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we’ve created a system that clusters projects into This area of projects and activities includes dance, music, 7 pm-3 am, and every 60 minutes from 3 am-7 am.
six easy-to-navigate neighbourhoods. West to East, film and a celebration of the night sky. Capacity: 47 passengers per shuttle.
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NAVIGATE BY NEIGHBOURHOOD
Elles Aga Khan Museum and Park
and Ismaili Centre, Toronto,
Aga Khan Museum,
77 Wynford Dr.
Three key road closures will provide more space for pedestrians:
SCARBOROUGH 77 Wynford Dr.
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• Queen St. W. between Yonge St. and University Ave.
39 STEAM-Powered Stories: • Bay Street between Dundas St. W. and Adelaide St W.
DON MILLS Experience how Science,
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Ontario Science Centre, • Borough Drive between Brian Harrison Way and
Technology, Engineering, 770 Don Mills Rd.
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ART and Math collide at the (Second Floor Gallery)
Town Centre Court.
Ontario Science Centre
STERLING ROAD Ontario Science Centre, 66 This Storm is You Please stay alert, obey the rules of the road and follow
770 Don Mills Rd. Zahra Saleki traffic signals when crossing any and all roads.
WEST QUEEN WEST Ontario Science Centre,
770 Don Mills Rd.
DOWNTOWN (First Floor Gallery) Visit nbto.com for specific road closure details.
MAP LEGEND SCARBOROUGH GETTING AROUND
Explore 28 projects at Scarborough Civic Centre and Scarborough The things they carried curated by Tairone Bastien It’s easy to access the event by foot, bike or transit.
Exhibition – STYLL Town Centre - including 10 new artworks commissioned for the This exhibition reflects on the immigrant stories of Toronto that are often silenced
or marginalized. Through music, food and art, these works cast light on the
exhibition STYLL and five projects in Scarborough Rapid Transit
Exhibition – Dream Time: We All Have Stories stations along the route to Scarborough.
journeys that brought us here and provoke consideration of things forgotten or All-Night TTC Service and Free SRT
carried along the way.
In addition to the regular all-night Blue Night Network service,
Exhibition – The things they carried 21 Mirrors of Babel 24 Mirrors of Babel – Am I Okay? the TTC is extending all-night service to Line 1, 2 and the
STYLL curated by Alyssa Fearon eL Seed Tabban Soleimani Scarborough Rapid Transit (SRT).
Major Institutions The artists in this exhibition disrupt boundaries and blur borders between 200 Town Centre Court Ellesmere SRT Station,
downtown and the suburbs, the centre and margins, ourselves and each other. 1025 Ellesmere Rd. • Line 1 Yonge-University service will operate all night from
Each project exposes the unexpected and unplanned, making real again what was 22 Mirrors of Babel – little g Vaughan Metropolitan Centre station to Finch station.
Independent Projects denied or written over. Javid Jah 25 Mirrors of Babel –
Kennedy SRT Station, Natural Love • Line 2 Bloor-Danforth service will operate all night from
Special Projects 2455 Eglinton Ave. E. Planta Muisca Kipling station to Kennedy station.
1 Everything I Wanted 6 Within
Midland SRT Station,
to Tell You RISE 23 Mirrors of Babel – • Line 3 Scarborough Rapid Transit service will operate
2085 Midland Ave.
Experiential Activations Hiba Abdallah Scarborough Civic Centre Universal Language FREE all night from Kennedy station to McCowan station.
Albert Campbell Square, (Loading Dock), Shalak Attack 26 Mirrors of Babel – Mord’iim Day/Group Passes purchased for use on September 29 will be valid
150 Borough Dr. 150 Borough Dr.
Event Centre Lawrence East SRT Station, MEDIAH
until 7 am on September 30.
2444 Lawrence Ave. E. Scarborough Centre SRT Station,
2 Portals 7 Wards
290 Borough Dr.
Free Shuttle Alyssa Bistonath and Andrew Finlay Stewart
Scarborough Community Scarborough Civic Centre Park & Ride
Members (Council Chambers), 44 Rebirth 70 The Scarborough Sign
TTC Subway Station Scarborough Civic Centre, 150 Borough Dr. Free all-night parking is available at TTC Commuter Parking Lots.
ARTSIDEOUT Scarborough Arts
150 Borough Dr. Borough Approach East Scarborough Civic Centre,
Road Closures 8 The Filibuster
& Borough Dr. 150 Borough Dr.
