Toronto Event Generator Newsletter May 17, 2025
The weekend starts when I say it starts
GOOD LUCK HAVING FUN WITHOUT ME, TORONTO
From Misha: I’ll be away from Toronto most of the next month, mostly in the Bay Area. I’ll be running the opening ceremony and other community-building at Edge Esmeralda (where I’ll be for most of the month), and also the running an opening activity at Vibe Gala. I’ll be running also be hosting Trampoline Hall San Francisco, and dropping by Lessonline / SummerCamp / Manifest. Billy and are hoping to do a kids’ Trampoline Hall at Edge, too
TORONTO EVENT GENERATOR IS RUN BY MISHA GLOUBERMAN AND “FRIENDS”
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*** THE BEST EVENTS IN TORONTO ARE ((((
*** THE BEST EVENTS IN TORONTO ARE ((((
*** THE BEST EVENTS IN TORONTO ARE ((((
*** TORONTO EVENTS
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May 18: Coire and Danu Sunday Family Dinner [link]
Family dinner but without your stupid family
May 20: Heartbreak Club: creative writing + open mic [link]
Writing workshop and open mic on heartbreak
May 20: Silent Reading Club with Nora [link]
Remember when there were no silent reading clubs? Me neither. This one at 1RG.
May 21: Dinner with Strangers [link]
From Jess Janz! Sold out already, so you can't go.
May 21: Fuckup Nights Toronto [link]
People share stories of business failure. I've been a few of these and a lot of the time the person is like "things were so hard… and then… I became really successful", but every once in a while they really did just fail, and you feel like you got what you paid for.
May 21: Other Peoples' Treasure BINGO [link]
Play Bingo and if you are lucky you will get some stuff someone else did not want.
(I think, in terms of the original saying, you're actually getting other peoples' trash which becomes your treasure, but I can understand why the organizers of this event did not name the event in the more accurate way.)
May 21: Sacred Harp Singing [link]
Get in now and you can say you were into Sacred Harp before it was cool. Don't miss the boat like you did with silent book clubs.
May 22: Board Game Designer Night at The Black Pony [link]
Playtest new board games with their designers!
May 23: Creative Mornings [link]
Part of a global lecture series.
May 23: Let's Play! Childhood games for adults in the park [link]
Like Squid Game without all the dying.
May 24: Values Based Slow Burn: Hetero Dating Edition [link]
Speed dating, but the speed is: Slow.
May 24: vol 30. of the serendipitous cafe [link]
Seriously - if you are thinking "I want to run an event, but it seems like a lot of work and no one would come" - This event is literally just "hang out in Rabia's apartment with some people". That's it. And it is sold out, three weeks in advance. You could do this.
May 24: Summer Movember Pub Olympics [link]
At The Dock Ellis - Darts, foosball, cornhole, and more!
May 24-25: asses.masses [link]
From the web site: "asses.masses is a custom-made video game about labour, technophobia and sharing the load of revolution, designed to be played from beginning to end in a live theatre."
I have no fucking idea what that means, but I bet it is 100% the sort of thing you love.
May 25: Mahjong Invisible strangers X Four Winds Toronto [link]
Love Mahjong but dislike everyone you know? This is for you!
May 25: Applied Rationality Book Exchange [link]
Book swap organized
May 25: Dating like it’s 1999 [link]
“For Heterosexual men and women aged between 27 and 39 years old”. Which means in 1999 you were seven or whatever. Ah, for the days when dating was simpler!
May 27: Curiosity Café: TBA [link]
Talk about philosophy in a bar.
May 28: Playlist Storytellers [link]
People tell stories connected to a song.
May 29: Side Project Social [link]
Every two weeks: Come talk about your side project.
May 30: Sapphic Dating: Values Based Slow Burn [link]
Slow. Sapphic.
May 30: Radical Aliveness Community Nights [link]
Connection around broad human themes like "impulses" "risk taking" "pleasure" and "freedom".
May 30: Exit Points #60 [link]
Music so difficult to enjoy, it includes an instruction session on how to listen to it. Also some participatory stuff.
May 31:The Good Life Beach Day [link]
A day at the beach.
June 1: Toronto Tamagotchi Club - Pride Meetup [link]
Finally an event for your gay Tamagotchi!
June 3: Reading Rhythms Toronto Chapter [link]
Reading outside with people. LOCATION IS A SECRET. It might be right outside your house, who knows.
June 7: SexTech TO Conference [link]
An early leadup event for this was the first project ever sponsored by Toronto Event Generator, so this has a special place in our heart. Also it will be great.
June 7: House Party [link]
This happens every month at Danu and I had some hand in starting it.
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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!
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