Today in Toronto: Sophie Milman and Whoopi Goldberg

Sophie Milman The Russian-born, Israel-raised Milman has a voice that curls out like a memory of smoke-and-martini-fuelled cocktail parties. She credits our public library for lending her the jazz albums that gave her a repertoire and sparked her international career as a singer. It’s not exactly Charlie Parker selling his sax for heroin money, but it works. Find out more »

Whoopi Goldberg The View panelist and regular Hollywood Square is one of an elite few to have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony. For this comic lecture, expect Goldberg’s take on everything from menopause to American politics. Find out more »