Baythorn’s arts program saved, others nixed
Parents and students are celebrating after learning that the threatened Baythorn arts program will remain open.
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Is new townhouse plan part of troubling trend?
An application for five, three-storey townhouses and one single-detached home has been submitted for Baytree Crescent
Band of the Week: Dusted
Dusted is the latest project from Holy F*ck’s Brian Borcherdt and producer Leon Taheny (of Final Fantasy and Bruce Peninsula), who recorded their debut album in a garage-turned-studio. The result? A lo-fi and dreamy new album called Total Dust. It may be mellower than what we’re used to from Holy F*ck, but Borcherdt’s astral lulling and melancholic influences remain the driving force behind the duo.
Culture vultures circle the wagons
Torontonians like to think our city is home to world-class galleries and museums. We have dinosaur fossils, works by Pablo Picasso and chestnut-crushing clogs. But when the Art Newspaper recently released its annual report on international museum attendance, not one local museum drew more than a million visitors, paling in comparison to the real heavyweights … Continued
What I Wore: Graham & Spencer, Helmut Lang, Roots and a vintage army jacket
During the transitioning seasons in Toronto, you never know what’s going to hit you. Sun, snow, heat, hail — these are all things we’ve had to endure from day to day over the past few weeks, making it incredibly frustrating to get dressed in the morning.
Toronto's Best Taco
Mexican food has never been hotter — or better — in Toronto. Just in time for the annual celebration of Mexican heritage, spicy food connoisseur and host of Everyday Exotic and Heat Seekers on Food Network, Roger Mooking, tells us which of the city’s tacos is tops.
Casino referendum a big gamble for Toronto
Dropping a casino option on Toronto has provided a marvellous insight into the decision-making processes of the city’s politicians.
Morning Throwback: before Brad Smith, the ladies all wanted a piece of this guy
Forget Brad Smith. Back in the mid-1900s, George H. Hees was the ultimate ladies’ man. Armed with a killer throw and a righteous ‘stache, Hees was the bees mother freaking knees. A rose? Hees gave out ghost orchids. A helicopter ride? Try a zeppelin. A hiatus? There was only one day when Hees wasn’t working his magic with a lady and that was the stock market crash of 1929.
Brad Smith: officially Canada’s most eligible bachelor
After an intense search through the nation’s unmarried men, The Bachelor Canada team have finally found their guy. CityTV announced today that Canada’s first Bachelor will be 28-year-old Canadian footballer Brad Smith. The show has yet to announce the names of the 25 bachelorettes who will be competing to receive a rose from him, so while the nation waits with bated breath for that news, let’s distract ourselves with a closer look at Mr. Smith.
Storys hosts a Spanish-themed pop-up restaurant; expect really good ham
Restaurateur Hanif Harji and chef Stuart Cameron are hosting a three-day pop-up restaurant “to get people excited about Spanish food and wine,” Harji tells us. The pop-up is taking place at Storys, a four-storey entertainment venue that will soon house a restaurant and a cocktail bar.
Trending in Theatre This Week: The Real World, Crash, The Tennessee Project, Bring It On, Gruesome Playground Injuries
The old adage says, “write what you know.” Well, in The Real World, a playwright takes that to heart when he writes about his family for his first work.
Tarragon Theatre, 30 Bridgman Ave., 416-531-1827. May 2 – June 3.
Hot Docs interview: why you shouldn’t believe everything you read
Shadows of Liberty is a pull-no-punches kind of film that looks at how quality news reporting is being crushed between government and corporate interests. It is the work of Jean-Philippe Tremblay, a U.K.-based Canadian director, writer and producer, and received its world premiere on Friday at Hot Docs. Although Tremblay has years of experience in documentaries, this is his first feature-length film.