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Get Handmade Crafts Made with Love by Mustard Seed at June 4 Riverside’s Eats & Beats!

 Someone’s birthday coming up? Wanting something extra to spruce up at home? Take a look at what Mustard Seed has on offer and support a good cause!

As part of Riverside Eats & Beats StreetFEST, on Saturday, June 4th, exquisite sewing, knitting, crafts will be on sale made by the members of Mustard Seed at 791 Queen St. E.

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Mustard Seed, a ministry of Fontbonne Ministries, Sisters of St. Joseph, Toronto, offers a welcoming environment and sacred space for participants and volunteers to develop life skills, creativity, care for the environment and spiritual growth.  Located in South Riverdale, they serve and collaborate with the local community and non-profit agencies.

The members of the Mustard seed are a community of Roman Catholic sisters who strive to answer God’s call. They are committed to nurturing community, making Christ present to the world through personal witness and living lives of service as stated in the mission statement:

“The love of Christ gathers us together to live in communion with all. As a community of women, we are sent to serve those in need in simplicity and compassion.”

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BIG THANK YOU to Riverside Eats & Beats sponsors for helping make this fantastic event possible: Streetcar Developments, Hullmark Developments,Downtown Automotive Group, Metroland Media, and GoodHood.

Fresh Vendors at 4th Annual Riverside Eats & Beats Streetfest June 4

Meet new local vendors at this year’s Streetfest!

The 4th Annual Riverside Eats and Beats Streetfest is coming up June 4th and this year will showcase some fresh local vendors making their first appearance, check them out:

Walk-My-Dog

Walk My Dog Toronto

Bring your bestie to meet this professional dog-walking company and enjoy some treats and challenges designed just for dogs and their humans! Certified by the Toronto Centre for Canine Education, Walk My Dog Toronto is brand new to Riverside.

With easy online booking and their GPS walk tracker, they walk your dog while you are busy or at work – while giving your dog love, socialization, and exercise. Best of all they keep in touch with you every step of the way using their walk tracker to update you after each journey so that you can see the quality of care your dog receives. Visit them and have some fun outside of 625 Queen St E on June 4 from 1-6pm!

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Environmental Defence

Come to check out Environmental Defence’s Young Reporters for the Environment (YRE) display outside of 625 Queen St E from 1-6pm!

YRE  is a national, youth eco-journalism competition run across Canada. Youth aged 11-18 report on a local, environmental issue, in the form of photos, videos, and articles, on the theme of waste, litter, and waste management solutions.

In fact it’s actually an international competition, run by FEE (Foundation for Environmental Education), with hundreds of participants and dozens of countries participating. The competition wrapped up in April, and Environmental Defence is displaying the winning pieces for Canada at Riverside Eats & Beats!

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Organics Live

Organics live will have fresh produce at the festival’s Broadview street closure from 1-6pm! Simply put, they are a 100% certified organic grocery delivery company headquartered in Toronto’s East End. They are focused on spreading the word about why choosing organics is so pivotal for the environment and for health.

Quartermaster (QM)

Stop by for a freezie and sign up for a QM account at the Eats & Beats Broadview st closure from 1-6pm! Be one of the first to join Quartermaster Home’s select East End beta group, and get property organized.

Quartermaster began with a group of homeowners who needed a better system for managing household tasks and referring trusted service contacts among friends. They wanted a single, easy-access repository for organizing receipts, manuals, schedules and contacts. They wanted to be paperless and mobile so that they could efficiently find or share valuable information from anywhere. Come find out how you can get organized!

 

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BIG THANK YOU to Riverside Eats & Beats sponsors for helping make this fantastic event possible: Streetcar Developments, Hullmark Developments,Downtown Automotive Group, Metroland Media, and GoodHood.

Shimmy and Shake on Saulter Street for Riverside Eats & Beats June 4

Get a Dance Lesson, Hear the Choir, and Rock Out at the festival’s Saulter St Closure!

Head on down to the Riverside Eats & Beats Streetfest’s Saulter Street Closure at Queen Street East on June 4th  to enjoy a variety of music and dance! The Toronto English Country Dance Assembly (TECDA), will be kicking off the program on their home turf:  they host weekly night classes at the Ralph Thornton Centre right next door at 765 Queen St E.  The group will be demonstrating and teaching you “17th to 21st century pleasant and stylish dances”. From 1-2pm watch as the TECDA performs English Country Dance,  followed by free instructional lessons to show you how!

