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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Toronto rooftopping gets some time in the spotlight

This Bloorcourt cafe has its own gallery

Mavis Staples brings some devotion to Koerner Hall

You kind of have to be there for Hamlet Live

Why the Eglinton LRT needs to surface: Airport edition

This week on DineSafe: 5th Element, Blarney Stone Pub, Caplansky's, Coco Rice, The Rex, Thai Basil, The Annex Live, Silver Dollar

Fashion & Style

Where to get shoes repaired in Toronto

Hot Ticket: Bry Webb, Dinosaur Bones, Iced Earth, Young Empires & recently announced concerts

Morning Brew: No lockout for now, salting our roads, Retrontario get its own website, and SIU won't reopen Nobody case

Radar: A Really Bad Play, #hatch, McLuhan, Media & Music, Hennessy Youngman's Art Thoughtz

Photo of the Day

Pedestrian Bridge Reflection

Monday, January 30, 2012

Top 10 buildings lost to fire in Toronto

Fans flock to the Garrison for Yamantaka//Sonic Titan

This Week in Rep Cinema: Best in Show, Moon Point, Elegy, The Rock, The Innkeepers

The case against Rob Ford's cancellation of Transit City

Fashion & Style

Street Style: At the 2012 AdBall

Mapping the unmappable history of Toronto

OCAD-area art store expands to the Junction

Cruel and Tender brings Egoyan back behind the stage

Morning Brew: Lawyers argue Ford lacked authority to cancel Transit City, Real Jerk seeks injunction against eviction, and take stroll along the new Don River Park

Radar: Comedy Cabaret, Lynn Crawford book signing, Elvis Monday, Seeing Sound, and Chaucer talk

Photo of the Day

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Thee Silver Mount Zion tour with Stephen Harper

Cass McCombs charms the crowd at the Garrison

Make a funny with an archival photo: Home Ec. edition

The photos of the week: January 23 - 29

The Neighbourhood Mixtape: Hey Cool Kid

This Week in Theatre: A Brimful of Asha, The Double, No Exit, FOOT, Closer

Photo of the Day

Saturday, January 28, 2012

Fashion & Style

Street Style: At IDS 2012

A brief history of the Dufferin Gate at the CNE grounds

Where to trade-in clothes on Queen West

This Week In Comedy: All Black Comedy Show, Live At The Drake, Youtube Comedians, Globehead 2012 Improv Tournament, and CAN vs. USA Comedy Clash

Morning Brew: The CNE seeks independence from the City, today is Queen's York Rangers Day, audit ordered on Mam's election expenses, Augimeri on LRT

Radar: Jake's Collection Benefit, "Girl Fight" book launch, Mavis Staples, Live At The Drake, Spoken Hurricanes & Music

Photo of the Day

Friday, January 27, 2012

Fashion & Style

5 exhibits to check out at TO DO 2012

City releases plans for separated Sherbourne bike lane

A last ride on the TTC's H4 subway before it's scrapped

CUPE accuses City of "union-busting" tactics

Fashion & Style

What's old is new again at IDS 2012

Fashion & Style

Street Style: At the Spoke Club for a coin launch

Outdoor ice skating in Toronto

The Spadina Subway Line turns 34 years old

Morning Brew: Pembina Institute takes Ford to task, TTC's H4 subway train makes last run, Pan Am Games shake-up, and the NYT on MLSE

Radar: The 8 Fest 2012 Festival, Winterlicious, Come Up To My Room 2012, Constructed View, A$AP Rocky

Photo of the Day

Fog on the Harbourfront

Thursday, January 26, 2012

Where to get your car pimped out in Toronto

Maple Leaf Gardens time capsule revealed

Tool put on one hell of a show at the ACC

Former Negroni/Carpano space gets a new lease on life

Ford sticks to his guns on underground transit plans

This Week in Film: Monsieur Lazhar, Tyrannosaur, The Grey, Moon Point, the 8 Fest, and what's new in DVD and BluRay

