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People hate the (proposed) casino // News Net

by Alan Jones May 25, 2012 -

Also: protest fallout, Office Bubbles, Rob Ford as a juggalo, The Rep trailer, and more.
Sexism sells on the CBC // Blog

by Anne T. Donahue May 25, 2012 -

In patterning with the “girl talk” sports show While The Men Watch, Hockey Night In Canada has taken an appallingly retrograde turn.
Cavalia’s horsey spectacular Odysseo // Review

by Johnnie Walker May 24, 2012 -

This highbrow Medieval Times is pure horse kitsch.
The National Theatre Of The World’s Script Tease Project bares all // Feature

by Steve Fisher May 24, 2012 -

Toronto’s premier theatrical improv troupe asks top-shelf writers to strip off a couple of pages—then reveal the rest onstage.
Berenice Abbott exhibit arrives in changing Toronto // Preview

by Barry Chong May 23, 2012 -

Urban photography exhibit creates conversation with a city going through its own transition.
TIFF to launch a touring David Cronenberg exhibition // Local Newswire

by John Semley May 23, 2012 -

Long live the new flesh, and all that.
Top Chef Canada: Episode 11 // Recap

by Wyndham Bettencourt-McCarthy May 22, 2012 -

This week: The social/ethical dangers of cooking with KD.
Reaping the rewards of low expectations since 2011 // News Net

by Elana Koren May 18, 2012 -

Rob Ford does a good thing! Also: the casino, condos, and the GIF backlash.
Busking around town with Lemon Bucket // Observations

by Alan Jones May 16, 2012 -

We trailed Toronto’s Balkan-klezmer-gypsy-punk-party-super-band around town. And met an actual clown.
Toronto Strife and why Tumblr needs to shut up // Blog

by John Semley May 15, 2012 -

How the instantly viral quick-fire jokes of Tumblr pander to our sense of community, rendering that sense frustratingly narrow in the process.

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NEWS NET: People hate the casino. Also, Rob Ford as a juggalo, and a new trailer for #TheRep (@TheRepSeries). http://t.co/R9vyQjyB
AVClubToronto at May 25, 2012 03:40 PM
The #CBC has taken an appallingly retrograde, heterosexist turn with its @WhileMenWatch partnership. http://t.co/LdLk30lo
AVClubToronto at May 25, 2012 11:20 AM
Horse-kitsch spectacular #Odysseo is like a "highbrow Medieval Times." http://t.co/Bs2uBUlX
AVClubToronto at May 24, 2012 11:20 AM
Toronto's National Theatre of the World bares all with new Scriptease Project. http://t.co/x9mon3cF
AVClubToronto at May 24, 2012 09:20 AM
RT @patrickmcguire: if mark sultan ever went to jail, the resulting "Free BBQ" guerrilla social marketing campaign would be confusingly delicious
AVClubToronto at May 23, 2012 04:27 PM
.@JeuDePaume and Ryerson Image Centre bring the photographs of Berenice Abbott to a changing Toronto @agotoronto http://t.co/aFK5F7PL
AVClubToronto at May 23, 2012 11:40 AM
.@TIFF_Net launching touring David Cronenberg exhibit this fall, including an eXistenZ-esque video game element. http://t.co/uKFUFIze
AVClubToronto at May 23, 2012 11:00 AM
Peter Gabriel is coming to Toronto, playing SO live, except in reverse. (Maybe?) http://t.co/0DBLGcvF
AVClubToronto at May 22, 2012 12:15 PM
Anyone know when World Aggrotech Day is?
AVClubToronto at May 22, 2012 11:53 AM
Hey goths! It's World Goth Day! Here's a lunch time Goth Break! http://t.co/lWUl6fLn
AVClubToronto at May 22, 2012 11:52 AM

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