Check out our ongoing and upcoming events and series.
events calendar
From Milkweed to Monarchs
Did you know that monarch butterflies migrate 4,800km each year from Canada to Mexico? Join us for this hands-on workshop to learn how milkweed plants help support this journey and have a chance to plant your own! Learn about our experimental gardens at Bentway Staging Grounds and the opportunities of urban ecology.
Partner Event Sephora x Amy Harper: Makeup Master Class
To celebrate Beauty at The Bentway, inspired by Clean and Planet Aware at Sephora, Sephora Canada will host a FREE Clean Makeup Masterclass on Sunday, September 15th, led by Amy Harper, Sephora Pro Makeup Artist and National Beauty Educator.
Dominoes
In 2024, Dominoes brought together Torontonians in a joyful act of community-building, as 8,000 human-sized dominoes weave and fall along an epic 2.5km journey through downtown neighbourhoods.
Understories: A Staging Grounds Listening Experience
Understories: A Staging Grounds Listening Experience is a series of short audio works that invite you to tune into the unique ecological, environmental, and design elements of The Bentway’s Staging Grounds – a public space pilot under the Gardiner. Engage with the features and functions of Staging Grounds like never before through a mix of […]
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Waterfront ReConnect: Boom Town
On view nowBoom Town employs vibrant colour, playful characters, and environmental lighting to enliven the York Street intersection, improving safety and accessibility for pedestrians and cyclists.
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Waterfront ReConnect: Pixel Story
On view nowPixel Story references the multitude of vantages, scales, speeds, and distances at which to view the Expressway, enticing passersby to move forward towards the waterfront, or pause to reflect on its diverse stories.
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Bentway Staging Grounds
On view nowBentway Staging Grounds is a site of active, environmental learning that continues The Bentway’s creative work along the Gardiner Expressway. Visitors are invited into a living laboratory for urban ecology, with experimental gardens that use rainwater run-off from the highway above to support the growth of flowering plant species.
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Memory Work
On display May 1, 2022 onwardsSituated at the western entrance to The Bentway, Memory Work is a mural made up of twelve embellished photographic portraits of revolutionary women and non-binary figures from a future Toronto. Initiated by studio From Later with artist Rajni Perera and Memory Work Collective, this speculative monument imagines a city characterized by collective care and politics…