If last week’s key word on the literary scene was “big,” as in prizes, galas, festivals, sold-out readings, visiting writers, and BookExpo, we get back to normal-ish this week. In fact, we’ve not had such a low-key stretch since March. Fear not. The Scream Literary Festival is adding more information to their website every week. On July 3rd, the festival kicks off with readings by Dennis Lee and Souvankham Thammavongsa, films by Shapour Shahidi, and......

1. It's an event being put on by Wireless Toronto. 2. It's free and there will be snacks. 3. Smart people will be talking about Commnunity Wifi (what Wireless Toronto does) and Municipal Wifi (like the Toronto Hydro OneZone network). 4. There will be a DJ. 5. It's at 7pm on Tuesday, at Lot 16 (1136 Queen St West). 6. The Wifi Backpack will be there, so if you want a demonstration of how......

Tonight in the CityTV parking lot, CityTV's Street Screens summer movie season will be showing Bring It On!, that beloved modern classic. Actually, we've never seen it, but we hear it's a favourite of many, many people (and Stick It!, the writer's follow up, was an unusually hotly anticipated flick) so it looks like it might be a good film to check out with a raucous summer crowd. We don't know how comfortable the CityTV......

You may find delays on Queen St West this morning. The streetcar is only just getting back to regular service after a five alarm fire raged near West Queen West. Firefighters don't suspect foul play, and no people were hurt. But the apparent centre of the blaze, a bakery, is badly damaged. And that is terrible.......