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Hometown 
A creative and filmic collaboration with Yoko Ono.

He met the Walrus, and it took him to the Oscars. Now, three years after the accolades for I Met The Walrus - about then 14-year-old Jerry Levitan's encounter with John Lennon - the prolific Canadian producer's ongoing relationship with Yoko Ono has resulted in another creative event.
 
My Hometown  - submitted for Oscar consideration - makes its Canadian debut December 6 in Toronto at Tattoo Rock Parlour as a 21st Century "happening," complete with a flash mob of dancers, performances by Edwin (I Mother Earth), Tom Wilson (Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, Junkhouse) and covers of Yoko Ono songs by an array of the city's top musical talents.
 
"To think that my meeting with John Lennon and Yoko Ono back in 1969 when I was 14, has taken me to the Oscars, the Emmys and now a project based on Yoko's work is simply incredible," says Levitan, who is bowing to the film's message by bringing My Hometown to his hometown on the heels of acclaim from Spoleto Italy's Without Borders Film Festival.
 
The film, set against a soundtrack backdrop of Remember Love (Yoko's original flipside track to the 45 single Give Peace A Chance), provides animation for a short prose piece written by Yoko on the theme of "think globally and act locally." It begins, "Do you know where your hometown is? Your hometown is a place you choose. Get a map of the world. Pin a little flag on a place on the map you'd like to go.

John Derringer is back for another 10 years with “Breakfast with Derringer” and right off the get go he is giving back to the causes that he feels are important to living in a metropolis like the greater Toronto area.

Thanks to the continued generosity of Q107 listeners, Derringers annual 13 Days of Christmas campaign has raised over 4.9 million dollars in cash and kind and has directly touched the lives of over 1.2 million people in the GTA who were in distress and suffering from some form of abuse.

All cash & product donations have supported The Canadian Centre For Abuse Awareness & The Martin Kruze Memorial Foundation who provide assistance to women’s shelters, social agencies and thousands of individuals, mostly women & children, who have been innocent victims of abuse and are in desperate need over the holidays and throughout the year.

Beginning Thursday December 01st, Q107 will once again launch Derringer's 13 Days of Christmas.

For 13 days, an impactful series of produced promos will share stories from people we have helped over the years, while inviting listeners to call 1-800-379-8858 between 6am and 7pm each day to make a donation by phone or, visit Q107.com to make one on-line, 24/7. These donations will help others with similar circumstances through the various outreach programs orchestrated by The Canadian Centre for Abuse Awareness.

In a world where coverage in Revolver's “Hottest Women in Metal” column replaces legitimate recognition, women who create and perform heavy music often face an uphill battle to get their work heard and their identities as artists respected. In response to this Blacktooth Entertainment and Golden Spruce Entertainment, have teamed up to put together a show that honours the women who rock in our own musical community.

It all throws down December 1st 2011 at The Garrison (1197 Dundas Street West). Ottawa's infamous alterna-metal rockers Doll will be joined by Toronto's own Skullians and Sista Fista. This rock-solid heavy music showcase is only $8 to attend. Doors are at 8pm, and we can't wait to see you there!

Ottawa-based Doll have received much praise for their skilful combination of alternative rock and heavy metal influences. The success of debut album, Inside The Dollhouse, earned them the chance to play and tour with bands such as Lacuna Coil, Genitorturers, Die Mannequin, Spinerette and Danko Jones. Their second full-length album, The Ragdoll Diaries, is expected soonest. The contrast of raw, honest lyrics with polished, sleek sound assures they are as sophisticated as they are genuine.

Skullians are a touch more raw, led by the brash and brilliant Candice Skullian. The sound is huge on frenzied drumming and snarly, jagged guitar riffage. Their violent, beer-and-sweat-drenched punk is the perfect antidote to cultural apathy. Like, if you’re in the bar you don’t have a choice.

Lions and tigers and Ross Petty, OH MY!

Follow the yellow brick road to the Elgin Theatre this holiday season and celebrate Ross Petty Productions’ 16th consecutive fractured fairy tale with the world premiere of THE WIZARD OF OZ, an original Petty production adapted from the book by  L. Frank Baum. This tradition of fractured fairy tales has become a staple of Toronto theatre.

Canada’s darling of musical theatre Elicia MacKenzie, stars as Dorothy, who, along with her dog Toto and Aunt Plumbum, yes, Stratford hunk Dan Chameroy reprises his role as the, er, bodacious Plumbum von Botox are swept away by a Tornado to the wickedly wacky world of Oz! No stranger to a Petty panto, Yvan Pedneault, former star of Rock of Ages and We Will Rock You, returns as the Tin Man, alongside Stratford’s Steve Ross as the Cowardly Lion, and the Shaw Festival’s Kyle Blair as the Scarecrow. Accompanied by her three stooges, Dorothy is lead down a yellow brick road to her only hope home, the Wizard of Oz, played by panto veteran, Eddie Glen.