Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'richpeople'
January 11, 2008
Many of us developed an affection for opera early in life through Looney Tunes versions of Rossini and Wagner. For some, having Elmer Fudd chant “Kill the Wabbit” to the tune of “Ride of the Valkyries” in Chuck Jones's animated masterpiece taught us everything we wanted to know about opera. But if your ambition to appreciate the finer things in life extends beyond Bugs Bunny, real opera could be an intimidating world of old rich......
Continue Reading "Everything Bugs Bunny Didn't Teach You About Opera"December 10, 2007
This just in: Conrad Black has been sentenced to six and a half years in prison for his role in "misappropriating" (which is Rich People for "stealing") millions of dollars from the Hollinger newspaper empire, and for obstructing justice by allowing certain documents, which would have determined whether or not he was guilty of the nine charges he managed to evade (including racketeering), to "disappear." Now, of course the National Post is all over this......
Continue Reading "The Most Wonderful Day of The Year"May 4, 2005
Mayworks runs til May 8th, so you only have a few days left to get in on the festival that 'celebrates working class culture.' Tonight, they offer up a provocatively-titled performance piece called Poetry is Not a Luxury, which will attempt to answer the question 'Is poetry for bored rich people?' They will answer this question through a three-person performance installation using to-do lists, medical bills and bank balances that the audience may peruse. You......
Continue Reading "Poetry for the Poor?"December 7, 2004
Toronto has a new rich mag in Toronto Living: Luxury Lifestyle Magazine. And it's "JUST IN TIME TO SEE WHAT IS ON TORONTO’S RICH HOLIDAY SHOPPING LIST." So many things wrong with this picture Torontoist doesn't know where to begin. Oh right, the name. Are they kidding? The semi-colon epidemic has already infected all of book publishing. Do mags now have to elongate their names to cartoonish proportions too? Toronto Living - Luxury Lifestyle Magazine.......
Continue Reading "Toronto Living: Luxury Spoken Here"