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For the Luminato Closing Weekend Celebrations with Cirque Du Soleil, we collaborated with over 1,000 Toronto kids to create hundreds of hand-painted banners that were part of the Cirque environment. Then, over the course of the Closing Weekend, we made musical instruments and mobiles with around 3,000 families. These objects were gifts for the two Cirque tribes and kids participated in processions to bring their offerings to the Cirque performers who hung them on a giant clothesline. It was awesome!

Bunch is on the team behind this year’s Family Pride and we’re really, well, proud to be part of it. To kick off Family Pride, we asked Bunch mom Diane Flacks to interview the stars and director of The Baby Formula, a flick about a gay couple’s attempts to conceive one another’s baby, starring Megan Fahlenbok and Angela Vint, who were both actually pregnant during filming.

Here’s Diane’s exclusive interview with Megan, Angela and director Alison Reid, about going into labour at Pride ’07, having gay kids and loving on Angelina Jolie.

Happy Pride to all the families in the Bunch community!

Diane: What was your immediate reaction when Angela went into labour while shooting the water-breaking sequence in the film?

Angela: I remember strange things had been happening in my body that morning and when I was taking a cab downtown to set on Pride 2007, I remember thinking how crazy it would be if I went into labour  Read more...

This Sunday is Father’s Day but in our hometown of Toronto, it’s also the day for Totstock, an eco, rock and literary festival spearheaded by musician and dad, Don Kerr. Here’s our exclusive interview with Don about Creativity and Kids. Happy Father’s Day from Bunch to all the dads out there!

Don and Dove

How would your kid describe what you do?
Rock and roll

Is your kid planning to follow in your footsteps? Why or why not?
It seems this way, as Dove has endless creative energy and a strong work ethic.

What did you think you’d be when you grew up?
Artists… Claudia and I both knew very early on that we had to do our own thing.  Read more...

Who says it’s not easy being green? Don Kerr & The Blue Bin Band host ‘totstock 09’, an afternoon of songs, stories and crafts designed to make eco concerns fun and accessible for curious minds aged 2-8.

Don’t miss the musical stylings of Claire Jenkins, Garden Jane and Jerome Godboo’s Cirque D’irt and, I Eat Kids. Come, watch David Wall perform The Lorax by Dr Seuss, Claudia Dey bring to life Kerr’s Sniffing Princess & The Sweet Toothed Prince, illustrator Irene Luxbacher & author Andrew Larsen paint The Imaginary Garden, Peggy Collins present In The Garden, and Barbara Klunder share her new book, The Animals Day. And you can make history: join David Bruins & Hilary Leung as they stage the world’s largest ever Cowboy Ninja Bear tournament.

Chris Reed will be Master of Ceremonies. All proceeds go to The High Park Nature Centre, who will run eco-craft stations throughout the park.

totstock 09
Sorauren Park (At Wabash & Sorauren).
Sun June 21; 2-5pm. PWYC.  Read more...

It’s our great pleasure to invite you and your family to join us for the third year of Luminato. Please check out the Luminato Family Activity Guide and get out there and enjoy the festival! We’re stoked about RedBall, Family Dance Party at Yonge-Dundas Square, The Great Canadian Tune and the Closing Weekend Celebration Featuring Cirque du Soleil, with family programming courtesy of Bunch.  Hope to see you there!

Hey Bunch Families,

We’re throwing a free family block party at Yonge-Dundas Square as part of the
Luminato Festival!  Read more...