Award-winning Toronto filmmaker Nathalie Bibeau’s first documentary feature, The Walrus and the Whistleblower — which follows the life of a Marineland worker who blows the whistle on animal abuse — garnered her three Canadian Screen Award nominations, the top Audience Award at the Hot Docs International Film Festival and earned her an Oscar nomination for … Continued
With International Women’s Day coming up on Tuesday, March 8, it’s a time to honour the women in your life, reflect on the world’s history of misogyny and discrimination and celebrate how far we’ve come thanks to the incredible women who came before us. In the city, this week is full of opportunities to do … Continued
By Ron Johnson
When venerable live music venue Hugh’s Room closed its west-end location, the city lost an important part of its music city DNA. Now, there is good news as Hugh’s Room Live is announcing that it has reached an agreement with Marina Stefanovic to acquire a heritage church building designed by E.J. Lennox located at 296 … Continued
After two years (that felt like 10) of cancelled events and virtual placeholders, it looks like Toronto is finally returning to its action-packed norm. On Friday, Mayor John Tory and city of Toronto officials announced the imminent return of many in-person events, including world-renowned festivities like Toronto Pride, Caribana, and TIFF. Events like these are … Continued
By Ron Johnson
It was a cold winter’s day in March, 1977 when the news hit that a band dubbed the Cockroaches would take the El Mocambo stage for back-to-back shows. Opening for the band, a rock band by the name of April Wine. The shows were not announced and few people knew what was really going on. … Continued
Brandon Ash-Mohammed might be a relative newcomer comedian, but you wouldn’t be able to tell from watching Amazon Prime’s LOL: Last One Laughing Canada. On the show, Ash-Mohammed fits right in alongside comedic veterans like Caroline Rhea, Tom Green and Colin Mochrie. LOL Canada, which launched in February, is based on a Japanese game show … Continued
By Ron Johnson
The Toronto waterfront has a new big top tent on the shores of Lake Ontario in advance of the opening of a new Cirque du Soleil show set to run from April 14 until at least July 17. The raising of the 65-foot-tall big top tent took place over six days finishing on March 4 … Continued
By lindsaylow
The Porter is a new eight-episode fictional drama now streaming on CBC-TV. The show is inspired by real events and will celebrate the lives, stories, and achievements of the Black train porters and their families in the early 1920s who played an essential role in forming the many Black communities across Canada — including across … Continued
For anyone looking for something to do in the city over the weekend, there are plenty of options to choose from. Whether you want to catch an Oscar-nominated documentary short, see some superheroes in IMAX or get moving at a dance party or two, you won’t have to look far to find something fun to … Continued
By Ron Johnson
With the backdrop of an awful and cruel war, Lighthouse Immersive (Immersive Van Gogh), has arranged for Immersive Schevchenko: Soul of Ukraine to be available for viewing beginning March 15 in Toronto, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles and Boston, with all proceeds from ticket sales going directly to Canadian Red Cross and other humanitarian organizations working … Continued
After being in the works for over two years, Chef Jason Bangerter and food critic Chris Johns are preparing for the release of their much-anticipated cookbook. Langdon Hall: A Cookbook is composed of recipes from the menu of one of Canada’s best country house hotels. Alongside the original recipes, the cookbook includes notes with wine … Continued
HGTV Canada’s Bryan and Sarah Baeumler on high school days, foggy hikes and shared hobbies
