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The Argument: Why we can’t stop gawking at Marina Abramović’s pain
Abramović became a performance art superstar by torturing herself and daring us to look away. Why we can’t stop watching In...
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Party Pages: Artists, philanthropists and Margaret Atwood at the Art of Time Ensemble Salon
We’re fairly sure that having a piano quartet playing in the living room is a normal after-supper digestive for many Rosedale...
City News
Reason to Love Toronto: because our most priceless art is free
Toronto’s new luxury hotels have elicited a lot of praise—they’ve given the city new restaurants, bars and ballrooms, and at...
City News
Remember when Perez Hilton was assaulted in Toronto? He’s coming back to visit!
Some people consider Perez Hilton to be obnoxious, but he made waves recently when he decided to wear a blazer with no shirt in an...
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The Weekender: Hamlet, Whoopi Goldberg and six other items on our to-do list
1. HAMLET Arguably Shakespeare’s most famous play, Hamlet is the classic story of the titular character, a young prince whose...
Culture
Eight and a Half play a private show for hipsters and real estate developers at a soon-to-be Ossington condo
Last night, a strange brew of Queen West hipsters and condo developers packed into the transitional space at 109 Ossington for an...
City News
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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Dear Urban Diplomat: Do you need to give a standing ovation in Toronto even when one isn’t deserved?
Dear Urban Diplomat, I just moved to Toronto from London, England, and I’ve noticed that nearly every theatre production here...
City News
Spotlight: the National Ballet’s newest prima ballerina leaps from playing the chicken to dancing the lead
Jillian Vanstone is the kind of person who, when asked to name her flaws, responds that she’s too precise in her movements—a...
City News
Garth Drabinsky still managing to (indirectly) screw people over
Not even performances from acclaimed musicians like Diana Krall and a healthy dose of optimism could save the nascent BlackCreek...
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Rob Ford chosen to cameo in The Nutcracker ballet (cue last-minute cottage vacation)
Every year the National Ballet of Canada works a celebrity cameo into its performance of The Nutcracker, and this Christmas, Rob...
City News
How Deadmau5—a.k.a. DJ Joel Zimmerman—came to make $100,000 a show and have four million Facebook fans
A steady August downpour drenched Chicago’s Grant Park on the final night of the Lollapalooza music festival. The rain and the...
City News
Best of Fall #1: Renowned mezzo-soprano Susan Graham as an anguished princess in Iphigenia in Tauris
Once upon a time we didn’t get international stars at the Canadian Opera Company. We settled for good singers. We didn’t get...
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Jan Wong: how the rise of horticultural training at Toronto schools is bad for students
While we’re busy teaching our kids to tend school gardens, they’re failing provincial tests in reading, writing and math. The...
Today in Toronto: Gullivers’ Rehearsal
Gullivers’ Rehearsal: Drawing Into Performance Albanian-born performance artists Flutura and Besnik Haxhillari make their solo...
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The Private and Independent School Directory Spring 2025
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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
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
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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“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
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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