[murmur] on Spadina

[murmur] launches on Spadina Oct 20th at Grossman’s Tavern


Exciting news about the ongoing [murmur] project! Your [murmur] stories will be considered for inclusion in this exciting new work.

Please join [murmur] this Thursday Oct 20th at Grossman's Tavern (379 Spadina Avenue at Cecil) from 6-9pm for a (free) reception celebrating the launch of our Spadina project with 50 new sites along the street. We've been recording Torontonians over the past few months telling parts of Spadina's story in their own words. Some of the stories are anecdotal, other times historic, but always heartfelt. Listen to a tale of sneaking into the Pickford Theatre at Queen and Spadina in the 1920s, ghost stories at the Bright Pearl restaurant and what it's like to live on the 22nd floor, high above the street at 666 Spadina.

[murmur] on Spadina is part of Toronto's Live With Culture program (livewithculture.ca), and we have partnered with the Chinese Canadian National Council of Toronto (ccnc.ca/toronto) to help gather stories from the local Chinese community. If you feel a group is underrepresented in Toronto's history, please put us in contact with the people who can help us find those storytellers. But do join us on Thursday at one of Toronto's historic music venues (and [murmur] story site) and pick up our brand new Spadina map/guide illustrated by Marlena Zuber (the artist behind both our Kensington and Annex maps).