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June is action-packed
UNTIL JULY 12: Bazgasht:
Traditional Methods
and Modern Practices.
Exhibition at Art
Gallery of Mississauga.
Curated by Ali Adil Khan,
Asma Arshad Mahmood
and Rob Freeman. Call
905- 896-5088.
UNTIL JUNE 13: Lit City:
Toronto Through the Eyes of Authors
and Artists. In celebration
of Toronto’s 175th birthday,
this exhibition pairs passages
from historic and contemporary
literary works about Toronto
with pieces from the City’s
extensive art collection. Market
Gallery, South St. Lawrence
Market. Free. Call 416-392-
7604 or e-mail marketgallery
@toronto.ca
JUNE 3, 13: Christina Sharma,
certified habitat steward, volunteer
educator for Canadian Wildlife
Federation and founder of
Project CHIRP! (Creating Habitat
In Residential areas and Parkland),
presents open house and
educational songbird garden
tour. At 105 Laurel Avenue,
Etobicoke. $10. Visit www.project
chirp. com or call 416-236-7234.
JUNE 7: Sanatan Mandir
Cultural Centre’s annual Walkathon.
Call SMCC (905-887-
7777), Kokiben Patel (905-
886-7714), Nilesha Patel
(905-738-4383), or Niral Merchant
(905-508-5026) or visit
www.sanatanmandir.com.
For Hall Seva bookings, contact
Pankajbhai Shah at 905-470-
0439.
JUNE 11: Women’s Habitat
4th annual Girls’ Night Out
Fundraiser. Invite your girlfriends,
sisters, mothers and coworkers
to this fun evening
filled with psychic readings,
therapeutic touch, nia dance,
Free Desi Diary listings
yoga demonstrations, a silent
auction, vendors with terrific
merchandise and much more.
A great opportunity to
spend time with the girls while
helping a worthy cause – making
a difference in the lives of
women and children fleeing
violence. From 7 to 10 pm at The
Assembly Hall, 1 Colonel Samuel
Smith Park Drive, Etobicoke.
Tickets: $75 at www.womenshabitat.ca/GirlsNightOut.
php.
JUNE 13: Ontario Intercultural
Community Services is
a Community Kitchen and Food
Bank in Mississauga serving 500
families and about 3000 clients.
It is hosting a fundraising event
at Ontario Place. Tickets: Adult,
regular: $33, discounted, $20; children,
ages 4-5, regular, $17.50,
discounted, $15. For info, visit
www.oics.ca.
JUNE 13: Dada J.P. Vaswani,
spiritual luminary, philosopher
and author, to speak
on how to overcome stress.
6:30pm, BAPS Shri Swaminarayan
Mandir, Toronto. Free
admission, refreshments after
program. Info at www.sadhu
vaswani.org.
JUNE 27: Creation India
Music Festival. Sarangi recital
by Pandit Ramesh Misra and
Kathak by Hemant and Vaishali
Panwar. 6:30 pm, City
Play House, Vaughan. Tickets:
$15. Basu Mukherjee (416-
875-9010), Runki Basu (416-
875-2919) or online at www.
creationsindia.ca/tickets.
JUNE 27: Miss Pakistan
World 2009. Lotus Convention
Centre. Contestants from the UK,
the US, Scotland and Canada. Tickets:
$150. For info, visit www.
miss pakistan world.com or
call 416-898-2016.
– With files from ARTI CHANDARIA
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UNTIL JUNE 7: Onofono,
in association with Video
Cabaret, presents the acclaimed
clown-mime fantasia Cowboys
& Indians. An Eastern Western,
this imaginative showdown is
created and performed by
Anand Rajaram with score
Anand Rajaram in
Cowboys & Indians,
until June 7 at Factory
Studio Theatre
and musical accompaniment
by Bob Wiseman. Awarded
the Spotlight Award at the
Summerworks Theatre Festival,
Cowboys & Indians explores
the romance of cowboy culture
through the eyes of a curious
outsider who ventures into the
Wild West with dreams of
living like a cowboy, only to
experience the unimaginable.
Actor, writer, director, pup-
Quick Gun Murugan wears kurta-pyjama!
peteer, performance artiste and
cultural wavemaker, Anand
Rajaram is artistic director of
Onofono and diaspoRadicals.
At the Factory Studio Theatre.
Tickets: $15, $20, $25. Call
416-504-9971 or visit www.
factory theatre.ca.