“OH, THE PLACES WE’LL GO THEN,”
DURING THE YEAR TWENTY-TEN
FEBRUARY
‘All systems go. Commencing countdown to lift-off…’
Small Print, The Little Paper & Rooster Studio (AKA Tot Squad) Present the Second Annual
TOTSAPALOOZA: THE SPACE AGE RODEO EDITION
“DIY Defies Gravity”
Toronto Life Magazine awarded last winter’s wildly popular tribute to the Do-It-Yourself (DIY) spirit, Totsapalooza, with number 14 on their 2009 list of “50 Reasons To Love Toronto”. Fasten your seatbelts, celestial explorers! For this year’s Totsapalooza: The Space Age Rodeo Edition, we’ve put together another amazing lineup of leading indie rockers, children’s authors and inventive crafts to celebrate how the DIY ethos defies gravity. Don Kerr & The Jet Pack Orchestra will beam the party into another galaxy with the help of Bellwoods Trinity, I Eat Kids and Sho, Mo & The Monkey Bunch. Also on the bill is Katie Van Camp’s award-winning tale, Harry & Horsie, (Harper Collins), Ashley Spires’ stellar feline, Binky The Space Cat (Kids Can Press) and Chris A. Rutkowski’s eye-opening I Saw It Too: Real UFO Sightings (Dundurn). Catch future literary all stars in action at the Volume One Project Showcase. Enjoy organic space snacks from gourmet caterer Pantry. Dynamic brother-sister duo Ryan and Lisa Kelly from The Centre For Art & Soul will run activity and dance sessions. Kids will build musical instruments and UFOs that can actually fly out of recycled materials. And, of course, there will be an intergalactic jam session featuring budding rockers and indie veterans!
Revival, 783 College St (At Shaw)
Sun Feb 21; 2pm (Doors 1:30pm)
Adults $10 / Kids $8 / Non-Walkers Free
Tickets Available At Our Online Kiosk, below, and on earth at TYPE Books (883 Queen St West – or call 416-366-TYPE) and Soundscapes (572 College St West – in person only). Proceeds will be donated to The Children’s Storefront.
WHY RISK IT?
As many of you learned the hard way, last winter’s Totsapalooza completely sold out in just four days! Tickets for this year’s show are moving at the speed of sound. So, why risk it? Take a quick second and get your tickets now from our online kiosk, below, or swing by TYPE Books (883 Queen St West – 416-487-TYPE) and Soundscapes (572 College St West – in person only).
SUPPORT OUR SUPPORTERS
The Tot Squad thanks the following artists, businesses, and organizations for their generous support of Totsapalooza: The Space Age Rodeo Edition:
Arts & Crafts Records, Bookshorts Literacy Program, Bunch, Centre For Art & Soul, Dundurn Press, Fancy Pants Kids, Fuzzy Logic Recordings, HarperCollins Canada, Kids Can Press, The Little Paper, Liz Phillips, NOW Magazine, Pantry, Penguin Group (Canada), Soundscapes, Torontoist.com, TYPE Books, & The Yummy Mummy Club
Media Contact: Chris Reed, chris@smallprinttoronto.org, (416) 779-REED
MARCH
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
“The Piece By Piece Storytelling Mash-Up”
Open to writers between 12-19 years old.
Tell us about fitting into Canada.
Share your experience in one of the following ways:
· Spoken Word / Rap (2-5 pieces)
· Short Story - Fiction (500-1000 words)
· Short Story – Non-Fiction (500-1000 words)
· Drama (500-1000 words)
· Poetry (2-5 poems)
Send your work to: piece.by.piece.story@gmail.com
By Monday, March 1, 2010
Five artists from each category will be chosen to work with one of the award-winning contributors to Teresa Toten’s forthcoming anthology, Piece By Piece: Stories About Fitting Into Canada (Penguin Group Canada). Selected artists will collaborate on a five-minute performance piece, based on their submissions. They will present this collective literary mash-up at a public event on March 28 at Gladstone Hotel. But wait, there’s more: selected artists can work and hang out with their literary heroes, receive an autographed copy of Piece By Piece and an awesome prize pack.
THE TOT STUDIO: FANTASTIC JOURNEYS DAY
A March Break Art Adventure With Laurel Croza, Matt James, & Patricia Storms
Is anywhere on earth more exotic than the places we imagine? To celebrate March Break, the 2-to-8 set can take a fantastic creative journey with some of our country’s leading children's artists. In I Know Here (Groundwood Books), Matt James' stunning visual art compliments Laurel Croza's poignant tale about a young girl whose family moves from the forests of northeastern Saskatchewan to a strange new place called ‘Toronto’. Crouza and James will guide the group in a dynamic craft and mapping activity. Noted illustrator and author Patricia Storms will perform a play with her husband based on her delightful new book, The Pirate And The Penguin (Owl Kids), featuring full body costumes and everything! Storms will then lead a group drawing exercise based on her characters' remarkable adventures
Gladstone Hotel Ballroom, 1214 Queen St West
Wed, March 17; 10AM (Doors 9:30AM)
$8 Adults / Kids $5 / Non-Walkers Free
Advance Tickets go on sale at our online kiosk on March 1.
THE PIECE BY PIECE STORYTELLING MASH-UP
To celebrate the release of celebrated author and editor Teressa Toten's collection, Piece by Piece: Stories About Fitting Into Canada (Penguin Group Canada), we're staging a Storytelling Mash-Up. A writing contest for high school students will be organized ahead of time, asking them to contribute their own 500 word, 'Piece By Piece' stories. Rather than having each contest winner get up and read her/his entry, one after another, we're havin' a throwdown! Winners will be divided into groups. Each group will work with such award-winning contributors to the anthology as Linda Granfield, Mahtab Narsimhan, Richard Poplak and Rui Umezawa. They will devise a way to combine their five winning stories into a single presentation. And then they will perform it! Also on the bill is a sound clash featuring teenage DJs from different communities across the city. Noted author Joseph Kertes will host the event.
Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen St West
Sun March 28; 2-4pm (Doors 1:30pm) FREE
There are lots of other literary confections currently percolating in the Small Print Easy Bake oven. Stay tuned…
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