What Honest Ed’s lacks in architectural artistry compared to more high-brow institutions, it makes up for in self-promotional bombast. From its "quirky hand-painted signage" to the low-price Toronto souvenirs, badly painted Elvis busts, and abandoned theatre props, Honest Ed’s is a museum of kitsch. Now a local illustrator, Christopher Hutsul, has designed a stationery set paying tribute his neighbourhood’s "foremost local architectural landmark." "When Ed Mirvish died the building took on greater historical significance,”......

The Toronto blogosphere is abuzz with the Star's "What If" special issue that ran this Sunday. The special issue was a number of think pieces on how the city could be drastically improved. Christopher Hume wants to see the Hearn turned into Toronto's Tate, something that Reading Toronto latches on to. Christopher Hutsul (or Christopher the Younger, as we like to call him) argues for ways the city can nurture its creative communities, including decriminalizing......

Five artists (Christopher Hutsul, Drew Simmons, Julia Burton, Matt James, Steve Marsh and Tina Cooper) show works about the game in Hockey Night, which opens tonight at Queen West's Park Gallery (1036 Queen Street West). 7ish.......