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Culture
What went down at the 2023 AGO Art Bash gala
The stylish event celebrated new exhibitions of works by KAWS and Keith Haring
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Culture
“The first day, we had people lined up around the block”: AGO director Stephan Jost on reopening his museum
"The Warhol show had to be hung virtually. We invented a whole new system using virtual couriers"
Culture
Contact tracing, timed tickets and plexiglass galore: How five Toronto museums are revamping for Covid times
Sadly, the Bat Cave remains closed for now
Style
Toronto’s 20 best street style looks from 2016
Toronto style this year had lots of swagger
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Style
Street Style: Pride Month kick-off party at the AGO
Featuring Christmas pajamas and
Memoirs of a Geisha
—inspired kimonos
Culture
An acrobatic apocalyptic spectacle, a Joanna Newsom show and six other things to do this week
What to do in Toronto during the week of December 14
Culture
A Blue Hill dinner, Chris Hadfield’s variety show and six other things to do this week
What to do in Toronto on the week of October 26
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Culture
A Foo Fighters concert, Shakespeare in High Park and seven other things to do this week
Hang out with a troupe of dancing newsboys Based on a real-life 19th-century newsboy strike, Disney’s blockbuster musical...
Culture
See Rush for the last time, survive NXNE and eight other things to do this week
Go on a late-night sampling spree The twinkly Stop Night Market returns for its fourth annual carnival of sno-cones and small...
Real Estate News
Here’s what OCAD U wants to do to its offices at Dundas and McCaul
What it is: A major renovation of OCAD U's Rosalie Sharp Pavilion, on the southeast corner of Dundas and McCaul streets. The...
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Culture
Drink lots of beer, see a bunch of documentaries and eight other things to do this week
Drink and dance at spring’s hottest beer festival Toronto’s Festival of Beer combines two summer traditions: outdoor booze...
Culture
See a play in an abandoned high school, bid farewell to Dame Edna and seven other things to do this week
See a play in an abandoned high school One of the season's most ambitious theatre creations is Sheridan College's Brantwood...
Discover the culture-clashing art of Jean-Michel Basquiat
A product of New York’s punk scene, the Brooklyn artist Jean-Michel Basquiat quickly jumped from the street to the gallery...
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Real Estate News
Grange Park’s impending makeover is shaping up nicely
Last winter, the AGO announced that it would be using an undisclosed sum of Weston-family money to upgrade Grange Park , a lovely...
Introduce yourself to Canadian photographer Suzy Lake at the AGO
The title of Suzy Lake ’s AGO retrospective, Introducing Suzy Lake , is a peculiar one, because the revered Toronto-based artist...
Food & Drink
The World-Class Toronto Summer Guide: 14 things that are worth sticking around for
What’s one of the best things to do in Toronto this summer? If you can, get out of Toronto. See the world. Find another city’s...
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Five things to do in Toronto on the weekend of April 4–6
In this edition of The Weekender, a massive pillow fight, a festival of silent film and three more things to do in Toronto this...
Culture
Slideshow: a preview of “Francis Bacon and Henry Moore: Terror and Beauty,” the AGO’s new fleshy, figurative exhibition
With its latest exhibition, “ Francis Bacon and Henry Moore: Terror and Beauty ,” the Art Gallery of Ontario is offering...
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Five things to do in Toronto on the weekend of March 14–16
In this edition of The Weekender, a festive parade, March break at the AGO and three more things to do in Toronto this...
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Culture
Slideshow: a preview of
Elevated
, the AGO’s new exhibition of contemporary art that’s opening this week
Seeing walls loaded with works by big-name, canonical artists from the early part of the 20th century is a great thing, and the...
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Five things to do in Toronto on the weekend of November 29-December 1
In this edition of The Weekender, a Canadian horror film festival, Christmas-themed family events and three other things to do...
City News
The 50 Most Influential People in Toronto: who really runs this city?
You know you live in interesting times when the chief of police is the most powerful person in town. What propelled Chief Blair to...
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City News
Best of Fall 2013: the six best art exhibitions in Toronto this autumn
By Andrew D’Cruz, Sue Carter Flinn, Emily Landau, Alison Mah, Jason McBride, Courtney Shea, Stéphanie Verge, Chris Webster and...
Style
Slideshow: 11 extraordinarily elaborate gowns made out of toilet paper
Toilet paper—even very fancy, ultra-thick toilet paper—is delicate. Gowns—especially very fancy, ultra-conceptual...
