Factory Theatre kicks off its Performance Spring festival of new Canadian works on Wednesday (April 18) with shows aimed at Toronto-based Newfoundlanders. Oil and Water tells the true story of Lanier Phillips, who was the only African-American survivor from the USS Truxton, which ran aground near St. Lawrence, Nfld., in 1942.
Sometimes when people leave Toronto, good things happen. And that seems to be the case with Allyson Baker, a talented young musician who moved out to San Francisco 11 years ago. Baker was back in town with her new project, Dirty Ghosts, on Saturday, hot on the heels of the band’s new and entirely cool album Metal Moon.
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Here at the Morning Throwback, we’ve been searching for that rare-yet-beautiful gift: an archival image that not only speaks for itself, but also literally explains its context in a truthfully amusing way. Well, ladies and gentlemen, here is that image.
Rummaging around in the Toronto Archive, we turned up this picture of the Titanic starting out its ill-fated voyage. Even if Titanic 3D wasn’t quite the big event that Canadian director James Cameron hoped it would be last week, there’s a lot of excitment around this weekend’s 100th anniversary of the ship’s run-in with an iceberg.
If you love Glee and The Voice you might want to check out Sing! Toronto Vocal Arts Festival, which kicks off tonight at the Harbourfront Centre. Vocalists from across the globe will be giving workshops and concerts and the festival will close Sunday with a 3,000 person sing-a-long.
Afie Jurvanen, a.k.a. Bahamas, plays music that is as groovy and laid-back as a breezy afternoon on a sandy beach, and after inking a new record deal with Jack Johnson’s Brushfire Records, he is destined to become just as hot. Bahamas’ latest release, Bar Chords, follows up his Juno Award–nominated debut, Pink Strat. The new album hit stores late last year, and the hometown boy makes his return to a Toronto stage tonight (April 13) at the Virgin Mod Club.
Three decades ago, student protester Marina Nemat was taken to Tehran’s Evin prison, tortured and sentenced to death. She was saved from execution and immigrated to Toronto. In 2007, she penned a best-selling memoir, Prisoner of Tehran, which has been turned into a play that opened this week at Theatre Passe Muraille. We spoke to Nemat about her powerful work, the future of Iran and why it’s important to grumble about Canadian politics.
Our round up of the best things to see and do in Toronto this weekend. In this edition: Mad Couture, Buddy Guy at Massey Hall, sketch comedy, living green and how to plan a wedding.
Rome may have the Bocca Della Verita but back in 1930s, Toronto had what looks like a snake head in High Park.
