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Issue 83

A/City
Ground hog

_Local News

Graphic Content: Urban hibernation

Toronto is home to more than 300 animal species. We...

PHOTO: JESSE SENKO/THE GRID

_People

Gregory Gorgeous: YouTube phenom

Viewers of The Avenue, a Toronto-based reality web...

NIMBY

_People

Graphic Content: Am I a NIMBY?

Originally an acronym for Not in My Backyard, the...

PHOTO: STEVE RUSSELL/TORONTO STAR

_Politics

Mystery Budget Theatre 2013

It was during last year’s budget hearings that the...

PHOTO: TIM ALAMENCIAK/TORONTO STAR

_Opinion

We the Tweeple: Blame game

After nine pedestrians were struck by cars within...

Batman

_Local News

Lunchtime with the Toronto Batman

Last Tuesday, just after noon, Toronto Batman (a.k...

Brains

_Local News

We’re number…7

Last week, as Torontonians were feeling dumber than...

B/Life
PHOTO: CHARLA JONES/TORONTO STAR

_Parenting

Navigating Christmas morning with my ex, my girlfriend, and the kids

My girlfriend and I were planning to have my ex-wife...

PHOTOS: GEOFF FITZGERALD/THE GRID

_Food and Drink

Eat like an Egyptian

When she first emigrated to Canada from Cairo, Egypt...

PHOTOS: SEAN DECORY/THE GRID

_Real Estate

In the market for… A condo under $400,000

DOWNTOWN: 438 Richmond St., Unit 602. (pictured above...

PHOTOS: REENA NEWMAN/THE GRID

_Food and Drink

12 days of chef-mas

Barry deboned a partridge and rolled the thigh meat...

PHOTOS: SEED 9/THE GRID

_Real Estate

Breaking point

Yonge and Eglinton is bursting. If you need help forming...

PHOTO: DANIEL EHRENWORTH/THE GRID

_Food and Drink

Holiday cheers

The classic winter ale from the Yorkshire brewery...

first time buyers

_Real Estate

First Time Buyers: Lisa Choi, 35, and Duane Crichton, 39

Who: Lisa Choi, 35, administrative assistant, and...

PHOTO: RANDY RISLING/TORONTO STAR

_Fashion

This week in style: Dec. 13-19

■ Spectacle, a Toronto eyewear chain known for its...

for sale

_Real Estate

November in review

Average price of a semi-detached house in November...

ponce

_Food and Drink

The Wine Ponce: Charitable wine

The Little Grape That Could Cabernet Sauvignon, $11...

PHOTO: RENE JOHNSTON/TORONTO STAR

_Advice

We’re all weird. Embrace that and the dudes will appear

As a result of bowel-related surgery and recovery,...

C/Culture
Paul Bates

_Theatre

It’s a Wonderful Toronto

Starring The National Theatre of the World. Written...

Nashville-TV-Show

_Television

Big hair, bigger voices, can’t lose

When the country-music soap Nashville premiered this...

hyde park on hudson bill murray

_Film

Let’s get (almost) serious

Frankly, my dears, he doesn’t give a damn. Clark...

35_v1_GRID_1115 lead

_Music

The sound of Jew-zik

You’ll never hear a Hanukkah song in your neighbourhood...

The Hobbit

_Film

The Hobbit

Starring Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen. Written by...

Photo: Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images

_Film

What do you say, Whit Stillman?

Writer/director Whit Stillman’s first three films...

PHOTO: RON BULL/TORONTO STAR

_Media

The Argument: Enough with the made-up holidays, guys

December’s here, 2013 is around the corner, and...

Hyde Park

_Film

Hyde Park on Hudson

Starring Bill Murray, Laura Linney. Written by Richard...

jacob morris

_Music

Jacob Morris: Moths

Long before Jacob Morris assumed the mantle of singer...

PHOTOS: ARISTEA RIZAKOS/THE GRID

_Music

Slim Twig and U.S. Girls’ eastern retreat

Beyond sharing a matrimonial bed, rock-noir conceptualist...

Children of Men

_Film

Countdown to Armageddon

If the world ends next week, some of us will feel...

Meet the Fokkens

_Film

Meet the Fokkens

Directed by Rob Schröder, Gabrielle Provaas. 14A....

BIG BOI

_Music

Big Boi: Vicious Lies And Dangerous Rumors

OutKast’s 2003 release, Speakerboxxx/The Love Below...

PHOTO: SANDY NICHOLSON

_Theatre

A Christmas Carol

Starring Joseph Ziegler, John Jarvis. Written by Charles...

bruno

_Music

Bruno Mars: Unorthodox Jukebox

There may be 10 tracks on Unorthodox Jukebox, the...

julytalk

_Music

July Talk: July Talk

The self-titled debut release from local upstarts...

The Story

_Theatre

The Story

Starring Haley McGee, Rylan Wilkie, Sanjay Talwar....

rich

_Music

Friendly Rich: Sings the Songs of Adriano Celentano

Hunter S. Thompson famously said, “When the going...