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Toronto’s Manifesto Festival teams up with its counterpart in Jamaica for an all-day virtual show this weekend

This Saturday, Aug. 29, the Manifesto Toronto annual music festival will go online for a landmark 12-hour live-stream event alongside Manifesto Jamaica. Headlining the event is Grammy-winning Jamaican reggae artist Koffee, who will be live-streaming from Jamaica. At 19, Koffee is the youngest performer and first female to receive the Grammy for Best Reggae Album. … Continued

New dessert pop-up comes to Toronto coffee shop from former Richmond Station pastry chefs

By Nikki Gill

A new dessert pop-up at Hailed Coffee in Riverdale will feature a signature monthly dessert created by the duo behind the new pastry company Hawker, Farzam Fallah and Louis Lim. Their August creation is a caramel corn mille-feuille, available for pre-order and ready for pick-up on Wednesday, Aug. 26. Fallah has years of experience as … Continued

Alex Colville’s family to release 10 never-before-seen paintings in celebration of the centenary of his birth

By Nikki Gill

You know Alex Colville. Perhaps not by name, but you already know the painting. A pair of binoculars dominates the canvas, belonging to a flaxen haired woman who is combing the horizon in search of something. Her perch on the upper deck of a ferry obscures her man behind her, with both figures framed by … Continued

Five restaurants that have said goodbye to Toronto in the last week

By Nikki Gill

Even as the Stage 3 reopening continues in Toronto, one unfortunate enduring reality is the non-stop news of restaurants closing up shop over insurmountable COVID-related hardships. Here are the five most recent locales to which we reluctantly bid farewell. Don Alfonso 1890 Don Alfonso 1890, one of Toronto’s favourite spots to celebrate a special occasion … Continued

New Latin Korean barbecue night to launch at Baro Toronto

By Nikki Gill

King Street West’s Latin-inspired restaurant Baro Toronto will be launching its first Latin Korean barbecue night on Wednesday. The menu, curated by Baro’s own chef de cuisine Justin Lee, will feature five courses that combine Latin and Korean flavours. Lee says the idea for the themed night came up during a conversation amongst the chef … Continued

Tips on how to style your home like a pro from an HGTV Canada property stylist

By Nikki Gill

Red Barrinuevo is the property stylist on HGTV Canada’s Hot Market and is the principal designer at Redesign4More. He is an award-winning interior stylist who was also named one of the most influential people in real estate home staging this year by RESA Global. There’s no magic in styling your home to look like it’s … Continued

Toronto’s creative ice cream purveyors will be dishing out treats at a food festival this weekend

By Nikki Gill

The Toronto Ice Cream Festival is going down this weekend at Scarborough Town Centre and will feature cold treats from Eva’s Original Chimneys, Fugo Desserts, Ihalo Krunch and many more. The festival will run from noon to 8 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 15 and Sunday, Aug. 16. Many of the city’s annual summer food festivals … Continued

Charles Khabouth to open Amal, a modern Lebanese restaurant in the heart of Yorkville

By Nikki Gill

Charles Khabouth and Danny Soberano are not letting a pandemic slow them down. The duo behind some of the city’s most popular restaurants recently announced the opening of Amal, a modern Lebanese restaurant at 131 Bloor St. W., with a second location opening soon in Coconut Grove, Miami. Amal (pronounced: am-elle) is a traditional Arabic … Continued

New art installation will showcase a local artist’s work in front of Union Station

By Nikki Gill

A new outdoor art installation created by Toronto artist Javid Jah was unveiled on Tuesday. The installation is part of the Union Boardwalk exhibit along Front Street in front of Union Station. The exhibit is the first of its kind in the area, and will be home to Jah’s artwork, called “The Universe Within.” “As … Continued

ET Canada’s Cheryl Hickey on meeting her husband on a blind date

By Nikki Gill

ET Canada’s Cheryl Hickey spends a lot of on-air time talking about other people’s love lives. But her own romance is a story worthy of a Hollywood movie. She and husband Kevin Foley began a love affair that rivals that of many rom-coms. Nowadays, Cheryl and Kevin balance their hectic work schedules with raising their … Continued

The Toronto Zoo’s corpse flower hit peak bloom and ‘downright offensive’ smell last night

By Nikki Gill

For the second time at the Toronto Zoo, the corpse plant — amorphophallus titanum — has hit peak bloom. The plant is known for its two unique features: it only blooms for eight to 36 hours, and when it does it gives off a particularly unpleasant smell (hence its nickname). The Toronto Zoo took to … Continued

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