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Get hands-on with the tools behind every live show. This 12-week program builds real technical skill in live audio engineering, stage lighting and FX, and graphic design and post-production, with practice at a real venue and a portfolio-ready show design.

Wednesdays at 5 PM, starting September 30.

Registration link in bio!

#toronto #youth #youthprogramming taken in Blackhurst Cultural Centre by @blackhurstcc

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Back by popular demand!!

Learn to design the spaces your community needs. Over 12 weeks, you’ll explore urban design and public art as tools for cultural storytelling, working from real neighbourhood sites to a finished, exhibition-ready placemaking proposal.

Tuesdays at 5 PM, starting September 29.

Registration link in bio!

#toronto #youth #youthprogramming taken in Blackhurst Cultural Centre by @blackhurstcc

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Build your voice and your craft. Over 12 weeks, develop your skills in screenwriting, spoken word and poetry, song writing, and short stories, with weekly performance training and a supportive Community Circle, all leading up to a public Book celebration of your work.

Thursdays at 5 PM, starting October 1. Registration link in bio!

#toronto #youth #youthprogramming taken in Blackhurst Cultural Centre by @blackhurstcc

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I am excited to announce a new endeavor taking place in Toronto:

The Blackhurst Project!

With my co-collaborators @neilarmstrongreports and Itah Sadu, through their affiliation with the @blackhurstcc and @adifferentbooklist_, we have developed a Project to bring together scholars, artists, writers, and the public toward the cultivation of black thought in this current sociopolitical moment—think of it, so to speak, as a think tank. The inaugural event for this monthly series kicks off next Thursday, October 8, 2026 at 6p featuring @thephlnegro (@yale) to discuss his book, Inhabitants of the Deep: The Blueness of Blackness (@dukeuniversitypress).

We wholeheartedly welcome your attendance so please see the registration link in my bio; and be on the lookout for our next guest in November—issa surprise!—and for information about both future guests and opportunities for your work to be a part of the Project.

Until then and more soon . . . by @blackhurstcc

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Let's talk Calypso Rose. Her music, her politics, trials and tribulations navigating the male dominated calypso arena. Her rift with Sparrow in the tent. You don't want to miss this tête-à- tête with author Gelien Mathews and I. #blackandcaribbeanbookfair #caribbeanliterature @blackhurstcc @queenoftheroadmusical #calypsorose taken in Toronto, Ontario by @blackhurstcc

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📚🚀🍅REMINDER - SAT OCT 10: Around the corner like a comforting bowl of your favourite dish in autumn is @ydayoade's book launch for DELE & AMINATA'S JOLLOF WAR! It happens next Saturday at 2pm at @blackhurstcc with a reading by Yewande, Q&A, prizes...jollof rice!

Pre-order Yewande Daniel-Ayoade and Bri Marie McNish's DELE & AMINATA'S JOLLOF WAR: https://adifferentbooklist.com/item/s10bAYl4gC7RsLH3b2gv0g (🔗 in bio.)

It will be plenty of fun for the family, so come on down!It's free to attend. Like, share, spread the word, and we'll see you there! 🫶🏿 #DiverseBooks #CanLit #ChildrensLiterature #WestAfricanCulture #ReadDifferently📚 by @blackhurstcc

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🙏🏽Today, Blackhurst Cultural Centre honours residential school Survivors, their families and communities, and remembers the children who never came home.
We invite our community to listen to Indigenous voices, learn the truth, and carry the work of reconciliation beyond September 30.
Every child matters.

#blackhurstcc📚 #nationaltruthandreconciliationday🧡 #everychildmatters🧡 #september30th #indigenousheritage taken in Blackhurst Cultural Centre by @blackhurstcc

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Toronto, we’re starting a new conversation.

Introducing The Blackhurst Project, a new monthly series bringing together Black thought, scholarship, literature, arts and culture.

We begin with Jonathan Howard in conversation with I. Augustus Durham, exploring Howard’s Inhabitants of the Deep: The Blueness of Blackness.

📅 Thursday, October 8
⏰ 6:00–8:00 PM
📍 Blackhurst Cultural Centre
777–779 Bathurst Street, Toronto

Join us for the first conversation. Register through the link in bio.

#TheBlackhurstProject #BlackhurstCulturalCentre #BlackLiterature #BlackThought #BlackScholarship TorontoEvents BlackToronto by @blackhurstcc

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How do race, ethnicity and culture shape the way we see ourselves and understand Canada?‼️

Join Dr. Carl James in conversation with educators Marc Proudfoot and Ansar Dualeh for a timely discussion of the fifth edition of Seeing Ourselves: Exploring Race, Ethnicity, and Culture.

The conversation will explore immigration, reconciliation, Black Lives Matter, multiculturalism, belonging and the social changes shaping
Canada today.

When: Thursday, October 15, 2026
Time: 6:00-8:00 PM
Where: Blackhurst Cultural Centre
Address: 777-779 Bathurst Street, Toronto

#blackandcaribbeanbookaffair2026
#booksonsalenow #carljames #marcproudfoot #ansardualeh

One life. Nine decades. Three continents. An extraordinary story of courage and resilience❣️

Join Ramie Veerappan in conversation with Sandra Whiting about Ramie’s Dance of Resilience: Apartheid and Beyond, written by Romila Logarahjah-Jeevithan.

