Luminato's Queen Street Celebration


Opening weekend celebration events at OCAD!

 
DateSaturday, June 7, 2008 - 4:00am

Cost

Free

Email

info@luminato.com

Location

McCaul Street and Main Building 100 McCaul St., Toronto, Ontario

As part of Luminato’s free public opening weekend, revisit the sights and sounds of a legendary era in Toronto's popular culture.

After Yorkville's "Summer of Love," Toronto's coolest scene moved south to Queen Street and the Ontario College of Art (as it was then known), inspiring collaborations in art and music that, by the mid '80s, had helped create the punk, new wave, and world beat eclectic mix.

On stage, from 1:30 p.m.: Johnny & the G-Rays, The "B" Girls, Mary Margaret O'Hara, The Parachute Club plus Mojah, OCAD Faculty of Liberal Studies Professor Lillian Allen, Micah Barnes and Telmary. Meanwhile, at the Ontario College of Art & Design, from noon, catch a glimpse of period artifacts and photographs, plus a video program extending past 6:30 p.m. with a panel discussion and closing cabaret "Mono Logic" by Andrew J. Paterson.

Created and produced by Martin Robertson, Ideas in Motion.

Associate producer, video and research, Henry Martinuk, in collaboration with the Ontario College of Art & Design.

Schedule of Events

All FREE – presented by Telus and Luminato Festival of Arts and Creativity

McCaul Street Stage (outside OCAD, south of Dundas)
1:30 to 2:45 pm: Johnny & the G-Rays (John Macleod, Harri Palm, Mike Young, Rob Greenaway) with Special Guests the ‘B’ Girls (Cynthia Ross, Xenia Splawinski)
3 to 4 pm: Mary Margaret O’Hara
4:30 to 6 pm: The Parachute Club with Special Guests Mojah, Lillian Allen, Micah Barnes, Telmary

OCAD Auditorium - Evening
6:30 pm: Screening “ART vs. Art” video (Director: Deanne Taylor)

7:30 pm: Panel Presentations moderated by Martin Robertson: Deanne Taylor (Video Cab), John Hamilton (the Diodes, Secrets, Beverley Brothers), Johanna Householder (the Clichettes, OCAD faculty), Mark Gane (Martha and the Muffins)

8:45 pm: Interdisciplinary Presentation: “MONO LOGICAL” by Andrew J. Paterson

OCAD Great Hall
12 to 6 pm: Artifacts, an exhibition of posters, photographs, and promotional materials of the period from personal collections. Photographs by Don Pyle.
Curated by Kym Pruesse, Professor of Popular Culture, OCAD.

OCAD Auditorium
12 to 6 pm: Video programme including Peter Vronsky’s “Crash ‘n’ Burn (Dada’s Boys), Lorraine Segato’s “Queen Street West: The Rebel Zone”, “Artists Only” & “Toronto’s Punk Past” by Henry Martinuk. Plus vintage videos by Johnny and the G-Rays, Martha and the Muffins & The Secrets.

DateSaturday, June 7, 2008 - 4:00am

Cost

Free

Email

info@luminato.com

Website Location

McCaul Street and Main Building 100 McCaul St., Toronto, Ontario

Luminato
Saturday, June 7, 2008 - 4:00am

As part of Luminato’s free public opening weekend, revisit the sights and sounds of a legendary era in Toronto's popular culture.

After Yorkville's "Summer of Love," Toronto's coolest scene moved south to Queen Street and the Ontario College of Art (as it was then known), inspiring collaborations in art and music that, by the mid '80s, had helped create the punk, new wave, and world beat eclectic mix.

On stage, from 1:30 p.m.: Johnny & the G-Rays, The "B" Girls, Mary Margaret O'Hara, The Parachute Club plus Mojah, OCAD Faculty of Liberal Studies Professor Lillian Allen, Micah Barnes and Telmary. Meanwhile, at the Ontario College of Art & Design, from noon, catch a glimpse of period artifacts and photographs, plus a video program extending past 6:30 p.m. with a panel discussion and closing cabaret "Mono Logic" by Andrew J. Paterson.

Created and produced by Martin Robertson, Ideas in Motion.

Associate producer, video and research, Henry Martinuk, in collaboration with the Ontario College of Art & Design.

Schedule of Events

All FREE – presented by Telus and Luminato Festival of Arts and Creativity

McCaul Street Stage (outside OCAD, south of Dundas)
1:30 to 2:45 pm: Johnny & the G-Rays (John Macleod, Harri Palm, Mike Young, Rob Greenaway) with Special Guests the ‘B’ Girls (Cynthia Ross, Xenia Splawinski)
3 to 4 pm: Mary Margaret O’Hara
4:30 to 6 pm: The Parachute Club with Special Guests Mojah, Lillian Allen, Micah Barnes, Telmary

OCAD Auditorium - Evening
6:30 pm: Screening “ART vs. Art” video (Director: Deanne Taylor)

7:30 pm: Panel Presentations moderated by Martin Robertson: Deanne Taylor (Video Cab), John Hamilton (the Diodes, Secrets, Beverley Brothers), Johanna Householder (the Clichettes, OCAD faculty), Mark Gane (Martha and the Muffins)

8:45 pm: Interdisciplinary Presentation: “MONO LOGICAL” by Andrew J. Paterson

OCAD Great Hall
12 to 6 pm: Artifacts, an exhibition of posters, photographs, and promotional materials of the period from personal collections. Photographs by Don Pyle.
Curated by Kym Pruesse, Professor of Popular Culture, OCAD.

OCAD Auditorium
12 to 6 pm: Video programme including Peter Vronsky’s “Crash ‘n’ Burn (Dada’s Boys), Lorraine Segato’s “Queen Street West: The Rebel Zone”, “Artists Only” & “Toronto’s Punk Past” by Henry Martinuk. Plus vintage videos by Johnny and the G-Rays, Martha and the Muffins & The Secrets.

Venue & Address: 
McCaul Street and Main Building 100 McCaul St., Toronto, Ontario
Email: 
info@luminato.com
Cost: 
Free
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