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The top 5 chocolate classes in Toronto

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chocolate classesChocolate classes in Toronto offer the rewarding experience of DIY confectionary making under the guidance of the experts. If you have a creative sprit and a sweet tooth, you're in luck because Toronto has a number of chocolatiers that offer workshops that will teach you how to satisfy your cocoa cravings without heading to the store.

Here's where to take chocolate classes in Toronto.

Le Dolci
Dundas West chocolate boutique, Le Dolci, offers workshops that will help you master the art of truffle making. For those that want to be more well-rounded bakers, they also offer a 6-week bootcamp where you'll learn to craft chocolates as well as pastries, cakes and other desserts. A single class will set you back $85, while the full bootcamp costs $450.

ChocoSol
ChocoSol hosts artisanal chocolate workshops for both private groups and the general public in its kitchen. The chocolate shop crafts sweets without any dairy, gluten, soy, or nuts, so plant-based eaters and those with dietary restrictions and allergies can take part in the fun. Call for pricing details.

Chocolate Tales
Chocolate Tales offers a range of chocolate making classes, held at locations across the GTA. You can learn to create savoury and sweet chocolates, truffles, or master the art of classic chocolate making in its classes. Each workshop costs $82.

The Chocolateria
The Roncesvalles chocolate shop offers private classes on truffle making, working with moulds, and tempering. You'll have the opportunity to work with the finest Belgian chocolate and supplies when learning to master your technique. One lesson rings in at $72 per person, and groups must be between 4 and 8 people.

Stubbe Chocolate
Catering to larger groups, Stubbe offers classes to groups of 8 to 24 people on the art of chocolate making. If you don't want to make your own goodies, they also host chocolate tastings. 8 person (or less) workshops cost $600.

What did I miss? Add your pick to the comments section

Photo via Chocosol.


Old is new again at Toronto's latest general store

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Olds Cool General StoreThis new but decidedly old-feeling general store is equal parts convenience store, cafe, candy shop, local market, antique store, museum and community meeting place. Here you find basics like pop and chips, but also house-made cookies, local art, stationary, and much more.

Read my review of Old's Cool General Store in the grocery section.

The top 5 free events in Toronto: October 26 - November 1 2015

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free events torontoThe top free events in Toronto will help you celebrate Halloween on a budget. This holiday can get mighty costly, especially if you're the type of person who goes all out with their costume. Instead of throwing down a ton of money to attend a ticketed party, why not save your hard earned cash and hit up these free - but equally fun - events.

Here's what to do if you spent all your money on Halloween supplies.

NOW Free Flick Mondays: SCREAM (October 26)
Pay your respects to the late and great Wes Craven by watching one of his most famed horror flicks, Scream. The Royal Cinema will give the first 100 guests free popcorn, so make sure you line up early (or prepare to have your wallet gouged at the concession stand).

Dreadcade Halloween Party & Arcade (October 29)
If you want to give your Halloween costume a test drive before the big night, here's where to go on Thursday night. Dreadcade is a cost-free party that will bring horror-themed video games, tarot readers, caricature artists and more to the Bento Miso Collaborative Workspace for one spooky night. If you've got a few extra bucks to spare, give donation at the door; proceeds go to Dames Making Games.

Church Street Halloween Party (October 31)
The city's biggest Halloween extravaganza is back for another year, taking over Church Street for a night of ghoulish festivities. With the street closed from Alexander to Gloucester, there's plenty of partying to be done. If you don't have the funds to dip into every bar on the block, the street is just as lively (if not more).

Haunted SCHOOL (October 31)
One of Toronto's favourite brunch destinations is being converted into a haunted house for one night only. Instead of indulging in eggs benedict you'll be navigating your way through the spookified restaurant, bumping into ghosts and ghouls along the way. Once you conquer the interior, head to back patio for a cocktail or two to relax. The best part? Admission doesn't cost a thing.

Day of the Dead (November 1)
After you've dealt with your hangover and removed all your excess Halloween make up, hit up the Evergreen Brick Works for a Day of the Dead celebration. The event will feature live Latin music and dance, plus a ton of traditional food and drink.

Have a free event you'd like to plug? Submit it to our Toronto events calendar using this form.

The 10 most famous artists from Toronto

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toronto artistsThe most famous artists based in Toronto form a varied group that includes photographers, painters and a member of the Group of Seven. The Painters Eleven are well-known for their abstract work, and despite his roots out west William Kurelek is often associated with Toronto. Douglas Coupland also hails from the west coast, though his public artworks appear in parks, condos and office building across the city.

