Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'hanukkah'
January 25, 2007
At least 6 billion comedians opened for Terry Clement at Yuk Yuk's showcase of "The Psychedelic Comedy Tour" last night and believe it or not, they were all really damn funny. Clement, looking a little bit like Ben Folds, acted as his own road crew while he set up his elaborate show. When he picked up the guitar, you couldn't help but expect an unoriginal Adam Sandler type tune or a song about a breakup......
Continue Reading "Terry Clement + Psychedelia = Chuckles"December 19, 2006
Everyone is talking about Christmas this and Yuletide that, but let's not forget that the festival of light (Hanukkah) is upon us. What better way to celebrate that holiday than with latkes. Katherine Mulherin is kind of enough to let a few artists use her Queen St. W. space to deep fry some potatoes. For all the goys she's also got her annual eggnog party and sale. Both events are tonight 7-10 pm at......
Continue Reading "Latke + Eggnog + Art + Party = Good Times"December 19, 2006
Not only is this Friday the first official day of winter (so even though it hasn’t snowed yet, maybe there’s still hope for a white Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa/ Boxing Day), it’s also the winter solstice. Around 12:20 a.m. Universal Time on December 22nd, or for Torontonians, 7:20 p.m. Eastern Time on December 21st, the Earth's northern hemisphere is farthest away from the sun. The winter solstice marks the 24 hours of the least daylight, thus the shortest......
Continue Reading ""Unite to Ignite the Longest, Darkest Night""December 7, 2004
TOist tipster Rachel Kagan alerted us to Eric ''the suburban homeboy' Schwartz's Heeb Hop parodies and we laughed so hard we nearly gave our breakfast bagel back to the world. Schwartz's Hanukkah Hey Ya is so bad it's gone past good and back to bad again. There's a whole history of frightening Weird Al-style Jewsic out there, and Torontoist rues the day Shlock Rock assaulted our hometown. Memories most painful. But anyone who beatboxes around......
Continue Reading "Oy is Yo Backwards: Happy Hanukkah!"