Media Releases 2008

• December 11, 2008:
  Harbourfront Centre’s World Stage Refuels and Hits the Runway in February
  
  
• December 10, 2008:
  Harbourfront Centre announces the 2008 recipients of Canada’s most prestigious commissioning awards
  
  
• December 08, 2008:
  The Sixth Annual HATCH: emerging performance projects, Winter/Spring 2009
  
  
• December 04, 2008:
  The Power Plant - Winter 2008/2009 Exhibitions
  
  
• November 18, 2008:
  SK8 CULTURE at Harbourfront Centre this November and December
  
  
• November 18, 2008:
  Marie Brassard’s Latest Spectacle The Invisible to Appear at World Stage 08:09
  
  
• November 14, 2008:
  Free family concert looks at the exciting history of the tango in Fiestango on December 7, as part of HarbourKIDS!
  
  
• November 13, 2008:
  A free spectacular skating celebration for families, December 5 to 7 at Harbourfront Centre!
  
  
• November 13, 2008:
  Harbourfront Centre Receives 2008 Diversity in Governance Award
  
  
• November 11, 2008:
  Nine dynamic visual arts exhibitions open on Friday, November 14 at Harbourfront Centre
  
  
• November 10, 2008:
  Crystal Pite’s Breathtaking Lost Action Can Only Be Found at World Stage 08:09
  
  
• October 29, 2008:
  World Premiere of Hospitality 3: Individualism Was a Mistake at World Stage
  
  
• October 28, 2008:
  View Points - More Than Bows and Arrows Discussion Pulls Together Aboriginal Artists to Take Aim at Indigenous Stereotypes - November 12, 2008
  
  
• October 23, 2008:
  World Stage Continues to Soar with the Toronto Debut of La Pornographie des âmes
  
  
• October 16, 2008:
  Experience Day of the Dead at Harbourfront Centre - Saturday November 8 and Sunday November 9, 2008
  
  
• October 14, 2008:
  IFOA spreads the word with Random Gifts of Reading
  
  
• October 08, 2008:
  IFOA builds bridges for the promotion of Can-Lit abroad
  
  
• October 02, 2008:
  Updated - Toronto soccer gets A Kick to the Head at View Points discussion - October 16, 2008
  
  
• October 02, 2008:
  Heritage Day - Arab Pride - October 18 at Harbourfront Centre
  
  
• October 01, 2008:
  Free family concert series kicks off with Annabelle Canto, a bilingual opera performance on Thanksgiving Weekend, Sunday, October 12, as part of HarbourKIDS!
  
  
• September 26, 2008:
  Harbourfront Centre Announces a Prestigious New Name for the Premiere Dance Theatre
  
  
• September 24, 2008:
  World Stage Takes Flight with Kitt Johnson X-act and Spaghetti Western Orchestra
  
  
• September 24, 2008:
  IFOA: Canada's biggest literary festival travels beyond the boundaries of the GTA
  
  
• September 23, 2008:
  29th annual IFOA features 135 authors, 15 countries, 67 events, 11 days
  
  
• September 23, 2008:
  Wayson Choy named winner of Harbourfront Festival Prize
  
  
• September 22, 2008:
  Amazing performances and interactive activities at Harbourfront Centre’s family celebration of GEEKS this Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend, October 12 & 13.
  
  
• September 22, 2008:
  Harbourfront Centre launches its nine fall visual arts exhibitions, September 28 to November 9
  
  
• September 11, 2008:
  The Power Plant launches Fall 2008 with a major new commission from Scott Lyall, a collaborative project with Harrell Fletcher and the Canadian debut of Manon de Boer
  
  
• September 11, 2008:
  Free family concert series returns to Harbourfront Centre on Thanksgiving Weekend, Sunday, October 12, as part of HarbourKIDS!
  
  
• September 11, 2008:
  Harbourfront Centre School Visits stimulates young minds with engaging arts and culture programs
  
  
• September 08, 2008:
  Sri Lankan Festival - Pearl of the Indian Ocean - Sept. 20 & 21, 2008
  
  
• September 02, 2008:
  Literary Arts at Harbourfront Centre gets a new look
  
  
• August 28, 2008:
  Fasten Your Seatbelts and Travel First-Class with a New Season of World Stage
  
  
• August 26, 2008:
  Enjoy, learn, make friends and have the time of your life at Harbourfront Centre’s Courses & Workshops!
  
