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September 6th-16th Toronto International Film Festival @ various locations. Complete list of screenings and events online. September 14th-16th Queen West Art Crawl @ Queen from Bathurst to Roncesvalles. Queen West Art Crawl celebrates and cultivate the unique character, diversity and ethos of Parkdale and Queen West – a natural habitat for individual artists, arts organizations, artist run centres… Read More »

July 14th-15th Pop-Up Shop @ The Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen St. W. Featuring 442 McAdam (Sarah Shell’s handbag collections for men and women), photography by Erin Simkin from her travels around the world, and a selection of vintage designer optical frames including Dior and Courege! Runs 10 am to 8 pm both days.

Female comedy is alive and well in Toronto. Proof? Chicka Boom, the all-female comedy show that happens on the last Sunday of each month at Free Times Café. Organized by comedians Jess Beaulieu and Laura Bailey, the show includes everything from comedy to dance to musical theatre, all performed by hilarious ladies. Read on as… Read More »

February 11th-12th A Vintage Pop Up: Hearts On Fire @ 666 Queen St. E. (Munro & Queen). Presented by The Cat & Fox Vintage Collective. Women’s and men’s vintage clothing and accessories + art, antiques, and homemade goodies! Sale runs Saturday from 10 am to 7 pm and Sunday from 10 am to 5 pm.

Last week, we gave you a heads up about the very first “What We Talk About” event, the new monthly lecture series at No One Writes to the Colonel. Now, please allow us a chance to rant and rave about how awesome it was. More user-friendly than a poetry slam, a little more academic than an open… Read More »

In August, Alicia Merchant, one of the creators of the Raconteurs storytelling series (formerly MothUP Toronto) thought up a new project: a more curated take on the concept of sharing ideas. She pitched her plan for a lecture series to pal and book club leader extraordinaire Peter Merriman, and What We Talk About was born.