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Heart of the Do\Nnto\Nn· West

A Kensington people:S paper

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#9502 May 1995

Farewell

to tlte

, ~Annex

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proper

by SN BIANCA

:1 Living nonh of Bloor Street?

Just getting used to getting

DRUM through your door?

Well, here's some bad news

,1 and some -good news.

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North of Bloor,

no more home DRUM

The bad news first: ifyou live

nonh of Bloor Street you

''won't be getting DRUM

delivered to your home

''anymore. (We'll still be'

available at our traditional

drop points along Bloor Street,

·· Spadina Road and Bathurst.)

The good news is that once

again the Annex is getting its

own community newspaper.

Starting in May Annex

resident Brian Burchell

(publisher of Festival

Magazine, Toronto's repertory

movie house guide) will be

publishing a monthly

,, community newspaper The

Annex Cleaner.

Gleaner editor Deanne

Fisher, who moved here from

'I BC three years ago explains:

' "I got tired of picking up

publications off my doorstep

... hoping for a community

il newspaper and being

disappointed to find they were

either imported from a

,, neighbouring community,

produced by a political group

with a particular agenda or

that all the editorial copy had

just been created to fill the

gaps between the ads."

Planned circulation is

23,000. It will be distributed

to "the Annex proper, ...

Seaton Village, the Palmerston

area, Sussex-Ulster (and)

Huron-Sussex."

Sop.th of Bloor,

business as usual

DRUM will maintain door-todoor

delivery in our traditional

distribution area (Bloor to

Queen, Shaw to McCaul.) So

there's going to be some

overlap.

People in the area 'Bloor to

College, Huron to Grace will

get the new Gleaner, and will

also continue to get DRUM

through the door.

Alexandra Pari< · votes co-op

THE POTTER'S HANDS: 'When one examines various creation stories world wide,

human beings were not created by supreme beings from oil paint and canvas or

from marble, but were Instead created from-the lowly clay."" Story, page 17.

OH

KAY!

Kay Parsons

calls it quits

by DAVID PERLMAN

After 30 years with University

Settlement House, dynamic

community worker Kay Parsons

is calling it quits. She'll be

honour:ed as part of Settlement

House's annual Spring Banquet

Friday May 12th.

Half joking, I ask her if

they're going to re-name the

building after her. Typically, she

· laughs first then gives a serious

reply.

"I would never go for that,"

she says "it would give me the

creeps. They suggested it once,

with one of the co-ops down at

Bathurst Quay. I don't know

how seriously. But I said no.

Then they suggested maybe

something like a little lane -

Parsons Lane? I said I wouldn't

mind that. People walking on

you keeps you humble.

See Kay in context, page 19

Last fall the Ontario

Housing Corporation (OHC)

agreed that residents of

Alexandra Park could hold

a referendum on breaking

away from the Metropolitan

Toronto Housing Authority

and becoming a self-run

independent non-profit

housing co-op.

Less than a week before

the April 22 referendum,

Alexandra Park got tough

news from OHC.

"We will only accept the

result of your referendum if

mo-re than half the homes

participate. And 60% of

the votes have to be yes."

Suddenly the dream was

much harder to achieve.

- After all, only 40% of

Toronto's voters show up

for municipal elections--and

that's in a good year.

Story and photos:

see Page 12,13.

INSIDE

DRUM

Neighbourhood News,

Last Time We Reported 2-3

Letters & Opinions,

Talking DRUM 4-5

Health & Environment 6-9

Rene Renew 8

Home Base 10

Food & fashion 11

Centrepiece 12-13

Poet'sComer J 4

"Our Space·· (family page I J S

Book Talk 16

Art Around 17

Community 18-19

Music 20

Screens 21

Stage Page 22

What's Happening 23

Brlclcs (Unlclasslneds 24

Directory Index 24

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THAT community pressiUe1s

mounting for the province to

take back the George Brown site

and hand it over to the

community.

Bingo!? See the Working Group

report on this page. The trick

now, though, is to get City

Housing to bite without

swallowing!

George Brown

housing deal in the

works!

THAT the city was trying to

shut down Reg Hartt's Cine-

forum, again.

THAT Kensingto'! Market The province has sent a letter to

people were starting up a the Kensington Market Working

Nezghbourhood Watch program Group advising that

It's well under way. S~ report "Management Board staff met

page 3.

with City of Toronto Officials

THAT a rather-too-large condo on April 13 and subsequently

project at Dundas and St. arranged with the College to

Patrick had been given the go- extend the Government's option

ahead.

date to July 31 and a transfer

It's mentioned again in this closing date of September

month's piece on Kay Parsons 1995."

page 19.

This means the community

THAT Al d p, k ld

, exan ra . ar wou

now has 2 1 h months to see if a

deal can be worked out for city

vote ~aturday ~pril 22 on the housing to develop the property

qu_estio~ of gozng co-op. in partnership with the

They dtd.

community.

THAT West Central Community The community's George

Health Centres were having a Brown steering committee is

meeting at Scadding Court April meeting weekly with members of

5th to celebrate their future the Cit)! Housing department and

!'elocation and show their build- ArtScape (a City agency

ing plans.

concerned with finding and

Almost two hundred people managing housing/work space

attended. More details in next for artists). "The next two weeks

month's DRUM.

wilt be crucial in seeing if a

partnership is possible" one

community member said May 7.

Doctors Hospital:

There s hope. See page 21.

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THAT the Settlement House A sure sign that change is under

spring ba'!quet, part of th~ir way at Doctors Hospital?

85th Anmversary celebrations , Layoffs. Hospital board

would include a special tribute members were advised in April

to long time community worker that turning the hospital into a

KOJ Pm:sons. . community-based, mostly

Tttcket mformatton call598-3444 bedless facility, will cost the

THAT DRUM would try to find ~uivalent of 80 full-time jobs

out details of what's actually this year, and probably another

going into the Toronto Hospital 40 over the next two ye~rs (out

Microwave and what's still of a total workforce of JUst over

going into the incinerator.

Latest word is we'll have the

5~). . .

Change ts a non-negotiable

information May 9. Call us if part of today's health care

yo·u can't wait for the next environment." said Brian

DRUM to know.

McFarlane, president of the

Th Friday A ril 28 B b hospitaL "Our shift to

at on l P . . 0 ambulatory care has a significant

Rae l!'ould cal a provzncial human cost because it calls for a

elec~if!n to .be .held June 8. , major change in how we do

Nah, JUSt ktddmg. Actually we n thi "

the only people in Ontario who ngs. . . .

th ht·h 'd 't t'll ft At then Apnl 20 meetmg, the

oug e wat 1 a er h · l' bo d f d' k

Labo D lik P t d .d osptta s ar o trectors too

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approving their "functional

program" for submission to the

Bread & Roses Ministry of Health - the outcome

of more than two years of

negotiation with the Province.

Highlights of the program

include a low-risk birthing

centre, reduced hours for urgent

care (closed from midnight to

6am) expanded mental halth and

addiction services, and increased

services for children and

adolescents.

The hospital estimates new

buildings in place within three to

four years.

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Support

community economic

development by

joining a locally

controlled financial

cooperative!

Call us today. ·

·our members are

our owners.

Bread & Roses Credit Union

16 years of Social Justice Banking

348 Danforth Ave., Suite 211, Toronto

461-7882

Spadina LRT: Lord

Lansdowne students

winning safety

fight!

Metro Commissioner of

Transportation, Doug Floyd has

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replied to suggestions from Lord

Lansdowne students and Sussex­

Ulster residents to improve

safety for pedestrians around

Spadina Crescent.

Guide rails will be installed

along the Lord Lansdowne

Public School frontage and

parking will be allowed at other

points along the Crescent which

should slow down traffic quite a

bit.

The Commissioner is still

refusing to consider the request

for a 40km speed limit. Next

meeting for the community to

plead its case is Metro

Transportation Committee,

Wednesday May 10. Phone

Olivia Chow's office for

information.

Other LRT news

In other LRT news, the TIC's

communications consultant

reports thatthe LRT "will be

operational in 1997 .... Work

from Queen to Front begins this

June, to be completed by the

fall. Work from Queen to

College will start in the spring

of 1996 to be completed that

fall."

People within three blocks of

Spadina should get a "brochure

describing the whole project in

May." If you don't, call Scott

Warne at 927-0881.

Ward 4 news:

Martin Silva reports

Martin Silva, City Councillor,

Ward 4 reports the following

meetings and events for May

and early June: Thursday May

11, at 7:30pm at Grace Street

Public School, a meeting of the

Portugal Village Traffic Calmers

(for residents in the area Grace,

Crawford, Dundas and College);

Saturday_May 13th, 10am-2pm,

Garrison Creek Community

Open House at Ossington/Old

Orchard Public School, 380

Ossington; Saturday June 3,

9am to noon, giant yard sale at

. Trinity Bellwoods Park (see the

announcement page 23);

Saturday June 10, and Sunday

June 11, Portugal Week

celebrations in Trinity Bellwoods

Park.

Community Clean-Up

Day, Sat. May 13th

Mayor Barbara Hall has proclaimed

Sat. May 13 Community

Clean-Up Day in the City of

Toronto. Everyone is invited to

pitch in and help clean up a

small part of their own

neighbourhood. "Business,

community groups, homeowners

. .... we can all participate in our

own way" says the Mayor.

Groups are encouraged to look

around, take the initiative and

get together with friends and

neighbours. In just a few hours,

months of winter litter can be

collected and sorted for pickup

or recycling.

"Pick a place, then pick a

rake" says a poster used to

promote the event. The City's

Department of Public Works and

the Environment will schedule

special pick-ups to haul the trash

away. Contact the Community

Clean-up Day information line at

Toronto City Hall at 392-7833 to

arrange for a special garbage

pick-up.

In another announcement,

Mayor Hall declared May 31

"Good Neighbourhoods Day" in

recognition of neighbourhood

centres in creating strong

communities. St. Christopher

House and other neighbourhood

organizations will celebrate

downtown at Nathan Phillips

square from 12 to 2pm.

Come sample Chinese, Latin

American and other cuisine,

enjoy arts, craftS, music and

entertainment from different

communitites and get

information on services in your

neighbourhood.

Grange Festival '95

This year's Grange Festival will

take place on July 1st, Canada

Day, in the Grange Park and the

organizers, University

Settlement Recreation Centre,

hope to see as many of the

community there as possible.

This year's Festival is one of the

key events marking the 85th

Anniversary of University

Settlement Recreation Centre.

The Festival will take place

from noon until 5:00p.m. and

will be a fun family day out.

, There will be art and crafts

INCORPORATED!

The Kensington Market Working

Group is now officially a nonprofit

corporation! The Province

issued our Letter Patent on April

18. This gives real credibility to

our neighbourhood organization:

we must meet the legal

requirements for non-profits, and

we are eligible for funding to

help us continue our work in the

community.

GEORGE BROWN -­

PROVINCE LISTENS

· As was decided by the

participants in the George Brown

Action Planning meeting, we

officially asked the Province to

take back the George Brown

campus, and sent a draft

·proposal prepared in conjunction

with Artscape and Bob Barnett

Architect.

Both Artscape and Bob Barnett

have participated in our planning

process. The Province's

response has been very

favourable. They have extended

their option on the property

through the summer, and hope to

transfer it in September.

Who they transfer to is a big

question. The Provincial

lawyers have ruled that the

transfer can only be to another

level of government. That

likeliest candidate is the City of

Toronto's Housing Department.

We have begtm talks with the

Housing Department to see if

they will be a suitable developer

and will recognize our

Community Planning Process.

It's too early to say that we've

got a final arrangement, but we

are hopeful, and we're working ·

on it.

EYES ON THE STREET:

There was a good turnout for the

April 3 meetmg of the Safety

Committee. It was decided to

tables, music, children's and

adults' entertainment, food and

soft drinks on sale and lots of

other fun things happening.

Look out for more details nearer

the day.

University Settlement is asking

the local community for

volunteers to help both on the

day itself and in the time leading

up to July 1st. This will be a

major local event and lots of

help is needed. If anyone would

like to volunteer, donate a raffle

prize or book a stall to sell art

or crafts, please contact either

Cassandra Wong or Kay Parsons

at: (416) 598-3444.

Spadina Festival -

also Canada Day

Plans are proceeding for

Saturday July 1 Canada Day

festival on Spadina Avenue.

They still need volunteers in all

areas -- to arrange the stage to

canvas for sponsor, to perform,

to put up displays.

Neighbourhood news roundup

continues on page 3

try to set up a Neighbourhood

Watch, like many of the

adjoining neighbourhoods. Some

people volunteered to be block

captains. They will ask tbe

people on their blocks to sign a

letter asking the Metro Police to

help set up the Neighbourhood

watch.

There will be another meeting

at 7:30pm on Tuesday, May 30

at St. Stephen's-in-the-Fields

church, at the comer of College

and Bellevue.

The Metro Police will be there

to offer crime-proofing tips,

explain how a Neighbourhood

Watch works, and answer any

questions .you tnight have.

Please attend if you are concerned

with break-ins, drug

problems, and other safety issues

in the neighbourhood.

BACK BURNER: The

George Brown issue has taken

up a lot of the neighbourhood's

time and energy. We haven't

forgotten about traffic and

parking, or the plan for

community econotnic

development, or elections for a

new board of directors ... but

there's only so much we can do

at one time. It takes a lot of

work to make one of the

meetings happen ... preparing

notices and mailing them,

arrapging for translations,

producing charts and pictures for

the walls, setting up the room,

and getting out a report when

it's all done. The work falls to

a very small group of

volunteers. If the Working

Group is going to deal with all

of the neighbourhood concerns,

we need more workers. Please

volunteer to help. Call 598-3036

during business hours, and leave

your name and phone number on

the tape.

Next meeting: Tuesday May 30

at St. Stephen-in-the Fields Church

(corner College and Bellevue) at 7:30pm


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Neighbourhood

Watch:

Kensin_gton

catching up

by KEVIN FLYNN

Call Toronto environmental "But I would do that anyway!"

alliance 348-0660 (days) or 348- This was the response of many

9696 (day or night) or 927- who were being canvassed by

0302 Susan DaRosa, or 929- volunteers for a new Kensington

5483 Joan Doiron. Neighbourhood Watch program.

The Spadina Festival is being Neighbourhood Watch is a

planned in conjunction with the simple self-help crime prevention

Grange Festival (see previous program which asks people to

item). The· Spadina festival will watch out for one another and

have one stage near Chinatown their property. Whereas a police

Centre, Grange will have the officer patrolling a neighbourother

stage.

hood might not recognize

City Cycling Committee is strangers in the area, residents

arranging a mass ride to the certainly would.

Festival from all across the city Members of the Kensington

info: 392-7592. Choir on Bikes Market Working Group, with the

will also be there. Two tickets to assistance of Metro Councillor

Cirque du Soleil will be raffled, Olivia Chow and the police,

among many other items. have met on a number of

occasions to gauge interest and

to enlist volunteers. By the-time

you read this, most households

and merchants in the area

bounded by College Street on the

Metro Budget 95-96

Olivia Chow reports.

The shaping of Metro's $3

billion budget has been a brutal

process. Because ofthe

participation of community

groups and thousands of

residents, a very mean budget

proposal has been dramatically

improved.

Emergency dental services,

and funding for wheelchairs,

artificial limbs and hearing aids

have not been slashed for people

on assistance, as was planned.

Grants to community centres and

agencies servicing the most

vulnerable were not gutted.

Unlike previous years in which

childcare budgets were cut by

over $10 million, this year

childcare got a small increase of

$450,000. TfC fares were not

increased. Many damaging

projects such as road widenings

were defeated, saving $250 -

million.

"In the four years I've been

involved in the budget process

this was the first time where

ordinary people's voices were

beginning to be heard."

Alexandra Park

Community Centre

needs donations of craft

naterials for our seniors

and children's programs.

Items we need:

--large pieces of fabric

--wool, yarn, dried flower s

--lace, construction paper.

--paints

(water-colour, acrylic)

--scissors, glue

Thank you very much!

Jo Ann Hislop

603-9603

north, Dundas Street on the

south, Spadina A venue on the

east and Bathurst Street on the

west, will have. been visited by a

Neighbour-hood Watch

volunteer.

For the program to be

effective, residents must be

prepared to take an active role in

trying to secure their own

property and to observe that of

their neighbours. Suspicious

activity is then reported to the

police. This is particularly

important when your neighbours

are away on holiday, for

example.

Information is available from

the police as to simple ways to

reduce the likelihood that your

home will be burgled.

The Kensington Market Working

Alexandra Park

Child Care Centre

75 Augusta Square

392-5515

•Subsidized child care

provided for children

0-5 years

• Parental Involvement

Invited

•Creative art/movement,

music activities, outdoor

programming, trips

• Visits to the library and

other community agencies,

special functions celebrated.

NEWS & VtEWS

HERE FOR YOU

University Settlement Daycare

23 Grange Rd. south of Dundas, off McCaul

Spaces now available

oProfessional E.C.E. staff

oN on-Profit

oCommunity-based

o Weekly swim, music, and

kindergym programs

. oNutritious meals

Rates:

under 30 months, $41.84/day

over 30 months, $33.51/d(ly ·

598-3444

Group invites all who are

interested in this programme to

attend their next meeting at the

Church of Saint Stephen-in-the- ·

Fields (corner of College and

Bellevue) on Tuesday, May 30 at

7:30pm.

People in Kensington already

have a high degree of community

feeling and cooperation.

Neighbourhood Watch is simply

an extension of what we already

enJoy.

Psychiatry, 250 College Street.

an information evening for

families, consumers and the

community. Admission free.

Call Betty Lamb at 979-4747,

ext. 2576. \ .

• The Camp Sis Collective Is

looking for "Womyn interested

in travelling up north this

summer to help build a nonprofit

womyn's camp/retreat

centre." Participants will be

clearing land, building roads,

and structural foundations.

Co • . Weekly drives up north are being

mmur11ty

organised. General meeting on

Announcements Sunday May 28th, 2pm at

•Cecil Community Centre, 58 Sistah's Cafe, 1080 1/2 Queen

Cecil Street, Open House, Wed Street West. Call 532-9642

May 31 4i30 to 7:30pm. Free (Min-sook Lee, or Lisa

tours, refreshments and Valencia-Svensson.

information on programs.

• Palmers ton Library An

information session on

Immigration Laws in English

SpecialFocus: family class

sponsorship, assisted relative

category, settlement and

integration. Thursday, May 11

from 1- 8:30 pm. Free for all

participants. Call 393-7525 or

314-6722 .

• Don't forget about Bike to

Work Week May 12-19: For

info call 392-7592.

