Bad news for fashion fans on Queen West: three cherished indie boutiques are closing their doors. Response, Carte Blanche and Chasse Gardée, which are all on the north side of the strip, will be shuttering between now and the end of March. But there’s a silver lining for bargain hunters: they’re all holding closing-down sales. Here’s the skinny.
Parents of students in a York Region school arts program that’s in danger of closure have voiced their fears of “cookie cutter education” in a musical YouTube vid. In the vid, two seriously peeved puppets slam in song the region’s school board trustees for considering closing the area’s only specialized elementary arts program, at Baythorn Public School.
It isn’t uncommon for a restaurant to boast a signature dish, but how is an unsuspecting public to know who really has the sweetest pasta sauce or the tenderest filet mignon? With a head-to-head battle royale, of course. Food blogger Jacob Younan is orchestrating just that by putting Toronto restaurants to the test with Dish Duel.
It’s safe to say that those who love vintage and those who love lingerie are generally happy when the two are combined. There’s only one problem with this: good vintage lingerie is hard to come by. Intricate details and delicate fabrics rarely last long, or, if found intact, they’re hard to fit.
Seeds, which officially opens at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts on Thursday, is not typical theatre — it’s documentary theatre. Montreal playwright Annabel Soutar created her script using exclusively the words of real people, including herself (portrayed by Liisa Repo-Martell). The dialogue is taken verbatim from court transcripts, news broadcasts and recorded interviews.
The impossible dream — like that recurring one where you’re a skilled hacker who not only knows how to kick some serious butt, but can also throw down some killer beats — isn’t all that far from reality when you’re a student at Parkdale’s Academy of the Impossible. In just over a month since it opened, the new school is quickly creating believers out of the city’s wildest dreamers.
After nine years of wining and dining Queen West denizens, Charles Khabouth and the folks at INK Entertainment have decided to close Ultra Supper Club and open a nightclub in its place. The new venue, designed by Canadian design firm Munge Leung, will be known as Cube.
There’s something so sweet about the The Elwins that listening to them is kind of like eating too much candy and spoiling your dinner. And not feeling bad about it. Sugary melodies wrap around jangly guitars and jaunty drums to create a playful vibe, but there’s a touch of moroseness buried in lead vocalist Matthew Sweeney’s delivery that gives the songs a delicate quality; the type of thing you cherish and return to.
Protesters from the Canadian Horse Defence Coalition paced back and forth in front of La Palette on Monday, holding signs that read “Stable to Table in One Week” and “Pet & Athlete Not Food.” The dozen or so activists were protesting the restaurant’s decision to return horsemeat to its menu earlier this month.
With less than a month to go before the start of Toronto Fashion Week, the Fashion Design Council of Canada has released its preliminary schedule. Although it’s bound to change (take note of the ten “TBA” marked spots) the skeleton allows for penciling in basic dates and important shows.
Four morphine-addicted criminals try to rob a bank, and it all goes wrong. Why hasn’t Quentin Tarantino made this into a movie yet?
Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 55 Mill Street, 416-866-8666. Feb. 21 – March 28.
One of the great under-the-radar talents in Canada is Eamon McGrath. With a new album on the way, the DIY punk folkie with the distinctive voice and relentless energy decided to play his entire new album almost two months before it is officially released at a special show on Saturday, Feb. 18 at the Bovine Sex Club on Queen Street West in Toronto.
