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Saturday, April 30, 2011

Get to know a street: Marlee Avenue

Five fun ways to break a sweat in Toronto

Call & Response: Philip James

Morning Brew: Jack Layton denies involvement with Toronto bawdy house, Ford endorses Harper, Contact Festival starts this weekend, new councillor expense report revealed, and record number of voters expected on Monday

Radar: Contemporary Persian Music, Romeo & Juliet, The Scenic Route, Toronto Etsy Street Team Spring Craft Show, Lipstick Cherry, Tame Impala, May Day Poetry Marathon, The Kills, and "Where Ghosts Meet"

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Humber Bay Arch Bridge

Friday, April 29, 2011

New bike repair app could be a big money saver

Isn't it time to stop whining about noisy restaurants?

ING launches cafe, workspace at Yonge & Shuter

Rob Ford to endorse Stephen Harper

Toronto without the Tower (part II)

Is Toronto set to get an underground food market?

Morning Brew: Waterfront lands begin to be sold, no GO Transit fare hike this year, Toronto's wind turbine in rough shape, former Humane Society president wants back in, gas prices at all-time high

Radar: Steam Whistle Unsigned, For the Lack of a Smile, Silent Shout featuring Kidstreet, Foxfire, Powers, The Black Power Mixtape, T24 Project Film Challenge

Photo of the Day

Thursday, April 28, 2011

Mr. Sunset and his photo collection

Contest: Win tickets to Bullet for Adolf (and meet Woody Harrelson)

Frank Turner gets the El Mocambo singing along

Decision to nix the Fort York Bridge will prove costly

CONTACT Photography Festival 2011

Where to buy bar supplies in Toronto

In The Window: Autechre, Bibio, Oi!

Morning Brew: Planned Fort York bridge suspended, U of T wants high school property back, , Ontario Place is free all summer, the UFC is in town, and you can drink like a Royal in Canada

Radar: Kai CD Release Party, All Pretty Pictures, Couture, Maximum Exposure 2011, Mixed Repertoire

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Impossible Rooftopping

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

How does Toronto's skyline stack up?

Baldwin Village gets a new coffee house

Toronto startup LeanIn makes videos social

More moody photos of fog in Toronto

Hot Docs 2011 Preview, Part 3

Drool-worthy bikes at Bloor and Runnymede

Morning Brew: Toronto committee votes to privatize garbage collection, Jarivs ain't gridlocked at all, love on the GO, OPG wants to store nuclear waste underground, and Jays win again

Radar: "Dirty, Drunk, and Punk" Book Launch, Mary Anne Hobbs, The Strangest Dream, Toronto's Indie Comedy Hour, Authors at Harbourfront Centre

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Tuesday, April 26, 2011

New vintage boutique for Dundas West

Echo Beach to become Toronto's newest concert venue

BIXI Toronto station locations revealed

Brutal service sinks new Bloordale restaurant owned by ex-Libretto and Delux chefs

Royal Wedding screening events in Toronto

Hot Ticket: Mary Anne Hobbs, The Killabits, Zeds Dead, the Acorn, Evening Hymns, The Rural Alberta Advantage, Hooded Fang, Modern Superstitions, Malajube, Library Voices, Whale Tooth, The Kills, Cold Cave and The Entrance Band

Morning Brew: Ford Nation ready for possible Ward 9 by-election, the City seeks dismissal of sewage spill charges, Liberal caught recycling Green Party literature, cats seized from Toronto home, and a letter to the mayor regarding graffiti

Radar: Toronto Alternative Arts & Fashion Week, We're Not Popstars, Zulfikar Hirji in Conversation with Sheniz Janmohamed, Art Matters, A History of Marriage

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Two in the tunnel

Monday, April 25, 2011

Where to get your bike repaired in Liberty Village

Composite election sign spotted in Chinatown

The Humber Cinema to re-open April 29th

Fashion & Style

Street Style: An opera singer, TTC engineer and poet

This Week in Film: Chungking Express, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, The High Cost of Living, Cowboy Bebop, Beauty Day, Highway Gospel, and Strike

Denmark-based furniture chain opens on Adelaide

Morning Brew: Ignatieff and Layton meet at Toronto's Khalsa Day Parade, union president Mark Ferguson reaches out to community, more politically-motivated vandalism hits Liberal ridings, and expect heavy rain this week

