Today in Toronto: a new graphic novella on suicide from the people who brought you Kenk, Andrew Johnston unveils his newest cabal of comediennes, fu-GEN riffs on stereotypes of Asian masculinity, and Of Montreal get back to their live-instrument roots.

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. The [...]

Cross-section of an intersection along the proposed Sheppard East LRT. Image taken from the Sheppard East Environmental Project Report Summary [PDF]. After our previous post comparing some of the light rail lines proposed under the embattled Transit City plan to systems in other cities, several commenters chimed in with other examples, some of which hew [...]

In today's Urban Planner, get hypnotized; go back to school; watch martial arts schooling; hear pop, jazz, or punk; see stand up, sketch, or gross-out humour. Something for everyone?

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 Still from Lesbian National Parks and Services Presents: Endangered Species by Lorri Millan and Shawna Dempsey, courtesy of Sharon Switzer. [...]

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. Take [...]

It’s snowing again! This gives Torontoist yet another opportunity to bust out a pretty picture of streets clogged with snow, and it gives the rest of Canada the opportunity to go, “Hey, how come those Toronto folks can’t deal with a little snow ha ha ha don’t they have plows?” Then we say, “No, we [...]

Torontoist is ending the year by naming our Heroes and Villains of 2007––the people, places, and things that we’ve either fallen head over heels in love with or developed uncontrollable rage towards over the past twelve months. Get your dose, starting Boxing Day and running into the new year, three times a day––sunrise, noon, and [...]

Toronto seems to get its annual dose of legendary outsider filmmaker John Waters around this time. A couple of years back he was hosting the TIFF gala of his latest film, A Dirty Shame, then in late 2006, he could be found gallivanting around Roncesvalles overseeing the transformation—for good or ill—of his 1988 comedy, Hairspray, [...]