The top street festivals in Toronto this September are a diverse collection of artistic and cultural celebrations. From TIFF's closure of King St. to longtime favourites like the Polish Festival on Roncesvalles, the looming start of fall doesn't mean that street festival season is over. On the contrary, you can count on plenty of events to interrupt traffic and bring the party to the streets.

Here are my picks for the top street festivals in Toronto this September.

Taste of the Kingsway (September 9-11)
A dog show, a dance stage and Elton John, Journey, KISS, Tom Petty, Heart and Rush tribute bands all help bring the people to the streets of the Kingsway. From Bloor Street West between Prince Edward Drive and Montgomery Road, check out the 200 exhibitors on hand, plus food vendors and an ice cream eating contest (#brainfreeze).

Cabbagetown Festival (September 10-11)
This ultimate neighbourhood takeover of a street fest turns 40 this year! Help them celebrate by heading over and eating all their food, seeing all the live music, and walking around exploring all the local businesses. There's also a popular made-in-Canada artisan market, and don't forget that Riverdale Zoo!

TIFF Festival Street (September 10-13)
Open until 11 p.m. for all but its last day, the annual Festival Street closure of King is fitting for an event the size of TIFF. Commuters hate it, but pedestrians love it! From University to Spadina, it's a walking-only zone with music stages, cultural activations, dance parties, and food trucks.

Toronto Ukrainian Festival (September 16-18)
This is the "largest celebration of Ukrainian spirit in the world," according to organizers. The massive Bloor West Village (between Jane and Runnymede TTC stations) cultural celebration is more than just a food fest. This a a very tight and powerful community who love to celebrate their music, arts, costume, parades, and sure, lots of food and dance.

Roncesvalles Polish Festival (September 17-18)
A celebration of all things Polish on Roncesvalles with Polish bands and dance groups from across Canada and the United States, as well as a bunch of local musical talent on stages an inside tents along the strip. Stores will spill out on the streets, beer gardens will overflow and pierogi, kielbasa, bigos, cabbage rolls will fill you up.

ChristieCrawl Fest (September 25)
This is a new festival combining four annual events into one epic day at Christie Pits Park! Thought it doesn't officially shut down any streets, it does take over the neighbourhood's rich lane way system and features a musical parade led by Lemon Bucket Orkestra, a pop-up art market, and celebratory bike parade. Lots of food and drink and back alley fun to be had.

Pedestrian Sunday (September 25)
The streets belong to you from noon to 7p.m. in Kensington Market. I usually ignore cars when I'm there on a regular day, but on Pedestrian Sundays you could roll around on the street and no one would bug you. Look out for the Soul Sunday dance party, lots of entertainment and food and drink vendors galore.

Did I somehow miss your favourite street festival in September? Let us know in the comments.

Photo of PS Kensington by Hector Vasquez.

Butter tart lovers are in luck this summer because there's another festival coming up that's dedicated to this ooey, gooey treat. Like the late spring Ontario Best Butter Tart Festival, this one's a bit of a hike, but it'll probably be worth it once you down a few of these distinctly Canadian pastries.

The Butter Tart Festival takes place at the Bradford Farmer's Market is happening on Saturday, September 10 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. This festival is relatively small, but last year, vendors doled out 4,000 tarts in just a few hours.

If you're making the drive up, it'll take you about an hour. And you might as well make a day of it and head to the beach on the shores of Lake Simcoe.

Photo of Phipps Bakery by Jesse Milns.

When the CNE rolls into town each year we know we can expect some outrageous eats. Among the crazy creations are countless burgers that leave us pondering, how will that fit in my mouth? From burgers rocking churro buns to ones topped with Greek fries, the sky is the limit for these epic offerings.

Here are my picks for some of the most epic burgers you can at the CNE.

Threesome Burger
Corrado's monstrous burger combines Greek, Italian and Canadian ingredients. A ground beef meatball patty is piled high with house-cut Greek fries, Canadian mac and cheese, ketchup, coleslaw and bacon.

Churro Burger
Epic Burgers & Waffles and I Love Churros collaborate on this sweet and savoury masterpiece. It's a classic cheeseburger on two churro buns.

