{"id":28523,"date":"2016-07-01T09:57:27","date_gmt":"2016-07-01T13:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/?p=28523"},"modified":"2016-06-27T09:58:48","modified_gmt":"2016-06-27T13:58:48","slug":"one-love-colourromproud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/2016\/07\/01\/one-love-colourromproud\/","title":{"rendered":"One Love #ColourROMProud"},"content":{"rendered":"One Love! One Heart! Let's get together and feel all right\u2026what up Bob Marley reference!?\r\n\r\nWhat do you get when you combine the magical power of a rainbow with a 100,000 square foot crystal at the Royal Ontario Museum?\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\nYou get Friday Night Live: Colour ROM Proud, a massive fun party at the museum! The theme as you may have guessed is about celebrating Pride. It's the final Friday Night Live of the season, and it's a goodie! Pride Toronto presented music, dance, food and performances around the museum and guests for the evening got an exclusive preview of the CHIHULY glass exhibition, featuring ground-breaking explorations in colour, light and form by artist David Chihuly.\r\n\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_28525\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28525\" style=\"width: 833px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2016\/06\/FNL.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28525\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2016\/06\/FNL.png\" alt=\"Sign made of balloon that reads Colour ROM Proud\" width=\"833\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2016\/06\/FNL.png 833w, http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2016\/06\/FNL-300x142.png 300w, http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2016\/06\/FNL-500x236.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 833px) 100vw, 833px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28525\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Colour ROM Proud Balloon Sign (Image: Meimei)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\nToronto DJs Craig Dominic, Cozmic Cat, John Caffery, Kris Steeves and Scooter McCreight spun some AWESOME tunes though-out the evening and they had people dancing in no time! There were also live performances by Forte \u2013 Toronto Gay Men\u2019s Chorus, Christian Jeffires and Backburner, ILL NANA\/Diverse City Dance Company, NYC\u2019s Tony Banks and some of Toronto\u2019s fiercest queens. They all performed amazingly amongst the dinosaurs and the crowd. It was colourful in every way! The music and dances were definitely entertaining. I must say, of all the Friday Night Live events at the ROM this one was one of the best! So many people gathering together to celebrate LGBTQ pride while boogie-ing through the galleries dancing and enjoying good food, colouring ROM proud!\r\n\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_28524\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28524\" style=\"width: 584px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2016\/06\/ROM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-28524\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2016\/06\/ROM-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Main atrium at the Royal Ontario Musem. \" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2016\/06\/ROM-1024x576.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2016\/06\/ROM-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2016\/06\/ROM-500x281.jpg 500w, http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2016\/06\/ROM.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28524\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Main Atrium at the ROM (Image: Meimei)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_28527\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28527\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2016\/06\/ca32de01fbbd8111df80262fa358b2e2a07fd4d2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28527\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2016\/06\/ca32de01fbbd8111df80262fa358b2e2a07fd4d2.jpg\" alt=\"Coloured marquee that reads LOVE\" width=\"640\" height=\"378\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2016\/06\/ca32de01fbbd8111df80262fa358b2e2a07fd4d2.jpg 640w, http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2016\/06\/ca32de01fbbd8111df80262fa358b2e2a07fd4d2-300x177.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2016\/06\/ca32de01fbbd8111df80262fa358b2e2a07fd4d2-500x295.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28527\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Loveee (Image: Meimei)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_28528\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28528\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2016\/06\/eed9f3822b3a6ee800cf0534d1bc3b9afccc0c3e.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-28528 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2016\/06\/eed9f3822b3a6ee800cf0534d1bc3b9afccc0c3e-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Picture of a dinosaur with coloured lights reflected on it\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2016\/06\/eed9f3822b3a6ee800cf0534d1bc3b9afccc0c3e-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2016\/06\/eed9f3822b3a6ee800cf0534d1bc3b9afccc0c3e-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2016\/06\/eed9f3822b3a6ee800cf0534d1bc3b9afccc0c3e.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28528\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pretty Coloured Lights on a DINO! (Image: Meimei)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\nAnother highlight of the evening were the food vendors \u2013 the one that stood out from the rest for me was the liquid nitrogen ice cream that is made right before your eyes! Oohh-la-la! If you were at the event last week, did you try one?!\r\n\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_28526\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28526\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2016\/06\/ice-cream.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-28526 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2016\/06\/ice-cream-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Picture of one of the liquid ice cream during the friday night live event\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2016\/06\/ice-cream-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2016\/06\/ice-cream.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28526\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream by Ice Volcano (Image: Meimei)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\nAnd of course, we can\u2019t forget the artifacts in the museum! One of my favourite galleries at the ROM is the James and Louise Temerty Galleries of the Age of Dinosaurs (Gotta love them dinosaurs!), Sir Christopher Ondaatje South Asian Gallery and the Galleries of Africa: Egypt (who doesn\u2019t like mummies, right? \ud83d\ude00 )\r\n\r\nIf you were at the event, what did you think of it? What did you enjoy most about the event? Comment below and let me know!\r\n\r\nUntil next time \ud83d\ude00\r\n\r\n-- M","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One Love! One Heart! Let's get together and feel all right\u2026what up Bob Marley reference!?\r\n\r\nWhat do you get when you combine the magical power of a rainbow with a 100,000 square foot crystal at the Royal Ontario Museum?\r\n\r\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/2016\/07\/01\/one-love-colourromproud\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;One Love #ColourROMProud&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"author":286,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[63,65,60],"tags":[16286,16281,25500,16282,16284,16283,11483,758,780,239,237],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28523"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/286"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28523"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28531,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28523\/revisions\/28531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}