The BIA’s 4th Annual Chalk My Walk is this Saturday, June 7!

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We hope to see you at the Mount Dennis BIA’s 4th annual FREE event, Chalk My Walk, this Saturday, June 7 from 2 to 5 p.m.! Every year the BIA closes Hollis Street at Eglinton and Weston for a fun-filled afternoon featuring live entertainment, giveaways, chalk art, and community information tables. This year the BIA is thrilled to welcome some amazing York South-Weston performers including Canadian Beatboxing champion Scott Jackson, the acrobatic and comedic Bex in Motion, the playful and [...]

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Bring a friend for a fun night out in Mount Dennis!

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      On November 21, bring a friend for a fun night in Mount Dennis! The Mount Dennis BIA is pleased to host “Friends Night, Mount Dennis” which includes the following: Start with an introductory martial arts class at Western Gate Martial Arts (1036 Weston Rd.) at 6 pm At 7:30 pm sample some flavourful Nigerian cuisine at Calabar Grill (1278 Weston Rd.) At 9:30 pm linger with a latte at supercoffeemd (1148 Weston Rd.) or a bubble tea at [...]

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3rd Annual Chalk My Walk returns on June 8!

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On Saturday June 8, the Mount Dennis BIA is proud to host the 3rd Annual Chalk My Walk.  Featuring FREE live entertainment, kids activities, and bike giveaways, our yearly event is also an opportunity to meet with local eco-initiatives and active transportation groups! [...]

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Mount Dennis 5k Fun Run Returns!

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Come out to Caplan’s Appliances parking lot at 1111 Weston Rd. on Sunday, September 24 at 9 a.m. to cheer on the participants of the Mount Dennis 5K Fun Run! Free snacks and coffee for all runners by supercoffee in case you need an incentive to sign up! For more information or to register, please contact Nelson Rodrigues at [email protected]. [...]

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Mount Dennis Celebrates Ballroom Expressions’s Grand Opening

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On Sunday, September 10, the Mount Dennis BIA was delighted to help celebrate the grand opening of Ballroom Expressions in the old Shilla Restaurant building at 1161 Weston Rd. (2nd floor). Vice-chair of the BIA, Cassandra Nicolaou presented them with a certificate of welcome from Councillor Frances Nunziata, supercoffee served free coffee and drinks, and Ballroom Expressions offered free classes. Ballroom Expressions is a premier dance studio that specializes in ballroom and latin dance programs for children and adults of [...]

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Mount Dennis BIA Instagram Contest celebrates “The Last Day of Work”

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The Mount Dennis BIA would like to share a huge thank you to everyone who entered our Instagram “#TRANSITioningMountDennis contest”. To celebrate Robert Burley’s (@burleyrobert) Scotiabank Contact Photography Festival (@contactphoto) exhibit “The Last Day of Work” installed on the outside of Toronto Public Library’s Mount Dennis Branch, the BIA was pleased to hold our photo contest. To enter the contest, Instagram users had to like our post on Instagram, follow @mountdennisbia, share a photo of, or a selfie with, Robert Burley’s Scotiabank Contact [...]

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Shakespeare In Action’s FREE Production of otîhêw comes to Little Avenue Memorial Park!

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This August 4-20, 2023 Dora-winning theatre company Shakespeare in Action presents otîhêw, by PJ Prudat. This free event will take place in the Little Avenue Memorial Park in Weston. This reimagining of Shakespeare’s classic tragedy is set in a north-western factory fort along the Saskatchewan river in 1816, the year of no summer, in which a volcanic eruption cast a smoke so thick the sun was not visible for months. The story takes place at the height of imperial trading that drove colonization over sovereign [...]

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