Get ready for a media circus: Kim Kardashian is coming to Toronto. The reality TV star and alleged Kanye West dater will be dropping in at The Bay’s flagship downtown store on May 10, according to the Canadian Press.
Once upon a time, I was obsessed with skate culture and had a wardrobe to match. While my days of hanging out at skate parks with bruised and sweaty boys ended 10 years ago, the sound of wheels hitting pavement still makes my head turn. Since I still seem to have a deep-rooted connection to … Continued
Being in a band is like being in a relationship, and once you move in with your significant other, it can go one of two ways. For Natasha Pasternak, vocals and keys with Hands & Teeth, couch-crashing in the Parkdale house where most of the experimental pop-rock group lives resulted in their first full-length (ish) album.
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Lord Baden-Powell was such a badass that, back in 1955, he was forever immortalized in butter (well, until it turned rancid). Once, he had a grizzly bear carpet in his bedroom. The bear wasn’t dead, it was just afraid to move. He also counted to infinity — twice. And once, Lord Baden-Powell swam through land. Yes, Lord Baden-Powell was equally as awesome as Chuck Norris.
Fans of electronic music, this one’s for you. Some of the world’s biggest DJs will be heading to Toronto for a huge music fest in Downsview Park this summer. Headlined by Toronto’s Deadmau5 and Swedish DJ Avicii (of “Seek Bromance” fame) the Veld Music Fest will take over the massive park on Aug. 4 and 5.
Doing one thing well seems to be the motto for many Toronto restaurants these days, and now David Adjey is looking to get in on some of the action. The celebrity chef (Restaurant Makeover, Iron Chef America) is teaming up with Danny Farbman (What A Bagel) to open The Chickery, an upcoming Spadina restaurant serving chicken, sides and not much else.
Hot Docs, North America’s biggest documentary festival, is now in its 19th year and it kicks off on Thursday, bringing films from all corners of the globe to Toronto. With 189 films covering everything from Bob Marley to female wrestling, anyone who is interested in anything will find a flick they don’t want to miss. To help you choose, we’ve picked a dozen you might want to line up for.
We know it took the help of Vanilla Ice to figure out the secret of the ooze in the early ‘90s, but we’re pretty sure that Splinter and the gang first originated here, back in 1912. Yes, just through that pipe spouting filthy sludge is where an enlightened rat became master to four human-sized turtles with a penchant for pizza and the Italian renaissance. (And Al Gore had you fooled that pollution was a 21st century issue — we’ve been screwed for a while now).
