Toronto Event Generator Newsletter July 10, 2025
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HAND PICKED BY YOUR TRUSTED PAL
MISHA GLOUBERMAN
WHO WOULD NEVER DO YOU WRONG
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July 11: Let's Play! Childhood games for adults in the park [link]
Riverdale Park East
July 11 & 18: Salsa on Market Street [link]
Free salsa lessons and dancing from 6 pm – 8 pm.
July 12: Solar Flair [link]
Beach vibes hang, all-ages.
July 12: Danu House Party [link]
It's a house party, at a bar, that I think I somehow helped start.
July 12: vol 33. of the serendipitous cafe [link]
Hang out with Rabi and her cat Miso at Rabi's place.
July 12: Cool New Instruments Night [link]
Eight artists present custom-built instruments, sound machines, and performance devices that challenge conventional approaches to artmaking.
July 12: Slow Networking [link]
Meet people, eventually.
July 12: Toronto Bike Party [link]
Lights, bikes, party
July 12: Water Gun Fight [link]
Shoot other people with water guns
July 12-13: Fabric: Alternative Futures with Tech Unconference [link]
A self-organised gathering/unconference for practitioners who use technology to uplift individuals and society, at 1RG.
July 13: Spin Class [link]
A local music listening party and social event where artists, fans and friends gather to hear in-person interviews and full album playbacks by their favourite local artists while enjoying food, drinks and community.
July 13: Sunday Night Smut [link]
From the excellent folks at Birdhaus - screenings of comedy porn from the late 70s / early 80s
July 15: Silent Reading Club with Nora [link]
You get the idea
July 15, 22 & 29: Authentic Relating - The Power of Connection [link]
I love this stuff. It's a series of weirdo games/exercises to get people connecting in ways that mess with some of the boundaries that usually exist. Not a cult. Really fun!! Toronto really really needs more of this.
July 16: Walk Social [link]
From Invisible Strangers.
July 16: 🧠 After Intelligence (AI) [link]
After Intelligence is an experimental, multi-format series exploring the philosophical, existential, and spiritual implications of AI, AGI, and ASI, from the AI collective and Peter Limberg.
July 17: Little Deaths Salon [link]
Sex, death, cabaret. Sold out.
July 17: Book Club: Atmosphere [link]
Book club session dedicated to Taylor Jenkins Reid's newest release, Atmosphere
July 17: Family Busker Days: LEGO [link]
This is, as far as I can tell, a weekly performance series, that takes place on Thursdays from 10:00 to 3:00, which is a pretty bold move.
July 17: Side Project Social [link]
Talk about your side projects at 1RG
July 17: 1RG Board Game night [link]
What it says on the tin.
July 19: Hentai Education and Nonsense - at Birdhaus [link]
Hentai, discussion, and drinks, at Birdhaus, coolest place in the city.
July 19: Billy's Popsicle Stand [link] *****
An annual tradition. My 10-year-old, Billy, runs a popsicle stand.
Flavors this year:
🍉Watermelon 💦Water 🍋Lemonade ☕Coffee
🍅Ketchup 🌭Hotdog 🥑Guac&Chips 🥜PB&J
If you RSVP on the partiful, we will say a cheerful hello to you when you arrive!
July 19: Seagull Counting Club [link]
Did you know that Toronto Event Generator provides grants for events we like? We do! And we don’t document it anywhere, for some reason. But we can tell you: we gave a grant to these guys, because they really deserve it.
July 19: Toronto Photo Walk [link]
Walk around w. ppl and take pictures
July 19: The Nature of Transit: The Story of the Spadina Expressway [link]
Walking tour from noted Torontologist and Taylor Swift scholar Matthew Jordan.
July 23: Hitchdeck: Pitch your single friend [link]
Pitch your single friend to a room full of strangers. They claim this is “less weird than speed dating”, which is a low bar, and also arguably false.
July 25: Other People's Treasure Bingo [link]
What could be more human than putting yourself inside a slow random number generator, lured by the promise of getting stuff that someone else wanted to throw away.
July 25: GenJam: Make an AI Film in 3 Hrs! [link]
Hands-on workshop on AI filmmaking tools.
July 27: The Body of Loneliness: Part 1 [link]
Abi and Joyce explore your loneiness with you.
Aug 11: Trampoline Hall [link]
Toronto barrom lecture series started a very very long time ago, hosted, still, by me. Sells out fast because it is great.
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About Misha
Hi, I’m Misha! Nice to meet you. I make this newsletter. We started this in September. Around the same time, I also started my own substack. So far the most popular post is one called Stop Pretending Toronto is More Than It Is, which you might like. Or read more about Toronto Event Generator.
I run and host the Trampoline Hall Lecture Series. I co-host All About Intimacy, a conversation event about love, sex, and friendship, and sometimes host a live-band karaoke night at Jean Darlene Piano Room.
In my working life, I help companies foster better human connection - I help teams get better at talking about tough issues, and help organizations run better conferences, workshops, and offsites.
You can find me on twitter, instagram, substack… See you at the next event!