posted Friday, March 24, 2017
Salah Bachir has been appointed as the Chancellor of OCAD University, effective June 1, 2017. A successful entrepreneur, Bachir began his career in publishing, and is currently president of Cineplex Media. An avid art collector, Bachir’s diverse collection features many works by Canadian artists and as a patron of the arts, he has supported numerous […]
posted Thursday, March 23, 2017
Twiz & Tuck is an immersive docu-series following two best friends, on a bachelor party road trip to end all road trips, all told through the lens of being transgender and gender fluid. Contemplating their personal backstories along the way, as well as visiting places from their pre-transition past, Twiz and Tuck embark on a […]
posted Thursday, March 23, 2017
Bravely bearing witness to human rights violations worldwide, the documentary and fiction features at the annual Human Rights Watch Film Festival tell extraordinary stories of struggle, survival, and hope. The festival presents documentary feature films from Afghanistan, Canada, China, Egypt, France, the United States, Hong Kong, Lebanon, Syria, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. […]
posted Thursday, February 16, 2017
The Walk & Monument of Heroes is a visual and interactive landmark located in Toronto and designed to cultivate a public understanding of the accomplishments by many in the LGBTQ community. It is a reminder that Toronto, and Ontario as a whole, is and continues to be a city and province of many “firsts” in […]
posted Wednesday, February 1, 2017
I was only nine years old when I came face to face with a ‘racist’. The sad thing about this encounter was not only what was happening to me, but the other person, who had no idea that they were actually inciting racial hatred. That person was another nine year old girl. I remember the day like […]
posted Monday, January 30, 2017
The Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, whose film THE SALESMAN is nominated for an Academy Award for best foreign-language movie, said on Sunday to the New York Times that he would not attend the Oscars ceremony next month even if he were granted an exception to President Trump’s visa ban for citizens from Iran and […]
posted Thursday, January 19, 2017
It was reported on January 12th that Superstar DJ Keoki has been arrested for drug possession stemming from an incident where NBC producer Thomas Felty was found dead a few weeks back in a New York City apartment. Keoki is still reportedly in jail, and while friend Patrick Walsh was also charged with the same […]
posted Wednesday, January 18, 2017
It’s officially 2017, and while most of us are excited about the “new year, new me” narrative, I can’t help but notice how current global affairs are emulating the Star Wars movie franchise in a “same old mistakes” kind of way. Star Wars and its chronicles seem so paralleled to our own universe, it’s as […]
posted Friday, January 13, 2017
A once shocking 1962 LP of love songs… by men, for men. A long lost treasure featuring the cool & sophisticated vocals of Gene Howard and a cast of prime studio jazz musicians, performing a set of standards sung to a male suitor. Ahead of its time in every way. Reissued for the first time […]
posted Thursday, January 5, 2017
Glad Day Books, Toronto’s longest-running bookstore and always an awesome place to drop around and visit, has turned overnight into one of the hottest places to hang out in all of Toronto. With an espresso machine, many metres of red granite bar surface, talented bartenders, bright new tiles with neon pink grout, tables with a […]
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