Touched by Fire Coopers Fine Art Gallery (111 Bathurst Street) Thursday December 8, 5 p.m.–9p.m. $10/free for people of low income As a child growing up in the Niagara region, Lorette C. Luzajic had designs on becoming a writer. Today, at 39, she is the author of eight books: an eclectic mixture of volumes of [...]

Photo by John Packman. Michael Kimber may be a lot of things—eccentric, awkward, passionate—but bashful he is not. Several times during our interview with him we glance about the busy Yorkville coffee shop to determine whether any of its patrons can hear the gems escaping from his mouth (“I’m in a sword fight with my [...]

Every Saturday at noon, Historicist looks back at the events, places, and characters—good and bad—that have shaped Toronto into the city we know today. Full page of advertorials on the Park Plaza Hotel from the Globe, July 10, 1936. On July 10, 1936, a full page of articles and ads in the Toronto Globe celebrated [...]