It’s hard for us to get the three barbers who run Hollow Ground, Bloor and Dovercourt’s attention-getting new barbershop, to elaborate about what they do. It’s simply a barbershop, they say. But it’s obvious the guys are doing something right. The community hasn’t stopped coming through the doors since the shop’s soft opening at the end of May.
Pondering how to dress stylishly in the blistering heat that’s hit the city, we stumbled upon these scalloped hem shorts by Diepo. Instantly, our wardrobe woes were washed away. Their minimal length shows off bicyclette-toned legs and still manages to cover you up in all the right places; the high waist allows for cool, cropped and billowy shapes to be worn on top. Try them with flat sandals, a sleeveless blazer, an oversized clutch and sunnies. They’re like having a bit of Chloe added to your closet, but with less credit card damage. Plus, they’re designed by two gals from Toronto.
This Friday, Trish Dolman’s thrill-doc Eco Pirate: The Story of Paul Watson comes to TIFF Bell Lightbox for one week. Paul Watson, a Toronto-born animal rights activist, takes the peace out of Greenpeace (of which he was a founding member) by using aggressive tactics to save whales. Come hell or high water, he’ll be riding the righteous wave of environmentalism — not for humanity, but for all the other animals.
Caplansky’s Delicatessen is about to go mobile with the launch of its new food truck tomorrow at the Beaches Jazz Festival. Thundering Thelma, as the truck is known — named after owner Zane Caplansky’s Nana — will be available for private functions and corporate events. Caplansky is looking to license his truck to sell on public property soon. We caught up with him to find out just what it takes to make a meals-on-wheels deli work.
The popularity of music festivals is growing every year, and with celebrities often in attendance, style photos of festival fashion are more coveted than ever. Who could forget Kate Moss in those short shorts and Hunter boots at Glastonbury a few years ago, or Alexa Chung in her Barbour jacket last year — now the most desired jacket and pair of boots on the planet?
While there may be an inclination to treat Mariachi Fuego like a novelty act, you’d be missing the point. The group’s genuinely entertaining live show is enough to get the most cynical of us out of our chairs, and now the Dakota Tavern is hosting Mariachi Mondays, which has the band kicking off every work-week with a bang. We caught up with band founder and trumpet player Rob Dickson to talk about what’s coming up for the band.
After over 10 years of rocking, the iconic Annex record store Sonic Boom will be rolling down to Kensington Market to open up its second location. The upcoming shop at 201 Augusta Avenue — currently preparing for an early August opening — will sell only vinyls and casual vintage wear and accessories, store owner Jeff Barber tells us.
Jesse Cook, Toronto’s own flamenco guitar phenomenon (a musician, composer and producer, to be precise), is busy working on a new studio album, and he’s set to take the stage at the Rexall Centre alongside Pink Martini and Chris Botti tomorrow evening. We managed to lob a few questions at Cook, who, along with being a Juno Award winner, also happens to be an all-round nice guy.
It’s time to get freaky, Africana style. Supafrik has debuted at Kensington Market’s Hotshot exhibition space, and it’s the first pop-up shop of its kind in Toronto. Chinedu Ukabam, designer of Chinedesign and curator of the pop-up, wants to bring urban contemporary Africana to the streets of Toronto.
While popular Belgian bakery Le Pain Quotidien may be an international success, it failed to make a go of it in Toronto, shuttering its doors less than three years after opening here. Still, a local cake company thinks it can make a success out of the European brasserie experience in the spot once claimed by Quotidien. Patisserie Cocoa is set to open up an eatery as early as this month.
Who doesn’t like a good sale? That’s the idea behind Toronto’s Frugal Fashion Week, which kicks off its third year July 21 and continues throughout the weekend. Over the four day festival, Toronto frugalistas will bring their slimmed-down wallets and fashionable selves to partake in a variety of fabulous fashion and beauty events across the city, which include – what else? – amazing sales that won’t break the bank.
Real Estate (July 19 @ The Garrison) will either put you into a trance or put you into a coma — nothing in between. The New Jersey indie darlings know how to set a mood with their spacey surf rock, that’s for sure. Check them out if relaxed vibes and endless reverb sounds like your bag of Twizzlers, but take a pass if you expect your rock to register on the Richter scale.
