Nowadays, movies like Kung Fu Panda and The Forbidden City, which have some Chinese kung fu, are really popular in Hollywood. This traditional Chinese martial art is getting more recognizable on the world stage. However,…
Raymond Chou is unlike many other exhibitors. He is not charging visitors to view his collection of 32 Shoushan stones at the Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto, and instead is taking money out of…
New Cultural Topographies, an exhibition featuring the work of various contemporary artists on some of the complexities of Canadian identity will be open to the public from Jan. 14 – Mar. 1 at the Doris…
I am lying on the roof of a shoddy shot-up building with my sniper trying to stay below the radar. Bullets are whizzing by and bombs going off everywhere. I’m waiting patiently for my next…
Yusry Mahadeva is growing a moustache (a ‘mo’) this month, and he’s not the only one. Having lost his grandfather to prostate cancer, Mahadeva, 19, is taking part in Movember, a charity event promoting the…
Artist Bill Burns is fascinated with birds. His curiosity and interest has led to the creation of his work Bird Radio, currently exhibited in the Doris McCarthy Gallery at the University of Toronto Scarborough, an…
Olga Cosburn knows the role of the teachers at a local breast cancer support group is two-fold. And one of those roles is as tough as you can find. “All of us have great teachers,…
Gypsy: The musical Gypsy, based on a book of the same name by Gypsy Rose Lee, runs Oct. 30-Nov. 15 at the Scarborough Village Theatre, 3600 Kingston Rd. Tickets are $20-$24, at 416-396-4049. More information…
The new fashion trend seems to involve some digging If you think the days of shoulder pads, high-waisted jeans and tie-dye shirts are over, think again. The earlier decades may be history to some, but…
Lalith Salgado is less than thrilled about having a propane facility so close to home. In fact, when the Scarborough U-Haul refill station shut down Aug. 21, Salgado thought it was closed for good. Little…