Radar: Duran Duran, All Time Low, Elvis and 86'd Mondays

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Empty room at Honest Ed's

Sunday, April 24, 2011

The photos of the week: April 18-24

The Neighbourhood Mixtape: Waited Hours for This

New throwback bakery offers big treats made mini

This Week in Theatre: Forests, Seasons of Wrath and Play, Calendar Girls, The Monument, Guineapigging

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Sun kissed buildings

Saturday, April 23, 2011

Roll cloud spotted over Toronto

Bullet for Adolf misses the mark

Call & Response: Hooded Fang

New cafe picks up pieces from deadpooled SpiceSafar

Morning Brew: Vandals target Liberal homes in St. Paul's, Dundas and Sherbourne may be on the rise, TTC rejects controversial Moses poster, the Jays win, and subway closures this weekend

Easter Weekend Toronto 2011

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Toronto Skyline 2002

Friday, April 22, 2011

Black Bull to reopen after fire

The Gardiner as an urban megastructure organism thing

Six private member clubs in Toronto you probably don't want to join anyway

Where to go for alfajores in the Junction Triangle

Jane's Party party-on at the Cameron House

Morning Brew: Elections Canada says no tweeting results, Toronto resident requests compliance audit of Ford's election campaign finances, by-election called for Ward 9, and heated incident recorded on cellphone between TTC collector and customers

Radar: The Submarines, Married to the Disease, The Atomic Weight of Happiness, Manhunt, Art-Folk-Gypsy-Show

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Thursday, April 21, 2011

Three alarm fire at the Black Bull on Queen Street

What's open and closed on Easter Weekend in Toronto

Every restaurant in Parkdale (and other food blogs)

New Parkdale salon also sells antiques

The Great Toronto Cocktail Challenge: The Winners

QR codes make an appearance on election signs

4/20 fete turns Yonge and Dundas into pseudo hotbox

In The Window: Trio Mocoto, Jazz Ministers, Viva Brasil

Morning Brew: Executive committee votes to cancel citizen committees, Woody Harrelson wants to play Rob Ford on the big screen, vendor threatens to sue the city over failed A La Carte program, and did you know Stephen Harper's from Toronto?

Radar: Bullet for Adolf, Tiesto w/ Wolfgang Gartner, Memory & Place, Hope Blossoms, Grindhouse Comedy

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Pedestrian Crossing / Pigeon Concourse

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Is Duggan's Brewery deadpool?

Toronto Museum Project might get a home (some day)

A fiddlehead throwdown at La Palette

Cafe meets diner at Gerrard and Logan

Where to buy a dream road bike in Toronto

New app makes Contact Festival easier to navigate

The Great Toronto Cocktail Challenge: The Penicillin

Morning Brew: Inside the Don Jail, "no sauntering" is just one of the TTC's forgotten by-laws, Wheels-Trans service in jeopardy, the Jays win, and Toronto janitor hits the jackpot

Radar: 4/20 Bash, Chris Cornell, A Space Odyssey, Frazey Ford, Authors at Harbourfront Centre

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Lost in the fog

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Rob Ford, art terrorist?

Why the Cycling Advisory Committee should be saved

24 hour gyms in Toronto

Kensington Market gets a good Thai restaurant

The Great Toronto Cocktail Challenge: The Manhattan

Hot Ticket: Junip, Acrylics, Toronto to Japan, Jason Collett, Basia Bulat, Bob Wiseman, Heartbeat Hotel, Foxes in Fiction, Ben Gunning, Mantler, and Mogwai

Morning Brew: Something stinks about Toronto's trash plans, archaeologists uncover old engine house at condo site, Justin Trudeau hits the GTA for the Liberals, TFC is getting a new facility, and get ready for rain

Photo of the Day

Monday, April 18, 2011

The land of the lost (a photo essay)

The Great Toronto Cocktail Challenge: The Elixir

This Week in Film: Good Food Bad Food, Ginger Snaps Back, Rosemary's Baby, The Princess Bride, Infernal Affairs, The Room w/ Tommy Wiseau, The Big Combo

Earth Day 2011 events in Toronto

Hot Docs 2011 Preview, Part 2

Where to get a tattoo (and removal) on King West

Morning Brew: Trinity-Spadina riding heating up, Toronto software-maker taking Microsoft to Supreme Court, supervised injection site proposed for Toronto, local butcher shop questioned about daily deal promotions, and Sun News Network premieres today

