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Issue 60

A/City
PHOTO: ROBYN DOOLITTLE/TORONTO STAR

_Politics

What kind of a mayor does this city need?

The evidence suggests that Rob Ford’s current term...

PHOTO: Lucas Oleniuk/Toronto Star

_Politics

Start your engines

Any talk of specific candidates—most of whom should...

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_Places

How’s Business: Bionic Concepts

In his parents’ Rexdale garage, John-Paul Rishea...

PHOTOS: AARON VINCENT ALKAIM/THE GRID

_Places

School’s out forever! Now what?

On an early Tuesday morning in late June, a handful...

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_People

Noel Biderman: Hook-up mogul

His website, Ashley Madison, has helped millions of...

PHOTO: Keith Beaty/TORONTO STAR

_Opinion

We the Tweeple: Who’re you calling Manhattan?

Is Toronto a decade away from having no affordable...

PHOTO: ERIN SEAMAN/THE GRID

_Local News

Ball and chain

For fans of NBA teams like the Toronto Raptors, the...

Poker chips

_Local News

Newcomers’ poor odds

New immigrants are especially prone to developing...

PHOTO: ERIN SEAMAN/THE GRID

_Local News

Our home and native land

In January, when part of Allan Gardens was boarded...

PHOTO: ERIN SEAMAN/THE GRID

_Local News

Tourist attack

“I thought you were the likely bunch,” said one...

PHOTO: ERIN SEAMAN/THE GRID

_Local News

Snapshot: High Park castle rebuilt

Everything's going according to plan for High Park...

B/Life
credit cards

_Finance

Plastic pitfalls

I’m no stranger to the impulse buy—an iced tea...

I Love You, Man

_Advice

You’ve got all sorts of friends. He’s got you

My boyfriend and I have been together for six months...

ponce

_Food and Drink

The Wine Ponce: Vintage Essentials

From Portugal’s Douro region, this bottle is made...

photos: JENNIFER ROBERTS/The Grid

_Food and Drink

Fashionable drinking

In a relatively corporate environment like Brassaii...

photo: DAVID COOPER/TORONTO STAR

_Real Estate

How the new mortgage rules will affect first-time buyers

Canadians take on too much debt—plain and simple...

photos: arthur mola/The Grid

_Food and Drink

Cinderella man

Every night, at the stroke of 10, the staff at The...

Photo: reynard li/The Grid

_Fashion

Come here. Go to the park

A trio of Toronto creative types has joined forces...

Photo: Reena Newman/The Grid

_Food and Drink

Feast your bellies on this

Who wants to cook for a large group when temperatures...

C/Culture
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_Theatre

Facing the Fringe

More than just a mere theatre festival, the Toronto...

twin

_Music

Twin Shadow: Confess

Two years after his hugely impressive debut, Twin...

tenacious

_Music

Tenacious D: Rize of the Fenix

It’s lucky for Tenacious D that their sophomore...

digit

_Music

Digits: Where Do You Belong? EP

So much electronic music is crafted with the specific...

dust

_Music

Dusted: Total Dust

In some ways, Brian Borcherdt’s new project is the...

neneh

_Music

Neneh Cherry and the Thing: The Cherry Thing

Best known for her irrepressibly catchy 1989 rap/R...

Photo: Shawn Brackbill

_Music

Dirty Projectors: Swing Lo Magellan

Melody, rhythm, and harmony are the cornerstones of...

Amanda McCavour Floating Garden

_Arts

Get some art

One of Canada’s most stunningly original young artists...

Katy Perry

_Film

Katy Perry: Part of Me

Directed by Dan Cutforth, Jane Lipsitz. PG. 95 min...

V/H/S

_Film

Toronto After Dark Summer Screening

July 11, 7 p.m. and 9:45 p.m at Bloor Hot Docs Cinema...

Jean Renoir’s The Rules of the Game

_Film

Summer in France

“Everyone has their reasons,” muses the rotund...

To Rome With Love

_Film

To Rome With Love

Starring Alec Baldwin, Ellen Page. Written and directed...

Coast Modern

_Film

Coast Modern

Directed by Gavin Froome, Michael Bernard. STC. 56...

Unfinished Spaces

_Film

Unfinished Spaces

Directed by Alysa Nahmias, Benjamin Murray. STC. 86...

Photo: AP Photo/Paramount Pictures

_Film

Backstage, but never behind the curtain

There are certain things fans expect to see in Katy...

photo: cp images

_Music

What do you say, Norah Jones?

A poster for Russ Meyer’s 1965 film Mudhoney hung...

A Midsummer Night's Dream

_Theatre

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Written by William Shakespeare. Directed by Richard...

PHOTO: DAVID COOPER

_Theatre

Ragtime

Starring Thom Allison, Patty Jamieson, Jay Turvey....

PHOTO: DAVID COOPER

_Theatre

Present Laughter

Starring Steven Sutcliffe. Written by Noël Coward...