Blog October 25, 2011
See “Brick by Brick” and support Bike Works!
Campers get a lesson in bike safety from Bike Works program manager Shah and camp staff.(Photo: Jan Schwarz)
You’re invited to attend a special screening of Brick by Brick: The Story of Evergreen Brick Works, in support of Bike Works, our community cycling space!
Bike Works is an innovative program that plays a vital role in our school, camp and other youth programs such as the YMCA Academy’s Healthy Choices. With your support, we can continue to teach youth safe cycling skills and bike maintenance techniques and help them develop confidence on and off the saddle.
On Thursday, November 3 at 7pm, sample hors d’oeuvres from Cafe Belong, enjoy spirits from local wineries and breweries and participate in a discussion after the film with Geoff Cape and director Catherine Annau.
Please join us by purchasing tickets here.
Check out the film trailer below to see what it’s about:
Comments
Hello,
I just watched Brick by Brick on TV and I have to say that I completely enjoyed it. Although I haven’t lived in Toronto for a couple of years I will always have a deep connection to the Don Valley Brickworks in a number of ways.
I grew up in West Hill, Scarborough in an old circa 1910 farm house built in conjunction with Morrish Lash and William C Bennett. It stands two storys high and is built of the unmistakeable red-brown bricks that came from the Brickworks a century ago. It really was a special house in so many ways and it was sad to leave it behind.
As a teenager, I traced the origins of the bricks of our family home to the Don Valley Brickworks. At the time, I was also a budding young photographer and was quite pleased to discover that it was a real hot spot for photography. I visited the site several times to take pictures and it was just glorious. It really sparked a new dimension of the art into my beliefs.
Also, in my teen years, I was a very devoted student of martial arts. I was fortunate enough to have found a school that grew us spiritually an not just physically. The most significant example I can give would be learning how to break bricks with our bare hands. Brick breaking was not taught for virtue of strength but rather to see the brick as a metaphor for all challenges in life, big or small, and to learn to conquer them swiftly, effortlessly and without doubt or thought. A truly enlightening concept when you consider that virtually every structure has some form of masonry in it. As for the Evergreen Brickworks there are many bricks within its walls and an equal number of bricks to conquer. Some large and some small but once they are overcome it will be the seed of revolution.
I hope to come back and visit again but to this day our family still keeps a loose brick from our old home in Scarborough as a memento. It sits on our mantle piece and reads as clear as day “J PRICE”.
Be Well,
-Strahan Beatty