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Whitney Pea: Live Music Event

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Every month we host live music events right here in the shop. Naturally, we host local musicians from in and around the Junction area. This month, we made an exception and welcomed Whitney Pea, a three piece band from Niagara on the Lake. Our live music events are usually hosted on Sunday afternoons and are […]


Toronto Design Offsite Festival 2015

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It’s that time of year again! The Toronto Offsite Design Festival has begun and the AfterModern.Lab has set up an installation in our window, a collection of textiles, ceramics and crystal sculptures called “Calgary Outside the Box” featuring artists Katrina Chaytor, Mackenzie Kelly-Frère, Natalie Gerber, and Natali Rodrigues. To know more about the installation and the respective […]


New Stock: L.A. Eyeworks

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After having our L.A. Eyeworks trunk show at the very beginning of the month, we placed an order and most the frames have finally arrived! L.A. Eyeworks have been around since the early 80’s and have been trail blazers, both in their outlandish designs and in their manufacturing quality. Designed out of Los Angeles, L.A. […]


Seeing Clearly

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Clear frames are totally making a come back in 2015. More and more we’ve been getting request for bold plastic frames in clear. Thankfully we have tons in stock. Some vintage and some new, they come in all shapes, sizes and tints!  


Upcoming events in 2015

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Some really fun things are happening this month! First off, on Sunday January 18th at 1pm we’ll have St. Catharines’ own “Whitney Pea”, a three piece folk band featuring Whitney Peterson on guitar and lead vocals, Laurel Minnes on the ukulele and harmonies as well as Frank Di Tillio on the upright bass. Check out […]


Facebook Contest!

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Like us on Facebook for a chance to win a 100$ Opticianado gift certificate!   https://www.facebook.com/opticianado   We reached over 500 likes and our lucky 500th follower was Amanda Marjorie Madeleine! Congrats Amanda!


Holiday Hours

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Vintage for Kids!

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  Within our huge selection of vintage dead stock eyewear, we’ve got tons of different sizes. Some are small enough for a child as young as 5 years old! To accomodate little ones’ personalities, we stock many different shapes and colours. Come on in to shop the entire kid’s collection.


New Stock: Maryll

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Some fun, bright and exciting new frames have just come in. Maryll, a family run company from Clairveau-les-Lacs, France, manufacture eyewear for some of the biggest brand names out there. Their house brand Maryll is inspired by the landscape surrounding their factory and experiment with really bright and lively acetate, all hand made. Come by […]


Hammond B3 Organ Cutting Contest

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If you missed our Hammond Organ Cutting Contest this year, check out one of our good friend’s Nick Kovats video he shot during Kingsley Etienne’s performance.