Many years ago, the TTC launched the smart "Ride The Rocket" ad campaign, of which only the slogan and typewriter-like font still exist. The fast-paced and effective television commercials featured a quirky spokesperson chattering rapidly into a wide-angle lens about the pros of public transit, and the slick spots made the Commission look modern, exciting, and cool. To a tourist or GTA resident, the subway looked like the backbone of any big city experience.......

Each week, Torontoist shows off the most interesting, creative, and cool submissions to our Torontoist Flickr Pool. We're especially partial to photos that show our city in a new light, highlight a recent event, and remind us why we live here. Join the Flickr pool and show us what you've got. homeBY CHRISJACKSON electric blueBY JENNEYEFUR Illumunated RingBY PDPHOTOGRAPHY autumn fogBY SYNCROS UntitledBY SQUEAKYRAT Yonge/Bloor StationBY PGREVSTAD flight leading nowhereBY JASFITZ Saline...BY TAYLOR ZHOU Cleaning......

Every weekday morning, bright and early, we feature a photo (or two) from a photographer in the Torontoist Flickr Pool. It's our way of giving the many excellent photographers in our pool the attention that they deserve. Late Night Transit BY SIRCHARLIE......

Last night, Teletoon's The Detour held a small event in the Royal Cinema to celebrate their upcoming fall lineup, showing a selection of the adult-orientated animation that will soon be on the channel. The lineup includes the long-overdue Sealab 2021, Frisky Dingo (from the creators of Sealab 2021), Moral Orel (created by Mr. Show alumni, including Jay Johnston), and Metalocalypse, which was created by Brendon Small (who is best known for Home Movies) and......

Usually saying the words "short" and "sex" in the same sentence means that somebody had a bad night. Unless, that is, you're talking about Darryl's Hard Liquor And Porn Film Festival, a showcase for short movies about everyone's favourite late night activity. Wannabe porn directors, now's your time to shine, as the final call for submissions has been pushed up to August 15th. The rules are fairly loose, pardon the pun, with the only criteria......

In light of Montreal’s Fraser Hickon Library’s recent shutdown, it’s good to know Toronto’s own book havens are as strong as ever. On top of the newly introduced Museum and Arts Pass, the summer kids' programs and all the help the library gives to incoming immigrants looking to get familiar with the city, the Toronto Reference Library provides a varied wealth of hard-to-wrangle books along side wireless, air conditioned luxury. Now this oasis at Yonge......

Hopefully the success of the Dupont-Spadina message board that Torontoist previously reported on will spur some other neighbourhoods to have a go. In the meantime, with the original board filled to the brim, it's kindly been replaced by a fresh canvas. That's right—part deux is up and running, and it's another good medley of confessionals, illustrations, and generally happy springtime thoughts, save for the poor soul who was, shall we say, rooster-checked out of......

Shawarma is the new street meat. Both a late night favourite and a quick lunch classic, the Middle Eastern dish is now ubiquitous on the streets of Toronto. At its best, the vertically roasted meat in a pita, topped with veggies is damn tasty and, if not healthy, probably better for you than a sausage. At its worst, it's a mouthful of sawdust topped with rotten runny crap. Over the next few weeks, Torontoist will......

For the last two years, Newmindspace have been planning their first massive park event. For those two years, they have resisted the call of grass, believing that parks are prisons for fun: designated "fun zones", the only public places where people are really allowed to play. For those two years, Newmindspace have waited patiently for the snow to have a massive snowball fight. Any backyard activity multiplied by one hundred can be deliriously fun......

It's great when the Jazz Fest finally rolls around because it helps Torontoist justify paying all those banking fees. There are so many good shows that it'll be hard to catch them all, but hopefully this list will help you find your jazz beat. Aside from the acts listed below, music at 49 different venues around the city and the millions of tourist dollars the festival brings into the city, you can catch late......

Someone please fire the marketing team at Landmark Building Group. The marketers at this developer's have come up with this painfully obnoxious video advertising their lofts. We've seen better acting and production from late night spots and these ads simply scream gentrification. The video touts the location of their project (right across from the Drake) and has one of the most asinine slogans we've seen in recent memories ("Are you on the list?"). It's a......

Each of these exclamations could be questions due to their outright absurdity, don't you think? - The brand new Villiage People line-up! - The brand new Sandy Cohen album! He was on Canada AM this morning...Question mark. - Korean-town karaoke vs. Dictionary-Karaoke! - David Lynch, the weatherman! - The interview! - Late Night with the White Stripes, tonight's guest - Conan O'Brien! (from Said the Grammophone)......

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Even before the great Chuck D warned us not to believe the hype, there was an air of skepticism around the ME-dia's recommendations. The problems surrounding media hype, especially during festivals like CMW, is that most media outlets make it very clear which acts are worth seeing - and most people believe it. It doesn't sound like a problem, that is until no one can actually get in to see the bands that receive hype.......

You either stumble upon it or have to hunt for it, and it seems you either love it or you hate it. The unassuming Shanghai Cowgirl Diner is either a great hit or a bad miss. Lucky for us, Torontoist has had only good times at the trendy late night spot on Queen West. Open till 4am on weekends, it's a great place to stop in for a reliable meal or decent drink any......