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Torontoist Week in Review: August 3-7
A lot happens in the course of a workweek. Here’s a look back at the top stories from the past five days that you might have missed, or might care to revisit.
Rendering courtesy of Konrad Group.
Originally opened as the Richardson House Hotel in 1875, renovations on King and Spadina’s now-defunct Global Village Backpackers hostel reveal a superficial facelift and open concept interior. Say goodbye to blue paint and hello to a (mostly) white, repurposed office space.
From the article:
The Konrad Group, along with the property owners Allied Properties and the Heritage Preservation Board, recruited Reflect Architecture and Maast to come up with a building concept that adheres to the guidelines for the preservation of heritage properties. The renovations have seen all the windows replaced with low-profile black panes, with a glass tower erected as an entranceway on the west side as well as a glass facade on the Spadina Avenue side to replace the wooden one.
Image from Counting Sheep, the performance in residence of Summerworks 2015.
Here’s our guide to SummerWorks, Toronto’s 10-day multimedia cultural event of the season.
From the article:
Though it’s only the beginning of August, SummerWorks–which begins today–marks one of the last big multimedia festivals of the season. The 10-day showcase covers music, dance, visual art and theatre, and it’s a lot to take in. It’s also one of the most original, diverse, and looked-forward-to cultural events of the entire year. So, without further ado, here’s our guide to a few of the events you will especially not want to miss.
Courtesy of Margaret Walker
This Wednesday, protestors congregated outside the Jamaican consulate to call for an end to the country’s anti-LGBT laws and support Jamaican pride.
From the article:
A crowd took to the outside of the Consulate General of Jamaica calling for a repeal of Jamaica’s “buggery” laws, which outlaw homosexual conduct.
Courtesy of ClutchPR
We spoke to Honey Jam founder Ebonnie Rowe about local women in music, her start in mentorship, gangsta rap, and Nelly Furtado.
From the article:
This year’s show will be held Thursday, August 13 at The Mod Club. The performers span genres—everything from country music to scratch DJing—and ages, with the youngest artists still in high school. What unites them, and Rowe, is a commitment to both the music and to the growing community of female artists. As Victoria Sol, a 2014 performer, explains, “Honey Jam is one of those things that, if you can get there, you know you’re moving forward. It opens a whole new network of opportunities.” (Fun fact: Cancon radio staple Nelly Furtado was a pre-Whoa, Nelly! performer back in 1997.)
Photo by Gerald Querubin from the Torontoist Flickr Pool
With Canada’s longest election campaign since 1872 underway, we live-blogged, fact-checked, and analyzed the federal election debate.
From the article:
8:17 PM: Harper has by this point claimed approximately a dozen times that “the budget is balanced.” It is only balanced because the Tories have chosen to cut the usual contribution to our national reserve fund (for future emergency spending) from $3 billion to $1 billion. (Christopher Bird)