Amazing performances and
interactive activities at Harbourfront Centre’s family celebration
of GEEKS this Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend, October 12 & 13.
Admission is free.
Harbourfront Centre is excited to present its free family celebration
of GEEKS with two jam-packed days of creativity and plenty of fun
on Sunday and Thanksgiving Holiday Monday, October 12 & 13. HarbourKIDS:
GEEK OUT! includes Beakman Live!, a live stage spectacle, based
on the Emmy-winning show, Beakman’s World, featuring large-scale,
wacky science demos with lots of audience participation; Darwin,
a brilliant show where electroluminescent creatures light up the
stage; incredible theatre and music performances; Lego Invention
Connection; the Laurentien Clubhouse; the Natrel Robot Reboot Station;
a spelling bee; plus awesome interactive activities.
The BiG idEA for October’s edition of HarbourKIDS (Harbourfront
Centre’s new family programme) is the celebration of GEEKS with
a weekend of non-stop fun. GEEKS are those that march to the beat
of their own drum, and can be artists or designers or architects
or astronauts or anyone else with a passion for doing what they
do. In other words, GEEKS are cool and amazing people! HarbourKIDS:
GEEK OUT! is a chance for kids to do the things they love to do.
Maybe they are ace spelling champs. Or master builders. Maybe they
are amazing illustrators or video game whizzes.
HarbourKIDS: GEEK OUT! takes place on Sunday & Thanksgiving Holiday
Monday, October 12 & 13, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Toronto’s Harbourfront
Centre, 235 Queens Quay West. Admission is free. For information,
the public can call 416-973-4000 or visit
harbourfrontcentre.com/harbourkids.
HarbourKIDS: GEEK OUT! Highlights
Beakman Live!
Paul Zaloom (USA)
Sunday, October 12, 2:15 & 4:15 p.m.
Monday, October 13, 11:45 a.m. & 4:15 p.m.
Based on the Emmy Award-winning children's science TV show Beakman's
World, Beakman Live! features Paul Zaloom as the eccentric, wacky
scientist Beakman, who amazes his fellow humans with a series of
death-defying and unbelievable demonstrations of intriguing scientific
principles. See Beakman lie on a bed of needle-sharp nails! Watch
Beakman make a flying bat materialize from thin air!
Marvel as Beakman breaks the sound barrier in front of everyone’s
eyes!
Ponder the impossibility as Beakman makes a roll of toilet paper
fly!
Witness Beakman fearlessly stand in the path of a speeding bowling
ball as the audience wonders in suspense if it will smash his really
big head!
Called "one of the most original and talented political satirists
working in the theater" by The New York Times, Paul Zaloom is an
award-winning performance artist, puppeteer and political satirist,
who has written, designed and performed over 10 solo shows. Recommended
for ages 5 and up.
(For additional details on Beakman Live!, visit
www.washingtonsquarearts.com/theatrical-beakman-live.asp.)
Darwin
CORBIAN Visual Arts and Dance (USA)
Sunday, October 12, 11:45 a.m.
Monday, October 13, 2 p.m.
Darwin, a Canadian premiere, is an amazing show where electroluminescent
creatures light up the stage. Darwin takes audiences on a journey
with Darwin, a dinosaur built by the hands of a great artist, Henslow.
Kids follow Darwin from his origination as he stumbles over joy,
creativity, fear, danger, victory and most importantly love—and
like kids, in the process of growing up, learns life lessons and
begins to make decisions for himself. CORBIAN brings together dance
with the visual arts to present dinosaurs in an innovative and visually
striking way—making this performance accessible to younger audiences,
while also giving a creative spin on dinosaurs, which many kids
are already geeks for!
CORBIAN is dedicated to entertaining and educating using new, interesting
and often-simple theatrical methods and materials. Much of CORBIAN’s
content includes sculptures of wire and/or epoxy rods lit over black
space bringing forth living crayon-like creatures and characters.
In addition to the story, this production has a Q&A that gives audiences
the opportunity to learn about the company’s use of electroluminescent
wire to bring the characters to ‘life.’ Recommended for ages 7 and
up. (For a video clip of CORBIAN Visual Arts and Dance, visit
www.iancarney.com/images/PROMO_G_web300.mov.)
O is for Ogre
Waterwood Theatre Projects (Canada)
Sunday, October 12, 11:15 a.m.
Monday, October 13, 11:15 a.m. & 1:45 p.m.
Waterwood Theatre Projects presents O is for Ogre, a performance
about the joy of reading! It’s a tale about a young boy, Owen Osborne
and his love of books. A stubborn Ogre begins to take Os out of
some of Owen’s favourite books. Kids are invited to follow along
as Owen figures out how to get them back. Beautiful table top, hand,
rod and shadow puppets, along with music make this fun-filled and
enchanting show come to life. Waterwood Theatre Projects has been
presenting original shows for children and family audiences for
over 20 years. Recommended for ages 5-9.
Annabelle Canto (Canada)
Sunday, October 12, 1 p.m.
Bilingual performance in English/French
From Montreal, soprano Christina Tannous becomes Annabelle Canto,
the young opera singer who loses both her voice and memory on the
morning of an important concert. Annabelle and her pianist, played
by Dominic Boulianne, set out on a quest for this magical voice.
Annabelle Canto, part of the Music with Bite ongoing family concert
series, is a co-production with Jeunesses Musicales Ontario. The
performance is also part of Québec Now!, a Toronto-wide celebration
of contemporary Québec arts and culture.
Recommended for ages 5 and up.
A is for Awesome Spelling Bee
with musical guest Bob Wiseman
Sunday, October 12, 3:45 p.m.
Calling all amazing spellers! It’s kids vs. adults. Participants
receive ribbons and trophies designed by local artists. Participates
must be 7 years of age or older. All ages are welcome as audience
members.
Laurentien Clubhouse
Kids make artist cards that they can trade with other kids, and
their own geek button at the Get your Button On station.
Lego Invention Connection
Geeks are great inventors. Kids are invited to get inspired by LEGO
experts’ models of famous inventions and then build their own.
Natrel Robot Reboot Station
Kids create their own robot costume out of Natrel milk cartons,
crafts and their imagination. Afterwards, they are invited to join
a huge robot dance party.
Electricity Lab with InterAccess
Adding electricity to one’s favourite things isn’t only easy—it’s
fun!
InterAccess is an artist-run centre that invites people to explore
art and technology. For additional details on InterAccess, visit
interaccess.org.
Other not-to-be-missed activities: HyperStory with author Emily
Pohl-Weary who enlists the help of participants to create a huge
choose-your-own adventure story; cool comic book workshops with
Zach Wartan; Impossible Project Institute by Swintak; Dungeons and
Dragons; and video games.
HarbourKIDS: GEEK OUT! is supported by the Ontario Arts Council,
the Toronto Arts Council, Enwave, Sirius Satellite Radio, Pawsway,
Queens Quay Terminal, Natrel, Aquafina, Laurentien and LEGO.
FOCUS: Pause
Harbourfront Centre wants you. to. slow. down. In a world where
we are constantly bombarded with information and images, what happens
when someone really takes the time to reflect? From September to
May, Harbourfront Centre wants you to pause and make a connection
to art, technology, the world. Find time for yourself by taking
one of our Courses and Workshops; reflect while you wait for the
World Stage curtain to rise; indulge in a great book during Authors
at Harbourfront Centre. Harbourfront Centre–time well spent.
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