Toronto Beer Lovers

We are following our favourite trivia host, Simon from Are You Smarter than a Scottish Guy, to one of his other weekly locations: One-Eyed Jack's at 287 Richmond Road (between John and Peter Streets). The beer selection at this location is quite minimal but their food menu is good - https://www.oneeyedjackpub.com/torontomenu. They have a $0.95 wing special with lots of flavours.

The trivia starts at 7:00pm with first question at 7:15 pm. We have a pair of tables (12 people) reserved under Steve so far. Serious RSVPs only as no-shows prevent us from fielding a complete team.

Top prizes is a gift certificate for the next visit. Other prizes are a free round for the table and nachos. There is also a small prize for best team name, so put on your creative hat; the host seems to like puns and prefers short team names.

Let's have some fun, eat some wings, and hopefully win!

Join Lawrence, your top hatted host, for an evening of local food, interesting beers, Paul McCartney's photos, an AGOs collection of photos, and OCADs 111th celebration.

At 6 pm. we will warm-up at the Village Idiot for a beer and a bite. They have a great selection of Ontario Craft and Traditional European beers. I usually start with a Fullers.
Their menu of fine foods, includes a wicked pulled pork poutine, eggplant parm with pesto rice, and poke tuna cobb salad.

https://www.villagegeniuspub.com/food-menu
126 McCaul St, Toronto, ON M5T 1W2

7pmish, we will join the fast moving queue, to gain our Free entry to the AGO.

Please book your digital entry here:

https://visit.ago.ca/59813/59875

Then we will head to the back to ride the lift to the 5th floor to see Paul McCartney Photographs 1963–64: Eyes of the Storm

These intimate and historic photographs, shown alongside video clips and archival materials, capture both the intensity of The Beatles touring schedule and the energy of the era, as well more intimate views of his bandmates John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr.

https://ago.ca/exhibitions/paul-mccartney-photographs-1963-64-eyes-storm

Afterwards, we will descend to the ground floor and make our way to Collective Visions: Celebrating 25 Years of Photography

Organized by Sophie Hackett, this exhibition aims to highlight the breadth of the AGO’s photography collection, representing a diverse range of artists, artistic genres and approaches, subject matter, and materials. Accompanied by responses from the participants, the works on view offer a rich and varied perspective on the medium of photography.

https://ago.ca/exhibitions/collective-visions-celebrating-25-years-photography

Around 8:00 pm, we will leave the AGO for OCAD around the corner for the Opening Night event to Celebrate this year’s student medal winners at one of Toronto’s most fun art parties with a bar, food, DJ and the city’s most creative people.

https://www.ocadu.ca/gradex111

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You can continue to visit other galleries in the AGO until they close at 9pm.

Join Lawrence, your top hatted host, for an afternoon of great photography, delicious food and Happy Hour drinks.

Our adventure begins at the CONTACT Festival headquarters, at 80 Spadina.

We will see Sin Wai Kin - CLOSER THAN IT'S EVER BEEN

Be part of the art as you step into two-channel-video installation The Time of Our Lives presented at CONTACT Gallery, viewers can choose to sit or move around the space, their experience oscillating between lived and imaginary realities.

https://contactphoto.com/festival/2026/core/closer-than-its-ever-been

Then you can peruse the Women's Image Library by Artexte. The curators of Women’s Image Library activated its archives to reveal women photographers’ significant and often overlooked contributions to the Canadian art scene.

https://artexte.ca/en/

At 3 pmish, we will head outside to see mural at 460 King St W

Thandiwe Muriu - An Abundance of Plenty

An Abundance Of Plenty references classical Renaissance portraits while praising the sisterhood between two women which allows each to become the best of herself.

https://contactphoto.com/festival/2026/map#venue-460-king-st-w-north-facade

Afterwards, we will cross Spadina to 401 Richmond ArtSpace to see more.

Gallery 44 - Suite 102

Group Exhibition - Corpus Obscura

Across black-and-white prints, photographic sequences, and material interventions, the works engage photography as a site of becoming.

Urbanspace Gallery - Ground Floor

Yann Pocreau - The Prefix Prize 6

YYZ Artists' Outlet - Suite 140

Hong Yu (Casey) Chan - Listening to the Pathways of the Dead

Conservation + Culture

Chloé Beaulac - Sanctuary

At 4:30 pmish, we will head over to Waterworks Bar for some Happy Hour Social and refreshment.

https://www.waterworksfoodhall.com/happy-hour

50 Brant St, Toronto, ON M5V 3G9

If you want to continue to explore the 401 Richmond Art Space, head to the basement to discover these gems.

Museum of Toronto to see The 52 exhibit on women who influenced Toronto

http://www.museumoftoronto.com/

Spacing Store, or as I like to call it the Toronto Store, where you can find upscale souvenirs.

http://spacingstore.ca/

50 Brant St, Toronto, ON M5V 3G9

Join Lawrence, your top hatted host, for an evening of Free Culture in our city, and beer and GIANT pretzels afterwards.

I will be warming-up at the Duke of Cornwall, before our event, if you want to join me for a light meal and a bevvie.

400 University Ave, Toronto, ON M5G 1S5
https://dukepubs.ca/duke-of-cornwall/

At 6pm, we will meet in the lobby of the Textile Museum of Canada.

55 Centre Ave, Toronto, ON M5G 2H5
http://www.textilemuseum.ca/

We will head upstairs (or by lift) to the 2nd floor where we will check-in at the Museum entrance.

Then we will head to the third floor to see...

Always In Fashion
May 1, 2026 - January 3, 2027

Curated by Amber-Dawn Bear Robe, Always in Fashion is an immersive exploration of Indigenous design languages and their transformative impact on the fashion landscape of the lands we call Canada.

https://textilemuseum.ca/event/always-in-fashion/

Followed by the second floor exhibition

Made By Many: 50 Years of the Textile Museum of Canada

Celebrating five decades of exhibitions and communities that shaped us, featuring works by Bev Koski, Marimekko, Melinda Patterson, Thor Hansen, You Wenfeng, and more.

https://textilemuseum.ca/event/made-by-many-50-years-of-the-textile-museum-of-canada/

At 6:45pm SHARP, we will leave for our next venue.

We will walk along the North side of Dundas Street until we get to The Image Centre at TMU around 7 pmish.

https://theimagecentre.ca/
33 Gould St, Toronto, ON M5B 1W1

At Canada's leading institution dedicated to the exhibition, research and collecting of photography.

Scotiabank Photography Award: Dawit L. Petros
https://theimagecentre.ca/exhibition/dawit-petros/

Larry Fink: Social Graces & Runway
https://theimagecentre.ca/exhibition/larry-fink-social-graces-runway/

Jessica Slipp: Becoming Rock
https://theimagecentre.ca/exhibition/jessica-slipp-becoming-rock/

At 8pm, the gallery closes, though our fun doesn't end yet!

We will head over to 3 Brasseurs MicroBrewery for our social and beer.

275 Yonge St, Toronto, ON M5B 1N8
https://www.les3brasseurs.ca/en/find-a-3-brasseurs/toronto/