Everyone is invited to a concert benefiting the Stephen Lewis Foundation hosted by the Togogos group from Bloor Street United Church! The concert will take place on June 4 at 2pm at St. Matthew's United Church (729 St. Clair Avenue West, Toronto). The New Horizons Band of Toronto is a music education and performance program for adults who wish to play a concert band instrument in a friendly group setting. The NHBT Wind Ensemble showcases our most experienced players. This group performs...
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We are excited to be hosting an EcoFair at Beach United on Saturday, May 6th from 10am-2pm. We will have more information on vendors very shortly and will feature them on our social media accounts (Instagram / Facebook), so please stay tuned! We have 35+ exhibitors/vendors, everything from solar panel co-ops, zero waste take out container company, vegetarian food vendor, info on green grants and how to access them, EV’s and chargers, recycling experts, bike repair tent, a beekeeper, to...
The impetus for this dialogue is that these issues matter to us all. Engaging in the arts changes the course of your life and your brain. Beginning from childhood, the arts foster mental development, sculpt brain maturation, and lessen the effects of poverty and social disadvantage. As we age, art provides a buffer against cognitive decline, allowing us to maintain an island of humanity in the face of a sea of mental, physical and brain loss. Join us for this free event with music, dialogue...
Beach United Church welcomes back accomplished pianist and organist Stefani Bedin as she presents a beautiful, varied program from J.S. Bach to Nadia Boulanger and more! Stefani Bedin is a Doctor of Musical Arts degree candidate at the University of Toronto, where she also completed the Master of Music degree in Organ Performance and the Bachelor of Music degree in Music History and Theory (Honours) with a minor in historical keyboard. Stefani is currently the Associate Organist of St. Basil’s...
In Celtic wisdom the sacred is as present on earth as it is in heaven, as immanent as it is transcendent, as human as it is divine, as physical as it is spiritual. –John Philip Newell, Sacred Earth Sacred Soul In 2016, John Philip Newell began a teaching initiative that is called The School of Earth & Soul. Its purpose is to reawaken awareness of the sacred in all things through the recovery of Celtic wisdom for today and to help translate this awareness into compassionate action. The...