“Threshold of Magic: The Death and Life of Tom Thomson” brings to life in brilliant colour and verse the artistic genius of this Canadian icon.

The RCM looks forward to opening their doors again, for a full day of free classes, lessons, concerts, lectures, and demonstrations!  There will be special Music Appreciation programming from 3 to 6 pm and free lectures!

The ABCRA Monthly Board Meetings normally take place the third TUESDAY of the month September to June. The meetings alternate between morning   and evening. If there is anything you would like added to the agenda, please send it by email to the Board of Directors (board@abcra.ca) in advance of the meeting, with BOARD MEETINGS in the SUBJECT line.

Reuse, recycle and safely dispose!

The Heliconian Club will present, for the first time together, our three Artists-in-Residence at the Heliconian Club this past season, representing Visual Art, Literature and Dance. 

Our waterfront belongs to all Torontonians – and that’s why you should have a say as waterfront renewal enters its next phase. Join us at the upcoming Waterfront Toronto town hallthis Tuesday, June 6, to find out what’s coming and to share your views.

Safe Rail Communities is pleased to announce a second Community Workshop and Rail Safety Discussion.

You are invited to the 53 Division's Annual Open House.  Events and displays for everyone, all ages.

The ABC Residents Association and area residents have objections to the proposed development of Pears and Avenue.

Back by popular demand! Beach Musicians Martin Gladstone and Frank Caruso will entertain us with the Beatles music we love at Leaside United Church.

Meet your ABC neighbours and help clean up our park. April 22, 2017 10 AM to noon. Meet at the picnic table on Pears Avenue. Coffee and Cookies! 'See you there!

Visitors with rocks, minerals, gems, fossils, or suspected meteorites can have them identified at special ID clinics, held six times a year.

Souk Sessions
The Souk, or bazaar in the Middle East and North Africa, is an open-air market and social gathering, a special occasion when people from all over could dance, drink, party and meet. Souk sessions gives rustic traditions a modern twist, and mixes up arab and oriental influences with contemporary electronic music.

Sadziky
 A DJ, producer, visual artist, and event promoter gaining attention in the alternative underground scene with her music and own party concept called Souk Sessions. She combines elements from the different cultures she grew up with in high-energy DJ sets and productions. Expect head banging, hip-shaking techno with Middle Eastern influences and haunting vocals.

Cheba Khadijah
Cheba Khadijah aka Jillian Fulton is an anthropologist and Arabic folk musician. She has recently been inspired to fuse her favourite Middle Eastern and North African sounds with electronic music.

Join us (Safe Rail Communities) for an evening of comedy featuring Herb Irving, Katie Westman, Martha O’Neill, Tony Krolo, Johnny Gardhouse, Bryan Hatt, Laurie Elliott, Andrew Chapman, Karen O’Keefe and Jeff Elliott!

The City of Toronto is writing a Secondary Plan that will direct how Toronto will grow over the next 10 years. 
You can tell them what you want !

For one night only at Heliconian Hall, actor, Jennifer Carroll, will perform a one-woman show called “Maud of Leaskdale”.

Annual ROM Research Colloquium and Vaughan Lecture, a thought-provoking one-day event highlighting our ongoing research and recent discoveries.  Join ROM curators from diverse fields exploring the intersections of Art, Culture, and Nature, as we take you into the ROM's laboratory and collections and to the field. Ten-minute presentations delivered by our curatorial staff feature a wide array of topics.

Join the the Ryerson City Building Institute for a Meet-Up that brings together leading city builders and the public to discuss the future of Yonge Street.  

Opening reception for Alison Melville's PRINT SHOW at the Heliconian Hall 35 Hazelton Avenue January 14, 2017 from 1 to 4 p.m.

On December 14, 2016, come and hear Toronto’s own ACTA Recorder Quartet as they present a program of early and modern-era music for the holiday season!
There’s something for everyone on the musical menu, from carol settings of the German and English Renaissance to excerpts from Corelli’s Christmas Concerto and Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus,  from Britten’s Alpine Suite to Stan Davis’s Chanukah Medley and arrangements of Winter Wonderland, The Twelve Days of Christmas, and other holiday fare, all performed on combinations of recorders both large and small.

On November 30 at Toronto’s Heliconian Hall, Alison Melville and Julia Seager-Scott will present BORDER CROSSINGS, an evening of music of traditional and Baroque origins performed on the clarsach (17th-century Scottish traditional harp), Baroque triple harp, recorders, Baroque flute, and kantele (traditional Finnish dulcimer).

"Gifts from the Muses" Art, Gift and Craft Show and Sale, Saturday, November 26, 11 am - 4 pm  plus LIVE MUSICAL PERFORMANCES

Safe Rail Communities and Christie Dupont Rail Safety Group are pleased to invite you to a Community Workshop on Rail Safety And Emergency Preparedness.

The ABCRA Board of Directors gives notice that ABCRA's 2016 Annual General Meeting will be held at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 15, 2016, at the Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Avenue, Toronto, Ontario.

A town hall discussion as part of the national public consultation on Canadian federal electoral reform this Thursday October 13th at 6 PM at Church of the Messiah.