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Issue 59

A/City
Big Freedia

_Sexuality

The 2012 Pride Guide

The Drake kicks off its Pride celebration with a little...

ILLUSTRATION: DANIEL STOLLE/THE GRID

_People

Force of Will

As I write this, it is two years and a month, to the...

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_People

Alan Dudeck: Gun-control advocate

Four years ago this month, Oliver Martin and Dylan...

PHOTO: COLIN MCCONNELL/TORONTO STAR

_Politics

Mandatory bike helmets? Get serious

Did you know that Ontario’s chief coroner is currently...

PHOTO: Matthew Sherwood/Toronto Star

_Local News

That sinking feeling

On Tuesday evening, the first reports surfaced that...

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_Places

Fact Sheet: Great Lake

A lot of Torontonians think Lake Ontario is a toxic...

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_Local News

Condo brawl

The mood was militant on Monday evening at a community...

PHOTO: ERIN SEAMAN/THE GRID

_Local News

Danforth dowsing

With 22 seconds left on the crosswalk timer at the...

PHOTO: Keith Beaty/TORONTO STAR

_Local News

Having a Gass

Though there were hundreds of nominees at the Dora...

PHOTO: ERIN SEAMAN/THE GRID

_Local News

Borg vs. McEnroe, together again

The 20 minute–long, fourth set tiebreaker between...

PHOTO: Rene Johnston/Toronto Star

_Opinion

Road rage

Although the Gardiner Expressway has been slowly collapsing...

B/Life
PHOTO: LIAM MOGAN/THE GRID

_Food and Drink

94 excuses to drink now

1-4. Because you can still find a decent dive bar...

photos: igor yu/The Grid

_Food and Drink

Team-brewing exercise

It’s no surprise that Iain McOustra, Amsterdam Brewery...

ponce

_Food and Drink

The Wine Ponce: Oh, Canada

Baco Noir is a winter-hardy red grape that has found...

photo: liam mogan/The Grid

_Food and Drink

You can make friends with salad

There’s salad, and then there’s Thornton-based...

Sweat

_Advice

Don’t sweat it. Or sweat it, but just a little

On hot summer days, I become a dripping sweat-monster...

photo: courtesy of Sergio Alvarado

_Society

The Night Shift: Bear is the new black

Jock. Bear. Cub. Fem. Masc. Twink. Etc. For every...

Photo: Kazuyoshi Ehara/Toronto Star

_Parenting

The best of July

1. Doing Pride with kids? Head to Glad Day Bookshop...

Photo: AP Photo/Rob Griffith

_Parenting

Mini Trend: Kid comics

Parents have long dreamed of their child growing up...

Photos: KAYLA CHOBOTIUK/The Grid

_Real Estate

In the market for… A home near a dog park

SUNNYBROOK: 20 Burkebrook Pl., Unit 225. #MID (pictured...

Photo: Sarah Dea/Toronto Star

_Parenting

An ode to the forgotten teacher

My mother was on the phone from Windsor, telling me...

C/Culture
Illustration: Nicola Hamilton/The Grid

_Film

Body of evidence

There’s a startling moment midway through Sarah...

Avenue Q

_Theatre

Avenue Q

Starring Adam Proulx, Kira Hall, Phil Skala. Book...

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_Film

The Amazing Spider-Man

Starring Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone. Written by James...

hansard

_Music

Glen Hansard: Rhythm and Repose

There’s a scene in the recent documentary The Swell...

The Smashing pumpkins

_Music

The Smashing Pumpkins: Oceania

We expect nothing less than overinflated self-importance...

segall

_Music

Ty Segall Band: Slaughterhouse

If you thought Hair, Ty Segall’s very recent collaboration...

diiv

_Music

DIIV: Oshin

The water-based motif that informs rising Brooklyn...

melvin

_Music

Melvins Lite: Freak Puke

After nearly three decades of making weirdo metal,...

photo: daniel ehrenworth/The Grid

_Arts

What a girl needs

A drag performance requires a hell of a lot more than...

photo: Matt Carr/Getty

_Film

What do you say, Luke Kirby?

1. A friendship with Sarah Polley has its benefits...

Flamenco, Flamenco 3

_Film

Flamenco Flamenco

Starring Paco de Lucia, Estrella Morente. Directed...

Michelle-Williams-and-Seth-Rogen-in-Take-This-Waltz

_Film

Take This Waltz

Starring Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen. Written and...

600full-people-like-us-screenshot

_Film

People Like Us

Starring Chris Pine, Elizabeth Banks. Written by Alex...

town-of-runners

_Film

Town of Runners

Directed by Jerry Rothwell. G. 80 min. Screening June...

600full-people-like-us-screenshot

_Film

People Like Us

Starring Chris Pine, Elizabeth Banks. Written by Alex...

dark_horse_1

_Film

Dark Horse

Starring Jordan Gelber, Selma Blair. Written and directed...

books

_Arts

Write dirty to me

For the last half-year, booksellers have marketed...

jaws

_Film

Unjumped shark: Why Jaws still has bite

Forget the sequels, the rip-offs, and the claims that...