Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'grandprize'
August 16, 2007
Torontoist usually shudders at any combination of the words "folk" and "rock," but Ryerson Theatre grad Peter Katz has been slowly brewing a successful music career in that hybrid genre since he finished school in 2004. Winner of the CBC Galaxie Rising Star Award and the Grand Prize Winner of Toronto's IndieWeek (2005), Katz just released his first "official" full-length album, More Nights, under the name Peter Katz and the Curious. The first video off......
Continue Reading "Forgiveness In Toronto"August 4, 2007
Our Simpsons contest is over, and while fifteen of our readers came up with valiant attempts to invent new words, we can only give three of them the prizes that we've been graciously allocated by Cornerstone Promotion. We at Torontoist are pleased to be part of the unending promotional machine that is this film. So, winners! Our Grand Prize Winner (receiving a movie poster autographed by Hans Zimmer, a limited edition doughnut soundtrack, and a......
Continue Reading "Embiggening Our Simpsons Winners"July 28, 2007
Where can you find popcorn lovers and peaceniks together? At a politically conscious film fest—in a park, no less! Tomorrow is the final night of Peace Reel: an anti-war focused outdoor film festival co-presented by the Toronto-based collective, Artists Against War (AAW) and by CitizenShift, an initiative of the National Film Board. Over the past month, Peace Reel has organized a free Sunday-night series of short films and documentaries at Christie Pits Park. This week,......
Continue Reading "Pontecorvo In The Park For Peace"July 26, 2007
So apparently there's this film coming out tomorrow about some family called "The Sampsons" or "The Simpsons" or something. You probably haven't heard much about it, as the company producing the film (they're named after an animal, it's like WOLF or FOX) doesn't have very much money for promotion, certainly not enough to renovate entire convenience stores across the United States to look like convenience stores in the film or to renovate a downtown......
Continue Reading "A Craptacular Giveaway"June 6, 2007
Last week, we asked Torontoist readers to submit their ideas for a Stephen King-esque plot, for a chance to win tickets to King's first public appearance in Canada ever (Friday night!), as well as a whole pile of books. Here are the winning plots. Grand Prize Winner! Mr. Jingles (of The Green Mile) returns as a zombie mouse to terrorize the inmates of E Block at Cold Mountain Penitentiary.—CHRISTOPHER MCGREGOR Runners-Up The letters in......
Continue Reading "So, There's This Author Who Has Never Been to Toronto"