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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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Party Pages: local philanthropists don their dandiest cowboy duds for the Wellspring Henderson Hoedown
Should all Toronto’s ritzy charity galas require guests to wear goofy outfits? Probably not, but last Thursday’s Wellspring...
City News
A delightfully unstuffy affair (featuring Malcolm Gladwell) at the UWI Toronto Benefit Gala
More fancy Toronto benefit galas should be like the third annual University of the West Indies Toronto Benefit Gala at the Four...
Culture
TIFF 2011 Roundup: The winners, and the losers, from this year’s installment of the Toronto International Film Festival
Well, it’s a wrap. Some might suggest that there are no winners and losers at TIFF, and that the festival is a harmonious...
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TIFF PHOTO GALLERY: the Ten Year red carpet gala features a lot of pretty young things posing for the camera
We learned something last night at the gala presentation for Ten Year at the Ryerson Theatre: ensemble cast movies about high...
Culture
Today at TIFF: Swarovski celebrity gifting lounge, From The Sky Down gala and more
Our daily roundup of opening galas, parties and screenings. • 11:30 a.m. Swarovski Lounge at the Four Seasons Hotel • 3...
Culture
TIFF names best Canadian films of 2010 to be screened at Lightbox
While all of Hollywood fires up its engines for the self-love fest that is awards season, the Toronto International Film Festival...
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Comedy Awards may signal a golden age for improv in Toronto
What happens when you put several hundred of Canada's funniest people together in the same room for an evening? A lot of...
Culture
Behind the barricade: meet eight TIFF celebrity hunters
Behind the barricades of the TIFF red carpets are hundreds of fans, autograph collectors and amateur photographers...
Culture
TIFF PHOTO GALLERY: Jennifer Connelly, Ed Harris and Yeardley Smith at the What’s Wrong With Virginia premiere
Photographers, reporters and publicists all agree that TIFF madness peaked with Monday’s Kidman-Portman double-header. Despite...
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Culture
Today at TIFF: Casino Jack, Master Kev, Louis and Anane Vega and more
Our daily roundup of opening galas, parties and screenings. • 6:30 p.m. Casino Jack world premiere gala at Roy Thomson Hall •...
Culture
Today at TIFF: What’s Wrong With Virginia, the Bang Bang Club, DJ set by AL P. and more
Our daily roundup of opening galas, parties and screenings. • 4 p.m. What’s Wrong With Virginia Party at Swarovski Gallery...
Culture
Today at TIFF: Lightbox block party, Barney’s Version, Hereafter, 127 Hours and more
Our daily roundup of opening galas, parties and screenings. • 11 a.m. Bell Lightbox Block Party at King and John Streets •...
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Score: A Hockey Musical wins over some locals, but virtually no one else
The first onslaught of critical feedback is out after the world premiere of Score: A Hockey Musical — Mike McGowan' s filmic ode...
Culture
Greased lightly: fries are the ones Olivia Newton-John wants at Brassaii
Words cannot express how relieved we were to see nary a hint of hockey hair at Brassaii’s party for Score: A Hockey Musical last...
Culture
Confirmed: Edward Norton will interview Bruce Springsteen at TIFF
We heard the rumours , but the prospect of having Edward Norton interview Bruce Springsteen as part of the gala presentation of...
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TIFF closing night film announced, plus free screenings at the Bell Lightbox
TIFF announced today that it has chosen Massy Tadjedin' s Last Night for its closing night gala, possibly for its convenient...
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Celebrity speculation begins: are Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush and Freida Pinto coming to TIFF?
We have a preliminary leak of some stars expected to attend TIFF this September. Martin Knelman of the Star dishes that The King's...
City News
Superhero: How a Toronto paramedic made Time’s 100 most influential list
When the earthquake hit Port-au-Prince last January, Rahul Singh took GlobalMedic, his relief organization, to the centre of the...
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Queen Elizabeth II didn’t buy new clothes for Toronto state dinner
We'd expect that the Queen of England wouldn't be caught dead wearing the same thing twice, but during her visit to Canada, Her...
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Oscar de la Renta event raises $750,000 despite Canada being the “smallest fashion market in the world”
"Canada is a small market—probably the smallest fashion market in the world." That's Canadian fashion booster Robin Kay telling...
Food & Drink
The Weekender: Grease, Buy Design’s spring social and six other things to do this weekend
1. FARM TO HOME FAIR 2010 This annual food fair is a locavore’s dream: meet and greets with farmers, info sessions on...
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Don McKellar talks about lovelorn phone calls, TIFF’s good ol’ days, and inviting strange women to his hotel room
Don McKellar is out to find romance on a modern day cellphone—and if that means being shady in a hotel room, so be it. This is...
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PHOTO GALLERY: 31 TIFF red carpet looks
Jennifer Garner and Julianne Moore opted for green and strapless, Amanda Seyfried chose sequins and Louboutins, and Drew Barrymore...
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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
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
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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
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
Deep Dives
Brave New Year: The ultimate try-anything-once bucket list for 2025
For inspiration on wonderful, wild and even some slightly reckless experiences to enjoy in the year ahead
Deep Dives
The stars of the PWHL’s Toronto Sceptres on finally having a league of their own
After kicking off a new chapter for hockey with the PWHL, Natalie Spooner, Sarah Nurse and Blayre Turnbull are blazing a trail for women in sports
Deep Dives
The 50 Most Influential Torontonians of 2024
Our annual ranking of the people whose courage, smarts and clout are changing the world as we know it
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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
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
Food & Drink
These Ontario-made booze collaborations are coming to a restaurant near you
Toronto bars and restaurants are partnering with their favourite distillers, winemakers and brewers to produce custom-made drinks. Here, nine crushable new concoctions