Category: Community

Toronto’s favourite cold-season hotspot, The Bentway, opens for skating on December 17 December 5, 2022 – [Toronto, ON] – The Bentway welcomes back local neighbours and fun-seekers for its fifth year of winter programming, launching Saturday, December 17, 2022. Skaters are invited to chill out and cozy up along a 220-metre figure-eight skate trail, located under the […]

Halloween is going to be one for the dogs! After a three-year paws, The Bentway is bringing back a favourite frightening neighborhood event, Howl’oween. Sponsored by Bone & Biscuit, The Bentway is inviting all local dogs and their owners to participate in a Costumed Pup Parade, complete with amazing prizes, music, a festive photo selfie station, warm […]

This Fall, The Bentway is excited to be teaming up with our neighbours at Kids Coding to offer a series of family-friendly workshops, inviting kids to learn the principles of science, engineering, technology, and the arts through creative play. Hosted in The Bentway Studio space, these workshops will feature a different theme and a ‘build […]

On October 16, The Bentway, Toronto Field Naturalists, & Lost Rivers will lead a unique walk exploring the waterways that have shaped Toronto. Registration is free and will open on a first come, first served basis on October 8 at noon. Throughout the month of October, The Bentway & Exhibition Place invite audiences to experience […]

Friday September 30th is the second annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Canadians from coast-to-coast-to-coast have been encouraged to take this opportunity to “recognize and commemorate the legacy of residential schools.” At The Bentway, our team is taking the day to educate ourselves and reflect on how we as individuals, and collectively as an organization, can further the […]

In Spring 2022, Jess Misak and Faizaan Khan joined The Bentway for a five-month Public Space Fellowship, the second annual Fellowship supported by our friends at the Balsam Foundation. The Fellows played a pivotal role in shaping and leading The Street Summit, an “un-symposium” that explored how cities everywhere can re-imagine their streets. With guidance […]

The Depanneur and The Bentway are back this summer for a fourth year of diverse and delicious food events. The 2022 Communal Table series is bigger and better than ever, with 20 events running June 16 to Aug 23. Join us on Tuesdays at The Bentway Studio (55 Fort York Blvd) for Communal Picnic – […]

The Bentway is proud to announce the addition of two new Public Space Fellows for 2022 – Faizaan Khan (he/they) and Jess Misak (they/them) – emerging advocates in the fields of architecture and design. Khan and Misak join The Bentway for a five-month, full-time fellowship where they will engage directly with our upcoming Spring/Summer season […]

The Bentway’s Summer Food Series kicks off July 1st with the return of last year’s successful Communal Picnic partnership with Toronto restaurant and innovative “culinary talent showcase” The Depanneur. Communal Picnic offers a weekly three-course picnic meal for neighbours and community members to pick up and enjoy at The Bentway or at home featuring rotating […]

Artists, practitioners, Public Space Fellows, researchers assemble to drive new thinking and action to create safer and more equitable public spaces The Bentway today announced the launch of a timely exploration, Safe in Public Space, which takes a deep, critical look at safety and equity in public spaces everywhere, including issues of design justice, invisibility and hypervisibility, operating […]