MUSIC MARKETING 101 4th cycle now happening at PYS! Register today!

Young Parkdale Musicians, Artists, Emcee's, Producers, Publicists, Managers and more come out and gain skills at this fun and interactive 4 week workshop series every Monday and Wednesday from 5:30pm - 7:30pm at the Parkdale Youth Space!

It's FREE for youth 16-29 and we cover press release writing, blogging, self publishing and grant applications and a variety of other important topics for young independent artists. Special guests during the final 2 weeks will give participants great networking opportunities, insights and advice. Come and join these great sessions!

E mail Theost@stchrishouse.org Running until Late May 2011!

THE BET (short film) by the Youth Empowering Parkdale Parkdale Project!

Pictured above from left to right Mithila, Meena, Ayesha, Sezen, Shirly and Gowttam

"This is the first skit from the Youth Empowering Parkdale Project, a group formed through partnerships with St.Christopher House and Toronto Public Health. The focus of the group, aged 13-15, is to create empowering and educational short films around issues of drug awareness. This skit, entirely scripted, acted and conceptualized by Parkdale Youth, speaks to the issues of peer pressure, under aged drinking and low self esteem. Everyone is a hero, so in this skit, the superheroes 'tear' into normal clothing to take care of their community! Watch out for SOBER SAM, SAFETY SUE, OUT OF HAND MAN and MISS MISCHIEF TOO!"

Beat Boxing 101

Professional DJ 'SCRATCH CAT' presents this 8 week workshop on how to Rock the Crowd with a microphone and creativity! All ages are welcome from 13-29 years of age, every Friday from 4-6pm starting MARCH 18th at the Parkdale Youth Space! Check out some of Scratch Cat's cool videos and practise yourself so you too can be a BEAT BOX MASTER! register today at (416) 536-1234 ext.30 or TheoSt@Stchrishouse.org  for Parkdale Residents

Click Scratch Cat's Pic to see his Bio and watch videos!

PARKDALE YOUTH SPACE FEATURED IN PARKDALE LIBERTY NEWSPAPER!

http://www.insidetoronto.com/news/local/article/938637--youth-space-celebrates-one-year-in-parkdale

MANY THANKS to Erin Hatfield from the Parkdale Liberty newspaper who came by the Youth Space and conducted this interview. We appreciate the support of our local community press! Please note that Youth HOST is a St.Christopher House program and not a partner agency. For more information on the programs mentioned in the article check the CONTACTS page above. Thanks!

WELCOME!

THANK YOU for stopping by the Parkdale Youth Space Blog! Please check the pages above to find out more about who we are, what programs we offer for youth, when our special events are happening and how you can find our partner organizations in the Parkdale community. Come and visit today at 1499 Queen St. West, 2nd Floor (at Sorauren ave.) 

Please Enjoy a few pictures from our past events!

    Pictured above from left to right: Meena Jeyakumar, Mithila Jeyakumar, Gowttam Perinpanayagam

    at the Scotia Bank Marathon. September 2010 

Pictured above from left to right: (Back row)Milan Patel, Freddy Diaz,Winston Jean Baptiste, Michael Nguyen, Sushmit Das Durjoy (Front Row) Jennifer Hoang, Danny Nguyen, Anh Nguyen,Tenzin Sherab

at the Parkdale Youth Space Fall Launch. November 2010