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York Fine Arts Festival Celebrates VISUAL ARTS, DESIGN & CULTURAL STUDIES with an Open House, Exhibitions, New Media Installations,  Interdisciplinary Performances and Art History Symposium   TORONTO, March 05, 2007 - York University’s Faculty of Fine Arts celebrates its resident talent and the next wave of outstanding young visual artists and performers with the York Fine […]

with 14 events and a total of 28 concerts! World Music Festival Offers a Global Showcase March 12-16 Jazz Festival Heats up the House March 20-23 York U Symphony Orchestra Soars with Soloists March 29 Gospel Choir Sings to the Heavens March 30 York Concert & Chamber Choirs Crown the Fest with Handel April 1 […]

Change the World . . . with Your Computer   TORONTO, March 1, 2007 --Millions of personal computers sit idle on desks and in homes worldwide.  During this idle time, answers to the mysteries of science and space continue to elude us.  What if each of the world’s estimated 650 million PCs could be linked […]

Musical Explorer Casey Sokol takes Centre Stage in York U Faculty Recital Series Featuring John Cage’s rarely heard Three Dances for Two Prepared Pianos with Guest Artist Andrew Craig  TORONTO, February 21, 2007 --Musical explorer extraordinaire, pianist Casey Sokol takes centre stage on March 8 for the final concert in the Faculty Recital Series of […]

TORONTO, February 21, 2007 -- York University’s Faculty of Fine Arts celebrates the next wave of outstanding young talent in the visual and performing arts with the York Fine Arts Festival, featuring more than 40 public events packed into a three-week period running March 9 – April 1, 2007.  All the fine arts are represented: dance, […]

TORONTO, February 15, 2007 -- York University today received funding from the Ontario government to lead a unique public-private partnership that will help fuel the economic development of the GTA’s creative and entertainment industries. The Consortium on New Media, Creative, and Entertainment R&D in the Toronto Region (CONCERT) has raised more than $500,000 in support […]

TORONTO, February 12, 2007 -- With Valentine's Day approaching, it appears that young love may not be all that it's cracked up to be. York Professor Jennifer Connolly takes a sobering look at the dark side of some teenage romances. Connolly has been involved in three major studies examining violence in high-school dating, and the results […]