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Weekend need-to-know: Food, culture and music on tap with Taste of Little Italy, NXNE

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Taste of Little Italy , North by Northeast and the Toronto International Dragon Boat Festival are all on tap this weekend .

College Street will be shut down between Bathurst and Shaw streets from Friday to Monday morning .

The 37th annual Dragon Boat Race Festival takes place on Centre Island with food vendors, live entertainment, and family-friendly activities that reflect Toronto 's rich diversity.

Yonge Street is reduced to a single lane both ways between Wellington and King for underground work at the TTC’s King Station.

Queen Street is fully closed to traffic between Bay and Victoria Streets to accommodate work on a new station for the Ontario Line subway.

Cherry Street remains closed south of Polson Pier due to maintenance on the Ship Channel Lift Bridge ( Strauss Trunnion Bascule Bridge ).

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