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Make-your-own-wine stores have always had a dodgy reputation: The strip-mall locations, the invariably cheesy names (D-I-Wine, Wine Not?), the el cheapo ingredients. You’ve probably been at a get-together where the host proudly whips out his crookedly labelled bottle of aftershave-spiked fruit punch. But it doesn’t have to be this way. … Read More
There comes a time in every man’s life when he must lose the Pulp Fiction poster and get some real artwork on the wall. Taking that leap can be daunting. But, thanks to the Artist Project Toronto, which runs this weekend, you can start with baby steps. At The Artist … Read More
In the past few years, as rising rents and loft-hunting yuppies have pushed out the indigenous Queen West crowd, refugees have been drifting north along Ossington, opening galleries and vegan coffee shops along the way. The migration has produced the strange and dynamic intersection of Dundas and Ossington, where Portuguese … Read More
New Yorker writer Peter De Vries famously said that the artwork in restaurants is usually as bad as the food in museums. The Art Gallery of Ontario aims to turn this notion on its head with FRANK, a new restaurant opening on Friday along with the rest of the gallery, … Read More
Toronto’s comedy scene suffers from “a self-imposed lack of cool,” says Gary Rideout Jr., co-owner of Comedy Bar, which opens near Bloor and Ossington on Friday night. With Comedy Bar, Rideout and his business partner James Elksnitis aim to lure a young, hip downtown crowd, booking edgy stand-up, sketch and … Read More