Ramen Burger
The infamous ramen burger has finally landed in Toronto courtesy of Yatai Street Food. Ramen noodles are formed into a bun and topped with a grilled beef patty, lettuce, pickled cabbage, processed cheese and drizzled in a special sauce.

Bad Boy Burger
This epic creation debuted at Bub's Badass Burgers in 2015 and can still be seen being devoured throughout the food building. It's a spicy cheeseburger and fried chicken sandwiched between Jamaican patties.

Pig Mac Burger
If you're fan of bacon this burger is for you. Bacon Nation serves up a bacon-beef patty topped with strips of maple bacon, cheddar cheese, lettuce, tomato and BBQ sauce on a bacon studded bun.

What did I miss? Add your favourite epic burger from The Ex in the comments.

Photos by Miranda Whist, Jesse Milns and @finest_one.

The Canadian National Exhibition includes lots of entertainment with the price ($18) of admission, including a slew of concerts at its five different stages. One local promoter, however, thinks the musical lineup is too homogenous.

"This year I was excited to check out the CNE," writes D.W. Waterson in an open letter to the Ex.

"I went onto your website to see what day I should go - that usually revolves around the music selections. Last year, a couple of friends of mine pointed out that the line up was incredibly male dominated and had only one female act so I was very hopeful to see some changes. Unfortunately, nothing has changed," she continues.

Waterson points out that there's only a small percentage of female musicians performing at the Ex this year, but the CNE's general manager Virginia Ludy takes a difference approach.

"I disagree with the comments made in this individual's letter. We have over 1,000 performers here at the CNE, many of whom are women," she tells us, noting how many of the other performances - such as the ice show and water skiing show - include many women-identified artists and athletes.

"I am concerned when we have a promoter, you know a promoter who would have a financial interest in booking acts, sending a letter like this. That to me, you know, is a little bit self-serving," says Ludy.

She explains that the CNE spends nearly a year working with talent agencies and going to conferences and showcases in order to build a musical lineup that's suitable for its broad audience. And, it mostly comes down to who's touring in a given summer. Gender, she says, isn't a factor.

"We're just looking for the best talent we can get," she says. "Male or female, we don't care."

It's not the first time these concerns have been raised about the CNE's musical programming, though it's not alone in being criticized for a lack of diversity.

The Toronto Urban Roots Fest (TURF), which runs from September 16 to 18, also came under fire when it debuted a mostly male lineup in March.

What do you think of the CNE's music lineup? Weigh in via the comments.

Movember might last for only a month, but it looks like the moustachioed movement is here to stay in Toronto. That's right, the Canadian arm of the Movember Foundation is opening up an office downtown.

Its headquarters, located at 588 Richmond St. W., will not only include its offices, but also a public community space and a barber shop. The whole venue will apparently resemble a "comfy house."

Yes, you'll be able to stop in for a shave both before and after you start growing you Movember-inspired 'stache. There's no word yet on how much it'll cost to have your hair cut here, but you can bet it'll be a popular place come late October.

This won't be the first Movember-based barbershop. The Movember & Co. shop in Culver City, California gives an idea of what the Toronto location might be like. That space is conceived of as a community hub, and you can bet that the local version will be similar.

Movember's hosting a private kick-off party in mid-September, and the space is slated to open up soon after that.

An artist collective isn't always a group of folks who hang together and paint portraits of nature in the same way. Sometimes being in an artist collective means creating work that doesn't always hang on a wall and that might actually change the world.

Bonerkill is a group with these lofty ambitions. They are a Toronto collective of women (or gender independent and non-conforming femmes) born out of looking at things around gender equity, and gender based violence and the need for a support system for young women looking to get into a male-dominated art world.

"There's nothing new about another art collective," says Pamila Matharu, lead artist-facilitator and co-founder of the now nine person group. "But helping young folks, particularly young female artists, feel empowered by their choices and getting into an industry that is not very equal is.

"The M.O. is not to push the girls out into the spotlight... we're just giving them the time and space to grow and figure their project or ideas out. Bonerkill started as an experiment around testing gender equity and culture production, but it's also about taking space and making space for others."