Here are my picks for the most famous artists based in Toronto.

Tom Thomson
While Tom Thomson was never part of the Group of Seven, he's said to have influenced their formation (and really we could have include all the Toronto-based members on this list). His landscape paintings are iconic, but one of his most enduring legacies is his mysterious death; he disappeared while canoeing on Canoe Lake in Algonquin Park.

Lawren Harris
Born in Brantford, Lawren Harris gained acclaim for helping to form the Group of Seven. Naturally, he's known for his Canadian landscape paintings and you can see many of them at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, just north of Toronto, in Kleinburg. And in 2016, the AGO will host a Harris exhibition co-produced by comedian (and Harris enthusiast) Steve Martin.

Albert Franck
While Albert Franck wasn't born in the city (he's originally from the Netherlands), he's most widely known for his paintings of Toronto. Yet, he didn't focus on iconic buildings or places. Rather, he immortalized the more typical and everyday houses that made up his city.

Kim Ondaatje
Toronto-born artist Kim Ondaatje didn't just reside in a single medium. While she's rather well-known as a painter (who sometimes depicted Toronto scenes), she is also a photographer, a documentary filmmaker and a printmaker.

Michael Snow
If you've ever been to the Eaton Centre, you've seen Michael Snow's work. That's because he's the artist behind the flying Canadian geese (fun fact: the sculpture's actually called Flight Stop). Along with his public sculptures, The Audience outside the Rogers Centre is also his, Snow's a notable a painter, filmmaker and musician.

Charles Pachter
Many Torontonians see Charles Pachter's work daily. If you ride the Yonge subway line, you've likely see it too. Patcher's behind the Hockey Knights in Canada mural at College Station. And, much of his work, which encompasses numerous media including, painting, sculpture, design and printmaking, involves Canadian iconography.

Suzy Lake
While Suzy Lake was born in the United States, she's spent much of her career based out of Toronto. Hopefully you caught her AGO retrospective, Introducing Suzy Lake, in fall 2014 so you could see her video and performance work as it explored issues of identity, gender and body politics.

Edward Burtynsky
Edward Burtynsky is one of this city's renowned photographers. His large, industrial images can be found found in the collections of some of the top museums and galleries in both Canada and around the world and in 2016 alone, he's exhibiting in four international solo shows.

Kent Monkman
Kent Monkman is a Canadian painter, filmmaker and performance artists of Cree and Irish descent. He frequently reimagines seemingly historical scenes and explores themes of colonialism in Canada. By playing with gender and sexuality, as CBC Arts notes, he often puts his alter-ego Miss Chief Eagle Testickle in his work.

Shary Boyle
Shary Boyle explores themes of class and gender through her painting, sculpture and performance art work. For many, her porcelain figures are especially recognizable. And in 2013, she represented Canada at the Venice Biennale with the Music for Silence exhibition.

Who do you think we missed? Let us know in the comments.

Installation photo from an Edward Burtynsky exhibit

Film shoot turns Bay St. into epic bomb scene

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bay street film shootBay St. was turned into a war zone between Adelaide and Richmond this weekend for the filming of the pilot of a new television series called Poor Richard's Almanack. There was some confusion on social media around what the production was given that Suits was filming in the same location just a couple days ago, and the scene is reminiscent of ones that we saw earlier this year via Suicide Squad.

bay street film shootThe giveaway, however, is the Philadelphia taxicabs. According to Deadline Hollywood, "Poor Richard's Almanack is a character thriller about a cadre of heroes who emerge as the new "Founding Fathers" after America is pushed to the brink of collapse," part of which is brought on by a terrorist attack in the City of Brotherly Love.

Filming in TorontoThe scene was rather dramatic even as it was contained to just one block. There were overturned cars, rubble strewn everywhere, and a firetruck to attend to the fictional victims of the attack. If you didn't stumble upon it, here's a few more shots of the production posted to various social media channels.

Instagram photos by nm_coutinho, educroft, and shawnmicallef.

Your photos of fall colours in Toronto

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fall colours torontoFall colours have peaked in Toronto, and in some places are already past their prime. We challenged our Instagram followers to capture the beauty that is autumn in Toronto, which has resulted in hundreds of great photos of the city at its most colourful. There's still probably one weekend of life left in the trees before the stark landscape of November sets in, so do snap up the scene while you still can.

