Psychiatr News May 5, 2006
Volume 41, Number 9, page 31
© 2006 American Psychiatric Association
Cultural Feast Awaits On the Waterfront
Jim Rosack
With more than 4,000 events a year, Toronto's waterfront complex prides
itself on "current, creative culture."
Nestled on the Toronto waterfront is the home of certainly
Canada's—and potentially one of the continent's—richest and most
diverse cultural centers for the arts. For more than 30 years, Harbourfront
Centre has been the home of internationally renowned programming in the arts,
culture, education, and recreation.
Harbourfronte Center, at 235 Queens Quay West, occupies 10 acres on the
Toronto waterfront just south of the city's central business district. A short
cab ride from the Toronto Convention Centre or your hotel, the complex
includes contemporary design as well as the site's original industrial
buildings, restored to create spacious and inviting artistic venues.
The York Quay Centre, the "nerve center" of the complex,
inhabits an old trucking garage that is now home to 10 performance, dance, and
exhibition spaces. York Quay Centre also includes four working craft studios
as well as several art galleries. The Photo Passage at York Quay Centre
exhibits often stunning contemporary photographic exhibitions. At Case
Studies, Uncommon Objects, and StudioWorks, contemporary artists, designers,
and craftspeople display their works year-round.
The Premiere Dance Theatre, on the third floor of the historically restored
Queens Quay Terminal building, is a 450-seat venue home to accomplished dance,
theatrical, and literary productions. The Harbourfront Centre Theatre, housed
in a 1920s-era ice house, also boasts 450 seats and enjoys particularly
excellent acoustics resulting in an intimate and ideal performance space for
music, dance, and stage productions.
Harbourfront Centre is also home to the CIBCstage, considered by many
Torontonians to be the city's finest outdoor concert venue. The lakeside
amphitheater seats 1,500 with standing room for an additional 3,000. The stage
presents musical acts, outdoor films, ballet, symphony, and opera spring,
summer, and fall.
If it is food you are looking for, Harbourfront Centre is home to many fine
and casual dining establishments. Unfortunately, during the annual meeting one
of the sites favorite food destinations, The World Café, will not be
open. In the middle of the site, The World Café is an "outdoor
food extravaganza" that from June to September offers a variety of
international cuisines prepared by a rotating selection of Toronto's best
restaurants. However, the popular Pier 4 at Harbourfront offers both fine and
casual dining with a nautical theme, housed within the historic storehouses of
the pier and surrounded by water on three sides.
The complex is also a center for "learning, doing, and
creating," not just watching a performance. Children and families will
delight in the School by the Water. Founded in 1979, the school's educational
program is host to 30,000 children a year, ranging from kindergartners to kids
of high-school age. The history of the waterfront, the arts, environmental
issues, and urban planning are all taught in day-long waterfront classes.
With so much to offer, a day spent at Harbourfront Centre will indeed be
well spent.
Information on Harbourfront Centre is posted at
<www.harbourfrontcentre.com>.
Check for an updated schedule of events planned during the annual meeting at
<www.harbourfrontcentre.com/noflash/info/schedule.php>.
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