Penny Plain anything but ordinary

Morning Brew: Council upholds backyard chicken ban, an in-depth look at DineSafe, the cat's in the cockpit, and tracking vulgarity on Twitter

Photo of the Day

Radar: Steal This Idea!, Speakeasy Reading Series, The Epicure's Revue, Do Design 2012

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Second coming of Wavelength set to save Sunday nights

Fashion & Style

Toronto International Design Festival 2012

Where to learn Brazilian martial arts and dance

Where to play pinball in Toronto

A closer look at a crucial heritage site in Toronto

Councillors seek compromise on Toronto transit plans

Morning Brew: Ford compares colleagues to Stalin, should Toronto look to LA for transit help?, and Ontario Place revitalization stuck in limbo

Radar: Woody Allen's God (A Comedy In One Act), Tool at the ACC, Distant Cousins' New Music Night, Rikers with Lauren Malyon at The Garrison

Photo of the Day

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Robbie Burns Day Toronto 2012

A selection of vintage Toronto signs

Hot Ticket: Com Truise, Daft Punk Tribute, Dwayne Gretzky, Smith Westerns, Machine Head & recently announced concerts

West end vintage shop mixes fashion and vinyl

Parenthetical Girls outperform Los Campesinos! at Lee's

Black Oak Brewing Co. opens doors for Winter Warmer

The Priest answers Toronto's prayers with new location

This Week on DineSafe: Cafe Palma, Glow Fresh Grill, Il Fornaro, Krispy Kreme, Papa Ceo, Pi-Tom's, The Office Pub, Cake Boutique

Other People offers biting dialogue but unsure narrative

Morning Brew: Extra TTC cash likely going to Wheel Trans service, Massey Hall gets more space, and the tiny cube house sells for over $350k

Radar: No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre, Maintenance Request Form, The Lawrence Bayne Issue, Ben McKenzie, Designing a Future for Our Future

Photo of the Day

Casa Loma Stables

Monday, January 23, 2012

The art of street puddle photography

Little Italy gets another second-hand bookshop

Fashion & Style

Where to learn how to silkscreen in Toronto

This Week in Rep Cinema: The Graduate, Babette's Feast, Dr. Strangelove, Valley Girl, Solaris

Stintz backs surface LRT for portions of Eglinton line

Get to know a barista: Derek Johnston of Dark Horse 3

Leslieville juice bar reopens once again

Anamanaguchi gets 'em animated at Wrongbar

Morning Brew: Zip-lines coming to Earl Bales Park?, BlackBerry CEOs step down, tough times for Toronto sports teams, and the weekend roundup

Radar: John Samson at Type Books, USSA's Feminist Porn Symposium and Screening Series, Jane Bunnett, Lunarfest 2012

Photo of the Day

Sunday, January 22, 2012

Wale watching at the Phoenix

Make a funny with an archival photo

This Week in Comedy: Sketchersons' SNL feat. Andy Kindler, Andrew Johnston, Laughable, Jim McNally feat. Jeff Leeson, and Superstars of Comedy

Pissed Jeans put the Sneaky Dee's crowd into a frenzy

The photos of the week: January 16 - 22

The Neighbourhood Mixtape: Let the Golden Age Begin

This Week in Theatre: Caroline, or Change, The Penelopiad, Cruel and Tender, Red Snow, Hamlet Live

Photo of the Day

After the Snowfall

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Inside the former Big Bop at Queen & Bathurst

New lecture series an exercise in lubricated learning

Toronto through the lens of Jeremy Kai

Call & Response: The Holiday Crowd

Morning Brew: Union Station to be next gem in city skyline, Mammoliti suggests cutting council in half, and a course on TTC station design

Radar: Opera Scenesters, Haptic Exchanges, Dragnet Mag Issue Four, Uber-SWAP, Los Campesinos!, Dylan Hennessy, Sunday Scene with Rosemary Donegan

Photo of the Day

Call and Response

Friday, January 20, 2012

Fashion & Style

Designers prep massive entrance installation for IDS 12

Cold War sci-fi series kicks up a storm at the Lightbox

Revisiting the Urban Design Streetscape Manual

Hogtown Brewers enter the Toronto craft beer fray

Proof that Toronto real estate has gone off the rails?

