Venues
The 12 venues participating in the Parkdale NightCrawl in 2011 are listed below. Stay tuned for 2012's participants.
Nightcrawl Headquarters and Inspired by Dance Exhibition - Pia Bouman
6 Noble Street
Pia Bouman is our official Nightcrawl Headquarters - the jumping-off point for all Parkdale Nightcrawl guided tours. Before you join one of the tours, explore the 3rd annual exhibition of artists and a live performance by dance like no one is watching. You could also win one of several fantastic prize packs!
Musical Soapbox and Alley Art Exhibition – Stampede
5 Brock Avenue
Gallery in the Alley Stampede’s ‘Gallery in the Alley’ features an outdoor display of Parkdale artists who work with a traditional yet distinctly Canadian style. Bring your ukulele, mouth organ, squeezebox and other acoustic instruments and jam with others on the patio, or just sit back and enjoy the tunes!
Thrush Holmes Exhibit and Event - Neubacher Shor Contemporary
5 Brock Avenue
Thrush Holmes Exhibit Thrush Holmes (b. 1979 in Welland, Ontario) is a self-taught Toronto-based artist that has been exhibited widely throughout Canada and the US. He has been ranked among Canada’s top-selling living artists. His work has garnered considerable national and international media attention and found its way into numerous high-profile and celebrity collections. In addition to the visual arts, Holmes has projects in music, fashion, furniture design, and construction.
Paintlounge - The Rhino 2nd floor
1249 Queen Street West
Join Paintlounge to create several large collaborative pieces on canvas, accompanied by a live performance from Toronto band The Strumbellas. The Paintlounge gang calls the concept ‘social painting’ and is a great way to relax and unwind while doing something fun with friends – especially if you haven’t touched a brush since grade school!
Tales of Civil Panic – Gallery West
1332 Queen Street West
Written by Sylvia Ziemann and read by Evan Tyler.
For a change of pace, come out to Gallery West and hear a live reading of Tales of Civil Panic, written by Sylvia Ziemann. Themes include urban paranoia, domestic terror, desperate mothers, kitchen magic, wolves, kidnapping, suspicious neighbours and other civil unrest set in "Home (In)Security.”
Live Musical Streetcast - Parkdale Live
1313 Queen Street West
Rocknrollnetwork joins the Parkdale Nightcrawl with a Streetcast, projecting live performances onto the Gallery 1313 building on Queen Street West. If you like what you see, tune in every week at rocknrollnetwork.com, where you can see some of the best in local music join forces in a live music webcast called "Parkdale Live."
Common Sort Birthday
1414 Queen Street West
We’re having a birthday party and you’re invited! Come out and celebrate our one year anniversary in Parkdale with cake!
Khush: A Show of Love LIVE! - Ground Level Café
1496 Queen Street West
For one night only, artist Andil Gosine brings his show to life in Parkdale, fresh off a successful summer run at the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives. The Nightcrawl re-staging will also feature visual artist Joshua Vettivelu undertaking a live re-enactment of his compelling video “Whitening Up.” Additionally, LAL front-woman Rosina Kazi will sing the soundtrack she contributed to the accompanying Khush podcast. Surprise guests, spontaneous ‘shows of love,’ and Andil’s as-yet-untested emotionally-charged, four-hour performance piece, every day I remember something new will make it a night to remember.
Live band Karaoke - Mitzi’s Sister
1554 Queen Street West
Take the stage and belt out your favourite songs with live karaoke band Shark Week, while a group of artists capture your likeness on paper in our on-site drawing class. With a slew of ballads, anthems and high-energy tunes, the 'hardest working band in karaoke' supplies the back-up music. All they need is for YOU to take the microphone and show off your vocal gymnastics. Come early, grab a drink, reserve your favourite song and rock out like never before.
Art Battle Special Edition: Cage Match – Parts & Labour
1566 Queen Street West
Art Battle is having a cage built in the basement bar at Parts & Labour. Join us for a crazy night of no rules, 1-on-1 competitive painting between artists. Live video feed will be available to the upstairs crowd wanting to remain unpainted. However, you take your chances if you come into the basement! Contact - hello@artbattleto.com 9pm – Whenever
Paper Art Exhibition and Origami - Poor John’s Café
1610 Queen Street West
Andrew Ooi is a self taught Toronto born artist, and will be displaying his work at the Nightcrawl. Ooi is always looking for new and inventive ways to apply his unique brand of origami, particularly within the realm of domestic and commercial spaces where he seeks to perfectly blend expression with practicality. With this in mind, Andrew Ooi's craft is that of "Lived Art". His work is not simply meant to be passively enjoyed, as perhaps a sculpture or a painting, but rather takes an active role in forming the energies within the spaces it inhabits. Ooi's focus on reusable and renewable resources (such as compact fluorescent lighting and salvaged wood) makes his illuminated hanging and freestanding geometric shapes both aesthetically pleasing and environmentally conscious.
District 9 Wonderland – The Sixth
1642 Queen Street West
Short Film: The Sounds of Living Recyclables. Musical score performed live by Jeff Quick, Iner Souster and Matthew Rowles. In 'The Sounds of the Living Recyclables', sculptures made of mechanical waste come alive. Forged by junkstrumentalist extraordinaire, Iner Souster, these recyclables struggle in their primitive existence, communicating the only way they know how: through a cacophony of sounds and noises.