Radar: Benefit for Clay & Paper Theatre, TV On The Radio, Pixies, Elvis Mondays, The Comedy Cabaret

Photo of the Day

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Experimental gallery creates a "living room" for art

The photos of the week: April 11-17

The Great Toronto Cocktail Challenge: Whiskey Sour

The Neighbourhood Mixtape: Ponytail

This Week in Theatre: Bullet for Adolf, The cosmonaut's last message to the woman he once loved in the former Soviet Union, Night, La Clemenza di Tito, Buzz Festival

Photo of the Day

Saturday, April 16, 2011

Nightlife empresarios join forces at new trattoria

Photos of Charlie Sheen's bipolar awareness walk

Fashion & Style

Designers battle for fame, dollars at TFI New Labels

The Great Toronto Cocktail Challenge: Hime

Call & Response: Digits

Morning Brew: Doug Ford really likes Chicago, U of Guelph students get to keep their vote, hundreds of people documented at G20, TriKXY the bovine picks NHL playoff winners

Radar: Record Store Day, Tarun Nayar, Creative Heart Collective Spring Show & Sale, The Words To The Songs Of Michael Hurley, Downsview Park Earth Day Tree Planting, A Rebel With Many Causes, Sunday Sesh

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Gotta hand it to them...

The Black Angels and Suuns shine at Lee's Palace

Friday, April 15, 2011

CKLN to cease broadcasting immediately

Are heritage "view corridors" worth protecting?

A jack of all trades bike store on Bloor Street

Why can't cities get a fair shake in federal elections?

2011 running events in Toronto

The Great Toronto Cocktail Challenge: The Bullshot

Morning Brew: Jays seek compensation from G20, "ethnic costumes" protest, Bob Barker really wants to move the Toronto Zoo's elephants, and the 20 minute makeover is this afternoon

Radar: Help Japan Benefit Show, Enrico Mandirola, Hip-Hop Karaoke, Rose Marie, Trio Fibonacci

Photo of the Day

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Controlled burn creates apocalyptic scene in High Park

Changes to NextBus break apps, signal bus info coming

TNT opens 18,000 square foot Toronto store

In The Window: Sonic Boom pimps The Dears and Record Store Day

New website offers guide to strategic voting

New Parkdale gallery won't serve you potato chips

Upcoming Toronto charity events for Japan

The Great Toronto Cocktail Challenge: The Derby

Morning Brew: City to shut down 21 citizen-dominated committees and the a la carte program, Doug Ford calls Waterfront Toronto a "boondoggle," Charlie Sheen's tour hits Toronto, and the Raptors go out with a whimper

Radar: A Drummer's Dream, Extraordinary Canadians, Keep It Fresh Vol. I, Feminist Porn Awards, New Labels Fashion Show

Photo of the Day

Condo Living (St. Clair West)

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Gravy train ads spotted around Toronto

Burtynsky Oil overview both stunning and predictable

Audio & Video: new City and Colour tune, Bahamas on Daytrotter, more video from Teenage Kicks, Bravestation release 'White Wolves', Small Sins at SXSW, and The Box Tiger on Southern Souls

Crucial issues for Toronto in the 2011 Canadian Election

The 6th Annual Feminist Porn Awards

The Great Toronto Cocktail Challenge: Balsamic Lavender

Chocolate and vintage together at last

Ghost Stories haunt the Panasonic Theatre

Morning Brew: Ford fails to rally enough votes, U of T students say debate was a snoozefest, Brian Burke is sour about Leafs losing out on the playoffs, and the Lingerie Football League is coming to Toronto

Radar: The Roaring 20s, HEAR/HEAR, Woody Harrelson talks to NOW, Authors at Harbourfront Centre, OH CANA'DUH!

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Sitting on the dock of the bay...

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Toronto's waterfront might be a 2012 budget victim

Hot Ticket: Loudon Wainwright III, Canada Rocks 4 Japan, Maestro Fresh Wes, Justin Nozuka, Karl Wolf, Help Japan Benefit Concert, Modernboys Moderngirls, Make Your Exit, The Elwins, Black Lips, Vivian Girls, TV on the Radio

What graffiti artists have to say about the crackdown

The Great Toronto Cocktail Challenge: Chemical Peel

Silent Hill film set brings out Toronto photographers

Hot Docs 2011 Preview, Part 1

Where the line-up for fish 'n chips is worth the wait

Morning Brew: Cultural agencies fighting the City to retain power, it just got easier to fight some parking tickets, social media not so influential in #elxn41, study says Golden Horseshoe could handle more NHL teams

Radar: Comedy at Czehoski, Kaeja d'Dance, Vancouver Film School Cross Canada Show, Design for Toronto

Photo of the Day

Monday, April 11, 2011

Will the Annex benefit from Queen West's indie demise?

