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NFB French Family Films WHEN: 2 to 3:30 p.m. WHERE: Lillian H. Smith Library, 239 College St. CONTACT: 416-393-7746 to register Come to the library for a screening of short French Films from the National Film Board’s “Le Jour Plus Court” program. The films are for ages four and up.

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NFB French Preschooler Films WHEN: 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. WHERE: Lillian H. Smith Library, 239 College St. CONTACT: 416-393-7746 to register COST: Free Come to the library for a screening of short films for preschoolers, part of the National Film Board’s “Le Jour Plus Court” program. Daycare groups are welcome.

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Happy New Year The Musicians In Ordinary - Baroque New Year’s Day Concert WHEN: 2 to 4 p.m. WHERE: Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave. CONTACT: www. musiciansinordinary.ca COST: $30, $20 students and seniors. Let The Musicians In Ordinary ease you into 2015 with their annual New Year’s Day Baroque concert.

Older Lesbians Book Group WHEN: 1 to 3 p.m. WHERE: 519 Community Centre, 519 Church St. CONTACT: Eleanor Batchelder, 647-235-0843, eob62@yahoo.com COST: Free The group will discuss the classic allegory Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame. Light refreshments.

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Take Home a Piece of Clare Twomey: Piece by Piece WHEN: 1 to 5 p.m. WHERE: Gardiner Museum, 111 Queen’s Park CONTACT: 416-408-5084 COST: Free with admission On the closing day of the Clare Twomey exhibition, join the Gardiner Museum in a public intervention as they give away the ghostly white statuettes from the British artist’s first Canadian exhibition. More than 2,000 of these figurines are frozen in a dramatic tableau, waiting to be liberated. This is your chance to play a part and free art, piece by piece! The general public may take one figurine per person only.

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A Temple Sinai Program - Early Years Centre Mini Programs WHEN: 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. WHERE: Temple Sinai Congregation, 210 Wilson Ave. CONTACT: 416-487-3281, www. templesinai.net COST: $80 Starting in January and running for eight weeks, sign your 12 month to five year old up for one of the many fun and educational programs.

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North Toronto artist Nandor Horthy paints from memory and uses his imagination JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com From the time North Toronto resident Nandor Horthy first came to Canada more than 50 years ago, he has been a part of the city’s art scene. Horthy came to Canada with his family in 1957 from his native Hungary following the Hungarian Revolution. Having studied art and music back home, he plied his trade in both upon settling here. “I played as a saxophone player where I could get work, but I realized music alone didn’t have any security,” he said. “I was doing commercial art on the side, so I spent my days playing saxophone at night and painting commercial art during the daytime.” He and his wife Eva quickly found their artistic talent was their key to success in their adopted country. They first settled in Winnipeg, but moved to Toronto less than a year later. “We spent half a year there, but as soon as we could get out of Winnipeg, we did,” Horthy said. They quickly fell in love with Toronto, in particular with the Cabbagetown neighbourhood they then called home. “It was very, very interesting coming from Europe and seeing all the Victorian architecture everywhere,” he said. “That was very new for us. Canada was all so interesting and new – boy, am I grateful that we came here.” H o r t h y ’s l o v e o f Cabbagetown architecture is evident in several of his works. His oeuvre is a mixture of still life paintings, landscapes, seascapes and city scenes, with several of the latter showcasing the downtown neighbourhood’s charm. “We lived right down on Ontario Street on the edge of Cabbagetown and we loved walking around and seeing the sights,” he said. “It was so much better in the winter, when everything was covered in snow.” Over the past 50 years, the

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North Toronto artist Nandor Horthy’s work, Sunset in Cabbagetown, adorns The Mirror’s front page this week. The painter, who immigrated to Canada from his native Hungary in 1957, has painted many winter scenes of Toronto including First Snow (top right), Rocket on Queen West (middle), and Sunset in Cabbagetown (below).

