In today's Urban Planner: a Toronto Zoo fundraiser all about seafood sustainability; Authors at Harbourfront hosts a night of mystery and crime; and the Parkdale Film + Video Showcase kicks off its five-day run.

It’s a Tuesday night in a Parkdale church basement. Sixteen people are sitting in a circle. An ice-breaking exercise reveals that most of those attending are in their 20s, purchase their food within a mile of home or work, and have never undertaken the activity they will learn about this night. In the kitchen behind [...]

Once a week, Vandalist features some of the most interesting street art and graffiti from around Toronto. You should contribute. BY:   Unknown Artist LOCATION:   Parkdale PHOTO BY:   T. Reilly Hodgson FIELD NOTES:   A great example of reusing material that would have otherwise been thrown away, “Your Goth Girlfriend” was printed on [...]

In this edition of Weekend Planner: help out the library by expanding your own, experience the best Parkdale has to offer, get acquainted with the next generation of theatre artists, agitate on behalf of social assistance, or get a super-early headstart on Toronto Beer Week.

Urban Planner is Torontoist’s guide to what’s on in Toronto, published every weekday morning, and in a weekend edition Friday afternoons. If you have an event you’d like considered, email all of its details—as well as images, if you’ve got any—to events@torontoist.com. Lady Luck Productions will be providing some for the entertainment tonight at the [...]

Top: the Edgewater’s roof, as it was in 2000. Photo by Kevin Steele. Bottom: the Edgewater last week. Photo by Joel Charlebois/Torontoist. The Edgewater Hotel sign is gone. City officials ordered that the Parkdale landmark be removed on November 3, after nearly three years of working to convince the owner of the building to which [...]

Photo of King, Queen, and Roncesvalles, looking southeast, by Alfred Pearson, April 17, 1923. City of Toronto Archives, Series 71, Item 2014. Parkdale was established in the late nineteenth century as a suburban enclave where middle-class families could enjoy parks, the lakeshore, and the new exhibition grounds far from the bustle of the central city. [...]

Urban Planner is Torontoist’s daily guide to what’s on in Toronto, published every morning. If you have an event you’d like considered, email all of its details—as well as images, if you’ve got any—to events@torontoist.com. Crossing the Grand Trunk rail tracks at the intersection of Queen Street, King Street, Roncesvalles Avenue, and Lakeshore Road, 1908. [...]

We’ve just gone through our archives here and it seems like we’ve managed to reach 2009 without mentioning the Artsy Game Incubator. Hmm. Well, rather than lament our foolishness, let us explain that it’s a collaborative game development group for artists and people who want to make games but have no technical skills (or not [...]