•Coping with Relatives who

become Aggressive: Strategies

for Families: Wednesday, May

For other community

events, see What's

Happening, page 23

B Next deadlines B

Editorial

by May 18;

Ads booked by

May 25;

Distribution,

Thursday June 1 to

Sunday June 3

31 7:00pm at Clarke Institute of • Next deadlines •

Pick up free leaf compost.

Please bring your own containers, or buy industrial

strength plastic bags at the event.

Buy a composter for $15.

Tenants buying an outdoor bin require a letter of approval

from their landlord. Please bring proof of Metro residency.

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Drop off old batteries, household hazardous waste.

Please seal & label c,ontainers. Call 392-4330 for more info.

Drop off used tires, up to 5 per residence, for ~

reuse or recycling.

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Buy a $10 or $15 water efficiency kit.

The kit will help you conserve water.

Drop off used clothes and books for reuse.

Recycle old bedding, towels and clothes.

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Donate non-perishable food items.

Drop off disposable diapers for recycling.

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Please collect diapers in sealed clear plastic bags.

Drop

off polystyrene containers, juice boxes

and milk cartons for recycling.

Polystyrene includes foam meat trays and plastic cups and

lids marked with the symbol'6'.

Buy a Blue Box or reusable shopping bag for $5.

KENSINGTON MARKET WORKING GROUP

SPECIAL EVENTS

Plant and Seed Exchange for Gardeners.

Bring cuttings, bulbs, seeds and seedlings and exchange

them with other gardeners. Call 920-3341 for details.

Drop off old bicycles and bike parts. •

For_ reuse by th~ ~ommunity Bicycle Network in their ~Q

mamtenance tra1n1ng program.

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Free delivery of leaf compost.

The Community Bicycle Network will deliver compost to a limited

number of homes.

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Councillor Chow at 392-4044 or Metro Works at 392-9585.

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serving you

ACTION ON HOSPITAL

INCINERATION (KENSINGTON)

(AHI) •603-2883

ALEXANDRA PARK COMMUNITY

CENTRE • 105 Grange Court

603-9603 • Playgroup Drop-in,

Toys, Crafts, Gym, Library visits

& young children's clothing.

Parent relief for regulars. Info.

Judy Lam (English, Cantonese,

Mandarin). Tues-Fri 1 Dam-noon.

JOHN CAMPEY AND

TAM GOOSSEN • Downtown

Trustees, Toronto Board of

Education, 155 College Street,

M5T 1 P6, 397-3060

Serving the Alpha, Kensington,

King Edward, Lord Lansdowne,

Ogden, Orde and Ryerson school

communities

FIONA CHAPMAN • Trustee,

Toronto Board of Education, 397-

3085 • Serving Ward 4, west of

Bathurst

METRO COUNCILLOR OLIVIA

CHOW • Metro Hall, 55 John

Street Suite 213, 392-4044, fax

39 2-4120 • Community oriented

help with welfare, government

housing, daycare, Whee/trans

and other issues. Community

groups can use our office to get

info and to organize.

METRO COUNCILLOR JOE

PANTALONE •Metro Hall, 55

John Street Suite 213, 392-

4011, fax 392-4100 • Serving

individual needs in

neighbourhoods west of Bathurst

KENSINGTON MARKET

WORKING GROUP • Neighbours

working together. Monthly

meetings 603-3625

ROSARIO MARCHESE, Member

of Provincial Parliament, Fort

York. • Constituency office: 854

Dundas St. W., 603-9664,

fax: 603-1241. • Advocacy,

community issues, provincial

policies. Serving· downtown &

the west end.

SCADDING COURT COMMUNITY

CENTRE • 707 Dundas St. W .,

M5T 2W6, 603-3392. • The

Centre offers a variety of social,

recreational and educational

programs

MARTIN SILVA, CITY

COUNCILLOR, Ward 4 392-7910

• Representing the

neighbourhoods west of

Bathurst, south of Bloor.

SISTERING: a women's

organization providing practical

and emotional support to women

living in poverty and women who

are socially isolated. •Drop In,

523 College Street, 9:30am-

3:30pm, 926-1946 •Admin.

office 9 26-9762 •Outreach

program 588-3939

ST. CHRISTOPHER HOUSE

NEIGHBOURHOOD SERVICES

• 248 Ossington Ave

Adult Literacy, Music School,

Seniors and Childrens Programs

(532-4828); The Meeting Place

Adult Drop-In, (366-3571 ); Metro

Youth Job Corps, Woman Abuse

program, (533-8285); Youth

Employment Counselling, ESL,

Settlement Services (533-7 260)

ST. STEPHEN' S COMMUNITY

HOUSE • 91 Bellevue Avenue

• ESL, Daycare, Youth

Recreation, 925-21 03;

• Community Work, Senior

Services, Adult Services,

Conflict Resolution, 9 26-8221;

• Youth Employment

Counselling Centre, 531 -4631 ;

•A.I.D.E.S. 3 23-1498;

•The Corner Drop-In, 964-8747;

• The Youth Arcade, Senior Drop

In 9 20-8980;

•King Edward Daycare

9 22-8705

•Harbourfront Childcare Centre

363-1370

UNIVERSITY SETTLEMEN~

HOUSE • 23 Grange Rd . at

Grange Park , 598-3444 • Music

school, recreation centre,

daycare, ESL, employment and

other social services.


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LETTERS & Opinions

Clear

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Sonny

The April 22 referendum at; Alexandra Park

was fantastic!

.Not just because 72% of the voters said

"yes" to co-op. But because 75% of the

families in Alex voted.

If only the people who said "yes" had

bothered to vote, then only 50% of the

families would have taken part. And what

~ind of victory would that be?

So now the real work begins! The work of

forcing government to accept that yes

means now. The woik of showing the 25% who

said no and the 25% who didn't vote that

co-op means this kind of democracy all the

time.

A while ago a small number of p~ople

within Alexandra' Park decided that if Alex

ever became a co-op it should be called the

Atkinson Co-op in honour of Sonny Atkinson,

leader of the residents association, the

man whose fierce determination made this

dream a reality.

DRUM says BAD IDEA.

For one thing, how many of the people who

voted on April 22 had a say in that

decision?

Another thing, the only communities we

know named after living leaders are where

someone is leader for life. (Like North

York for example--and even there it's only

one Square that's called Lastmania.)

If Sonny was retiring from his leadership

role, well then, maybe. But we sure hope

he's not. There are too many tough battles

ahead still.

Because make no mistake, a less

sympathetic government could tie up this

loud "yes" in so much stupid red tape that

it turns into a muffled squeak, and dies.

Atkinson has proved his worth in that kind

of fight.

So clear the air, Sonny. Nip this

"Atkinson Co-op" nonsense in the bud. Prove

to all the doubters that· democracy in

Alexandra Park is here to_ stay.

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while not having any impact on

illegal guns. But what they fail to

note is that 3,000 firearms are

lost or stolen each year in

Canada, and that many of these

guns end up in the hands of

criminals.

That's one of the reasons why

the National Crime Prevention

Council (NCPC), of which we

are members, firmly supports the

proposed gun registration system.

We believe that many murders,

accidental deaths and injuries can

be prevented if gun owners are

made more accountable for the

secure storage and safe use of

their firearms.

Time and again, evidence

points to the fact that guns result

in deaths. On average, there are

' 1,400 people killed in Canada

each year by firearms - through _

suicide (80%), homicide (15%)

and accident (5%). In 1992

alone, 8,726 of the 33,186 armed

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between the availability of

firearms in the home and the

risk of death caused by guns. In

part, this is due to the fact that

firearms are so efficient. For

example, 92% of all suicide

attempts involving a gun are

successful compared to only 30%

involving medication.

Clearly, we must take action

now on specific issues, such as

gun control and registration, as

well as broader preventive

measures in the community if we

are to avoid the high levels of

violence which are epidemic in

American cities. It is the view of

the N CPC that ownership of a

firearm comes with certain

obligations, not the least of which

is an assurance that firearms will

be safely stored

and used.

As a Council comprised of 25

people drawn from across the

country, we often see lively

debate on the issues and many

points of view are expressed. As

a representative group, this

diversity of opinion is both

expected and healthy.

On the issue of gun

registration, however, the

Council is of one mind. Like

most of our fellow citizens, we

believe the time for registration is

long overdue. Registration is the

cornerstone of any effective

control. While we continue to

work on prevention activities, we

also realize that as a society, we

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We recognize that this is a

difficult issue for many

Canadians who may perceive this

legislation as an infringement on

their rights. But surely, the minor

inconvenience of having to

register firearms is far

outweighed by the lives that

could be saved and the human

suffering that could be spared.

We encourage all Canadians to

rejoin the debate, to ensure that

this legislation is judged on its

merits to society as a whole and

not just to the specific concerns

of a vocal minority. The first steil

is to write to your Member of

Parliament and make your views

known.

George Anderson,

John O'Leary

Members, Ontario National

Crime Prevention Council

Schwam

off the mark

Schwam's Stand Point in the

April issue of the Drum widely

missed the mark.

The community's proposal for

the George Brown Kensington

Campus doesn't· call for "the

government alone paying for

alternative uses on the site" as

Allan asserts. It doesn't ask for

government funding at all.

The community didn't stop at

"asking the community to suggest

things" and did "figure out how

to get them." The Province, a

"lost cause" in Allan's words,

has delivered. (See Kensington

Market Working Group Report

on page 2). And our local

politicians had something to do

with it, as we hope they will

continue to do, whoever they

may be.

If Allan Schwam had attended

any of the George Brown

meetings his article might

illuminated the path we are really

walking along.

Paul Oberst

Kensington Market

Working Group.

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LETTER OF THE MONTH

LETTERS & OPINIONS

rBGH milk tests Canadian -tolerance

As of July 1, 1995 Canadians will

be exposed to another health

hazard. That is when Growth

Hormone Milk will be coming to

Canada.

Growth Hormone Milk is

produced by giving cows growth

hormones. In July chemical

companies like Monsanto will be

permitted to sell genetically

engineered "Bovine Growth

Hormone" (rBGH) to dairy

farmers.

So genetic manipulation has

arrived in Canada. Growth

Hormone Milk tests Canadian

tolerance for these products. More

will follow unless we object.

What will happen if we permit

the injecting cows with these manmade

hormones? The benefit

being sold is the ability to

increase milk production by 15%

to 25%. But what are the

drawbacks?

One thing wrong is that the

cows are suffering in the process:

chronic low level infection, more

udder infections, reproduction

disorders, ovarian cysts, burnout

and early death.

A second thing is the complete

lack of information of the longterm

health consequences of

Growth Hormone Milk.

A third concern is that the

cows will need high levels of

antibiotics. This could have longterm

consequences for the health

of the cows and humans

cpnsuming these antibiotics in

their food. Antibiotics destroy the

healthy bacteria in the intestine.

Constant exposure will reduce the

effectiveness of antibiotics by

developing resistant strains.

A major health concerti with

Growth Hormone Milk is that it

contains 8 to 12 times higher than

normal levels of a growth

hormone (IGF-1) that stimulates

cell growth. IGF-1 results in

weight gain in rats. IGF-1

accelerates the rate of growth of

cancers. It is especially likely to

accelerate the growth of breast

cancer. Therefore drinking

Growth Hormone Milk is likely to

cause one to gain weight and also

increase one's risk of dying of

cancer. ,

A fifth point is the impact on

dairy farming in Canada. At the

moment there is no shortage of

milk. What happens if large dairy

operations use rBGH to force up

production? Quite possibly the

production of small and medium

sized family dairy farms will not

be needed. Net result:

unemployment, family disruption

and loss of a way of life.

Both American and Canadian

consumers are concerned about

the safety of Growth Hormone

Milk. In fact, 20% of Canadians

surveyed said they would stop

drinking milk when rBGH is

introduced. That doesn't sound

good for the dairy business.

The European Common

Market resisted US pressure.

They legislated a ban on the use

of rBGH until the year 2000.

They want labels ·on milk and

meat produced with Growth

Hormones. Do you think Canada

should do that? I do.

Monsanto, one of the US

companies pressing for the

introduction of rBGH in Canada,

has been accused by some

researchers of suppressed research

to get approval in the US. It has

also been revealed that Monsanto

attempted to bribe Canadian

officials to get quick approval

here (Fifth Estate interview, Nov. .

29, 1994). Monsanto is the

company that developed and

introduced Agent Orange and

PCB' s claiming that they posed no

health risks!

Since the federal government

is responsible for decisions about

Growth Hormone Milk, contact

your MP if you want to express ·

concerns. Your local health food

store will haye more information

on this issue.

·George Hartwell M.Sc.

Hydro's hellish all-night Spadina din

by ISOBEL HARRY

Since April 10, work crews

contracted to Toronto Hydro have

been working 24 hours a day, as

the first phase of LRT

construction begins on Spadina

south of College.

They work all night because

the project is "urgent". The first

nights were hellishly loud, with

drilling, hammering, pounding,

and trucks rumbling up and down

right through the night.

I wrote to the TIC chair,

David Gunn, telling him that 24

hours of heavy work every day is

too much stress for residents to

bear. I received a call on my

answering machine from his

office, in the person of Diego

Sinagoga, who explained that

"Hydro's work doesn't really

have anything to do with _the LRT

work."

I contacted Anne Shepherd,

public relations at Hydro (591

4683), who confirmed that "Due

to the construction of the Spadina

LRT" they are "required to

relocate and upgrade underground

equipment" and that "work would

. . . take one year to complete" .

"Everything has to be in place

before the LRT construction

begins", she added.

We called the Ci~ of Toronto

Noise Control (392 0791), they

sent out their night supervisor,

and it worked right away (at least

until 3:38a.m. on Wednesday,

April 26). Huge flatbed trucks

pack up machinery outside my

window at 4 a.m.; at 6 a.m.,

Mack trucks with screeching air

brakes idle just feet from my If I'd had any sleep this month

bed.

I'd have probably made an

If you live on Spadina A venue attempt at humour in this piece,

and all-night construction keeps and I'd have certainly ~esponded

you from sleeping, call the above to Karie Ming (see her letter in

numbers.

the April DRUM discussing iny

Toronto Hydro says the 24- subjective use of the word "ugly"

hours-a- day work in the

to describe the LRT.) She's right,

intersection of Spadina and of course. Ugliness is in the eye

College "will go on for about two of the beholder.

more months. City and Metro I use ugly as in "not

want the 24-hours-a-d.ay work to harmonious with its

be done."

surroundings." The LRT will not

This is madness. It is inhuman . esthetically enhance the deeply

to subject residents of any part of historical values of the avenue.

this city to non-stop noise; the (More on historical preservation

resulting psychological and in urban planning in upcoming

physical stress will need to be articles.)

addressed now or later in the form By next issue many of us

of compensation. If we knew should have received a new TIC

when the noise was going to stop LRT report, due at the beginning

and start, maybe we could adjust. - of May, written from the

Stopping at eleven is a good perspective of the hostage-takers.

compromise. (Surely to heaven 16 Watch for it. Maybe that's where

hours a day is enough?)

we'll find some humour.

MONDAY MAY 8 AT NOON!

A MOMENT TO REMEMBER!

If you are reading this before May

8, please join in . . If after, then this

explains what all the hootin and

hollerin was about!

Monday May 8 at noon is V -E

Day (Victory-Europe) the 50th

anniversary of the end of the

Second World War. This city will

celebrate with communities across

the country by honking car horns,

ringing church bells, and sounding

sirens, just as in 1945 . ...

Throughout Canada, we hope that

people will take a moment or two

at noon on this date to celebrate by

making a bit of noise.

The Canada of 1995 was in a

large sense created by events and

people of that dramatic era half a

century ago. The events of the next

few months around the country

will give us an opportunity to

commemorate the achievements

and sacrifices of that generation

. and give them our thanks.

Theresa Traynor, Nancy Siew

The Provincial Election is June 8

So DRUM's traditional election watch is on.

Once again we'll provide space to candidates in our

area (Fort York and St Andrew/St Patrick) to repond to

specific questions from our contributors and readers.

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IF YOU WERE ELECTED WHAT WOULD

YOU DO ABOUT:

The idea of creating a new level of

government for the Greater Toronto Area

(GTA?)

Fixing or abolishing the Metro level of

government?

Property tax reform?

Minimum tax on profitable corporations?

The Alexandra Park decision to go co-op?

The transfer of George Brown's Kensington

Gampus for a City/community mixed use

project?

Same-sex spousal benefits?

Treatment of bio-medical w astes at Toronto

Western Hospital?

Handling of all bio-medical wastes?

lmprovin~ re-use and recycling programs?

Protection of wilderness areas?

Biological storm water treatment (urban

wetlands)?

Provincial support for the arts?

.Preservation of universal Health Care in

Ontario?

Preservation of affordable urban transit?

Proposed new subway lines?


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Things have changed

since the last time we

met. And to help you

catch up on what's

been happening,

we've prepared a

Special Edition

newsletter to

reintroduce you

to an important

Brian McFarlane,

President and CEO

community health

resource- your community hospital.

The newsletter will be delivered to

. homes in our community. If you don't

receive a copy and would like one, you

can call our Public Affairs Office at

963-5203 and ask to be included in

our mailing list.

Our door d'r

is always fl ii

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Keep your

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community hospital " '~R~z

healthy and vital by staying involved.

1. Come to our

Public Board Meetings.

Meetings of our board of directors are open to

the public and are advertised in our community

papers, The Kensington Drum and The Westend

Express. Agenda items deal with hospital quality

of care, program and planning matters, future

directions and financial and operating issues. For

more information call Carmela Galloro at 963-5203.

2. Become a hospital volunteer.

There are many rewarding volunteer opportunities

at the hospital. If you have time to share with us,

consider becoming a member of our team. Call

Fabiana Naccarato at 963-7541.

3. Discover our

Community Advisory Commitee.

· In 1984, we were the first community

hospital in Canada to set up a community advisory

committee (CAC) with membership on our board

of directors. Now, after ten years, that CAC is a

fully integrated partner in our planning process.

The CAC is made up of people, like yourself,

who live or work in our community and want to help

plan the health care services at Doctors Hospital.

To find out more about the work of the CAC or

membership, call Jenny Formanek at 963-5274.

4. Fill out a Patient Satisfaction Survey.

If you use any of our services, take the time to

fill out our Patient Satisfaction Survey. We value

your feedback, and your suggestions will improve

our service. Everyone who fills out a Patient Satisfaction

Survey, and includes their phone number,

receives a personal response.

5. Write us a letter or call us

with your feedback.

If you have any questions or comments· about

our services, or plans for the future, write or call

us. Qur public affairs office is open Monday to

Friday from 8:00a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The number is

963-5203. You can also write us at Public Affairs

The Doctors Hospital, 45 Brunswick Avenue,

Toronto, ON M5S 2M1

HEALTH & ENVIRONMENT

In the coming year we will begin

rebuilding The Doctors Hospital into

Ontario's first Ambulatory Care Facility .

