Old School Jazz
It’s raining on a gloomy Friday morning and you’d expect most high school students to be pulling themselves out of bed, barely awake and unkempt after a night’s sleep. But 22 musically talented students from…
Arts & Life
FAT makes a fashion statement
The atmosphere in the Fermenting Cellar in the Distillery District was something out of a zombie movie. Women in eight-inch platform shoes wearing corsets and heavy make-up, men in masks and groups of people thrashing…
Toronto’s fashion week about more than just art
International media have come to Toronto to get a look at Canada’s fashion talent. Toronto played host to L’Oreal Fashion Week in Nathan Phillips Square from Mar. 17 to Mar. 22. This year, both local…
Artists explore myths: South Asian culture brings a powerful message to the DMG
Views of the Iraq war, American images in a south Asian style and work representing a full diaspora highlight a new exhibition at the Dores McCarthy Gallery this month.
Arts Briefs
An afternoon delight The Cathedral Bluffs Philharmonic Orchestra presents piano soloist Robert Hovath. A special matinee performance will take place at 2 p.m., April 20 at the P.C. Ho Theatre, 5183-5193 Sheppard Ave. E. To…
Filmmaking offers hope
This year the second annual Young Filmmaker Development Workshop has given a group of east end students an opportunity to direct and showcase a series of their own experimental short films.
Science takes motherhood into the golden years
On Dec. 29, 2006, the BBC broke the story on a 66-year-old women successfully giving birth to twin boys in Barcelona, Spain making her the oldest known birth mother in the world. Identified later as…
Romantic comedy brings the community together
Mike Woodbridge calls the Scarborough Village Theatre home. He is a local resident and the director of the Jack Sharkey play I Take This Man, which is running now until April 12 at the Scarborough…
TIFF times: Festival helps nourish Canadian filmmakers
Movie-goers will see a rare site this weekend, as Canadian films will dominate two downtown Toronto theatres. Now in its fifth year, the Canadian Film Fest provides Canadian filmmakers a rare chance to have their…
‘Phishing’ for trouble: Online fraudsters using sophisticated bait
Online fraud is increasing as fraudsters are continuing to use sophisticated ways to hack into customer bank accounts by sending an e mail, this phenomenon is known as phishing. March is Fraud Prevention Month and…