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The WeeFestival of Arts & Culture for Early Years, Toronto's only festival of its kind, will return with live, in-person performances in Toronto, the GTA & Ontario this May 31st to June 12th.

Black Canadian dance artists share experiences of racism in TESSEL Black Canadian dance artists share experiences of racism in TESSEL Esie Mensahs dance film aims to make viewers think about enduring patterns of discrimination By Charlie Smith TESSEL by Esie Mensah. Free. Premieres Tuesday (June 1) at tessel.film. Last year’s police murder of Minneapolis resident George Floyd prompted tremendous soul-searching within the Canadian arts community. But even as expressions of good intent...

NOW Magazine 40 at 40: Photographing one of NOW’s most challenging covers Photographer Michael Watier had a vision for his October 2014 Nuit Blanche cover, but when the unexpected happened he had to rethink it By Glenn Sumi and Fran Schechter May 10, 2021 Original photos by Michael Watier So far in the 40 at 40 anniversary series revisiting 40 memorable NOW cover stories from the past four decades, we’ve mostly caught up with the subjects of a story, or the original writers. But s...