Tuba ensemble, Storage Wars and 3rd Easter in the Village

Upper left, say hello to Michela Comparey and her friends in the Euba Ensemble set to rock Lawrence Park Community Church Saturday. It’s the first Toronto Tuba Euphonium Symposium (TOTES) ever. Upper right, Leaside may just be ready for an episode of Storage Wars as the complement of storage locker companies seems set to expand forever. This is the enormous facility going up on Esandar Drive opposite Leaside Village shopping centre. It’s called Bluebird Storage. Below that, a meeting is set for Tuesday, March 20, at 7 p.m. at the Isabel Bader Theatre, 93 Charles St, W. to discuss the towering project just down the street from Scrivener Square and the old train station. There’s more here. Centre left, the third annual Easter in the Village on Mt. Pleasant Rd. is set for Saturday, March 31. This is the event co-sponsored by Meridian Credit Union that runs a family movie at the Regent Theatre followed by an Easter Egg hunt at June Rowlands Park. Nice. And hey, there’s family skating tomorrow (Thursday March 15) at East York Arena, 888 Cosburn Ave. Finally, lower left, the Handy Book Exchange will close as renovations are imminent at the Avenue Road storefront. The rent will rocket up after that. Owner Carole Nelles says it will be impossible to carry on at rent of $6,000 a month.