When long-standing Black-owned bookstore A Different Booklist moves into Mirvish Village this fall, its affiliated cultural centre will bear a new name: Blackhurst Cultural Centre. The new name “Blackhurst” is a nod to Bathurst Street’s once thriving Black community and its continued legacy. Blackhurst Cultural Centre, formerly known as A Different Booklist Cultural Centre, was started around 2016 to expand community activities the over 25-year-old bookstore produced, such as youth arts programs and a business e-course partnered with Schulich School of Business. The new space will be a four-floor centre housing the bookstore, the cultural centre, a drumming studio and rental spaces for community initiatives. To support the space’s construction, design and furnishing, the Blackhurst Cultural Centre is looking to raise $10 million and has currently raised $3.3 million.

Source: thestar April 09, 2022 16:00 UTC