Next Monday, February 4, Keep Toronto Reading will launch its One Book program at the Toronto Reference Library. There will be performances by Soprano Mary Lou Fallis, who will sing popular songs from the 1850s, and Ross Manson who will perform two dramatic readings from Consolation. The event will be hosted by Tina Srebotnjak, who will interview Michael Redhill, author of Consolation. You can check out all One Book events here. As part of Keep......

If you have ever driven up Yonge Street towards Richmond Hill, you probably couldn't help but notice the Vishnu Mandir Hindu temple and its landmark statue of Mahatma Gandhi. Alongside the temple is the unique Canadian Museum of Hindu Civilization, which is presenting an ambitious Festival of India this weekend. The festival promises to be an authentic expression of Indian culture, with innumerable local artists performaning alongside many that are being imported from the......

The CBC is reporting that the provincial government announced an ambitious new project today to revamp Kipling Station and turn it into a major transit hub for Etobicoke and Mississauga. The announcement came from Transportation Minister Donna Cansfield and Environment Minister Laurel Broten early this afternoon. The new station, which will be owned and operated by GO Transit, is set to have an inter-regional bus terminal and will connect Mississauga Transit and GO buses......

Try as you might, you can't look anywhere in our city without seeing some sort of ad for Microsoft's new operating system, Windows Vista. Alongside an unusually aggressive advertising campaign through more traditional methods, the company also went all out and paid for an elaborate ice house in Dundas Square. As the corporation should have expected, the backlash towards the over-the-top promotion began almost right away: there were the obvious jokes about "freezing"; impromptu......

Not everyone's December 25th consists of bulging stockings hanging from a mantel, unwrapping presents in the reflection of Christmas tree ornaments, and a grandmother in her pearls and green and red apron carving a turkey at the family dinner. For those not living in a movie, who are boycotting the holidays, or who forgot about Santa’s birthday, Torontoist has the guide to an alternative Christmas. Those Charity Drives Were for a Reason Remember the......

Day 64 of the 69-day TTC Station project, at Finch Station. Photos throughout the project, including those not featured on Torontoist, will be available in the 69 Photoset on Flickr.......

We don't really need to explain this again do we. Newmindspace is having a subway party, this one starts at Finch Station, 11:10pm and is in honour of the system's 52nd birthday and Lori's birthday. We won't reveal how old she is, because Torontoist is a gentleman. The theme for tonight is the Dr. Seuss graduation classic Oh, The Places You'll Go.......

Last month I wrote many nice things about VIVA. Last week, after missing the GO Bus from Markham to Toronto by seconds, I decided that it was a good opportunity to take an impromptu test ride on VIVA. I feel as though I may have been taken a little (not a lot) by the initial VIVA hype. Here's my reaction after trying the system out: Travelling on a Friday at noon, I caught my......

3. Finch Station (Upstairs) Any TTC traveller knows the creepy nature of Finch Station; it's almost exclusively stinky out-of-town commuters. Due to its fat parking lot and location, Finch is the transit gateway to the north, attracting any number of coffee drinking, car riding commuters.They drink their Tim Horton's or what-have-yous during their extended car ride, then unload at the Finch washrooms. It's a high stress environment. It'll no doubt be worse with all those......