TORONTO ARTS & CULTURE

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AI 2025--there is certainly an AI angle for ARTS and CULTURE.

Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (interchangeable I think)

FREE entry with TICKET Link is below.

Where are we at? What do we know? Why should we care?

Whatever side you're on: Armageddon vs the best thing since the introduction of Electricity...

and

ChatGPT vs Google search (vs energy needed)

Let's get educated together. Our specialty in this group.

**No code. No jargon. Just real talk about AI and the future.

Join us for TPL's inaugural AI Summit - an all day event designed to spark bold ideas and real conversations about how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming our economy, and what that means for all of us.

From policymakers and entrepreneurs to academics, students, and curious citizens, this summit brings together Torontonians who care about shaping a future rooted in responsible innovation, economic inclusion, and open access to knowledge.

Discover how AI is shaping our world, connect with experts and fellow community members, and join the conversation on how we can foster human-centered engagement with AI and activate community-driven solutions.

The day will include:

● All-day forum with panels and discussions that explore the economic impact of AI.
● A showcase for local organizations to exhibit their AI tools, solutions, or innovations.
● Interactive, hands-on workshops and breakout sessions designed to be educational and engaging for all skill levels.

Toronto Public Library is committed to providing accessible and inclusive programming.
If you identify as a person with a disability or a person who is Deaf, and require this information in an accessible format, or an accessibility accommodation to participate in our programs.
Please contact us at least three (3) weeks in advance.

TPL's AI Summit is made possible with support from Google.org

No ticket/no entry.

ENTRY/TICKET link here:

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/ai-summit-2025-tickets-1740012256499?aff=oddtdtcreator

See you there. All day.

Each December, we look for something unique and different.

Not to miss. Seasonal.

Handel's Messiah is divine, but what else could and should we experience? Which is 'sacred'--something connected to 'a god'

Tallis Scholars--
“The rock stars of Renaissance vocal music.” —The New York Times

**Ticket link is below: $40-$75

https://www.thetallisscholars.co.uk/

(BTW, they were last in Toronto in 2019)

Over five decades of performance and a catalogue of award-winning recordings for Gimell, Peter Phillips and The Tallis Scholars have done more than any other group to establish sacred vocal music of the Renaissance as one of the great repertoires of Western classical music.

They have sought to bring Renaissance works to a wider audience in churches, cathedrals, and venues on every continent on the planet except Antarctica!

---These include the Royal Albert Hall, the Sistine Chapel, the Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall New York, the Philharmonic Hall Berlin, Saint Mark’s Venice, Seoul Arts Centre Korea, Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre London, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Wigmore Hall, Beijing Concert Hall, Megaron Athens, and the Opera House Sydney.

The Tallis Scholars continue to develop their exclusive sound, praised by reviewers for its supple clarity and tone, and to bring fresh interpretations to music by contemporary as well as past composers, such as Pärt, Tavener, Whitacre, Muhly, and Jackson.

Program: Mother and Child

The theme behind our seasonal program is the Virgin Mary, whether celebrating her own divinity (in the “Votive Mass” written by Byrd), or in the context of the birth of Christ (in Tallis’s epic “Missa Puer natus”).

The choice of music is taken exclusively from the English repertoire, featuring not only Renaissance masterpieces but also compositions by Britten and Matthew Martin, who we are delighted to present as our featured composer.

This commission has been made possible by Miller Theatre in New York, where it will receive its premiere.

To be sung:

Thomas Tallis: Missa Puer natus - Gloria

Thomas Byrd: Votive Mass of the Virgin

Matthew Martin: New work (commissioned by Miller Theatre at Columbia University)

Tallis: Missa Puer natus - Sanctus and Agnus

Benjamin Britten: Hymn to the Virgin

John Taverner: Mater Christi

John Nesbett: Magnificat

Purchase your ticket here:

https://tolive.com/Event-Details-Page/reference/Tallis-Scholars-2025

Don't miss out!

Should you be around over the December holidays--we can fit in ONE last outing!

A 60th anniversary screening of this documentary.

Ticket link is below. $10-$15 per ticket

This Genie Award–winning documentary follows a 30-year-old Leonard Cohen on a visit to his hometown of Montreal. Before he was the celebrated musician, Cohen was a poet and a novelist. This NFB documentary casually observes Cohen in his daily routine: he bathes, he gets a haircut, he delivers a reading before an audience. As he goes about his day, a portrait emerges of a thoughtful, perceptive and soulful man. (This documentary is 45 mins)

Screening with:

Poen | D: Josef Reeve | Canada | 1967 | 4 min

Leonard Cohen delivers four different readings of a poem from his book Beautiful Losers. Each time it is a little different, and each time the accompanying visuals evoke new responses.

Poets on Film No. 1 | D: Bozenna Heczko, Elizabeth Lewis, Gayle Thomas & Janet Perlman | Canada | 1977 | 8 min

This short film brings together animated interpretations of four poems by Canadian writers: Riverdale Lion by John Robert Colombo, A Kite Is a Victim by Leonard Cohen, Klaxon by James Reaney and George Johnston’s The Bulge.

Ticket link here: (tickets have just gone on-sale) Don't sit so close--say row G and behind..

https://hotdocs.ca/whats-on/films/mr-leonard-cohen

A nice way to end the year...

Hot Docs in Toronto
with
Leonard Cohen in Montreal