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The Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival is running May 1-31st, exhibiting artists’ work, not only from Toronto, but from around the world. There’s one exhibit that’s a MUST SEE entitled ‘Full Frontal T.O.’, by local Photographer Patrick Cummins. Over the past 30 years he’s wandered the streets of Toronto collecting images of its ever-changing city landscape. His “collations” act as a visual history lesson of the city’s architecture, as the photos compare the similarities and differences between the same buildings over the years. The exhibit opening is May 9, 7-10pm at Urbanspace Gallery, located at 401 Richmond St West. The exhibition launch will also coincide with Coach House Books’ publication of Patrick Cummins’ Full Frontal T.O.

1042 Queen St West – March 21, 1999

1042 Queen St West – December 6, 2009

For more info: Full Frontal T.O.

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As most of you already know, our website is dedicated to showcasing a variety of Toronto talent. We post about artists, musicians, community leaders, young entrepreneur’s, photographers and much more. Our city is one of the most photographed cities in the world, so it only makes sense to introduce some of our favourite photographers.

Richard Gottardo is a Toronto based photographer, responsible for the beautiful skyline shot (as seen above), which is now 1 of our 5 main images on 1loveto.com. To see more great work from Richard, CLICK HERE.

Roman Dmitri snapped this surreal photo of The ROM (Royal Ontario Museum), which he’s entitled ‘Crystal Palace’. To see more HDR work from Roman, CLICK HERE.

Check out this incredible shot of City Hall and its reflection, by photographer Edwin Chang. See more photos HERE.

Rémi Carreiro is no stranger to us! If you ever go to our 1 LOVE T.O. Store, you’ll see the giant cityscape photo that covers our entire shop, courtesy of Rémi. Check out more of his pics on Flickr: purplepick

This shot of Trinity Bellwoods Park instantly got our attention, so we decided to feature it as another 1 of the 5 main images on our new site. Check out more photos here: flickr.com/scienceduck

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Here’s a brief introduction to the new Regent Park Arts & Cultural Centre with our friend and Managing Director Seema Jethalal.

We’d love to hear your thoughts! Feel free to leave a comment below.

Video by MyCityLives.

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Last week we announced that 1loveto.com has become part of the #AmexAmbassador team, where we get to enjoy all the perks that Amex offers its Cardmembers. One such perk is Amex Delights, an online destination that is updated regularly with special offers designed with Amex Cardmembers in mind.

As part of the VIP Amex Delights package, this past weekend we attended the Canadian Premiere of “War Horse.” Yes, that’s right. We already saw it and it was sooo good.

Part of the packaged included access to a VIP reception prior to the play starting inside the lovely Princess of Wales Theatre; there were complimentary cocktails and then we knew we were in for a great Friday night theatre experience. In the trailer posted above you see the War Horse as a very young hunter horse, but during the course of the play you watch “Joey” (the horse) grow. And the more his character develops, the further you have fallen in love with him without realizing it – and that’s all before intermission.

We definitely don’t want to ruin it for you, but it’s worth checking out. And for more info about Amex Delights, check out their Facebook tab. Amex Delights is currently offering a great package for another Mirvish show coming up in May, Bring It On: The Musical. (Tix are a great gift idea)

Tweet us all about it!

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A collection of over 30 Hearts in 40 seconds… Happy Valentine’s Day!

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Once in awhile, we’ll post something about LOVE, even if it’s not directly related to Toronto. In this case, artist Curtis Kulig (of the famous “Love Me” tags) and Shepard Fairey (of the OBEY campaign) have come together to create a limited-edition line of clothing for both men and women. The “Love Me” Project is a part of the 2012 Spring/Summer OBEY catalog, and is now available online.

To see the entire collection, CLICK HERE.

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Well known Toronto street artist Elicser is set to release his first ever book entitled “Know Love”, this Friday, February 10th from 7-10pm at LE Gallery (1183 Dundas St West). The book is a collection of images and words reflecting on the simplicity and beauty of what LOVE is.

Previously: Elicser Interview

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Uplift is a Canadian non-profit organization founded by Rima Neverland and Alex Westgate. Their initiative is to make the world a better place through the power of art. With the help of photographers, illustrators, designers, and fine artists who donate pieces of work, they raise money for a variety of good causes. So far, they’ve worked with World Vision Foundation, in order to raise funds for the famine in the Horn of Africa.

Watch the video to get a better understanding of what they’re all about.

For more info: weuplift.ca

Video by Driftwood.

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UforChange works with new Canadian and low-income youth living in and around St. James Town to inspire them and give them the tools to succeed by providing support and resources to pursue higher education, volunteering, job shadowing and/or employment opportunities. They help to connect youth with professionals, artists, and community leaders who teach them how to use the arts as a vehicle for economic, cultural and social change.

UforChange is a federally funded pilot project until March 31, 2012.

If you’d like to see this program continue, you can make a donation HERE.
(Tax receipts are available for donations of $25.00 or more.)

For more info: uforchange.org

Previously: UforChange – Documentary

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The good folks from The Hue (Vancouver based culture source) sat down with 1 LOVE T.O.’s very own Bryan Brock to talk everything Toronto.

Full Interview Here

Thanks for the love!

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I just found this great video featuring Toronto’s screen printing duo Michael and Bianca aka Kid Icarus. Watch the video and get familiar with this Kensington Market print shop.

Video by Still Motion.

Previously: Kid Icarus – “Handmade Holiday”

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Our friends over at Playground decided to get Toronto artist Al Runt (famous for the Lee’s Palace mural) to give their new office space a bit of colour. Watch the video to see how Al turns their white pillar into a work of art.

Video by Biz Media.

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