duo has made a living through their art. While Nandor still paints, Eva was forced to stop due to back problems. When they were both active, each supported the other’s career – even if it didn’t always work out. “I was going to show some paintings in Calgary and my wife decided to paint some cowboy scenes to sell while I was out there,” the artist recalled. Unfortunately, the cowboy motif did not catch the eye of art aficionados out west. “She didn’t believe me when I told her my paintings were selling, but none of hers had,” Horthy said. The support they offered one another was crucial given the amount of work that goes into being a visual artist. “You have to do everything to survive in this business,” Horthy said. “I was working all day, every day – way more hours than I would work if

I had been working in an office.” “I wasn’t only painting. I was creating the exhibits, going to shows, framing (the pieces.)” He credits that dedication for helping him earn not just a living, but plenty of plaudits. In addition to numerous awards for his work, he is an elected signature member of the Canadian Society of Artists and past president of the Hungarian Visual Artists of Canada. “I really think, after 50 years in this business, that it’s 10 per cent talent and 90 per cent hard work,” he said. “If you take it seriously, it can work out for you.” While he continues to work and display his art both at exhibitions and in his home gallery on Castlefield Avenue, the 87-year-old has toned down the number of hours he devotes to his craft. These

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days, instead of searching far and wide for subject matter to paint, he often bases his work on old sketches and photos, or on his own memories and imagination. “I don’t really go outside (looking for subjects) anymore, but I have a lot of experience to work from,” he said. For more information on Horthy, including more samples of his work, visit www.nandorhorthy.com

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egardless of your beliefs, Christmas is a time best spent with those you love. In our hurried world, where time is precious, sitting back with those most dear to you is a way to recharge and focus on what’s important. This connection extends beyond your immediate family; it impacts everyone around you: extended family, neighbours, the entire community. More people seem to have smiles on their faces, wishing each other ‘Happy Holidays’ as they make their way through bustling malls, busy streets and crowded grocery stores. With so much cheer in the air, our view let’s try to extend that spirit of goodwill well beyond the holi– why not make every day Mingle with days a day to keep happiness alive. And there are a plethora of your fellow ways to do that, whether it’s Torontonians helping a neighbour shovel the snow, visiting family, calling a friend you haven’t spoken to in a while, or heading out and spending time with your fellow Torontonians. There are so many activities, programs and attractions to enjoy over the holidays. Why not go for a skate at one of the city’s indoor or outdoor rinks? Visit one of the city’s farms or zoos – yes, Riverdale Farm and both the High Park and Toronto zoos are open during the winter months. You can also check out the many historic sites – Colborne Lodge, Montgomery’s Inn, or the Scarborough Museum to name a few. And for the more adventurous among us, why not enjoy one of Toronto’s many trails, including The Shared Path along the Humber River? And while you’re out there, take in a new part of town. The city is filled with amazing places to walk, great local shops to drop in to, and amazing food experiences from all around the world. This holiday season, why not take in everything the City of Toronto has to offer – whether it’s with friends or even if you’re looking for some alone time. Check out our calendar online at www.insidetoronto.com for holiday events happening now to the New Year.

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Toronto forced to face some truths in 2014 Trying to parse the meaning of 2014 is only slightly less challenging than summarizing a Thomas Pynchon novel. But if not now, then when? So let me take a stab at it. 2014 was the year Toronto realized it was not, in fact, a city. It was not, at least, the kind of city we have always thought that we were and the place we hoped we might remain: an idealized place where ethnic and economic divisions are not obstacles to consensus and harmony. We always knew this vision of Toronto might be a mirage. But in 2014, we stepped through the illusion and were faced with the undeniable evidence: on Oct. 27, only John Tory was able to exceed the support that remained with the Ford family – mayor Rob Ford and his brother Doug. That Torontonians would

david nickle the city elect Rob Ford mayor in 2010 might have been excused as a blip. Voters either did not know or could not believe how unsuited Rob Ford was for the city’s top job, and were likewise ignorant or incredulous of the fact that the picture Ford painted of the city’s problems and the solutions to those problems had so little to do with reality. But when four years later, with all of that amply and painfully demonstrated, so many – about a third of those who voted – cast their vote with Doug Ford, there was no denying it. Toronto’s old idea of itself as a city no longer applies. Of course, that’s not to say we underwent dramatic change over 2014. Toronto’s “elite” as the Fords describe them have