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The Private and Independent School Directory Spring 2025
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Deep Dives
Inside the rise and fall of the Vaulter Bandit, the 21st century’s most notorious bank robber
To fellow tourists he met around the world, Jeffery Shuman was a semi-retired developer with a bright smile, an even tan and a fat wallet. In truth, he was a legendary bank robber on the run from the Toronto police and the US Marshals
Deep Dives
Anchor Man: Fox News host John Roberts on Trump, the trade war and the American psyche
If Fox News seems an unlikely landing spot for a guy who got his start pumping out Platinum Blonde on MuchMusic, you probably haven’t heard his thoughts about joining the notorious network, the Canada–US relationship and what he misses most about Toronto
Deep Dives
Trump’s Loss, Toronto’s Gain: Meet the artists, professors, scientists and other luminaries ditching the US and moving north
They’re coming from Big Law, the Ivy League, arts institutes and beyond, brimming with smarts and energy and united by a common cause: avoiding the carnage of Donald Trump. True tales from the brain gain
Deep Dives
Dancing Queens: Patrons, staff and performers share their wildest memories of Crews and Tangos, Toronto’s most storied drag bar
Crews and Tangos has been enforcing the rules of the Village for more than 30 years: wear what you want, kiss who you want, but don’t forget to tip the drag queens. With a condo development looming, we asked around for tales from the iconic spot
Deep Dives
The Joy of Sex with Strangers: A Toronto hotwife’s adventures in ethical non-monogamy
Three months ago, I was a suburban mom in a monogamous relationship. Now I’m sleeping with people I meet online—with my husband’s blessing—and we’ve never been happier. Don’t judge us until you’ve read our story
Deep Dives
The Scandal, the Firing and the Fallout: Anatomy of a Bay Street fiasco at RBC
Nadine Ahn was a high-ranking executive at the bank. Ken Mason, her subordinate, was rapidly promoted. Then someone claimed to see them canoodling at the Royal York, tipped off HR and triggered an inquisition
Deep Dives
Edward the Conqueror: The unlikely ascent of Canada’s telecom king
Edward Rogers was dismissed as a meddling nepo baby—until he muscled out his siblings, acquired his competitors, cornered the telecom market and became the dominant force in Canadian sports
Deep Dives
Lady Parts: Inside Meredith MacNeill and Jennifer Whalen’s new show,
Small Achievable Goals
The
Baroness von Sketch Show
alumnae have elevated joking about women’s issues to an art. Their new show takes aim at menopause. How funny is that?
Deep Dives
Murder in the Blue Mountains: The story behind the killing of Ashley Schwalm
Ashley and James Schwalm had what seemed like a fairy tale life—two wonderful children, fulfilling careers and a gorgeous home close to the private ski club where they’d fallen in love. Then Ashley’s remains turned up in a burned-out car at the bottom of a ditch, and all signs pointed to her husband
Deep Dives
Dark Horse: Inside the fall of Eric Lamaze, Canada’s most famous equestrian
For years, Lamaze was the world’s top-ranked show jumper, living an enviable life filled with fancy cars, international travel and adoring fans—the kind of life a person might do anything to protect
Deep Dives
Dividing Line: How the Bloor Street bike lane turned the city into a battlefield
A few kilometres along Bloor has become Toronto’s most contested strip of concrete, igniting fights over congestion, safety and the future of downtown
Deep Dives
The Chosen One: At just 23, Scottie Barnes is the new face of the Raptors—and the team’s best chance of salvation
Barnes is shouldering the weight of an impatient, basketball-mad city, a hit-and-miss team, and his own colossal ambitions. Does he look worried?
Deep Dives
Almost
Famous: Inside the Beaches’ rise to rock stardom
A viral earworm about a breakup turned the Beaches into Toronto’s hottest export. Now, the panty-throwing, stage-diving, all-girl rock band is seducing fans around the world
Deep Dives
“I was nearly beaten to death by my partner. The case was dismissed because it took too long to get to trial”
How an overburdened justice system is failing survivors of intimate partner violence
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Food & Drink
“We felt disconnected from the outdoors before”: What St. Lawrence Market North vendors think of their new home
And what locally made and grown goods they’re selling
Food & Drink
Sort-of Secret: Amelia’s Market, a Geary Avenue grocer selling local goods and light lunches
Like lovely cheese plates paired with glasses of Ontario-made wine
Food & Drink
“There’s more attention now on shopping close to home”: How Broadfork Produce is connecting Toronto’s top chefs with Ontario farmers
And the west-end supplier is opening to the public soon
Food & Drink
The US tariffs are coming for your espresso martini
With Kahlúa no longer available at the LCBO, Toronto bartenders are getting creative