Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'beverlyhills'
August 14, 2007
NASA is embarrassed after a Toronto man found an error in their climate reporting. The new data mean that the warmest year on record in the US was 1934, not 1998, and skeptics have seized on the story as proof that the whole "global warming" thing is a hoax. Upon hearing the news, the newly navigable passage through the Arctic Ocean immediately refroze. Prime Minister Stephen Harper is shuffling his cabinet. The move will......
Continue Reading "It's Cooler Than You Think, It's Raining Cops, Harper Shuffles Nervously"June 5, 2007
As the Luminato Fest continues, two more George F. Walker plays open at the Factory. Escape from Happiness is the sequel to already-opened Better Living, while Tough! is another one of Walker's East End Plays, focusing on a different group of characters. The entire play, which is only about an hour and twenty minutes long, is composed of a single scene: a confrontation between three young people in a park. Tina knows Bobby cheated......
Continue Reading "Walker Project Update"March 4, 2007
Spring appears to have, er, sprung, at least temporarily, in most of the Ist-A-Verse, so naturally, we're all feeling pretty good. (Yes, we know that spring doesn't officially start till later this month. Just let us enjoy our weather!) And that makes us that much more eager to share all of the nifty things we're up to... Over at Sampaist, spring has more than sprung: it's sweltering! But, as everyone knows, museums are an ideal......
Continue Reading "Elsewhere In The Ist-A-Verse"February 20, 2007
Last night's star-studded 17th Annual Beverly Hills/Hollywood NAACP Awards brought prestigious wins for local play 'Da Kink In My Hair and playwright trey anthony. The play started as a one-woman Fringe Festival production and enjoyed multiple sold-out runs in Toronto until expanded by the Mirvishes at the Princess of Wales Theatre last year. Set in a West Indian hair salon on Eglinton Avenue, the production involves the stories of multiple women who pass through......
Continue Reading "Local Play Wins Four NAACP Awards"December 27, 2006
So you're stuck at home with the kids. Or you're feeling under the weather. Or you're tired of scrambling around at 11:58 looking for someone to make out with. There are many, many reasons why you might be staying in this New Year's Eve. But there is no reason why you can't be a party of one in front of the tube! There are offerings for any taste Sunday night for those who don't make......
Continue Reading "TV Party: Who Needs Alcohol When You've Got Kurt Browning?"July 28, 2005
The Flaming Lips, an institution since appearing playing at the Peach Pit in hit television series Beverly Hills: 90210, have been in music for over 20 years. That career - including their connection with Luke Perry and Tori Spelling - will be on the big screen tonight at the Drake Hotel, with the airing of the Lips doc, The Fearless Freaks. The DVD, which has been heralded as a must-see for any BH 90210 fans,......
Continue Reading "Freak Show at the Drake"