Tigits hopes to dial down the online dating creep factor

Vintage bikes and coffee meet at Dovercourt and Geary

Fashion & Style

Street Style: red blazer, leather leggings and disco fever

Where to watch avant-garde cinema in Toronto

The Great Toronto Cocktail Challenge: Petey's Mescal Muddle

It's all about cupcakes at this new Toronto bakery

This Week in Film: Kaboom, Terminator 1 & 2, Jacob's Ladder, PPP: Years Best in Feminist Film, Speed Racer, Mary Poppins, The Night of the Hunter

Morning Brew: Hundreds of union members protest Mayor Ford's policies, hot dog vendors worried about new street food plans, Year of India in Canada brings big events to Toronto, Parkdale to hold candlelight vigil honouring victims, and Raptors win

Radar: Royal Bangs, Vintage, Blackjack, Lost Myths and Other Fantasies, Jacob McArthur Mooney's "Folk," Short & Sweet, Geoff Hendry and Associates

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Creepy carnival

Sunday, April 10, 2011

Fashion & Style

Ryerson students get report cards at Mass Exodus

The photos of the week: April 4-10

Montreal furniture boutique opens showroom on Jarvis

The Great Toronto Cocktail Challenge: The Bramblish

The Neighbourhood Mixtape: Weekend Wars

This Week in Theatre: The Situationists, This Party's a Riot, Project 3/2/1, Diving Normal, The Simian Showcase

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The Mist (Toronto)

Saturday, April 9, 2011

Toronto's Top Chef contestants play a little too nice

Toro Y Moi and Chillwave take over Wrongbar

Dundas West bar has a gallery vibe

Call & Response: Abigail Lapell

The Great Toronto Cocktail Challenge: Sazerac

Morning Brew: Ford answers questions, Moshe Safdie says Toronto needs to dream bigger, paintings stolen from Yorkville gallery, Mississauga police investigating strange meat, and tastier treats coming to Toronto streets

Radar: Mike Watt & The Missingmen, Toronto Bakes for Japan, Barnyard Records CD launch with Evan Parker, Veggielicious, "Fabrications" Textile Art Show, The Go! Team, WrestleCrisis, Draft 6.5, Tiger Bar Rocks!

Photo of the Day

Friday, April 8, 2011

Should cyclists have to play by the same rules as cars?

A visual history of Queen and Bay

Low-lying fog blankets downtown Toronto (photos)

College St. restaurant makes honest, homemade food

The Great Toronto Cocktail Challenge: The Sidecar

Morning Brew: Holyday wants to restrict city councillors' expenses, the Beach Bandits are caught, Harper to unveil full platform in GTA, and would you watch a 24 hour movie at TIFF?

Radar: The Origin of the Sun, Macbeth, Mass Exodus 2011, Littlerock, The Simian Showcase

Photo of the Day

Thursday, April 7, 2011

Harbord bike repair shop offers 32-step tune-up

Rob Ford isn't very good at removing graffiti

Cycling in Toronto (a reference guide)

Spring fog rolls through Toronto

The Great Toronto Cocktail Challenge: Bloody Hound

Freedom Festival to take place at Queen's Park after all

New Thai restaurant is a Real Taste of Thailand

In The Window: Tyrannosaurus Rex, The Ugly Ducklings, King Tubbys

Morning Brew: Ootes approves the sale of 22 homes, a new CEO is hired to seek funding for Sheppard subway, Metro Hall to honour David Pecaut and Jays win over the A's

Radar: Cut Copy, Meta 2011, PS I Love You, The Wild, The Beautiful...and The Damned Part 2, Toronto Subway (a Love Story), FashionConnectTO, Battle of the Apps

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Blue skies at Filmores

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

A bike shop that does utility very well

Audio & Video: Shad collaborates after Juno win, new videos from Owen Pallet, Teenage Kicks and Meligrove Band, Jeff Tweedy and Feist live, Rude Leaves is our Indie Exclusive, City and Colour with Daniel Romano, Ron Sexsmith on Q TV

