It’s Thursday, and the weekend is fast approaching. Need stuff to see or do? We’ve got you covered. In this edition, an Earth Hour celebration in the West End, a streetcar food tour, Canadian Music Week hits Toronto and more.
As the major film festival circuit nears, Canadian Film Fest begins at The Royal this week, offering up the best films the nation has produced this year. Dramas, comedies, documentaries and films that mesh genres are on display, with many entries making their world premieres. Here are our best bets.
Performers don’t need to possess a singular identity. But, as I learned during the first of Rihanna’s two shows at the ACC, you can’t be entirely lacking in identity, either. By the end of Monday night’s delayed-by-an-hour performance, I knew less about her as an artist than I did going in.
Toronto is a city of opportunity, but not for everyone. That’s why chef Rodney Bowers has proposed a meal token program to help the underprivileged in his neighbourhood. The deal? Buy a token from his restaurant, Hey!, and donate it. It can then be returned for a high-quality, nutritious sandwich. But not everyone supports the idea.
Every Monday, we round up the most exciting music news happening in Toronto. In this edition: new tracks for Dusted, a covers EP for Zeus, Austra plays The Great Hall and more.
Hooray for St Patrick’s Day! Let’s watch the parade and drink green beer! But is that all there is to being Irish? Well, there’s Irish stew, quotes from Oscar Wilde and George Bernard Shaw, and also the Toronto Irish Film Festival, which just ended. There’s Ireland Park, but it’s closed for renovations. There is much that is Irish in Toronto, but really, what does it mean to be Irish? Here are answers to a few questions.
It’s Thursday, and the weekend is fast approaching. Need stuff to see or do? We’ve got you covered. In this edition, the St. Patrick’s Day parade, a sandwich tour of Toronto, two home shows in one and more.
If you’re one of the two-thirds of Canadians who have tried to lose weight, chances are you’ve come across the work of Harley Pasternak. Toronto-born Pasternak is basically a one-man health industry. He’s a personal trainer, a fitness writer and has his own line of running shoes, fitness-focused video games and snack bars. And when celebs want someone to bust their gut, Pasternak is often the guy they call.
Every Monday, we round up the most exciting music news happening in Toronto. In this edition: Record Store Day 2013, new tracks for Gold & Youth and Young Galaxy, a new album for Royal Canoe and the premiere of a documentary that follows the Toronto music scene.
Watching the movie Lincoln, Steven Spielberg’s biopic of the 16th U.S. president, I was fascinated by the scenes that took place in Congress. There would be a representative pleading his case, and all the while, a steady stream of gibes and retorts would be flung his way. What struck me most about this constant commentary was the high level of wit and cleverness.
With St. Patrick’s Day right around the corner, the timing seems perfect for a film series featuring the cinematic best from the land of Eire. March 8 and March 9 mark the Toronto Irish Film Festival at TIFF Bell Lightbox, a showcase of 19 films, including 14 making their Canadian debuts. Here are the best bets from the weekend’s event.
In the ’80s we had the classic musical-sketch comedy film, Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life, to hilariously parody the various stages of life: birth, middle age, death. Flash forward thirty years into the future, and now we have The Second City’s The Meme-ing of Life to mock the various stages of the digital age: YouTube, “legitimate rape” and TTC woes. And just like Meaning, Meme-ing is as edgy as it is funny.
