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Historicist: Sketching Cultural Nationalism
Every Saturday at noon, Historicist looks back at the events, places, and characters—good and bad—that have shaped Toronto into the city we know today. “Frontenac on the Way to Cataraqui, 1763″ from...
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Vintage Toronto Ads: Kipling Slept Here
The British author and poet received royal treatment while visiting Toronto a century ago.Source: Maclean's, September 1, 1986 For its mid-1980s advertising campaign, the King Eddy highlighted its...
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Remembering the Aftermath of the War of 1812
An exhibit at the Archives of Ontario examines issues of identity, diversity, and memory surrounding the historic conflict.To mark the bicentenary of the Battle of York, Heritage Toronto has organized...
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Historicist: Defending Fort York… From Ourselves
Local government wasn't always so keen on maintaining Fort York.Entrance to Fort York, August 26, 1953. City of Toronto Archives. Fonds 200, Series 372, Subseries 1, Item 1832. Today, Fort York is...
View ArticleTwin Showcases at the TIFF Bell Lightbox Herald Student Filmmakers
TIFF presents a night of films by directors who are still in high school or university.It’s entirely possible that an early work by the next Atom Egoyan or David Cronenberg will screen on Wednesday...
View ArticleOf a Monstrous Child is Caught in a Complex Romance with Lady Gaga
Alistair Newton's new play dives into the history of performance art to explain our cultural fascination with the House of Gaga.Despite the fact that the last show in Buddies in Bad Times Theatre’s...
View ArticleOff Key Comedy Aims to Fuse Stand-Up and Song
A musical-comedy showcase tries to shake the genre's lame reputation.Even with the success of acts like Lonely Island and Flight of the Conchords, people still tend to view musical comedy with some...
View ArticleOntario Bike Summit Aims to Change the Conversation on Cycling
Bike Summit organizers say that drivers and cyclists are often the same people.Eleanor McMahon thinks it’s time to change the conversation around cycling in Ontario. McMahon is the founder of the Share...
View ArticleKAMP: Horrors at the Hands of Humans
Three puppet masters portray a day in the life of Auschwitz through a detailed miniature construction of the grounds and thousands of tiny handmade puppets.When telling the story of the Holocaust, one...
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The Toronto Festival of Clowns Is Definitely Not for Kids
If you thought birthday-party clowns were terrifying, just wait until you see what this year's Toronto Festival of Clowns has to offer.Over the next few days, don’t be surprised if you see a lot of red...
View ArticleA New Film Festival Wants Your Homemade Instructional Movies
If you've always wanted to make a film about safe sex or construction safety, Trash Palace has a festival for you.Trash Palace is a back-alley basement space that screens everything from horror...
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An Interview With Carmen Choreographer Davide Bombana
A new, full-length ballet version of the classic opera debuts at the Four Seasons Centre in June. Even if you aren’t familiar with the opera Carmen, chances are you’re familiar with at least some of...
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Small Wooden Shoe’s Jacob Zimmer Talks Difficult Plays and Simple Songs
The artistic director of Small Wooden Shoe talks about his theatre company's unusual approach to audience engagement: secrecy and difficulty.One of Toronto’s theatrical highlights last year wasn’t held...
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Shakespeare Bash’d Turns to Tragedy
After two years of producing some of Shakespeare's most comedic works in barroom settings, Shakespeare Bash'd is taking on Romeo and Juliet.If the name Shakespeare Bash’d sounds familiar, it’s for good...
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Heaven Above Heaven Below Comes Out on Top
A man and a woman meet 20 years after their relationship came to a tumultuous end, and resume their fight with the help of a mini bar.The world is a shockingly small place; just being in it will...
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The Coen Brothers Are Coming to the Lightbox (Or, Their Films Are)
TIFF launches a new retrospective of the work of the film industry's most accomplished siblings.The films of Joel and Ethan Coen can be deliriously funny, wickedly macabre, and downright bizarre, often...
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Heaving Bosoms and Sharp Class Critique in After Miss Julie
A 21st-century adaptation of August Strindberg's classic drama Miss Julie amps up the frustration and simmering class tension.Toronto theatre audiences have seen a number of adaptations of Strindberg’s...
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The Guggenheim Comes to the AGO
The AGO will be the only Canadian institution to host turn-of-the-century art from New York's Guggenheim Museum. Virginia Woolf once remarked that, “On or about December 1910, human character changed.”...
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God of Carnage Doesn’t Leave a Mark
Yasmina Reza's acclaimed play about two couples caught in an angry argument over their children loses its teeth in this Off-Mirvish production.Yasmina Reza’s God of Carnage is justifiably one of the...
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See It at Least Once
Mirvish Productions brings the tour of Tony-winning Once—the musical for people who don't like musicals—to Toronto.Once upon a time, there was a film called Once. It was made for dirt cheap in 2006 by...
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