Want to try some wonderful Jamaican patties and buy suspiciously cheap reggae CDs in one stop? Head to Randy’s Take-Out, a classic Caribbean joint in Toronto’s Little Jamaica neighbourhood. “We’ve been on this block since 1978,” explains Jennifer, one of the shop’s owners, in her soft Jamaican lilt. She’s part of a Chinese-Jamaican family that [...]

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. Juliette Danielle, Philip Haldiman, and Tommy Wiseau star in the cult hit The Room. Photo courtesy of Wiseau Films. FILM: [...]

Photos courtesy of Light in the Attic Records The landscape of soul music, more than any other genre, has been littered with talented artists with unfulfilled careers spent in obscurity, grinding out appearances in dingy bars in the search for the elusive radio hit. Such was the fate of Jay Douglas, The Mighty Pope and many other pioneers of Toronto’s soul and reggae scene in the 1960s and 1970s. These artists—who are reuniting for...