- a community-based hospital where

the focus is as much on maintaining

health as on curing illness. And where

people stay in hospital for as short a time

as is needed for effective treatment.

Community based ambulatory care is

going to be the key development in the

future of our health care system, and your

community hospital, The Doctors Hospital,

will be leading the way in Ontario.

But even before we get to our new

building, in many unique and exciting

ways, the future has already arrived at

The Doctors Hospital.

Emergency

URGENT CARE

963

-5442 24-hour service for walk-in

urgent care

PRIMARY CARE

Nutrition Counselling

1ndividu~ and class counselling for high

963 5287

- cholesterol, weight control and more

Occupational Therapy

Improvement of physical, mental, social

963 7576

- independence through functional activity

Physiotherapy

963

Social Work

- 7 576 Assessment and tre~tment of

movement dysfunction

Help for indiviUuals/families experiencing

963

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5489

stress, financial or emotional[lroblems

MEDICINE

Asthma Education Clinic

963

-5206 E~uca tion [lrogram for adults

w1th asthma

Cardiac Rehab Clinic

Exercise and education for peo[lle who

9 63

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5272 have had or are at risk of a heart attack

Diabetes Education

963

- 5288 E~uca~on [lrogram for adults

w1thd~abetes

Pulmonary Rehab Clinic

963

-5206 E~uc3tion ~nd treat_ment for peo[lle

w1th chrome lung d1sease

Oncology Clinic

Chemothera[ly treatment, SU[lflOrt and

963

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5309 education through grou[l counselling

You can see it in our growing Child

Health Unit and After-Hours Children's

Walk-In Clinic; in our new asthma,

diabetes, lung and cardiac rehab clinics;

in our women's detox and leading-edge

outpatient mental health program

which embraces acupuncture and other

ancient traditional healing remedies;

and in our expanding range of alternatives

to traditional medical and surgical

inpatient care.

. We have also made a number

of small physical

changes in the

hospital of today

to make things

more comfortable

for our

patients. One

of the biggest

improvements has

transformed our

Emergency department

into a vital new

resource here to help you with

urgent care problems - ·

every day of the week.

Our special newsletter issue will tell

you more about the services we provide

and will describe what your community

hospital can do for you right now.

THIS

Hereto Help

The definition of what a community

hospital does has grown by leaps and

bounds over the past few years. We're

still here to care for the sick of course.

But we're also here to help you learn

how to manage and live with

your health problems away

from the hospital. We're

here to help you and your

family stay healthy and

prevent illness altogether.

All this means we're

getting more involved

in your life and your

community.

In our upcoming newsletter

you will learn about the

kinds of services we're providing

today and how we're changing to

improve the way we deliver services to

you. You will also find out what terms

like ambulatory care, community-based

care, home care, same-day surgery and

outreach/education really mean.

Stay healthy and stay in touch!

Directory is your guide to some of the health care

resources available to you through your community

hospital, The Doctors Hospital.

We are here to help improve the health of our community by

providing high quality treatment, health education, support and

information; and by working in partnership with our patients, their

families and other health care providers.

Many of our services are available in Chinese; Italian, Portuguese,

Spanish and Vietnamese. Our focus on outpatient service means people

receive the treatment, support and information they need to maintain

their health while continuing to work and live in their community.

Physician referral is required for many of our services.

SURGERY

Fracture/Orthopaedic Clinic

963

-5448 Treat~e~t ~f limb fractures and

S[lOrtsmJunes

laser Eye Clinic

Laser treatment

963

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for eye conditions

Pre-Admission Clinic

.Assess':lent, pre-o~e rath~ testing and

963

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educatiOn for surg1cal pat1ents

ADDICTIONS

Acupuncture for Addictions Project

A pilot acupuncture project for women

963 7 7 0 8

- addicted to alcohol or drugs

Child Health Unit

Help with many child health problems

963

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5377 including: adolescent psychiatry, allergies,

asthma, behaviour and development" bone and joint problems, dental

treatment, eating disorders and nutrition

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Birthing Area

A

963 5348

warm and comfortable_ pla~e for women

- to undergo labour and g1ve btrth

Mother-Baby Unit

963

-52 16 Support for mother and baby after

baby IS born.

Pre/Post Natal Services

963

- 5251 Childb!rth ~reparati?n , pregnancy and

parentmg, mformatmn and support for

mothers after baby is born, family planning

Addiction Program

Women's Surgical Unit

963 7532 Counselling andsupportforadults 963

- having problems with alcohol and drugs

Woman's Own Detox

A safe place where v..'Omen can detoxify

603

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from chemicals, 24-hour crisis line

MENTAL HEALTH

Multicultural Program

Assessment and treatment primarily for

963

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V..'Omen, from diverse cultural backgrounds,

with emotional or psychiatric problems.

Psychosocial Rehab Program

Help with long·standing problems related to

963

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major mental illness, such as schizophrenia

Schizophrenia Support

963

-7700 Rehabilitation, family education and

support group

Traditional Healing Program

9 63

-735 2 Relaxation, massag~ and other stress

management techmques

CHILD HEALTH

After-hours Children's Clinic

963

-5437 Help with common child health problems

evemngs ami weekends

Breast feeding Clinic

Adviceandhelp with

963

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5377

breast feeding problems

_522 7~yn_aeco~o~ical ~ervi:es for women, specializmg

m mmtmal mvastve procedures

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Kensington Community

Breakfast Club

Breakfast club for school children attending

963 7 516

- King Edward Public School and Lord

Lansdowne Public School

Health Phone

Health information in Chinese, English,

972

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7500

French, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish

Newcomer Orientation Service

963

- 52 03~osp_ital tours and health presentations for

tmm1grants and refugees new to Canada

How to Find Us:

The Doctors Hospital, 45 Brunswick Avenue, Toronto. ON M5S 2M1

Telephone: (416) 923-5411


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Living with hunger

Sometimes nothing fills me up. I

feel an emptiness so vast I fear I

may drown. I r~ch for food that

might fill the gap. Yet I find that

the only difference between one

slice ofbread and a whole loaf

hastily eaten is the temporary

numbness.

I've felt like this a hundred

times before. I know a lot of

women and men have felt the

same.

HEALING

WAYS

BY CAROLIN TARON

I don't understand everything

about why we overeat and try to

fill our hunger with food that

doesn't satisfy. But I am

beginning to know and

understand myself better.

When I need real food

sustenance I choose whole foods

which nourish. Rules don't

always apply. Intuitive choices

help me observe 'how I feel. '

Kale makes me feel better than

icecream unless its a hot day and

the offering is homemade.

Yet often my hunger isn't for

food. Only children seem to

understand about "eating the

sun" and the sky and the rain.

But its true. Even standing by a

tree you can feel the energy of its

roots if you are still for a while

and receptive.

I've been desperate for a

chocolate chip cookie and

willing to walk at least a mile to

pay a loonie or more for that one

that might satisfy.

Slowly I have realized that it

wasn't the cookie at all. So now

I just walk or I paint or I write

and somehow that emptiness

doesn't seem as scary.

References which have been

helpful along the way: Kim

Chernin: Fat is a Feminist Issue;

Susie Orbach: The Hungry Self

Carolin Taron is a registered

massage therapist, living and

working in the Kensington

Market area.

703 Queen St W.

HEALTH & ENVIRONMENT

The healing art of common scents

This month's column is

dedicated to the ancient art of

aromatherapy--what it is, how it

works,_ how we benefit from it

and specially how wondetful it

feels. Ato'matherapy has been

around for at least 5,000 years,

from the time of ancient Egypt

and perhaps even before.

Different cultures through the

ages have enhanced the

repertoire to suit their needs.

Now we are the lucky recipients

of all this knowledge.

Although aromatherapy has

been around for centuries it still

has an important place in our

hectic lives of today. Although

you may not have known it, you

probably already practise

aromatherapy: perfume behind .

your ears or on certain pulse

spots to attract that certain

someone ... a mother applying

Vicks Vaporub to a child's chest.

Basically, aromatherapy is the

practice of using essential oils

(pure oils extracted from a plant)

to heal and relax the body and to

uplift and soothe the spirit. Each

essence has its own unique effect

upon the body and mind, since

the part of the brain that

responds to odours is very close

to the part that recalls our

memories. For some of us, for

example, maybe the smell of

lavender will trigger a pleasant

childhood memory.

Essential oils are so

concentrated they can be mixed

with what is known as a carrier

oil. A carrier oil is usually

derived from a natural odourless

vegetable base, such as sweet

almond, grapeseed or sunflower.

In a full body aromatherapy

treatment the aromatherapist will

use a customized blend of

essential oils. This method of

using essences is especially

effective for stress reduction and

detoxification. The treatment

feels wondetful and the aromas

are heavenly.

Another wonderful way of

enjoying aromatherapy is to add

a few drops of an essential oil to

your bath. Just keep in mind that

heat intensifies the smell of the

essence, so just a few drops, say

3-6, is ample. lfyour skin is dry,

blend the essential oil with a

small amount of a carrier oil.

Go on, try it! Lie back, inhale

and feel yourself unwind,

There is a huge selection of

essential oils to choose from, lf I

had to suggest only one, it would

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have to be lavender. Lavender is

mild, yet very effective. It has the

capability to soothe burns,

headaches, infections, sores,

insect bites and many other

complaints. It has the wonderful

ability to instantly relax one.

There is nothing like a lavender

bath after a long and arduous day.

If you have not already tried it -

go on, do it. You deserve it.

Helpful tips when shopping for a

good essential oil - an essential

oil must be kept in a dark glass

bottle. Oil from plastic containers

disturbs the balance of the

essential oil. Also, don't let the

seeming expense of a small bottle

put you off. As I have mentioned

before, you need only use a few

drops so a small bottle will last

you a very long time.

I hope I have demystified

aromatherapy a bit for you. It's

worth it and so are you.

If you have any questions

about aromatherapy or any skin

care problems, I can be reached at

Hutoshi Hair and Skin Studio,

112 Harbord Street, 922-3264.

Mental Health Program

Reaches Out To· Community

. Dr. Ty Turner is clinical director

of a Doctors Hospital Mental Health

Program that's taking its services

into neighborhoods.

"Our Mental Health community

program is reaching out to people

who need our help but aren't likely

to visit a hospital," says Dr. Turner.

The program's goal is to bridge

the gap between doctor and

patient, bringing mental health

services to community centres

where help is needed most.

The hospital is currently work­

_ing with West Central, Access

Alliance and Parkdale, Regent

Park and South Riverdale

Community Health Centres.

For many people, especially

those who are poor, homeless or

newcomers, gefting the door to

see a psychiatrist can be difficult.

The outreach program gives

drop in centres and community

agencies the back up service

and support they need to help this

segment of the population, often

isolated from universal health care.

According to Bruce

MacDougal, Coordinator of

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St. Christo.pher House, "two

hundred people walk through

St. Christopher's House each day,

and about 6o% of them have

had some kind of mental health

problem. Some folks have been

hospitalized, other people have

come to psychiatry services .

, through police or through jailsand

it's not apparent that they

have a mental health problem

until they're arrested."

By creating new entry points

outreach aims to eliminate negative

experiences like these and

narrow the gap between mental

health workers and those in need.

MENTAL HEALTH WEEK

The week of May 1st - May sth

is Mental Health Week. Each day

between 12;oo and 1:00 Doctors

Hospital's Mental Health Services

will host displays at 340 College

Street and in thehospitallobby at

45 Brunswick Avenue. Drop by

to pick up a brochure and some

helpful information. Answer a

stress questionnaire and you can

win a pair of Reebock running

shoes. We hope to see you there

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ALEXANDRA PARK CHILDCARE

CENTRE •75 Augusta Square,

392-5515 • S1,1bsidized care for

children 0-5 yrs. Parental

involvement, art, music, library,

outdoors & more.

PALMERSTON COMMUNITY

DAYCARE•734 Palmerston Ave,

533-9526 • Nonprofit

community-based daycare for

preschool and nursery children,

school age to age twelve.

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925-2103; King Edward, 922-

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ALEXANDRA PARK MEDICAL &

DENTAL HEALTH CARE CENTRE

• 64 Augusta, 703-41 07

(medical), 703-2998 (dental) •

West Central Community Health

Centres: serving our community

for 21 years.

BODY HARMONY THERAPEUTIC

MASSAGE 538-8119, Heather

Caswell, Registered Massage

Therapist. By appointment only.

DENTIST, DR. G. SARDI • 326

College St. Suite 2, 962-9942 •

General & cosmetic dentistry.

Dental insurance accepted.

Emergencies welcome.

Portuguese, Spanish, Hungarian,

Romanian spoken.

THE DOCTORS HOSPITAL

COMMUNITY HEALTH CAMPUS

• 45 Brunswick Ave., 923-5411

• Health care services for a

multicultural community:

Women's and children's health.

Mental health, medicine, surgery

& rehabilitation, and The

Woman's Own Detoxification

Centre. Emergency care 24

hours.

OUFFERIN MAll.

PHYSICAL THERAPY • 900

Dufferin Sreet (at Bloor)

533-4933 •Neck, back pain;

•Car accidents •Sports injuries;

•We care and can help •covered

by OHIP or insurance

NIAGARA NEIGHBOURHOOD

HEALTH CENTRE •674 Queen

Street West, 703-2021 •

West Central Community Health

Centres: serving our community

for 21 years.

SEX, BIRTH CONTROL,

PREGNANCY, STDSIHIV AND

RELATIONSHIPS • Free nonjudgmental

information. Call 961-

3200. • Adult counsellors

answer calls from 1 Oam-4pm.

Teen counsellors are available

from 4-Bpm. A program of

Planned Parenthood of Toronto

THE TORONTO HOSPITAL:

Western Division • 399 Bathurst

Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5T

2S8, 368-2581• General

Division 200 Elizabeth Street,

Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2C4,

340-3111 • The Hospital offers

a wide range of health care

services. The Emergency

Departments offer 24-hour

service, 7 days a week to serve

the needs of the community.

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• HOUSE &HOME

TERRY COOPER, HOME

CLEANER • Dear sir or madam, I

do all house and apt. chores,

paint, fix, plant care and more ..

Please call 656-2414. P.S. I

clean offices and other

businesses too.

BAIRD ENERGY CONSULTANTS

LTD. •742 Euclid Ave. 516-0063

• Save Energy and Money by

having a Home Energy Tune-Up.

Call for a free estimate.

CAAM UNITED HARDWARE •

1 60 Augusta, 598-81 95 •

Ten years in the community.

Open Sunday

LOCKSMITH & SAFEMEN •

38 Baldwin, 597-1212 •

Builder's and Locksmith

Hardware. Leading brands

MIRAMAR FURNITURE &

APPLIANCES INC • 244 Augusta

Avenue, 368-2093 • Everything

for the home at low prices.

GORDON MORRIS

ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR

tel: (4 1 6) 538-3414, fax: 536-

2976 • Focused to Serve the

Homeowner

PAUL OBERST. ARCHITECT •

20% Bellevue Avenue • For all

your building projects and

problems. Design consultation,

permits and review of

construction. No charge for our

first meeting. 603-3625

REINGEWIRTZ PAINT STORES

LTD. • 107 Baldwin, 977-3502

• Paints, varnishes and imported

wallpapers.

PETS &

VETS

ANNEX ANIMAL CLINIC • 71 6

Bathurst St. 537-3128 •

Medical, diagnostic,· surgical and

dental facilities. Parking

ANNEX PET SUPPLIES • 718

Bathurst St. 588-1 9 25 •

Specializing in pet nutrition. Next

to Annex animal clinic. Open

Sundays.

PET VALU •339 College (at

Augusta) • Discount pet food

and supplies. Delivery service

available. For information, call

Army 944-031 4.

PLANTS & FLOWERS

A THOUSAND LEAVES AND

PLANTS • 504-0990 •

Gardening inside & out. Free

house calls.

HEALTH-& ENVIRONMENT

A slow food ode, and what to do when smoke gets in your eyes

Do you ever notice how much of

the litter on our streets is made of

cigarette packaging and take-out

food? While walking and

observing these garbage ways,

this poem surfaced:

Is food a fuel?

Do we consume it as a rule?

When signs point EAT

Do we deplete

our pockets of coin

and join

the masses by passing

of cardboard boxes

of pizza and wings

and things

made of fabricated strings

extended-life flours

and mixed pastes

ready without hours

of cooking in our kitchens?

or can we still flourish

and nourish the soils

of our EARrn?

Rene's

Readers

Write es

Dear Rene Renew:

I have a blue box question for

you. What determines which '

plastic containers can be

recycled in the blue box? I know

that in Aurora where my sister

lives the guideline is the # 1 or

#2 triangle symbol on the

bottom of the container, does

this hold true for Metro?

Arthur Hills

Dear Arthur:

According to Public Works for

the City of Toronto, plastic

bottles and jugs ~th the code 1

or 2 are acceptable. yogurt,

margarine and ice-cream

containers don t fall into this ·

category. When I asked why such

plastics can't be recycled, I was

told that there isn't a market in

T. 0. for that kind of plastic (in

other municipalities there may

be). Thanks for writing.

Dear Rene Renew:

Can broken glass be recycled in

any way?

Petre Agina

Dear Petre:

The Public Works policy for

broken glass is that it must be

wrapped in newspaper and put in

a box and labelled BROKEN

GLASS. I'm sure there are some

creative things one could do with

broken glass if the edges were

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inclination. Keep writing. R.R.

Dear Rene Renew:

Reading columns such as yours

and following community

involvements such as the Action

. on Hospital Incineration smoke

stack issue, I've just become

more aware of smoke and

pollutantswhile riding a bicycle

or walking in the

neighbourhood and I'm starting

to ask questions. I had an

experience last week of being

blasted with a cloud of dark

black smoke from one of those

DAIRY BELLE ice-cream vans.

It was horrible and smelly and

yesterday I was sitting in a cafe

on College and I heard a man

comment to his daughter about

the cloud of smoke emerging

from another (or perhaps the

same) ice-cream truck. So I

know I'm not the only one

noticing. What do you suggest?

Solund Hope

Dear Solund:

You can call the Pollution

Complaints Hotline at 325-3000

or 1-800-268-6060. Good luck.

R.R.

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who responded to the request for

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. Garbage Palace Update

Behind the scenes of the Garbage

Palace dream, the garbage

goddesses are continuing their

work of intercepting garbage,

creating 'treasures from trash' and

fundraising in search of a space.

Can anyone donate the use of a

GARAGE?

The Garbage Palace can be

described as a non-profit

organization dedicated to the

creative re-use of garbage to

enrich individuals, schools,

community centres, daycares an~

families in Toronto. To becoii_le

involved, for more information,·

write The Garbage Palace, 105

Massey Street, Toronto M§J 2T5

or phone Patti Smyth at 703-

2964.

