The Canadian Film Centre’s Media Lab opened the doors of the Bata Shoe Museum a little early, offering a sneak peek at Technological Displacement—a collection of five interactive installations that celebrate Marshall McLuhan’s work with screen-based media, the global village, and our constantly evolving relationships with technology. One of the more common themes among Nuit [...]

The Fringe is almost upon us! The nineteenth annual Fringe of Toronto Theatre Festival starts this Wednesday, and as any experienced Fringer can tell you, it’s good to be prepared. After all, you have only twelve days to navigate your way through a record-breaking 140 pieces of theatre. And this is why your good buddy [...]

It’s Thursday, which means it’s the first day of North By Northeast and the end of our previews. In the final installment of our NXNE recommendations, we’ll guide you through the best that Saturday has to offer. And, if we may say so, Saturday has a lot of good stuff to offer. Before heading out, [...]

It’s NXNE Eve! One last chance to get a decent sleep before you find yourself staggering home at 4 a.m. for three nights in a row. Before we get to our picks, there are a couple of special Friday happenings that we feel the need to tell you about. First off is the East MEATS [...]

Every weekday for the last two weeks, Torontoist faced off local memes and blog drama in a tournament-style ladder and our readers decided the outcome. This weekend is the final match. View the full ladder here. Some last words: This is it, folks. We’ve laughed, we’ve cried, and the final contenders are a smelly, crack [...]

Every weekday, Torontoist is facing off local memes and blog drama in a tournament-style ladder and you, the reader, decide the outcome. View the full ladder here. Today’s matches, Finals: Kensington Market vs. The EnvironmentROM Crystal vs. Toronto Islands Polls after the jump. If you’re wondering how you should vote, simply choose the answer that [...]

Every weekday, Torontoist is facing off local memes and blog drama in a tournament-style ladder and you, the reader, decide the outcome. View the full ladder here. Today’s matches, Region III + IV, Quarterfinals: 501 Queen streetcar vs. The EnvironmentKensington Market vs. Bike Lanes Polls after the jump. If you’re wondering how you should vote, [...]

Every weekday, Torontoist is facing off local memes and blog drama in a tournament-style ladder and you, the reader, decide the outcome. View the full ladder here. Today’s matches, Region III + IV, Quarterfinals: ROM Crystal vs. 416CN Tower Ice vs. Toronto Islands Polls after the jump. If you’re wondering how you should vote, simply [...]

Every weekday, Torontoist is facing off local memes and blog drama in a tournament-style ladder and you, the reader, decide the outcome. View the full ladder here. Today’s matches, Region III + IV, Quarterfinals: The Annex vs. Bike LanesTaste of the Danforth vs. Kensington MarketThe Environment vs. IllegalSigns.ca Lower Bay vs. Queen streetcar Polls after [...]

Every weekday, Torontoist is facing off local memes and blog drama in a tournament-style ladder and you, the reader, decide the outcome. View the full ladder here. Some highlights: Kensington Market turns out the lights on Nuit Blanche (118 – 95): Dizzy from the smell of fish, Nuit Blanche stumbles in this epic battle of [...]

Every weekday, Torontoist is facing off local memes and blog drama in a tournament-style ladder and you, the reader, decide the outcome. View the full ladder here. Some highlights: ROM Crystal’s sharp edges cut Miller’s Hair (104 – 101): In the closest and most depressing match of the tournament so far, a napkin sketch gone [...]

We’ve finished up our TIFF Preview, so today we begin our daily coverage of the festival, beginning with this, our picks for the first day. Or as we should perhaps say, the first night, because the festival doesn’t really kick off until this evening, other than one screening (Kenneth Branagh’s The Magic Flute, sneaking in [...]