Science Fiction and Fantasy Events in Toronto, April 2012

This will be my last SF/F Events post.  I started my evens calendar with the idea that, knowing what was happening, I'd attend more events.  But living outside of Toronto, I've found it's too much effort to head downtown for events, so...  I'll keep up the links I used to find events, so anyone interested can do their own research.  And, as always, check the websites to confirm times and locations.

Tuesday April 3

Rober J. Saywer: Triggers Book Launch
Where: Dominion on Queen (500 Queen Street East), Toronto, Ontario
When: 7:00 p.m.

Thursday April 5 

Dr Who Information Network (DWIN) Pub Night

There is a regular Doctor Who Tavern/Pub gathering in Toronto on the first Thursday of each month

Where: Paupers Pub, 539 Bloor Street West (near Bathurst). We meet up at the back near the dartboards.
When: People usually start to arrive around 8:00pm.

Wednesday April 11


The ChiSeries is pleased to invite James Alan Gardner, Rio Youers and Ursula Pflug!
Where: Augusta House (152 Augusta Ave)

When: 8-11 PM


Saturday April 14 - Sunday April 15 

Wizard World Toronto Comic Con

Where: Metro Toronto Convention Center
When: Sat 10 AM - 7 PM, Sun 11 AM - 6 PM
Ticket info and more


Friday April 20 - Sunday April 22 

FilKONtario

Where: Delta Hotel Toronto Airport West (5444 Dixie Road, Mississauga)
Cost: pre-register before April 14th, prices and pre-registration form here.


Saturday April 21

Toronto Public Library

Keep Toronto Reading: Anime North at the Library
Where: North York Central Library Auditorium
When: 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Cosplay and a screening of the complete "Read or Die!" series. Speaker Chris Warrilow ("War Horse") on creating amazing costumes and props. Plus: win passes to Anime North 2012. Presented with Anime North.


Sunday April 22 

Space-Time Continuum SFF Discussion Group

Where: Bakka Phoenix Books, 84 Harbord Street
When: 1 pm
Topic: TBD


Saturday April 28

Third annual Toronto Atlas Obscura day - A compendium of the Worlds Wonders curiosities and esoterica.
Where: Comedy Bar, Dupont Street
When: 10 pm - 1 am
Cost: $20, available at Helles Belles and eventbrite

Join your host Mysterion as he presents some of the strangest acts to ever-

Marvel at the worlds tiniest burlesque dancer, Viva Le Muerte, half the size but with all the parts!!

Be thrilled at the Mighty Leviticus, able to withstand darts against his bare skin and twist metal rods with his bare hands!!

The Evil Professor Sinister, he enjoys pain so much you will scream and squeal when you see what he does to his own body just for you, ungaffed and real!!!

The Cloven Path ministries, your guide to Satanic Salvation!!!

Dr. Eugenia Mooney- What secrets lie beneath 5000 years of mystery... an authentic Victorian mummy unwrapping LIVE, will it be royalty or will a curse be unleashed on the crowd..... witness this spectacle if you dare!

Sinful Burlesque of the most unique- The bizarre Obyskyura, Kitty kane from the UK, Octogirl Fionna Flauntit, the cannibal Dolly Berlin, The 4 legged Tanya Cheex, and the twisted AUTOPSY Of Chaos Divine and Vanity Boom.

All this and a curative of the only sideshow museum you can come up and touch and handle- Do you dare hold cursed objects, a real Kampala skull used for blood rituals, or the torture tools of the sickening WW2 death camps.... these items are real and from the personal collection of Mysterion, part of a collection featured in the media as one of the most oddest in the country.