Get creative this weekend with these events in Mississauga (March 16-19)
Looking for something creative to do this weekend in Mississauga? Here are a few event highlights from Martys HUB for March 16-19.
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Call for Musicians – Mississauga Summer Concert Series
Mississauga's Culture Division is now accepting applications for paid performance opportunities this summer for local musicians.
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Mosaic International South Asian Film Festival returns March 23 – 26!
Learn more about Mosaic International South Asian Film Festival (MISAFF2023) and the films you can expect for this 3-day Mississauga festival!
Mississauga News: New exhibit at PAMA in Brampton offers historic look at Peel
Mississauga News article on PAMA's upcoming exhibition featuring work from Indigenous and non-Indigenous Peel-based artists
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insauga: Art-based pop-up shop set to hit Square One in Mississauga
insauga article on "The Gift Shop,” an arts-based pop-up showing the work of Black creators, coming to Square One
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Grant Writing Workshop presented by Frog in Hand
https://ko-fi.com/s/b5918c6c9a The Frog in Hand grant writing workshop is live, online, and...
Modern Mississauga: Mississauga resident proudly launches the fifth annual Glimpsepalooza virtual music festival
Modern Mississauga article in conversation with Rob Aguiar on the 5th annual Glimpsepalooza virtual music festival
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Mississauga News: Brampton and Mississauga artists among Juno winners
Mississauga News article on Brampton and Mississauga musicians that won awards at the 2023 JUNO Awards including Mississauga's Anthony Carone
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Musicians! Check out Ontario Arts Council’s Music Recording Projects grant
Check out OAC's Music Recording Projects grant and get your demo/EP or full length album funded! Deadlines are May 17 and Nov 9, 2023.
Community Ramadan Digital Storytelling Initiative
Share your Ramadan story with islamophobia.io with their Community Ramadan Digital Storytelling Initiative
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Grant Writing Workshop presented by Frog in Hand
https://ko-fi.com/s/b5918c6c9a The Frog in Hand grant writing workshop is live, online, and...
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Mississauga Author Zohra Zoberi to receive HerStory Award from WFWP Canada
Mississauga author Zohra Zoberi has been nominated to be a recipient for Women's Federation for World Peace Canada's HerStory Award.
Call for Auditions – Mississauga Players Theatre – GSOH (God Sense of Humour)
Mississauga Players Theatre are seeking actors for GSOH to be performed at the Mississauga Triple Threat Theatre Festival 2023
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Don’t miss SAWITRI Shorts Theatre Festival 2023!
Now in its 6th year, SAWITRI Shorts Theatre Festival is offering shorts in 7 South Asian languages from April 1 - May 14.
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Grant Writing Workshop presented by Frog in Hand
https://ko-fi.com/s/b5918c6c9a The Frog in Hand grant writing workshop is live, online, and...
Don’t miss ‘Voyage’ – a Dance on Film production by MAC MicroGrant Winner, Candace Kumar
Join the virtual premiere of this coming-of-age dance film about a Filipina woman on February 16, 7-7:30 PM
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Exciting Open Level & Intermediate Dance Workshops from Naach for Fun!
Check out these dance workshops from Naach for Fun! Learn from a variety of styles at different levels including Bollywood, Waacking and more
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insauga: ‘The Nutcracker’ set to hit Living Arts Centre in Mississauga
insauga article on popular ballet 'The Nutcracker,' returning to the Living Arts Centre on December 4 at 11 AM and 4 PM.
Modern Mississauga: Mississauga resident proudly launches the fifth annual Glimpsepalooza virtual music festival
Modern Mississauga article in conversation with Rob Aguiar on the 5th annual Glimpsepalooza virtual music festival
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Don’t miss SAWITRI Shorts Theatre Festival 2023!
Now in its 6th year, SAWITRI Shorts Theatre Festival is offering shorts in 7 South Asian languages from April 1 - May 14.
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Mississauga News: Mosiac International South Asian Film Festival coming to Mississauga
Mississauga News article on the upcoming Mosaic International South Asian Film Festival, coming to Mississauga March 23 to 26.
Applications are now open for the Lakeview Artisan Market!
Applications are now open for the Lakeview Artisan Market, happening bi-weekly at SAIB on Sundays beginning June 11.
