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Tue Mar 30: St Patrick’s reverb

Green beer with four-leaf cloversDanforth Greens Pub Night
Tue, 2010 Mar 30, 7–10pm
Gabby’s
“Library Room”
729 Danforth, east of Pape

Join us for an echo of St Patrick’s day.  Our next monthly Danforth Greens pub night falls on March 30.  We welcome newcomers.

Tue Feb 23: Danforth Greens pub night

Monthly Danforth Greens Pub Night
Tuesday, 2010 February 23, 7 pm – 10 pm
Gabby’s
in the “Library Room”
729 Danforth Ave, east of Pape

We meet on the last Tuesday of each month.  Please join us!

Happy Valentine’s Day, Year of the Tiger

Valentine's Day, Year of the Tiger image courtesy of Charlene Chua Illustration.Wishing you a happy and prosperous Valentine’s Day and a romantic and sexy Lunar New Year!

[Tiger Valentine image courtesy of Charlene Chua Illustration.]

Avatar

I watched Avatar with my family on New Year’s Day and highly recommend it.  One of my friends described it as a futuristic Pocahontas story that ends well for the natives.  He also found it amusing that the substance for which mankind was willing to lay waste to the beautiful moon of Pandora was called unobtainium.  Spoilers ahead.     Read more »

Hundreds protest global warming

Snowmen protesting climate change

Holiday spirit and climate action

I had a busy day today.     Read more »

Sat Dec 12: Riverdale Share Concert

Riverdale Share Concert (two showtimes)
Saturday, 2009 December 12, 2 pm & 4:30 pm
St Barnabas Church, 361 Danforth Ave

Tickets are $15 and available at The Big Carrot, Treasure Island Toys, It’s My Party — and also through PayPal for an extra dollar fee.

From the Riverdale Share Community Association site:     Read more »

Wed Dec 2: Buy something day

Green Party Holiday and Shopping Party Fundraiser
Wednesday, 2009 December 2, 7 pm – 9:30 pm
Ten Thousand Villages, 362 Danforth Ave

(just east of Carrot Common, just west of Chester Station)

As a complement to Buy Nothing Day, we have Buy Something for a Good Cause Day:     Read more »

Sat Dec 5: Dance for the climate

Saturday, 2009 December 5
12:30 pm (learn the dance), 1:00 pm (dance!)
Kensington Market, corner of Kensington and Baldwin

A message from my friend Pam Johnson:     Read more »

Fri Nov 27: Buy Nothing Day

Once a year, at Christmas, it’s nice to settle down to watch Charlie Brown’s special.  So, perhaps for International Buy Nothing Day, you would enjoy The Story of Stuff:

Tue Nov 24: Danforth Greens pub night

Green pub night beer bottlesDanforth Greens Pub Night
Tue, 2009 Nov 24, 7–10pm
Gabby’s
“Library Room”
729 Danforth, east of Pape

We meet on the last Tuesday of each month.  Please join us!

Mudslinging

Toronto candidates engage in pre-election mudslinging

Toronto candidates engage in pre-election mudslinging

The Fusion Pottery & Glass Show invited politicians to come do some mudslinging.  I went with Toronto-Centre candidate Ellen Michelson, who took this picture.

Apart from the very specific support for arts and culture activities which the Green Party promotes, arts are integral to a green lifestyle which values local production by low-impact methods.     Read more »

Tue Oct 27: Green pub night

Green beer for pub nightDanforth Greens Pub Night
Tue, 2009 Oct 27, 7–10pm
Gabby’s
“Library Room”
729 Danforth, east of Pape

Danforth Greens pub night is the last Tuesday of each month.  We welcome newcomers.

Sun Oct 4: Multifaith Peace Walk

Multifaith peace design copyright dounto.com. Visit CafePress.com to order merchandise with this and similar designs.I’ll be participating in the Second Annual Danforth Multifaith Peace Walk and urge everyone to join me.  The walk begins at Glen Rhodes United Church and continues past the Danforth Jewish Circle, the Pakistani Community Centre and the Madina Masjid on Danforth to celebrate the newly renovated space, ending at Eastminster United Church.

Women are asked to wear a head scarf inside the Madina Masjid.

Second Annual Danforth Multifaith Peace Walk
Sunday, 2009 October 4, 1 pm
Glen Rhodes United Church, 1470 Gerrard St E

Sat Oct 17: Environment Day

Community Environment Day guy from City of Toronto websiteCommunity Environment Day
Saturday, 2009 Oct 17, 10am – 2 pm
Riverdale Park East

(Broadview Ave north of Gerrard St)

Toronto City Councillor Paula Fletcher normally hosts our local Ward 30 Environment Day on Canada Day, but that all got delayed this year due to the garbage strike.     Read more »

Tue Sep 29: Meet and gab

Gabby's restaurant on the DanforthDanforth Greens Pub Night
Tue, 2009 Sep 29, 7–10pm
Gabby’s
in the “Library Room”
729 Danforth, east of Pape

The last Tuesday of every month we sit and gab about the issues.

Sat Sep 12: Toronto Chinese Archway grand opening ceremony

There’s an important and fun event in the park across the street from my house tomorrow.  From the Toronto Chinese Archway website:

After almost ten years of hard work of the committee, the “Zhong Hua Men” dream will come true to the Chinese community!     Read more »

መልካም አዲስ አመት!

Melkam Addis Amet! Happy Ethiopian New Year!

[See also: አማርኛ - የግሪን ዋጋዎች (ጥቅሞች).]

Candidate caught in eyeglass scandal

Quite a few people comment on the fact that I wear glasses, yet the picture on my postcard has no glasses.  A couple have worried that I took the glasses off for reasons of vanity.     Read more »

Mon Sep 21: International Day of Peace

Peace dove and signThe United Nations’ International Day of Peace is a global holiday when individuals, communities, nations and governments highlight efforts to end conflict and promote peace.  Green Party candidates celebrated this event at C’est What in Toronto.

Greater Toronto Area candidates address issue of world peace

Green Party candidates from all over Toronto and the GTA spoke out on peace at this event.     Read more »

At the Festival of South Asia 2009

Adriana Mugnatto-Hamu at the Festival of South Asia

This is one of my favourite cultural festivals in a riding known for its diversity and wonderful cultural events.     Read more »

At Taste of the Danforth 2009

Stuffing our facesThis picture goes back a few weeks.     Read more »

Tue Aug 25: Beer summit

Join us at the next Danforth Greens Pub Night.
Adriana will attend.  Obama sends his regrets.

2009 August 25 (last Tuesday of every month)
7 pm – 9 pm at Gabby’s in the “Library Room”
729 Danforth, just east of Pape

Gates, Crowley and Obama clinking glasses

Sat Sep 12: Frank de Jong BBQ party

Green Party of Ontario Leader Frank de JongCelebrating Frank de Jong
Saturday, 2009 Sep 12, noon – 7 pm
1 Donlea Drive
(Bayview/Eglinton)

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