Sourcea

Grassroots, 408 Bloor St. West

(tel 944-1993), a new

environmental store nearby with a

grassroots feeling. I've only

visited once, but left inspired with

the creative re-use design obvious

in the store, the simplicity and the

beauty of all the cool things

people are making these days out

of sheer ingenuity. You will also

be able to bring your fine paper

and · for recycling in provided

bins in the future.

Ontario Waste Exchange

(905) 822-4111

·I received this tip from a building

contractoi while we were both

shopping at Karma co-op. The

Waste Exchange programs are

committed to helping industries

minimize their wastes and to find

use and users for the wastes that

are produced.

Access to Excess, 466-1092, a

non-profit waste reduction group

has a comprehensive USE it RE­

USE it guide for the Toronto area.

It's available for $4.50 at

Grassroots, 408 Bloor St. West

and at Wonderworks on Harbord.

Composting Hotline, for

information on composting,

worm-composting bins and

workshops, phone 392-4689.

Earthly Goods, 372 Danforth

Avenue, Phone 466-2841. What

an amazing store! You can bring

your fine paper for recycling here,

they sell a variety of hemp

products, clothing, cloth

menstrual pads, ecoinventions and

: a large selection of recycled paper

products including envelope

labels for those envelopes you

want to re-use.

Toronto Hemp Co., 593 Yonge

St., Ste. 217,923-3556 is selling

clothing, twine and info.

Reuse Building Centre, 380

Birchmount Road, Unit 3,

Scarborough 699-6000. Bring

your used sinks, toilets and such

after renovating, or buy used

supplies there.

Eventa

Friends of Garbage Palace is still

in the planning stage for an

evening fundraiser. Come and be

inspired! Phone Patti Smyth for

more information 703-2964.

~ere's a Kensington area

Metro environment day

(including a seedling exchange)

on Saturday June 3. See the full

announcement on page 3.

Other Reaourcea

Waste Reduction Information

Service: they provide a database

of markets for recyclable material,

Ph. 960-0938 or l-800-263-

2849.

Grass Roots Gardeners hosting

eco-gardening workshops

throughout the season. Phone

348-0660.

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Now you can write me, send a

fax, phone, or send your ideas by

e-mail.

Do it now! Rene Renew wants

to hear from YOU!

Send your ideas on how to go

beyond Blue Box to Rene Renew,

c/o DRUM, P.O. Box 67590, 576

Dundas Street West, Toronto

M5T 2N4; phone 603-DRUM

(603-3786); fax 603-3787;

or send E-Mail to

drumkm@web.apc.org. ·

Want to Help Your Community?

Join the Metro-wide

serve.

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Saturday May 13, 1995

Call (416) 961-6888 now for more information

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RECREATION

BIKES ON WHEELS • 69%

Nassau Street, 599-8799 •

Precycled bikes bought & sold.

Repairs, classic bikes,

customizing; rentals. Commuter

accessori!ls.

CINECYCLE • 317 Spadina Ave.

596-7733 • We service all

bicycles, most repairs within 24

hours. Great selection of

accessories

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A high-energy day of community service and

celebration ...

Together we'll plant trees, run kid's fairs,

paint community centres, restore playgrounds,

sort food for the homeless and more!

Project Organizers:

Serve Canada

Volunteer Centre of

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ADVICE TO THE WEEKEND GARDENER

HEALTH & ENVIRONMENT

''My aching back''

This month we're going to be

dealing with two issues: Bicycle

With spring beckoning, this is a

common complaint heard-from the

weekend gardener. In fact, many

people develop sore backs from

yard jobs and other chores that

they do only occasionally. The key

to preventing this is to understand

how the spine works and what

causes the pain.

Our spines are meant to

perform two main functions: to

provide stability, giving

protection to the nerves contained

with it, and to provide flexibility,

allowing us mobility. Normal

aging gradually reduces

flexibility, and your back loses its

ability to absorb shock.

While there is a belief that

trauma and other forms of

accidents are responsible for most

back pain, the truth of the matter

is the majority ofback ailments

are attributable to aging, routine

everyday activities like work, and

stress. When combined with poor

posture and poorly controlled

'' body movements, this spells

trouble down the road. One day a

seemingly simple task (like

gardening) elicits pain . .

Here's an analogy. A roof

'' exposed to the elements through

the years is damaged

progressively by this wear and

tear. Eventually, it takes only a

small drizzle to produce a puddle

upstairs. By this time, the small

puddle is only a sign of a larger

problem. ,

Same thing with your spine.

When a task like gardening

produces soreness, this soreness

(like the puddle) may merely

reflect all the cumulative stresses

on your spine over the years.

Nevertheless, there are things

that can be done. So before you

go out to the back yard to begin

'I your spring cleanup or to plant

' those impatiens, here are some

tips to prevent back trouble:

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WITH DR. JOHN MAH

• Avoid positions that are

vulnerable for your spine, such as

extreme forward bending, twisting

and turning. Don't turn your body

like a pretzel when you move

those planters.

• Work in· increments. If the task

at hand requires two hours of

arduous labour, try to spread it

out over a few bolirs. Take breaks

along the way to make it less of a

marathon. Remember, this is

supposed to be fun!

• Avoid repetition. Variety is the

spice of life, and it certainly

prolongs the healthy life of the

spine. Rest or do entirely

different types of jobs in between. -

The muscles that you use for

trimming the hedges, for instance,

can rest while you mow the grass.

• Avoid. unnecessary bending or

reaching. When raking, for

example, use shorter strokes with

your arms and shoulders while

moving backwards and forwards

with your legs. Try to keep your

posture erect. (No, I'm not

describing the tango!)

• Lift properly. When trying to lift

and carry that bag of Weed 'n

Feed, get your body as close to it

as possible and "bear hug" it.

Also, try to life with your legs, if

possible. This will minimize a lot

of the pressure on your spine.

• Maintain a good fitness level.

By following a basic exercise

program with simple stretches,

your muscles can lend added

support to your spine. That's not

to say exercise before you garden.

Done right, gardening is exercise.

Dr. Mah is a chiropractor

practising at the Toronto Health

Centre, 93 Harbord Street. If you

have any questions, you may

reach him at 961-2225.

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Light on law: our first contest

Safety and Bikes and the Law.

They are closely related but they

aren't the same issue.

It would be crazy, and of

course illegal, to suggest that

cyclists should ignore the laws of

the road, so I won't do it here.

On the other hand, to simply

suggest that laws are there to be

obeyed would be to ignore the fact

that laws can be changed, to the

advantage of cyclists, if they don't

make sense and if people raise

enough of a fuss.

Bicycle safety of course entails

an awareness of the existing laws,

but it also involves such timeless

qualities as common sense,

constant alertness and common

courtesy.

The number one reason for

obeying (or changing) the laws of

the road should also be the

number one reason for cycling

safely: cars and trucks, busses and

streetcars are all very dangerous

things. This is why there are so

many traffic laws in the first

place, and why cyclists, like

"The number one

reason for obeying

(or changing) the

laws of the road ...

cars and trucks,

buses and streetcars

are allv~ry

dangerous things. "

pedestrians and wildlife, must at

present either bow to the

promiscuous supremacy of the

heavier, clumsier and fastermoving

objects on the roads or

suffer the consequences.

Statistically, cyclists at present

fare a little bit better than wildlife,

but not as well as pedestrians.

(Squirrels are notoriously

careless, of course. And because

cyclists must fend for themselves

out on the asphalt, we tend to

acquire a bit more traffic-sense

than the average quadruped.)

Pedestrians on the other hand

have all those sidewalks and

crosswalks to protect them.

(And speaking of quadrupeds

and pedestrians: please be

considerate towards them all.

They have a rough time too.)

Most of the laws relevant to

cycling are based on the

bikes on· wheels

WORKIRI' CO-OP Pre-cycled bikes bought and sold, repairs,

classic bikes, new and used parts and

acessories, customizing and rentals.

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599-8799

assumption that a bike is a

vehicle like any other, and so

must signal its turns, drive on the

right, stop at red lights, and so on.

Most important are the laws

relating to bikes being in safe

running order. They must have a

bell or horn, and after dark must

have a working front light and a

rear light or reflector. ·

But these last-mentioned laws

are enforced pretty sporadically,

and usually only after a cyclist has

been stopped for some other

reason (going through a stop sign,

going the wrong way down a oneway

street...). And the fines are

astronomical: somewhere in the

neighbourhood of $100 for not

having a bell, for example.

It would seem to make a lot

more sense to lower the fines and

enforce the law more '

systematically. cycling at night

without lights is a very dangerous

thing to do! And why not include

a rebate towards the cost of a light

or bell with the summons or fine?

Which leads to our first

competition. If you could change

one thing about the laws or the

roads here in Toronto, in order

to make the city a safer place for

cycling, what would it be?

The first 5 submissions to

reach the Drum offices will earn a

bicycle headlight (batteries not

included) courtesy of Bikes on

Wheels.

I'll report interesting ideas

here. And all of the submissions

will be posted at the bike shop,

and sent on to City Hall and

Queen's Park. As they used to

say in France: Take your ~

imagination for reality! ~~

Peter Dean is a partner in Bikes

on Wheels, a worker-owned cooperative

bike shop located at

69lh Nassau Street.

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Street (2 blks west of Spadina,

on corner of M11jor St., at side of

building) • 323-1113 • New,

used, custom. Antique clubs and

collectibles.

GROVE CYCLE • 335 College

Street • 923-9633 • Quality

bicycles for all ages, accessories

and repairs. Since 1948.

WALKER'S WHEELS • 75

Nassau Street, 923-6811 •

Recycled bicycles & repairs at

low low prices. 1-7:30pm Mo-Sat

LEGAL SERVICES

KENSINGTON-BELL WOODS

Community Legal Services •

489 College Street #205, 924-

4244 • ·Free legal advice for

tenants' rights, immigration,

welfare, V.I., CPP & Workers

Camp.

ROBERT LABOSSIERE, Barrister

+ Solicitor • 489 College Street,

Suite 303 • 926-1447 (tel) 972-

1992 (fax) • Immigration law:

refugees,sponsorships,

humanitarian and compassionate

applications, independent and

business immigration, Federal

Court appeals. ·

Translation/interpretation

arranged on request.

FINANCIAL SERVICES

A.B.C. TAX SERVICES e 11

Temple Avenue, Suite #6, 532-

5469 • Contact Brett Campbell.

Tax return preparation and

bookkeeping.

LOCAL EMPLOYMENT &

TRADING SYSTEM (LETS) • 97 4-

9555 • Nonprofit community

barter network that works to

create sustainable local

economies. LETS allows people

to meet their needs outside the

cash economy.

METRO CREDIT UNION (formerly

Unicoi!) • 245 College,

978-5505 • Still your full service

banking alternative

SERVICES

AW BUSINESS SYSTEMS • 614-

0000 • Sales and service. New

and rebuilt copiers and fax

machines. Excellent prices: Mita,

Gestetner, etc. Since 1936

LIQUOR CONTROL BOARD OF

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597-0145 • Rne wine, spirits

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Thu-Fri 9:30-9:00; Sat

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Augusta, 595-5277 • Clean and

Friendly, 7 days a week. Dry

Cleaning Tool

SPADINA WEST POSTAL

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SUN KING CLEANERS • 576-578

Dundas, 593-8885 • Quality Dry

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East, 698-9767• Recycle by

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video. New & Antique. Sales and

service. Spacious new premises.

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BALDWIN STREET BAKERY •

191 Baldwin, 595-7326 •

Gourmet pizzas, home-made pies

and goodies, freshly brewed

coffee. European style breads,

pastries and boiled bagels. Baked

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paving stones in a swamp,

praying that it doesn !t rain

(again) tomorrow. Of course, it

is April and showers do bring

May flowers. On the flip side,

the squirrels and birds, ants,

raccoons, etc. all seem to think

it's spring, but what do they

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Outdoor

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So much to do, so little time and

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homeopathic, organic food, body

products, cake decorations

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Cuts, Jams, Olive Oil, Cooking

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VEGETABLE KINGDOM • 309

Augusta Avenue, 927-1028 •

Organic produce at warehouse

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beans and groceries.

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HAIR BY HELEN • 703 Queen

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DANCING DAYS •17 Kensington

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FAIRLAND • 241 Augusta,

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IGO • 9 Kensington 596-8282 •

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THE MAD HATTER • 352 Queen

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men's & children's hats. Custom

millinery by Vicky Sather

TOM'S PLACE • 190 Baldwin,

596-0297 • Brand name clothes

at Kensington prices


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KAREN STEYR

1. ABOVE: SEniNG THE STAGE

That's Carlos Fuentes working on the language

map. That map shows which language is spoken in

each of the 432 homes. "So on the day we could send

someone who spoke the right language to each home."

Carlos is a worker from the community worker

program at George Brown College. He was part of the

campaign from the start-- 8 months. This was his

placement.

The map only took a took a couple of days to

make. It was getting the information that was the real

hard work! Two to three weeks, knocking on doors.

But that map was the key. _"From it we knew what

langauges we needed for the newsletter and the info

sessions and the translations at the public meetings.

We had ten or eleven languages to deal with."

2. TOP, RIGHT: CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS

3 P.M. 45% OF FAMILIES HAVE VOTED

The l~nguage map is now in place on the wall of

"campaign headquarters for the co-op referendum"

(Jenny Palacios' home) -

The language map is the one at the bottom. At the

top is a blank map of the community.

Voting is well under way. Every few minutes,

runners bring info from the three polling stations about

who has already voted and this gets entered on the

map. In this picture, from left to right, Vanessa and

Orin Allen, Sus.an Wilkinson and Jenny Palacios (all

members of the residents' co-op education committee).

Language map is working. Volunteers who speak a

particular language can be sent to homes where no-one

has voted yet.

3. MIDDLE, RIGHT: TIME OUT

IN THE LOBBY AT THE COMMUNITY CENTRE

There are three polling stations--in the lobbies of

the two apartment buildings (170 Vanauley and 73

Augusta Square) and in the gym at the community

centre (no photos were allowed inside the polling

station).

Each polling station was staffed by a "deputy

returning officer" from outside the community,

accompanied by one observer from MTHA and one

observer from the residents association.

In this photo, left to right, Jean Denny, and Dave

Cosentino and Laura Meikle (MTHA employees)

taking a break from shifts at the polls. On the far

right, Josh Allen, resident (too young to vote). As in

federal elections, only people 18 and over could vote.

(In this case, your name also had to be on the lease.)

4. BOnOM. RIGHT: INTEREST RUNNING HIGH

SONNY ATKINSON TAKING CALLS

Waiting in his office--Sonny Atkinson fielded calls-­

-interest was high throughout the day with ealls

coming in "from coast to coast."

"It will make a great difference for the residents

because it will give everyone a voice."

On the shelf at the back are the walkie talkies

used during voting hours to keep the three polling

stations in touch with Rob Howarth. Rob, acting

director of Scadding Court, was Returning Officer,

running the whole election.

Mostly the walkie talkies got used to send

interpreters out to a polling station when needed.

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On April 19 we

asked: Alexandra

Park residents

will vote this

Saturday on the

question "Do you

suppon Alexandra

Park becoming a

Housing Co-op?"

What do you

think?

YVONt£ EDwARDS.

Grange Ave.

I DO SUPPORT THE CHANGE TO CO-OP

51MPL Y BECAUSE THE CO-OP HOUSING I

HAVE SEEN THAT I HAVE FRIENDS LIVING

IN 15 WELL KEPT AND I LIKE THAT LIVING

IN A CLEAN WELL KEPT HOUSE AND

NEIGHBOURHOOD IN WHICH I FEEL SAFE.

MTHA HAS A HOUSING PROBLEM. THEY

HAVE QUITE A FEW RESIDENTS WITH

DRUG PROBLEMS THAT GET

TRANSFERRED FROM ONE MTHA AREA

TO ANOTHER AND THE DRUG PROBLEM 15

NOT SOLVED. AS A CO-OP IT WILL GIVE

US THE POWER TO HELP CONTROL WHO

MOVES IN AND OUT. As WELL AS OTHER

PROBLEMS SUCH AS MAINTENANCE AND

PARKING. THE PARKING LOTS TURN INTO

LAKES AFTER IT RAINS, THE WALKWAYS

GET FLOODED AND THE DISABLED

RESIDENTS AND CHILDREN CAN NOT USE

THE PATHS. MTHA DOES NOT USE THE

BUDGET TO ITS FULLEST, 50 WE THE

RESIDENTS WANT TO MAKE THE

DECISIONS ON HOW TO SPEND THE

MONEY BETTER.

I TOTALLY 51

ALEXANDRA

RESIDENT, I

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RYERSON PUBLIC SCHOOL

Y ES, I SUPPORT CO-OP HOUSING

BECAUSE IT CREATES AN ENVIRONMENT

WHERE YOU ARE AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT

IN THE UPKEEP AND POSITIVE PROMOTION

OF THE TENANTS AND THEIR HOMES. BY

TAKING AN ACTIVE INTEREST THERE IS

LESS VANDALISM AND A GREATER

SENSE OF VALUES.

5. TOP LEFT: '"THE LONGEST HOUR•

Polls closed at 8 sharp. Ballot boxes were taken to the computer

room and unlocked by Rob Howarth under the watchful eyes of MTHA

and resident observers. The counting began. It took an hour. "Are you

in favour of Alexandra Park becoming a co-op: yes or no?" had to be

totalled. And the number of households that participated also had to be

added up.

Everything was checked three times.

Meanwhile, outside the community centre people began to gather

and wait. Fourth from the right in this photo Metro Councillor Olivia

Chow "I couldn't miss the moment. This is history. "

6. MIDDLE, LEFT: HOPING FOR 60%

Fatigue showing, waiting for the result, sure of the 50% of

. households, but what did the voters choose?

From left to right, Nick Saul, coordinator of the co-op education

campaign, Leon Lau, community worker from Scadding _Court, and

Cham Sang, resident, who worked and organized tirelessly throughout.

"We sat like that for a whole hour" says Nick. "It was a really

exciting time. We had done everything we could. And there was nothing

left for us to tk;J. "

Finally... the result, over 70% of households voted.

And 75% of the voters said YES. We want a co-op.

7. BOTTO~ LEFT: ·wAY OVER THE TOP ..

PRESS CONFERENCE WEDNESDAY APRIL 26, 11:30 AM

From left to right:

Rosario Marchese, MPP, Fort York

"As you know I have worked with residents from the stan on

this. Our office has been closely involved. We all share the

excitement. "

Dr. Richard Allen, Provincial Minister of Housing

"I am exceedingly encouraged. We set you a tough target with

the 60% yes, 50% turnout, and you have come right over the

top. There is a lot to be done still . . . . We recognize

develpment of aay co-op project needs ongoing financial

suppon."