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Call for Auditions – Mississauga Players Theatre – GSOH (God Sense of Humour)
Mississauga Players Theatre are seeking actors for GSOH to be performed at the Mississauga Triple Threat Theatre Festival 2023
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City of Mississauga – Call for Artists: Ice and Lights – Digital Public Art Exhibition
The City of Mississauga is seeking light-based artwork to be a part of the 2023 Ice and Lights Exhibition, a digital public art series
Upcoming Events on Martys HUB
Tsering Yangzom Lama’s debut novel, We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies, is a New York Times Summer Reads Pick and a finalist for The Scotiabank Giller Prize. The book was […]
Funded by Ontario Trillium Foundation & in partnership with The Rec Room SQ1, this live industry showcase & concert features multiple time Mississauga Music Award winners Elyse Saunders & Alessia […]
Visual Arts
Mississauga News: New exhibit at PAMA in Brampton offers historic look at Peel
Mississauga News article on PAMA's upcoming exhibition featuring work from Indigenous and non-Indigenous Peel-based artists
Music Makers
Modern Mississauga: Mississauga resident proudly launches the fifth annual Glimpsepalooza virtual music festival
Modern Mississauga article in conversation with Rob Aguiar on the 5th annual Glimpsepalooza virtual music festival
Word Power
Community Ramadan Digital Storytelling Initiative
Share your Ramadan story with islamophobia.io with their Community Ramadan Digital Storytelling Initiative
On Stage
Call for Auditions – Mississauga Players Theatre – GSOH (God Sense of Humour)
Mississauga Players Theatre are seeking actors for GSOH to be performed at the Mississauga Triple Threat Theatre Festival 2023
Movie Making Here
Mississauga News: Mosiac International South Asian Film Festival coming to Mississauga
Mississauga News article on the upcoming Mosaic International South Asian Film Festival, coming to Mississauga March 23 to 26.
World of Dance
Don’t miss ‘Voyage’ – a Dance on Film production by MAC MicroGrant Winner, Candace Kumar
Join the virtual premiere of this coming-of-age dance film about a Filipina woman on February 16, 7-7:30 PM
Digital Spirit
Grant Writing Workshop presented by Frog in Hand
https://ko-fi.com/s/b5918c6c9a The Frog in Hand grant writing workshop is live, online, and...
Exhibitions Now
Mississauga News: New exhibit at PAMA in Brampton offers historic look at Peel
Mississauga News article on PAMA's upcoming exhibition featuring work from Indigenous and non-Indigenous Peel-based artists
Friends of the Arts
Know a business that is actively championing the arts in Mississauga? Nominate them for the Creative City Business Award!
Nominate a business you know for the Creative City Business Award for MBOT's 2023 Business Awards of Excellence.
Learning Hub
Grant Writing Workshop presented by Frog in Hand
https://ko-fi.com/s/b5918c6c9a The Frog in Hand grant writing workshop is live, online, and...
Festivals Coming
Modern Mississauga: Mississauga resident proudly launches the fifth annual Glimpsepalooza virtual music festival
Modern Mississauga article in conversation with Rob Aguiar on the 5th annual Glimpsepalooza virtual music festival
Opportunities
Applications are now open for the Lakeview Artisan Market!
Applications are now open for the Lakeview Artisan Market, happening bi-weekly at SAIB on Sundays beginning June 11.
VAMily Matters
Visual Arts Mississauga Launches Portraits of Mississauga Project
VAM media release on the launch of their Portraits of Mississauga Project, a community arts project to celebrate diversity.
Mississauga Music Scene
Modern Mississauga: Modern Artist – Rob Aguiar
Modern Mississauga article and interview with Rob Aguiar, winner of Best Local Promoter at the Mississauga Music Awards 2022 sponsored by MAC
Street Arts
insauga: Explore the cosmos in Mississauga’s first permanent public sculpture from Black and Brown artists
insauga article on upcoming public artwork Rayyan: A Cosmic Bloom by Mississauga artist Quentin VerCetty and Toronto artist Javid JAH
Local Media
OAC: New Ontario Arts Council investments aligned with strategic plan
Learn more about OAC's recent investments that align with their new five-year strategic plan, 'Reset. Renew. Revitalize.'
