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Issue 65

A/City
PHOTO: SEAN DECORY/THE GRID

_Local News

Vandalize this

For the past few weeks, the biggest graffiti mural...

PHOTO: SEAN DECORY/THE GRID

_Local News

Omar comin’!

David Fono loves The Wire, and he loves games. So...

PHOTO: ROBERT F. BUKATY/AP

_Politics

Setting the odds for a permanent casino in Toronto

Should we allow a casino, or some casinos, at Exhibition...

PHOTO: VINCE TALOTTA/TORONTO STAR

_Opinion

We the Tweeple: Courting disappointment

The week before Toronto’s premier tennis event,...

PHOTO: GRAHAM SLAUGHTER/TORONTO STAR

_Local News

For the love of Mars

Hours before the $2.5 billion NASA Mars rover known...

PHOTO: VINCE TALOTTA/TORONTO STAR

_Local News

Safety cruise

The annual Lake Ontario boat cruises have long been...

B/Life
Photo: COLIN MCCONNELL/TORONTO STAR

_Parenting

Three exciting new playgrounds to try before summer’s over

I call them the High Park heebie-jeebies. Pretty much...

photos: IGOR YU/The Grid

_Food and Drink

New Portuguese

As a bustling lunch service ended at Quinta, the just...

photos: aristea rizakos/The Grid

_Food and Drink

Flour power

Pasta has very few ingredients, which makes the quality...

Photo: courtesy of Nathan Hunter

_Society

The Night Shift: Junction functions

A few Thursday nights ago, Narwhal, on Dundas West...

Girls

_Advice

BFFs don’t grow on trees (but they do go to dinner)

After a bitter breakup with my best friend from elementary...

photo: PAUL WEEKS/The Grid

_Food and Drink

Summer brunette

“I’ll have the lager,” boomed a white-haired...

ponce

_Food and Drink

The Wine Ponce: Wines for tacos

PONCE PICK: Amalaya Torrontes-Riesling 2011, $10....

photos: ERIN SEAMAN/The Grid

_Food and Drink

Breakfast, lunch & dinner: Alison Fryer

Peameal-bacon sandwich at Carousel Bakery (pictured...

33 Shaw St., Unit C.

_Real Estate

In the market for… A house with a sweet kitchen

NIAGARA: 33 Shaw St., Unit C. #KGW (pictured above...

C/Culture
fang

_Music

Fang Island: Major

Time-travelling movie buds Bill and Ted would love...

rick ross

_Music

Rick Ross: God Forgives, I Don’t

On his 2006 breakout single, “Hustlin,” Rick Ross...

niki

_Music

Niki & the Dove: Instinct

The first full-length release from Stockholm’s Malin...

antony

_Music

Antony and the Johnsons: Cut the World

The tremendous success of 50 Shades of Grey notwithstanding...

mother

_Music

Young Mother: Future Classics

Future Classics is a pretty ballsy title for your...

summer

_Theatre

Hot-button theatre

Ever since the Prime Minister’s Office accused SummerWorks...

PHOTO: anya chibis/The Grid

_Film

What do you say, Tony Gilroy?

1. Making a Bourne-less Bourne movie was like a puzzle...

Searching For Sugarman

_Film

Searching for Sugar Man

Directed by Malik Bendjelloul. PG. 85 min. Opens...

Oslo August 31

_Film

Oslo, August 31

Starring Anders Danielsen Lie. Written by Joachim...

Red Lights

_Film

Red Lights

Starring Cillian Murphy, Robert De Niro. Written and...

Killer Joe

_Film

Killer Joe

Starring Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch. Written...

Compliance

_Film

Compliance

Starring Ann Dowd, Dreama Walker. Written and directed...

2 Days in New York

_Film

2 Days in New York

Starring Julie Delpy, Chris Rock. Written by Julie...

ALL-CAPS-2011

_Music

Toronto’s little music festival that could

Toronto may very well be one of the world’s best...

Photo: Cylla von Tiedemann

_Film

The Best Brothers

Starring Daniel MacIvor, John Beale. Directed by Dean...

Lagoon Theatre

_Theatre

Adventures in Slumberland

Starring Kevin Forster, Matthew Krist, Joe Law. Written...