By one o’clock in the afternoon on May 22, two entirely opposing groups of spectators had formed in the Distillery District awaiting the arrival of the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall. One of them lined Trinity Street all the way down to Distillery Lane: camera-toting clumps of people checking watches and straining [...]

Leonard Cohen must have felt a sense of time’s great circle, Monday night. Honoured at Massey Hall as the Ninth Laureate of the Glenn Gould Prize, the iconic Montrealer doffed his fedora to the applauding crowd, cracking jokes and dryly sharing stories from early in his career. In that booming, legendary baritone, he recalled meeting [...]

In which we profile some of the unsung heroes and heroines of Toronto culture. It’s the mystery surrounding the storefronts at Dupont and Bathurst that make them interesting, even when the businesses behind them are well-known. Apollo 11, for example, across the street from Vesta Lunch (a notable greasy spoon) is one of these places. [...]

Of a Kind, a new vintage boutique and record store, is one of those rare discoveries. It’s located, unexpectedly, in a gritty, semi-industrial neighbourhood, where it’s nestled between a convenience store and a streetcar stop at College and Rusholme Park Crescent. The area is not the first place you might look for a curated, vibrant [...]

Once a shabby, forgotten corner of the city, the area under and around the Eastern Avenue, Richmond, and Adelaide overpasses is now undergoing a major revitalization. Although Underpass Park hasn’t officially opened, Waterfront Toronto has confirmed that the two eastern-most sections are almost complete and will become available to riled-up kids and harried parents alike [...]

“Does Rob Ford have a woman problem?” asked the Globe and Mail recently. A bold question, but the problem of female representation in politics reaches far beyond the mayor. In Toronto, 15 of the 44 councillors—or 34 per cent—are women, and while that sounds bad, it’s a heck of a lot better than the paltry [...]

The Ben Nobleman Park Community Orchard will have its first ever crop of plums and cherries this year, but a proposed entrance for the forthcoming TTC Eglinton West LRT may soon thin the harvest. Susan Poizner, a 10-year resident of the Eglinton West area, used to see Ben Nobleman Park as an empty, underused space [...]

If you live in Toronto, you’ve seen street musician Jim Greenham. With his flowing brown hair, angular frame, and intense look of concentration—not to mention his distinctive brand of soaring psychedelic rock—he’s a hard guy to miss. Often camped out at the corner of Yonge Street and Eglinton Avenue, Greenham has also been on the [...]

“As someone who just returned from Food Truck Town (Austin), I say go forth Toronto. TACO TRUCKS,” tweeted one food-truck-loving Torontonian. The public desire for non-franks-and-fries-type street food in Toronto appears to be going strong, but political will is another matter. A new social media campaign called The Toronto Street Food Project (TSFP) is looking [...]

And so it begins! Canadian Music Week, which is part of the Canadian Music Festival (CMW or CMF, respectively). Aren’t we excited? Well, aren’t we? Yes, this could be the first CMW in recorded history that won’t have coat checks or cursed umbrellas hindering intrepid concertgoers, and there’s a pretty great film docket and comedy [...]