PARTNERS

Here are the groups and businesses collaborating with us this year. If your organization would like to partner with us in the future, let us know: housecultureTO@gmail.com.

RICHARD MARAZZI DESIGN has designed this year's posters and flyers on a pro bono basis.

350.ORG is building a global movement to solve the climate crisis. Our online campaigns, grassroots organizing, and mass public actions are coordinated 
by a global network active in over 188 countries.
Toronto350.org lobbies institutions like U of T and all levels of government to mitigate their climate change impact, and pressures the Toronto financial industry to fund zero-carbon energy options and stop investing in fossil fuel infrastructure. Activists from Toronto350 are speaking at the Climate Vigil After-Party and Concert 
on Monday, Nov. 21.

SPEAK MUSIC is a Canadian publicity and promotions company, based in Toronto, Ontario. We specialize in musical genres from folk to indie, world music to jazz, country and blues to pop, and everything in between. With a focus on artist development, SPEAK Music has been providing encouragement and professional support to performing musicians, independent record labels, distributors, festivals, not-for-profit organi-
zations and music charities since March, 2003. Speak Music is doing our publicity on a pro bono basis.

At the TORONTO TOOL LIBRARY, anyone with a membership can sign-out tools for both their home and community initiatives. Whether you are hanging a picture or renovating a community park, the Toronto Tool Library offers 
a range of equipment for your project as a low-cost, 
resource sharing and space-saving alternative to purchasing and owning tools. Non-profits and charities will also enjoy special membership rates.  Local tool libraries reduce the costs of improving and greening neighbourhoods, thereby transforming homes and community spaces into vibrant places that reflect  a commitment to sustainability and environmental concern. The Tool Library, which is a project of the Institute For A Resource-Based Economy (IRBE) is doing a presentation at Salon on Concord on Friday, Nov. 25.

The Toronto Action Team of FAIR VOTE CANADA is a citizens' group that advocates for a proportional voting system at all levels of government in Canada. Fair Vote Toronto is doing a presentation at Salon on Dundas on Sunday, Nov. 27.

THE FILM STARS PROJECT is a skills development, personal development, and community development approach that utilizes the medium of a collaboratively-produced series of film/photography. Through involvement in this project, the youth are introduced to industry equipment, all aspects of film production, acting/performance skills and photography. These youth will be taught the fundamentals, and through development and rehearsal, will be able to produce both pictures and video that will show the different stereotypes young people go through. In addition to the technical skills that these youth participants gain, they are in a group of their peers, where negotiation, problem-solving and communication skills are constantly being practiced and adapted during the process of filming and photography. By participating youth also learn about punctuality, commitment, follow through, rehearsal and team accountability. This will provide opportunities for them to have their voices heard, and to express the issues within their respective communities and to express their life struggles through pictures and video. It will also provide opportunities to learn pro-social skills in taking the next positive and transformative steps in their lives. Film Stars are showing films and photography at House Culture Explosion on Saturday, Nov. 26.

ENVOY is providing discount printing of our posters and flyers.

SHAPE MY CITY included us in this year's YIMBY festival of grass-roots groups in Toronto.

SOFAR TORONTO is part of the global movement bringing the magic back to live music in nearly 300 cities around the world, presenting secret and intimate concerts in alternative locales — offices, studios, galleries, and, of course, living rooms and backyards. Toronto events have featured a range of performers including Great Lake Swimmers, Donovan Woods, Cris Derksen, Royal Wood, Iskwe, Barmer Boys, Scarlett Jane, Amadou Kienou and many more. For more info and to register to receive monthly updates on upcoming Sofar Sounds, visit www.sofarsounds.com/toronto. 
SoFar is co-presenting the secret show with us on Sunday, Nov. 20.

ARTERY is s an online platform used by performers, hosts, and audiences to launch creative experiences in places you might not expect. They are co-presenting the Charm of Finches show with us on Saturday, Nov. 26.

CATWEAZLE is Toronto's most intimate performance gathering outside your own living room! Come do – and watch – anything you like: music, theatre, dance, storytelling, comedy, poetry, naked underwater antelope juggling. And a great featured act each month. Catweazle is co-presenting the Catweazle Open Stage with us on Sunday, Nov. 20.








The STORIES WE DON'T TELL series is your chance to hear authentic, sugar-free stories. Sometimes funny, sometimes sad, and always true, they're stories you won’t hear at a cocktail party. Stories We Don't Tell is co-presenting the 
Home Sweet Home story event with us on Saturday, Nov. 26.











THE WEST BEND COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION (WBCA) is a volunteer organization made up residents of the West Bend neighbourhood. WBCA's mandate is to improve the community within our designated boundaries and the City of Toronto through active participa-
tion in neighbourhood projects. WBCA is co-presenting the West Bend Social with us on Friday, Nov. 25.