Torontoist caught-up with Dave Azzolini and Jess Grassia of The Golden Dogs recently. Having finished a radio interview, they were rushing to pick up the rest of the band and proceed to The Docks for 2007 Indie Awards. Torontoist interviewed them in their van as all this happened—because such is Canadian Music Week. (And apparently we enjoy bands and their vans.) The Golden Dogs play Horseshoe Tavern tonight at 12 p.m. Tickets are $8 at......

Len Cervantes moves the audience with his words during the poetry slam portion of the Kultura Filipino Arts Festival at the Kapisanan Philippine Arts Centre in Kensington this past Saturday. Editor's Note: Torontoist contributor Cal MacLean was at another poetry slam event on Saturday - The Drake's. As Cal notes, it's been a "slamming" week for poetry. He sends us this from the show:Maybe wordplay is just infectious. This past Saturday the Drake hosted......

Amidst the car horns and national flags in Little Italy yesterday evening, a long line-up formed in front of The Royal for its would-be last film, Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey” . The screening was supposed to start at 9pm but it wasn’t until 9:30pm that the thank-yous to the staff began and one of the current owners confirmed that the theatre will be reborn sometime in the future. As an extra treat, the......