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City News
What went down at the 2025 Biblio Bash party
With appearances by Elamin Abdelmahmoud, Heather O’Neill and Mayor Olivia Chow
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Memoir
“I dropped out of high school due to ADHD and depression. Public libraries saved my life—and now I’m getting my master’s degree”
Nancy Dutra found refuge in local libraries, self-teaching her way to a GED, a bachelor’s degree and now graduate school
City News
What went down at the 2024 Biblio Bash party
Authors Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, Carley Fortune and Joshua Knelman were in attendance
Life
Real Weddings: Inside a sophisticated celebration at the Toronto Reference Library
The bride is a floral designer, and designed all the whimsical arrangements herself
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Culture
The rarest records in the Toronto Reference Library’s colossal vinyl collection
We asked the keeper of the library's 15,000-record collection about some of its oldest and strangest titles
City News
The 10 biggest moments in Toronto architecture in the last 50 years
The public buildings, high-rises and private residences that mattered most
Culture
Alessia Cara’s homecoming, a new play from two
Game of Thrones
stars and seven other things to do this week
What to do in Toronto during the week of January 11
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Culture
An acrobatic apocalyptic spectacle, a Joanna Newsom show and six other things to do this week
What to do in Toronto during the week of December 14
Culture
Grimes’ album release show, a free Drake kitchen party and seven other things to do this week
What to do in Toronto during the week of November 16
Culture
A chat with Margaret Atwood, a dazzling new ballet and seven other things to do this week
What to do in Toronto during the week of November 9
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Culture
Relive Motown’s golden years, buy a bunch of books and seven other things to do this week
What to do in Toronto during the week of September 21
Culture
The Toronto Fringe, a Brian Wilson concert and six other things to do this week
See your childhood literary hero read from her new book for grown-ups Judy Blume’s kid-lit catalogue grapples with first periods...
Food & Drink
Five things to do in Toronto on the weekend of January 31–February 2
In this edition of The Weekender, a frigid bike ride, a kimono exhibit and three other things to do in Toronto this...
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Culture
U.S. author Gary Shteyngart aggravates Canada’s literary insecurity
Can a country whose most celebrated living writer just won a Nobel Prize still be anxious about its literary chops? The...
Food & Drink
The Weekender: Super Bowl XLVII Party, Tristan und Isolde and five other items on our to-do list
1. KUUMBA Harbourfront kicks off Black History Month with the 17th edition of its annual Kuumba festival (“kuumba” means...
Food & Drink
Balzac’s Coffee almost set to open in the Toronto Reference Library
The head office at Balzac's Coffee has confirmed with The Dish that its newest location (hot on the heels of the recent Ryerson...
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City News
Party Pages: The Trillium Awards, a rowdy affair for beflowered Ontario authors
The Trillium Awards, the annual ceremony for Ontario-based authors, took place, fittingly, at the Toronto Reference Library last...
Food & Drink
Weekly Eater: Toronto food events for April 16 to 22
Monday, April 16 Tuesday, April 17 Wednesday, April 18 Thursday, April 19 Friday, April 20 Saturday, April 21 Sunday, April 22
City News
Quoted: Mike Del Grande on Playboy, public libraries and (imaginary) men in trench coats
That’s silver-tongued budget chief Mike Del Grande on the Toronto Public Library’s Playboy magazines and books (and those...
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The Weekender: Jane’s Walk, Toronto Comic Arts Festival and six other can’t-miss events
1. JANE’S WALK ( ) 2. KARDINAL OFFISHALL ( ) Kardi’s made some headway south of the border, signing with Akon ’s Konvict...
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Private School Guide
The Private and Independent School Directory Spring 2025
Big Stories
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
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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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
Food & Drink
Six Toronto restaurants serving up all-Canadian menus
With a trade war upon us, our city’s chefs are taking a stand