Sonny Atkinson, President, Alexandra Park Residents Association

"We did it our way. I'm so happy to say that. It's been four

years now we've worked for this. Now the real work begins.

There's getting the buildings up to standards so we can

stan maintaining them, training residents in management and

co-op living, negotiations-on a .financial agreement with the

province, unions, a lease ... We'll need your suppon in the

work that's ahead."

Barbara Hall, Mayor

"Congratulations to the Ministry of Housing for the courage to

allow this to happen. I believe we need a range of housing

types in our city. I'm delighted that it's the residents who have

put together your own way of addressing issues.. I know you can

do it & build an incredible neighbourhood for our city."

Dan Leckie, City Councillor, Ward 5

"This is about courage and self reliance and the strength of this

community. Do you remember in I988 a 6 or 8 year old child

burned to death in this community and the official inquest was

held so fast that nothing positive came out of it. ?

So you said you would hold your own inquest, and did.

And found out things like bars welded shut across basement

windows ... I see this as a continuation of the community saying

'ifwe want it done, we'll have to do it ourselves.'"

Jenny Palacios: residents association board member

"I am so very happy. I learned a lot on the education

committee and am still learning on the education committee

and lookforward to the next steps. We are doing this for the

security Of a good home and a better neighbourhood. "

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The Answers, A True Story

BY MARIA Gow.o

It was an existential crisis; I know that

now. At the time it masqueraded as a

broken heart and some bad jobs and

an inconsiderate room-mate, but let's

face it; I just didn't know who I was

or what I was doing here - on earth, I

mean, in the Big Sense - or who or

what· was going to take care of me,

since I didn't seem to be doing a very

good job of its myself.

I tried everything. I travelled, which \'.'

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only made me poor and anxious. I con- ~f. ~

suited therapists, which made me :~ E~s

poorer and more anxious, still. I even

shaved my head, but nothing worked. ·.-

I needed the answers. I needed the .r

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goods.

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One night, 2 hours into my 33rd ~I i)

year I stumbled drunkenly into my answers,

in the form of a gypsy fortune ,.

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teller in Yorkville. I don't know how

it happened, exactly, but I found myself

sitting next to her, extending my ·"!.

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palm. She peered into it for a while, .!/'

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turning and squeezing it in the neon ., :'\

light of the restaurant behind us. ,f:

"Don't worry for nothing," she declared,

at last. "Ten dollars."

I fairly skipped home. This was all

- I'd needed - simple, authoritative reassurance.

For a week or two,' l remained

swaddled in the comfort of the

gypsy's words, but then, of course, I

needed more.

Every day on my way home from

work I passed a sandwich board that

read "Madame Zenia, Gifted Psychic:

all life's problems resolved.;' Now, the

big breakthrough having been made,

I could finally muster the courage to

climb Madame Zenia's stairs. The air

got hotter and mustier as I got to the

top, and smelled of a combination of

cigarettes, coffee and fruity incense.

The door was open, but I knocked tentatively

on the frame.

"Please come in, my dear." I was

greeted by a rangy girl of about 15,

wearing jeans and heavy makeup,

clacking gum. She led me into the

room with a ceremonious gesture.

"Palm, Card or Crystal?"

"Palm, please."

"Make yourself comfortable."

Madame Zenia's establishment was

an ordinary apartment, thickly carpeted,

heavily furnished, and bedecked

with paintings of the last supper

and statuettes of the Virgin Mary

in doilies. Bugs Bunny cartoons flickered

silently on a huge TV screen in

the next room, and in front of it, clustered

together like kittens, lay three

plump women in long skirts, turbans

and beads.

"Please excuse my colleagues," the

girl said as one produced a snore.

"They are indisposed. They have had

a late night." She was, by this time,

sitting next to me on the couch. She

reached for my hand.

"But - " I protested - "Where's

Madame Zenia?"

"We're all Madam Zenia," she replied.

"You're so - " I tried and failed to

fmd a diplomatic way of saying it -

"So young!"

"That's not the point." She took my

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hand. Like the gypsy in the street, she

pinched and twisted my palm, and

held it to the, light, all the while staring

unblinkingly into it. "You toss and

tum at night with the many thoughts _

that trouble your mind," she said, then

looked up at me, poppmg a bubble

between her teeth. "You get that? Like,

it means you can't sleep. I see a little

nephew or godson soon to be born.

Money troubles. You're lonely. A di- ·

vorce in the recent past, but soon, a

second marriage. You'll be married

suddenly, this winter. A very short

engagement. Three children. And success

late in life."

She gave me back my hand and demanded

$20. As soon as she had pocketed

the money, she retreated to the

kitchen with a nasty look over her

shoulder, "Age" she spat, "is not the

point."

Downstairs, I blinked in the spring

sunlight and looked both ways to

make sure nobody I knew was walking

by. I plunged into the rush hour

traffic, feeling elated and frightened

at once, carrying the predictions inside

my head like some new treat I

was waiting to pore over as soon as I

·got home. Three children, a sudden

· marriage, late success; none of these

prospects appealed to me, yet I was

comforted by the assurance that I had

a future after all, that my life was following

some clearly discemable path

- discernable, what's more, by a

stranger for a mere $20.

I now became a regular client of

gypsies. I came to love the rituals of •

fortune telling, the laying out of cards,

the touch of a grubby, calloused and

experienced hand, the tense pause before

the pronouncement. "A gOOd life,

a long life, good health, love and prosperity."

But a terrifying pattern began to

emerge in the predictions. It seemed I

would soon begin dating a man I'd

known for a long time, an athletic

man, older than me, and well off. I

wouldn't like the man, or trust him,

and with good reason, but I would

marry him, this very winter. I had no

choice. Friends would object; many

women from his past would hate me;

only my family would come to the

man's defence.

~ I got a second opinion, then a third.

Delia laughed at me, Francesca

sighed. Heidi was the kindest. She

leaned forward and covered my hand

with one of hers, "He's not a nice

~·:1 man," she said, "but you can handle

him, and anyway, you've got no

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choice. If people did I'd be out of a

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., job."

...

Just as I had decided to give up my

new hobby, forget the predictions, they

began to come true. My sister got pregnant,,and

the man came back into my

life, declaring undying love. I resisted

his advances at first, but soon gave in,

paralysed by a kind of fascinated horror.

The friends protested, the former

flames reviled me, and true to the gypsies'

predictions, my family supported

the match.

"I have a feeling," my mother said,

"that you're going to marry that man."

"How do you know? People can't

tell these things."

"I can, I knew with your father."

"But my father ... !"

"Well," she said, ''It was destiny. I

knew it from the first time I set eyes

on him. I had no choice."

My horror mounted now, as· more

and more details of the man's unsa-

- voury past began to come to light, and,

concurrently, he began to talk with

confidence of our holidays together

next summer, renovations on the

house, the name of our first child.

There was only one thing for it. I Visited

Tinka's Tearoom, above a tattoo

parlour on Yonge Street.

Tinka herself greeted me at the door.

She was sJout and cheerful, with -

bright pink lipstick and nail polish,

and an enormous bosom, emphasized

by her floor length, orange robe. She

was, she explained, the owner, not one

of the fortune tellers. At least, not any

more. "Now," she said, "I leave all the

clients to my girls. Would you like to

see Mary, Zoe or Olga?"

"Olga."

"There's a long wait."

"Fine."

"Please make yourself comfortable."

She sat down beside me on the

couch in the waiting room, studying

me discreetly. ·

"What Il!._Onth were you born, my

dear?" she said after a pause.

"June."

"Oh, no!" Tinka clapped a hand to

her head, "Not another one!"

"Hm? What do you mean?''

"Gemini," she answered, "I can't

get away from them - all my friends

are Gemini's and - "

"And what?"

"Well," Tinka drew herself up soberly.

"I don't niean no offence, my

dear, but you're messed up."

"Pardon me?''

"You don't know what you want.

You go this way and that, influenced

by everything, you got no goal in life."

"What are you talking about? I've

had a goal in life since I was eight

years old. I'm the most goal directed

person I know. It's just that nothing

works out the way I want."

"Gemini," she shook her head. "All

the same. Dirty, lazy, drink too much.

Sleep around. Good for nothing. But

of course I'm Aquarius, I can't get

away from them."

"Look, I'm not lazy and dirty and I

don't sleep around. I don't know about

your friends, but -"

"All the same," she replied fmnly,

"You got no goal in life."

At this point, a tall, slender spectre

in a track suit appeared in the doorway.

It was Olga herself. "Next," she

intoned, and, happy to escape from

Tinka, I hurried after her down the

darkened hallway. She ushered me

into a booth containing a rickety card

table and two chairs. Anxious

mutterings could be heard from the

neighbouring booths: "My best

friend? ... Yes, I'm certain of it".

"The operation will be successful,

but ... "

"My dear, money's not the problem

in your life ... "

With a melancholy smile, Olga

handed me a deck of cards. "You will

please to shuftling," she said. "And

make wish."

"Wish?"

"If you don't wish, I cannot tell fortune."

"But I don't want to make a wish. I

want to know what's going to happen

tome."

"I cannot tell fortune without wish.

Please to shuftling. , ..

My mind raced. What did I want?

What did I want? All I wanted was to

know, was I going to marry this man,

or wasn't I? That was my wish, to

know. I handed back the cards, and

Olga laid them out. She looked up at

me accusingly. "If you don't wish,"

she said,-

"Just tell me what you see."

"I see man. Older man. Good looking.

Datk, like Italian. Good job- goOd

man. He is good man. Oh, women. I

The sail

The ship will leave

tomouow

It is fully loaded

(of course, somebody

maybe

has forgotten

a thing,

a remorse, a dream ... )

But

The ship will leave

tomorrow.

Before being

I already see the sail up

wind-blown

white.

And I'm preparing

for the last

hand waving.

Elena Ene

see many women talk to you about

this man. They are only jealous. Do

not believe them. He is good man."

"But," I protested. "He's a drunk.

He's a misogynist, a workaholic. He's

slept with thousands of women, and

hit at least two of them."

"But to you he is faithful. And no

beats you."

"Yes but-"

She clucked her tongue. "You sleep

with this man. Big mistake. Never

sleep with man until he gives you engagement

ring. But-" she brightened

- "He likes it. This is good. Wait until

he gives you engagement ring before

sleep with him again."

I leaned forward. ~'But will I marry

him?"

"You want marry him?"

"Will I- will I -that's what I want

to know."

Olga put down her cards and laid

her hands, palm down, on the table.

"Purpose of man," she said, "is to

look after woman. This man, has nice

house?"

"Yes."

"Good job?"

"Yes.''

"Does he pay for you in restaurant?"

"Yes."

"And no beats you -"

"Not so far."

"Is good man. You should marry

h un.

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"But I don't want to marry him."

"Then don't."

"What do you mean?''

"$25.00."

"What do you mean?''

"Just don't."

So I didn't.

The Crack

in the Window

The crack in the window

Distorts the view,

Gives an impression

Of reality.

The crack in the window

Creeps larger

With the /pressure

Applied daily.

The crack in the window

Is reparable by

Genuine values

Practised always.

The crack in the window

Can be overlooked

If the spirit inside

Will choose to.

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"Bookdealers," I said in my

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through dial-In access 393-

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ART AROUND

In the hands of the potters

BY VIRGINIA MACDONNELL

In the curious hierarchy of the

western visual arts world, clay as

medium and pottery as process

has always fallen under the

category of"low art." This is

partly because this method has

'traditionally been deemed a

"craft," partly because pottery has

had utilitarian as well as "purely"

aesthetic functions, and partly

because women have primarily

practised this art form.

Yet, when one examines

various creation stories world

wide, human beings were not

created by supreme beings from

oil paint and canvas or from ·

·marble, but were instead created

from the lowly clay.

In the Mesopotamian tradition

there are Goddesses like Aramaiti

"Mother of the People Made of

Clay," Hinhursag who created

people from clay and her own

blood, and Arum (called "The

Potter") who infused her clay

creations with the breath of life.

They are responsible for bringing

the human race into being.

Similarly, the Assyrian Goddess

Mami made human beings from

mixing clay with her blood.

In Judaeo-Christian tradition

God creates Adam by breathing

life into his clay form. Although

God in this_case is generally

viewed as a male deity the

Gnostic gospels say that Ada was

created by 2 virgins -- the spirit,

represented by Sophia and the

earth, represented by Eve.

Clay Design

Brunswick/Harbord,

964-3330

Type of work

Clay Design is an artistrun

studio-gallery, There

are three fulltime in·

house potters, but works

from several other

Canadian ceramic artists

are also shown.

They have a full

exhibition schedule and

exhibits are changed

approximately every

two weeks.

Types of classes

offered

Classes are taught by the

resident artists and are

offered on an ongoing

basis in ten-week sessions

(each class being 3 hours

Regardless of the specifics, in

all of these origin stories, clay

remains a common symbolic

synonym for flesh. And the

mystery of clay extends from birth

to death and beyond. For instance,

the Celts incised clay pots with

human faces to represent the souls

of the dead and in Scandinavia

and Africa upturned pots are

repeatedly used as soul symbols.

With these auspicious

beginnings, it seems hard to

figure out where pottery lost its

standing in the fine art world. It

does seem likely that with the

establishment of patriarchal

societies, any traditions associated

with the Goddess were discarded

Pbillis McCulloch; Clay Design

long). Course fee is $225.00 which includes instruction, materials and firing

of pieces. Contact Clay Design for registration material.

}54A QuEEN ST W. * 979..-0451

PHOTOGRAPHS BY KAREN STEYR

Kensington Clay

355A Spadina, 593-5191

Type of work

Extensive and varied selection of handmade decorative and

functional pottery work.

In addition to regular pottery classes Kensington Clay

offers birthday parties for children ($65 per hour up to six

kids + $5 per child up to 10 max.l

They also provide one on one sessions with special needs

students of all ages which helps these students to develop

their skills, patience and therapeutic recovery.

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Types of classes offered

Introductory Handbuilding for adults or children, runs for 4 weeks at a cost of $125 for instruction and

materials. Quality Time classes are offered at the cost of $145.00 for 1 adult and 1 child ($50 per extra

child) to allow parents and children to discover the fun of handbuilding together.

Monthly Workshops for adults, with a thematic orientation (~.g. building clocks, lamps or planters). $100

for instruction, material fee variable. Call Samantha for registration information.

Kensington Clay:

Samantha Sherer,

Stephen Richarc;lson

or transformed into new socially

acceptable forms.

In a way this shunning has

been a happy accident. Pottery

remains the most accessible and

perhaps egalitarian of all of the

fine art forms. And clay's primal

power is undiminished.

Today, clay pots and pottery

are valued for their combination

of beauty and functionalism. In

fact, certain museums, such as the

George R. Gardiner Museum, are

devoted to this form of artistic

practice.

Our neighbourhood is blessed

with a number of stores and

studios which provide the

opportunity to view, purchase or

A SPAa 364-3227 183 Bathurst

until May 20 "Paradox/Pair O'Docs!Pear

A Docs"

until Jun l 0 "Steeltown: James C.

Williams"

JOHN 8. AIRD GAUERY 928-6772

900 Bay St. .

May l • Jun 3 "Image 95: Ontario

Society of Artists"

ARTGAUERY OFMISSISSAUGA

905-896-5088 300 City Centre Drive .

until Jun 4 "Jeannie Thib: Body Works"

ARTGAUERYOFONTARIO 977-

0414/979-6648 317 Dundas W.

opens Feb 22 "The Pear and its Pips:

Auguste Bouquet and "La Caricature"'

until Oct 29 "The Sublime and the

Beautiful: 18th Century British

Landscapes and Portraits"

May 3 • Jul 9 "Constable: A Master

Draughtsman"

Catherine Carroll: bright colours, Intricate design

create clay works. We visited

three: The Catherine Carroll

Studio on Markham Street, Clay

by Design at Brunswick and

Harbord, and Kensington Clay on

Spadina.

May 19 - Aug 7 "Barbara Hepworth: A

Retrospective"

ART METROPOLE 703-4400 788

King St. W.

JUSnNA M. BARNICKE 978-8398

Hart House, University of Toronto

until May ll "Charlotte Rosshandler:

Time Exposure/Portraits/Photographs"

until May ll "Ann Newdigate: Ciphers

from The Muniments Room"

May 18- Jun 15 "John Scott: 'Live

Coverage' - Drawing In~tallation"

BAu-XI 977-0600 340 Dundas W.

until May ll "Joe Plaskett"

May 13 • Jun l "Andrew Patterson"

COLD CTY 504-6681 686 Richmond W.

until May 20 "Peter Bowyer, Tom Dean,

Mark Gomes"

May 25 - Jun 17 "Mark Kipps"

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Catherine Carroll Studio

608 Markham Street, 516-4792

Type of work

Catherine Carroll produces

individually sculpted and hand·

painted pottery pieces. While her

works are uniquely beautiful they are

functional and designed for everyday

use.

She works in the Mediterranean

process called "Majolica" giving her

pottery a combination of distinctive

bright colours and intricate and

playful designs.

Type of classes offered

All levels. Call the studio for further

information.

Attention Women Artists

Toronto Women for a Just

and Healthy Planet Invites vou

to participate In the Fourth

World Conference on Women

being held In Chino In

September bv creating Images

for the lOOKOUT POSTCARD

PAOJECT.

We ore seeking submissions

representing o feminist

perspective on: Health

Housing e Human Rights _

Militarism e Rrts & Culture

Poverty e Childcore -

Environment e Globollzotlon

Work e etc.

Send good quolltl,l

photocopies of vour work '

(S"x8" or 4"x6"). Write vour

nome, address & phone

number cleorlv on the bock of

each and moil them to:

TWJHP c/o Box 332, Station A,

Toronto, MSW 1C2

RH submissions w/U be sent

to Beijing as port of the

INTEJNmOf\R. DAY Of

WOMEN'S ACTIONS,

September 6 1995.

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Zero to sixty in how long?

Having reached the age of sixty,

thank you, I am now uniquely

qualified to write a "How To ..."

book on the subject presently

nearest my heart (in more ways

than one). Aging.

I will start at the beginning.

Growing up in Timmins, I was

aware of a "how-to" book my

Father kept at his right hand next

to the old Remington typewriter,

"How to Write," written in 1905,

the year of my father's birth.

It was after Dad's death in

1980 that I finally opened the

book. For starters it said

something like ... 'If a young man

came to me and asked, "How do I

become a writer" I would say,

"Go to the harbour, sign on a ship

and go and live a life. When the

time comes and you have

something to write about, you will

find the way." To Timmins?

So to the hundre_ds, nay

thousands, planning now to line

up and ask me "Oh Kate, how do

I age?" I say first 'Hear the words

of my mother: "Stand up straight,

and stop wrinkling your brow."'

This was her constant refrain.

