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Culture
A royal play for fans of
The Crown
, a chat with a Michelin-starred chef and six other things to see, do, hear and read this week
What to do in Toronto during the week of February 5
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Listen to the sound of old meeting new, with pianists Emanuel Ax and Jan Lisiecki
Age difference aside, the international piano superstar Emanuel Ax and Calgary-born teen sensation Jan Lisiecki have a lot in...
Today in Toronto: La Clemenza di Tito, Ladysmith Black Mambazo and more
La Clemenza di Tito Mozart’s final opera, set in ancient Rome, is a heady brew of conflicting loves and loyalties, plots and...
Today in Toronto: Diana Krall and Mozart Requiem
Diana Krall There’s still something freshly girl next door about this frequent Grammy and Juno Award winner— must be the...
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Current Obsession: New York’s blogger-pianist Jeremy Denk
Jeremy Denk has recorded three well-received solo albums, toured with classical violin superstar Joshua Bell and played with many...
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Today in Toronto: Annie Lennox and Angélique Kidjo, Mozart’s World and more
Annie Lennox and Angélique Kidjo Nelson Mandela inspired the former Eurythmics singer to help people in Africa affected by...
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The Weekender: Michael Jackson, Eat The City and five other items on our to-do list
1. MICHAEL JACKSON: THE IMMORTAL WORLD TOUR There’s a lot to love at this tribute to the King of Pop from Cirque du Soleil. In...
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Party Pages: Members of the TSO play a private show at a Distillery District warehouse
On Tuesday night we popped into Airship 37’s Hangar Space in the Distillery District to take in an intimate and exclusive...
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The Weekender: TIFF Kids International Film Festival, The Tales of Hoffmann and six other items on our to-do list
1. TIFF KIDS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL This film fest is for the city’s smallest movie lovers. Aimed at kids three and...
Today in Toronto: Lise de la Salle, Loves Lies Bleed and more
Lise de la Salle De la Salle began her performance career at the age of nine with a live radio broadcast on Radio France. Since...
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The Weekender: Don Giovanni, Literary Death Match and six other events on our to-do list
1. LITERARY DEATH MATCH TORONTO In this singularly silly lit event, four authors ( Grace O’Connell, Carolyn Black, Rebecca...
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Opera: Simone Osborne gives Rigoletto’s heroine a backbone
She had no interest in opera—she wanted to sing jazz. But when Simone Osborne was 17, her voice teacher suggested she learn “O...
Today in Toronto: Fronteras Americanas, Mozart’s Great Mass in C Minor, The Shape of a Girl and more
Forest of Reading Festival of Trees Canada’s largest lit fest for kids is back to spoil young bibliophiles with...
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The Weekender: The Lion King, Easter Eggstravaganza and six other can’t-miss events
1. THE LION KING You wouldn’t think a theatrical adaptation of a Disney movie would run for so long (nearly 14 years), earn so...
Today in Toronto: Don Giovanni and Renie Spoelstra
Don Giovanni The most Shakespearean of Mozart’s operas in its mix of refinement and buffoonery, this dramma giocoso never fails...
Today in Toronto: Love Songs and The Magic Flute
Love Songs The derring-do program of the month has mezzo Anne Sofie von Otter sharing billing with jazz pianist Brad Mehldau in a...
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Today in Toronto: Bob Dorough, Mozart @ 255 Festival
Bob Dorough Bob Dorough’s been around a long time, at least since the heyday of bebop in New York City, and he’s done...
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The Weekender: An all-girls dance party, even more Henry Moore and six other events on our to-do list
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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
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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
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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
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“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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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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The US tariffs are coming for your espresso martini
With Kahlúa no longer available at the LCBO, Toronto bartenders are getting creative
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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
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“We have over 100 cases of American wine trapped at the LCBO”: Toronto’s Grape Witches on what it’s like to run a bottle shop during a trade war
It’s not as simple as taking sides when you’re a small business
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Six Toronto restaurants serving up all-Canadian menus
With a trade war upon us, our city’s chefs are taking a stand