Scroll down for some of our favourite photos of fall in Toronto, and click here for the full photo gallery.

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A snapshot of Toronto's robust river system in 1817

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20151024-lost-rivers.jpgMost people who've lived in Toronto long enough have at least a vague sense of the city's lost waterways. Names like Taddle and Garrison Creek are common enough that those who care to look can still track the passage of these ghost rivers via the built environment that's developed around them.

What's less known outside of urban geography circles is just how robust the river/creek system was in the area we now call Toronto back in the early 1800s when the Town of York was just witnessing the development that would usher in the incorporation of Toronto some 30 years later.

The map above dates back to 1817 and shows an early plan for York. Among the many fascinating things to note about it -- the lack of Lot/Queen St. is a major one -- the most obvious is the presence of waterways cutting all across the city.

You have the Garrison Creek ravine system (far left), but bear in mind that this map doesn't even include the bulk of the Don River, the estuary of which is located at the far right, or the Humber, which is off the map to the left. In other words, what we see here are minor waterways, but ones that clearly defined the geography at the time.

20151024-1888Sewers.jpgFast forward to 1888 (click photo for bigger version), and the presence of these waterways hasn't quite been eradicated, but the burgeoning sewer system has mostly buried the creeks that once existed in what we might call the downtown core (note how many there are, however, on the east side of the city).

One would never characterize Toronto as a city of rivers, but if you peel back a few layers of concrete, the statement holds at least some validity.

Today in Toronto: Free Flick Mondays, Trampoline Hall, Cream of Comedy, Joanna Gruesome

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today in torontoToday in Toronto prepare for Halloween by heading to The Royal Cinema to catch a screening of SCREAM. If you're not a Wes Craven fan, there's plenty more to do. Music lovers can hit up the Garrison or Silver Dollar Room, both of which have live shows happening this evening.

For more events, click on over to our events section.

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Harbord gets a Halloween themed bike lane

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harbord bike laneThose who had the good fortune of commuting into work today via Harbord St. (heading east) were treated to one of the cuter bike lane installations we've seen in a while. DIY Halloween-themed bollards were placed alongside the existing bike lane at Clinton St., which drew a smile from drivers and cyclists alike.

It looks like the work of the Urban Repair Squad, though they haven't claimed responsibility for it just yet. It's also worth noting that Derek Chadbourne's shop The Bike Joint is virtually across the street from this impromptu bit of infrastructure fun.

In any case, this is the type of harmless urban intervention that makes the city a more fun place to live. I suppose it also demonstrates how easy it would be to put a physical barrier between the traffic and bike lane, but given its lightheartedness, I'm not sure that's the primary point.

Are you in the Halloween spirit yet?

Photo via the ARC

Massive new restaurant opens under Nest nightclub

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nest restaurantThe team behind Nodo and The Crest have taken over the massive Bathurst and College venue just doors down from Sneaky Dee's. Offering an impressively priced late night alternative to nachos, expect to find spicy sausage burgers, beef tartare, and Korean fried chicken on offer with cocktails and bottle service.

Read my profile of The Den in the restaurants section.

Did you know that Toronto has a Burrito District?

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burritos district torontoToronto has been stuffed with burrito joints for years now. But just as cold-pressed juice bars and avocado toast have become ubiquitous fixtures in urban life, it seems like one part of Toronto has hit peak burrito. Yes, we're talking about the Entertainment District, and more specifically, Adelaide Street West.

It all started with Burrito Boyz, which started slinging out hot pockets of cheesy and meaty goodness to the late-night crowd after its split from Burrito Bandidos. Fastforward to 2015 and Burrito Boyz has vacated its longstanding basement space on Adelaide for a bigger, but still chaotic, storefront a few doors down.

Smoke's Burritorie replaced it, moving right under Smoke's original Poutinerie (DIY poutine burrito, anyone?).

If that wasn't enough to quash your late night or mid-day cravings, Fat Bastard Burrito has popped up just doors down from Rock 'n' Horse Saloon. Fittingly, owner Taha Yasin has crowned this stretch of Adelaide, and the surrounding area, the Burrito District.

Throw in the nearby Mucho Burrito on Queen West, the newly opened Mi Taco, Burro Burrito on Richmond and Z-Teca on King West, and it's hard to argue with this new name.

The Club District is a distant memory. Long live the burrito.

What other food districts exist in Toronto? Let us know in the comments.