They've been intelligently taking up space in Toronto since 2013, and you might not have even noticed.

Perhaps best known for their public project Schooling You and its Bitching Booth at the Big on Bloor Festival, they want to interact with public when they can to push people to think differently about the world. "It's about public engagement but in a fun way," she says.

They're about to do this in big way after being invited to create works for the AGO's First Thursdays night alongside Mykki Blanco as well as a project at Xpace called What Would the Community Think. For their AGO piece called "House Lessons: It Takes a Village to Raise An Artist" they invited three performance artists to take over the art institution.

Kiera Boult, Leelee Davis and Shaista Latif will perform and invite "shenanigans, revelry, intelligent debate, and, most importantly, those challenging moments that lie at the interstice of jamming across cultures and generations," according to the group's press release. They're also going to party.

"House Lessons is a nod to Adrian Piper's Funk Lessons," Matharu says. "It addressed racism and the cultural form of funk while teaching white folks how to dance funk.

"We're trying to address the glaring concern of access. The idea that we cannot assume that all audiences will understand what inequity looks like in an institution like the AGO, so it takes a village to raise an artist is a tableaux where we'll be all around the space, be in the house, holding space for these artists and for ourselves.

"It's a slight action to say this is a public space, a public institution, we need to eradicate that notion that we don't belong in these spaces. Where did that notion come from?"

That's what the collective boils down to. At its heart it's challenging received notions and creating things that make you and me think about our normative values differently. Even the name Bonerkill is an example of that.

The group received flack about the name with folks claiming they were misogynist for even using the term. In fact, it was a term men originally gave to women. "So we just took it back and reclaimed it and became and feminist collective," Matharu says.

Basically Bonerkill exists in Toronto (they have no home base by the way; they're nomadic and meet all over the city to accommodate all the members) to question ideas and concepts that we're often not comfortable to challenge, and to thus change the way our often-robotic world works.

"We're a source of social activity. Sometimes it's just about taking up space and having a gathering. It's purposefully intergenerational and intersectional," Matharu concludes. "I don't think we're going to solve every problem. And is art supposed to do that? We don't really know. It's just a social experiment. It's become like a sisterhood; it's beautiful."

Catch Bonerkill and Co. at First Thursdays, September 1 at the AGO and then later in September at Xpace.

Photo of some of the members of Bonerkill from their Tumblr.

When the World's Biggest Bookstore was first slated to close, its replacement was pitched as a low-rise restaurant row. Now, some two and a half years since the bookseller announced its demise, the final plans for a new development at 20 Edward Street await city council approval before construction will begin.

Contrary to early plans, a condo will indeed rise on the plot once occupied by the giant bookstore. Last year, the restaurant row idea was ditched in favour of a 35-storey tower, but that met with a number of planning problems, not the least of which was the fact that the proposed building interfered with the flight path of helicopters headed to and from Sick Kids Hospital.

The latest proposal, which has the blessing of city staff, has scaled the project back to 30 storeys and made the massing of the building more attractive by breaking up the facade into two distinct styles. It's a far cry from the original proposal, but the plan is to keep a heavy retail presence on the ground floors.

There might also be a new entrance/exit to Dundas Subway Station as part of the mix according to documents filed with the city. There's long been talk of putting a second access point to Dundas near Yonge and Gould, but with that site in limbo, this might reduce the congestion faced at Yonge and Dundas, which seems to be perpetually busy.

There was considerable surprise when the restaurant row idea was tabled in early 2014. The site seemed an obvious candidate for a condo development. Pat yourself on the back if you were a non-believer back then.

Renderings via the City of Toronto / Lifetime Developments.

Today in Toronto you can treat yourself to two fun outdoor screening events, a very summery UB40 show, and Legal Alien, a multimedia immersive art experience filled with visual masterpieces, sculpture, and performance inside the Drake Underground. It's a happening hump day.