Much-loved Leslieville coffee shop moves north

The Golden Dragon a rare delicacy

Morning Brew: Toronto has fastest growing economy in Canada, Ontario police watchdog says officers should be charged in Nobody case, LGBTQ club at U of T engineering launches ad campaign, occupiers served with eviction notice, Leafs win over Wild

Radar: Penny Plain, Wale, Stray Birds Release Party, A Refusal of Images, James and Blackburn, Rebel Rebel, The Abbreviations

Photo of the Day

Under the Gardiner

Thursday, January 19, 2012

A lesson in heritage neglect at Church & Wellesley

6 unconventional sports to play in Toronto

What Yonge Street looked like in the 1950s

City of Toronto labour disruption could start February 5

How to sell a car in Toronto

The Liberty Project flaunts Toronto's photographic talent

This Week in Film: A Separation, Haywire, LIFT 30th Anniversary, Blinding, Black Orpheus, and what's new in DVD and BluRay

Where to get sushi north of Sheppard

Morning Brew: Stintz wants to put extra TTC cash towards new streetcars, Colle says a consensus made him the front man, see what the TRL might have looked like, CUPE launches ad campaign, Raptors lose sixth-straight, and how healthy is Toronto?

Radar: The City Limits, Unfinished Spaces, Flavio Trevisan, Test The Impossible Launch, beekeeper, Danger Bees and Convoys

Photo of the Day

Alone in the Fog

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Fashion & Style

This Week in Fashion: Have dinner with the Bustles, new vintage clothing/vinyl store on College, Afrotropolis Wanderland is coming, and who will sponsor LGFW this season?

Where to find vintage Dior and Gaultier on Queen West

Lifting off at an aerial yoga class

New restaurant & cocktail bar already an Ossington fave

The Mandoccino at the Slow Room

Amended 2012 Toronto budget a blow to Ford's agenda

Morning Brew: Ford's budget takes a bit of a beating, customer told to leave Planet Earth by Toronto dance studio, the TPL gets some good news, Paulina Gretzky to start music career in Toronto, Leafs lose to the still-annoying Senators

Radar: Rivers Forgotten book launch, A World of Shorts, Christian Holstad, Bill Brown's 1-2-3 Slam Toronto

Photo of the Day

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Chef Lynn Crawford cooks feast for launch of new book

5 places to eat a traditional Irish breakfast in Toronto

Listening in on the Toronto Sound Map

A lesson in heritage restoration at Queen & Bathurst

This Week on DineSafe: Coffee Lime, Gold Stone Noodle, Green Beanery, India Palace, Marche, Pho Orchid, Sandwich Box, Sunrise House

Hot Ticket: Dada Life, Pissed Jeans, Los Campesinos!, Ghost, Ancient VVisdom, JJ Grey & Mofro

Bedlam Pillow Fight Revue in full swing at Lee's Palace

Morning Brew: Provincial government is open to the idea of a Toronto casino, budget meetings set to begin, colour coding the city's hydrants, downward dog at the AGO, Ford's weight loss website gets some interesting donors, and Raptors lose fifth-straight

Radar: Pierre Leguillon and Annie MacDonell, Lyrical Form in Films, Descant 155 Launch, Forum on a National Transit Strategy

Photo of the Day

Monday, January 16, 2012

The Real Jerk stages mini-protest over closure

A dim sum standout in Chinatown

On the art of tipping at Toronto restaurants

City of Toronto responds to CUPE 416 wage-freeze offer

Get to know a bartender: Tommie Cheng of Cocktail Bar

A brief history of the Margaret Eaton school in Toronto

Surrey streetwear brand opens store in Bloordale

This Week in Rep Cinema: The Swell Season, World of Shorts (Past Perfect), The Dead, Stalker, The Orphanage