You can now buy OVO inspired Norm Kelly t-shirts

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norm kelly t shirtsNorm Kelly might not be the 6 God, but he's still a hometown hero in his own right. And now you can show off your #6Dad love thanks to a pair of t-shirts currently for sale online.

Torontonians Andrew Yeung and Tania De Gasperis put their #6Dad shirts on Tilt, a crowd-funding site of sorts. Yeung came up with the artwork idea and De Gasperis is in charge of social media. Both of their designs are based on Drake's OVO clothing line.

"My friends and I are big fans of Norm Kelly and Drake for putting Toronto on the map," says Yeung via email. "And we're proud to be from here." He and his friends set up a Norm Kelly fan page before deciding to sell their shirts.

Kelly, being a prolific tweeter, blasted out the tees to his followers on October 12. So far, he's gotten more than 5,000 retweets and close to 10,000 favourites. He even got responses from celebs such as George Stroumboulopoulos. Yeung and De Gasperis, on the other hand, haven't done much publicity yet.

Each shirt costs $25 and features either a Norm Owl or #6Dad design silk-screened onto a white American Apparel tee. Yeung says 20 per cent of their profit will go to the Covenant House Toronto. And as a funding platform, Tilt won't charge anyone until at least 50 people buy-in -- only then will the project get off the ground.

While you won't get a shirt in time to perfect your Norm Kelly Halloween costume (if you're desperate you can always get a Norm mask), the prospect of one arriving soon should get you dancing.

Would you buy a Norm Kelly shirt? Let us know in the comments.

The Best Challah in Toronto

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challah torontoThe best challah in Toronto is, with few exceptions, found up and down the Bathurst Street corridor. Whether setting the table for Shabbat dinner or just looking for the best bread for brunch-time French toast, these bakeries are the best source for deliciously fluffy, eggy breads.

This is the best challah in Toronto.

10 great looks from Toronto Fashion Week

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toronto fashion weekToronto Fashion Week made its way to David Pecault Square last week, bringing together some of the best in the Canadian fashion scene. With looks that ranged from the elegant to the avant-garde, designers showcased their Spring/Summer '16 collections to a rapt audience.

Here are my favourite looks from Toronto Fashion.

Laura Siegal

Part of the Mercedes Benz Start-Up program, Laura Siegal has created a collection from ethically hand-crafted pieces. Inspired from the use of hemp fiber and hand-woven organic cotton from artisans in Peru and India, this layered look brings together cross-cultural influences in a contemporary way. 


toronto fashion weekPink Tartan

A globally renown label recognized for its refined, luxurious and sophisticated designs, Kimberly Newport-Mimran has revived '70s inspired designs in a modern way. Her latest collection features an array of patterned fabrics and prints that include a textured modern oversized jacket draped elegantly over a shift dress finished beautifully with delicate mesh detailing.

matthew gallagherMatthew Gallagher

His Italian training shone through this season as Matthew Gallagher created a collection of soft pastels made from technical fabrics to add his own unique flare to eveningwear. The standout piece in his Spring/Summer 16 collection is an intricately woven dress creating a linear print reminiscent of the woven works of Missoni. 



Sid NeigumSid Neigum

This young designer has quickly become a crowd favourite and has been celebrated throughout the industry for creating three-dimensional couture pieces made from premium Italian fabrics. Known for high monochromatic and ominous designs, the introduction of textured marine blue to his collection this season added warmth to his futuristic designs.

helder diegoHelder Diego
Creating clothes for cutting edge contemporary women, the latest collection from Helder Diego (formally known as BLAK.I) combines texture print and colour to create an edgy Spring/Summer 16 collection. The evolution of these designers over the years is evident in this all-white design that combines different textured materials seamlessly in a unique yet flatter silhouette.

Lucian Matis

Lucian Matis

Lucian Matis has returned to the runway with a diverse and far-reaching collection of elegant dresses and gowns that articulate the breadth of talent of this designer. The intricacy of the beadwork found on this bohemian inspired dress accentuates and highlights the female form in a subtle and sensual way.

Stephan CarasStephan Caras

Bringing elegant eveningwear to the runway season after season, Stephan Caras's FLORAL collection brings a delicate watercolour print that's perfect for the Spring to the runway. This print was used in a variety of ways throughout the collection but stood out in this full skirt paired with a delicate French lace crop. 



jacqueline pironJacqueline Piron
Drawing inspiration from all around the world, Jaqueline Piron continues the family tradition of creating one-of-a-kind luxury shirts with only the finest materials. Handmade in Canada, the leather fringe detailing and embellished collar gives the classic white shirt new life.

narcesNarces

Specializing in evening and wedding gowns, Narces has added glamour to the runway by creating dresses in delicate fabrics from sensual lace materials this season. The contemporary, non-traditional, bride can finally say yes to the perfect couture dress embellished with silk flower petals paired with a flowing veil.

