Hey Toronto! Yuli’s taking a break this week. Her version of break was to provide me with a STACKED list of all the cool things that are going on, leaving me to sort out and pick the best and give them to you, in an easily digestible format, where you... More
Arriving at Koerner Hall I was excited as all hell even though I didn’t know much about who or what was I was about to see. I did know for certain that Koerner Hall is perhaps Toronto’s most incredible music venue. The building and the room isn’t just stunning, but... More
TOMS is a company that works on the simple principal of One for One. When a pair of TOMS shoes (which are based on the equally simple Argentine Alpargatas design) or a pair of their eyeglasses are sold, a pair is given to an impoverished kid. Shoe drops happen as... More
Laugh Sabbath is a forward-thinking, daring and experimental comedy collective based in Toronto. With a weekly comedy series at Comedy Bar featuring regulars like Kathleen Philips, Chris Locke, Tom Henry and David Dineen-Porter, they are setting a gold standard for comedy in Toronto comedy. In keeping with their mission to... More
INTERsection Music Festival is entering its 6th year in Toronto with an expanded multi-day format. The event will feature a talented lineup performing through Labour Day weekend. Jerry Pergolesi, artistic director of the festival and founding member of the group Contact, was kind enough to chat with me about the... More
The Newborn Theatre is a new company in Toronto with a pretty refreshing mandate: open up the theatre experience to young people. Newborn wants to engage people on both sides of the curtain, recognizing that the cost of going to see productions is a large reason the under-30s crowd don’t... More
Go on a digital diet. Parents won’t stop bugging you? Is your boss sending e-mails until 11pm every night with ridiculous demands? Tired of the non-stop, needy texts from your significant other(s)? You are not alone. Smartphones and other portable digital devices keep us more connected than ever before, but... More
Art Battle is live competitive painting. The audience watches, cheers, votes, and bids in support of the artists and their paintings. Rounds are 20 minutes in length. 2 winners from each round will advance to the final and compete for a cash prize and the title of AB20 Champion, and... More
(Pic via Forget The Box) When I was younger I stayed up all night finishing my grade 5 American history assignment. It took my hours of cutting, pasting, typing and glitter glue but I had finally finished it 2 hours past my bedtime. My dog at the time, “Scrapples” was... More
For a whole generation of digital natives, who have known and used the Internet since we were at least teenagers, the concept of sharing our thoughts, ideas, and experiences and getting immediate feedback holds little wonder. But does someone ‘liking’ our Facebook status or ‘@ replying’ to Twitter updates actually... More
There is certain poignant relevance to our contemporary world to found in the themes of Edward Albee’s The Zoo Story. Albee’s classic centres on the disturbed, lonely, and frantic Jerry, who is desperate to find someone with whom he can make a real human connection. He encounters Peter, a wealthy... More
Hey Toronto! Yuli’s taking a break this week. Her version of break was to provide me with a STACKED list of all the cool things that are going on, leaving me to sort out and pick the best and give them to you, in an easily digestible format, where you... More
Arriving at Koerner Hall I was excited as all hell even though I didn’t know much about who or what was I was about to see. I did know for certain that Koerner Hall is perhaps Toronto’s most incredible music venue. The building and the room isn’t just stunning, but... More
TOMS is a company that works on the simple principal of One for One. When a pair of TOMS shoes (which are based on the equally simple Argentine Alpargatas design) or a pair of their eyeglasses are sold, a pair is given to an impoverished kid. Shoe drops happen as... More
Laugh Sabbath is a forward-thinking, daring and experimental comedy collective based in Toronto. With a weekly comedy series at Comedy Bar featuring regulars like Kathleen Philips, Chris Locke, Tom Henry and David Dineen-Porter, they are setting a gold standard for comedy in Toronto comedy. In keeping with their mission to... More
INTERsection Music Festival is entering its 6th year in Toronto with an expanded multi-day format. The event will feature a talented lineup performing through Labour Day weekend. Jerry Pergolesi, artistic director of the festival and founding member of the group Contact, was kind enough to chat with me about the... More
The Newborn Theatre is a new company in Toronto with a pretty refreshing mandate: open up the theatre experience to young people. Newborn wants to engage people on both sides of the curtain, recognizing that the cost of going to see productions is a large reason the under-30s crowd don’t... More
Go on a digital diet. Parents won’t stop bugging you? Is your boss sending e-mails until 11pm every night with ridiculous demands? Tired of the non-stop, needy texts from your significant other(s)? You are not alone. Smartphones and other portable digital devices keep us more connected than ever before, but... More
Art Battle is live competitive painting. The audience watches, cheers, votes, and bids in support of the artists and their paintings. Rounds are 20 minutes in length. 2 winners from each round will advance to the final and compete for a cash prize and the title of AB20 Champion, and... More
(Pic via Forget The Box) When I was younger I stayed up all night finishing my grade 5 American history assignment. It took my hours of cutting, pasting, typing and glitter glue but I had finally finished it 2 hours past my bedtime. My dog at the time, “Scrapples” was... More
For a whole generation of digital natives, who have known and used the Internet since we were at least teenagers, the concept of sharing our thoughts, ideas, and experiences and getting immediate feedback holds little wonder. But does someone ‘liking’ our Facebook status or ‘@ replying’ to Twitter updates actually... More
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There is certain poignant relevance to our contemporary world to found in the themes of Edward Albee’s The Zoo Story. Albee’s classic centres on the disturbed, lonely, and frantic Jerry, who is desperate to find someone with whom he can make a real human connection. He encounters Peter, a wealthy... More
