Pages of John Kricfalusi’s letter, which appears in full on Letters of Note. Ambition, for the fledgling among us, can be equal parts talent and hero worship. For many, the first step on the road to success is an unsolicited email, or maybe a phone call—the infamous Starbucks pitch—timidly soft-selling the hard-wrought results of your [...]

Each week, Torontoist examines the upcoming TV listings and makes note of programs that are entertaining, informative and of quality. Or, alternately, none of those. The result: Televisualist. Monday “Hey, mister rich movie executive. Let’s make a movie.” “Right. What do we want the movie to be about?” “Let’s make it about rich sexy people [...]

Our favourite Bloor Street comic emporium is having an event tomorrow that sounds totally neat. The Labyrinth proudly hosts its first-ever group show tomorrow evening, an event called Vinyl Graffiti. They accepted submissions of art in any medium for which an old vinyl record sleeve could be used as the canvas. The event starts at [...]

Torontoist is ending the year by naming our Heroes and Villains of 2007––the people, places, and things that we’ve either fallen head over heels in love with or developed uncontrollable rage towards over the past twelve months. Get your dose, starting Boxing Day and running into the new year, three times a day––sunrise, noon, and [...]

Torontoist officially can’t wait for the first home renovation programme to have its interior designer kick open a door to an empty room and scream “This…Is…SPARTAN!” referencing this week’s biggest release, 300. On the topic of 300, we link you to the best review ever featured on the otherwise not-particularly-good Ain’t It Cool News. Neill [...]

Listen up doodlers, animaniacs, and true believers. This month, Max the Mutt Animation School wants to give you super powers! Well, super-artistic powers, anyway. From Saturday, March 10 to Sunday, March 18, Max the Mutt will be open to the public. If you’ve been considering animation as a career, or if you’re just curious about [...]

Bunch Family is at it again. The family oriented group, who also run the Family Dance Party and Bunch Rocks events, bring the Bunch Family Salon to The Arts and Letters Club (14 Elm St.) this Saturday, February 24th, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. The event “is a symposium of art, music and ideas [...]

Our boy reporter called him “arguably the greatest Canadian animator ever” after viewing the Best of Norman McLaren during the Toronto International Film Festival, so you might be interested to see that starting tonight the NFB are celebrating 65 years of animation production with nightly, free of charge events. Tonight at 7pm, a Masterclass with [...]