  
• August 25, 2008:
  A Colossal NextSteps Season Announced for 2008 - 2009
  
  
• August 21, 2008:
  A Dance Celebration 25 Years in the Making - Full Programme Details Announced
  
  
• August 12, 2008:
  An interactive performance by Lee Walton marks the end of a summer to remember at The Power Plant: September 1, 2008
  
  
• August 07, 2008:
  Hot and Spicy Food Festival (August 15 to August 17) Presented by NOW Magazine
  
  
• August 07, 2008:
  Genre Defying New Work at Harbourfront Centre
  
  
• August 05, 2008:
  South Asia Calling - August 8 to 10 at Harbourfront Centre
  
  
• July 23, 2008:
  Island Soul (August 1 to August 4) - Part of World Routes (Presented by RBC)
  
  
• July 16, 2008:
  PEN Canada’s 25th anniversary Gala Benefit opens International Festival of Authors
  
  
• July 10, 2008:
  What Is Classical? - July 25 to July 27 - Part of World Routes
  
  
• June 26, 2008:
  Harbourfront Centre unveils its summer visual arts exhibitions including two new Artists’ Gardens
  
  
• June 26, 2008:
  Adults are invited to run away and join the circus this summer at Harbourfront Centre!
  
  
• June 26, 2008:
  Free concerts and dance performances with three world premieres at the Toronto Music Garden, June 29 to September 14
  
  
• June 26, 2008:
  Over 1000 Toronto elementary students from 25 schools craft their response to the question-What’s in the lake?-in the form of protest art in FishNet: The Great Lakes Craft & Release Project
  
  
• June 26, 2008:
  Harbourfront Centre invites kids to the heart of Toronto’s waterfront for a summer of fun, creativity and learning
  
  
• June 24, 2008:
  Fido Free Flicks releases boundary-pushing films Tuesday evening
  
  
• June 23, 2008:
  International Festival of Authors announces lineup for 2008
  
  
• June 16, 2008:
  International Festival of Authors adds business component for '08
  
  
• May 15, 2008:
  Harbourfront Centre to Host Sensational Finale to Luminato
  
  
• May 15, 2008:
  Burroughs and Banff Bookend June events at IRAH
  
  
• May 13, 2008:
  Revised -- Harbourfront Centre World Routes Summer Events (June through September) - Event Descriptions and Dates
  
  
• May 06, 2008:
  The Power Plant is thrilled to announce Partners in Art as 2008-2009 Commissioning Partner for its 2008 Commission featuring Scott Lyall and 2009 Commission featuring Candice Breitz
  
  
• May 06, 2008:
  A summer to remember at The Power Plant: ALL SUMMER, ALL FREE and the blockbuster exhibition ‘Not Quite How I Remember It’ – June 7 to September 1, 2008
  
  
• May 05, 2008:
  2nd Annual Forest of Reading® Festival of Trees™ at Harbourfront Centre
  
  
• May 02, 2008:
  World Stage 2008 closes with the spectacular Toronto premiere of The Space Between by Australia’s C!RCA!
  
  
• May 02, 2008:
  Kids of all ages are invited to the spectacular Toronto International Circus Festival and exciting, interactive experiences, as part of HarbourKIDS this Holiday Weekend, May 17, 18 & 19. Admission is free.
  
  
• April 28, 2008:
  Architecture at Harbourfront Centre - SACRED SPACE explored by notable Canadian firms - Free exhibition runs May 3 to September 7, 2008
  
  
• April 25, 2008:
  Harbourfront Centre launches visual arts exhibitions exploring how we individually relate to Ontario's natural environment - May 3 to June 22, 2008
  
  
• April 24, 2008:
  New Zealand’s Black Grace makes their Toronto debut with a riveting celebration of dance, April 30 to May 3
  
  
• April 24, 2008:
  IRAH Welcomes The Walrus as Official Monthly Magazine Sponsor
  
  
• April 10, 2008:
  View Points and Spacing Magazine present What to do with the Gardiner Expressway: Exploring the Options - Tuesday April 15, 2008
  
  
• April 10, 2008:
  What happens when the horizon becomes an endless series of vertical lines? Welcome to The Vertical City.
  