Not always in so many words. A

tap of the hand between my

shoulder blades, a flutter of the

back of her graceful fingers across

my forehead, were often sufficient.

That piece of advice should

get you comfortably to, oh fifty

five, or until Mother is gone.

After Mother's departure, this

second piece of advice: the head

is a bowling ball sitting on top of

John

Campey ~

&

Tam

Goossen

Downtown Trustees

Toronto Board of Education

155 College Street, Toronto M5T 1P6

Tel: 397-3060 Fax: 397-3114

ON AGING

BY KATE BURT MCNEIL

the spine. So if one goes through

life bent slightly forward, the

likelihood of this stoop becoming

a permanent and in some cases

exaggerated and debilitating

condition, is high.

Remember "Hi I'm Kate and

I'm an alcoholic"? (Drum,

August, 1990) It was an account

of my month at a rehab in Florida

thanks to OHIP before the rules

changed. A woman my age was

housed in the psychiatric wing of

this crooked facility. One day we

spoke about our mutual artistic

abilities, the next day her head

had bowed completely forward

and down so that she would never

have to see the sky again.

Since then, I have become

painfully aware of people I pass

on the street who have been

losing the battle with gravity far

too early in lik If like me you

started ignoring Mother's advice

once her fingers were no longer

there to flutter, turning sixty will

trigger a near uncontrollable urge

to repent. Which brings me to my

third piece of a,dvice.

Penance, like any kind of

exercise, requires a warm-up.

Long dormant muscles must be

given a chance to wake up and get

used to the new regime.

A while back, I stayed over at

my girlfriend's because she was

driving me to the airport in the

morning. Her teeny hopper

daughter and friend, dressed in

their little too-short shorts, were

demonstrating the latest exercises

learned in school. "How'd ya like

to see an old lady do the splits?" I

said as I demonstrated the move,

hearing the sound of muscle and

ligaments tear as I went down.

Several hours later, a shot of

demerol in each hip to ease the

intense pain, I stoically flew out

feeling like an injured warrior. A

seventy-year old injured warrior.

This is not good if, like me, you

are planning to stay sixty forever.

So, warm up before asking

long dormant muscles to perform.

Better still, no matter how old you

are, start aging right away. It will

hurt a lot more if you leave it till

the last moment.

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This is not an easy column to

write.

It is about six young men who

did not think before they acted.

Now they are dead.

If I am guessing right---and

maybe I am not--this is what

happened.

On the night of March 17th,

they were out drinking ---

BOATING

FOR EVERYONE

BY HAL CONROY

underage --- when someone

suggested that they "borrow" a

boat from one of the marinas at

the foot of Liverpool Road in

Pickering and go joy-boating.

They hit both Eastshore

Marina and Swans. From

Eastshore they took a 14-foot

outboard; from Swans it was a

paddle boat, and headed for

Lake Ontario.

It was a cold and somewhat

choppy night -- not the kind of

black and dirty night that any

sober person would go out into

Lake Ontario.

I surmise this is what

happened: first of all, the 14-

footer didn't have a full tank of

gas. The paddle boat -- or rather

- paddle thing, should never go

into open water, even on a calm

day.

Once out into the lake (and I

don't think anyone wore life

jackets), they were a boating

accident just begging to happen

-- six maybe drunken, mostly

underage boys, loose in the

hands of fate.

I think one of two things

happened, or maybe both.

First, the one or maybe two on

the paddle boat got into trouble,

~FUN-TASK-ITS

V CREATIONS

and their friends in the small

open boat went to help them.

They stopped the boat or slowed

down, pulled their friends

onboard and either the motor

wouldn't restart or it was out of

gas.

The boat was overloaded and

the only thing that could happen

did. Six lives -- one boy was a

very young father -- were wasted,

two people lost their boats -- and

it cost taxpayers thousands of

dollars to put two police forces,

armed forces and both the

Canadian and U.S. Coast Guards

to a long search which yielded

only an unopened beer bottle

along the shore near the channel,

leading to Frenchman's Bay, and

an empty battered gas can on the

American side. The can was

probably from the outboard.

Don't get me wrong. I am

sorrier than you can know that

these young men died because of

a foolish stunt, but it is the teen

mother with a tiny baby -- the

parents of those lads that I really

feel for. The boys were able to

think things out clearly. Or

should have been. Was it drink

that made them foolish?

As a sailor who has been at it

since 1930, with a few years'

service with the navy and the

MN as well as harbour master at

several marinas, I have seen a lot

of dama fools among adult

sailors and I am glad to see that

the Law - at long last -- are

cracking down hard on

dangerous boat handling.

But th~ only answer to what

happened on the black night of

March 17th, is that teenage boys

and young men stop and

THINK. The Lake does not

know you are immortal.

Are you tired of paying a lot of money for

catered food and do you appreciate hand-made

crafts and clothing?

THEN, let us do the work//

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• We will cater AGMs, Volunteer Recognition, Special Events,

Board Meetings etc.

• Drop in and buy special munchies e'very Wednesday at

lunch time. let us know in advance.

• We will host a special demonstration of our hand-made

products for you and 4 of your friends, at your request.

• We will be happy to bring our hand-made crafts to your

Centre's activities, at your request.

• We will sew that special project you have in mind for your

home or office. ·

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TRYING TO GET A" SMALL BUSINESS

OFF THE GROUND

Martin Silva

City Councillor

Ward 4

392-7911

Fiona Chapman

Public School Trustee

Ward 4 (west of

Bathurst)

397-3085

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Metro Councillor

Trinity-Niagara

392-4011

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Kay in context: looking back on thirty years of community work

Continued from Page I

Kay's first four years at

University Settlement were as a­

client-- an "English Newf" as

she calls herself, newly arrived

in Toronto with her husband

from Upper Island Cove. Within

four years she was working as a

"sometimes paid, sometimes

unpaid" member of the staff.

"The way I came to work for

Settlement is one of the things

I'm afraid is changing. I didn't

have a uniyersity degree or

anything like that, but I could

work with people. Settlement

helped me get the education I

needed as I went along. I don't

think they should always look for

people with degrees."

Kay's work in the Grange

area is legendary, especially in

the realm of housing. A longtime

CityHome resident herself,

she along with other activists

dedicated decades to increasing

the supply of affordable housing

in the Grange area . "I reckon

we probably brought in 2000

units- CityHome or co-op or

what have 'you over the years."

Among the battles they

fought and won was for the

Dundas-Beverley CityHome

buildings just north of Dundas,

where Kay herself lived until she

moved out to Oakville a couple

of years ago. ""They were going

to knock it all down and put 52

Division Police Station there"

she says. "You know, the one at

Dundas and St. Patrick that looks

like a giant washroom?"

Dundas-Beverley, she says,

was a great example of how

residents and businesses can

work together when

they think things

through together. At

first the little

businesses across

from the Art Gallery

on Dundas thought it

would be great to

have 52 Division

round the comer ,

"until they started

thinking about sirens

and traffic and all

that."

Asked for an

example of a_ project

she's p,roud of, she

points to something

recent project: "not because it's

a big deal, but because it's

typical of my beliefs about

helping people help themselves."

It's a simple story--seniors at

168 John Street were upset

because their morning mail

delivery started coming at five in

the evening. "A big deal, for

people getting cheques and

suchlike. It can make a whole

day's difference at an important

time."

II So r started out helping them

find out why, which was as the

post office explained it that the

businesses on that route prefer it

towards the evening so they can

go to the bank first thing in the

morning even if it's a day late."

"Well the next thing was of

course the local post offic~ said

they couldn't do anything about

it, so the residents had to

contact the post office in Ottawa,

draw up a petition, walk round

the building, get people to sign

and all tht. Typical stuff. The

point is, they did the work, they

found their way round a

bureaucracy, and they got their

morning mail delivery back. "

"What about battles you've

lost?" I asked. "The biggest one

I would have to say was Village

by the Grange. I mean, look at

it. Don't get me wrong, it could

have been worse. I mean, I have

my coffee and cigarettes there

almost every day, but gee it

could have been better for the

neighbourhood."

"Another one that really gets

.under my skin is the Art Gallery.

If you look across the park, to

the right of Grange House is the

building OCA put up .. It was the

Art Gallery that kicked up a

stink about how it had to match

Grange House historically. And

then look at the thing the Art

Gallery put up on the other side

of Grange House, where the

herb garden used to be. Not

what you'd call matching is it?"

"One good little thing came

out of that though.

They gave us

permission to move

some of the herbs

to Dundas/Beverly.

And later we

discovered that's

where the original

herb garden for the

Grange was. I like

little things like

that."

Asked about the

way she sees

things changing,

she's blunt. "Not

for the better. City

Planning and City

Council suddenly seems terrified

to say no to new developments.

A recession council I'd call it."

She points to the new condo

approved at Dundas and St.

Patrick, behind the Village by

the Grange as a recent example.

"It casts a big shadow, real and

the other kind, on the

neighbourhood to the north. One

of these days with all the biggies

· going in on the south side of

Dundas, someone on the north

side will get the go-ahead and all

those little building opposite the

Art Gallery will be gone. And

then it's like dominoes up

through Darcy and Baldwin and

Cecil. Either everything gets

bigger, or it gets less liveable."

She also talks a bit gloomily

about changes in her own line of

work. "My way of doing things

you'd spend 80 percent of your

time on your feet out in the

community, and maybe 20

percent behind a desk. "

"It's the community

connection- that's the most

important thing for me. I believe

it you stay in touch with your

community all these other

projects and outreach and so

forth will come along. But that

isn't the way it gets looked at

these days."

"Most of all I think I'd like

to say something about my fear

of what happens going global at

the expense of the community

connection. I mean here's an

example: the governments taken

in, what is it, three million

dollars from the casino in

Windsor, right? So what's the

big announcement? A hundred

million dollars for projects to

deal with addictions like

gambling

"That sort of thing, you have

to laugh." She laughs.

Settlement's and the Grange's

loss is Oakville's gain, though.

(Although the p{,wers that be out

there might not think so.) Right

now Kay and neighbours have

just finished a successful fundraiser.

They are organizing to

oppose storage of low-level

radioactive waste material in

Oakvilles Ward 2, where she

now lives.

Neighbours Helping Neighbours

by Carolyn Moore ·

Neighbours Helping Neighbours

is ticking along nicely. Word is

getting out about the range of

services we provide seniors and

the disabled so that they can

continue to live independently in

their own homes. We have

volunteers who have clocked an

impressive number of hours. An

hour here and an hour there,,

mounts up.

We have one volunteer who

was on-call one morning a week

all winter to drive a senior to his

regular appointment. Each

Thursday morning, she would call

to see if he needed a ride. But it

was such a mild winter, that each

Thursday, he declined the ride and

walked instead. This volunteer

was making a real contribution.

The person she was helping had

the assurance that there was a ride

available if he needed it, worth a

lot to his peace of mind.

Another volunteer regularly

escorts a frail woman of 82 to her

doctor's appointments. The

woman is able to afford a cab, but

she recently Qad a problem with

her hip, so having the volunteer

along for company gives her

added assurance.

We recently had a request from a

resident of Kensington Manor for

a volunteer who speaks

Cantonese, to assist her with

grocery shopping. She wanted a

helper who could shop either with

her or for her (if the weather's

bad), and who understands

Chinese foods.

Several volunteers came

forward from Harbord Collegiate.

They speak Cantonese, Mandarin,

ToiShin and Vietnamese. They are

eager to learn, and are delightful

company. We are thinking of

expanding this idea to become

"Market Day in Kensington". We

sense there is a need for such a

service, so if you would like a

helper to shop with you or for you

in Kensington, let us know.

Do you drive to Loblaws on

Dupont to grocery shop? Would

you be willing to pick up a

neighbour along the way and take

them with you? We have a request

from ':1 man who would like to go

to the laundromat on Dupont once

a week, and do some shopping at

Loblaws while he's there. The

laundry cycle takes about an hour

on a weekday, longer ·on the

weekends when the laundromat is

busy.

Like the "Market Day in

Kensington", this is another good

idea. Perhaps it could blossom

into "Laundry and Loblaws on

Dupont".

Again, if you would like to

participate, either as a helping

neighbour or as one who is

helped, let us know. Our

Snowbusters project is now

closed for the season. There was

so little snow this winter that we

only shovelled four properties -

one was a ramp for a neighbour in

a wheelchair, and the rest were

errant neighbours. All but one of

these neighbours shovelled the

snow without prompting

thereafter! Our thanks to them.

Clearing snow from sidewalks

~es life easier and safer for all

of us.

Thank you to Drum readers for

your generosity. After we

requested an exercise bicycle for

one of our disabled neighbours,

we received several calls. The

recipients of the bicycles and the

ski machine were surprised and

delighted. Thanks for your

kindness!

With sadness, we mark the

death at age 87 of Roselma

Sinclair, known to her family and

to the children at theKensington

Parenting Centre as "Mawsy".

She was one of our hilping

neighbours. She was one of us.

We'll miss her.

Neighbours helping neighbours

is a project of St. Stephens

Community House, 169

Brunswick Avenue 926-8221

Ask for Carolyn Moore, David

Cheng or Zizina £stevens

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MUSIC NOTES

Fiery_ Ninth/ rare English, best ever Orpheus, April highlights

BY ALLAN PULKER

The evening of March 28 was a

big one for the U. ofT. Faculty of

Music. The U. ofT. Symphony

Orchestra, the University Chorus,

the MacMillan Singers and the

University Women's Chorus

joined forces to perform

Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 in

D minor. Conductor, Dwight

Bennett, called a fiery intensity

while maintaining a high level of

precision, to sustain an

excitement that brought me to the

edge of my seat.

The third movement, Adagio

molto e cantabile, brought some

wonderful wind playing,

magnificently sustained long

melodic lines in the strings and a

hom solo played with sensitivity

and strength. I was also most

impressed by the entire

orchestra's ability to negotiate the

technical challenges of the fourth

movement, and by the unity of the

cello section in the recitative-like

passages near the beginning of .

that movement.

. The combined choirs sang

with an energy that matched the

orchestra. Both, I noticed, were

very attentive to Mr. Bennett's

conducting. When you hear a

performance like this, you know

the future of music-making in

Canada is in good hands.

* * *

Mezzo sopranos Laura Pudwell

and Elizabeth Forster joined

recorder players Alison Melville

and Colin Savage, cellist

Margaret Gay and harpsichordist

Michael Jarvis, in a concert of

music by Henry Purcell and his

late 17th century London

contemporarie~ Laura Pudwell

brought ease and charm to the

opening song Music for a while

to Michael Jarvis's serenely grave

harpsichord accompaniment. Ms.

Melville brought a delicacy and

subtlety of nuance to A Prelude

by Mr. Keller, by Godfrey Keller,

for unaccompanied alto recorder;

and the two mezzos were true to

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the title of the song in their

interpretation of Proceed, sweet

charmer of the ear, by Philip ·

Hart. In this same work, cellist

Margaret Gay gave the ground

bass an unobtrusive but

compelling rhythmic energy that

lent the performance electricity

from beginning to end.

This event was a rare

opportunity to experience the

vitality of English musical life at

the time when Bach, Handel and

Vivaldi were still children. Bravi!

* * *

Friday, April 7 the Orpheus Choir

of toronto presented Echoes of

the High Renaissance-­

Palestrina's Missa de Beata

Vilgine and Bruckner's Mass in E

minor. In the seven or so years ~

have followed them, I have never

heard them sing better than in this

Palestrina Mass, conducted by

assistant conductor and organist

Christopher Dawes. The

blending of the women's voices in ·

particular in the Kyrle was

remarkable. The tenors sang the

Credo with a degree of relaxation

and corresponding absence of

strain that really made them a

pleasure to listen to. In the

Benedictus the entire choir was

consistently on top of ~e

considerable rhythmic complexity

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Friday May 26, 1995

'at 7:30p.m.

at St. George the Martyr Church

(corner of John St. & Stephanie St.)

A selection from the rich repertoire of music from

France, Quebec & New Orleans

Performed by students, teachers, and special guests

Plus ...

French pastries and beverages in the intermission

Tickets

$10 ($5 children under 12) in advance

$12 ($6) at the door

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of the music. The alto section was

especially strong, always in touch

with the melodic interest of their

part, while staying in touch with

the other sections.

They continued to be a pillar

of strength in the Bruckner Mass,

conducted by the choir's musical

director, Brainerd Blyden-Taylor.

This work is a curious blend, a

kind of putting old wine into new

bottles, with an a capella

ensemble singing a Renaissance

mass composed using the melodic

and harmonic idioms of the

nineteenth century. Thank you to

the Orpheus Choir for an

accurate, strong and expressive

rendering of this rarely performed

work. \

* * *

On Sunday, April 9, flute, cello,

piano trio Musica Jliva was

joined by obOist Senia Trubashnik

and violist Katharine Rapoport in

an afternoon of chamber music

from the 18th and 20th centuries.

In the first half of the program, all

five played Mozart's Adagio and

Rondo, K.617. With its

unambiguous expressive content,

imaginative harmonies and

judicious distribution of solos, it

brought out the players' best.

In the second half of the

program, flautist.Vicki Bl'echta ·

and piarust Cecilia Ignatieff

performed Srul Irving Glick's

Sonata for Flute and Piano, a

neo-romantic evocation of a

variety of atmospheres. The final

piece on the programme, Jean

Michel Damase's Trio pour

Flute, Hautbois et Piano, was at

times energetic, elegiac and

playful in an unmistakably French

way. It had a particularly

demanding piano part, which Ms.

Ignatieff played with flair and

sensitivity to the frequent changes

of mood.

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May 10, 8:00, •spring Duet', Elizabeth

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Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front Street

West. 205-5555, $15./$12.

May 12, 8:00, •Music of Our Time and

Place", The Exultate Otamber Singers, St.

Thomas's Oturch, 383 Huron St., 961-

8382, $18./$15./$10.

May 16, 8:00, ·r uva meets the Avant

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May 17-20, 7:30, May 20, 2:00, •The

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Street Theatre, 736 Bathurst Street, 256-

9421, $20./$15.

May 18, 8:00, •piano Premieres", Eve

Egoyan, piano, Music Gallery, 179

Richmond Street W., 204-1080,$10./$7.

May 26 & 27, June 3 & 4, •The 2nd

Camerata Folksong Festival", The Toronto

Camerata, each performance at a different

location, call905-841-6482, $10./$7.

May 26,"French Music Night", University

Settlement House teachers, students and

guests, St. George the Martyr 01Urch, 179

John Street, 598-3444, $10./$5.

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Cineforum under siege

by CARMIN PRIOW

I am a friend of Reg Hartt, and

this is my opinion. First a quote

from Reg.

