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NOVEMBER
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NOW
OPEN
FRIDAYS
and SATURDAYS,
10am - 6pm
Our
Retail store located at 1597 Dupont Street is now open another
day besides Saturday with regular hours on Fridays, 10am - 6pm.
Please note as well that whenever we are in the studio the door
is either open or you may set up an appointment simply by calling
(416) 531-1290.
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Our
new selection of vintage/gently used/collectible puppets make
perfect gifts for children and adults alike.
Reasonably priced from $8-$80 |
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OPEN
DOOR DESIGNS AND PUPPETS WITHOUT
BORDERS WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL THOSE WHO ATTENDED "MONKEY
DOO" ON OCTOBER 25TH. WE HAD TWO PACKED HOUSES AND
RAISED $220 FOR FREE THE CHILDREN. DON'T FORGET. HUGH PHILLIPS
WILL BE PERFORMING ON NOVEMBER 15TH FOR "THE STOP".
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Kristen
Den Hartog, a writer living in the neighbourhood has just
launched her new book, THE
OCCUPIED GARDEN a collaboration with her sister
Tracy Kasaboski. A recommended read. For more information about
this book and others by Kristen click on the links. |
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about the book
At once a memoir and a social history of a time, The
Occupied Garden is the story of a market gardener and his fiercely
devout wife, raising their young family in Holland during the Nazi
occupation. Pieced together by the couple's granddaughters, who
combed through historical research, family lore, and insights from
a neighbour's wartime diary, the book chronicles Cor and Gerrit
den Hartog's mounting challenges as heat, food, and light slowly
disappeared, and their close-knit neighbourhood changed before their
eyes. |
other books by Kristen |
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| HUGH
PHILLIPS: FAIRYTALE PUPPET THEATRE: "Jack and the Beanstalk" |
| Saturday,
November 15th, One Show Only: 11:00 a.m.
** Donations will be collected for The Stop, our local foodbank.**
The show runs about 30 minutes and opens with Hugh Phillips singing
some songs with the audience. |
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Hugh
Phillips and Fairytale Theatre |
Mr and Mrs Little of Beanstalk
End
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Visit
our booth at the One
of a Kind Show held every year at the Direct Energy
Building at Exhibition Place in Toronto. To download a
Discount Flyer, Click
Here.
BOOTH
V12
November
27-December 7, 2008
Weekdays 11am-10pm
Saturdays
10am-9pm
Sundays 10am-6pm
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December
11 - 23
Monday
- Friday: Noon - 9:00 pm
Saturday & Sunday: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm |
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Door Designs is once again hosting CADEAUX:
Gifts for Giving. This show and sale features along
with our own designs, work by local artists, including DORA
D'ANGELO (painting on silk); GILBERT DUFOUR (Leather goods)
and COLLEEN RYDER (jewellery). For more details click
here. |
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Door Designs will also be hosting a number of WORKSHOPS in the New
Year. Stay tuned to for more information in upcoming NEWSLETTERS.
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BRICOTEERS ARE COMING! |
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This
storytelling workshop will allow participants to transform ordinary
items such as newspaper, tape, and gift wrap into puppets in
an exploration of the potential for imagination to transform
and reshape the everyday world. James and Grey of the Bricoteer
Puppetry Project will lead participants in a collaboration that
will result in the performance of short sketches.
If
you are interested in this workshop, please EMAIL
to get on the list for further updates.
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The
Britcoteers, Jamie Ashby & Grey Muldoon outside Open Door
Designs
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Grey
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Kelly
Kirkham - Papier
Mâché Puppet Workshop |
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You
have seen Kelly Kirkham's magical papier mâché
puppets at Open Door Designs. Now, come and
learn how to make one yourself! Stay tuned for Workshop Description,
dates and times.
If you are interested in this workshop, please EMAIL
to get on the list for further updates.
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