Q&A: Hollerado on their upcoming Toronto show and their groundbreaking new video
Toronto rock band Hollerado made waves recently with a video documenting a unique transcontinental experience of frontman Menno Versteeg.
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Shop Talk: Working Title opens near Yorkville
Jonathan Elias and Justin Veiga, the duo behind the Dundas West menswear boutique Lost and Found, were beginning to feel stagnant. They didn’t want to expand their brand, but they were itching to tackle a new challenge, a new neighbourhood, a new concept.
Tony Aspler’s Weekly Wine Pick: a crisply dry Sauvignon Blanc from Chile
Pale straw in colour with a lime tint; a bouquet of crushed elderberries with a grassy note; medium-bodied, crisply dry, gooseberry flavour with a lemony finish.
What to Watch at TIFF 2013: day nine
The Toronto International Film Festival has descended upon the city, and with hundreds of choices, picking the right film to see can be overwhelming. We’ll be bringing you recommendations every day, from major Hollywood features to compelling docs — the best from around the world. These are films that deserve to be seen, either during the festival or after.
Taste Test: Toronto’s best delivery pizza
Everyone loves to talk artisanal pizza, but sometimes, a night in with some delivery ’za is where it’s at. Chef Grant van Gameren tells us which delivery goods check all his boxes.
Weekend Warrior: Toronto Beer Week, Murder at the ROM, Junction Farmers Night Market, Gluten Free Expo
It’s Thursday, and the weekend is fast approaching. Need stuff to see or do? We’ve got you covered. In this edition, a beer festival, solving a murder at the ROM, hanging out with live reptiles and more.
First Draught: Tailset Ginger Ale, a beer for the last breezy days of summer
Only hardcore calendar pedants really believe that the days between Labour Day and Sept. 21 are summer. That’s until a heat wave hits, like the one we had this week, and our air conditioners are forced back into service for one last, weezy victory lap.
What to Watch at TIFF 2013: day eight
The Toronto International Film Festival has descended upon the city, and with hundreds of choices, picking the right film to see can be overwhelming. We’ll be bringing you recommendations every day, from major Hollywood features to compelling docs — the best from around the world. These are films that deserve to be seen, either during the festival or after.
Concert Review: Queens of the Stone Age at the ACC
It had been some time since the Air Canada Centre bore witness to the type of pure, no frills rock show that the Queens of the Stone Age delivered at the venue on Tuesday night. In front of 8,000 passionate fans, the Queens took a few risks but generally delivered the goods over the course of an energized set as part of their …Like Clockwork tour.
Seven types of TTC commuters who suck
It’s nearing that horrible time of year when I admit to myself that I am too wimpy to cycle and I hang up my bike in favour of a Metropass. Accordingly, it seems only fair that I issue advance notice to those people who have always made my ever-delayed commute the claustrophobic hell that it is. Offenders, consider yourselves warned: here are seven TTC commuters that I want to punch in the face.*
Drink This: The Beverley Hotel’s take on the mint julep
TIFF is well under way — or so we’ve heard — and between the star-sightings, screenings and, well, screams, a cocktail is a welcome respite from the madness. At The Beverley, Toronto’s swishiest new boutique hotel, guests nibble on eats from chef Eric Wood against a cool backdrop of silver and grey.
Alt-J ride success of An Awesome Wave to Echo Beach
The members of Alt-J didn’t set out to be overnight sensations. It actually took a lot of work. But they are here now and basking in the glow of their seemingly out-of-nowhere success. The boys in the band — Thom Green, Joe Newman, Gwil Sainsbury and Gus Unger-Hamilton — met while attending University of Leeds.