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“At home, our theatre doubles as our bomb shelter”: A National Ballet of Ukraine dancer on touring across Canada
Award-winning dancer Nikita Sukhorukov talks about performing in wartime, representing Ukraine abroad and raising money for refugees
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Justin Bieber, Beyoncé and the best of Toronto’s pop star–inspired dance classes
Plus Drake, TLC and more
Culture
Ten things the National Ballet’s brand-new principal dancer, Jurgita Dronina, can’t live without
Her mascara, her plastic pants and eight other favourite items
Culture
A chat with Margaret Atwood, a dazzling new ballet and seven other things to do this week
What to do in Toronto during the week of November 9
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The Weeknd’s homecoming, a Warhol retrospective and eight other things to do this week
What to do in Toronto during the week of November 2
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Two nights of Taylor Swift, a film fest for foodies and six other things to do this week
What to do in Toronto during the week of September 28
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See Austra for free, party with Die Antwoord and eight other things to do this week
Listen to Miguel’s soaring falsetto at the Sound Academy Sultry, sexed-up R&B is back in vogue, courtesy of artists like the...
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See Kanye at the Pan Am closing ceremonies, go to the WayHome festival and eight other things to do this week
Watch the Pan Am Games’ controversial closing ceremony Despite a petition protesting his performance, Kanye West will close out...
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Behind the scenes with the cast of the National Ballet’s
The Sleeping Beauty
In 1972, the sneering, stately Russian dance icon Rudolf Nureyev joined the National Ballet of Canada to stage a sumptuous new...
City News
The naked ambition of National Ballet artistic director Karen Kain
Beneath her poised veneer is an exacting perfectionist, a tenacious fundraiser and a total control freak. Which explains how she turned the floundering National Ballet of Canada into one of the world’s premiere arts organizations
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Say farewell to The Guvernment with a Deadmau5-led dance party
The Guvernment , the iconic 18-year-old dance club, will soon be demolished for a strip of waterfront condos—but before that...
Make Soulful Messiah part of your holiday routine
Soulful Messiah , the R&B-inflected dance production from mainstay Toronto company Ballet Creole , is a hot-blooded, high-energy...
Watch a former Bolshoi dancer stretch her boundaries with the National Ballet
Until last year, the doe-eyed ballerina Svetlana Lunkina was a principal dancer at Moscow’s world-famous Bolshoi Ballet, where...
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Five things you didn’t know about the National Ballet’s Heather Ogden, star of this June’s super-sultry Carmen
1. She’s a total Karen Kain fangirl “When I joined the company in 1998, Karen was already retired from dancing. She came in to...
Going Out: Top theatre and dance performances in Toronto in May
We pick the best theatre and dance openings in the city every month. This May, the best things to do in Toronto include Fiddler on...
Today in Toronto: Canadian International AutoShow and Loveloss
Canadian International AutoShow Celebrating its 40th birthday, this mega-show packs in devotees eager to be within touching...
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Five things to do in Toronto on Family Day weekend
In this edition of The Weekender: Family Day fun at the Lightbox, an indie-rock music festival and three more things to do in...
The Weekender: Dance Weekend, Yamantaka // Sonic Titan and four other events on our to-do list
1. YAMANTAKA // SONIC TITAN Just decoding Yamantaka // Sonic Titan’s description of their own sound—“psychedelic noh-wave...
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Year in Review: our favourite culture stories of 2012
As we approach the cultural dry spell that lingers in the wake of the big holiday shows, it’s good to be reminded of just how...
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Behind the Scenes: the National Ballet of Canada rehearses for Giselle
The National Ballet’ s remount of their acclaimed production of Giselle opens tonight at the Four Seasons Centre, with Greta...
The Weekender: A Christmas Carol, The Brothers Grimm and six other events on our to-do list
1. A CHRISTMAS CAROL For the sixth time in his Soulpepper career, founding member Joseph Ziegler steps into Scrooge’s shoes in...
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Current Obsession: Desmond Heeley spins dollar store dross into gold with his National Ballet costumes
Desmond Heeley is stage royalty. The 81-year-old designer has created sets and costumes for major theatre, ballet and opera...
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The Weekender: Dan Deacon, Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland and six other events on our to-do list
1. ROYAL WOOD With a name as smooth as his voice, Canadian crooner Royal Wood brings his signature debonair persona to his upbeat...
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VIDEO: Rob Ford gets Gangnam Styled
Sure, this video is pure Internet silliness, but we couldn’t help but laugh at the awkwardness of Rob Ford trying to pretend not...
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Best New Restaurants
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These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2025
This year’s list includes a Korean Ecuadorian diner, a supper club that showcases regional Chinese dishes tweaked with seasonal Canadian ingredients and a Parkdale chaat house that makes a mean Pakistani Sloppy Joe. It’s official: fusion is in
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Sex worker and
Anora
consultant Andrea Werhun’s journey from strip clubs to Hollywood
Andrea Werhun’s dream was to be a writer, but there was a lot more money in sex work. She told herself she’d quit soon, then spent years working as a stripper. In 2022, Sean Baker hired her as a consultant on his Oscar-sweeping film. Now she’s stepping into her own spotlight
Deep Dives
Game Over: Inside fallen Toronto Raptor Jontay Porter’s sports betting scandal
As the pivotal member of a notorious betting ring, Porter was playing for another team. The story of a cheater, his bookmakers and the wager that brought them all down
Deep Dives
Megan Savard for the Defence: Meet the lawyer representing a player at the centre of the Hockey Canada trial
She’s fierce, shrewd and relentless. And she doesn’t just want to win—she wants to dismantle the prison system altogether
Food & Drink
These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2025
This year’s list includes a Korean Ecuadorian diner, a supper club that showcases regional Chinese dishes tweaked with seasonal Canadian ingredients and a Parkdale chaat house that makes a mean Pakistani Sloppy Joe. It’s official: fusion is in
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
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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
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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
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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
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An all-Canadian wine festival is coming to Fort York
Elbows Up aims to make it easier (and cheaper) to buy Canadian-made bottles
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This Toronto Italian restaurant is launching a pasta tasting menu made with all-Canadian ingredients
It’s Amano Trattoria’s elbows-up moment
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A high-tech greenhouse in King City is sticking it to Trump’s tariffs
How to reduce our reliance on American farmers? Rely on robot ones instead
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“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