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

• The Dreamers Ever Leave You (AGO)
• Free Flicks: Slumdog Millionaire (Harbourfront Centre)
• Union Summer Movie Night: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Union Station)
• Meow Meow queer social with Buzz (Holy Oak)
• Howl At The Owl - Free Comedy That Doesn't Suck (Nightowl)
• Legal Alien (Drake Hotel)
• An Evening with UB40 featuring Ali Campbell, Astro & Mickey (Danforth Music Hall)
• Fried Records presents: Roachella (Smiling Buddha)

Have an event you'd like to plug? Submit your own listing to the blogTO Toronto events section.

Photo of Nightowl from their Facebook page.

In search for fresh seafood at prices that won't break the bank? This slightly hidden Portuguese shop does a brisk wholesale business but it's also open to the public.

Read my profile of Osler Fish Warehouse in the grocery section.

The CNE closed down three hours early on Youth Day yesterday when fights broke out at the popular summertime attraction. After 9:30 p.m., the rides shut down and the bright lights of the midway dimmed as patrons shuffled out of the fair grounds.

As CBC News writes, police were called to the CNE and three teenagers were arrested last night. Despite early reports of a shooting, police didn't find any firearms at the site of the fight.

One guest, Ashley, who was in food building, says that rumours of a shooting or stabbing were flying around as all of the vendors began to close up shop at around 9:30 p.m. She left and started walking towards the main gates. "It was panic, because I guess everyone was hearing a different story so no one really knew what was going on," she says.

While the CNE maintains it shut down early due to over-crowding, others say it was the fights that caused the early closure.

On Youth Day last year, the CNE closed an hour early, but the crowds were much better behaved. As CBC reports, the CNE is now reconsidering its Youth Day event. This annual promotion enables those under 17 to get discounted tickets to the Ex.

The CNE a great place for family and friends... and huge fights too apparently #CNE2016#CNEfight#TheExpic.twitter.com/allCN4QRZE

— Claudia (@CMCoppola99) August 31, 2016

Please note the CNE is closing early tonight. Stand by for updates.

— CNE (@LetsGoToTheEX) August 31, 2016

Hey @LetsGoToTheEX appreciate the honesty In why you closed early last night...Not. Our safety is important but so is the truth.#CNE2016

— ian reeser (@ianreeser) August 31, 2016

Photo by @justleilah on Twitter.

Going into TIFF, not all movies are buzzed about equally. Some have way more anticipation and chatter swirling round them than others, and are the ones everyone is eager to get tickets for. Because who doesn't love being able to say "Oh, I saw that at TIFF" when the rest of the world catches up with these films in the coming months?

Here are 10 movies getting the most advance buzz at TIFF 2016.

American Pastoral
An adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Philip Roth about the tumultuous 1960s, American Pastoral is generating major award hype especially for Ewan MacGregor who takes on both acting and directing duties here.

Arrival
Denis Villeneuve's Sicario was a hit at TIFF in 2015 and theatres in 2016. His latest is eagerly awaited not just because it's a high-concept genre movie where Amy Adams plays a linguist who has to unlock the language of an alien race that has arrived on Earth, but because it offers us a sci-fi tease of his next big project: a Blade Runner sequel.

The Birth of a Nation
Nate Parker's film about a slave in 1831 who leads a rebellion against his plantation owners is one of the most talked about movies going into TIFF, thanks to how it burst out of Sundance as an Academy Award contender to beat. It's also the most talked about movie because it's been surrounded by controversy since rape charges Parker faced in his youth re-emerged in public discussion.

Christine
Based on the true story of Christine Chubbuck, the news reporter who killed herself on live television in 1974, the film's subject matter alone has generated early curiosity. But it's especially the performance by the criminally underrated Rebecca Hall that's generating some early Awards talk.

Graduation
Christian Mungiu is one of Romania's - even the world's - greatest filmmakers (his film 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days was recently named one of the top 15 movies of the 21st Century). He renewed that reputation by winning Best Director at Cannes this year for his film about a dysfunctional father who goes to great lengths to ensure his struggling daughter finishes school.

La La Land
Director Damien Chazelle's Whiplash proved he knows how to meld music and film. Now he's going even further: an old-fashioned style musical about two aspiring stars looking to make it big in Hollywood. It's the two highly successful stars - Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone - playing those characters that's especially driving anticipation for the film.

