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PhotoTO: Earth Hour, 2009

Above, a selection of photos—from Torontoist and from our Flickr Pool—of Toronto during Earth Hour.

PhotoTO: Pillow Fightin’

Pillows and, yes, despite requests from organizers, feathers flew on Saturday as Newmindspace attracted several hundred people to Yonge-Dundas Square for their annual pillow fight. The good-natured battle started with an intensity and energy that only abated when the first feathered pillow burst, an eruption that was met with a sigh that rose quickly to [...]

PhotoTO: Icefest

The highlight of the 2009 Bloor Yorkville Icefest last weekend was Saturday’s Sassafraz Ice Carving Competition. While the carving ended this weekend, according to publicist Steven Carvalho, the pieces “will be up for the next week, or so—weather pending, since ice doesn’t do too well in warm weather.” Photos by Miles Storey/Torontoist.

PhotoTO: Humber On Ice

Last week’s unseasonably high temperatures, combined with lots of wind and rain, brought chaos to some parts of the city, with roads flooding, power lines collapsing, and trees falling. Chris Dost, a member of Torontoist’s Flickr Pool, captured the devastation at Étienne Brûlé Park, a park alongside the Humber River. In Dost’s own words: Every [...]

PhotoTO: Mega-Stage

Rising from its Portlands location since a controversial inception in 2007, development at Filmport has reached the point where its largest stage—the Mega-Stage—is ready for business. The stage is a dizzying 45,900 square feet of uninterrupted floor space, the largest purpose-built stage in North America. The Mega-Stage compares with the famous 007 Stage at Pinewood [...]

PhotoTO: Pi-Leau

This weekend the Wintercity Festival comes to an end with your last chance to see the fiery Pi-Leau by Dutch street theatre troupe Close-Act. Pi-Leau is a sea-borne love story played out amongst the audience by performers on stilts in futuristic costumes or wielding flares and featuring environmental themes. You can catch this spectacular show [...]

PhotoTO: Lake Hockey

Photo by Miles Storey/Torontoist Looking back at Toronto’s skyline from Algonquin Island with the ultimate backyard rink in the foreground.

PhotoTO: When Two Sides Go to War…

Thousands of protesters gathered at Yonge-Dundas Square on Saturday to voice their opposition to the escalating violence in Gaza. Emotions were running high right from the beginning, with some protesters arguing over whether to chant in Arabic or in English. At one point a scuffle broke out between organizers and a protester who grabbed the [...]

PhotoTO: Snow Effort

On Sunday afternoon, one of the coldest days of the year so far, the Art Attack wing of the Toronto Public Space Committee spent several hours turning a TTC shelter into a cozy igloo.

PhotoTO: Night Lights Away

Following on from previous light-based-fun installations, Newmindspace set out on Saturday night to attach enough coloured LED lights onto fishing wire, suspended by helium-filled balloons, to reach higher than the CN Tower, over 1800 feet. About halfway to the goal, however, the wire snapped in half, sending several hundred lights soaring off into the night [...]

PhotoTO: Remembering Their Fallen

A field of crosses on the University of Toronto campus—set up by engineering students—commemorates the 628 students, faculty, staff, and alumni who were killed fighting in World War I, a war that ended ninety years ago yesterday. Each cross is marked with the name of one of the fallen.

PhotoTO: Bike Polo

The Bike Polo Halloween Smackdown took place on the tennis courts at Trinity Bellwoods Park last weekend, with teams from across the country competing for honours, accompanied by a hard rock soundtrack and curious passersby.