You may remember our coverage of the excellent Vice film Heavy Metal in Baghdad. A documentary following the Iraqi heavy metal band Acrassicauda, we reviewed it at TIFF and called it “one of our top films of the festival” before interviewing one of the directors, Suroosh Alvi. Although Acrassicauda have since managed to escape Iraq (and then escape Syria) with the help of Vice and many generous donations, the band is still in trouble,......

There are two big things going on in the world of education this week. The first is The National Inner City Conference 2007. Sponsored by the Toronto School District Board and the Ontario Institute of Education Centre for Urban Schooling, the focus is on helping city kids get learned. One of the major criticisms of the contemporary curriculum is that it is more concerned about training kids for jobs instead of teaching them how to......

Is transit in Toronto on the upswing for 2006? A few weeks ago an eye weekly editorial admits "the TTC is getting better", and several upcoming events and publications by the usual suspects promise more transit celebration: The Toronto Public Space Committee presents What The TTC Could Be: an art exhibit, featuring a new TTC where ads have been replaced by imagination. XPACE Gallery. January 5th to 8th. Opening night: January 6th, 7pm to......

Special thanks to the folks at the Toronto Public Space Committee, and their eight-month fight against video ads in our subway cars. Yesterday, TTC commissioners voted 4-3 against allowing Viacom Outdoor to proceed with what would have been a new level of intrusiveness to our journeys around the city. Artists! The Toronto Public Space Committee currently has a call for submissions for The Better Way: Redesigning the TTC: Replacing Ads With Your Imagination art show......

The Tall Poppy Interview - Julia Breckenreid, Boys Club Curator, Illustrator...