{"id":10556,"date":"2018-08-06T11:00:22","date_gmt":"2018-08-06T15:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/?p=10556"},"modified":"2018-08-03T10:10:49","modified_gmt":"2018-08-03T14:10:49","slug":"events-this-week-august-6-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/events-this-week-august-6-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Events This Week: August 6 – 12"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here\u2019s what Toronto has on tap in the literary sphere this week! Have an event coming up? Click here<\/a> to email us your listing!<\/p>\n

Now go, celebrate books, enjoy reading, and have fun!<\/p>\n

August 7, 7-9:30pm<\/span><\/p>\n

Event Name:<\/b> Wild Writers Poetry Salon<\/a>
\nLocation: <\/b>Poetry Jazz Cafe
\nWhat Is It: <\/b>A poetry event featuring poets Brandon Pitts and Ayub Abdulle and an open mic with twelve open slots.
\nAccessibility:<\/b> Contact organizer for accessibility information.
\nCost:<\/b> $5
\nAdd to Calendar<\/a><\/p>\n

August 7, 8-10:30pm<\/span><\/p>\n

Event Name:<\/b> Marty Gervais reads from Table Manners<\/a>
\nLocation: <\/b>Free Times Cafe
\nWhat Is It: <\/b>Marty Gervais, the inaugural Poet Laureate of Windsor, takes the stage at the Art Bar to read from his latest book of new and select poems, Table Manners<\/i> (Mosaic Press, 2018).
\nAccessibility: <\/b>Contact organizer for accessibility information.
\nCost:<\/b> Free
\nAdd to Calendar<\/a><\/p>\n

August 9, 8-10:30pm<\/span><\/p>\n

Event Name:<\/b> Panic in the Labyrinth<\/a>
\nLocation: <\/b>Gardiner Museum
\nWhat Is It: <\/b>Panic in the Labyrinth is a series of performances that transgresses traditional poetry reading. This series imagines an outdoor stage for performative poetics to unfold, where the act of women speaking aloud and the experience of listening to women are politicized gestures of asserting and affirming presence and holding space.
\nAccessibility: <\/b>Contact organizer for accessibility information.
\nCost: <\/b>Free registration
\nAdd to Calendar<\/a><\/p>\n

August 11, 11am-12pm<\/span><\/p>\n

Event Name: <\/b>Storytime & Activity with Holly Hatam<\/a>
\nLocation: <\/b>Queen Books
\nWhat Is It: <\/b>Head over to Queen Books for a story time and activity with Holly Hatam, the award winning illustrator of books including “Dear Girl” and “What Matters”.
\nAccessibility:<\/b> Contact organizer for accessibility information.
\nCost: <\/b>Free
\nAdd to Calendar<\/a><\/p>\n

August 12, 10:15-11:45am<\/span><\/p>\n

Event Name:<\/b> Literary Walking Tour<\/a>
\nLocation: <\/b>Aga Khan Museum
\nWhat Is It: <\/b>Poet and author Sheniz Janmohamed and Aga Khan Museum Educator Laboni Islam will guide a literary walking tour through the Aga Khan Museum. Take in the artistic, intellectual, and scientific heritage of Muslim civilizations across the centuries\u2014don\u2019t forget your comfortable shoes!
\nAccessibility: <\/b>The Aga Khan Museum is wheelchair accessible. For more information visit their Accessibility page<\/a>.
\nCost: <\/b>$30
\nAdd to Calendar<\/a><\/p>\n

August 12, 1:30-2:30pm<\/span><\/p>\n

Event Name:<\/b> Creative Writing Workshop for Kids w\/ Angela Misri
\nLocation: <\/b>Queen Books
\nWhat Is It:<\/b> Head over to Queen Books for a writing workshop with author Angela Misri, Toronto journalist, writer and mom. This workshop is ideal for 8-12 year olds. Bring your own paper, notebooks, and pens!
\nAccessibility:<\/b> Contact organizer for accessibility information
\nCost: <\/b>Free
\nAdd to Calendar<\/a><\/p>\n

August 12, 12-6pm<\/span><\/p>\n

Event Name: <\/b>Can You Read Festival<\/a>
\nLocation: <\/b>Artscape Wychwood Barns
\nWhat Is It: <\/b>Culchahworks presents the 3rd Annual Can You Read Festival\u2014a free<\/i> festival that highlights the connection between literacy and food security. Bring a food donation, and get free new books! Proceeds to local charities. There will be live music, storytelling, and games for the kids.
\nAccessibility:<\/b> The Artscape Wychwood Barns facility is fully accessible by Ontario standards.
\nCost: <\/b>Free
\nAdd to Calendar<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here\u2019s what Toronto has on tap in the literary sphere this week! Have an event coming up? Click here to email us your listing! Now go, celebrate books, enjoy reading, and have fun! August 7, 7-9:30pm Event Name: Wild Writers Poetry Salon Location: Poetry Jazz Cafe What Is It: A poetry event featuring poets Brandon […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":10474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10556"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10556"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10557,"href":"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10556\/revisions\/10557"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}