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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.
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David Fleischer May. 16th, 9:00 am
Local rapper crafts a touching tribute to a fallen hip-hop legend.
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Chris Dart May. 15th, 2:30 pm
Corrupt politicians, shady stocks, and professional baseball did—why not you?
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Jamie Bradburn May. 15th, 12:00 pm
An internet trend comes to Toronto, and perfectly illustrates city's je ne sais quoi.
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Rachel Lissner May. 15th, 10:00 am
The Canadian poet, novelist, and musician was honoured with the Glenn Gould Prize.
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Todd Aalgaard • Photos by Nancy Paiva May. 15th, 9:00 am
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.
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Christopher Bird • Illustration by Brett Lamb May. 14th, 3:00 pm
At this year's instalment of the annual event, programmers struggled to make video games from scratch in just one weekend.
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Rachel Lissner May. 14th, 2:00 pm
Some people get to play for a living. We talked to one of them.
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Kelli Korducki May. 14th, 10:00 am
In today's UP: learn about the history of Toronto's theatres, help Shakespeare in the Ruff bring theatre back to the east end's parks, bid farewell to Sandro Perri and Steve Kado, and see more than a dozen comediennes at the Alt Dot.
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Steve Fisher May. 14th, 7:00 am
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Julian Carrington May. 12th, 12:45 pm
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Julian Carrington May. 12th, 12:45 pm
Celebrating a suburban golden jubilee back in '72.
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Jamie Bradburn May. 12th, 12:00 pm
Because Toronto's more movie obsessed than a Quentin Tarantino screenplay (yuk yuk), Torontoist brings you Now on Screen, a weekly roundup of the best in rep cinema and new releases. Click on any film title for our review.
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Julian Carrington May. 12th, 11:00 am
More than two dozen young Toronto musicians played the Lady's Man's songs on downtown corners over the weekend.
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Brendan Ross • Photos by Dean Bradley May. 11th, 5:00 pm
In this week's declassified: villainous love.
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Steve Kupferman • Illustration by Matthew Daley May. 11th, 3:30 pm
An American-Korean director and playwright tackles black politics in a challenging script that's brutally funny, and just plain brutal.
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Carly Maga May. 11th, 12:15 pm
A new east-end café makes First Nations comfort food for an aboriginal clientele.
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Sarah Efron / Spice City Toronto May. 11th, 11:30 am
Horses are the mane event (sorry) at a new show in the Port Lands.
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Kelli Korducki • Photos by Christopher Drost May. 11th, 10:30 am
The actor speaks before the Canadian premiere of his directorial debut, Fat Kid Rules The World , at the TIFF Next Wave Film Festival.
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Kevin Scott May. 11th, 9:30 am
Between the Lines is a documentary looking at graffiti in Toronto that will be released in 2013. In the meantime, Torontoist has partnered with the filmmakers to develop a series of web shorts, profiling some key figures in the Toronto graffiti scene. Some are sympathetic, some offensive; hopefully all are thought-provoking.
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Hamutal Dotan May. 10th, 9:00 am
