{"slides":[{"media_title":"The Toronto Comic Arts Festival","media_tagline":"","event_body":"\n\nThe Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) is one of the largest independent comic arts festivals in the world!\n\nEach year, TCAF welcomes 28,000+ visitors and 350+ artists from across Canada and around the world to our free, two-day celebration of the breadth and diversity of independent comics.\n\nMeet the creators of your favourite comics and shop their latest releases. Learn about the historical and contemporary trends in comics through panel talks, Q&amp;As, workshops, and artist spotlights.\n\nBring your kids! TCAF is all-ages, with drawing and creation workshops and comics storytimes led by educators and library workers.\n\nOver the years, TCAF has drawn prominent names such as Art Spiegelman, Alison Bechdel, Yoshihiro Tatsumi, Daniel Clowes, Junji Ito, Chris Ware, Jillian and Mariko Tamaki, Chester Brown, Seth, Kate Beaton, Adrian Tomine, Kamome Shirahama, and Bryan Lee O&#39;Malley, and we seek to serve as a platform for international artists to showcase their work.\n\nTCAF 2025 will be held from June 7-8, 2025 at Toronto Metropolitan University&rsquo;s Mattamy Athletic Centre. To kick off the festival, we&rsquo;re also offering a full day of professional development programming for comics librarians and staff (Libraries and Education Day) and comics creators (Word Balloon Academy) on June 6.\n\nLearn more at&nbsp;https:\/\/www.torontocomics.com\/\n","media_file_type":"img","media_file_placeholder":null,"media_file_name":"https:\/\/www.mattamyathleticcentre.ca\/assets\/img\/Toronto-Comic-Arts-Festival-528c34e130.png","media_link":"https:\/\/www.mattamyathleticcentre.ca\/events\/detail\/the-toronto-comic-arts-festival","ticket_link":"","event_date":"<span class=\"m\">Jun<\/span> <span class=\"d\">7 - 8<\/span><span class=\"y\">, 2025<\/span>","promos":"home featured","media_thumb":"https:\/\/www.mattamyathleticcentre.ca\/assets\/img\/TCAF-Thumbnail-fbaf2e6240.png","category":{"name":"Other","id":"0"}},{"media_title":"GLOBL JAM","media_tagline":"","event_body":"This summer, the future of basketball takes center stage as&nbsp;GLOBL JAM&nbsp;returns to Canada. The&nbsp;best Under-23 men&rsquo;s and women&rsquo;s teams on the planet&nbsp;go head-to-head in a relentless 5-on-5 battle at&nbsp;Toronto&rsquo;s Mattamy Athletic Centre, with every moment broadcast nationwide&nbsp;\non&nbsp;Sportsnet.\n&zwj;\nWatch&nbsp;Team Canada&rsquo;s next NBA and WNBA stars&nbsp;rise on home soil.&nbsp;\nThis is more than a tournament&mdash;it&rsquo;s a proving ground. The grind&nbsp;\nbefore the glory.\n\n&zwj;See the rise. August 13-17, 2025.\n","media_file_type":"img","media_file_placeholder":null,"media_file_name":"https:\/\/www.mattamyathleticcentre.ca\/assets\/img\/globl-jam-announcement-dcda8f8923.jpg","media_link":"https:\/\/www.mattamyathleticcentre.ca\/events\/detail\/global-jam","ticket_link":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.globljam.ca\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tickets \">Buy Tickets<\/a>","event_date":"<span class=\"m\">Aug<\/span> <span class=\"d\">13 - 17<\/span><span class=\"y\">, 2025<\/span>","promos":"home featured","media_thumb":"https:\/\/www.mattamyathleticcentre.ca\/assets\/img\/globl-jam-announcement-copy-82ac6dba3d.jpg","category":{"name":"Other","id":"0"}},{"media_header":"May Community Skate","media_title":"May Community Skate","media_tagline":"","media_file_name":"https:\/\/www.mattamyathleticcentre.ca\/assets\/img\/May-Community-Skate-65d82ede4c.jpg","media_thumb":"https:\/\/www.mattamyathleticcentre.ca\/assets\/img\/Community-Skate-1x1-543906be2b.jpg","media_file_custom":false,"media_file_custom_thumb":false,"media_link":"https:\/\/www.mattamyathleticcentre.ca\/venue-info\/community-skates","media_file_type":"img","media_file_placeholder":"https:\/\/www.mattamyathleticcentre.ca\/assets\/img\/Community-Skate-1x1-543906be2b.jpg"}]}