TOPHATs Happy Hour, Heliconians and Gardiners!?! An evening of Art and Beer
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Join Lawrence, your top hatted host, for an evening of Happy Hour Hops at Birroteca, then access to the exclusive Heliconian Club Art show, followed by a visit to the Gardiner Ceramic Museum.
At 5:30, we will gather downstairs at Birroteca for some Happy Hour nourishment of $7 beer and $10 Snacks.
Let us know if you will not make the 6 pm deadline and we will order you a beer.
Manulife Center, 55 Bloor St W Eataly, Toronto, ON M4W 1A5
https://indiealehouse.com/
At 6:30 pmish, we will head up Bay street turning onto Yorkville to Hazelton Lane.
We will pass John Daniels House, a Georgian Revival historic landmark, where we will take a group shot around the front door.
https://www.acotoronto.ca/building.php?ID=3070
Hazelton lane has two sculptures to view.
Chorus (1966) by Sylvia Lefkovitz
Royal Sweet Diamond by Joe Fafard
Then onto the Heliconian Club, celebrating it's 150th year of supporting women living and working in the arts.
We will seeing Doris Purchase's "The Ribs of a Place" an installation of large "frame ribs" suspended along the walls.
https://torontoheliconianclub.wildapricot.org/event-6494928
Afterwards, we will back-track down Hazelton Lane to Avenue Road and head South to the Gardiner Ceramic Museum.
111 Queens Park 3rd floor, Toronto, ON M5S 2C7
After gaining FREE entry, we will head to the 3rd floor to view International Ceramic Art Fair 2026.
https://www.gardinermuseum.on.ca/event/international-ceramic-art-fair-2026/
Then we will head downstairs to see the In Search of Imperfection: The Macdonald Collection of Japanese and Japanese-Inspired Ceramics
to the ground floor to see Highways of Harlan House
https://www.gardinermuseum.on.ca/event/highways-of-harlan-house/