3 paradis3.PARADIS
All facemasks aside, 3.PARADIS has created unique and ready-to-wear street designs that transcend the traditional boundaries of menswear. Re-conceptualizing minimal fashion, this army-inspired bomber incorporates both structure and functionality in a fashionable piece.


What do you think of these pieces? Let me know in the comments.

Writing by Caleigh Alleyne.

Photos by George Pimentel / Getty Images.

Dark Horse ditches Queen St. for 401 Richmond

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Dark Horse EspressoThose who work and play in 401 Richmond will soon get one more place to fuel up on caffeine. That's because local coffee chain Dark Horse Espresso Bar is opening up inside the former industrial building some time in December.

Dark Horse shuttered its West Queen West outpost earlier this month, joining a number of other businesses that have either closed down or moved out of the neighbourhood. Yesterday, it announced via Twitter it would be moving that location to 401 Richmond.

The new Dark Horse won't be replacing the existing Roastery Coffee House. Rather, it'll open on the basement floor opposite the Swipe store.

Do you think this area needs another coffee shop? Let us know in the comments.

Photo by Dennis Marciniak


Women DJs get the spotlight in Kensington Market

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discwomanAhh, techno. It's noisy, joyful, body-centric, and wonderful in many ways but it can also be pretty awful when it comes to gender. Ask DJ Mag's Top 100 DJs why there are so few women on the list in 2015 and you'll read a pile of convoluted manboy garbage, full of cringe-inducing quotes such as "guys get way more into this stuff than girls."

A Tumblr called Very male lineups shows that the problem is invasively systemic, from big-room commercial DJs to underground scenes. For this reason, seeing DISCWOMAN play in Toronto on Saturday October 25 was a blessing that our city was much in need of.

The NY-based female DJ collective has been turning heads in the past year, playing alongside Detroit legend K-Hand and doing international gigs everywhere from San Juan to Puerto Rico. Helmed by co-founder Frankie Decaiza Hutchinson, their mission is simple: showcase the wealth of female-identified DJ talent in the electronic music community.

discwomanDISCWOMAN's presence in Toronto was facilitated by a new up and coming group of promoters, the Work In Progress crew. Made up of Cindy Li (whose radio show on TRP shines a spotlight on amazing, consistently under-looked female techno artists) and Nancy Chen (who, between Otto's Berlin Doner and Mansion parties, has been traceable to 70% of successful events in Toronto at this point).

"For me, representation, visibility and equality has been, even before specifically listening to techno, really important to me," Li tells me. "It seemed like a no-brainer - from the point that I started to book shows, this just made sense."

Held at Round in Kensington Market, the event saw the dance floor fill up quickly as CL (aka Cindy Li) warmed the room up with the dystopian, paranoid clang of tracks like Matrixxman's "Sermons". The energy of her set felt palpable, with the crowd already shouting out cheers of support during the breakdown of one of Li's tracks.

ORPHX's Christina Sealey followed, ratcheting up the energy with a set that felt like it was consistently scaling upwards.

Perhaps the highlight of the night was Volvox, who's recently become well-known for her monthly residency at New York's Bossa Nova Civic Club. Over the last few years, she's built a reputation as one of the city's most in-demand and versatile DJs, and her skills were out in full force as she banged out a relentless set of acidic house that kept all the integrity (and pure joy) of the early 90's.

discwomanBecause Round agreed to keep the music playing until 4 a.m., Brooklyn's UMFANG was able to take things into deeper territory, kicking off her set with the muted spiritual tones of Huerco S' "No Jack." Emma Olsen's extensive knowledge of dance music history came across in a set that felt like it touched on many a dusty, long-forgotten corner of the rave world.

While the techno community should feel a moderate amount of shame that booking women-led DJ collectives is still an exception to the norm, DISCWOMAN feels like a shift in consciousness, a catalyst for change.

"I want women who to go out to see someone DJing in front of them that looks like them" suggests Li. "By doing a party like this, we want to perpetuate a change in the scene where there are more women taking charge and stepping up to the plate."

