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Issue 72

A/City
National anthem video casa loma

_Opinion

Toronto’s national anthem

As part of our "Welcome to the Republic of Toronto...

ILLUSTRATIONS: BARRY FALLS

_Opinion

Welcome to the Republic of Toronto

We, the People of Toronto, hold these truths to be...

PHOTO: ANGELA LEWIS/THE GRID

_People

The incredibly fit Raine Maida

Fitness has been a life-long passion for the Our Lady...

PHOTOS: LEANNE SKINNER/THE GRID

_Places

Rob Ford’s biggest fans

For the past two years, drivers heading out of town...

Graphic Content

_Places

Graphic Content: Stand tall

Five years ago this month, the Burj Khalifa surpassed...

PHOTO: LEANNE SKINNER/THE GRID

_Local News

Artistic temperament

As French artist Amandine Rufin set out paintbrushes...

PHOTO: LEANNE SKINNER/THE GRID

_Local News

Write this way

When Stuart McLean sits down to write, there’s usually...

PHOTO: PORTIA COLBERT/THE GRID

_Local News

Most interesting man in town

Charles Brewer-Carías isn’t a man you expect to...

PHOTO: LEANNE SKINNER/THE GRID

_Local News

Veggie tales

Last Saturday afternoon, Lianne McKay and Shelley...

B/Life
wine

_Food and Drink

The Wine Ponce: Sicily

In 2001, Alberto and Diego Cusumano took over their...

PHOTO: STEVE RUSSELL/TORONTO STAR

_Finance

The Money Rookie: Trading up

As I got off the subway last week and took the escalator...

halloween

_Parenting

Mini Trend: Costume swapping

What’s the one thing that’s scarier than ghosts...

PHOTO: CARLOS OSORIO/TORONTO STAR

_Parenting

The best of October

1. The interactive adaptation of the classic folktale...

PHOTOS: KAREN ROZE/THE GRID

_Food and Drink

History in a glass

Sure, Jonny Gray is really into alcohol. But this...

PHOTO: JEREMY KOHM/THE GRID

_Food and Drink

Toy with your food

The back walls of Bent, the new restaurant from Kai...

PHOTOS: NANCY TONG/THE GRID

_Design

Sorting through Sasmart

It’s a Kensington Market classic—an odd and ever...

Minto Midtown

_Real Estate

Why you need a good lawyer when you buy a condo

Almost every offer on a condo unit in Toronto is made...

C/Culture
nuit blanche map

_Arts

Choose your own Nuit

One of the common experiences at the city’s annual...

PHOTO: COLIN MCCONNELL/TORONTO STAR

_Music

What We’re Listening To: Nuit Blanche edition

Elastica’s short, sweet, punk-pop “All-Nighter...

Pitch Perfect

_Film

Pitch Perfect

Starring Anna Kendrick, Brittany Snow. Written by...

green day

_Music

Green Day: ¡UNO!

On the politically charged concept albums that resurrected...

no doubt

_Music

No Doubt: Push and Shove

No Doubt’s first album since 2001’s Rock Steady...

kreayshawn

_Music

Kreayshawn: Somethin’ Bout Kreay

The great irony of becoming an instant viral-video...

pet shop

_Music

Pet Shop Boys: Elysium

It’s hard to believe, but the Pet Shop Boys released...

jason collett

_Music

Jason Collett: Reckon

Jason Collett probably wouldn’t have struck most...

ILLUSTRATION: NICOLA HAMILTON/THE GRID

_Film

Don’t look under the bed

When DreamWorks scooped up the rights to countless...

PHOTO: JESS BAUMUNG/THE GRID

_Music

What do you say, Trevor Larocque?

1. Paper Bag Records has always had deep ties to Toronto...

eggers

_Arts

As good as Gatsby

Every American novelist entertains thoughts of writing...

Joseph Gordon Levitt

_Film

Looper

Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis. Written...

Beauty Is Embarrassing

_Film

Beauty Is Embarrassing

Directed by Neil Berkeley. 14A. 91 min. Opens Sept...

hotel transylvania

_Film

Hotel Transylvania

With voices by Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg. Written...

Arbitrage

_Film

Arbitrage

Starring Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon, Tim Roth. Written...

The Source

_Film

The Source

Directed by Maria Demopoulos, Jodi Wille. STC. 91...

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

_Film

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Starring Logan Lerman, Emma Watson. Written and directed...

Maev Beaty

_Theatre

Proud

Starring Michael Healey, Maev Beaty. Written by Michael...

Between the Sheets

_Theatre

Between the Sheets

Starring Susan Coyne, Christine Horne. Written by...

Obaaberima

_Theatre

Obaaberima

Written and performed by Tawiah M’carthy. Directed...