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Also on Saulter, you can find live music performances from the Children’s Vocalwork Choir along with the dynamic duo Dustin and Caleb.

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The Children’s Vocalwork Choir will be at the Saulter Street closure from 2:00PM to 3:00PM to showcase their great array of vocal talent. Vocalwork is a nonprofit organization that awards students the opportunity to learn, practice and showcase their vocal instrument. They are the only music anchor that incorporates all vocal genres and is focused solely on the voice as a practiced instrument. Listen to popular and original tunes from these talented young people!

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From 3:00PM to 5:30PM on Saulter, catch the local dynamic duo, Dustin and Caleb as they perform their crowd-pleasing blues, folk, and rock.  ‘Dustin plays the guitar, Caleb does voice, mouth harp… and also guitar’. They’ve travelled all around southern Ontario playing and their music always impresses.

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Some of the other awesome activities happening at the festival’s Saulter St closure:

  • Get your fresh, affordable produce at the Good Food Market, June 4, 1-5pm (and come back every Thursday, 4-7pm from June to October)!!
  • Toronto Food Tours culinary tent with demos by Riverside chefs happening 1:30pm-6pm
  • Ready, Set, Play! with the Queen/Saulter Library

LET US KNOW YOU’RE COMING to the #RiversideTO #EatsNBeats Streetfest 

BIG THANK YOU to Riverside Eats & Beats sponsors for helping make this fantastic event possible: Streetcar Developments, Hullmark Developments,Downtown Automotive Group, Metroland Media, and GoodHood.

Riverside’s Downtown Automotive Breaking it Down at Eats & Beats June 4

On Saturday, June 4th, Downtown Automotive Group will be animating Riverside’s Eats & Beats Streetfest at their Downtown Toyota location (677 Queen St E) from 1-6pm with music and hot sizzlers grilled fresh with an Italian flava by il ponte.

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Downtown Automotive Group has been around since 1992 and takes “community to heart”. Their select group of dealerships offers a number of new and used vehicles. They have been involved with many different community causes, from supporting local young people’s sports teams to the YWCA Women’s Shelter.

Being one of Riverside Eats & Beats 2016 Sponsors, and a past partner for the Riverside Bridge Lighting Project, shows how much they love this city and claim that “there’s never been a better time to get out there and be part of the action.” Their contribution helps animate Riverside’s streetscape, plus proceeds from their event will go toward community programs.

LET US KNOW YOU’RE COMING to the #RiversideTO #EatsNBeats Streetfest 

BIG THANK YOU to Riverside Eats & Beats sponsors for helping make this fantastic event possible: Streetcar Developments, Hullmark Developments,Downtown Automotive Group, Metroland Media, and GoodHood.

 

Hullmark: Animating Riverside Through Riverside’s Eats & Beats Streetfest June 4

Hullmark Developments has been a strong community member within Riverside for several years now. Beyond being a real estate investment and development team, they are city builders committed to shaping a vibrant urban Toronto. Riverside has been no exception to this. From their sponsorship of Riverside’s 4th Annual Eats & Beats food and music festival, and the Riverside bridge lighting and public art project in 2015, to bringing in unique and independent business that add to the character of Riverside, Hullmark has been at the forefront of helping animate the neighbourhood as a great place to live, work, and play.

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On Broadview, just south of Queen, The Ninety lofts – A mixed-use the building that integrates existing 1900’s architecture with contemporary  glass and aluminum cladding.

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The new Smash Ping Pong Lounge, which Hullmark brought to Riverside 

For Hullmark, embracing the urban realm is just focused on bringing density into the Downtown core, but creating more complete and vibrant communities that are in keeping with the neighbourhood’s character and architectural heritage – strengthening urban neighbourhood’s sense of place.

 

LET US KNOW YOU’RE COMING to the #RiversideTO #EatsNBeats Streetfest

BIG THANK YOU to Riverside Eats & Beats sponsors for helping make this fantastic event possible: Streetcar Developments, Hullmark Developments,Downtown Automotive Group, Metroland Media, and GoodHood

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