What the Fashion Tweeps are Saying: March 30
Every week, we gather our favourite tweets from in and around Toronto’s fashion scene. This week features tweets from Juno award nominee Diamond Rings, teen photographer Petra Collins and more.
Category: Culture
Morning Throwback: before Top Chef Canada, Toronto had this
Before Top Chef of Canada had us eating out of its hand, there was the Labour Department Cooking School. True, it doesn’t look as cutthroat as the reality TV show we’ve become addicted to, but the looks on those judges’ (customers? guinea pigs?) faces tell us all we need to know: appetites have been satiated, and thanks to that one chef’s stink eye, there might be something cooking beneath the surface after all.
This Weekend in Toronto: Spring Cottege Life Show, a storytelling fest, Tim Fite at the Drake and more
Our round up of the best things to see and do in Toronto this weekend. In this edition: The Spring Cottage Life Show, Canadian Story Telling, Tim Fite plays the Drake, Badass Dance Fun and an Interior Design Workshop
Tao Japanese Drummers bring their energetic take on an ancient art to the Sony Centre
Tomorrow (March 30), the Tao Japanese Drummers will hit the Sony Centre with their high-energy show that celebrates the art of taiko drumming. The 13 Tao drummers mix martial arts and music in a spectaular show that was inspired by Cirque de Soleil’s integration of Japanese drumming into circus performance.
Band of the Week: One Hundred Dollars
It’s fair to say that the songs contained on One Hundred Dollars’ Songs of Man are written from the perspective of male characters, but there’s more to it than that. Lead singer Simone Schmidt’s lyrics embody the working class ethic frequently associated with roots music — these are men at turning points in their lives, who work as hard as they live.
Morning Throwback: even in 1915, Hollywood North was the shiznit
This is what $1.13 billion dollars looks like, Hollywood North. Okay, maybe it was more like $1.13 back in 1915, but if you squint really hard we’re pretty sure you can see Colin Farrell zooming in from the future. Yep, just behind that steed there on the left.
Golden silence: picks of the Toronto Silent Film Fest
Everything old is new again, or so you might believe after a screening or two at the Toronto Silent Film Festival (March 29 – April 3). To the dynamic accompaniment of live musical performances (improvised and played on the spot by local musicians and the Toronto Theatre Organ Society), five silent films will unspool over the course of the event at rep cinemas like the Carlton and the Revue.
Shore’s case to be heard in mental health court
Thornhill councillor is accused of stealing a cellphone from a gym
Mint Bar hit with fine for breaking bylaw
Mint Bar on Eglinton Ave. E. was convicted on one charge of operating a nightclub without a licence
Heritage status stalls renovations at church
200-year-old Asbury and West needs at least half a million dollars
Will condos eat up remaining green space?
Developer reveals desire to build four towers on busy corner
North York hockey pioneer dies at 92
On March 9, Herbert Carnegie, Willowdale’s legendary hockey player, golfer and founder of the youth charitable organization the Herbert H. Carnegie Future Aces Foundation, passed away at 92