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Issue 56

A/City
Photos: Kourosh Keshiri

_People

Toronto’s top 16 under 16

It’s that time of year again, when we take a moment...

PHOTO: JAIME HOGGE/THE GRID

_People

Jorn Weisbrodt: Luminato luminary

As Luminato’s recently installed creative director...

PHOTOS: ERIN SEAMAN/THE GRID

_Places

I Live Next To… Leslieville’s doll house

Hundreds of dolls decorate the fence, lawn, and facade...

PHOTO: TARA WALTON/TORONTO STAR

_Politics

Is Toronto still safe?

The Eaton Centre and Yonge-Dundas Square were both...

PHOTO: ERIN SEAMAN/THE GRID

_Local News

Auction’s blocked

Dusty TVs, empty mini-bars, used bed sheets, and credenzas...

PHOTO: ERIN SEAMAN/THE GRID

_Local News

Village survival

“Now that everything’s acceptable, people can...

photo: Lucas Oleniuk/Toronto Star

_Local News

No (gender) surrender

The gaggle of politics geeks assembled last Wednesday...

PHOTO: ERIN SEAMAN/THE GRID

_Local News

Smallest change

The demise of the penny will lighten the pockets of...

PHOTO: BERNARD WEIL/TORONTO STAR

_Opinion

We the Tweeple: Mammoliti’s capital idea

With the double whammy of Luka Magnotta’s arrest...

B/Life
step1

_Food and Drink

How to build the perfect burger

   

Katherine Heigl

_Advice

Cleaning up your hot-mess act

I’m like a romantic-comedy heroine, but not in a...

ponce

_Food and Drink

The Wine Ponce: Half-bottles

From Marlborough in New Zealand’s South Island,...

photo: jennifer roberts/The Grid

_Food and Drink

Summer lovin’

When you think cocktails and The Harbord Room, one...

photos: Geoff Fitzgerald/The Grid

_Food and Drink

They’ll always have Paris

An elderly Quebecois gentleman, fresh from the Picasso...

photo: liam mogan/The Grid

_Food and Drink

What a jerk-chicken potpie!

“My inspiration comes from lots of different things...

109 OZ Straight on

_Real Estate

In the market for… A pre-construction condo

OSSINGTON: 109OZ, 109 Ossington Ave. #OSS (pictured...

Photo: Aaron Harris/Toronto Star

_Parenting

Easy as riding a bike? No way

A friend forwarded me an e-mail several months...

C/Culture
Photo: AP Photo/Adam Rountree

_Music

Patti Smith: Banga

Patti Smith has spent much of the past decade looking...

metric

_Music

Metric: Synthetica

When Metric released the official announcement about...

liarss

_Music

Liars: WIXIW

In their dozen years together, Liars have been consistently...

womack

_Music

Bobby Womack: The Bravest Man in the Universe

Rehabilitating the careers of venerable, aging (and...

hives

_Music

The Hives: Lex Hives

When The Hives arrived on the garage-rock scene in...

winters

_Music

Wintersleep: Hello Hum

The first song on Wintersleep’s new album is called...

nxne

_Music

NXNE picks by NXNE bands

If you’re trying to use the official North By Northeast...

Danko Jones

_Film

NXNE Film Festival

Some people start a band with the dream of headlining...

photo: anna-christine poujoulat/AFP/GettyImages

_Film

What do you say, Sarah Gadon?

1. She isn’t trying to turn the world on with her...

beyond the black rainbow

_Film

Beyond the Black Rainbow

Starring Eva Allan. Written and directed by Panos...

Madagascar

_Film

Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted

Starring the voices of Ben Stiller, Chris Rock. Written...

Cosmopolis

_Film

Cosmopolis

Starring Robert Pattinson, Sarah Gadon. Written by...

Adrien Brody

_Film

High School

Starring Adrien Brody. Written by Erik Linthorst,...

Prometheus

_Film

Prometheus

Starring Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender. Written...

math2

_Arts

Luminato math

Six years in, we’re still not 100 per cent certain...

Rent

_Theatre

Rent

Starring Jaclyn Herder, Aaron Sax, Graham Fleming....

2001: A Space Odyssey

_Film

The sci-fi culture wars

Considering it’s the most beloved and iconic science...

Photo: Cylla Von Tiedemann

_Arts

Kim’s Convenience

Starring Clé Bennett, Ins Choi, Esther Jun, Paul...

PHOTOS: ERIN SEAMAN/THE GRID

_Arts

Public art, on the up and up

On Monday, Hailey Shouldice, 11, stared at the half...