By one o’clock in the afternoon on May 22, two entirely opposing groups of spectators had formed in the Distillery District awaiting the arrival of the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall. One of them lined Trinity Street all the way down to Distillery Lane: camera-toting clumps of people checking watches and straining [...]

SOUL: Toronto’s Elise Legrow, already well known locally as the livewire lead frontwoman for rock band Whale Tooth, has been steadily rising up the adult contemporary radio charts with her solo debut single “No Good Woman“, which is poised to crack the top 5 slot on Canadian charts. Legrow is performing her first Toronto solo [...]

Toronto’s extensive work on the silver screen reveals that, while we have the chameleonic ability to look like anywhere from New York City to Moscow, the disguise doesn’t always hold up to scrutiny. Reel Toronto revels in digging up and displaying the films that attempt to mask, hide, or—in rare cases—proudly display our city. Sometimes [...]

From his books of poetry and fiction, to his role in the 1960s folk-music scene, to his decades of haunting and iconic songs, Leonard Cohen is undoubtedly one of Canada’s most prolific and beloved artists. This weekend, to celebrate the singer/songwriter winning the Glenn Gould Prize, more than 30 musicians are taking Cohen’s music to [...]

PHOTOGRAPHY: If your thirst for photography still isn’t been quenched by the CONTACT festival, don’t miss this exhibit that brings together five award-winning Canadian artists. 5 Photographers spotlights the work of Peter Adamson, Bret Culp, Peter Kraiker, John Long, and Mira Zdjelar for an exhibition that spans a variety of styles with each artist pursuing [...]

The venues, schools, record labels, stores, and other landmarks that created the sound of our city and shaped its music history. In this instalment, we look at sites that provided music to our ears prior to the 1960s, ranging from 19th-century concert halls to suburban record companies. 1 Palace Pier (Humber Bay) Originally envisioned during [...]

Was the price right after all, Bob? Was it? After much rallying from animal rights activists, including Bob Barker, the Toronto Zoo decided to send its three elephants away. But now it looks like that decision has led to the Zoo losing its accreditation with the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, as AZA has a [...]

Every weekday’s end, we collect just about everything you ought to care about or ought not miss. Torontonians in search of springtime cherry blossoms flock to High Park each year, but soon there will be a new—albeit smaller—patch of them to visit. Centre Island has announced that it is receiving a gift of 30 Sakura [...]

Kensington Market has finalized its Pedestrian Sunday schedule for 2012, and while the neighbourhood will be closed to auto traffic more days this year than in the past, the street closures won’t be happening quite as frequently as we thought they were going to be, when last we checked in, at the beginning of February. [...]

The Art Gallery of Ontario has become the first Canadian museum to be added to the Google Art Project, which is a kind of online gallery that allows visitors to view and zoom-in on high-resolution images of art objects. The AGO’s involvement in the project was announced earlier today. You can check out items from [...]

The first thing Vanilla Ice did when we entered his dressing room was gesture toward a platter of berries. “Want some fresh fruit?” The refreshingly well-mannered performer (real name: Rob Van Winkle) joins singer Jann Arden and choreographer/creative director Laurieann Gibson as a judge for season two of Canada Sings, a show in which teams [...]