Reg Hartt: 'Many years ago, I

heard a remarkfrom celebrated

New York improvisatory jazz

pianist Cecil Taylor who said

"the key to success in the arts is

to find someplace small in your

own city where you can present

your work on a regular basis

without interference and without

having to compromise it to fill

seats. Do that and the whole

world will come to your door. w

The whole world has come to my

door.'

Reg, following Cecil Taylor's

principle has been showing his

films in a house at 463 Bathurst

just around the corner from the

Mars Restaurant and Sneaky

Dees on College Street,) and

thew good news is it's led to a

steady stream. The bad news is

that the stream has also included

zealous inspectors of one kind or

another from the fire department

and city.

Discussion in Reg's Kitchen:

Drum: "do you want special

status or something .. . even

Garth Drabinsky had to

comply ... He had Marco Muzzo

come in to rescue him, according

to his book.

Reg Hartt: ... I've complied, and

still they say it's not enough even

though two previous inspectors

allowed me to perform for two

years. Now they want to sue my

landlord. This is the key. I won't

take that. Alarms, fire doors,

exit signs. I did it all. Now they

want a firewall. .. . as if we are

the Uptown. If I was a porno

joint like the B __ would they

say firewall?

Drum: Who do you blame?

Reg: Who can you blame? Even

the Mayor wrote a letter on this

matter saying if I take steps to

comply they should leave me

alone. I'm even looking into

SCREENS

doing this ridiculous firewall. But

the inspectors .claim not to have

seen the mayor's letter.

Drum: So what can you say?

Reg: What you should say is this.

Artists don't need cities. Cities

need artists. People don't need

cities as much as cities need

people. Why are we so afraid of

eccentricity?

The following are some quotes

and note about Reg Hartt's

abilities.

"Reg Hartt has a feel for film

unique in this country ...

approaching the level of genius. "

Elwy Yost.

TIRED OF SEEING YOUR FAVOURITE

CARTOONS CHOPPED TO BITS~ SEE THEM REAL

lEG HAITT"S "SEX AND VIOLENCE

CARTOON FESTIVAL"

aNEFORU~ ~ IAlHURST

ACROSS TlE ROAD FROM nE BEER STORE., 7-llPM

COMING IN JUNE

the met

membership card

"3 things from the List of 8

Everyone Must Know about Reg

Hartt:

I. Reg Hartt gives talks that are

sometimes more interesting than

the films he shows. 2. The films

he shows are interesting films,

otherwise, he would not be

repeatedly showing them. 3. Reg

Hartt is something of a legend in

Toronto and someone who has

generated kilometres of publicity.

John Robert Colombo.

"Reg Hartt personifies-the city as

a meeting place of ideas, as a

feast of experience, and

discussion and debate, as a

triumph - most often in his case,

by a thread - of the original and

provoking over the banal and

soporific. "

Michael Valpy.

"Nutcase" Don Cherry.

Reg's own favourite quote is

not about him in particular. Reg

quotes Toront? art dealer A V ·

Isaacs: "in our society we tend to

use the word eccentric as a

negative. In the arts we think of it

as a positive. The important

artists of the past could not

accept the established rules . . . we

really must condition ourselves to

appreciate those among us who

are eccentric. "

For up-to-the-minute listings, call our

24-hr cinema hotline at ·323-3233

For theatre rentals call 323-1301

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1. Some first Run

Releases for late May

and early June

• French Kill with Meg Ryan and

Kevin Kline. A romantic comedy

escapade and drama.

• Die Hard with a Vengeance

Cop John McClane returns,

played by Bruce Willis, directed

by John McTiernan (Die Hard).

• Fluke with Eric Stoltz and

Matthew Modine.

• Species with great character

actor Ben Kingsley from Ghandi.

Look out for these releases in late

May or early June.

2. Some mini-reviews of

recent first Run Movies

Bye Bye, Love (Twentieth

Century Fox) with Paul Reiser. A

great comedy and drama (I really

enjoyed it) but nobody went. 4

Silver Stars as consolation for

losing the box-office lottery.

Muriel's Wedding (Alliance), P.J.

Hogan's first feature film with

Toni Collette and Bill Hunter. An

Australian yarn about a girl who

always wanted to get married and

at the end finally does. 4 Silver

Stars. Great for the avid Abba

fan.

Tank Girl (Metro Goldwyn

Mayer). A comic book character

Lori Petty brought to life, steams

up the screen. One great science

fiction adventure with Malcolm

McDowell and Ice-T. 3 Silver

Stars.

3. Reg Hartt:

tl.eMan&tl.eEra

Looking like it was true that

Cineforum would have to close

its doors, Reg Hartt's first

impulse was "to have a wake to

which everyone is invited May

12, 13, 14." The idea was to

bury in his backyard (would you

believe) a 16 mm. movie

projector and a reel of film.

But it ain't over till the fat

lady pitches. So even though

entrepreneur and creator of the

Cineforum, Reg Hartt is having

difficult times \with a lot of rules

and by-laws from the City, he's

trying to make it business as

usual.

What this man has done spans

30 years from the early days of

Rochdale, to the Bathurst Street

Church with his greatest

collection of cartoons, rare

ones,Horrorathons, plus one of

my favourites, a Marx Brothers

Movie Festival with the entire,

collection.

From there,to The Grapevine

on Sherbourne Street where the

Metropolitan listings.

May 7 4pm Blue (AA) 7pm­

White (AA) 9pm Red (AA)

May 8 7pm Blue (AA) 9pm Red

(AAI

May 9 "Taffanel Woodwind

Quintet" plays live before

shows. Free with admission.

7pm White (AA) 9pm Red (AA)

May 10-11 7 pm Heavenly

Creatures (AA) 9pm Ban.dit

Queen (R)

May_ 12-14 7pm The Quick and

the Dead (AA) 9pm Pulp

Fiction (R)

May 15 7pm Berkeley in the

Sixties (PG) 9pm Withnall and I

(AA)

May 16 7pm Matter of Heart

(PG) 9pm Withnall and I (AA)

May 17 7pm The Life & Times

of Allen Ginsberg (AA) 9pm

Withnall and I (AA

May 29-31 7pm Strawberry

ar:~d Chocolate (AA) 9:15pm

Eclipse (R)

Jl

Diamond Club used to be. And

special screenings at The Cabana

Room at Spadina and King.

4.. Best of tl.e Reps

CBioor & Met) in Aprd

I was one bw;y camper. Watch

out for these when they come

around again.

Hour of the Wolf(lngmar

Bergman) filmed in Sweden in

1967. His black and white

essence is in this film. 3 Silver

Stars, not for everyone.

Immortal Beloved, Beethoven and

the beautiful women in his life,

with Gary Oldman and Isabella

Rossellini. So stunning and the

sound track and musical score so

marvellous, I went again. 5

Silver Stars.

Hoop Dreams 3 hour

documentary about two black

teenagers' professional basketball

dreams--spanning 4 years. 3

Silver Stars (maybe more, if I

was taller)

The Adventures of Priscilla,

Queen of the Desert, three drag

queens travelling in a bus, a plot

like no other, music great, cast

terrific (Terrence Stamp in drag),

an Academy Award for Best

Costume, filmed entirely in

Australia and some~hing a family

would enjoy. 3 Silver Stars.

The Professional, by Luc Besson

(Nikita). Now he gives us a story

about a professional hit man, a

sweet 13 year old girl, a crooked

junkie cop, played by Gary

Oldman, and a slimy Mafia boss

played by Danny Aiello. 5 Silver

Stars, gripping.

Federal Hill with Nicholas

Tutturro from NYPD Blue

television fame, taking us to the

Italian section of Providence,

Rhode Island, a plot about family

filmed entirely in black and

white. 2 Silver Stars, (maybe

more ifyou pretend it's on tv) ·

5.Up and coming releases

and special events coming

a tl.eatre near yoU

Mamma Roma, a Martin Scorsese

and Festival Cinemas special

presentation, a film by Pier Paolo

Pasolini with Anna Magnani.

This film never really got around

much (in fact never since 1962), .

so the Festival Cinema and the

Bloor Cinenia will have special

premiere engagements from May

12 to 25.

You can also check out

Latcho Drum a film by Tony

Gatlie. It was a very big hit a

few months back; the music in

the film and dancing is

outstanding. Catch it at the Bloor

May 15th to the 18th.

The Toronto Jewisli Film

Festival is also gra«ing The

Bloor for a third year. For the

last two years they had amazing

draws. It started May 4 and runs

to May 11, so it's winding down

as DRUM hits the street.

May is also festival time at

the Metropolitan, College &

Euclid 323-3233. First was the

Images Festival '95. Later comes

(May 18-28) The Inside OUT

Collective's 5th Annual Gay

and Lesbian Film Festival. Call

977-6847 or 925-XTRA ext.

2185.

In between and after, the

Metropolitan has its usual unusual

. off the beat mix (well maybe not

as off beat as usual. I think I'm

starting to notice a bit more

mainstream, what we could call

Pulp Fiction" in the mix).

~

MUSIC/STAGE/FILM

"RTWORD THEATRE • 81

Portland Street (1 blk. east of

Portland, south of King) • 408-

11 46 • Ths Artword Festival of

ths Human Voice - story, music,

opera, thsatrs and art May 24-

Juns 10.

CERTIFIED PIANO TECHNICIAN,

JAMES R. TENNYSON • 33

Markham Street, 967-6653 •

Tuning - Repairs - Evaluation

GROSSMAN'S TAVERN • 379

Spadina, 977-7000 •

Neighbourhood Bar. Nightly

Entertainment '

KYTES - KensinUton Youth

Theatre & Employment Skills •

457 Richmond Street West

(basement), 504-0597, fax 504-

0598 • A progressive

employment training program for

disadvantaged strsst youth. Call

Sam for thsatrs space rental.

LIONHEART STUDIO • 26a

Oxford St. 2nd fl west (1 S. of

College, W. of Spadina),

515-1845 • Recording,

electronic repairs, rehearsals and

special svsnts.

THE MARKET BAR AND GRILL •

277'h Augusta Ave. 977-5959 •

Coms in for a good tims. Pool,

big scrssn sports, music

METROPOLITAN CINEMA •

College & Euclid (one light west

of Bathurst) 323-3233 (24 hour

information line) • Toronto's only

indspsndsnt first-run art cinema

STEVE'S MUSIC • 415 Queen

St. W ., 593-8888 • Musical

instrument sales and guitar repair

STEVE'S RENTALS & SERVICE •

138 Peter Street, 593-8889 •

Electronic repairs

TARRAGON THEATRE e 30

Bridgman Avenue (e. off

Bathurst, just n. of Dupont) 536-

5018 • Studio: Through the Eyu

opens May 6.

THEATRE PASSE MURAILLE •

16 Ryerson Avenue (1 block e. of

Bathurst just n. of Queen) •

Backspace: Motherhood,

M11ddnu•, 11nd the Sh11pe of the

Univene April 25-May 14.

Joy/Joie Juns 6-18, (Juns 9 &

13 in French}

504-PLA Y (7529)

THE GREEKS (LLBO) • 197 'h

Baldwin, 597-8771 • Grssk and

Canadian Food. Ths Original

Special Coffss

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484 Spadina (at College) 964-

2245 • Toronto's hottest nsw

club, serving up ths bsst blues

and food this sids of ths Mason­

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Demanding fare, mostly re~arding

by DOMINIQUE RUSSELL

Komarek's.

distant Kafka

Sound Image Theatre's

Metamorphosis__ of a Shadow

designed and directed by Jan

Komarek is closer to visual art

than drama. The collage blends

sound, lighting, movement and

mask, into a "dream algebra" of

Kafka's life and work- stunning

visual images and some

interesting combining of the great

Czech writer's texts with

imaginative onstage actions.

There are three of everything

here. The male actors (Philip

Nessel, James Kirchner, Ken

Puley) have impeccable timing

and are suitably weird as they

scuttle across the floor. It's harder

to make sense of the three women

(Valerie Buhagiar, Francine

Gagne and Susan Macpherson)

and their choreographed

movements, but they nevertheless

capture attention. David Anderson

as the father is also very good.

This is demanding theatre: it is

above all an aesthetic and

intellectual exercise. The eyes and

ears are engaged, but not the

heart. I found myself taxed

halfway through, wishing for

more of the visceral energy of

dance -something that would give

the production forward movement

and give me some stake in the

images unfolding so beautifully.

Intellectually, thereisn't that much

to grab hold of either. The

presentation of Kafka yields not

much that is new: more than

anything we get Kafka as cultural

icon, and clever iro~y distances

him further.

There is no doubt that the

design, soundscape and execution

in this piece are outstanding and

innovative; whether it adds up to

an interesting experience for the

audience is questionable.

Crow's haunting Heart

The same problem of audience

involvement handicaps Crow's

Theatre's Hole in my Heart, The

Size of My Heart which sets out

to demystify the serial killer.

Written by Ali Riley and Jim

Millan, who also directs, it

explores through various

perspectives the violence and

psyche of the serial killer as well

as the fascination these men

inspire. The major perspectives

are those of the killer, who calls

himself John the Revelator

(Randy Hughston) and a

photographer named Justine

(Nadia Ross) whose work

involves using her own image as

• The Storyteller at Fault, with storyteller Dan Yashinsky, fiddler Oliver

Schroer- revealing the "secret story_" (May 24, 25, Jn 7)

• La Voix Humaine, opera by Francis Poulenc and Jean Cocteau, performed by

soprano Monica Whicher and pianist Eric Cobham_ (May 31, June 2, 4 & 7)

• Singular Parents: Three Stories of Growing up with Two Extraordinary People,

by storyteller Joan Bodger. (June 1, 2,8)

• Cu'Fu?, stories from a Sicilian family, by Calogero (Charly) Chiarelli, with

some blues harmonica as well. (May 28, June 3,4)

• The Niece's Tale, by storyteller Shawna Watson, from Chaucer's The Wife of

Bath's Tale- what happened to the woman who was raped? (May 25, 31,

June 8)

• Bassan, traditional songs and dance by four performers from Africa's Ivory

Coast (May24, 28, June 3)

• Hartzedike Uder, Yiddish songs and stories by Allan Merovitz and Brian

Katz. (May 26 & 27)

• The White Horse, a concert with story, by Ardeleana: cellist Brenda Muller,

flutist Laurie Glencross, pianist Ann Edwards, actor Carolyn Guillet.

(June 9 & 10) ~

• Still Ute in an Earthquake, an exhibition of paintings by Anthony Arnold on

throughout the festival.

• Call to check dates_ For tickeVschedule information, call408-1146_

ARTWORD THEATRE

81 Portland St. #201 (416) 408-1146

(one block east of Bathurst, south of King, lots of parking)

Actress Suya L- In Shattered Secreh by llbbe Halevy

the victim of staged crime scenes.

Added to these are the cold

knowledge of a behavioral

scientist played by Waneta Storms

(who also appears briefly_as the

murdered friend) and the Marquis

de Sade (Greg Kramer) who

functions as an interlocutor for

both the murderer and Justine.

The intersection of John and

Justine's destinies comes when

she agrees to take John's

photograph, in spite of, or

perhaps because of, ~ho he is.

The authors bank on the

"instant, visceral, electrifYing

tension" of their subject matter,

but don't fully round out the mairi

character. We never get close

enough to Justine to identify with

her struggle, and the play unfolds

without much suspense, -at a

distance. We watch, understand,

but don't feel quite involved.

Part of this has to do with the

way a large part of the story is

told--the characters, each in their

own space, engaged in

monologues. By the time the play

really gets to a confrontation

between Justine and the serial

killer, it is nearly over.

Despite its shortcomings, the

play and the questions it raises are

haunting. A lot of information is

communicated, the acting is

excellent, and there are moments

ofbrilliant writing. The message

to remember the names of the

victims rather than the

dehuinanized men who kill them

emerges in the end, and breaks

through with emotion.

Hole in my Heart, the Size of

my Heart taps a rich vein: it could

be deeper and more powerful than

itis, but it is nevertheless a

memorable play.

Friendly Spike's

Marked moves

The Friendly Spike Theatre Band

brings the issue of the treatment

of psychiatric patients to the

forefront with the remount of

Marked, presented as part of the

Still Marked Demonstration, a

festival of performing arts and

public affairs at Symptom Hall.

The play is based on real

experiences garnered through

workshops and discussions with

psychiatric survivors and medical

professionals. It's a multi-media

work that tells the story of

Debbie, who has lost her job,

lover, and friends because of the

stigma attached to her manic

depressive condition. The play

covers the larger question of the

mental health establishment.

The troupe's heart is

unabashedly with those who are

victimized by the "system" -but by

concentrating on an individual

Marked avoids being a preachy

tract. The virtue of the play is in .

its experimentation with different

media and non-linear ~tory-

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29 fJliiv-rav-maVl~liis

';<In epic gathering of masf.:_s, marionettes,

snaaow puppets arui fourui 06 jects ...

from 'Toronto to the Ivory Coast'

Thurs June 1 5-Sun June 18

Info: Ontario Puppetry Association 861-0202

Tarragon Theatre, 30 Bridgman Avenue

telling, as well as the human face

it puts on what could otherwise be

an abstract issue. It isn't smooth

or slick, but Marked is thinking,

creative theatre, well-conceived

and acted.

One-can disagree with the onesided

point of view presented, but

the play makes its audience

consider the question of

psychiatric practice and the

purpose of mental institutions in

an urgent, personal light.

Shattered Secrets

message of hope

Shattered Secrets, written by

Libbe HaLevy, an incest survivor,

follows the course of a 12 step

"incest anonymous meeting from

hell," where the participants are

encouragedto act out their

frustrations with a plastic

baseball bat. One by one they

reveal their childhood trauma and

the way in which it has affected

their lives. These are meaty parts

and the actors, with David

MacLean's direction, are

excellent. The play, however,

functions more as therapy than a

theatrical experience. Offering a

message of hope and recovery, it

will no doubt help those suffering

the losses of incest; as a play,

however, it doesn't quite work.

YPT's big Mac

Don't miss YPT's Macbeth.

Directed by Maja Ardal it is

passionate, exciting and moving.

The performances are uniformly

excellent: Linda Prystawska is an

outstanding Lady Macbeth and

Rick Roberts, when he gets going,

is powerful in the lead role. Jim

Warren's performance guarantees

the porter won't be forgotten.

Teresa Przybylski's set is

beautifully simple, Steven

Hawkins'lighting evocative, and

Ian Tamblyn's music adds .

excitement. An exhilarating night

of theatre: go to remind yourself

- how great the Bard, and theatre,

can be.

Metamorphosis of a Shadow runs

for a limited time at Theatre

Passe Murail/e. Hole in my

Heart, the size of my heart runs

until May 7 at the Factory Studio

Cafe. Marked is at Symptom Hall

May 2-7. Shattered Secrets runs

until May 14 at The Lab on

Britain St. Macbeth is at Young

Peoples Theatre until May 13.