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All Day
Manu Mrityunjay Solo Exhibition – Studio M Gallery
Studio M Gallery 951 Lakeshore Rd East, Mississauga
The Ones We Met: Inuit Traditional Knowledge and the Franklin Expedition
Bradley Museum 1620 Orr Road, Mississauga
Free
The Further Apart Things Seem Exhibition – AGM
Art Gallery of Mississauga 300 City Centre Drive, Mississauga
Free
Week of Events
Manu Mrityunjay Solo Exhibition – Studio M Gallery
Manu Mrityunjay is a multidisciplinary artist engaged with spaces both within and at the intersections of text, sound and image, continually (dis)locating himself in/with twin planks of crisis and anxiety. […]
The Ones We Met: Inuit Traditional Knowledge and the Franklin Expedition
An exhibition exploring the historic Franklin Expedition through the lens of Inuit traditional knowledge. This interactive exhibit, with an audio-visual station and animated map, displays the retellings of Inuit […]
Free
The Further Apart Things Seem Exhibition – AGM
On from February 7 to April 9, 2023 at the Art Gallery of Mississauga. Opening reception: Thursday, February 9, 2023 from 6-8 PM In a social and political moment […]
Free
“The Tranquil North” Brenda LaRose Solo Exhibition – AOTC
Brenda LaRose will guide us through her solo exhibit in the gallery, hanging all this month. She will share her great love of northern Ontario, kayaking, canoeing and all things […]
Free
Lila Lewis Irving: A Retrospective Exhibition
Lila Lewis Irving: A Retrospective This exhibition has been EXTENDED until April 8, 2023. Closing reception on April 1, 4-7 PM with an artist Q&A at 5:30 PM. To RSVP, […]
Taste of the Middle East Winter Festival 2023
The 1st Annual Taste of the Middle East Winter Festival 2023 Celebrating Arabic Music, Art, and Culture Event Description: The 1st Annual Taste of the Middle East Winter Festival […]
$10.00
Mosaic International South Asian Film Festival (MISAFF2023)
Canada's top film festival of new South Asian cinema, MISAFF2023 is around the corner with the greatest selection of films from across the globe gracing the screens of Mississauga. The festival […]
Free – $70.56
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Maple Magic Festival 2023
Maple Magic Festival 2023
Hosted at the Bradley Museum, Mississauga’s annual maple syrup festival – Maple Magic – is taking place this year over both weekends of Ontario’s March Break holiday. Enjoy a variety of maple-themed […]
Free – $9.60
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Chris Mitchell: Quarterly Snapshot and Refocus Workshop
Chris Mitchell: Quarterly Snapshot and Refocus Workshop
Join Creative Coach, Chris Mitchell, live on Zoom for a quick quarterly check-in to help take a snapshot of where you are at and refocus your attention and energy where […]
$10
Kidsapia – Painting Class for Kids
Kidsapia – Painting Class for Kids
Join us as we explore the art and culture of countries in Asia and be inspired to paint them. Learn more about Asian countries and learn different painting mediums and […]
$200
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TD Culture Lab – Protecting your Music: Copyright Basics
TD Culture Lab – Protecting your Music: Copyright Basics
Did you know that you can get paid by SOCAN everytime you perform one of your own songs? If a TV show calls up and wants to use your song, […]
Free
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Mississauga Library Author Talks: Tsering Yangzom Lama
Mississauga Library Author Talks: Tsering Yangzom Lama
Tsering Yangzom Lama’s debut novel, We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies, is a New York Times Summer Reads Pick and a finalist for The Scotiabank Giller Prize. The book was […]
Free
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Mississauga Music Mixer – Country Edition
Mississauga Music Mixer – Country Edition
Funded by Ontario Trillium Foundation & in partnership with The Rec Room SQ1, this live industry showcase & concert features multiple time Mississauga Music Award winners Elyse Saunders & Alessia […]
$12
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Charity Art Show and Sale – Laura Beaton
Charity Art Show and Sale – Laura Beaton
Please join Laura Beaton on Saturday March 25th where she will be exhibiting a number of her Chinese Brush Painting/Sumi-e artworks. This is a Charity Art Show for the Kingsway-Lambton United […]
$10
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WFWP Canada International Women’s Day Luncheon “Innovation and technological change as tools to achieving gender equality”
WFWP Canada International Women’s Day Luncheon “Innovation and technological change as tools to achieving gender equality”
Innovation and technological change as tools to achieving gender equality WFWP Canada presents International Women’s Day Luncheon "Innovation and technological change as tools to achieving gender equality" Speakers are: […]
$40 – $50
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PAMA: Facing Claude Cahun & Marcel Moore: Exhibition Celebration & Panel Discussion
PAMA: Facing Claude Cahun & Marcel Moore: Exhibition Celebration & Panel Discussion
Join us during the final weeks of Facing Claude Cahun & Marcel Moore for a celebration of the exhibition. The exhibition curator, Michelle Gewurtz, will lead a discussion with artists […]
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Open Mic with Time Trip at Abbey Road Pub
Open Mic with Time Trip at Abbey Road Pub
Join Time Trip as we host an Open Mic at Abbey Road Pub in Mississauga on Saturday March 25th, starting at 8:30pm. Come join in the fun, get up with […]
Free