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Weekend events in Toronto: January 18-20, 2013
Weekend events in Toronto is our guide to events happening this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Here's what's happening in Toronto this January 18-20, 2013.MUSICYamantaka // Sonic Titan The...
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This Week in Comedy: Let's Get Hot, Laughing at the Office, Kristeen and...
You've got to be a special kind of character to charge $190/head. Wowzers. Follow me as I walk you through This Week In Comedy...SUN JAN 20 / LET'S GET HOT / YUK YUK'S / 224 RICHMOND W / 8PM / $11.50I...
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Someone Else probes mid-life crises at the Berkeley Street Theatre
While it's billed as a black comedy, Kristen Thomson's Someone Else is much, much darker. It'd be more apt to describe the play as a look deep inside a black hole, where the resentment, jealousy, and...
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Spotlight Japan brings Japanese films to Toronto
Starting today and running through April 6th fans of all things Japanese must check out Spotlight Japan at the TIFF Bell Lightbox. This is a collaboration of the Japan Foundation, TIFF, Canadian Stage,...
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Toronto cookie shop churns out classic favourites
While donuts were the dominant trend for 2012, there's no resisting the allure of a freshly-baked cookie. This shabby chic cookie cottage might be off the beaten track, but it's well worth seeking out...
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Are these TTC uniforms better than the current kit?
The TTC's maroon uniforms might not be much longer for this world if Andy Byford has anything to do with it. Late last year the CEO revealed the Commission was planning to give its roughly 5,000...
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Music producer SINS spills on Toronto's seedy side
Scouring the gloomy corners of the internet's electronic music conclaves, you'll find an almost eerie amount of Toronto and Ontario artists. It feels like every other leather-jacketed punk on the...
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This Week in Theatre: Catalpa, The Wizard of Oz, Robin Hood, Eating with...
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.Catalpa / Theatre Passe...
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Toronto's newest record shop lands on Ossington
This new Ossington Ave. record shop was born out of the owner's overflowing stock of records, and his collection spans an impressive range of genres and eras. You won't find much in the way of...
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Sunday Supplement: A 2013 budget breakdown, a closer look at those yellow TTC...
Toronto's budget discussions wrapped up for another year this week, with the city committing to $9.4 billion in spending from now until this time next year. The big headline out of the clamshell on the...
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Slow Hands is anything but at Wrongbar show
On Friday night, I walked into a mostly empty Wrongbar at around 10 p.m. Clearly I was playing the role of keener to be that early for a deep house show. I didn't want to miss any of the action,...
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Radar: The Darkness, Early Monthly Segments, Andrew J. Borkowski reads, A...
Toronto events on January 21st, 2013MUSIC | The Darkness + Hell or Highwater The Darkness descends upon Toronto tonight for a show at The Phoenix. With a sound that is often described as both hard rock...
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Morning Brew: Toronto needs casinos, casinos, casinos, Doug Ford doesn't want...
Rob Ford knows what Toronto wants, and it's not subways, subways, subways. Speaking on his weekly radio show, Ford wondered how Torontonians could possibly say no to a casino given all the joy, wonder,...
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New Wizard of Oz production sticks close to the classic
Whether you're a friend of Dorothy's, a fan of Toto's, or remember once being swept up in the technicolour dream of the 1939 film, The Wizard of Oz remains an enduring cultural classic. The production...
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Hot Ticket: The Amazing, Corin Raymond and the Sundowners, Brown Bird, Julie...
Live music picks for MONDAY JANUARY 21 through SATURDAY JANUARY 26, 2013.MONDAY JANUARY 21 / THE AMAZING / HORSESHOE TAVERN / 368 QUEEN W / $11.50 / 19+While The Amazing may be lacking in the name...
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Art and music collide at typography show on song lyrics
Ever scrawled Pixies' lyrics across your social studies notebook? Plagiarised the Smiths when writing to your fickle high school paramour? Yes, we've all experienced that special connection you feel...
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Get to Know a Chef: Graham Pratt, The Gabardine
After spending most of his career in one of the city's beloved kitchens, chef Graham Pratt decided it was time for a challenge. A seeming twist of fate led him to Bay St. favourite, The Gabardine,...
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