Fresh from this year's successful stab at World's Largest Thriller Dance, Toronto is looking to weasel its way into the Guinness Book yet again. This time, with a big-ass Christmas stocking. To coincide with the third annual Guinness World Records Day, the sock of honour will be stationed in the main lobby of the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts this Thursday afternoon. While it isn't technically part of the record attempt, folks are encouraged......

Billiard balls in the mouth, eating live goldfish, sitting on flagpoles… people will go to great lengths just to get into the Guinness Book of World Records. Fortunately, unlike this guy, you don’t have to bowl for 100 hours or have a 126-member wedding party to get a shot at immortality. On October 3, Ontario is going to challenge current champs Western Australia for the World Record Walk. Last September, the Aussies got 100,915 people......

"Thriller" is having a moment. Last October, we reported the story of Thrill Toronto’s attempt to set the first Guinness World Record for Largest Thriller Dance (see the video at right) by recreating the choreography from Micheal Jackson's video classic. Then there was the much blogged Thriller Wedding Dance on YouTube, a Bollywood-style version and reports from London and New York of fitness classes that use M.J.'s zombified moves as a 13 minute workout. Now......

Get out your art supplies and make a face. As part of Toronto's Live With Culture program, the AGO is preparing to display 4"x6” portraits created by the general public. The In Your Face exhibit, which will open on July 1, is meant to “celebrate the inviduality and diversity of Canada”. It’s the first time that the AGO is accepting submissions from anyone and everyone. Portraits must can be submitted by June 1 whenever......