3 Law of the Land Various Artists Service Diversions
Bishara Elmi and Scarborough Scarborough Civic Centre 52 Long Distance Relationship 71 You’re Here
Community Members (Rotunda), 150 Borough Dr. The 501 Queen Streetcar will be diverted onto King Street between
Christopher Dela Cruz Made in Tkaronto
Frank Faubert Woodlot West Trail, and Patrick Atienza
Spadina Avenue and Church Street due to event road closures.
9 our roots are here, amongst Scarborough Civic Centre
Borough Dr. & Borough
EVENT CENTRES the grasses: being who Albert Campbell Square (Park), (Underground Parking Garage),
Approach East 150 Borough Dr. 150 Borough Dr.
you are there is no other,
4 Cavalier Noir collective gestures 55 RISE 72 An Atlas of Scarborough
Ekow Nimako with Director X Y+ contemporary Bárbara Wagner and
For more information about the TTC’s all-night
PLAN YOUR NIGHT Scarborough Civic Centre, Jessica Karuhanga and Benjamin de Burca
GeoArt Collective
Scarborough Town Centre extended service and diversions, visit ttc.ca.
150 Borough Dr. Scarborough Community Cineplex Cinema Scarborough, (Directory Screens),
• View large-scale maps to see where to go next members 300 Borough Dr. 300 Borough Dr.
Share the night:
5 Sincerely, Scarborough Frank Faubert Woodlot East Trail,
Various Artists Ellesmere Rd. & McCowan Ave. 67 Afroscanned 73 Interlacing
• Chat with a Volunteer Information Ambassador
• Food vendors
Toronto Public Library,
Scarborough Civic Centre Branch,
156 Borough Dr.
10 Line 3 Eastbound:
A Curated Playlist
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Scarborough Civic Centre
Community Arts Guild
Scarborough Town Centre, nbTO.com
(Underground Parking Garage), 300 Borough Dr.
Line 3, Scarborough RT
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68 ah me dhat Christopher Penrose
• First Aid A Phone Charging Station
Scarborough Civic Centre
30 Walk Among Worlds
Máximo González
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Scarborough Civic Centre
Scarborough Town Centre,
300 Borough Dr.
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150 Borough Dr. (Wedding Chapel),
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Church of the Redeemer, 74 Wellesley St. W.
North of Bloor St. W. 162 Bloor St. W.
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Raghubir Singh Photographs 61 The W(hole) Picture SYSTEM Sounds and Dunlap Program Sponsors
Austin Terrace Royal Ontario Museum,
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Glory Hole Gallery Institute for Astronomy and Front St W
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Monsignor Fraser College, Site 3 coLaboratory, Science
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Enjoy 31 projects from Nathan Phillips Square and Toronto City Hall to Yonge-Dundas Square, Bay Street, the Toronto Coach Terminal
Thank you to our Sponsors and Partners
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718 Ossington Ave. and beyond. The area is anchored by 11 artworks from the exhibitions Dream Time: We All Have Stories and The things they carried.
STERLING ROAD WEST QUEEN WEST Dream Time: We All Have Stories curated by Karen Alexander 45 Sidewalk Salsa 59 Intersections
Inspired by the history and physicality of the Ward, eight artists transform sites in Dos Dunyas UNION Innovation
and around City Hall into shared visual experiences. Their stories draw on a broad Osgoode Rotunda Drake One Fifty, 150 York St.
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STERLING ROAD WEST QUEEN WEST
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100 Queen St. W. (Sir John A. Macdonald Plaza), & DOWNTOWN
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of Contemporary Art and at the Drake Commissary, experience, and a gateway to the Sterling Road neighbourhood. 500 Bay St. at Larry Sefton Park G Hendrick’s Gin:
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neighbourhood. 401 Richmond St. W. Onsite Gallery, Design Exchange, C.O.R.G.A.N. for short!
Artscape Youngplace Seneca College School
199 Richmond St. W. 234 Bay St. Nathan Phillips Square
180 Shaw St. of Creative Arts and Animation 33 Ancient Forest Alliance
36 Demos – A Reconstruction 58 Dark Waters #unignorable by United Way (West Lawn), 100 Queen St. W.
48 Dust Cycles Artscape Youngplace, Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas 38 FORWARD D
Andreas Angelidakis Ryan Van Der Hout 180 Shaw St. de Pencier, Edward Burtynsky Daniel Iregui Nathan Phillips Square Shiseido Makeup Mobile Lab
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Art Gallery of Ontario, OCAD University, 100 McCaul St. (South West corner), 10 Dundas Square St.
Toronto, 158 Sterling Rd. 163 Sterling Rd., Unit 125 Artscape Youngplace, 317 Dundas St. W. 100 Queen St. W.
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128A Sterling Rd. (Back Parking Lot) (South Lawn), 100 Queen St. W.