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Toronto Centre for the Arts
The Weekender: Sing-Along Messiah, Wildlife and five other events on our to-do list
1. SING-ALONG MESSIAH That only-used-in-the-shower voice deserves to be heard, so why not join your fellow shower-belters in some...
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The gravy search moves to the Sony Centre and other city-owned theatres
The city has been working for months to off-load one or more of its three theatres—the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, the...
The Weekender: Memphis, DJ Skate Night and six other items on our to-do list
1. DJ SKATE NIGHT We’re more into huddling by a fire with hot chocolate than actually skating (is there such a thing as...
The Weekender: The Santa Claus Parade, Idina Menzel and six other items on our to-do list
1. THE SANTA CLAUS PARADE This is the one Sunday in the whole year when otherwise adamant proponents of sleeping-in rise with the...
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Getting rid of gravy—i.e., selling off city theatres—is surprisingly complicated
In a story laden with theatre metaphors (natch), the Globe and Mail is reporting that the process of selling off three Toronto...
Food & Drink
The Long Weekender: 9 to 5, Food Truck Eats and six other ways to spend your Canada Day/Pride weekend
1. 9 TO 5: THE MUSICAL The ’80s are so hot right now. Ripped skinnies, jelly shoes and Chuck Taylors are all in, samples and...
Food & Drink
Cuisine of India, an old North York favourite, reopens in Davisville
It’s been over a year since the North York Indian stalwart Cuisine of India closed its doors. Now, the once-beloved restaurant...
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Culture
Casting announced for Toronto production of The Addams Family
Casting is in place for the national tour of the Addams Family , a musical comedy based on what we assume is everybody’s...
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The Weekender: Chromeo, Assassins and six other events on our to-do list
1. ASSASSINS This musical—with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, based on the book by John Weidman —opens in the midst of...
Culture
Encore! Wicked and 10 other musicals Toronto can’t get enough of
This week, Wicked, one of the world’s most successful musical productions, re-returns to Toronto for a month-long run at the...
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Where to eat near the Toronto Centre for the Arts
Much of Toronto’s restaurant buzz remains south of Bloor, but North York dining offers its own benefits. For starters, there are...
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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
Food & Drink
“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