FASHION: L’Oreal Fashion Week officially launches today at Nathan Phillips Square. Canadian designers will be strutting their stuff all week long as they launch their 2009 spring collections. The Bay’s new CEO Bonnie Brooks, accompanied by Fashion Design Council of Canada president Robin Kay, will be on hand this afternoon to cut the ribbon on the fabulous tented studio. Stay tuned for Torontoist's full Fashion Week preview. Nathan Phillips Square, 2:30 p.m., FREE.
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We love Word on the Street but we always find there's way too much to do. So we've scoured the WOTS program and picked out the three things that you should try to hit up this Sunday at Queen's Park. Best of all, the whole event is free.
The Gladstone Hotel hosts the second annual Doug Wright Awards this evening, honouring achievement in Canadian cartooning.
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Sarah Vowell, Writer, Humourist, Cartoon Character Voice
We’ve discussed our concerns about the Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Committee in earlier posts: the project’s liability to be stalemated by the presence of foot-dragging bureaucrats including the King of the Hall himself, Mayor Miller, whether the establishment of a ‘design steering committee’ is an unnecessary additional formality, etc.
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Newsstand: November 23, 2009