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Loud and proud: Leslie Jordan at Hart House

The name Leslie Jordan might have flown under your radar, but the face of this diminutive 55-year-old comedic actor is well known to fans of Will & Grace (as Beverley Leslie) and Boston Legal. Many years ago, after a warm response to his stand-up performance at a gay and lesbian comedy festival in Toronto, Jordan decided to make a career out of it. This Saturday, he makes his second trip to Toronto for a one-night, one-man show: Laughing Out Loud…and Proud! to raise funds for the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives.

Sammy Hagar hits T.O. to take care of business

Legendary rocker Sammy Hagar is in town for Canadian Music Week to promote his new autobiography, Red: My Uncensored Life in Rock. Of course, he wouldn’t make the trek without a little bit of rocking out, too. Keep an eye out for him at The Mod Club tonight – word has it that he’ll be taking care of some business. We chatted with Hagar about his book, Van Halen and tequila. What could be better?

Had enough of Charlie Sheen yet? Watch him "cook"

Here at Post City, we don’t comment on just any random pop culture phenomenon, but when Charlie Sheen gets a cooking show, we can’t resist. Ok, so it’s not really a new cooking show. It’s a parody on Funnyordie.com, where an egotistical, chain-smoking, knife-wielding Sheen in a tiger-print chef’s hat shows us his chops around the kitchen.

The Dressing Room: Suiting up for the ballet

By Alana Alvarez

When it comes to my choice in television and films, there is nothing I enjoy more than period dramas. This has been true ever since PBS’s Masterpiece Theatre and ABC Family’s original movies (think a cast of 22-year-old CW stars playing 16-year-olds in a two-hour long dramedy, usually in a vacation/camp scenario) were neck in neck for my undivided attention.

Most recently, I’ve been getting my fix from a British series called Downton Abbey, a romantic romp through the end of Edwardian England led by the noble Crawley family. Aside from inspiring a yearning for a romance with an ideological Irish chauffeur named Branson, the show also has me pining for a time when gloves were as a much a beautiful extravagance as they now are practical.

Sprinkles Cupcakes probably coming to T.O. at some point

The L.A. Times once dubbed it “the progenitor of the haute cupcake craze,” and now Sprinkles Cupcakes, a bakery chain from Beverly Hills, is set to make its way to Toronto. But The Cupcake Shoppe doesn’t have to hold on to its hat just yet: details of the upcoming location are sketchy at best.

Thomas Sabo to charm Yorkdale this spring

Thomas Sabo is bringing his sterling silver designs to Toronto with a flagship store at Yorkdale Shopping Centre opening this April.

Sabo’s collections include jewellery, watches and more recently, his own perfume. But he is probably best known for his charm bracelets.

Vikram Vij hits up T.O., gives props to Kennedy, Dooher

Renowned Vancouver chef Vikram Vij made his way to Toronto yesterday to celebrate the recent rebirth of All the Best Fine Foods and to promote his line of cook-at-home vegetarian meals available there. We took the chance to chat with him about dining in Toronto, the joys of snacking and his award-winning cookbooks, co-written with his wife.

Sandra Shamas’ one-woman show is wondrously funny

Titles are important, and in great theatre they can be highly symbolic. This came to me as I watched, and thoroughly enjoyed, the superior comedian/writer/producer Sandra Shamas – surely one of the great talents of Canada – in her last of a fine trilogy of shows, Wit’s End III: Love Life.

American Idiot coming to T.O.; true punk rockers shudder

Dancap Productions is recruiting the best of Toronto’s wayward, suburban punks for one of its next musicals. Think you fit the bill?

The company held a press conference yesterday announcing an open casting call for Green Day‘s American Idiot, which Dancap is bringing to the Toronto Centre for the Arts in Dec. 2011. The casting call is scheduled for March 26.

Top this: Topshop and Topman coming to T.O.

Hear that sound? It’s the collective squeal of anticipation (coupled with sighs of relief) now that Topshop and Topman are coming to Canada, courtesy of The Bay. The Canadian conglomerate has secured the franchise rights of the U.K. fashion house, which means it can open both shops within its stores as well as stand-alone stores.

Not just for tripping: miracle fruit could battle world hunger

If recent predictions are right, the future of food on Earth is looking rather dismal: predatory fish are on the verge of extinction, as are wild oysters – in fact, the planet could be on the verge of running out of food by 2050. One potential ally, reports Wired Magazine, could lie in a small, red berry that was responsible for “flavour-tripping” parties that were quasi-en vogue in Toronto a couple of years ago: miracle fruit.

The National Ballet of Canada takes on Don Quixote

The National Ballet of Canada begins its run of Don Quixote tomorrow night. This production is known for its dazzling choreography (with some pseudo knight-errant antics thrown in for good measure). Principal dancer Piotr Stanczyk plays the role of Basilio, a poor barber in love with Kitri, an innkeeper’s daughter. We got in touch with Stanczyk for a quick primer of the show.

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