From the realities of apartheid and patriarchy to the challenges of discrimination, identity and belonging, Ramie’s journey is a powerful reminder of the human spirit’s ability to survive, transform and rewrite its own story.

When: Friday, October 16, 2026
Time: 6:00-8:00 PM
Where: Blackhurst Cultural Centre
Address: 777-779 Bathurst Street, Toronto

✅Save the date and share this event with readers who value memoir, history, resilience and stories of transformation.

#blackandcaribbeanbookaffair2026 #booksonsalenow #RamieVeerappan #SandraWhiting #danceofresilience

🎉Celebrate the life, music and global legacy of the Trinidad and Tobago Queen of Calypso.👑🇹🇹

Join Gelien Matthews in conversation with Rhoma Spencer for an engaging discussion of Calypso Rose and the extraordinary artist who broke barriers for women in Caribbean music.

Born Linda McCartha Monica Sandy-Lewis in Trinidad and Tobago, Calypso Rose has recorded more than 800 songs and 20 albums. Her pioneering career carried calypso around the world and earned major international honours.

When: Saturday, October 17, 2026
Time: 9:00-10:00 AM
Where: Live on ZOOM ‼️

✅Follow Blackhurst Cultural Centre for online access details and share this event with lovers of Caribbean music, biography, history and culture.

#b by @blackhurstcc

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📚🚀🌍REMINDER - TOMORROW! It's Sena Adzei's big day! Celebrate his new graphic travel memoir, SENA'S EPIC TRAVEL DIARY. 🥳👏🏿

Sena has travelled to 20 countries spanning 5 continents, so get set for exciting stories and travel tips, at 2pm at Blackhurst CC. All are welcome! To join virtually: US02WEB.ZOOM.US/J/88592826737 (🔗 in bio.)

*SENA'S EPIC TRAVEL DIARY, written by Sena Adzei and illustrated by Isikcan Cuhadar will be on sale at the event. To order it now at our webstore and pick up later: https://adifferentbooklist.com/item/uec93A2grG4uyWm-jtBWZw. (See bio☝🏿) See you there - #ReadDifferently!📚 by @blackhurstcc

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🤗Three days of books, ideas and stories that reflect who we are in this season ✨

📢The Black & Caribbean Book Affair 2026 returns to Blackhurst Cultural Centre from October 15–17th, under the theme Seeing Ourselves -The Next Chapter.

This year’s programme brings together compelling conversations, Caribbean biography, children’s literature, memoir and historical fiction:

Thursday, October 15 | 6–8 PM
Dr. Carl James discusses the fifth edition of Seeing Ourselves: Exploring Race, Ethnicity & Culture with educators Marc Proudfoot and Ansar Dualeh.

Friday, October 16 | 6–8 PM
Ramie Veerappan joins Sandra Whiting for a conversation about Ramie’s Dance of Resilience: Apartheid and Beyond, written by Romila Logarahjah-Jeevithan.

👑Saturday, October 17
9–10 AM on Zoom: Gelien Matthews and Rhoma Spencer discuss Calypso Rose.
This book captures the unstoppable rise of a woman who broke through the male-dominated calypso world to claim titles once reserved only for men, including Calypso Monarch and Road March Champion.

11 AM–1 PM: A Parade of Children’s Books with Heather Beaumont, Delano Brown and host Yolanda Marshall.

4:30–6:30 PM: Didier Leclair launches The African Prince, the Translator, and the Nazi in conversation with Canute Lawrence.

✅In-person events take place at Blackhurst Cultural Centre, 777–779 Bathurst Street, Toronto. Save the dates, share the programme and join us as Black and Caribbean stories take centre stage.

#blackandcaribbeanbookaffair #blackhurstculturalcentre📚 #seeingourselves #blackliteratureandculture #caribbeanliterature taken in Blackhurst Cultural Centre by @blackhurstcc

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📢Stories help children see themselves, their families and their communities with pride.

So, join us for A Parade of Children’s Books, a family-friendly celebration at the Black & Caribbean Book Affair 2026, presented at Blackhurst Cultural Centre. Meet authors Heather Beaumont (When We Go Home) and Delano Brown (My Neighborhood) in an engaging and exclusive conversation hosted by Yolanda Marshall, author of Sweet Sorrel Stand. Come participate in the parade around the neighbourhood❣️

Together, we’ll celebrate Black and Caribbean children’s literature, imagination and the stories shaping the next chapter.

Date: Saturday, October 17, 2026
Time: 11:00 AM–1:00 PM
Venue: Blackhurst Cultural Centre
Address: 777–779 Bathurst Street, Toronto

✅Save the date, share this with a family who loves books, and come see our stories take centre stage.

#blackandcaribbeanbookaffair #blackhurstculturalcentre #seeingourselves #caribbeanchildrensbooks #blackchildrensbooksandauthors taken in Blackhurst Cultural Centre by @blackhurstcc

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