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Issue 58

A/City
PHOTOS: ERIN SEAMAN/THE GRID

_Places

What Goes on in There?: The Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives

Founded in 1973, the world’s second-largest repository...

condom

_Sexuality

Bespoke condoms

If you casually peruse the condom aisle of your local...

PHOTO: KEITH BEATY/TORONTO STAR

_Politics

That sucking sound? It’s a leadership vacuum

Last week, municipal-politics news in Toronto was...

from BBS upload

_Places

Graphic Content: Factory history

PHOTO: Evan Agostini/AP

_Local News

Another Beck tour

As a sleek black limo pulled up to the curb outside...

James Sears

_Local News

Lover’s defence

On Friday afternoon, Pavlik Shkolnik, a.k.a “Pavel...

PHOTO: GIORDANO CIAMPINI/THE GRID

_Local News

Our code is bigger than your code

This past sweltering Saturday, on the football field...

PHOTO: GIORDANO CIAMPINI/THE GRID

_Local News

Bloom and doom

James Joyce’s Ulysses is widely considered one of...

B/Life
Ask an Expert

_Real Estate

Ask an Expert: Ben Rabidoux, analyst and strategist, M Hanson Advisors

M Hanson is a U.S. mortgage-and-credit research firm...

Dude, where's my pension plan?

_Finance

Debunking the myth of the lazy, entitled Gen-Y employee

Generation Y, or Millennials—individuals born between...

Photo: Keith Beaty/Toronto Star

_Fashion

Summer trend: Waxing poetic

Don’t be surprised if the city seems a lot less...

Cheryl Strayed

_Advice

Creature discomforts

I love stories about overcoming fears, but I can’...

photos: Geoff Fitzgerald/The Grid

_Food and Drink

Fixing fusion confusion

“Hmm,” hums Lilian Ow, staring intently at a photo...

ponce

_Food and Drink

The Wine Ponce: Grilled seafood

From northeast Portugal, Vinho Verde translates to...

photo: Jay Shuster/The Grid

_Food and Drink

Number one with a bullet

Japhet Bower is a patient guy. Ever since the hotel...

photos: Aristea Rizakos/The Grid

_Food and Drink

Gas, gum, and Sri Lankan curry?

They plan on using the space for vintage-car rallies...

Photos: Angela Lewis/The Grid

_Fashion

How to sneak up to a rooftop pool

Click here for a close-up view of our rooftop pool...

C/Culture
strangers

_Music

A Place to Bury Strangers: Worship

Brooklyn trio A Place to Bury Strangers are scientists...

flaming

_Music

The Flaming Lips: The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends

This year’s most coveted Record Store Day release...

justin bieber

_Music

Justin Bieber: Believe

On Believe’s closing track, “Maria,” a spastic...

waka

_Music

Waka Flocka Flame: Triple F Life: Friends, Fans & Family

When Waka Flocka Flame released Flockaveli in 2010...

photo: Rene Johnston/Toronto Star

_Film

Cinema al fresco

A new mainstay of the Toronto summer, the outdoor...

Brave

_Film

Brave

Starring the voices of Kelly Macdonald, Emma Thompson...

Reel Injun

_Film

First Peoples Cinema

It’s appropriate that TIFF Bell Lightbox’s massive...

jazz 2

_Music

Jazz the world turns

Once again, the TD Toronto Jazz Fest’s lineup offers...

Your Sister

_Film

Your Sister’s Sister

Starring Emily Blunt, Mark Duplass. Written and directed...

5 Broken Cameras

_Film

5 Broken Cameras

Directed by Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi. 14A. 90 min...

Alps

_Film

Alps

Starring Ariane Labed. Written by Yorgos Lanthimos...

Destroyer

_Music

What do you say, Destroyer?

Dan Bejar has recorded power-pop with The New Pornographers...

The Boss

_Film

The Boss

Starring Carlos Hurtado. Written and directed by Jaime...

Classy Lady

_Theatre

Classy Lady

Written and performed by Sandra Battaglini. Directed...

newsroom

_Television

Soapbox opera

In the opening scenes of Aaron Sorkin’s latest opus...