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The eleventh edition of the Steam Whistle Unsigned Indie Music Series took place Friday night, and the brewery's Roundhouse was full of smiles, music, and, well, yeah. Beer.

Chris Goddard really likes his job. As the marketing manager for Steam Whistle Brewing, he, along with Events Administrator Matt Weed, decided that instead of competing with mega-brewers' money for sponsorship at the city's best music festivals or shows, they'd throw their own party. "[Steam Whistle] had been partnering up with various festivals over the years, but it was hard to set ourselves apart from the rest of the logos on the poster. One of the bigger breweries would decide that they wanted to sponsor indie music, and once their cheque book came out, we were history. It made us evaluate what we really wanted to do with indie bands and how we could get that done without having to worry about getting bumped, and that's when we came up with Unsigned."

This Friday's Steam Whistle Unsigned is already the fourth in a series of independent music showcases at the Roundhouse, but it's the first we're really excited about. Really excited. Check out this lineup: The Carps are the best thing to come out of Scarborough since... er... hmm. Right. Anyway, the punk-soul duo recently opened for MIA at the Kool Haus, and if they're good enough for Maya, they're good enough for you. Opopo sound like...

Before all the fuss over Halo 3 there was the video game greatness of Pong. And before that, there was good ol' fashioned ping pong.

Last night at City Hall, Councillor Adam Vaughan conceded defeat in the fight to keep the John Street Roundhouse from becoming a big box retail outlet. He withdrew his motion [PDF] calling for a temporary freeze on the redevelopment of the Roundhouse into a Leon's outlet. The news derails a movement against the proposed furniture store that had been gathering steam recently.

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Comedians Dawn Whitwell and Elvira Kurt wanted to start a comedy movement. So they created Girls School, an all-woman comedy tour featuring some of Canada's most hilarious performers. The reason they chose the name and the all-lady lineup relates to research showing that students in all-girl schools perform better academically than those in co-ed schools. It follows that female comics would feel freer on stage with some sisters.

Fresh off their massive St. Patrick's Day celebration, Steam Whistle is throwing another bash tonight, but this time in support of a much nobler cause than getting smashed and pretending you're Irish for a day.

If you’re looking for a charitable alternative to your customary Groundhog Day festivities this Friday, the Steam Whistle Brewing Company will be home to Weaselpalooza, a party for the Canadian Music Therapy Trust Fund.

Who's going to come out on top of the strangest Giller Prize shortlist in years? While the smart money is on Rawi Hage's DeNiro's Game, which is also nominated for the Governor General's Award, writers from the Globe raised a convincing argument for Gaetan Soucy's the Immaculate Conception.

That’s right, on Saturday, November 11, Toronto will be hosting the 2006 Rock, Paper, Scissors World Championship. The sport that’s settled a thousand disputes between drunks, children, and drunk children will see it’s best and luckiest players vying for a $10,000 prize and bragging rights for the next year. Teams already signed up this year include Team Smoot, Balls Deep, and BJs for Spanky.

TOists will be shaking their booty at Do Something With A Blundstone, the Aussie-themed fundraising party tonight. It's a benefit for SKETCH, the lofty downtown arts studio that offers street-involved and homeless youth drop-in programs that integrate job and life skills development through the visual arts. At the home of the good pilsner folks Steam Whistle Brewing from 7pm to 2am tonight, ten bucks at the door gets you into the party (plenty of food and drink inside), a chance to win a pair of boots and at midnight, instead of turning into a pumpkin, entered in a draw for two tickets to Australia.

Beer in the summer! From douchewhistles to Steam Whistles, Torontoist always has you covered. With respect to the latter, the Steam Whistle brewery is celebrating five years in the biz with a few worthy promotions. Taking a break from our winter selections, Steam Whistle could become the beverage of our summer with their new sustainable beer cup. The bio-plastic cup (pictured) contains no petroleum, is made from 100 per cent renewable resources and takes only about 48 days to break down in commercial compost.

Au Québec, le syndicat des employés de la société des alcools (SAQ), le pendant des LCBO en Ontario, est en grève. Que font les Québécois face à cette situation ? Certains se tournent vers l’Ontario et se dirigent vers Ottawa ou Hukesbury qui ont vus leurs ventes d’alcool augmenter considérablement lors des deux dernières semaines de grève. Mais pourquoi ne pas aussi acheter de la bière canadienne ? Toronto est d’ailleurs bien connue pour sa fameuse bière Steam Whistle qui, depuis 1998 a fait une montée fulgurante dans leurs chiffres de vente et dans leur popularité chez tous les canadiens.

Prefix Photo is beautiful. And it's ten issues old. And there's a party. In conjunction with The Fakhouri File. A show curated by Philip Monk. Ten issues. It's something to be proud of. In this day. And age. Tomorrow. 401 Richmond. 7-10pm. With beer provided by Steamwhistle. "Come view work by contemporary Canadian photographers while you enjoy an ice cold Steam Whistle Pilsner," their website entreats us. Okay. We will.