TORONTO, Canada (April 14, 2015): The Bloor St. Culture Corridor, Toronto's most diverse arts and culture district, celebrates its one year anniversary in April 2015 and is pleased to announce the 918 Bathurst Centre for Culture, Arts, Media + Education and the Toronto Reference Library as new Bloor St. Culture Corridor Associates.
The 918 Bathurst Centre for Culture, Arts, Media + Education presents
a variety of visual art exhibitions, music concerts and other
performing arts programming, as well as educational programs.
The Toronto Reference Library presents
a wide array of literary and cultural experiences for Torontonians,
including art and cultural exhibitions at its TD Gallery, showcasing the
library's vast special collections; and lectures, talks and readings
from national and international authors, thinkers and newsmakers at its
Appel Salon.
Bloor St. Culture Corridor Associates are located
slightly beyond the geography of the 1 mile / 1.5 km Bathurst to Bay
range of the Corridor's core, but are within an easily walkable few
blocks and present a wonderful variety of professional arts and culture
events for the public.
Uniquely
Torontonian in cultural richness and diversity, the Bloor St. Culture
Corridor proudly launched with 12 partnering organizations representing
Bloor St. W.'s most celebrated arts and culture venues: the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir, The Toronto Consort, the Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre, the Native Canadian Centre of Toronto, Alliance Française de Toronto, the Istituto Italiano di Cultura, the Bata Shoe Museum , The Royal Conservatory of Music/Koerner Hall, the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), the Gardiner Museum, and the Japan Foundation, Toronto. In July 2014, the University of Toronto Faculty of Music
was announced as a new partner in the arts and culture district, and in
November 2014, the Bloor St. Culture Corridor announced the addition of
the Talisker Players as the fourteenth partner. All
Bloor St. Culture Corridor partners present professional arts and
culture, for the public, in a year-round destination venue that is
located on or within 1 block of Bloor St W between Bathurst and Bay
Streets.
Each
year, more than two million members of the public go to Bloor St.
Culture Corridor arts and culture destinations, and more than 1.5
million people attend the partner destinations' exhibitions,
performances, and events. Together, the Bloor St. Culture Corridor
partners generate approximately $440,000,000 in economic impact each year. (Based on the Ontario Ministry of Tourism & Culture's TREIM model.)
The Bloor St. Culture Corridor encompasses three major neighbourhoods
of Toronto; the Annex, University of Toronto, and Yorkville, and
includes 5 major Toronto Transit (TTC) subway stations. The Bloor St.
Culture Corridor has, so far, been featured in more than 50 articles and
media stories around the world.
The
Bloor St. Culture Corridor web site and free mobile app provide
convenient and centralized access to info about each culture
destination, event information, and a directory of the district's
retailers, restaurants, and hotels. The mobile app also provides special
offers and discounts, a news feed, as well as the convenience of
planning excursions in advance or spontaneously while out on the Bloor
St. Culture Corridor, directly from their smartphone. The mobile app, in
addition to popular Bloor St. Culture Corridor Twitter and Facebook
social media platforms, supports continuing and dynamic engagement with
Torontonians and visitors to our city. Everyone can download the Bloor
St. Culture Corridor free mobile app via the Bloor St. Culture Corridor
website at www.bloorstculturecorridor.com, the iTunes App Store, Google Play, and at m.bloorstculturecorridor.com.
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More information about the Bloor St. Culture Corridor, upcoming events, and the arts district's arts and culture destinations, can be found at:
Twitter: @bloorstculture
Facebook: www.facebook.com/bloorstculturecorridor
The Bloor St. Culture Corridor partner destinations include:
The Royal Conservatory / Koerner Hall: 273 Bloor Street West
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra & Chamber Choir:
427 Bloor Street West www.tafelmusik.org
Bloor St. Culture Corridor associates include:
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