A Week of Culture

Last week, Marcia and I attended three cultural events around the City.
The first one was at Daniels Spectrum on Dundas Street East. 
This new venue was rebuilt as part of the Regent Park development project.
Not only is it a community centre, but a work space, gallery and an exhibit space.

Earlier this month, I acquired free tickets for "Fractured Land" and "Keepers of the Water", which was part of the "Water Docs".
So, on Tuesday, we braved the rain, and enjoyed two documentaries. Afterwards, there was some free appetizers for the film goers.

On Wednesday, we had lunch at the New Yorker Deli, and then walked over to the Gardiner Museum. I had a MAP (Museum and Arts Pass) from the Toronto Library, so this visit was free. 
Since we arrived just before 2 o'clock, we were able to take advantage of the FREE guided tour.

The exhibit was called "Beneath the Surface".
According to our guide, there was a flood that exposed a host of artifacts on the banks of the Rio Grande Coclé in Panama around 1940.
Some of these artifacts were an display at the Museum.

Then on Thursday, we enjoyed a free documentary called "Painted Land: In Search of the Group of Seven", at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema.

This film chronicled the travels by train, canoe and by foot of four people in Northern Ontario who searched for the exact spots where some of the Group of Seven painters (Lawren Harris, A.Y. Jackson, J.E.H. MacDonald, R.H. Thomson, Arthur Lismer and A.J. Carson) had stopped to sketch the Canadian landscapes.
This is the poster from the film. 

The painting is titled "Solemn Land, Algoma" by J.E.H. MacDonald.
Well, I think we had our fill of "Culture" for this week.
The nice part was not needing to spend a lot of money for our outings.