Morning Brew: Rob Ford hits the scale today, final budget meeting looms, Toronto should promote itself like the Big Apple, local restaurants look to up the standard tip, the weekend roundup

Radar: Media Mondays, Print Generation, Shoeless Mondays, Poetry Reading with Lillian Necakov and Jim Smith, Toronto Blues Society Maple Blues Awards

Photo of the Day

Plastic Factory Sunset

Sunday, January 15, 2012

Rich Aucoin gets celebratory at the Drake Underground

The photos of the week: January 9 - 15

This Week in Theatre: Other People, Penny Plain, Cabaret, The Golden Dragon, Kim's Convenience

The Neighbourhood Mixtape: Always in Season

Photo of the Day

Saturday, January 14, 2012

Toronto through the lens of Patrick Cummins

Elk keep it tight and fast at the Central

This Week in Comedy: LOL Humans, Adam Christie, John Hastings feat. Dylan Gott & Garrett Jamieson, Andy Kindler, Things Girls Really Say, and Brendan McKeigan feat. Deanne Smith

Call & Response: Rae Spoon

Morning Brew: Ford may be asked to testify under oath at audit, LCBO prices increase, TTC driver under investigation for eating chocolate bar on the job, Mammoliti thinks casino could be jackpot for the city, and the Leafs lose

Radar: Pin Ups & Pompadours, Electric Dream, True Stories, Made Up Plays, After The End, Music & Truffles, Ed Hanley Tabla Solo Concert, Draft 7.3, The Woody Allens, The Gracious Collective, and DMB

Photo of the Day

Friday, January 13, 2012

No crybabies allowed at Met You On Livejournal

Toronto literary types write open letter against library cuts

Get to know a DJ: Denise Benson

CUPE Local 416 offers three year wage freeze

The 2011 photos of the year: Final Round

Yorkville veteran turns clothes shop into cafe

The Blue Dragon mixes stagecraft and surprise

Morning Brew: Del Grande has choice words for social programs, McGuinty wants to pump you up, pillow fights hit the city, and are the Leafs set to play in the 2013 Winter Classic?

Radar: Fright Nights: Black Eve and The Devil Walks Among You, Cabaret, MUSI Presents, After The End Opening Reception, Cultures of Resistance

Photo of the Day

Cherry Beach Fog

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Waterfront Toronto releases 2015 Pan Am Games plans

Caveman play hungry but walk stiff at the Horseshoe

Labour disruption looms for City of Toronto

Toronto, then and now (1876-present)

This Week in Film: A Dangerous Method, Pariah, The Iron Lady, La Boheme, Print Generation, Jack Chambers shorts, and what's new on DVD and Blu-Ray

Best of Toronto

The Best New Restaurants in Toronto, 2011

Get to know a barista: Aerin Fogel of Mercury Espresso

New short film series debuts at the NFB Mediatheque

Queen West shoe store reopens after water damage

Morning Brew: Rob Ford threatened by his sister's boyfriend, Can more TTC bus routes be saved from budget cuts?, 2011 was the busiest year for city libraries, more on Transit City, study says Toronto lags behind in arts funding, and the Raptors lose

Radar: Civil Servant Tactics, Inside Out Presents Pariah, Quique Escamilla Band CBC Radio Live Recording and EP Release, Red Snow, Portraits of Actors

Photo of the Day

Flying Under the Radar

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Where to get hand-forged Japanese knives in Toronto

Fashion & Style

This Week in Fashion: A clothing swap with a biker gang, CB2 set to open at Queen & Bathurst, make your own belt with Brave Leather, and more retail buzz

