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A night with Fran Lebowitz, Record Store Day and six other things to see, do, hear and read this week
What to do in Toronto during the week of April 16
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George Smitherman and Deepa Mehta endorse woman who is not running for mayor
Toronto's mayoral elections are notorious for being drawn-out, soul-crushing marathons—and that's when they start on...
Culture
TIFF Party: A throng of homegrown talent at the Maison Birks Women in Film party
At a packed bash at Maison Birks’s Bloor Street store yesterday, the jeweller and Telefilm Canada paid tribute to 10 Canadian...
City News
The Constant Travellers: six local jet-setters give their tips for New York, Bangkok, St. Petersburg and more
We rounded up a group of the city’s brightest artists, entrepreneurs and professional tourists and asked them for insider intel...
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Gallery: The one thing you should know before you die, according to Olivia Chow, Maestro Fresh Wes and more
Politician Olivia Chow, Love It or List It’ s Hilary Farr, rapper Maestro Fresh Wes and seven other famous notables each took 10...
The Weekender: The Penelopiad, Canada’s Top Ten and five more events on our to-do list
1. THE PENELOPIAD Following last year’s acclaimed run, Nightwood Theatre’s production of The Penelopiad is back at Buddies in...
City News
The insider dish on Soho House: who made the cut and who didn’t at the city’s new, exclusive private club
On Wednesday, July 25, a group of 30 people gathered for a secret meeting in the boardroom of a nondescript office building on...
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Best of Fall 2012: Deepa Mehta’s dream project, a movie version of Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children
When Salman Rushdie visited Toronto on a 2008 book tour, he dropped in on his old friend Deepa Mehta, whom he’d met when she was...
City News
Roberta Bondar, Jamie Kennedy and seven others discuss The Art of the City at the latest Walrus Talk
Last week at the AGO, the Walrus Foundation convened nine prominent Torontonians— Midnight’s Children director Deepha...
Culture
TIFF PARTY: The annual George Christy luncheon attracted an impeccably turned-out crowd of stars and power brokers
It must be a precondition of being wealthy, famous or otherwise fabulous to look perfectly fresh the morning after a night on the...
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TIFF RED CARPET: Deepa Mehta, Salman Rushdie and shrieking lovers of Bollywood at Midnight’s Children
Screaming Hollywood fans have nothing on screaming Bollywood fans. Absolutely bupkis. Case in point: members of Toronto’s Indian...
Culture
TIFF PARTY: Deepa Mehta, Rob Stewart and Ben Mulroney host the annual Canadian Film Centre shindig at the Spoke Club
Culture
The 50 buzziest films of TIFF 2012: we slice through the hype so you don’t have to
Single tickets for the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival go on sale this Sunday, September 2. And with a record 372 films...
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CONFIRMED: Deepa Mehta and Salman Rushdie are coming to TIFF 2012
Toronto-based, Academy Award-nominated director Deepa Mehta and Booker Prize-winning author Salman Rushdie are both in town for...
Culture
TIFF announces this year’s Mavericks program
TIFF announced its full programming schedule today, which means its time to start planning individual movie lineups. It also means...
Culture
The Big Chill, Water, Fly Away Home and more: we rate TIFF’s best and worst opening night films
This year, the Toronto International Film Festival will open with the homegrown Score: A Hockey Musical, which stars Olivia...
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Royal tour of Canada to allow Queen to watch self in 3-D
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip will arrive in Canada on June 28 for a nine-day tour that will shuffle them past the HMCS...
Culture
Don McKellar named Canada’s George Clooney
Don't get us wrong. We're fans of Don McKellar, but it's hard to see him as Canada's version of Clooney, as the Montreal Gazette...
Culture
RED CARPET INTERVIEWS: Our final seven TIFF videos
Our last batch of red carpet videos includes encounters with Michael Moore, Emily Mortimer and Eva Green. Check out the full...
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PHOTO GALLERY: Jack and Meg White at the premiere of The White Stripes Under Great White Northern Lights
Jack and Meg White were in town to support the documentary made about their unusual tour through Canada, The White Stripes Under...
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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
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
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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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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