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5 Days to the Mauist Revolution
This week marks the countdown to next weekend’s opening of the much-anticipated and much-debated Massive Change exhibit at the AGO. Everyone has criticized Mau’s bizarrely utopian and woolly optimism....
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Artists Only
Yesterday afternoon, in between alernating spurts of sunshine and rain, TOist ducked into Brassaii hoping to catch a glimpse of the Contact Photo exhibition and, especially, everybody’s favourite...
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Contact: Art on the Streets
One of the surprising things about Contact, the month-long photo festival that has invaded Toronto galleries this month is the sheer amount of work shown outside of galleries. For a month, bars,...
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Towards a “Disposable Workforce?”
It certainly seems to be the summer of strike. Be it the avoidance of strike with last minute backroom dealings or the injunctions against hydro workers to stop blocking entry to the gates of power,...
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The Revolution Begins on Queen Street West?
A Torontoist reader passed this photo of Mao on a Queen Street West transit shelter on to us. He writes on his flickr site: On first glance, I thought this was an ad. But on closer inspection,...
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Vintage Toronto Ad: Shoulders by the Grange
To borrow a line from an old Saturday Night Live parody of Talking Heads frontman David Byrne’s fashion sense, you may ask yourself “why such a big suit?” Village by the Grange opened on McCaul St in...
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Musicologist: March 10–16
Torontoist is ahead of the game for previewing some of the best music choices this week (Queen West fire benefit, Forest City Lovers’ CD release) but Musicologist will give you one more...
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Urban Planner: October 29, 2008
FILM: Give yourself something more exciting to contribute in the Starbucks lineup tomorrow than your ruminations on the latest episode of Gossip Girl, and check out Trouble the Water at the opening of...
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IFOA XXX: October 24
Every morning during the International Festival of Authors we’ll be previewing the day’s events and making our picks for the ones that seem most promising. David Byrne on two wheels. Illustration by...
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David Byrne and Cory Doctorow Explain Music and the Internet
A chat between the two men as part of Authors at Harbourfront Centre was funny, educational, and wide-ranging.David Byrne and Cory Doctorow are smart, well-dressed. Photo courtesy Readings.org. Authors...
View ArticleDavid Byrne Brings Colour to Luminato
The revered Talking Heads frontman wrings high art from the high school football field. Contemporary Color – Luminato 2015 from 8 String Media on Vimeo. Leave it to the legendary experimenter, David...
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