Category: Culture

The Overnight at Open Roof

Toronto was blessed on the second night of the Open Roof Festival, with top notch weather, a full house and a superb comedy, The Overnight. The film itself was particularly enjoyable, perhaps because it wasn’t so outrageously implausible, but could…

When the Basement brought that bass

On the fifth night of the Luminato Festival I went down to see Jason Collett’s Basement Revue with my Plus One, completely unsure of what to expect. They delivered what was promised, and kept it a mystery to the last…

Toronto sky behave, for it’s Open Roof time…

Open Roof Festival kicks off tonight, returning for its sixth summer in Toronto and ready to delight audiences with some al fresco entertainment. Be prepared for a suite of flicks of a wide range of genres including documentary, sci fi and…

TO indulges in some conscious shopping

Last weekend The Toronto Fair Trade Show hosted their second event at 2nd Floor Events on the bustling hub of King and Spadina. Vendors with ready-made-wares carefully sourced from all over the globe were generous about telling the stories behind…

Monday’s just got really awesome at the Royal Cinema

Would you spend a Monday evening queuing up outside one of Toronto’s most beloved cinemas for a free advanced screening of a Sundance winner? I did, with absolutely no regrets. The second instalment of NOW’s Free Flick Mondays happened last night at…