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Morning Throwback: waiting for the TTC has pretty much always sucked
Sure, this new bendy bus sounds cool, but you know things won’t be all that different: buses will still be late and people are still gonna be up in your grill.
Trending in Theatre This Week: top picks from the Stratford Festival
One of Canada’s greatest classical actors (and silver foxes), Christopher Plummer, reflects on his life-long love affair with literature in A Word or Two, reciting everything from Stephen Leacock to the Bible. Heck, we’d pay to hear him read the phone book.
Rashers wants to up Toronto’s bacon quotient in a big way
Toronto is experiencing a crush of new restaurants that focus on one food item, so it was only a matter of time before bacon got its due. Enter Rashers, a new shop set to open in Leslieville next month, which is straight to the point about its concept: “It’s good bacon, on good bread, put together by a good chef,” says co-owner John Clark.
Toronto Style Radar: Love of Mine, June Records, Cooper Cole Gallery, Polyhaus, Parts & Labour
Every week, we round up the best events from the city’s fashion scene. In this edition: an online retailer pops up on Queen West, launch parties for two new magazines, a warehouse sale and more.
Morning Throwback: unfortunately for Fido, these Toronto dogs are now dead
If these Toronto dogs from the ’20s were competing in today’s Future Fido contest, this is what we think they’d say: “Pick me!” “But I’m cuter and smaller!” And then we’d say, “Holy crow! Talking dogs?!”
One Direction's new Toronto pop-up shop opens this Saturday; pandemonium to ensue
If you don’t know what makes you beautiful, then perhaps you might want to head over to the new One Direction pop-up shop, which will open in Toronto on August 18 and run until September 2. Because, obviously, nothing says you’re beautiful quite like wearing a t-shirt emblazoned with the likenesses of Niall, Zayn, Liam, Harry and Louis.
Meet a Comedy Troupe: Jape
Described as “high reference, low brow comedy at its finest,” Jape is an award-winning comedy sketch troupe that’s been around for almost ten years. If you haven’t heard of it already, you will: with a Canadian Comedy Award nom for Best Sketch Troupe under its belt, along with being a fixture on the comedy festival circuit, Jape is destined for bigger things – or, at least, will make you laugh.
Morning Throwback: even back in the '60s, Toronto actresses were against carbs
Some Torontonians might be gung-ho about cereal now, but back in 1960, this actress was all like, “If I have to eat one more spoonful of All Bran, I’m going to die. Just die!”
Theatre Review: The Crucible
Arthur Miller’s The Crucible became one of my favourite plays after reading it for the first time in grade 12 English. No doubt, my curiosity of Wiccan culture at the time attributed to my admiration of the American classic (I was a pretty superstitious teenager). So, 10-plus years later, as I waited for the Soulpepper production to start, I wondered if my fondness for the play would remain the same or diminish.
Banana Bar Crawl is coming to Toronto for some reason
Oscar Wilde once wrote: “The only horrible thing in the world is ennui.” So when boredom strikes, the obvious thing to do is to gather a group of people, dress up as bananas and invade nearby bars on masse. And yes, that is actually going to happen in Toronto later this month when Banana Bar Crawl descends upon the city.
There’s still time to check out this great Junction flea market before summer is out
Presented by SMASH and Russet & Empire, the Junction Flea is the perfect excuse to take a trip to the west end ’hood this Sunday. Located in a parking lot at the corner of Dundas and Indian Grove, the well-sized market hawks curated curiosities for the antique aficionado. It operates on the second Sunday of each month for the duration of the summer.