always been too enamoured of the shiny cultural artifacts of downtown, and always judged the city as to how well those artifacts shone against those of other bigger, more famous cities around the world. And the elites have always smugly boasted about Toronto’s multicultural cred – all those cultures celebrated, all those languages spoken. It’s been tougher for the elites to recognize that many of the people bringing those cultures and speaking those languages have gone to live in parts of the city that have been allowed to deteriorate, and since amalgamation in 1998 been farther from the decision-making centre of Toronto than ever before. The vote for the Fords came from many in those communities – despite the fact that the Fords offered nothing tangible there other than to articulate

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2014 was the year Toronto realized it was not, in fact, a city. It was not, at least, the kind of city we have always thought we were and the place we hoped we might remain...

affection and camaraderie. That vote sustained over unprecedented scandal, in spite of lies against a backdrop of the illegal drug trade that is one of the most genuinely corrosive elements a city can face. And that is what we’ve learned, more than anything, in 2014: the nature of our long, chronic injury. In 2015, here’s hoping we can learn how to heal it.

David Nickle is The Mirror’s city hall reporter. His column appears Thursday.

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Commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Rupert Hotel fire JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com A tragic rooming house fire that claimed the lives of 10 people and left dozens more homeless continues to serve as a rallying cry, even 25 years after it occurred. The Rupert Hotel fire broke out in a rooming house in the Queen and Parliament streets area on Dec. 23, 1989. The rooming house was extremely unsafe; those who had been living there were forced to deal with substandard conditions and the fire exits had been converted to extra rooms, posing a huge safety risk. The deaths it caused sparked action among a steadfast group known as the Rupert Coalition, who have been lobbying ever since for safer rooming houses. The coalition gathered with former City of Toronto mayor and current chief commissioner of the Ontario Human Rights Commission Barbara Hall at the site of the fire on Wednesday, Dec. 17 in

memory of those who died. Rupert Coalition founding member Bart Poesiat noted his group held yearly memorials at the site until the 20th anniversary of the Rupert Hotel fire, and are now holding the event every five years. “It’s an uphill struggle,” he said of the group’s fight to ensure rooming houses are legal, regulated and safe. “At first, there was a lot of goodwill back in ‘89 and we got money from the provincial government and also from the city to start a pilot project to build good quality shared accommodation.” That money was not renewed, however, so when it ran out, the group was forced to shift its focus. “Once the money runs out, there’s a tendency for things to fall apart, but we kept on going and we decided to concentrate on the zoning issue,” he said. “In a lot of neighbourhoods in Toronto, rooming houses are not allowed, period.” The shared accommoda-

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Heinz Klein (left) and Roger Ellis sing at a Dec. 17 ceremony to commemorate those who died in the Rupert Hotel fire on Dec. 23, 1989.

tions are permitted in the former City of Toronto, but there has been pushback in the former suburbs, leading to unsafe living conditions for those packed into substandard properties. “When that happens, you get a ticking time bomb because people cannot afford to pay market rents and the owners in some of those houses in Scarborough and the old suburbs start renting

out and people live in basements without regulation,” Poesiat said. Hall has long spoken out in favour of legalizing and regulating rooming houses to ensure people have safe buildings in which to live. She began getting involved in the issue when she was a city councillor and has continued to fight on behalf of rooming house residents to this day.She recalled the frigid

winter day when the Rupert Hotel fire killed 10 people back in 1989, some of whom perished while running back into the building to save their friends. “In a way, it was strangely beautiful - the flames coming out of the building, the water from the fire hoses frozen on the wires - but we knew that inside it was hell,” she said. Hall noted City Hall came together to advocate and provide funding for rooming house residents following the fire. Her work with the Human Rights Commission has been no exception, and she noted there are still “too many limitations and restrictions that make it difficult or impossible sometimes to build safe, affordable housing for people.” Hall added the Human Rights Commission went to the Ontario Municipal Board to fight for affordable housing. “We said, ‘we’re here and we’re staying and we’re not going until we change

