St. Patrick's Day 2014 events in Toronto
St. Patrick's Day events in Toronto go down at the Smiling Buddha courtesy of June Records, at The Flying Beaver, The Guvernment, Clinton's, F-Stop, The Horseshoe, and of course many more: check our...
View ArticleThis Week in Music: Optical Sounds and Dine Alone freebies, Ice Cream, Marker...
This Week in Music rounds up the latest news, releases and concerts coming to Toronto.Optical Sounds release free compilation Toronto label Optical Sounds celebrated the release of their second...
View ArticleSee Canada's rising stars at 8th Canadian Film Fest
The Canadian Film Festival kicks off its 8th edition this Thursday, March 20th at the Royal Cinema. This year's line-up includes six features and over a dozen short films - all, as advertised, made by...
View ArticleKensington Market to get new outdoor art fair
Kensington Market's set to get even more eclectic and colourful this summer: the Kensington Market BIA and Pedestrian Sundays are partnering up to start an outdoor art fair series on the last Sunday of...
View ArticleLiberty Village spinning studio ramps up competition
This slick new spinning studio in Liberty Village is the place to go to break a sweat on two wheels. Just make sure you're the type who can handle some friendly competition.Read my profile of Spinout...
View ArticleWhat the Toronto streetcar network looked like in 1945
Crossing the pothole-strewn intersection of Dovercourt and Geary this winter, one notices something that looks a bit out of place: streetcar tracks. They're not particularly conspicuous, but are easy...
View ArticleThe Best Souvlaki and Gyros in Toronto
The best souvlaki and gyros in Toronto are no longer confined to a single stretch of Greektown. Tzatziki slathered skewers wrapped in pita and platters of shaved meat accompanied by feta topped salad...
View ArticleCustom leg prosthetic hits the runway at Fashion Week
Ornate triangular cutouts adorned hand-cut leather pieces -- and a prosthetic limb -- at VAWK's runway show on the opening night of World MasterCard Fashion Week.As part of designer Sunny Fong's Middle...
View ArticleToday in Toronto: Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr, Baltimore Based, Pool of Princesses,...
Today in Toronto, Detroit rockers Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. and Chad Valley hit The Garrison for a much-anticipated show. Videofag in Kensington Market hosts Baltimore Based, an film exhibition of "moving...
View ArticleThis week on DineSafe: Jerk Jerks, Not Just Noodles, Fox & Crown, Duke of...
No red cards were reported on DineSafe this week, but a few pubs were a little less green this year, inconveniently being downgraded to yellow cards in advance of St. Paddy's Day (oh, and by the way,...
View ArticleThat time the TTC lured customers with a bunny girl
Of all the gimmicks used to promote public transit in Toronto, this one is definitely the weirdest - and the most sexist. In 1969, at the suggestion of a conference on urban transportation, a bunny...
View ArticleHouse of the Week: 16 Bracondale Hill Road
16 Bracondale Hill Road has a lot going for it: original wood floors and finishes, a modern kitchen with seemingly endless storage, big bedrooms, and a huge property. Coupled with the killer location...
View ArticleRob Ford's St. Paddy's antics put him back on Kimmel
You'd think that Rob Ford segments on Jimmy Kimmel would have gotten old by now -- but, then again, you'd also think that at some point the Mayor would cease to provide so much fodder for the late...
View ArticleThis is what Toronto would look like as an urban jungle
One hears Toronto referred to as an urban jungle on occasion, but what would the city look like if this was a literal description? We've had a few imaginative illustrations that take to this task, most...
View ArticleSprawling new water park proposed for Toronto
Toronto might get a sprawling 9,300 square-metre indoor/outdoor water park for the winter of 2016 if developer MarbleLIVE gets its way. Although very much in the preliminary stages, the company has...
View ArticleThe top 10 places to celebrate Macaron Day in Toronto
Macaron Day in Toronto is an annual celebration of those colourful melt in your mouth meringue confections that French bakeries do so well. Taking place this Thursday, March 20th, the one-day event...
View ArticleCartoon series takes a neurotic look at TTC etiquette
Kurtis Scott is watching you on the subway, and he mostly doesn't like what he sees. Since 2012, the cartoonist has been turning his internal monologue into short animations that skewer messy eaters,...
View ArticleNewest brand at Fashion Week started as OCAD thesis
Tomorrow afternoon, Outclass, a Toronto-based menswear brand launched in 2011, will make its debut at World MasterCard Fashion Week -- a huge milestone for a label that was born unexpectedly as a...
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