Loving
Jeff Nichols is a filmmaker who has made good films that tend only to receive modest attention. That's all changed with Loving, a movie about an interracial couple who fought against a law that prohibited them from marrying back in 1958. The film is accumulating early award buzz not just for its lead actors - Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga - but for its storyline.

Manchester by the Sea
Like Jeff Nichols, Kenneth Lonergan's previous films (You Can Count On Me, Margaret) never received wide attention. But Manchester by the Sea is already being named by some as a guaranteed Best Picture nominee, if not an outright winner. For many, there are few more must-sees than this one.

Moonlight
Barry Jenkins' Moonlight, which has its international premiere here in Toronto, looks so impressive, even the release of its trailer got everyone talking. A possible TIFF People's Choice Award contender, Moonlight looks at a young black man looking to survive in 1980s Florida among poverty, drugs, and his own internal battles.

Toni Erdmann
A smash at Cannes, this film is riding such a positive wave of buzz that Germany had no trouble selecting it as its official selection for Best Foreign Film contention at the Oscars next year. For foreign film buffs especially, this is the one to see at TIFF.

Which movie are you most looking forward to seeing at TIFF 2015? Let us know in the comments.

Film still from La La Land

Toronto is getting a guinea pig picnic. Yes, you read that correctly, and yes you will likely die from cuteness overload if you attend this magical event. For my part, I'm already filled with emotion.

I'll never forget my first pet guinea pig. His name was Zipper. He was kind of useless, but in the most perfect way. He would purr when he was happy, he would eat all the left over veggies I would throw in his cage, and he would kind of squirm and run away whenever you actually tried to chill with him.

It's kind of like he loved me and hated me all at once.

That's the magic of a guinea pig. They don't actually care that much about you; they're just living their slightly frantic rodent life.

That's why this weekend's Guinea Pig Pignic is such a great thing. Pick up your tiny fur pig and head to Greenwood Park for an early afternoon hang out with dozens of other hairy piglets. It's a free BYO picnic type situation, but please leave dogs at home for this one.

Organizers have gone to great lengths to make this a fulfilling day for you and your pig. Everything starts at 10 a.m. with a simple registration (open all day) and then at 10:30 a.m. it's the red carpet event.

There's a pageant, grooming tips with CityPigs Caviary head honcho Pierce Grey, a mini-market and celebrity meet and greet with Poquito the long haired guinea pig.

The pigs may be mostly personality free, but this pignic is not. You don't even have to own one to attend, and all proceeds raised will be divided between Toronto Humane Society and Piggles Rescue. Yup, there's an organization called Piggles Guniea Pig Rescue.

Visit their Facebook page for rules and etiquette, and here's a list of what to bring.

Photo from the Pignic Central Facebook page.

Having fun isn't hard when you've got a library card, especially in Vaughan, the city above Toronto.

The new Vaughan Civic Centre Resource Library, located next to Vaughan City Hall at Major MacKenzie and Keele (2191 Major MacKenzie Dr.), features a recording studio, video studio, media suites, green screens, a 3D printer and a cafe, along with lots of reading material.

ZAS Architects designed the glass-clad, 35,572 square-foot space, which takes some of its inspiration from the nearby Canada's Wonderland amusement park.

And according to a ZAS design brief, this isn't just a library. It's "a visionary maker-space dedicated to community learning, gathering, creating and celebration."

With lots of windows and natural lighting, you'll actually want to sit down and cram at one the library's personal work stations or its study hall.

The Vaughan Civic Centre Resource Library soft-opened in May, but it'll have its official grand opening on September 10.

Photos by doublespace photography.

Toronto's must-see September concerts will give you zero chance to recover from the sun stroke and $12-dollar-beer debts you've incurred from too many outdoor shows all summer. Get back out there, because there are some legendary greats and unique up-and-comers blessing us with tunes all month.

Remember when I said festival season was almost over? Yeah, that was a lie. The onslaught keeps rolling with everything from TURF to TIFF, the latter of which is is even getting musical with a Pharrell street concert.

