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Thursday, 20 October 2011 10:00
Toronto Improv Festival Strikes Again!
We’ve all seen televised improv folks and their pre-recorded feats of funny such as those on Whose Line is it Anyway, but there’s nothing like a real live improv show to demonstrate all the talent, timing and tribulation it takes to be an improviser. The Toronto Improv Festival, now entering its ninth year of bringing…
Thursday, 20 October 2011 10:00
"Get your free books, here!"
The International Festival of Authors pep rally at Ryerson University last Tuesday morning was a wake-up call for students. Throughout the 12-day book fest that launched this week, students can get free tickets to events. People passing by Victoria and Gould on Ryerson campus around 10am on Tuesday were handed free books, written by authors…
Thursday, 13 October 2011 10:00
Pushing the boundaries of classical music
The Toy Piano Composers are best known across the city for playfully challenging the notion that classical music is lame. These young, (mostly) U of T Music grads are typically less into writing tunes that make your toes tap, but this Saturday they're amping things up for the premier of their 4th season, Avant Guitars.…
Thursday, 13 October 2011 10:00
Global Voices speak to students
As an entrepreneur, “you have to be courageous.” Not an old line touted by a Rotman prof, that advice came from Dina Bina, African advocate of women’s economic empowerment. On the topic of Growing Economic Opportunities for Women in the Developing World she and Lalita Krishnaswami shared their stories last Thursday at the first Global…
Thursday, 13 October 2011 10:00
'American Spring' comes to Canada
This week starts what looks like will be major participation from Canadians in the growing global frustration against rampant capitalism. Participants in this movement don’t represent a sudden swelling in the ranks of Birkenstock-and-flower hippies, anti-government “black bloc” protestors, or even a resurgence of McCarthy’s communist sympathizers. What they do seem to be is comprised…
Thursday, 06 October 2011 10:00
Was it just a dream?
Sleep is for the weak – at least when the rest of the city is out exploring and experiencing live art. The fifth annual all-night art fest drew crowds Saturday, despite the wet and the cold. Here's a re-cap of the highs and lows of this year’s Nuit Blanche.
Thursday, 29 September 2011 10:00
The Clothing Show delivers fall fashion, Canada-style
This weekend, fashion junkies got their fix at the The Clothing Show. Held at The Queen Elizabeth Building at Exhibition Place, the event showed off homegrown talent plus carefully curated vintage and brand name sample sales. We scoped out the scene and chatted with exhibitors.
Thursday, 29 September 2011 10:00
What happened in the Next Room
It is an oft noted fact that the Victorians were woefully unknowledgeable about sex. Take this premise, add electrical power, and you have In the Next Room or the vibrator play. In the Next Room follows the sexually frustrated Mrs. Givings (Trish Lindström), who is married to a doctor who makes use of new electronic…
Thursday, 22 September 2011 10:00
Animal Testing
Originally billed as a debate, “Is animal testing predictive for humans?” became a lecture by Dr Ray Greek, anaesthesiologist and lecturer at the medical schools of University of Wisconsin and Thomas Jefferson University. Before the event, which took place on September 19, the organisers, Stop U of T Animal Research, extended an invitation to U…
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