experts and some of the world’s most recognized designers and artists. Joining us for the first time from Australia are embroidery design guru, Simon Haskins and doll artist, Kate Heaslip who will help you recreate yourself in a 6″ figurine. Katrina Witten from England brings the British countryside to life in her free-style embroidery mini landscapes and florals. From California and in Canada for the first time are both Lennie Honcoop, who pioneered the use of Hot Ribbon to embellish appliqué and Stephanie Kleinman, creator of the long running HGTV series Simply Quilts, now sharing her new Fabric Studio™ software. Did you know you can create your own fabric designs and either print them out on small fabric swatches right on your printer or send away for the yardage you want?

Enjoy techniques rich classes focusing on cards or scrapbook layouts from both Cathie Allan and Sarah Hodgkinson. Paula Lishman shares her “knit-woven” and “crochet-woven” techniques for eye-popping garments using her stunning and unique fur yarns. If felting is your area of interest, there’s none better from whom to get the scoop, than Gio and Norm Gaudet, whose incredible line of felted garments launched LG Fashion week in Toronto this year. Make a trendy pillow sham with Terry Edward Briceland, “that sewing guy” on Rooms that Rock and Divine Design or create reversible garments with Kathryn Brenne, who has over 70 articles published in magazines like Vogue Patterns, Threads and Sew Stylish. This is just a sampling of the hands-on workshops starting on Wednesday, October 20th before the show floor opens.

Many of the designers will also be on hand for you to meet inside the exhibit hall or be inspired by exhibitions of their work. Whether visiting the Festival exhibit hall for one day or treating yourself to a 5-day VIP experience you’ll find there’s something for everyone, even if you’ve never crafted before. You can save if you buy tickets or register for classes in advance. For more info call 1.800.291.2030 or log on to www.creativfestival.ca
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Media Contact: Rita Gramsch rita@csnf.com 416.268.0727 (cell)

Studies In Motion: the Hauntings of Eadweard Muybridge
Written by Kevin Kerr
Directed by Kim Collier
An Electric Company production presented by Canadian Stage
Nov. 22- Dec. 18, 2010

Ground-breaking Vancouver-based Electric Company Theatre presents a physically and visually explosive multimedia spectacle inspired by the life, work and ghosts of the father of modern cinema. In 1885, Eadweard Muybridge sets out to catalogue animal movement and human gestures, but he is haunted by the ghosts of his past and the rational scientist that he has attempted to become must face the naked animal that remains inside him. This spellbinding profile of the man who froze time explores themes of memory, identity, and the quest for meaning.

Tickets range in price between $22- $99
Canadian Stage Box Office- 416.368.3110

www.canadianstage.com

Saint Carmen of the Main
Written by Michel Tremblay
Translated by Linda Gaboriau
Directed by Peter Hinton
In co-production with The National Arts Centre
Feb.7- Mar. 5 2011

A country singer and darling of Montreal’s seedy red-light district, Carmen triumphantly returns to her old haunts after a visit to Nashville to hone her craft. Doing away with bleedin’ hearts and lonesome nights, Carmen now sings about the people in her audience: hustlers and whores who for the first time become the heroes of these songs, not just the witless consumers. This mythic tale of a nightclub singer who dares make art from the lives of those on the fringes of society is a seminal play from Canada’s best-known playwright.

Tickets range in price between $22- $99
Canadian Stage Box Office- 416.368.3110

www.canadianstage.com

the cosmonaut’s last message to the woman
he once loved in the former societ union
Written by David Greig
Directed by Jennifer Tarver
Starring Raoul Bhaneja, Fiona Byrne, Paul Fauteux, David Jansen and Sarah Wilson
Apr. 16- May 14 2011

A pair of abandoned Russian cosmonauts have been circling the globe for twenty years. Below, a couple confronts their failed marriage, a prostitute searches for love and a scientist struggles to make contact with outer space. The Cosmonaut follows several inter-related storylines as lovers and strangers attempt to connect across living rooms, countries and into outer orbit. This unexpectedly moving play examines the frailties of love, the nature of loneliness and our universal desire for contact.
Tickets range in price between $22- $99

Canadian Stage Box Office- 416.368.3110
www.canadianstage.com

Untitled
by Édouard Lock
a La La La Human Steps production presented by Canadian Stage
May 26- June 1 2011

In this romantic and challenging new work, innovative modern dance company La La La Human Steps fuses two iconic operas whose familiarity will allow audiences to create new and unpredictable stories through the pull and push of their own memories. Two tragic love stories will be united into one seamless ode through complex choreography, the alteration of balletic structures and the intertwining of choreographic, musical and cinematic strands that will create a sense of perceptual distortion and renewal.
Tickets range in price between $22- $99
Canadian Stage Box Office- 416.368.3110

www.canadianstage.com