It’s Thursday, and the weekend is fast approaching. Need stuff to see or do? We’ve got you covered. In this edition, silent films galore, an event for gluttons, an art tour of Queen West and more.
For our Comedy Issue, we interviewed seven of the city’s top comedians. Today, we present comedic jack-of-all-trades Harland Williams. This Bayview native frequently switches hats, not only from standup comedian to movie actor, but he’s also an illustrator, a children’s author, a painter and a musician. Here, Williams dishes about his youth in Toronto and starring in the CityTV sitcom Package Deal.
Politics, like life, is a series of mixed blessings, as in, “It’s a really good idea, but.…” The 2015 Pan Am Games is most definitely a mixed blessing. It’s good that 6,500 athletes will be coming here to compete in summer games, but there sure are a number of concerns about how it is happening.
When it comes to live performances from the women of hip-hop, Alicia Keys is perfectly content to let her talent serve as the main attraction. Call her the no frills diva.
For our Comedy Issue, we interviewed seven of the city’s top comedians. Today, we present The Kids in the Hall alum Scott Thompson, who is back in the spotlight with a surprising new role. Thompson plays an FBI agent on a team tracking a serial killer in NBC’s Hannibal, premiering April 4. He’s still in the funny biz, though, with network interest in spinning his recent short film into a TV series.
On the wall of this office hangs a print depicting the beloved Mariposa bicycle of legendary Canadian artist Greg Curnoe. It is stunning and it was built right here in Toronto during the ’70s. Maybe it was the oil embargo, maybe it was a renewed focus on participation. Who knows? But there was a bike boom happening, and Toronto was right in the middle of it. Funny how history has a way of repeating itself.
It’s hard to believe, but spring is on its way! There are a lot of exciting spring events on the horizon. The success of the city’s Community Environment Days toward helping divert waste from landfills is impressive and growing.
Many of us have seen the transformations taking place along Dufferin Avenue, with an increase in development, residential and business interests. The first signs of change to the Dufferin landscape are most visible where it intersects with Lawrence Avenue West where a new, multi-phase, mixed-use condominium complex will provide a city park and daycare for the area.
“Zero tolerance!” he demands. “Any convictions and they lose their licence.” The man at the podium is a resident speaking to councillors about licensing tow truck drivers in Richmond Hill.
When Rosaline Sonshine first noticed in the late ‘90s that many houses in her neighbourhood near Bayview Avenue and York Mills Road had been reporting break-ins, she helped establish a community neighbourhood watch program.
When a Thornhill boy disappeared from a youth home early last month, little did his family know how quickly their community would come together to help look for him and safely bring him back.
It’s not just colleges and universities that parents are desperate to get their kids into. Most years, North Toronto Collegiate Institute and Northern Secondary School each turn away more than 100 Grade 9 applicants from around the city, and some of those families stretch the truth in hopes of gaining admittance.
