Earlier this year, avid fans of Lynn Crawford’s Riverdale restaurant, Ruby Watchco, had to go without their prix fixe fix. The doors to the eastside eatery were temporarily closed while Crawford ventured to the States (with sous Lora Kirk in tow).
While the world attempted to make sense out of the senseless death of Canadian heartthrob Cory Monteith, a troubled kid from Vancouver who sought and found fortune and fame on the set of Glee, Elaine “Lainey” Lui, a.k.a. Lainey Gossip, separated fiction from fact.
In June, some sports groups using the city’s green spaces received a letter from the City of Toronto’s Parks, Forestry and Recreation Division sternly reminding them of Toronto’s zero-tolerance policy for alcohol in public places. Unauthorized drinking after a game would, threatened the letter, result in the culprits losing their permit to play sports in city parks and put them on a blacklist for the future.
You’d be hard-pressed to find a more satisfying show for drum or guitar lovers than Tuesday night’s Molson Amphitheatre double bill of Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience and newly minted Rock and Roll Hall of Famers, Heart.
With its rolling hills, gently winding pathways and immaculate flower beds, Mount Pleasant Cemetery is one of the most serene parts of Toronto. The Doric pillars and statues on the imposing mausoleums dotted about the gardens testify that, for much of its 137-year history, this has been the place where many of the city’s great and good have chosen to rest in peace.
Don’t bother joking with Mark Lloyd about his status as a professional athlete, because he’s heard them all. “It just kind of comes with the territory,” he says.
To see the Jonas Brothers and their shrinking (but still vocal) fan base on Thursday night at the Molson Amphitheatre was to witness what might just be music’s youngest nostalgia act.
For the next six weeks, TIFF Bell Lightbox is offering a chance to revisit and relive some of the greatest comedy films ever made as it presents TOGA! The Reinvention of American Comedy from July 17 to Aug. 29.
Word of warning: I love Canadian Stage’s Shakespeare in High Park, but I will try to remain objective. It’s a wonderful Toronto tradition that appeals on many levels. I’ve seen some great productions and some not-so-great, but I’ve always enjoyed it. And last night was no different.
Inside a TV studio at the eastern edge of Toronto, actress Leah Renee and her two Satisfaction co-stars are on set, comfortably sprawled across worn-in couches, discussing strategies for handling the mouse that’s been tormenting them in their apartment.
If Bob Dylan ever decided that he wanted to get into the business of serving up crowd-pleasing concert performances, he wouldn’t have to go far to find a pretty good role model.
Under a blue sky at the Molson Amphitheatre on Sunday, Train served up a show that was not only fun, but refreshingly absent of any real promotional agenda. In front of about 8,000 fans, the boys from San Francisco gave plenty of shine to their capable opening acts, and they even offered up a few covers during a show that was high on energy and low on self-absorption.