Ryerson Student Centre set to transform Yonge & Gould

Tattoo artists give time, money to Japan

A Rob Ford fashion show

New high-end barber doesn't do shaves

Morning Brew: Ford borrowed money from family firm to pay campaign expenses, Ootes to consider selling off 22 properties, Leafs officially miss playoffs, and Harper to target GTA ridings today

Radar: Lake Ontario Evenings, Sebadoh, The Ironic Icons of Comedy, Function Exhibition, Legends of Synthpop

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Between 14 and 15

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Annex bike shop a neighbourhood staple

Cults recruit new followers at the Horseshoe

The story of the "Toronto Subway" font

Hot Ticket: Nat Baldwin, Picastro, Tradition, Isla Craig, Toro y Moi, Braids, PS I Love You, Matters, Cut Copy, Holy Ghost!, Timber Timbre, Yukon Blonde, Megan Bonnell, Wye Oak, Sharon Van Etten

Is the Live Green Toronto card program a failure?

New cafe offers paleo-friendly fare and an urge to sweat

This Week in Film: Fine Totally Fine, Hot Water, Legend, Forbidden Planet, Conversations with Gregg Araki & Mysterious Skin

Morning Brew: Fluoride to stay in our tap water, Toronto teachers create news site for kids, Uncle Jesse makes Ryerson student's day, case of TB confirmed at east end school, and a love letter to Toronto

Radar: Land of Talk, Project 3/2/1, The Cave Singers & Lia Ices, Wannabe Toxic Free Film Series, Project Wildfire Launch Party

Photo of the Day

Spring Night Toronto

Monday, April 4, 2011

Introducing bike store profiles on blogTO

Will new app change the way we hail cabs?

Fashion & Style

LG Fashion Week in review (Video)

Where to grab a falafel in Kensington Market

SlutWalk Toronto takes its message to the street

Fashion & Style

Street Style: writers, CEOs, editors and a Juno winner

Photos of Toronto pillow fight day 2011

Fashion & Style

LGFW 2011 Photos and Videos: Sunny Fong, ATTITUDE Jay Manuel, Amanda Lew Kee, diepo, LINE Knitwear, OR by Angela Chen

Morning Brew: Finch commuters are angry at new transit plan, Facebook status update causes trouble for young Tory staffer, more from the Post's political panel, spring rain stirs dull roots, and Scrabble with the Stars

Radar: Short & Sweet, Jessica Lea Mayfield, NOMEANSNO, Rowers Pub Reading Series

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India's World Cup celebration in Toronto

Sunday, April 3, 2011

Rod Stewart and Stevie Nicks give heart, soul to Toronto

Reddit thread about Toronto bike shop goes very wrong

The photos of the week: March 28 - April 3

The Neighbourhood Mixtape: Soma

Consignment shopping on Ossington

This Week in Theatre: Our Class, i think i can, The Last 15 Seconds, Our Town, Lost Voices

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Randy loves Julie...

Saturday, April 2, 2011

Nostalgia Tripping: Ellesmere and Brockton

Where to go for custom tailoring, alterations in Toronto

Morning Brew: Security firm faces charges from G8 and G20, critics of Ford's transit overhaul want him to "take the summer" to rethink it, Toronto has biggest ravine network in the world, the Jays win their opener and major TTC disruptions this weekend

Radar: Standards First Anniversary Party, Shastri Maharaj, Roy Hargrove, Canadian Songwriters' Hall of Fame Gala, Crystal Castles, An Evening with Dr. Jane Goodall, Toronto Bands Together For Tsunami Relief, A thousand laughs, The Greenhornes

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Oriole at the dock

Friday, April 1, 2011

Junction the latest neighbourhood to get its own beer

The future of the Yonge Street strip

Fashion & Style

LGFW 2011 Photos and Videos: Lucian Matis, David Dixon, Sid Neigum

First signs of spring in Toronto

Cheap beer and Korean fried chicken in Markham

Fashion & Style

Street Style: British, classic, cheap, vintage and R&B

5 films to watch at the 2011 ReelWorld Film Festival

Morning Brew: Ford wants to replace the Gardiner with a tunnel, Toronto still on the hook for Transit City, Ontario's Sunshine List, NOW gets some attention, and the Leafs are hanging on

Radar: Miami Horror, Denial Art Sale, Toronto Hearts Japan, The Illusionist, Doctor Ew & Language-Arts

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