If Bono comes over for dinner and stays his welcome, there’s an easy way to get him to leave. Turn up the speakers and blow up the U2. Your guest in the black leather and enclosed fly shadows will look like Usain Bolt as he … Read More

It’s rare for recording studios to reach the half-century mark of existence, but when the clock struck midnight on January 1, Toronto’s Kensington Sound hit that milestone. It has not been easy, says studio musician owner Vezi Tayyeb, who launched his Kensington Market business in … Read More

Like so many people in the publishing industry, Nita Prose has always had in mind that she might one day turn her hand to write a novel. She has always written, and as part of her role in the publication, she had been a ghostwriter, … Read More

The artist, who is without a doubt the world’s most famous female painter, receives the immersive treatment in Toronto. “Frida: Immersive Dream” will highlight the life and work of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo at an exhibition opening next March. Svetlana Dvoretsky, co-founder of producer Lighthouse … Read More

For what was potentially its penultimate performance ever in Canada, Genesis turned it on again for the Toronto audience for the first of two shows at the Scotiabank Arena on Thursday night. It was a bittersweet event. On the one hand, the core trio of … Read More

Two powerful opera companies in Toronto have joined forces for the first time to produce a radical reinterpretation of a classical work. Against the Grain Theater (AtG), the upcoming indie opera collective behind last season’s acclaimed “Messiah / Complex,” has partnered with the venerable Canadian … Read More

Finally, we can let the cat out of the bag: The groundbreaking singer and songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie has lived with Anderson Cooper… for two and a half years! While the star is excited to scoop TMZ on some social significance, we should be quick to … Read More

This was not a good week for anyone hoping to cancel Dave Chappelle. Not unless the master plan includes seeing him get a Grammy nomination, which is what happened on Tuesday. Chappelle is a nominee in the Best Spoken Word Album category for last year’s … Read More

Finally, we can let the cat out of the bag: The groundbreaking singer and songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie has lived with Anderson Cooper… for two and a half years! While the star is excited to scoop TMZ on some social significance, we should be quick to … Read More

Omar El Akkad has walked away with a $ 100,000 check after being named the winner of the 2021 Scotiabank Giller Award for their book “What Strange Paradise.” The announcement was made at a gala event at the Toronto Park Hyatt hotel on Monday night. … Read More