Innis Town Hall movie screen to go silent
Silent film aficionados, rejoice once again. The Toronto Silent Film Festival is back with a line-up against with we can measure all future and former silent film festival line-ups. I say this purely...
View ArticleThe top 10 driving schools in Toronto
The top driving schools in Toronto are struggling for students in an age when the first thing a boy wants for his sixteenth birthday is less likely to be the keys to the family car. What was once a...
View ArticleFree events in Toronto: March 31 - April 6, 2014
Free events in Toronto this week will sing to you, read to you, and hype you up for the Feminist Porn Awards. It's the end of the month, and after my rent cheque cashes I'll have $1.40 in my bank...
View ArticleToronto's first hummus snack bar is now open
The quick conversion of Ezra's Pound into Toronto's first hummusia is now complete. The pretty corner lot on Dundas West is serving up a new menu of pita and Middle Eastern dips to enjoy onsite or to...
View ArticleToday in Toronto: Books On Film, Trail Of Dead, Vision And Sound, Mixed...
Today in Toronto, Eleanor Wachtel hosts the TIFF presentation of Books on Film, a discussion of the relationship between literature and cinema, with some noteworthy guests. Lee's Palace hosts Austin,...
View ArticleThis Week in Music: Jason Doell, Rich Kidd, Digital Dreams, Weaves, Odonis...
This Week in Music rounds up the latest news, releases and concerts coming to Toronto.Digital Dreams will release full line up by April 14 Yup that EDM fest where an artist called "Bro Safari" can't be...
View ArticleHaitian eats now available on St. Clair West
This newly opened restaurant and lounge on St. Clair West channels the flavours of the French Caribbean. It's not Rhum Corner but expect the spot to triumph habanero-spiked foods, ultra-sweet condensed...
View ArticleKraftwerk jolts Toronto with robot electricity
Boing Boom Tschack. When Kraftwerk opened their set Saturday at the Sony Centre, the feeling in the room was positively electric. The bleeps and bloops that make up Kraftwerk's "We are the Robots"...
View ArticleBixi rides on as Bike Share Toronto
Forget Bixi - it's Bike Share Toronto now. Three months after being placed under the control of the Toronto Parking Authority, the city is finally lifting the lid off the new-look bike share system.The...
View ArticleThe top concerts in Toronto April 2014
The top concerts in Toronto in April 2014 take place during that last stretch before we hit music festival season full blast in the city, not to mention the period when we start to notice that people...
View ArticleSpring beer festival season kicks off at the Brick Works
The Toronto Festival of Beer's Spring Session is a new addition to the city's beer events this year and is, like the name might suggest, a smaller, spring version of the Toronto Festival of Beer that...
View ArticleSunday afternoon loft rave ends weekend right
Sunday afternoon is an underrated time for a dance party. Living in Osaka, Japan for two years, my first experience to the afternoon loft party came out of necessity - the response of promoters to...
View ArticleAnti-Rob Ford campaign posters pop up in Toronto
Vote Jeff McElroy - he'll still smoke himself into a stupor, but promises he won't use crack cocaine. Three spoof campaign signs that appeared in Trinity Bellwoods Park this morning are promising a new...
View ArticleThe Best Butter Chicken in Toronto
The best butter chicken in Toronto is decadent, comforting and addictive. Best had with basmati rice or tandoori'd breads, this dish has become a celebrated staple on menus at Indian restaurants and...
View ArticleThe last page for the World's Biggest Bookstore
Photo by Saku Takakusaki in the blogTO Flickr pool.
View ArticleToday in Toronto: 50 Shades! Musical, Sex and the Erotic Film Fest, Nu Music...
Today in Toronto, you can catch a sexy cartoon by the makers of what's called the "most beautiful erotic handdrawn animation film ever" as part of the Sex and the Erotic Film Fest. Not outrageous...
View ArticleThis week on DineSafe: Kim Vietnamese, Tara Inn, Zyng, Gale's Snack Bar,...
DineSafe shut down Chinatown pho spot Kim Vietnamese this week for a laundry list of rodent-related infractions. Others struggling to provide adequate pest control include Gale's Snack Bar and the Red...
View ArticleThe top live theatre shows in Toronto April 2014
Each month we round up the most noteworthy live theatre playing in Toronto. Belleville / Berkeley Street Theatre / April 10 - May 4 / $22-$49 After a galvanizing evening courtesy of The Company Theatre...
View Article5 blueprints and maps of unbuilt projects in Toronto
The version of Toronto we see around us, the streets, parks, transit system, and its neighbourhoods at large, are all just a version of the city that could have been. Unlike cities in other parts of...
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