There's also Quiet Before the Storm (a precursor to hardcore celebration Not Dead Yet), the brand new Kensington Market Jazz Festival, Manifesto and the annual Polaris Prize award gala.

Here are the top choices for live music this month in Toronto.

Blood Ceremony (September 2, Lee's Palace)
'70-style paganists and one of Toronto's best-ever metal bands completed Lord of Misrule this past spring - in between frontwoman Alia O'Brian's bouts of working toward a PhD at U of T, I might add, no big deal, what have you done with your year so far? The official release party finally goes down this month at Lee's.

Intersection (September 3, Yonge-Dundas Square)
This annual experimental music celebration actually gets started the day before, but Saturday's the big show: art-electro trio Absolutely Free, saxophonist Travis LaPlante, drone soloist Gates and plenty more sound, visual and performing artists will combine creative forces at this free, outdoor event, appropriately at the busiest physical intersection in town.

Frigs (September 8, Faith/Void)
The unkempt Toronto band has dropped the "Dirty" and signed themselves over to the Arts & Crafts overlords, but the new EP's definitely just as unpolished as ever. Plus, Faith/Void is a cool venue worth supporting in this post-S.H.I.B.G.Bs world.

Dolly Parton (September 9, Molson Amphitheatre)
"Pure and Simple" is Dolly's biggest tour in a quarter-century, named after her just-released 43rd (!!) studio album. Check out one of the greatest living songwriters at the Molson Amphitheatre.

Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins (September 10, Massey Hall)
Remember when Jenny Lewis took her first steps away from Rilo Kiley and did a solo LP? Remember Rilo Kiley?? Anyway, that recording, Rabbit Fur Coat, is 10 years old, which means - you guessed it - anniversary tour.

Slayer (September 12, Sound Academy)
The thrash legends continue to celebrate 2015's Repentless with a tour featuring Death Angel and Anthrax - the latter of which means you get a full 50 per cent of the Big Four on stage in one night. Pop a wheelie and ride your branded BMX bike over to Sound Academy (before it becomes REBEL).

Lauryn Hill (September 15-16, Massey Hall)
Enigmatic and elusive, Lauryn Hill doesn't have the best rep for showing up to perform, but when she does, it's pretty much always everything you'd want from a bonafide legend. Hill presents "MLH Caravan: A Diaspora Calling!" over two nights at Massey Hall.

Anderson .Paak (September 17, TD Echo Beach)
The 10th annual Manifesto Festival brings the L.A. rapper/singer and Dre protege to Toronto to showcase his new-school, soulful, upbeat style of hip hop - and where else is better to hear songs from Malibu than on a beach?

Blood Orange (September 21, Danforth Music Hall)
Dev Hynes makes yet another one of his rare appearances this side of the border, this time on the heels of Freetown Sound, his second collection of retro-pop R&B tunes that's getting album-of-the-year type buzz.

Angel Olsen (September 24, Mod Club/September 25, Lee's Palace)
So far, Angel Olsen's sophomore album My Woman is looking (and sounding) like it's going to be way fun, amping up her intense country/folk-tinged rollicking further. You get two shots to see her: one at the Mod Club, then again at Lee's.

Russian Circles and Helms Alee (September 26, Lee's Palace)
Though fans of post-rock/post-metal/post-everything are likely well acquainted with Russian Circles, I'm actually more excited for their lower-profile Sargent House label-mates Helms Alee: a sludgy, 90s-obsessed trio that's powerful live and rarely comes Canada-side.

How to Dress Well (September 28, Mod Club)
Not 100 per cent sure, but I'm fairly certain the last time smooth, sensitive pop crooner Tom Krell was in town, it was when I saw him last summer, crowdsurfing with a slew of other metal-loving maniacs at Deafheaven's NXNE set. I assume this headlining return will be slightly more chill, in honour of forthcoming LP Care.

Thanks to Big Rock Brewery for sponsoring this post.

Photo via Lauryn Hill's Facebook page.

Poutine is an indulgent dish that tastes best after 2 a.m. But if you want to watch groups of competitive eaters down pounds of fries, gravy and cheese curds, you should probably head to Yonge-Dundas Square on Saturday, October 1.

