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Animated Films Based on Children's Books
A series of films based on your favourite children's stories from Robert Munsch, Kwan Ming and others!
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Animated Poe - a quadruple feature of animated Poe films from around the world.
A quadruple feature of Poe films that have been animated from around the world.
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Blurring Boundaries: The Interface Between Communication and Theatre
Social networking may be cool, but is it art? Can the medium be more than just a message?
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Children's Books and Illustrations
From beautiful picture books to challenging novels for young adults, come celebrate the best in Canadian kid-lit.
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Cirque du Soleil®: A Thrilling Ride Through KOOZA
Cirque du Soleil presents A Thrilling Ride Through KOOZA, a captivating documentary that looks at the creative process of KOOZA, the latest critically acclaimed touring show from Cirque du Soleil.
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Closing Weekend Celebrations: Featuring Cirque du Soleil® - June 12-14
Come down to the waterfront for a weekend of wonder as Luminato’s 10 days come to an end – this free event created just for us by Cirque du Soleil®.
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Communication | Environment by David Rokeby, Germaine Koh, Luminato Box
Unexpected encounters with art will take you by surprise, let you see the invisible and challenge your notion of inside and outside space.
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Contemporary Communication Shorts
Luminato 2009's exploration of Contemporary Communication is reflected through 11 short films from Bravo!FACT that examine where we are and where we might be going when it comes to language and new media.
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each hand as they are called by Reena Katz
each hand as they are called has been postponed indefinitely and will no longer be part of Luminato 2009.
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Family Dance Party
Kids can play too! In association with BUNCH, Toronto’s expert on art and culture for families, we invite the whole family to this special Sunday afternoon event celebrating the music of the guitar. Come enjoy family dance sessions, guitar jams and guitar-inspired creations and crafts.
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First Night with Randy Bachman
Randy Bachman rocks Yonge-Dundas Square! It's our free opening-night party - and you're invited!
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Goran Bregovic
Luminato at Yonge-Dundas Square culminates with a rare musical event: a free concert by Goran Bregovic, musical superstar of the Balkans.
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Gothic Toronto: Writing the City Macabre
Come hear some of Toronto's best authors as they wield their poisoned pens over
different areas of our city.
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Guitar Festival @ the Luminato Reel
Five diverse films that pick up on the themes explored in Luminato's Guitar Festival. Artists featured in these films include Daniel Lanois, Derek Trucks, Dave Matthews, Yamandu Costa and Romero Lubambo.
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Jiří Kylián’s Car Men
Exactly 20 years separate Jirí Kylián's solo Silent Cries and his black-and white film, Car Men, made in 2006 in collaboration with Dutch filmmaker, Boris Paval Cone.
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Lepage: Breaking a Leg
Director Robert Lepage has given us some of the most exciting Canadian theatre of the last decade including this year's North American premiere of Lipsynch.
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Light on Your Feet
Come dance with the stars - and the moon too!
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Lunchtime Conversations
A free series of lunchtime tête-à-têtes with Luminato artists at the flagship ROOTS store at 100 Bloor Street West. Seating is limited, so come early!
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National Bank Yorkville Festival - Brazilian Guitar Marathon
Lose yourself in Latin America – right here in Toronto – as the Duo Assad, Yamandú Costa, Luciana Souza featuring Romero Lubambo and other guitar masters take you on a day-long tour of their country’s hottest sounds.
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Nederlands Dans Theater Celebrates Jiři Kylián
This sensational film features the Nederlands Dans Theater commemorating their extraordinarily successful liaison with supreme dance co-ordinator Jirí Kylián with three astounding ballets: Birth-Day, Bella Figura and Sleepless.
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New Waves Festival
Innovation and invention at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts.
President's Choice® 1000 Tastes of Toronto™
Join the city's top chefs as they prepare gourmet street food for only $5. A carnival of cuisine!
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R. Murray Schafer’s Music for Wilderness Lake
In celebration of his new work The Children’s Crusade, Luminato screens R. Murray Schafer’s acclaimed Rhombus collection Music for Wilderness Lake, which traces the development and performance of a piece of environmental music.
