Though the sketch troupe Pink Slip may be new around town, its future looks rosy with a scheduled performance at this summer’s Montreal Sketch Comedy Festival and this month’s Sketch Com-Ageddon in Toronto. In light of the troupe’s show tomorrow night at the Rivoli (emceed by comedian Debra DiGiovanni), we caught up with cast member Alan Kliffer to chat about dream guests and a lascivious home video shot in Montreal.
It’s been a while since anyone called us “Toronto the Good,” and now we may be about to find out just how far our moral standards have fallen. A new art project is seeking volunteers to confess their sins on camera — and it wants to broadcast those confessions to commuters on the subway.
We wouldn’t want to face these ladies in a dusty old tavern back in 1913. Sure, they’re all smiles, but when these cowgirls weren’t panning for gold, they were skinning squirrels alive for dinner, blasting cigars out of men’s mouths and sucking down whiskey like it was tax deductible. Annie Oakley only wished she could shoot a gun like them.
Today is the 45th anniversary of the release of The Beatles’ classic album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, and this weekend legendary Canadian musicians are reinventing the entire record at the Harbourfront Centre.
If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. Unless a creepy Joe Pesci look-alike sneaks up behind you and threatens to pilfer your big catch of the day. Fine. Let him. The fish is totally fake, anyway. Just don’t tell him he’s funny.
Whoopi Goldberg will be on stage at Roy Thomson Hall tomorrow evening (June 1, 7:30 p.m.) as part of a lecture series for women called Unique Lives & Experiences. She’ll be talking about everything from feminism to politics to menopause. And since she is one of only a handful of entertainers who can rock EGOT bling, we expect to learn a lot from this talented lady.
Former MuchMusic executive strikes a chord in support of at-risk youth
If you’re looking to tap into your inner dark side, these Vancouver rock gods are the the droids your looking for. Japandroids may only be made up of axe man Brian King and drummer David Prowse, but their sound is massive. Their dense and heavy punk-garage-vibe is like Fugazi had a love child with MC5 that was raised by Against Me!
Every grown man should be able to change a tire, drive stick, do CPR, gut a fish, throw a punch, shoot a gun, build a fire, cook a steak, recite three lines from Fight Club, run a marathon and, like in they did in the ’50s, eat as many figs as they damn well want.
On June 4 several organizations will shut down their websites as part of an ongoing campaign for free speech
Toronto City Council will soon be presented with recommendations on local landmark’s future
The peregrine falcon couple roosting outside the York Mills area headquarters of Harlequin are now a happy family of five.