  
• April 09, 2008:
  A triumverate of top Scottish theatre talent team up for the Canadian premiere of Damascus - April 22 to 26 at Harbourfront Centre
  
  
• April 08, 2008:
  Harbourfront Centre, in partnership with Toronto Downtown Jazz (TDJ) and The Other Operation present UK music legend Billy Bragg - June 17, 2008
  
  
• April 02, 2008:
  Virtuosic dance from contemporary icon Bill T. Jones in the Canadian premiere of Chapel/Chapter
  
  
• April 01, 2008:
  Toronto elementary schools compete at Harbourfront Centre in the 2007-08 TDSB Team Chess Finals on April 11
  
  
• March 20, 2008:
  Harbourfront Centre partners with digifest 2008 for events by international and Canadian artists on March 28, 2008
  
  
• March 20, 2008:
  George Brown College presents ROUGE, the 2008 Jewellery Arts Graduate Exhibition and Sale (April 10 - May 4 at Bounty – The Canadian Contemporary Craft Shop at Harbourfront Centre)
  
  
• March 18, 2008:
  Poets, Travellers and Prize-winners read in five April events at IRAH
  
  
• March 13, 2008:
  Anita Majumdar, creator of the acclaimed Fish Eyes, is back with The Misfit - Toronto premiere at HATCH - April 3 to 5, 2008
  
  
• March 13, 2008:
  Weathering Architecture premieres at HATCH: emerging performance projects - March 28 to March 30, 2008
  
  
• March 12, 2008:
  IFOA announces Irish Focus for '08: Colm Toibin to join as guest curator
  
  
• March 10, 2008:
  Jeffrey Archer comes to IRAH
  
  
• March 04, 2008:
  Harbourfront Centre launches exhibitions of 7 video art works by international and Canadian artists on March 8 and the launch of a new permanent exhibition space for architecture
  
  
• February 25, 2008:
  Harbourfront Centre Announces Commissioning Call for Canadian Artists
  
  
• February 22, 2008:
  HATCH: emerging performance projects at Harbourfront Centre celebrates its 5th anniversary, March to April
  
  
• February 22, 2008:
  Harboufront Centre’s HATCH: emerging performance projects and surprise performance present Save us!! [Hamletown]
  
  
• February 21, 2008:
  Spymonkey business is gonna get on your back Toronto.... Don
  
  
• February 21, 2008:
  IRAH marches on with superlative line-up of authors
  
  
• February 11, 2008:
  10 spectacular Harbourfront Centre March Break Camps for ages 4 to 16 including Circus, Creative Arts, Golf, Chess Challenge and Junior Authors
  
  
• February 01, 2008:
  Crafting New Traditions: Canadian Innovators Influences Symposium - February 22 and 23, 2008 at Harbourfront Centre
  
  
• January 31, 2008:
  International Readings at Harbourfront joins Toronto Public Library for Keep Toronto Reading
  
  
• January 30, 2008:
  Turner Prize-winning artist Simon Starling launches Spring at The Power Plant with a new commission and solo exhibition - March 1 to May 11, 2008
  
  
• January 30, 2008:
  World Stage continues with the world premiere of Transmission of the Invisible, a stunning multi-media dance work by Dora Award winning Artistic Director Peter Chin
  
  
• January 28, 2008:
  Pulitzer and Griffin Prize-winners among February line-up at IRAH
  
  
• January 24, 2008:
  World Stage 2008 Series Launches January 22, 2008 - Event Line Up and Production Details
  
  
• January 17, 2008:
  World Stage 2008 launches with the Canadian premiere of small metal objects by Australia’s Back to Back Theatre in the Toronto Eaton Centre, January 22 to 26
  
  
• January 17, 2008:
  NextSteps launches its spectacular winter/spring series with Dance Ontario’s sizzling performances, January 19-20
  
  
• January 10, 2008:
  Harbourfront Centre launches seven new Visual Arts and Craft Arts exhibitions - January 19 to March 2, 2008
  
  
• January 08, 2008:
  DJ Skating Nights return to the Natrel Rink - five events through February 2008