Hyper-localized flea markets have been increasing in popularity in Toronto, prompting one market, the Leslieville Flea, to move to a bigger home now at the Distillery District. 

 

The Leslieville Flea takes place the third Sunday of every month and features "a variety of vendors selling one of a kind items, furniture, hand crafted designs, antiques, vintage clothing, designer pieces and more," according to its website. More than 60 vendors will be participating in this week's event, including graphic print city-influenced company Streetcar Prints, antique furnishing, clothing and curiosities company Bragg and Bee, and craftsman Son of a Woodcutter.

 

The event is free to attend. If you're a vendor interested in participating, applications are being accepted for February, March and April, and information can be found here.

 

For a full list of vendors check out the Leslieville Flea's website here.  

 

 

The Honourable Kellie Leitch will be speaking as part of the Empire Club of Canada's speakers forum next Tuesday to discuss her role as the Minister of Labour and Minister of Status of Women.

 

Kellie Leitch was elected to the House of Commons in 2011 and appointed Minister of Labour and Minister of Status of Women in July 2013. "Dr. Leitch is a pediatric orthopedic surgeon and an associate professor of surgery. She is the former Chair of the Ivey Centre for Health Innovation and Leadership and has served on various councils and boards, including the YMCA and Community Living," it says in her biography listed on the event's webpage. 

 

"Dr. Leitch has been recognized with the Order of Ontario for her advocacy work on behalf of Canadian children, and in 2005, she was selected as one of Canada’s 'Top 40 Under 40' for her work in both medicine and business," it continues.

 

Tickets to the event are $80 each for non-members of the Empire's Club or $800 for an entire table, including 10 tickets. Lunch is included in the event. 
 

For more information, please visit the Empire Club's website. 

 

 

German group Kraftwerk has been churning out their own brand of "robot rock" since the mid-70's, but they've changed gears to focus their performances more one experiences—turning the concert into what a press release describes as "a perfectly synchronized audio-visual spectacle complete with pristine digital sound and 3-D projections" and "a pure electronic art-rave."

 

The band has been taking this show on the road and finally announced Canadian dates earlier this week—first in Toronto on March 29, followed by a performance in Montreal on the 30th.

 

In a 5-star review printed in the Guardian last year, musician and music writer Brian Ritchie describes the experience: "Visuals using the languages of musical notation, advertising, scientific formulae, architectural drawing, computer modeling, typography and Bauhaus colour theory take audiences on a ride more akin to amusement park than concert hall. People gasp and duck as space debris and German phrases are hurled at them. When the 3-D technology is not invading the hall, it creates stage depth and the illusion that the performers are floating amid the action."

 

Read more about the experience in Exclaim. 

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