Party Style: with Toro Magazine at Neubacher Shor
Last night, Toro Magazine rented out Parkdale gallery Neubacher Shor to fill up guests with Caplansky's deli meat, Wolf Blass wine and plenty of bourbon. And, oh, it was also a celebration of the...
View ArticleThis Week in Food: Hawthorne Food and Drink, Marigold open, Loic Gourmet...
This Week in Food rounds up the week's food news, restaurants openings and closings, chef movements and upcoming food events in Toronto. Find us here every Friday morning.OPENINGS & CLOSINGSThe...
View ArticleThat time when video rental stores ruled
It may seem quaint now, but at the dawn of the home video age renting tapes was a magical experience. It had taken only a few years for the VCR to evolve from being a costly accessory which allowed...
View ArticleToronto's second public pay toilet lands in the Beaches
Stop pissing in the lake, kids; your automated lavatory has arrived. Toronto has finally received its second pay-per-use public automated toilet, which has been set up on Lake Shore Boulevard East at...
View ArticleThe Best Strip Clubs in Toronto
The best strip clubs in Toronto have their spiritual home on Yonge St., even if they're actually out on quiet stretches of the Queensway or Dufferin, in heritage buildings near the Don River, or...
View ArticleThis Week in Comedy: Henry Phillips, Say Goodbye To Your Dicks, Awkward, and...
Instead of giving gifts this year, why not bet your friends that you can take them to a show that will make them double over, crying with laughter? It's much better (and potentially cheaper) than that...
View ArticleA brief history of Toronto bike lanes
Toronto as a city is hardly overburdened with cycle lanes. There are just over 90 kms of bike tracks - not including off-street trails - winding their way through the region, often disjointed and...
View ArticleRiff Raff keeps things unpredictable in return to Toronto
He could've played for the Dallas Mavericks, as well as a number of collegiate and professional sports teams, but they found crack in his jacket and marijuana in his socks. Despite these unfavourable...
View ArticleCanadian Corps Legion Hall is now an art gallery
The galleries may leaving Ossington for greener (and cheaper) pastures, but on 83 Niagara Street, gentrification can be credited with giving rise to a grassroots artistic community.Find out how in my...
View ArticleThe Toronto Motorcycle Show unveils hot new rides
The Toronto Motorcycle Show is like visiting an adult toy store for those who ride. Just when the Toronto riding season is over, we get to preview hundreds of new 2013 motorcycles, scooters and ATVs at...
View ArticleThis Week in Theatre: It's a Wonderful Toronto, Dickens' Women, A Clockwork...
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.It's A Wonderful Toronto: The...
View ArticleAlbum Review: Slim Twig, A Hound at the Hem
Max Turnball, a.k.a. Slim Twig, took inspiration from Lolita for his new LP A Hound at the Hem. Though it's hard to catch many lyrics through his drawl, Turnball's voice does catch the drift of a...
View ArticleSunday Supplement: Campaign donations, ideas for the Rocket, finding...
Electing our leaders isn't cheap. Organizing the ballots, advertising, and paying staff costs the city about seven million big ones, nine if you factor in the toll campaign rebates take on city...
View ArticleHistoric Clarence Square gets a facelift
At the intersection of Spadina Avenue and Wellington Street, in the busy downtown core, sits a little historic park called Clarence Square. In the summer, people sit or lay back on the park benches to...
View ArticleRadar: Dior, Poiret and Schiaperelli, Villon's Wife, Elvis Monday, Gone...
BOOKS & LIT | Dior, Poiret and Schiaperelli Worn Journal presents author Ilya Parkins, giving a special talk and book signing tonight at the launch of her latest work, Poiret, Dior and...
View ArticleMorning Brew: Toronto goes ape for the IKEA monkey, Ford allies received job...
Things have been pretty bananas around Toronto recently but for the first time the mayhem actually involved a monkey. Yesterday a small, jacketed rhesus macaque, a native of south and central Asia,...
View ArticleHot Ticket: Japandroids, Joel Plaskett Emergency, Eluveitie, Monster Truck,...
Live music picks for TUESDAY DECEMBER 11 through SATURDAY DECEMBER 15, 2012.TUESDAY DECEMBER 11 / JAPANDROIDS / THE PHOENIX / 410 SHERBOURNE / $25.75 / 19+It's been quite a year for Vancouver's...
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