Toronto Spark

From church pews to ballroom floors, AGO’s Sunday Best showcases the power and glory of Black style. Learn more @TOSparkOfficial: torontospark.ca/from-church-…

İlker Çatak’s Yellow Letters delivers important political warning about Türkiye, Europe, and the United States. @HotDocsCinema Read @NuralSumbultepe article about this important German filmmaker with Turkish ancestry in @TOSparkOfficial: torontospark.ca/ilker-cataks…

Read Cathy Xinman's brilliant new poem, "The Dignity of Sorrow", @TOSparkOfficial @cathy73241599 torontospark.ca/cathy-xinman…

Weesageechak Begins to Dance features new and developing Indigenous works from Nov. 20 to 29. It's the 39th edition of this annual festival by @NativeEarth Performing Arts. Learn more @TOSparkOfficial: torontospark.ca/weesageechak…

Daughter of Nectar 甘露水 reclaims story of Taiwanese sculptor Huang Tu-shui 黃土水 and his masterpiece @TECO_Toronto #Taiwan Learn more @TOSparkOfficial: torontospark.ca/daughter-of-…

When the Stage Was the Anchor: The Architecture of the Chinese Mall. Read Part 2 of architect Paige Wen's fascinating series about Pacific Mall in #Markham in @TOSparkOfficial. @MPMichaelMa @frankscarpitti @alexbozikovic torontospark.ca/when-the-sta…

Read Shruthi Budnar's article on how the audience responded to world premiere of Joella Cabalu's First Comes Love: Nakabingwit at VIFF. @thenfb presents Ontario premiere on Sunday as part of Reelworld Film Fest. @NFB_Katja torontospark.ca/hybrid-story…

New #DecodingToronto article @TOSparkOfficial . This time, Paige Wen explains how Hong Kong's property model transformed Pacific Mall in #Markham into an indoor city. torontospark.ca/the-mall-tha…

Anne Carson wins Nobel Prize in Literature—how she discovered new possibilities within language. Learn more @TOSparkOfficial: torontospark.ca/anne-carson-…

Ex-international student James Tseung converts pandemic isolation into soul-stirring Empty Room. Learn more @TOSparkOfficial: torontospark.ca/ex-internati…

Gurpreet Singh: Why I refuse to sing “Vande Mataram”. Find out the reason @TOSparkOfficial: torontospark.ca/gurpreet-sin…

Ryan Cho: Heritage trip to China brings on racial melancholia. Excerpt from the teacher's Brotherhood is a Constant Possibility: Asian Masculinity in a World Made for Whiteness (Thornapple Press). @TeachersOntario @bctf Learn more @TOSparkOfficial torontospark.ca/ryan-cho-her…

The right to truth—and justice—need to be part of this National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Learn more @TOSparkOfficial: torontospark.ca/the-right-to…

Read Cathy Xinman's latest poem, "Timid Leaves", @TOSparkOfficial. @cathy73241599 @poetrymagazine @Poetry_Society @Poetry_Daily torontospark.ca/cathy-xinman…

Brilliant biographical documentary directed by @MaikenBaird reveals why Edward Said still helps us make sense of the world. #TIFF #TIFF26 #TIFF2026 #Palestine #Palestinians Read @NuralSumbultepe article @TOSparkOfficial: torontospark.ca/brilliant-bi…

Turkish director @karahanferit speaks with @NuralSumbultepe about cinematic language, recurring images, and confronting darkness in Djinn Wedding. It's part of #TIFF26 Platform program. #TIFF #TIFF2026. Read this intriguing interview @TOSparkOfficial: torontospark.ca/director-fer…

Streaming now: Kashmiri film Saffron Kingdom offers a rare insider perspective. Learn more @TOSparkOfficial: torontospark.ca/streaming-no…

Pacific Theatre adds six dates to Ins Choi’s Son of a Preacherman. It will be Timothy Eaton Memorial Church from Oct. 1 to 18. @PacificTheatre. Learn more @TOSparkOfficial: torontospark.ca/pacific-thea…

Are schools ready for racialized and immigrant students? 4 factors shaping the classroom experience. Learn more @TOSparkOfficial: torontospark.ca/are-schools-…

New poem by Canadian writer Cathy Xinman: Who Extinguished the Stars at Night. It's marked by a strong contemporary consciousness, technological reflection, and an absurdist spirit. @cathy73241599. Read it @TOSparkOfficial: torontospark.ca/cathy-xinman…