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Raphael Mazzucco
His work has graced such magazines as ELLE and Vogue. Now we've commissioned Canada's renowned fashion photographer to capture the spirit of the Festival.
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RedBall Project Toronto by Kurt Perschke
Having made headlines in cities from Barcelona to Chicago, something big and red comes bouncing into Toronto on its global trek. Experience your city through the imagination and vitality of RedBall.
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Shadow Notes by Danny Clinch, Ralph Gibson and Andy Summers
An unprecedented exhibition in the heart of Toronto presenting the work of Danny Clinch and Ralph Gibson, two photographers obsessed with music, and the photos of Andy Summers, a musician obsessed with photography!
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Six String Nation Portraits
As part of this year's Guitar Festival, Luminato presents a series of portraits by Doug Nicholson at the Roots flagship store in Bloor St. This exhibition is a small sample of the much lager Six String Nation project conceived by Jowi Taylor.
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Six String Nation Portraits - Luminato Festival Artists
"Put ten Canadians in your mind who have helped to define Canadian Cultural identity to ourselves and the world. I'll bet half of them are holding guitars."
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Six String Nation: Jowi Taylor Book Launch
Join writer and broadcaster Jowi Taylor as he shares stories about his Six-String Nation Guitar built literally from pieces of Canada’s heritage, including material from the roof of Parliament to seat number 69 in Massey Hall.
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Tales of the Uncanny
After 90 years, Canada finally gets its chance to see one of the seminal masterworks of cinematic horror - with cutting-edge accompaniment by Robert Lippok, Owen Pallett and Do Make Say Think.
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The Art of Children’s Books
The Canadian Children's Book Centre, dedicated to nurturing and promoting Canadian literature for young readers, partners with Luminato in presenting an engaging panel on the art of creating children's books.
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The Genius of Lenny Breau
This feature-length documentary encompasses a story of one of the "true great geniuses of guitar", whose life ended abruptly and mysteriously in Los Angeles in 1984 at the age of 43, inspiring 5 O'Clock Bells (being presented June 10-13).
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The Great Canadian Tune - A Guinness World Record Event!
Help get Toronto into the Guinness Book of World Records!
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The Luminato Artist Lounge
Drop into our Artist Hub in the Hard Rock Café just off Yonge-Dundas Square. That’s where you’ll find our house band, Raoul and The Big Time (NOW magazine’s Best Blues Artist of 2007), along with guest artists from other Guitar Festival events. It’s open to the public, so hang out, rub shoulders with the stars – and hear some great sounds!
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The Traveling Blues with Taj Mahal, Harry Manx and many more
Around the world in 12 bars: A stellar line-up of artists, including the legendary Taj Mahal, explore the global diversity of a familiar genre.
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The Urban Playground
Many people think of art as something to admire in galleries - but what happens when art comes out to play? Kurt Perschke, creator of the RedBall Project, joins members of the Toronto collective OpenCity Projects and the artists of the Luminato Box to discuss ways in which art can engage with public space.
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The World of Slide Guitar with the Derek Trucks Band
The Derek Trucks Band headlines this free all-star celebration of slide guitar styles from around the world.
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Tono: from Seed to Stage
A documentary on the creation of Red Sky Performance’s Tono, a three-country project speaking to the tribal identities of indigenous peoples and their shamanic history.
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Tony Oursler
Enter the surreal realm of one of the most controversial multi-media artists on the world scene today.
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Urban Playgound double Feature Roadsworth and RedBall Project
A look at two visual arts projects that have transformed the cities in which they are placed.
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Why Fiction Matters
On this panel, four leading lights from the world of letters will discuss why stories matter.
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Yiddish Theatre: a Love story
Enjoy the Yiddish theater experience of Zisele? Enter the funny, larger-than-life world of Yiddish theater with this doc about Zypora Spaisman, the woman who kept the oldest Yiddish theater in the U.S. alive.
