Make April count with these local must-do exhibits, shows and festivals. —Karen Kwan
1. Bring a feather-free pillow and get set for some good clean fun as you gently whack others at the Toronto Pillow Fight Day at Nathan Phillips Square.
2. Raise funds and awareness for mental illness at One Brave Night at the Revue Cinema, during which there’ll be a triple feature, raffle and coffee to help you stay up from just before midnight until 7 a.m.
3. Spend three-and-a-half hours tasting and sipping your way through eclectic Kensington Market as you meet local purveyors and learn about the neighbourhood’s history in the Kensington Food Krawl.
4. Score covetable local goods at the spring edition of Midnight MRKT at 2nd Floor Events (there’ll be tasty snacks and bevvies to keep you fueled til 1 a.m., too).
5. Get lost in the artistic movements of kung fu at Shaolin Warriors at the Sony Centre of Performing Arts, which takes this skilled martial arts and turns it into a theatrical performance.
6. This year’s edition of the Gladstone Grow Op—an exhibition of art and design in the realm of landscape and urbanism—looks at how we conceive of urban and wild, and culture and nature.
7. This month sees a launch at the AGO of the largest retrospective in Canada of artist Georgia O’Keeffe. The exhibit includes well-known pieces, such as her work inspired by New Mexico, along with her abstract art.
8. A great way to spend Earth Day weekend? Planting a tree. Get your eco-action on at Downsview Park Earth Day 2017, where you can plant some greenery and partak in family-fun activities like a campfire, birds of prey demo and more.
9. Find those much-loved goods you’re ready to part with new homes while scoring new-to-you items for your closet at the Drop, Swap & Shop event at Evergreen.
10. Cat lovers! Help Toronto Cat Rescue raise funds for felines at the Bowl-a-thon for Cats at Bowlerama West. Bring in pledges for at least $100 and you get to dig into food, drink, lane, bowling shoes for the afternoon.
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