A look back at 12 of Toronto’s most inspirational women
By Nikki Gill
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Last minute March break camp guide
March break is springing up fast and if you haven’t booked a March break camp for your kids yet here’s a list of camps that offer an array of creative programming from STEM to performing and visual arts to cooking to outdoor exploration. Rooks To Cooks The March Munchies is a full day camp between … Continued
Toronto to celebrate 186 years with big bash this weekend
Toronto is celebrating its 186th birthday in style. For this year’s #TorontoDay, Celebrate Toronto is throwing a massive all weekend event at Nathan Phillips Square and they’re inviting everyone to join in on the festivities. After an overwhelming reaction to Micayla Doria’s 180th Anniversary art gala in 2013, the Toronto based artist decided to register … Continued
Inside Conzo’s, a new Bloor West pizza joint from the Sugo team
Inside Spaccio, Terroni’s colossal new Corktown commissary
One of Canada’s top drag stars and the Trocks dance into Toronto
By Erin Neilly
Hey fans of RuPaul’s Drag Race, the inimitable Brooke Lynn Hytes is coming to Toronto for an exclusive appearance on the Winter Garden Theatre stage, along with the all-male dance company Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo. It all goes down March 7 and 8, and will be the first time Hytes rejoins the ballet … Continued
Toronto residents fight to save popular drag bar from condo development
Crews & Tangos, Toronto’s favourite drag bar, is facing off against a possible development, and fans of the club are joining in to support the Village mainstay. According to the Church and Wellesley Neighbourhood Association [CWNA], Graywood Group (the developer that owns Crews & Tangos’ location, along with surrounding properties) is looking into submitting a … Continued
HGTV host Kortney Wilson’s five-step guide to a successful reno
By Erin Neilly
Having renovated over 125 houses, I thought I had the process of home renovation down. That is until I took on an extensive renovation project in my own home. When the project is very personal, there is more pressure. In fact, as I’ve recently started renovating houses for our latest TV show on HGTV Canada … Continued
The El Mocambo is set to relaunch this spring (for real this time)
Iconic live music venue the El Mocambo is set to make its long-awaited relaunch at Spadina and College this spring. Originally opened in 1948, the El Mo was known for hosting some of the biggest names in music in its heyday, from the Rolling Stones and Blondie to Jimi Hendrix and Muddy Waters. After closing … Continued
Where to find Italy on a plate
TRNTO chats with one of Vivo Pizza + Pasta’s many talented chefs, Luigi Maresca, who moved here from Sorrento, Italy in 2011. Vivo creates affordable Italian comfort food with fresh ingredients at reasonable prices and are opening four new restaurants this year (there’s already eight in Toronto & the GTA). What makes “real” Italian food? … Continued
A love story in the wings of a hot new Toronto musical
By Nikki Gill
A play inspired by one of the world’s most famous paintings is opening in Toronto this week. Sunday in the Park with George is a musical inspired by French painter Georges Seurat and his painting “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte.” The play features a fictionalized version of Seurat in the months … Continued
Could Tessa Virtue and Morgan Rielly be Canada’s new power couple?
Sports fans across Canada are going crazy over rumours that two of the country’s star athletes may in fact be dating. Retired ice dancer Tessa Virtue and Toronto Maple Leafs’ player Morgan Rielly are believed to be in a relationship. And while the two stars haven’t confirmed the news, fans across the Internet are in … Continued