On the state of the TTC and future of transit in Toronto

Best of Toronto

The Best New Cheap Eats in Toronto, 2011

Why I just don't get Toronto Maple Leafs fans

Get to know a bartender: Frankie Solarik of BarChef

Eglinton shoe store feels like Madison Avenue

Morning Brew: Councillors working to save library hours now (thanks Peggy), construction on tunnel to Billy Bishop to start next month, Rob and Doug Ford launch weight loss campaign, Drake called 'Canada Dry,' and Leafs win fourth straight

Radar: Caveman, Hospitality, Volcano Playground, Canada Vignettes (A Love Story), PWYC Weds at Rancho Relaxo, Wild Culture New Vaudeville, Ben Sidran at Hugh's Room

Photo of the Day

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

A new entrant into the gourmet grilled cheese fray

The Toronto photographs of Arthur Goss

These Glory Holes are what creams are made of

Best of Toronto

The Best New Bakeries in Toronto, 2011

Bloor West Village gets a new upscale pub

Hot Ticket: Caveman, Hospitality, Volcano Playground, Plastic Plates, Buraka Som Sistema, Teenage Head, and The Fray

This Week on DineSafe: Brass Taps, Manchu Wok, Ooh La La, Roncy's Bean, Sarah's Shawarma, Souvlaki Express, Swiss Chalet, The Court Jester

Morning Brew: Budget Committee votes for more library cuts, Karen Stintz does the Undercover Boss thing, the city's new and old gambling dens, Pages is now a condo sales centre, GO fares are going up, and Craig Scott takes Toronto-Danforth for the NDP

Radar: The Penelopiad, The Documentary Work of Louie Palu, Renzo Martens Screening and Artist Talk, Chinese Traditions Then and Now

Photo of the Day

Fire in the West End

Monday, January 9, 2012

What happens after dark at TYPE Books in Toronto

The Real Jerk heads for the deadpool

Get to know a bartender: Anna May of the Ossington

New pizza joint takes over for John's Classic on College

Best of Toronto

The Best New Fashion Stores in Toronto, 2011

Photos of the 2012 Toronto No Pants Subway Ride

Fashion & Style

Street Style: A sunny weekend in Kensington Market

This Week in Rep Cinema: Starbuck, The Skin I Live In, Fish Tank, Super Punch Saturday, La Boheme

Morning Brew: Health professionals warn against budget cutbacks, Toronto police want you to "pocket and lock it," artists love Rob Ford's face, the Leafs enter the second half, and the weekend roundup

Radar: Reframe the Pap, Trampoline Hall, Laughable At Unlovable!, Renzo Martens' Episode III

Photo of the Day

Like a bird on a wire

Sunday, January 8, 2012

Astral's info-less pillars given a makeshift makeover

The photos of the week: January 2 - 8

The Neighbourhood Mixtape: We Were The Lights

This Week in Theatre: The Golden Dragon, The Next Stage Festival, Kim's Convenience, The Blue Dragon, The Penelopiad

Photo of the Day

Cherry Beach Sunrise

Saturday, January 7, 2012

Massive Mississauga gym a top spot for MMA

#CodeRedTO prepares to fight for a rational transit plan

Shot of Art: Empire State of mind

This Week In Comedy: Laughable at Unlovable feat. Scott Thompson, Evan Carter (feat. Jordan Chyzowski), West End Girls feat. Dawn Whitwell, Rap Battlezz, and Tom Green

Morning Brew: Mapping the city's heart health by neighbourhood, NFB project gets airtime in the subway, Sue-Ann Levy is a hero (in her own mind), you can thank Toronto for frozen food, more on the TTC's new ad campaign

Radar: Wavelength 532, Soul Clap, Global Changemaker Open House, DJ medicineman, Sunday Scene, WrestleCrisis 3D, The Sunday Sessions, Muskox

Photo of the Day

Friday, January 6, 2012

Why it might make sense to license cyclists in Toronto

What do you think of the TTC's new ad campaign?

