Medieval Times offers new show, same tournament
If you've visited Medieval Times as a kid, you'll know that walking into the arena as an adult is comfortably nostalgic. The air smells faintly of horse stable and rotisserie chicken and the tiered...
View ArticleWhere to drink and dance near Queen and Dovercourt
Squirrelled away on a second floor on West Queen West, and graced with its own line-up, you'll find Nyood Restaurant's sister bar--open Fridays and Saturdays, there are bar rail drinks, DJs, and bitchy...
View ArticleMysteriously Yours serves up murder with dinner
It's no mystery why Mysteriously Yours...Mystery Dinner Theatre still flourishes after 25 years in production. Since 1987, producers Lili and Brian Caws have created and compiled over 50 original...
View ArticleThis Week in Theatre: Tagged and It's Complicated, Ordinary Days, Ignorance,...
This week in theatre rounds up the most noteworthy live theatre playing right now in Toronto. It includes just-opened shows as well as productions that are about to close.Tagged and It's Complicated /...
View ArticleNew gym combines ballet, yoga and a barre
This new gym offers "barre fitness" classes (all the rage in NY and LA) which combine dance, core work, and yoga for a workout that's sure to leave you feeling the burn--if you can keep up, that...
View ArticleSunday Supplement: Calgary's wild Grey Cup antics, the ARL's diesel trains,...
This is a big weekend for sports fans. The 100th Grey Cup match between the Calgary Stampeders and the Toronto Argonauts kicks off at 6 p.m. tonight at the Rogers Centre. The Albertans have a history...
View ArticleRadar: Big Wreck and Theory Of A Deadman, Toronto 48 Hour Film Project, Selma...
MUSIC | Big Wreck and Theory Of A Deadman at Massey Hall Edgefest Jingle Bell Concert Series Yes, it's that time of year: if the temperature drop or muzak Xmas carols in your local supermarket didn't...
View ArticleMorning Brew: Zero hour for Ford Nation, Argonauts clinch Grey Cup, arrest in...
We'll find out this morning if Rob Ford has flipped his last pancake as mayor. At 10, lawyers on both sides of the mayor's conflict-of-interest trial will send an email containing Justice Charles...
View ArticleHot Ticket: Lydia Loveless, King Cobb Steelie, State Radio, Black Pistol...
Live music picks for MONDAY NOVEMBER 26 through SATURDAY DECEMBER 1, 2012.MONDAY NOVEMBER 26 / LYDIA LOVELESS / THE DRAKE HOTEL / 1150 QUEEN W / $10.50 - $12 / 19+Lydia Loveless may be only 21 years...
View ArticleGet to Know a Chef: Carey Wesenberg, Littlefish
After leaving the film scene to pursue a career in food, chef Carey Wesenberg found that running a kitchen is a very similar production process. Building a set, casting the characters, and adapting to...
View ArticleSnapstaff brings awesome cocktails to your house party
Holiday party season is rapidly approaching, and for those who are tasked with throwing their own elegant, need-to-impress fetes, it begins with the minutiae of decor, finger foods, and perhaps most...
View ArticleBreakout Toronto Bands: Moon King
Breakout Toronto Bands features local artists that we think you should give a listen to.Who are they?"I originally based it on three characters from popular culture: Bart Simpson, Peter Pan, and to a...
View ArticleIstvan Kantor makes art out of smashing cars
Walking into the clearing across from the abandoned WWII munitions factory at 163 Sterling Road on Saturday afternoon, it was a surprise that the Toronto police hadn't been called. A crowd of 40 stood...
View ArticleRob Ford removed as mayor of Toronto
Rob Ford is on his way out as mayor of Toronto. Justice Charles Hackland ruled this morning that Ford breached the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act with his actions at a council meeting earlier this...
View ArticleFitness trends rule at new King West gym
This new King West gym is trendy in every sense of the word--from its modern, light-filled design, to the array of au courant fitness classes it offers. Don't think it's all for show, though; with its...
View ArticleParty Style: ARTATTACK! at Buddies in Bad Times
Toronto's Buddies in Bad Times hosted their annual fundraiser, ARTATTACK! last week, and as usual, offered art lovers and collectors a chance to bid on work by new and emerging artists, all while...
View ArticleTwitter reacts to Rob Ford's removal from office
As expected, the Twitter reaction to Justice Charles Hackland's ousting of mayor Rob Ford this morning was quick and, frankly, overwhelming. Right now, there are still plenty of question marks around...
View ArticleMomofuku's sister bar puts the focus on cocktails
Momofuku's sister bar might suffer for being associated with such a hot restaurant, and indeed, its upstairs location means it could become a haute waiting room of sorts. But the service is good, the...
View ArticleRobocop film shoot takes over Harbord and Clinton
Yesterday residents living near Harbord and Clinton got an up close look at the new Robocop movie that's been filming in Toronto this fall. Spencer Barclay, a local filmmaker and Robocop enthusiast,...
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