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Best of Fall #5: How the National Ballet’s Elena Lobsanova is preparing for her big debut in Romeo and Juliet
Elena Lobsanova knows disappointment. The Moscow-born dancer began training at the National Ballet School in 1996, when she was...
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Today in Toronto: Iphigenia in Tauris, the Kira Callahan Quartet and more
Chi of Shaolin: The Tale of the Dragon A thief left for dead after a failed robbery is helped by a Shaolin monk in this Cirque du...
The Weekender: Private Lives, Queen West Art Crawl and six other events on our to-do list
1. PRIVATE LIVES This 1930s comedy by Noël Coward is responsible for about three quarters of romantic comedies today. Just look...
Today in Toronto: Dancing on the Pier and Treehouse Live
Dancing on the Pier True to its name, Gadfly Dance Company gets under the skin of the current dance scene. At this waterfront...
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The Long Weekender: Batman Returns, Canadian International Air Show and six other items on our to-do list
1. BATMAN RETURNS: THE SHADOW-CAST In this performance art–slash–screening of Tim Burton’s second take on the Bat...
Today in Toronto: Nagata Shachu, Fan Expo Canada and more
Axé Capoeira Capoeira, a Brazilian dance form, looks like the love child of breakdancing and mixed martial arts. This Toronto...
Today in Toronto: Come Fly Away, Def Leppard with Heart and more
Come Fly Away American dance legend Twyla Tharp has choreographed entire shows to the music of the Beach Boys, Billy Joel and Bob...
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Today in Toronto: ‘Da Kink in My Hair, Power of Women and more
Dance: Made in Canada Local dance giants Yvonne Ng, James Kudelka and Peggy Baker all have a hand in this biennial festival, which...
Today in Toronto: Pretty Little Instincts, Taste of the Danforth and more
Harbourfront Festivals This month, What’s Classical explores the dynamic musical form with the stuffy rep (Aug. 5 to...
Today in Toronto: Beirut, Dusk Dances and more
Beirut Zach Condon plays with fellow eccentric Owen Pallett in support of Beirut’s latest album, The Rip Tide , out this...
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Today in Toronto: Beaches Jazz Festival, Carmen, Keith Cole and Andrew Harwood and The Kreutzer Sonata
Beaches International Jazz Festival The Beaches’ annual celebration of everything from big band to R&B to Afro-Cuban to funk has...
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Do-gooders cavort to conga beats—with K’Naan—at the Hope Rising after-party
May 3, Rosewater Supper Club. After-hours at the Rosewater usually means loose-tied Bay Street types swirling grand cru and...
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Friday’s NXNE picks: Dirty Beaches, Land of Talk, Writer and more
This year’s North by Northeast features 650 bands, the bulk of which are playing Friday and Saturday night. Needless to...
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Thursday’s Luminato Picks: Habit, Confluence and Lu Xun Blossoms
The fifth edition of Luminato, the city’s annual everything-culture fest, kicked off last Friday and goes all through the...
Today in Toronto: Luminato Day 1, Okkervil River and more
Okkervil River This folksy Austin group is a serious crew—the band took its name from a short story by Russian writer Tatyana...
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Why generations of artists insist on attempting the impossible—adapting Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Back in the 1990s, I starred as the Red Queen in Alice: The Rock Opera , a student production at the Claude Watson School for the...
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Today in Toronto: Short Film Festival, Camelot and Camille Claudel
CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival North America’s largest short film fest returns to screen 275 flicks from 33 countries. Italy...
Today in Toronto: La La La Human Steps and Tan Dun Water and Paper Concertos
La La La Human Steps Quebec’s famous dance troupe is celebrating its 30th anniversary with Untitled, a fusion of two iconic...
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The Weekender: Boyz II Men, La La La Human Steps and six other events on our to-do list
1. LA LA LA HUMAN STEPS This Québécois contemporary dance troupe, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, is known...
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Today in Toronto: Canadian Children’s Dance Theatre
Canadian Children’s Dance Theatre Formed in 1980, this seemingly ageless troupe of 13- to 19-year-old aspiring dancers is...
Today in Toronto: Inside Out and Paris/Toronto Project
Inside Out The city’s annual LGBT film festival is the best place to catch the latest in queer cinema, from the mainstream ( The...
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The Weekender: Ariadne auf Naxos, Itzhak Perlman and five other events on our to-do list
1. TORONTO INTERNATIONAL CIRCUS FESTIVAL Acrobats, fire-eaters, stilt-walkers—it’s not just the kids who’ll love this...
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Today in Toronto: Get Lit and Solos of My Life
Get Lit A series of notable Canadians read and discuss an excerpt from their favourite book. All funds raised go to The Running &...
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Two of the National Ballet’s étoiles brillantes to leave the company this spring
Toronto is set to lose one of its hottest dancer couples. National Ballet of Canada principal dancers Bridgett Zehr and Zdenek...
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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
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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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
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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?
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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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“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
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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
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“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
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The US tariffs are coming for your espresso martini
With Kahlúa no longer available at the LCBO, Toronto bartenders are getting creative