You may have already heard about the stellar line-up of bands going on for this year's Wintercity, but there's much more to this festival than an eclectic mix of tunes. It's a good thing winter finally arrived because this event may not have taken place. Now that it's here (and with a vengeance), the City is inviting everyone to come down and have a little bit of fun on their dime. Theatrics, ice sculptures......

-Bon Jovi's plane skidded off a Hamilton runway this weekend. Fortunately, everyone is fine, which means it's ok to make Slippery When Wet jokes. -No one is making any Slippery When Wet jokes about the horrible accident on the 401 this morning. Be careful out there. -It's not exactly a heist of the Louvre, but a jewel-encrusted pair of slippers were swiped from the Bata Shoe Museum. -Turkey drops charges of "insulting Turkishness" against......

Cirque du Soleil's much-anticipated new show, Corteo, opens tonight in that signature blue and yellow tent next to Ontario Place. If Torontoist's trusty informant (we're in with one of the ushers) is to be believed, Cirque's latest offering once again promises the usual suspension of the laws of physics, this time for a story involving a clown's funeral procession. But if Cirque's ticket prices stretch the purse strings a little too far, don't worry,......

Whatever you do, don't see Cavalia. We don't know how it was that TOist found ourselves stuck in the distillery district with two free tickets to Cavalia(a Cirque du Soleil gone to the horses kind of thing) last year, but somehow it happened, and we've been forever scarred. The show is a crudely-wrought cheesefest, from the bad music to the bad costumes to the bad horse dancing. And why anyone would pay upwards of eighty......

Les organisateurs du Cirque du Soleil ont toujours su émerveiller leurs audiences à travers leurs multiples spectacles. L’été dernier, c’est Allegria qui posait ses pieds pour la première fois dans la ville reine. Cette fois-ci, un spectacle un peu plus différent y est proposé : Cavalia. En 2003, la troupe de 33 chevaux et quelques humains avait séjourné à Toronto. À cette époque, Le journal étudiant The Toronto Observer soulignait que le premier ministre de......