things,’” she said. “The human rights code applied to all laws and rules and all services in the province of Ontario.” Rupert Coalition founding member Michael Shapcott, who currently works with the Wellesley Institute, called the Rupert Hotel “a dirty little secret that nobody wanted to talk about.” He added many in the community had little sympathy for the residents prior to the fire, despite the fact those residents lived in a run-down building where the heating often didn’t work and they were often forced to build fires in metal cans just to keep warm. He noted the conditions in the building doomed many of its residents. “The 10 who died, their bodies were entombed in the building for a number of days before they could be pulled out,” he said. “It was a scene of great horror.”

For more information on the coalition, visit http://web.net/ rupert

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Flor de Sal, a home away from home With a mix of modern infusions and ‘old country’ cuisine, it’s no wonder Toronto’s new Flor de Sal restaurant, formerly known as The Corner House, is an instant hit. Cristina Da Costa, the third owner of the revamped restaurant, could no longer let her dream of opening and running a successful restaurant pass her

by so on Nov. 20, 2014 she opened the doors to Flor de Sal at 501 Davenport Road. The restaurant offers an ambience like no other, with guests feeling at home as soon as they step foot in the door. “It’s a destination,” says Cristina. “I’ve had customers tell me they feel so at home they don’t want to leave. It’s very

Chic dining suits perfectly for the intimate, homey atmosphere the restaurant offers

private and intimate.” Flor de Sal has several different rooms including the garden room, the maple room, a private room that can hold up to ten guests and an upstairs room, the Birch room, that boasts Portuguesestyle tile flooring. There is even an oyster bar aptly named Quench. Each room is decked out with intimate lighting and its own unique and modern décor done with candles, and fresh flowers to appease the eyes and the nose. It’s not just the fresh flowers that will have your scents on high alert. The menu in itself is a masterpiece. Cristina and Executive Chef Roberto Fracchioni take the wonderful traditional styles of classic Portuguese, Italian, and Spanish cuisine and infuse them with Roberto’s own personal modern day fashion to create a menu unlike any other. Whether they are in the mood for Lobster Gnocchi with sweet peas, Cantâro or clams frites, or cooked-toperfection beef tenderloin, guests can have their choice from traditionally improved-upon menu items. There are

Flor de Sal stuns with its classic white linens, dark wood and comfort

vegetarian and gluten free options for those with dietary restrictions. The elegance and class that illuminate from Flor de Sal are only one of the many reasons restaurant goers have made this one of the best in the city.

Open for dinner and only by way of reservations, Flor de Sal is the next must-see eatery in Toronto. For more information or to make reservations visit www. flordesalrestaurant.ca

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Long-time East York resident Wendy Dobson is affectionately known to many in the community as “The Turkey Lady”. For more than 25 years, Dobson, a long-time east-ender who has lived near Pape and Mortimer avenues since 1999, has coordinated an annual Christmas turkey drive. This year, Dobson and her team have succeeded in raising enough funds to purchase more than 100 10-pound turkeys for less fortunate families and individuals from The Red Door Family Shelter, the Secord Community Centre and The Massey Centre for Women. The 416 Community Support Centre for Women in Cabbagetown will also be receiving three 30-pound turkeys, which will be prepared with all the fixings for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day meals for clients. Years ago, Dobson, a realtor by trade, purchased two turkeys for The 416. The following year, she bought four for the same organization and

Singer Luke McMaster feeds a donkey outside historic St. James Cathedral on Wednesday during a pop-up marketplace for World Vision Canada’s meaningful gift giving campaign.

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back to that tribe.” World Vision Canada will also benefit from the generosity of Toronto singer/songwriter Luke McMaster, who has pledged the proceeds from his new Christmas single “Raise a Glass” to the cause. “I’ve done work with World Vision before when I was on tour and they

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