Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'themoon'
July 11, 2007
Cat Power hit the stage at the Phoenix last night for her third Toronto show in less than a year. It was Torontoist’s first time seeing her live and after having waited a few years for the privilege, and hearing wonderful things about her shows of late, we were slightly let down. But only slightly, and mostly for reasons beyond Chan Marshall’s control. With the Dirty Delta Blues Band, featuring Judah Bauer of Blues......
Continue Reading "Cat Could Have Used A Bit More Power"April 19, 2007
Photo still of Billy The Kid from their website. If you are a huge fan of reality, then this is the film fest for you. Hot Docs, North America's biggest documentary film festival, kicks off tonight with the Canadian Premiere of In The Shadow Of The Moon. For the next 10 days, more than 100 documentaries from around the world will be showcased in our fair city. If you are looking to get your......
Continue Reading "What Rocks At Hot Docs?"March 22, 2007
Sadly, the days of the nickelodeon movie theatre is long gone. The coming of sound made the in-house orchestra/performer obsolete, taking away the live accompaniment that had been necessary for silent films. Luckily, you can try to recover this part of the nickelodeon experience as Andrew Downing's Melodeon perform an original score to The Shock (1923) at the Music Gallery on March 23rd. As their name implies, Melodeon is led by Andrew Downing, a Juno-Award......
Continue Reading "The Shock And Awe"March 14, 2006
Get ready to watch the skies tonight as the Moon crosses through the Earth's outer perimeter shadow (penumbra). The Moon will appear to be dimmed during this penumbral lunar eclipse, which is only one of five such cases happening during the 21st Century. In honour of this event, the Toronto School of Creativity & Inquiry is inviting you to celebrate on Ward's Island Beach. The schedule for March 14th is as follows: 5:15pm Arrive at......
Continue Reading "Moon-Watching on the Island"