For a film series that’s geared towards young film lovers, the second annual TIFF Next Wave Film Fest is surprisingly mature and wise, delightfully filled with optimism and charm. The three-day event, which kicks off tonight at TIFF Bell Lightbox, has plenty of variety for the young filmgoer and for the young-at-heart filmgoer. Here are our top picks from the fest.
Celebrating its 40th anniversary, the Canadian International AutoShow makes its way back to the Metro Toronto Convention Centre this weekend for another grand showcase of cars from the past, present and future. The 600,000-square-foot space will showcase everything from eco-friendly vehicles to customized hot rods to Bugattis and Rolls-Royces.
Growing up is already hard to do. But growing up in today’s social media–driven world? That’s exceptionally difficult. Add to that a hormonally fueled navigation through the dating world as a teenager, and, well, that’s, like, totally hard. And any parent of a teenager knows how challenging it can already be when a teen becomes interested in dating.
The inaugural Toronto Black Film Festival kicks off Wednesday with a slate of feature films, shorts, and documentaries in tribute of Black History Month, the 50th anniversary of the ‘I Have a A Dream’ speech, and of course some quality filmmaking. The festival has a wide variety of tones and themes to showcase, but we liked best the flicks that follow youth in Africa. Here are our top picks.
In a sea of raunchy comics who abide by a “the more expletives, the better” mantra, Andrew Chapman’s comedy is refreshing. Much like Jerry Seinfeld (one of Chapman’s comedic influences), Chapman’s routine is clean, polished and “semi-observational,” which probably helped land him a slew of gigs at YTV, including the new show, Extreme Babysitting. We chatted with the Toronto comic about his first standup performance, Rich Little and Hollywood’s oldest stuntman.
Although she’s still living at home with her parents in Waverley, N.S., singer-songwriter Mo Kenney has taken a huge step in her evolving musical career — she quit her day job at the Dollar Store. That’s big time.
Annually, the editors of Post City Magazines invite me into a room full of realtors and economists for a debate over the local housing market. After a few hours of evisceration, you can normally collect me with a spoon.
Every Monday, we round up the most exciting music news happening in Toronto. In this edition: Stars launch a free tour EP, Drake wins big at the Grammys, Divine Fits tackle Springsteen and more.
On Friday night, in front of 15,000 adoring, storm-braving fans, Lady Gaga performed the first of two shows at the Air Canada Centre. It was an over-the-top, mesmerizing production, just like her previous Toronto shows.
In the final stretch of the awards season, it’s now the musicians’ turn to honour the most distinguished artists in their industry at tonight’s Grammy Awards ceremony. But before you settle in with your popcorn and prepare to judge the outfits – from the classy to the down right scandalous – we’ve gathered some facts that’ll put a Canadian spin on tonight’s festivities.
The NHL hockey season is underway, as is the 60th anniversary season of Hockey Night in Canada — the longest-running sports show on television. And that also means a return to Coach’s Corner and the blustery brilliance of Don Cherry along with his broadcast partner Ron MacLean. Post City caught up with the puck-loving pair at the CBC’s recent launch event.
Those public hearings the city held about casinos? I didn’t attend. The chance of learning anything new about casinos was limited. The chance of the meeting being hijacked by one faction or another was high. The chance of influencing any politician was nil. Why spend a few hours getting frustrated?
