{"id":343,"date":"2014-06-28T10:27:35","date_gmt":"2014-06-28T10:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themes.fuelthemes.net\/skillful\/?p=343"},"modified":"2014-06-28T10:27:35","modified_gmt":"2014-06-28T10:27:35","slug":"special-picks-for-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alexpetrovic.net\/?p=343","title":{"rendered":"Special Picks for June"},"content":{"rendered":"

And now that at the proper time and place, after so long and wide a preliminary cruise, Ahab,\u2014all other whaling waters swept\u2014seemed to have chased his foe into an ocean-fold, to slay him the more securely there; now, that he found himself hard by the very latitude and longitude where his tormenting wound had been inflicted; now that a vessel had been spoken which on the very day preceding had actually encountered Moby Dick;\u2014and now that all his successive meetings with various ships contrastingly concurred to show the demoniac indifference with which the white whale tore his hunters, whether sinning or sinned against; now it was that there lurked a something in the old man’s eyes, which it was hardly sufferable for feeble souls to see. As the unsetting polar star, which through the livelong, arctic, six months’ night sustains its piercing, steady, central gaze; so Ahab’s purpose now fixedly gleamed down upon the constant midnight of the gloomy crew. It domineered above them so, that all their bodings, doubts, misgivings, fears, were fain to hide beneath their souls, and not sprout forth a single spear or leaf.<\/p>\n

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No. 2\u2014MUSIC:\u00a0<\/span>Slip into a Morning Phase.<\/span><\/h5>\n

Beck<\/span>\u2019s latest album will doubtless make up most of his set, but you can always keep your fingers crossed that the veteran songwriter will sneak in some gems from his impressive 20-year, 12-album back catalogue (\u201cThe New Pollution,\u201d anyone?).<\/p>\n

June 27. Sony Centre for the Performing Arts. 1 Front St. E., 855-872-7669,\u00a0sonycentre.ca<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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No. 3\u2014PETS:\u00a0<\/span>Adopt a cat.<\/span><\/h5>\n

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Stop binging on adorable\u00a0cat memes and\u00a0adopt one of \u2019em, already.\u00a0This weekend,\u00a0Toronto Cat Rescue\u2019s Adopt-a-thon<\/span>\u00a0makes it\u00a0easier than ever.<\/p>\n

June 28\u201329. PetSmart.\u00a012 William Kitchen Rd.,\u00a0416-335-7922,\u00a0torontocatrescue.ca<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

No. 4\u2014PRIDE:\u00a0<\/span>Show your Pride<\/span><\/h5>\n

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From the world\u2019s biggest gay wedding to the hometown return of Peaches,\u00a0we select the seven best ways to party at Pride.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

No. 5\u2014FILM\/TV:\u00a0Spend a little time with some friends of Dorothy.<\/span><\/h5>\n

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Gay characters have come out of the celluloid closet and no longer exclusively exist to support straight leads. That doesn\u2019t mean we don\u2019t love all those flamboyant second bananas who paved the way. From stealth nellies to loud-and-proud queers,\u00a0we salute the greatest onscreen GBFs.<\/span><\/p>\n

No. 6\u2014<\/span>CANADA DAY<\/span>:\u00a0<\/span>Baby, watch some fireworks.<\/span><\/h5>\n

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Kick off our country\u2019s birthday festivities a day early on \u201cCanada Eve,\u201d\u00a0Harbourfront Centre\u2019s<\/span>new term for June 30. As long as there are fireworks (and don\u2019t worry, there are), we\u2019ll buy it.<\/p>\n

If you take our advice on\u00a0Grid<\/em>\u00a0pick No. 23, then all you need to do is stick around\u00a0Centennial Park<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>for a dazzling show\u2014if you\u2019re not in a food coma, that is.<\/p>\n

Mel Lastman Square<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>is the go-to spot for North Yorkers on any light show\u2013worthy holiday. Kid-friendly circus, music, and dance performances precede the grand finale.<\/p>\n

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If none of the other options tickle your fancy, make the trek out to\u00a0Ashbridges Bay<\/span>\u00a0and find a spot among the mob of beach-bound revellers to get your fill of explosions in the sky.<\/p>\n

June 30 (Harbourfront); July 1 (everything else).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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