Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'amazingrace'
April 28, 2008
Each week, Torontoist examines the upcoming TV listings and makes note of programs that are entertaining, informative, and of quality. Or, alternately, none of those. The result: Televisualist.......
Continue Reading "Televisualist: Baldwin, Tila, And Comets (See Ya!)"January 21, 2008
Each week, Torontoist examines the upcoming TV listings and makes note of programs that are entertaining, informative and of quality. Or, alternately, none of those. The result: Televisualist.......
Continue Reading "Televisualist: Debuts, Crowned, and the Simpsons' Clown"September 19, 2007
While going to York University may seem like a giant hassle (Torontoist recommends you pack a snack for the trip), this year’s Ioan Davies Memorial Lecture is shaping up to be worth the drive or TTC ride to York. The Ioan Davies Memorial Lecture commemorates the life and work of Ioan Davies, journalist, author, and professor. Each year, invited lecturers have re-invigorated the links between cultural expression, everyday life, and political practice. Dr. Thomas King,......
Continue Reading "Thomas King, Bottled Water and Social Justice"May 13, 2007
The nicer the weather gets, the busier we get across the Ist-A-Verse. But we like being busy. Here's a peek at what we've been up to since last week! Chicagoist had an interview with Audrey Niffenegger, whose popular book, The Time Traveler's Wife, was based in their fine city. They also had a heated discussion about Rush Limbaugh's controversial Barack Obama parody, talked about whether Uncle Julio's Hacienda is a good place to get......
Continue Reading "Elsewhere In The Ist-A-Verse"September 8, 2006
So the first question you may have for is in our coverage of the first day of the festival is “What’s the gossip from the opening night party?” And we have to be honest, it’s not really like we know if there even was any. But still, in the style of a gossip column, kinda: Lance Bass was there with "Raikkonen“, his boyfriend. But we didn’t see them, or know who is boyfriend is (The......
Continue Reading "TIFF 2006 Daily Round-up: Day 1"July 23, 2006
We -ists are an eclectic bunch, but there's a couple of things we all love: famous people, social causes, and wacky local facts. Join us as we starf**k, get virtuous, and learn across the -ist network! Austinist starts us off right by filling the famous person quota by interviewing Lewis Black, covers the social cause with a non-profit car sharing company, and gives us more wacky local facts than we can handle with Austin by......
Continue Reading "Elsewhere in the Ist-A-Verse"May 16, 2005
You might remember a few weeks ago when Torontoist posted a Bell Canada Amazing Race-type event in Toronto this summer. Well, there have since been some revisions. Torontoist regrets the error. The post should have read: Rob and Amber types take note: Navigate the Streets runs its annual Amazing Race-style contest on August 13 in Toronto. NTS will provide the opportunity to run around the city like a you-know-what. It's just like on the show,......
Continue Reading "Navigate This..."April 29, 2005
Rob and Amber types take note: Bell Canada runs it's annual Amazing Race-style contest on June 25 in Toronto. CityChase provides the opportunity to run around the city like a you-know-what, just like on the show. Listen: A unique urban adventure that requires participants to exhibit teamwork, resourcefulness, determination and the ability to make decisions on the fly as they search for ChasePoints scattered in unknown locations throughout the city. At this point, everyone......
Continue Reading "Toronto's Amazing Chase"