ArtW ord Theatre

Art Word Theatre presents a Festival of

the Human Voice, featuring story, music,

opera, theatre and art froin May 24 to

June 10. There are different combinations

of events - ranging from an opera

(Poulenc & Cocteau 's La Voix Humaine)

to storytellers, to Yiddish stories and

songs, to Bassan from the Ivory Coast.

Fourteen shows. A festival pass will be

available. For information call-408-1146.

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BAU-XI 977-0600 340 Dundas

W. til May 11 "Joe Plaskett"

May 13-Jun 1 "Andrew

Patterson"

COLD CITY 504-6681 686

Richmond W. til·May 20 "Peter

Bowyer, Tom Dean, Mark

Gomes"; May 25-Jun 17 "Mark

Kipps"

COSTIN & KLINTWORTH

504-7800 80 Spadina May 6-May

27 "Alex Cameron: New

Paintings"

CRAFTS GALLERY 977-3551

35 McCaul May 10-Jun 25

"Design for Living: Furniture

That Works"

DELBELLOGALLERY

504-2422 788 King W.

GALLERY 44 363-5187183

Bathurst til May 6 "Cameral inks"

May 13-Jun 3 "Oeuvres Sur

Papier Photographique: Francine

Desmeules"

GALLERY 788 363-9280 788

King W.

GALLERY GABOR 534-1839

587 Markham St. opening May 7

"The Last Eden"

GARDNER MUSEUM 586-5858

Ill Queen's Park til Aug 8 "The

Sculpture of George Jeanclos"

GARNET PRESS 504-5012 580

Richmond W. til May 13 "ROSE"

YDESSA HENDLES ART

FOUNDATION 413-9400 778

King W. opening May 13

"Projections and Surrogates"

SUSAN HOBBS 137 Tecumseth

363-3699 til June 3 "Shirley'

Wiitasalo"

LEO KAMEN GALLERY

504-9515 80 Spadina May 20

"Pierre Charrier/Lucie Lefebvre/

Diana Thorneycroft"; May 27-

Jun 17 "Sunni Mercer/Kevin

Sonmor/David MooFe•

LAKE GALLERIES 504-5234

624 Richmond W. through May

"Carl Beam"

~ · -· •~o.-.. _ ,,.,, 0

MADISON GALLERY

504-7332 80 Spadina

MARKET GALLERY

392-7604 Front and Jarvis

til Jun 4 "A Toronto Decade"

OCA GALLERY 977-5311

ext. 262 291 Dundas W. ,

3rdFloor

OPEN STUDIO 504-8238

520 King West til May 20

"Laura Louise Lagare: The

Agincourt Series- Version

2"; May 23-Jun 17 "Michelle

Gay & Suzy Lake: Visiting

Artists' Exhibition"

PHOTO PASSAGE

973-5379 York Quay Centre,

til May 28 "Return to

Nitassinan: Peter Sibbald"

POWER PLANT 973-4949

231 Queen:_s Quay W. til

June 11 "Between Seduction

and Disbelief"

RED HEAD 504-5654 96

Spadina til May 20 "W.S.

Brown"; May 23-Jun 17

"divined: Sandra Gregson"

RYERSON GALERY 703-2235

80 Spadina til May 13 "Spring

Student Show"; May 16-June 3

"4th year student show"

TORONTO SCULPTURE

GARDEN 485-9658

May 10-July 3 "Warren Quigley:

When the forest moves"

SYMBIOSIS III 215 Victoria St.

504-1934/532-7523 til May 13

"The Clinic: An Exhibition by

Multimedia Artists"

WOMEN'S ART RESOURCE

CENTRE 703-0074 80 Spadina

til May 20 "Evelyn Mitsui"; May

25-Jun 24 "Jocelyn Purdie"

WYNIC~TUCK 504-8716 80

Spadina til May -27 "Arlene

Stamp: Coiour Chords"; opening

Jun 3 -through summer "G.

Molinari, G. Ferguson, A.

Stamp, D. Bierk, C. Moppet, J.

Gurney"

YORK QUAY GALLERY

973-5379 235 Queen:_s Quay W.

til Jun 11 "Inuit Art from the

MacDonald Stewart Art Centre

Collection in Guelph"

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WHAT's HAPPENING

•Every Saturday, The Thrift

Shop, a good selection of very

affordable used clothing for the

entire family. 11-3pm, the

Church of St. Mary Magdalene

(Anglican), 477 Manning Avenue

at Ulster St.

•Canada Remembers: 50th

anniversary of V-E Day, May 8

noon-2pm at City Hall, with

Mayor Hall. Re-live the nostalgic

music of the '40's with renowned

group Hits ·of the Blitz.

•People or planes? "the case for

closing the airport or attempting

to maintain the current situation"

3pm Tue May 9, free forum City

Council Chambers.

•6th annual BIKE TO WORK

WEEK is May 12-19. See ad this

page. Info. M. Summer Fike at

392-7592 or fax 392-0071.

•Bike Culture Day - May 13th:

lOam on, Nathan Phillips Square:

art bikes, recumbent bicycles,

mobile musical sculpture, '62

Ford Fairlane (just kidding!).

Call Suzanne at 392-7592.

eRegistration for Can-Bike

Courses: spring/summer CAN-

BIKE cycling courses, endorsed

by Metro Police, Canadian

Cycling Association. Schedule &

r,egistration, call CAN-BIKE

Hotline at 392-1311.

•The Annual Benefit Plant

Sale: Horticultural Societies of

Parkdale & Toronto. Sat May 13

noon-3pm. Annuals, perennials,

herbs, heritage seedlings.

Reasonable prices, expert advice.

Proceeds, our public gardening

projects. Parkdale Community

Centre, Lansdowne/Seaforth, 1

bl. n. of Queen).

•Walk-a-Thon Send Kids with

Sickle Cell Anemia to Summer

Camp: a 5 km. walk May 28,

noon to 4pm from Nathan

Phillips Square. Call 789-2855.

•Garden Tour '95- The

Gardeners' Gardens:

Horticultural Societies of

Parkdale & Toronto; June 11

lOam to 4pm. Gardens in the

Annex, Parkdale, High Park.

Tickets: Garden Room Books,

921 Queen W. 203-1182.

• Councillor Olivia Chow's

Kensington Environment Day:

Sat. June 3. Compost, seedling

exchange . . . See ad page 3.

--

photo Oliver Schroer

and Dan Yashinsky

in The Storyteller at

Fault at ArtWord

Theatre.

•Sondheim's Into the Woods is at

the Canadian Stage to May 20.

'Beyond the "happily ever after"

of fairy tales.' 368-3110

• Puppetmongers Powell present

the Ballad of Tam/in, ancient

Scots tale about a woman who

fights the Queen of the Fairies

for the life of her unborn child's

father. "Children 10 and up" At

•At Theatre Passe Muraille is Dancemakers Studio, 927

Motherhood, Madness and the Dupont May 23-28. 535-6703

Shape of the Universe written and •Saturdays at 1pm, Jack+ 2,

performed by Kim Renders. "An Story Book Theatre's slapstick

entertaining journey through the version of 3 classic stories, ~ack

cycle of life." To May 14. and the Beanstalk, Frog Prince,

504-PLAY.

and Little Red Riding Hood,

•Also at Theatre Passe Muraille Limelight Theatre, 2026 Yonge

is Joy/Joie written and performed Street, north of Davisville. Show

by Pol Pelletier. An analyis of only is $8 Adults, $6 Children,

the theatre, "actresses in a with Lunch Packages available

frenzy, mysterious

from noon. Also birthday

vulnerabilities." June 6-18 with packages. Call 482-5200.

performances in French June 9

and 13.

•Nightswimming presents

Montreal playwright's Don

Druick's Through the Eyes, the

story of Bernini's visit to France

to sculpt a portrait of the 'Sun

King.' At the Tarragon Studio,

May 6, 8:00 $5. May 7 show

includes a pre-show performance

by Linda Racine singing from her

Baroque repertoire, and a postshow

reception w. Druick ($20).

•At the Poor Alex May 12 to

June 4 is The Night by E.Noble,

a "dreamlike exploration of

modern confusion through the

eyes of a telepathic biker." Dir.

Bruce Nagy/Gini Reh. 469-9706.

•Naked Mask presents The Dry

Season "an epic drama, inner city

Trinidad during the early 70's

Black Power Uprising." Theatre

Centre, 1032 Queen W. May

10-13 7:30.

• Platform 9 and Bald Ego

combine talents for Sleepers

Awake described as one man's

search in a war torn city. "1940

slang and jazz permeate the live

music, dance and humanistic

@ Preji\«mt or o..lred.~ 0. nn ? BARGAIN SALE

@ Bor-ed or 5£t•osseJ-o~ ot' Lo{/, ?

SAVE,<-$!? ON CLOTHES,

FURNITURE, PLANTS, TOYS, BOOKS AND

@ it~l.e.re3lcd it• r•aKitJ EJJr"-t1ony? MORE. DISCOVER.,.;§: HIDDEN TREASURES.

BARGAINS BYTHELj BAGFUL!

® All of the ALove ?

SATURDAY, MAY 13th, 9 AM - 12 PM

If you ans~sre,j ®, h'e shouiJ tll(K.

DOCTORS HOSPITAL PARKING LOT

rleu.se. Cel.LL ~PeCCI.\ ctl 603·3.392..

45 BRUNSWICK AVENUE (OFF COLLEGE)

·A Ho6pital Fundrai6er fiJ

The Friend6

~

•May 6, 8:00, New music for

small ensemble by Barbara

Croall, Music Gallery•;

•May 6 8:00, "A Meeting of

Friends", Carol Ann Savage,

flute, Derek Conrod, horn,

Robert Kortgaard, piano,

Eastminster United Church,

310 Danforth Ave., 461-6681,

$10./$8:00.

•May 6, 8:00, "The Faerie

Queen" by Henry Purcell, the

Toronto Chamber Society, Christ

Church Deer Park, Yonge St. at

Heath, 406-1484, $20./$16.

•May 7, 4:00, ·"Spring Songs",

The Saint Andrew Chorale,

Victoria College Chapel,

Charles Street at Museum

Subway, 929-0811, $15./$10.

•May 10, 8:00, "Diaphony:

Frames of/Reference", Tracy

Mortimore, bass, Sara Louise

Seck, flute, Music Gallery,

•May 12, 8:00, "Hemispheres:

Real Urban Shadows", David

Mott, 40 Fingers Saxophone

Quartet, Robert Stevenson, marc

Sabat, Kevin Turcotte, Music

Gallery, $12,/$8.

•May 14, 2:30, "Baroque Trio

Sonatas", Arbor Oak Trio,

ROM, 966-1409, free with

Museum entry.

•May 17, 8:00, "Cabaret

Improvisation", Phil Minton &

Veryan Weston, Music Gallery,

$12,/$9.

•May 20 & 21: 8:00, "She!",

Continuum & Conrad

Alexandrowicz Theatre Dance,

Music Gallery.

•May 25 - June 11, 8:00,

"Human Lingo Danseries", May

25-27, Holly Small & John

Oswald, June 2-4, Susan Cash &

Co., June 7-11, Paul lbey, Music

Gallery, 360-7331, $7.

*The Music Gallery is at 179

Richmond Street West, its phone

number is 204-1080, admission to

all concerts is $10.1$7. unless

otherwise listed.

II

Annual Spring

Yard Sale

Trinity Advisory Council

presents their giant 7th annual

YARD SALE

Rain or Shine, Saturday

June 3rd, 1 Oam-3pm

at Trinity Bellwoods Park,

Queen Street Gates

Household tables $10,

business tables $20.

Refundable garbage deposit

of $20 required.

To reserve your table call

603-4185 or 215 1901,

or inquire at the centre.

Donations of toys in

reasonable condition will be

gratefully accepted to

establish a child playroom.

This yard sale is a fundraise( for

Trinity Recreation Centre

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Bike to Work Week 1995

LETS Toronto Presents:

Ifundraising Bake Sale

Bike Culture Day is Saturday May 13, on

Nathan Phillips Square from llam-4pm.

In conjunction with Bike Culture Day, the Local

Employment and Trading System will be selling baked

goods, snacks; etc. to raise funds for its programs and

outreach. LETS is Toronto's non-profit barter network,

wor,king for a healthy economy and ecology~

Other events during the day include:

cuttvJ\~· .

a bike dance, art, music, childrens

~'#-

workshops, human-powered

·Bi*- aR.t

yehicle•, info and lo" of fun!

Please stopby to support LETS ·k!::, •Sil<E comlrtU)l\ty•

and Bike Culture Day. For more 'i-~·»il\E'.jo~S·~;

info, "' 1o donate baked g"""" ~f. 'b> WOR';"

call Stan at 763-3041, . •:Bik~r':~~'a.!

or LETS at 97 4-9555

~ 'J,Ii,

giant

yard sale

COLLEGE STREET

UNITED CHURCH

SATURDAY

MAY 13

On Corner Of

College & Bathurst Sts.


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arts & letters,

books & stuff 16

bakeries 10

body & soul 21

child care 7

community 3

esthetics 11

fashion 11

financial services 9

fish stores 1 0

A•B•C

TAX SERVICES

Accounting, Bookkeeping.

and Consulting

AJ1 Business & Individual Returns

Best Rates including Bookkeeping

Computerized Results

D

irect Deposit Refunds

Electronic Filing/environmentally

friendly

For fast service call 532-5469

Anthony Brett Campbell

11 Temple Ave., Suite 116

Toronto, Ontario M6K 1C7

(416) 532-5469

MANUFACTURERS

OF ALL KINOS or .PORlUGUESE

S fYLE SAUSAGES

IMPORT & EXPORT

151 AUGUSTA AVENUE,

TORONTO, ONTARIO

M5T 2L4

food stores 10,11

health services 7

house &home 8

legal services 9

music/theatre/film 21

pets & vets 8

plants & flowers 8

- restaurants &

entertainment 20

services 9

sports &

recreation 8,9

worship 18

Adult Day Program

Worker

-W&- HIRING

St. Stephen's

Community House

This is a permanent parttime

position (17.50

hours/week). The person is

responsible for the planning

and implementation of

programs for Chinese seniors

in an adult day program -

context.

The successful candidate

should have:

•Commitment, knowledge and

skill to assist seniors in

sustaining their well-being and

independence in the comunity.

•Training in Social Work,

Activation, Recreation or

Genontology.

•Skills in co-ordinating

volunteers.

•The ability to work

independently, be creative and

flexible.

• Language skills in Chinese

(Cantonese, Mandarin)

•A valid driver's licence.

Please submit resume

by May 12 1995 to:

Irene Tsang, coordinator of

Senior Services, St. Stephen's

Community House, 169

Brunswick Avenue, Toronto,

Ontario M5S 2M4

Thank-you for your interest.

Only those who are selected for

an interview will be contacted.

We are committed to developing

a workforce representative of the

communities we serve.

you if you're too

busy. too tired. or

just don't know how.

Made in your home

or delivered. Hrly

rates. Nutritional

counselling. KATE'S

KITCHEN 536-1289

.. .. . ...

11

Photography studio

available for daily

rentals ... CHEAP!

300 sq. ft., 12 ft

ceiling, large south

windows, fully

equipped. Totally

excellent location

(Queen and Spadina).

Call FLASH STUDIO

(416) 979-0451

1. '11112092.

Are you ...

(a) young - between

the ages of 14 and

257

(b )Pregnant or

already a mom?

(c) Bored or

stressed-out or both 7

(d) Interested in

making extra money?

(e) all of the above?

if you answered (e).

we should talk.

Please call Rebecca

at Scadding Cour

Community Centre:

603-3392.

Employers! Taking

time out of your

schedule to hire

employees takes

time away from

business. Let us help

you hire free of

charge.

St. Stephen's Youth

Employ-ment Centre

at 531-4631

II

STUDENTS I

PROFESSIONALS!

improve your reaqing

speed, study skills &

note-taking skills.

Take the George

Brown College

Speed-Reading &

Note-Taking course.

Call Peggy Needham

-867-2092.

Build your vocabulary

& confidence. Take

the George Brown

College course -

Wordplay. Call Peggy

Needham - 867-

Electronic repairs.

Tapedecks, VCRs,

Walkmans, stereos,

turntables, and more.

Reasonable rates by

electronics specialist

with 7 years

experience. Call

Dimitri at Lionheart

Studios. 515-1845

densical plastic

items; plaques,

angels and novelty

gift items. Up to 50%

green dollars/discount

on quantity orders.

Locally made by

Larry, .925-7085

Lloyd Garber teaches

guitar. Creative

approach. absolute

beginners to working

professionals. Must

be enthusiastic. Pop,

jazz, blues, original.

Chords,lead, reading,

improvisation,

fingerboard, speed,

theory, ear training.

Lloyd Garber

.11504-0915

volunteers to assist in

' tha many programs

available to blind and

visually impaired

people. Visitors,

readers, drivers,

special events, board

and cpmmittee

members. Your call

will be warmly

received at CNIB

(416) 480-7442

Needed. HOUSE,

LARGE APARTMENT,

or WAREHOUSE

SPACE. Kensington

Carnival is searching

for a new home in

the Market area

preferably beginning

Ill in September. Please Ill

llr== contact 598-2829.

An Open-Air Spring

Market Celebration

featuring Art, Crafts,

Jewelry, Fashion,

Furniture, Imports,

and Collectibles!

Sundays, May

14,21,28 and June

4, from 11 am to

6pm at the

TRANZAC 292

Brunswick (at Bloor)

FREE ADMISSION!

Call 597-2228.

Responsible adult

·seeks self-contained

1-2 bedroom apt

with exposed

hardwood floors and

access to a yard or

balcony. No

basements or

highrises, please.

Central Toronto.

$800 (incl.) range.

Call 597-2228

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Drumming: drum and

percussion workshop.

Beginner,

intermediate and

advanced. Call

Michael at 534-1731.

Volunteer Drivers

Needed for The

Children's Aid

Amalgamated

Transportation

System. Mileage and

expenses paid. Calf'

Enid Friedman at

(416) 393-6981.

We are-looking for

responsible teenage

babysitters, with

references. Phone

Deb or Chris at 603-

2883.

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Dental Receptionist: F\111-time

West Central Community Health Centres is a non-profit

community health organization committed to improving the

health of its locql community. West Central is looking for

an experienced dental receptioni~t.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 3 years experience in dental reception

•Certified Dental Assistant

•Chinese, Vietnamese or other languages are an asset.

•Computer experience a must.

Start Date:

•June 15, 1995 (negotiable)

Salary:

•$28,217 to $31,250 plus excellent benefits package

Please submit resume by Friday May 14th, 1995

to: Hiring Committee, West Central Comunity

Health Centres, 64 Augusta Avenue, Toronto,

Ontario M5T 2L 1

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