Hello and welcome! We are here once more with a roundup of stories, upcoming events, general happenings, and updates from WEP HQ! All the important details from our neighbourhood that we want to share, it’s your Weekly WEP.
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Echo Women's Choir Spring Fundraiser
with Turkwaz & more! Join us!
Thurs. February 22, Tranzac Club 7-10pm
Tickets: $30. Silent Auction, snacks, cash bar
Wavelength Music goes “East to West” across downtown Toronto for the 24th edition of its annual Wavelength Winter Festival.
the Toronto-based fest is celebrating it’s 24th anniversary, and excited to bring together the local music community for one cozy weekend of programming — championing diverse, emerging artists while animating new and innovative music spaces across the city!
more details HERE
Toronto author Melodie Edwards in support of her Feb. 27 book release ONCE PERSUADED, TWICE SHY.
This modern reimagining of Jane Austen’s Persuasion is a slow-burning, second chance romance set in beautiful Niagara-on-the-Lake, and full of witty banter, romantic angst and compelling characters.
Melodie will be hosting a launch celebration on Tuesday, February 27th at 7:00pm at Type Books (888 Queen St. W Toronto, ON M6J 1G5), with an in-conversation event with Hannah Mary McKinnon moderated by Kayleigh Platz.
Pet Of The Month: Bilbo
Bilbo isn't afraid to show her many sides, and on the afternoon I met her, I saw two of them. She greeted me with curiosity, rubbing her head against my hand, but later, when I went to pet her goodbye, she swung a set of claws at me to let me know I was dismissed.
Read more about Pet Of The Month Bilbo, and so many other stories on our website
Is your pet a fan of the vet? Find out how to make you and your pet's vet visit the most enjoyable
We will be discussing tips to help decrease stress associated with coming to the vet clinic, including things you can do at home before the appointment and how we reduce stress while in the clinic. We will also discuss the importance of dental health and everything you can do to optimize their dental health to help ensure your pet lives a long, healthy and pain free life.
Snacks and refreshments will be served and we'll also have a few giveaways!
Pets are welcome!
Spots are limited to register today!
Spend your Valentines Day eve, February 13, with us for Poetry At The Phoenix
Our poets for this month: Linda Besner and A. F. Moritz!
Linda Besner’s second poetry collection, Feel Happier in Nine Seconds, was a finalist for the A.M. Klein Award. Her first book, The Id Kid, was named as one of the National Post’s Best Poetry Books of the Year. Her poetry has appeared in The New York Times Magazine and The Boston Review, and her award-winning nonfiction has appeared in The Guardian, the Atlantic, and The Globe & Mail. She has been a Fellow at the MacDowell Colony, and was selected as one of the Writers’ Trust of Canada’s best emerging artists. Her work has been anthologized in The Next Wave: 21st Century Canadian Poetry, What the Poets Are Doing: Canadian Poets in Conversation, and Best Canadian Poetry 2012.
A. F. Moritz’s most recent books of poems are The Garden: a poem and an essay (2021), As Far As You Know (2020), and The Sparrow: Selected Poems (2018). His book forthcoming in spring 2024 is entitled Great Silent Ballad. He has published 20 books of poems and his poetry has received various recognitions: among others, the Guggenheim Fellowship; inclusion in the Princeton Series of Contemporary Poets; the Ingram Merrill Fellowship; the Award in Literature of the American Academy of Arts and Letters; the Beth Hokin Prize of Poetry magazine; the Elizabeth Matchett Stover Prize of the Southwest Review; the ReLit Award; the Griffin Poetry Prize; the Raymond Souster Award of the League of Canadian Poets, selection to the Colleción Legítima Defensa of the Universidad Autónomo de Zacatecas (Mexico; distinguished foreign authors in translation); etc. He is a three-time finalist for the Governor General’s Award for English language poetry, for his books Rest on the Flight into Egypt (1999), The Sentinel (2008) and The New Measures (2012); his book As Far As You Know (2020 was a finalist for the Ontario Trillium Award. In January 2019 he was selected poet laureate of the City of Toronto and served in that role until May 2023.
We are blessed to be able to host poets of such immense talent at our lovely space at 3 Bartlett, we hope you’ll join us!
Show starts at 7 PM, tickets are Pay What You Can at the door, no one turned away for lack of funds! All funds raised will be split between the poets and the house.
Please RSVP to reserve a seat as there is limited space available: hello@westendphoenix.com