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Sunday, April 20th, 2008
Hot Docs Festival High on Drama
The Hot Docs festival kicked off in Toronto last Thursday with a moving documentary, Air India 182, bringing to life the stories of families touched by the worst act of terror Canadians have ever encountered.
After this opening weekend the festival buzz is heating up, giving high honours to Football Undercover, a film profiling [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Documentary, Film, festival by sookie
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
Fashion Week Designer’s Line-up for Fall 2008
I love seeing how Toronto Fashion Week evolves each season. Just looking through the schedule of events one can see the list of contributors is growing and morphing from a few fan favourites - Denis Gagnon, Andy The-Anh, Pink Tartan and Greta Constatine - to a sophisticated roster of Canadian talent. I’ll miss [...]
No Comments » - Posted in events, fashion, shopping by sookie
Friday, March 7th, 2008
Toronto Fashion Week to Hit the Street
Taking a page from NYC’s Fashion Week, celebrated in midtown’s Bryant Park, Toronto’s week of runway shows is also back in a prime pedestrian intersection, Nathan Philips Square. I’ve been around for the Liberty Grand shows and Muzik too but this venue excites me a bit more. Likely it’s because the best fashion I [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Style, culture, designer, events, fashion, gallery by sookie
Sunday, March 2nd, 2008
Doc Soup Screens Autism: The Musical
Though the causes of autism cannot be definitively pinpointed, it has become apparent that cases of autism have increased dramatically since the 1980’s. It wasn’t until a couple of summer’s ago that I’d met someone with this brain development condition. At first he seemed odd, sociable, but unable to make eye contact. [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Documentary, Film, journalism, media by sookie
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Preloved Perseveres!
Less than a week after a tenacious fire tore through Queen West, Preloved is back in business. As of tomorrow a temporary store will open at 24 Ryerson Ave, in the basement suite, to showcase the spring styles that fortunately survived the blaze. Opening hours are Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 12-6pm.
Recently I [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in shopping by sookie
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
Queen Street Fire Photos
Queen St Fire Originally uploaded by taxing
Flickr might be the top place to dig up photos of the six-alarm scorcher that tore though several historic Queen West buildings this morning.
The photo here by taxing is one of the best I’ve found from the early [...]
No Comments » - Posted in breaking news by sookie
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
Six-Alarm Fire Still Burning on Queen West
A fire that broke out this morning at 5AM continues to burn on Queen Street West at Portland between Spadina and Bathurst. All residents were evacuated and no one was injured but damage to this historic stretch has spead to at least 15 businessess including Duke’s Cycle, Suspect Video, a headshop and pizza place. [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in breaking news by sookie
Thursday, February 7th, 2008
A Night at Caren’s with Gondry
gondry Originally uploaded by 416style
I messed up previously laid plans when I was offered preview passes to Mos Def and Jack Black’s new flick Be Kind Rewind. The clincher was the Q&A with director Michel Gondry. Gondry’s well-known in film for directing The Eternal [...]