Best of Toronto

The Best New Brunch Restaurants in Toronto, 2011

Fashion & Style

Street Style: A coat parade at the Eaton Centre

The history of the long lost Cyclorama building in Toronto

The 2011 photos of the year: Round 4

Morning Brew: Excess property tax revenue might save student nutrition programs, recycling can still be confusing, don't spit on TTC employees, the No Pants Subway Ride returns, and Leafs shutout Jets

Radar: Toronto Strip Spelling Bee, Take My Breath Away, Most People, Old English, Echo Echo, ElektroTank, Jeff Dywelska, catch23 Battle of the Bands

Photo of the Day

Thursday, January 5, 2012

5 reasons why licensing cyclists in Toronto is a bad idea

Queen Street Market still awaits renewal as the Grove

Jarvis bike lane removal costs revealed by Toronto Cyclists Union

2011 budgetary surplus expected to reach $154 million

This Week in Film: The Devil Inside, Players, Canada's Top Ten, and what's new on DVD and Blu-ray

Best of Toronto

The Best New Bars in Toronto, 2011

What butcher shops used to look like in Toronto

Rob Ford Opera bridges art and politics

Morning Brew: Licensing cyclists back under discussion, city to review free parking passes for councillors, behind the scenes at Roy Thomson Hall and the Flatiron Building, SkyDome architect Rod Robbie is dead, and Raptors win

Radar: Face the World Global Paint Party, Loving the Stranger or How To Recognize An Invert, The Last Five Years, Dans le ventre du Moulin (The Image Mill Revealed), Rust Bel Lights, Thirtyseven and Bathurst

Photo of the Day

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Jeff Harris enters year 14 of his self-portrait project

Dragon Lady Comics set to enter the deadpool

Public Works Committee approves $150 fine for illegal rush hour parking

Google Street View goes topsy turvy

Best of Toronto

The Best New Design Stores in Toronto, 2011

Get to know a Barista: Liam Bradford at Crema Coffee

Morning Brew: Libraries to likely shut down during possible lockout, inside Captain John's, what's up with the Star's ads?, Rob Ford Opera on the way, and the Leafs win

Radar: Kathy Greenwood Q&A, Tiki Bikini Beach Paradise Party A Go-Go, Four Wings and a Prayer, "3" Group Exhibition

Photo of the Day

King Street North

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Bad news greets Toronto bookstores in 2012

Best of Toronto

The Best New Cafes in Toronto, 2011

This Week in Rep Cinema: LOTR Trilogy, The Inheritors, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Finding Fidel

Hot Ticket: Rattlesnake Choir, New Country Rehab, The Pining, The Creepshow, Graydon James and the Young Novelists, Maladies of Adam Stokes, Lowlands, Marc Rizzo, Royce da 5'9"

What should the Air Rail Link to Pearson Cost?

The not so fabulous history of the Roller Boat in Toronto

This week on DineSafe: Ali Baba's, Bar Burrito, Bloor Jane Restaurant, Bryden's, Greek Gourmet, Hue's Kitchen, Pita Mio

The top 10 Toronto news stories from 2011

Morning Brew: Protesters crash City's New Year's Levee, 2012 resolutions for local personalities, bookbinding is not a dying art, it's kind of chilly today, and the Raps top the Nicks

Radar: Images Of Our Professional Photographers, Natural Law and Creem, Short Form Richards, Nu Music Nite at the Horseshoe Tavern

Photo of the Day

Monday, January 2, 2012

Photos of the 2012 Polar Bear Dip

Where Hoggs Hollow locals dine out

Morning Brew: The Eglinton Crosstown is Canada's most expensive infrastructure project, brave souls take the polar bear plunge, pinhole camera project reveals dreamy skyline, riding the Blue Night, Raps lose again

Photo of the Day

Dufferin Street Bridge

Sunday, January 1, 2012

The top 20 most viewed posts of 2011

The photos of the week: December 26 - January 1

Next Stage Theatre Festival Preview, 2012

New Year's Day events in Toronto, 2012

What's open and closed on New Year's Day in Toronto 2012

Photo of the Day

New Year's Mist

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