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Collaborations is a collection of stories, celebrating and uplifting local talent and exploring the pillars of stage, music, festivals & events, art & design, culture, museums & education, and film.

With a focus on mirroring the city’s diversity, Just for Laughs Toronto’s festival producer, Oz Weaver, hopes the 10th anniversary of the event is also one of discovery — in more ways than one.

If you belong to an immigrant community, you’re likely familiar with the oft-unspoken understanding that art is a luxury pursuit best left to those who can afford it. But Toronto’s Alexis Eke is an interesting study in what can happen when those unspoken rules fall away, and talent gets the spotlight it so often deserves.

Ahead of hosting Luminato Festival’s two-night celebration of Toni Morrison and Black women writers, leading Canadian literary critic Donna Bailey Nurse spoke with panelist Dawnie Walton about her award-winning debut novel, Morrison’s influence, and music’s role in her life.

There is nothing more important to musical phenom Charlotte Day Wilson than her community. Being born and raised in Toronto, Wilson’s creativity is the fruit of the city’s layered and interconnected music scene.

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