Smoke's Poutinerie'sWorld Poutine Eating Championship is returning to the public square in downtown Toronto for the seventh time.

This annual gross-out event is the perfect way to kick off your Halloween month - what's scarier than watching people stuff their faces with piles and piles of soggy fries and brown sauce?

The competition is free to attend and will feature both amateur and professional eaters as well as live entertainment from KISS tribute band DESTROYER Canada.

Photo by Hector Vasquez.

We have an immediate opening for a Videographer to join the blogTO team. In this role, the successful applicant will create daily video content for the site and our social platforms.

This is a full time, contract position. The ideal candidate should be a strong visual storyteller with expert camera, sound and editing skills and the aptitude to create engaging and sharable content daily.

What you will be doing

The basic function of the role will be to create short Watch How to Make videos of food/drink items at local businesses similar to the format we've already established. You can find examples on our Facebook page.

In addition, you will be tasked with creating additional types of videos - concept and format TBD.

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The best BBQ chicken places (churrasqueiras) in Toronto employ time-honoured slow roasting techniques and charcoal grills to achieve the perfectly cooked bird. Also crucial this food is the piri piri, that iconic blend of chili, lemon and oil that gives Portuguese chicken its addictive, finger-licking taste.

Here's where to find the best BBQ chicken at Toronto churrasqueiras.

Kanye West took to the Air Canada Centre yesterday evening for the first night of the Saint Pablo Tour in Toronto. In tow was wife Kim Kardashian and her best friend Jonathan Cheban. Before Yeezy hits the stage for night two of the Toronto leg of the tour, the trio decided to spend their downtime in Yorkville.

Hordes of Kimye fans descended upon the neighbourhood to stalk the star couple as they shopped. What looks like hundreds of fans eagerly waited outside of shops just to snag a selfie.

Here's what Yorkville looked like today when Kim and Kanye rolled through.

Jonathan Cheban was also documenting their adventures through the 6ix on his Snapchat. After they were done shopping in Yorkville they stopped by Sweet Jesus for a quick snack.

Photos by @aaronnilsen, @kellyyy_ku, @drakeshipway, @maddyrs22, and @santmg.

Today in Toronto your rent is due, and it's almost back to school time, but don't worry because it's First Thursday with Mykki Blanco and our fave feminist art crew Bonerkill! Also SchoolBoy Q is here at the nearly finished Sound Academy (soon to be known as Rebel) and a jam packed FanExpo kicks off today.

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

• AGO First Thursday with Mykki Blanco (AGO)
• FanExpo (Metro Toronto Convention Centre)
• House U with Marcus Marr (Studio Bar)
• Star Trek 50 - An Expo Kick Off Party (Sneaky Dee's)
• Creative Talk: The Creative Class (Drake Hotel)
• SchoolBoy Q (Sound Academy)
• Haken, Thank You Scientist and Astral Bell (Mod Club)
• Halifax's Loveland with Prince Ness, New Zebra Kid (Silver Dollar)
• House of Filth Presents RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (Gladstone Hotel)

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One of Queen Street East's most recognizable buildings has started a transformation process that will wipe it of its kitschy veneer but restore its historical beauty. Most recently the home of eclectic furniture store Marty Millionaire, the heritage property is set to become Free the Children's Global Learning Centre.

Constructed in 1907, the building at the southwest corner of Queen and Parliament housed some form of a furniture store for century, first as the Home Furniture Carpet Co. and then as Marty Millionaire from 1978 to 2014. The second floor was also home to a bowling alley for over 50 years, the lanes of which remained in place decades after it closed.

It was during the Marty Millionaire years that the exterior took on its blue exterior, a feature that's made it highly recognizable but at the expense of its original historical elements. Adorned with pink neon signage, it was a lovable eyesore, but it's remarkable just how elegant the restored version will look.

The facelift that's now underway will restore the original brick and showcase the architectural merits of a building that's an excellent local example of the Chicago School style. It'll also be a hub of activity as the headquarters of Free the Children and a learning centre with technologically advanced classrooms and incubation hub.

The learning centre is expected to open next year.

Photo by Lori Whelan in the blogTO Flickr pool.