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News Archive for Bloor Street Entertains

EVENT REPORT 02.28.08 5:15 PM

Queen Street West Benefit Puts Guests in Limos and Masks on Servers

A server at the "Queen Street Unmasked" party
Photo: Malcolm Taylor

Despite frigid temperatures, the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (C.A.M.H.) packed close to 500 guests into the Drake Hotel last night for its second annual "Queen Street Unmasked" fund-raiser. Marion Hart of MH Event Management planned the party with members of the C.A.M.H. Foundation campaign board (including event chair Ana Lopes) with the goal of involving the Queen Street West neighbourhood in the redevelopment of the C.A.M.H. facilities.

Working with the modern decor of the Drake's interior, Hart opted for simple flowers, lots of food, and high-profile entertainment and guests to create a hip and exciting vibe. "It's really the people who make this event," she said. MORE >>

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, C.A.M.H. Foundation, George Stroumboulopoulos, Bloor Street Entertains

EVENT REPORT 12.06.07 1:16 PM

Canfar Cancels Party Due to Bomb Threat

A table setting at Tiffany & Company.
Photo: BizBash

A bomb scare outside the Royal Ontario Museum forced organizers of Bloor Street Entertains, the annual fund-raiser for the Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research (Canfar), to cancel the party portion of its event on Wednesday, November 28. The museum’s new Michael Lee-Chin Crystal addition, the site of the party and silent auction, was closed off for security reasons as police shut down the surrounding roads to investigate.

The police later determined that the bomb was a hoax, an art exhibit planted by a student at the Ontario College of Art and Design. “Last Wednesday was a sad day for Canfar," said Elissa Beckett, executive director of Canfar, in a statement. "The cancellation of the party as part of Bloor Street Entertains leaves us short $100,000 in funding for AIDS research."

The organization launched an online auction at Canfar's Web site, beginning at 2 p.m. today, in an effort to make back the money lost from the cancelled event. The auction will run for one week.

Prior to the bomb scare, the black-tie gala's guests dined in several high-end stores along Bloor Street. Tiffany & Company, Holt Renfrew, and Liss Gallery were transformed into intimate eating establishments to help raise money for AIDS research. MORE >>

Bloor Street Entertains, Canfar, Royal Ontario Museum