Whether it's because of the Toronto Cyclists Union, or the Pee-wee event, or the Gardiner ride, or the Igor bust, or something else entirely, this is the year that biking in Toronto has become a part of the mainstream conversation. ...more
It seems that the newest attraction at Toronto’s ever-changing intersection of Yonge and Dundas is the intersection itself. ...more
Toronto’s Transit City plan inches closer to reality in certain parts of the city ...more
Tomorrow (Aug. 27) is a day that local film buffs have been waiting a long time for — specifically, since Feb. 20 of this year, when the Queen West branch of Suspect Video burned to the ground during last winter's horrible fire. As reported in EYE WEEKLY shortly after the blaze, store manager Daniel Hanna was already hard at work at planning a new "video and culture" shop even before the last embers on Queen Street had died out, and after six months, the hard work has paid off: as ... read more
Buskers are a hard group to peg down. They fall somewhere between artist and circus performer, with a little panhandler added to the mix. Acts come in all sorts,but you have to be pretty damn entertaining if you want your audience to dig deep for the change in their pockets. And when it’s good, it’s very very entertaining. Enter BuskerFest, a yearly celebration that brings top-shelf street theatre from around the world to Front Street. Toronto Notes took in the closing night gala performance and... read more
The social world of Toronto media is boring, a kind of insidious boring that has consequences. ...more