As Torontoist reported yesterday, the Hummingbird Centre is changing its name to the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, marking the second change in corporate naming rights during the venue's half-century existence. Support of the site has ranged from a philanthropic brewer (O'Keefe Brewing head E.P. Taylor) to a multinational media company. As today's ad promised, Yonge and Front has seen a wide range of performances since the O'Keefe Centre officially rolled out the......

It was curtains in Orange County last night as FOX’s golden child threw its final punch. After four years in The O.C., creator Josh Schwartz has taught us that money can’t buy happiness, but it sure does buy a Range Rover full of jaw-dropping plot twists. At a time when television was dominated by Who Wants to Survive My Geek Super Nanny and other such reality gems, those lovable but not infallible kids from Newport......

Photo by David Topping Torontoist (in the form of staffers David Topping and Marc Lostracco) was on the scene earlier this afternoon as a fire consumed the ultra-famous Sassafraz Cafe in Yorkville. The area was filled with smoke, and Bloor from Queen's Park to Bay was completely shut off to traffic as some 29 firetrucks crowded the area. There were no injuries, though the building itself may be beyond repair. Notably, we spotted Rachel......

Pants off, dance off. Indie exotic dancers (as opposed to exotic indie dancers) have probably been around for a while (didn't Nathalie Portman play one in Closer?), but it's still interesting to hear that dancers at the North Toronto boutique erotique Mystique Lounge are now entertaining to the sounds of Bloc Party, Arcade Fire and Franz Ferdinand. (Not all independent artists per se, but still falling under that catch-all phrase, "indie") And it's not Mystique......

Maybe he is, maybe he is. Not this Saturday. The indie-hunk/Swedish underground singing sensation comes to the Music Gallery this weekend, returning to Toronto after a triumphant/storied gig at Wavelength earlier this year. The hook here is that a certain website is starting to look favourably on Mr Lekman and his forthcoming compilation of his many EP's and singles, Oh You're So Silent, Jens. This could lead to the phenomenon known as Pitchfork Effect which......

Whenever springtime approaches, it's almost natural to feel fresh, young, even spring-like. Perhaps these feelings come from the obligatory spring clean-up chores, or just watching television shows directed at a teenage demographic. But maybe the youthful sensation comes from an unnatural and illegal attraction to premature females. In Adrian the Adorable Sports Writer's case, it's the latter. The more mature and sophisticated Paige Six, however, is starting to recognize the distance between the interests of......