Photos by Philip Skoczkowski Photography. Find Brendan Arnott on Twitter.

Toronto getting a Blue Jays appreciation day

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toronto blue jays appreciation dayDon't put away your baseball apparel away just yet because Mayor John Tory is making tomorrow Blue Jays appreciation day in Toronto.

Yes, the Kansas City Royals knocked the Jays out of the playoffs on Friday night (well, early Saturday morning). But, we still have plenty to be happy about considering we just had our most successful season since 1993.

"We are going to encourage people to wear a bit of the blue and white to work or to school or wherever they are going tomorrow, and to join us on social media in sharing some of the memories of what this season meant to people in Toronto," said Mayor John Tory, reports CTV News.

So throw on a snapback, a jersey or your favourite Jays shirt tomorrow and celebrate the team that actually brought our city together.

Will you wear blue and white tomorrow? Let us know in the comments.

Photo by Matt Forsythe

This is what a lightsaber battle looks like in Toronto

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lightsaber battle torontoThere was a lightsaber battle in Toronto at Nathan Phillips Square on Saturday night, because nothing's more fun than adults running around hitting each other with giant glow sticks, right? Just a month and a half before the release of The Force Awakens, nerds of all ages gathered from near and far to pick a side -- Jedi or Sith -- and release their excitement by battling each other to the very fake and very dramatic death.

lightsaber battle torontoThe event, which also takes place in LA and San Francisco, drew in hundreds -- some of whom were just curious passersby who jumped in using their iPhone flashlights as weapons (I mean, whatever works). Warsies of all ages were welcome, so more than one mini-Vader was seen battling a pint-sized Padawan.

lightsaber battle torontoWhile the event was free, lightsabers could be pre-purchased for $5 -- $10 apiece. Some battlers brought their own versions, and many replicas of Kylo Ren's cross-shaped lightsaber and Darth Maul's double-bladed one dotted the scene.

lightsaber battle torontoCostumes were optional, so some considered this their practice for the 31st by slipping into their best Sith or Jedi attire. Others simply donned a pair of Yoda Ears or threw on a Star Wars-themed onesie and called it a day.

lightsaber battle torontoThe whole thing was like a geek's ideal alternative to Tinder: more than one flirty duel occurred, resulting in some pretty friendly Jedi-Sith relations. At one point the fighters formed a circle in which the most talented of saber-carrying folk could jump in for serious one-on-one duels.

lightsaber battle torontoA handful of diehards continued their fight until almost 11 p.m., but most people let the action die down so they could chat about who's already pre-purchased Star Wars: Battlefront and who's reserved their tickets for Episode VII.

lightsaber battle torontoThe experience was an epic prelude to upcoming Halloween festivities, and got everyone even more pumped up for December 18th. It was also a great testament to how wonderfully goofy Toronto can be. So here's to next year's return of the geekiest, most fun battle around.

lightsaber battle torontoPhotos by Jesse Milns

Toronto promoter takes heat for overselling Zedd show

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zedd concert torontoFor the second weekend in a row, many Toronto electronic music fans were left reeling after attending a large-scale concert.

At Saturday night's Zedd, Dillon Francis and Alex Metric show, security personnel at Ricoh Coliseum told many that the general admission floor section was at capacity and denied numerous ticket-holders entrance, reports Seattle-based music site YourEDM.com.

Some were offered spots in the surrounding stands, despite paying for floor tickets. Many took to social media to demand a refund, complaining that Embrace, the event organizer and promoter, oversold the concert concert.

According to YourEDM.com, another fan reached out to Zedd via Twitter after learning he could gain access to a wheelchair-accessible area only if the EDM artist's management team allowed it.

Headliner Zedd used Twitter to apologize to his fans prior to taking the stage. Embrace also addressed its customers. On its Facebook page it apologized for the incident but said, "floor tickets were subject to capacity."

Embrace made headlines last week after the coat check mayhem at its Disclosure concert left many without their belongings.

What do you think? Should Embrace give out full refunds?

Photo by Jesse Milns

Today in Toronto: Ghost Stories Told Live, Day Zero, Eat to the Beat, The Serpent and the Rainbow

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today in torontoToday in Toronto it's time to harness your survival skills. TKTO, the city's new knife throwing facility, is hosting an Open Throw Night where newbies and non-members can try their luck on the range. If you're seeking more of an adrenaline rush, head to Scarborough to attempt surviving a zombie apocalypse at Siege Airsoft.

For more events, click on over to our events section.

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