Austrian-born pianist Anton Kuerti delivered an awe-inspiring opening night performance for the TSM Festival at Koerner Hall on Tuesday July 20. Courtesy Toronto Summer Music Festival
By Emily Dontsos
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World-renowned pianist opens TSM Festival with a stunning all-Schumann program
July 21st, 2010 · Comments Off on World-renowned pianist opens TSM Festival with a stunning all-Schumann program
G20 Annex snippets
July 20th, 2010 · Comments Off on G20 Annex snippets
No justice, no grease
Annex resident and former Gleaner editor Liivi Sandy called the police after she heard “violent and very unnerving” smashing at 2 a.m., on the eve of the G20.
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Z’s by the C: Public napping project hits Toronto
July 14th, 2010 · Comments Off on Z’s by the C: Public napping project hits Toronto
Artists Eric Moschopedis and Mia Rushton are turning parks into bedrooms. Courtesy The Theatre Centre
By Brendan Hair
On July 17 and 18 The Theatre Centre in partnership with Cooking Fire Theatre Festival will be presenting a public napping project called Z’s by the C.
Off the chain: Toronto celebrates Mad Pride Week
July 9th, 2010 · Comments Off on Off the chain: Toronto celebrates Mad Pride Week
By Min Kang
Mayor David Miller has officially proclaimed July 12 to 18th Mad Pride Week.
It’s just two days
June 23rd, 2010 · 1 Comment
G20 Security reaches a fever pitch. Tomasz Bugajski/Courtesy blogTO
By Emina Gamulin
Contrary to the apparent opinions of most Canadians released in a recent poll, we at the Gleaner see a lot of bad and little good coming to Toronto communities as a result of the G20 summit.
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Summer summit: Everything about the G20 you were afraid to ask
June 23rd, 2010 · Comments Off on Summer summit: Everything about the G20 you were afraid to ask
A map of the security zones for the upcoming G20 summit, June 25-27. Courtesy G20 Integrated Security Unit
By Jacob Arnfield
At a price of $1 billion dollars, with international financial leaders, media, police, and protestors all congregating downtown, the G20 will be an event unlike any other the city has ever seen.
Choosen ones: local acts worth checking out at NXNE
June 15th, 2010 · Comments Off on Choosen ones: local acts worth checking out at NXNE
Purrr play the Bread & Circus June 19. Courtesy Christopher Wadsworth.
By Karen Bliss
More than 2,500 artists applied for a spot at the 2010 North By Northeast music festival, which takes place all over the city from June 14 to 20, so the 650 bands and solo acts that were accepted have obviously been given the thumbs up from the organizers.
U of T, locals butt heads over 42-storey proposal
June 10th, 2010 · Comments Off on U of T, locals butt heads over 42-storey proposal
By Tim Legault
A proposal to build a massive 42-storey academic residence at 245 and 253 College Street, between Spadina and University, was met with a general unease from local residents during a May 18 community meeting.
This week in adorable local news [PHOTOS]
June 9th, 2010 · 2 Comments
It puts a smile on our face, yes it do … Art students Nari Heo, left waving, and Young Wook Lee are two members of S.Y.S.N, a design group of art students who volunteered to help the Koreatown BIA paint dozens of planters along Bloor Street. Matt James/Gleaner News
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Party’s over: Frats may lose rooming house exemption
June 8th, 2010 · 7 Comments
By Jacob Arnfield
Is there a difference between a fraternity and a rooming house?
Historically, municipalities with rooming house laws say yes. When Toronto’s rooming house legislation was first instituted, fraternity and sorority houses were exempted, but this is not likely to be the case for much longer.
Park Property without power: 22-storey building suffers 30-hour outage
June 8th, 2010 · 1 Comment
Matthew James/Gleaner News
By Darko Milenkovic
Residents of a 22-storey building in the Annex found themselves with neither electricity nor water during a weekend-long power outage last month.
During a windy morning on May 8, a tree limb fell on top of a power fuse creating sparks and causing a partial power outage at 100 Spadina Rd, owned and managed by Park Property Management Inc.
Tough cookie: Architect turned baker gets put to the test
June 8th, 2010 · Comments Off on Tough cookie: Architect turned baker gets put to the test
Perry King/Gleaner News
By Perry King
Beverly Horii, owner of Jinja Ninja cookies, has been making her designer treats since September. Before that, she was moving up in the world of architecture, a place that she grew tired of.
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Lascivious licensing: Toronto burlesque community says bylaw is vague
May 31st, 2010 · Comments Off on Lascivious licensing: Toronto burlesque community says bylaw is vague
By Sandra Ferrari
A scantily defined Toronto bylaw has raised concerns in the local burlesque community after bylaw officers were called in to investigate an event held at Revival nightclub (783 College St.) last month.
Because of the vague wording, it is unclear whether the performances violated the law. Only verbal warnings were issued and no charges were laid.
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