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With a career spanning over 20 years, Spice will be the headliner to kick off the weekend on the TD main stage at Yonge-Dundas Square in the heart of Toronto on June 24, and Patrice Roberts will be the headliner at Blockorama, the longest-running and largest stage at Pride, on June 26, the closing day of the festival. This happens at the Bud Light SeltzerWellesley Stage annually, which is directly across fromWellesley subway station. Spice is recognised as one of the biggest dancehall artistes in the world. Her mixtape ‘Captured’ debuted at #1 in 2018 on the Billboard Reggae Albums chart, and in 2021, she released her début studio album‘10’. Earlier this year, Spice became the first female dancehall artiste to be nominated for a Grammy in the best reggae album category. Patrice Roberts was named the youngest female Road March winner for her collaboration with Machel Montano titled ‘Band Of The Year’ in 2006. For over 20 years, Blockorama has been a celebration of and for the Black LGBTQ+ community and allies, organised by the collective, Blackness Yes! It was born from the lack of representation for African, Black and Caribbean LGBTQ community members during Pride Toronto’s yearly festival and has been a space that celebrates Black love, joy, music, and community. This year, the Black Coalition for AIDS Prevention (Black CAP) – Canada’s largest Black-specific AIDS service organisation – has been selected as Pride Toronto’s Charity of Choice and will be celebrating the first in-person celebration since the onset of COVID-19 under the theme, ‘Proudly Different, Beautifully Diverse’. “We’re excited to be back on the road this year for an in-person Pride. And we invite all to be a part of all initiatives planned for this summer’s Toronto Pride,” says Black CAP, which is led by Jamaican Gareth Henry. Meanwhile, just over a month after the Pride Toronto Festival another event will celebrate Black LGBTQI+ communities from around the world in the city. Pride Toronto is collaborating with Global Black Pride and Blackness Yes!to produce the first in-person and hybrid event in Toronto. Global Black Pride, the first global Pride event that brings together Black LGBTQI+ communities across all continents, will hold its first-ever physical programming in Toronto from July 28-31. The event will celebrate Black culture and diversity, providing a space for activists and community-based organisations across the globe to engage and reflect. Pride Toronto says this additional programming will help “build on the incredible work Blackness Yes! has been doing for the community for many years and brings additional attention and learnings to the experiences of the Black 2SLGBTQ+ community worldwide”. Spice, Patrice Roberts for Toronto Pride Festival Spice displayed on the Spotify board at the Eaton Center in Toronto. Spice, the new dancehall queen, wreaking havoc on the senses. THE WALNUT Foundation presents its 8th annual Walk the Path walkathon on Saturday, June 4, at Etobicoke Creek Trail, Brampton (10K). Registration at 8:30 a.m. Walk starts at 9:00 a.m. Call 416-568-7442/905-799-2759 A Different Booklist Cultural Centre presents a conversation with author, Jason Mott, about his new novel, Hell of a Book, and Louis March, founder of the Zero Gun Violence Movementon Thursday, June 9 at 6:30 p.m. ET. Facebook Live. Facebook.com/ adifferentbooklistcc The Black Business and Professional Association will hold ‘Get Your Golf Game On,’ that enables scholarships for black students on Saturday, June 11, at Angus Glen Golf Club, 10080 Kennedy Road, Markham. Registration at 12pm, tee off at 1:30pm. Bbpa.org The Jamaican Canadian Association’s summer family picnic will take place at Victoria Park Lion Pavilion on Sunday, July 10, 10a.m.-5p.m. at 55 King Street East, Cobourg. Adults: $40, children under 12, $25. Call 416-697-5818 to book tickets. The Jamaica FoundationHamilton celebrates Jamaica 60thon Sunday, August 7, 2:00 p.m. at Hamilton City Hall with a RingDing concert and tribute toMs. Lou. Thanksgiving Service onAugust 14, 4:00 p.m. at Apostolic Holiness Church, 40 Empress Avenue, Hamilton Events A parade of 500 graduating students of four high schools; CW Jeffreys, Westview, Emery and Downsview, will make its way to York University where a celebratory lunch and student awards will be made on June 8. The 9th annual Walk With Excellence Celebration kicks off at C.W. Jeffreys at 10am and concludes at the nearby university at 2pm. THE WEEKLY GLEANER | JUNE 2 - 30, 2022 | www.jamaica-gleaner.com | ENTERTAINMENT/EVENTS
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