Gossip no longer, culture vultures. We've finally got confirmation on CanStage's upcoming season. Like it or not, it looks like the rumours are true. As we reported before, the Bluma Appel Theatre's rather commercial lineup is entirely free of any Canadian-written shows, which has some folks in quite a tizzy. And as we suspected, CanStage is getting its CanCon through co-pros at the Berkeley Street Theatre. They're calling it The Berkeley Street Project, and......

Leave it to CanStage to somehow, in the midst of extreme internal upheaval what is maybe their darkest financial hour, be simultaneously running two of their strongest shows by far in recent memory. In fact, Palace of the End (which closes tomorrow night) and The Clean House (which runs until March 8) aren't just good shows for CanStage, they would be amazing shows for anywhere. Hopefully, they can win the audiences they deserve, but......

A lovely photo of our winner. Torontoist recently found itself tackling the age-old puzzlement: how do you enjoy the barbeque season without owning a barbeque? While we acknowledge that the easiest way to accomplish this is to crash someone else’s backyard gathering, we felt that it may be less offensive to your unwitting host if you just trucked on over to your favourite burger joint, got some take-out, and sat on your very own......

The West End has its share of arts events in the upcoming months but what’s happening in the East? The Riverdale Art Walk will feature art from over 100 artists on June 2 and 3 in galleries, shops and parks of the Riverdale and Leslieville areas. This juried arts exhibition is organized by the Artists’ Network of Riverdale along with businesses, friends and neighbours of the local community. Get involved with the event by volunteering......

This is it! The chance you've been dreaming about since middle school has finally come true: an open casting call for Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story On Stage. No joke. Not a professional? Not a problem. If you're in your late teens to mid 30s, you think you can dance, and your singing doesn't sound like ass, report to O.I.P. Dance Studio at 9 am sharp on Tuesday January 16 (women) or Wednesday......

Torontoist first heard of Toby Young soon after the launch of his debut book How To Lose Friends And Alienate People. Young, a British magazine editor and writer, tries to cross the pond and make it at Graydon Carter's Vanity Fair. The book was a recounting of Young's misadventures in the New York media world and because journalists like nothing more than talking about each other, the book was widely reviewed, inflated Young's reputation (for......

With the hockey season over (moment of silence, please) it's time to move on to another sport. Well, the West End Volleyball Nights have been going on at Dufferin Grove park. The next game is tomorrow night (6:45pm) at the park. It's a beginners level game, so come on out to watch or to play... and don't worry, it's not BYOVB, just bring some good shoes (it's a sandless park.) For more information and......

It's official, Gerard Kennedy will be running for the federal Liberal leadership. Minister of Community and Social Services Sandra Pupatello will be taking over Kennedy's job as Education Minister. In other Liberal Leadership news Bob Rae is joining the party. Police are called in to a West End apartment building to defuse a bomb. Nobody was hurt but one man is under arrest and will also be going psychiatric assessment. Kids in Scarborough won't have......

Toronto's theatre community is all abuzz and aflutter about this item that appeared The Globe and Mail's "Feed the Goat" gossip column today:Don't hold your breath, but we should know within the next fortnight whether Toronto will be chosen as the launch site for the largest theatrical project ever conceived. My sources in London tell me the show's producers are seriously considering Toronto for the world premiere, either in late 2005 or early 2006. Details......