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Love is in the hair, or lack thereof
Rebecca Eckler checks out the city’s first waxing bar catering to men and women
Toronto's Best Hot Dog
It’s time to (literally) raise the roof at the Rogers Centre this month, and celebrate the Blue Jays’ home opener; in honour of this occasion, we called upon deli king Zane Caplansky to help us find the GTA’s best ballpark-worthy hot dogs.
Morning Throwback: back in the day home delivery came by super-cute donkey
Here at the Morning Throwback, we’ve been searching for that rare-yet-beautiful gift: an archival image that not only speaks for itself, but also literally explains its context in a truthfully amusing way. Well, ladies and gentlemen, here is that image.
Tromba, the Toronto tequila that's winning over the city's cocktail lovers
Tromba, the new tequila from young Toronto entrepreneur Eric Brass, is rapidly becoming a favourite among the city’s bartenders. Smooth and fresh, this tequila has been receiving deservedly loud praise and has inspired a slew of tasty concoctions from the creative minds and nimble hands behind bars at places like The Drake and Yours Truly.
Morning Throwback: A Toronto Archive image of the Titanic setting off
Rummaging around in the Toronto Archive, we turned up this picture of the Titanic starting out its ill-fated voyage. Even if Titanic 3D wasn’t quite the big event that Canadian director James Cameron hoped it would be last week, there’s a lot of excitment around this weekend’s 100th anniversary of the ship’s run-in with an iceberg.
Edgy looks hit the runway at Ryerson’s Mass Exodus young designers show
Yesterday evening much of the city’s fashion folk headed to Ryerson University to take in Mass Exodus 2012: Lucid. Held at the Ryerson Theatre, the student-run event presented a runway collection of young designers — 25 of them, in all — who are graduating from the university’s Fashion Design program. The show is a great place to check out up-and-coming designers.
A weekend of song at the Toronto Vocal Arts Festival
If you love Glee and The Voice you might want to check out Sing! Toronto Vocal Arts Festival, which kicks off tonight at the Harbourfront Centre. Vocalists from across the globe will be giving workshops and concerts and the festival will close Sunday with a 3,000 person sing-a-long.
Top chef says to expect more “playfulness” on Toronto restaurant menus
After several years of showcasing simple, sometimes rustic cuisine, Toronto’s restaurant scene may be about to embrace a little extravagance. That’s according to Donna Dooher, exec chef at Mildred’s Temple Kitchen and chairperson of the Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association.
Bahamas plays the Mod Club with easy, breezy new album
Afie Jurvanen, a.k.a. Bahamas, plays music that is as groovy and laid-back as a breezy afternoon on a sandy beach, and after inking a new record deal with Jack Johnson’s Brushfire Records, he is destined to become just as hot. Bahamas’ latest release, Bar Chords, follows up his Juno Award–nominated debut, Pink Strat. The new album hit stores late last year, and the hometown boy makes his return to a Toronto stage tonight (April 13) at the Virgin Mod Club.
What the Fashion Tweeps are Saying: April 13
Every week, we gather our favourite tweets from in and around Toronto’s fashion scene. This week: a mega sale at The Bay, a Fashion Collective tussle and glamourous grannies wear hot pink.
Prisoner of Tehran’s Marina Nemat: “We wanted to make people in the theatre really feel uncomfortable”
Three decades ago, student protester Marina Nemat was taken to Tehran’s Evin prison, tortured and sentenced to death. She was saved from execution and immigrated to Toronto. In 2007, she penned a best-selling memoir, Prisoner of Tehran, which has been turned into a play that opened this week at Theatre Passe Muraille. We spoke to Nemat about her powerful work, the future of Iran and why it’s important to grumble about Canadian politics.