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Dueling Marathons in Toronto versus Mississauga in 2011

Sunday May 15, 2011 will see the duel of the marathons in Ontario’s GTA (Greater Toronto Area).

Goodlife Fitness Marathon in Toronto

The Goodlife Fitness Marathon will run south on Yonge and east/west along Lakeshore in Toronto.

Mississauga Marathon

The Mississauga Marathon will start near City Hall at Square One, and finish at the Lakefront Promenade Park.

Dueling Marathons

The first duel was actually between the Goodlife Fitness and Scotia Toronto Waterfront marathons. Both held Toronto motorists to ransom in the autumn, just three weeks apart. After a protracted war of words, with City Council acting as moderators, the Goodlife Fitness Marathon was kicked into the spring season.

From what I remember, the Mississauga organizers made no public comment until someone realized that their beloved Mothers’ Day date was poached. (Although, to be fair, Mothers’ Day came a week earlier than those road races this year).

Now the battle has been joined between these civic powerhouses: which race will lose runners to the other?

Today’s Toronto Star reported that both have seen a drop in registrations. That’s a shame, since each earns serious donations for charitable causes. As the Star also noted, it would take at least a three to six week gap between marathons for most runners to decide to register for both.

The clear winner is the Scotia Waterfront Toronto Marathon. They now have what Mississauga used to enjoy: a date with no immediate local rival. In my humble opinion, this is the marathon that Toronto needs. Not the runners, but Toronto needs to nourish the race that holds the record for best time on Canadian soil. It only took about 40 years to wrestle that glorious title away from the 1968 Montreal Olympics.

It is still disappointing that most news articles focus on “drivers: beware of road closures” rather than “come out and cheer for people willing to train and sweat for the privilege of accomplishing a difficult goal”.

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And check the routes so you don’t drive into a roadblock this weekend:

Road Closures in Mississauga.

Road Closures in Toronto (PDF).

(A public service message from DeHaan Services).

References to the event sites:

Goodlife Fitness Toronto Marathon;

Mississauga Marathon;

ScotiaBank Toronto Waterfront Marathon.


Toronto Events

Fireside Culture Week in Parkdale

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Parkdale celebrates Fireside Culture Week from Feb. 22 through 28, 2010.

Some of the attractions are:

  • Feb. 22: Opening Night performances at the Snowball Gallery
  • Feb. 23-28: “Life with Mimi” photography exhibit, “viewable from the street” but inside Take Me Back (1692 Queen St. W).
  • Feb. 23: “Life Drawing Classes” in the Diane McGrath Studios (1688 Queen St. W).   Although called “classes”, there is no instruction, but you may pay $15 to draw costumed aerialists.
  • Feb. 24-28: “Artists’ Survey – Greenbelt” at Gallery 1313 (1313 Queen St. W).  10 artists who live in the Greenbelt exhibit their works.
  • Feb. 24: “Artstars at Wrongbar” (1279 Queen St. W) promises to unveil “Toronto’s only anonymous art critic”.
  • Feb. 25-28: “My Girls” photography exhibit at gallery DK (1332 Queen St. W).
  • Feb. 25-28: Street Art and Grafitti exhibit at the Snowball Gallery (1690 Queen St. W).
  • Feb. 25: Comedy Night at the Snowball Gallery (1690 Queen St. W), proudly priced as “FREE”.
  • Feb. 25: “Free Draw” at Poor John’s Cafe (1610 Queen St. W): You may freely sketch or be sketched.
  • Feb. 25: “The Ethers” will perform at the Snowball Gallery (1690 Queen St. W), proudly priced as “free”.
  • Feb. 26-28: Diane McGrath will display her “New Works in the Diane McGrath Studios (1688 Queen St. W).
  • Feb. 27: David H. will spend an hour (2-3pm) as a human statue at Shoppers Drug Mart (1473 Queen St. W).
  • Feb. 27: Poetry Readings at the Brown Sugar Cafe (1374 Queen St. W) from 2-3pm.
  • Feb. 27: “Lady Luck Productions” will perform a burlesque show at Shop Girls (1342 Queen St. W) from 2:30 to 4:30pm.
  • Feb. 27: Natalie Sullerton will give an “Aerialist Performance” in the Diane McGrath Studios (1688 Queen St. W) from 2:30 to 3:30pm.
  • Feb. 27 & 28: “Vitalic” will perform at Wrongbar (1279 Queen St. W).  Feb. 27 at 8pm; Feb. 28 at 12am.
  • Feb. 27: “Brian Byrne and The Flaming Hoops with guests The Ethers” will perform at The Rhino (1249 Queen St. W).
  • Feb. 27: Ania Soul will perform R&B at Parkdale Drink (1292 Queen St. W).
  • Feb. 27: “Najjah’s World w/ Tory Lanez and Pole Dancing by Lady Luck Prod” at Blondies (1378 Queen St. W). The title says it all…or perhaps just begins to hint.

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Please check Toronto’s Parkdale Village BIA (Business Improvement Area) site, http://parkdalevillagebia.com/fireside/index.htm, for further details.  I did not list all of the start/end times, and you may want to contact the venues regarding cover charges.

[This post was last updated 2010-02-23.]

Toronto Events

The 2nd half of Black History Month in Toronto

Better late than never: here are some upcoming events, to cover events in the second half of February.
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According to the City of Toronto’s web site ( Toronto Celebrates Black History Month), Black History Month started as a one-week educational experience in the USA, back in 1926. Toronto launched Black History Month in February 1979. Canada adopted it in 1995.

Here are some events available in Toronto for the second half of February, 2010:

  • Learn about Mary Ann Shard Cary, the first female newspaper publisher in Canada. Visit Mackenzie House (82 Bond St – east of Yonge and south of Dundas) on Saturdays and Sundays, from 12-5pm.
  • The Toronto Public Library system has several events, including “Emerging Voices” with Garvia Bailey, Trey Anthony and Dalton Higgins at the Toronto Reference Library (2nd floor) on Wed. Feb. 24 at 7pm. (789 Yonge just north of Bloor).
  • Also with the Library, Njacko Backo is at the Oakwood Village library (341 Oakwood, south of Eglinton) on Feb. 24 at 1:30, and at the Weston library (north-east corner of King St & Weston Road) on Feb. 27 at 2pm.
  • Also with the Library, Sandra Whiting makes two appearances on Feb. 18. First, she is at the Jane/Dundas library (620 Jane, south of Dundas) at 9:30am; then the Pape/Danforth library (701 Pape, south of Danforth) at 1:30pm. She will also be at the Downsview library (2793 Keele, north of Wilson) on Feb. 27 at 2pm.
  • Also with the Library, Diana Braithwaite and Chris Whitely perform the blues at the Amesbury Park library (1565 Lawrence W, halfway between Black Creek Drive and Keele) on Feb. 17 at 1:30pm, and at the Malvern library (30 Sewells St, at the north end of Brenyon Way; east of Neilson) on Feb. 20 at 2pm.
  • Also with the Library, Muhtadi performs percussion for “all ages” at the Jane/Sheppard library (1906 Sheppard W, east of Jane) on Feb. 25 at 2pm.
  • Watch a cooking demonstration (“Caribbean and Canadian winter vegetables”) at Lawrence Heights Community Centre (5 Replin Road: “North of Lawrence, South of Hwy 401, between Dufferin and Allen Expressway”) on Feb. 26 from 1 to 7pm.

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[This post was last updated 2010-02-09.]