Hey, did you know it’s snowing? School buses have already been cancelled for today, meaning that children will romp and play in the streets and sabotage snowplow drivers and Chevy Chase will duel with a rival meteorologist for some reason and the mayor will declare it to be the “funnest day ever.” Barack Obama and [...]

The late Paul Haines’ Secret Carnival Workers was launched at the end of last month, the occasion marked with a concert by his daughter, Emily (his other daughter is television journalist Avery Haines). Torontoist has been mulling over the book, comprised of poetry, fiction, jazz journalism and album liner notes, since then. This is not [...]

This Thursday evening, some of Toronto’s finest culture jammers will descend on the Rivoli (334 Queen Street West) for GlobalAware’s take YOUR space!, an event that intends to “see how adbusts, culture jams, and reclaiming public space is indeed art in itself.” To that end, the night will feature some fantastic local artists, like Torontoist’s [...]

It’s the last day of Inside Out, and this afternoon, the gay and lesbian film fest presented a pretty exciting Q&A session with director Laurie Lynd. Lynd directed, among other things, gay-friendly fare like the film version of Torontoist-fave Daniel MacIvor’s House as well as episodes of Queer As Folk, Degrassi: The Next Generation and [...]

When people first hear the words “Professional Pillow Fight League,” they often conjure images of jello-wrestling and hair pulling. However, if you’ve ever been to a Pillow Fight League event, you know that the fights are real, they’re violent, and they’re bloody entertaining. The Pillow Fight League, also known as the PFL, has been performing [...]

Celia Franca, Photo: Janine; Karen Kain, Celia Franca and Veronica Tennant, Photo: Bruce Zinger; Celia Franca in Lilac Garden, Photo: Ken Bell Celia Franca, companion of the order of Canada, founder of The National Ballet of Canada, and Artistic Director for 24 years, died at the age of 85 today in The Ottawa Hospital. Says [...]