By Leah Sandals

Museum Access Program Expands… But More for Some than for Others

This morning, Mayor Miller and City Librarian Jane Pyper announced an expansion of the Museum & Arts Pass program. Initially kicked off 18 months ago...

More on David Mirvish Books

More info on the closing of David Mirvish Books in an email from Eleanor Johnston, the store’s manager: “I think the most succinct answer to...

Fun with Photoshop, But Not the Way You Think

News: David Mirvish Books to Close

Sad News: David Mirvish Books on Art, a Toronto art-and-lit institution (with a Frank Stella painting to boot) told employees earlier this week that it...

The Call of the (Art) Mall

Whenever I visit my dad in South Florida, we go to the Aventura Mall. It’s a long story, but basically my dad loves shopping. Love might be too weak...

Eating in Toronto 1830-1955 exhibit at Reference Library

Stuffed from the holidays? Never want to eat chocolate and brie again? Got the “muffin-top begone” mentality? Great! Then it’s the right...

Some Good Art Shows for the Geographically Inclined

There’s always good art showing in Toronto–even art for the map-obsessed. But this is a particularly good part of the fall for some...

NUIT BLANCHE: Open call for Yeahs & Nahs

So according to Toronto Special Events almost a million folks apparently took in Nuit Blanche last night. At first to me that seemed a little hard to...

ROM quietly raises admission prices… again

I was at the Royal Ontario Museum earlier today for a media view and was shocked to see that the admission price has quietly risen 10% or more across the...

Frenemies: Not Just for The Hills Anymore

Ah, passive-aggression. It’s the preferred conflict style of many an introverted arty type, myself admittedly included. Despite being a fan of the...

Festivals: The crack cocaine of culture?

Okay, okay, okay. I thought I was done with talking about Luminato. And I was, I really was, I swear. I even moved on to doing other things like the art...

When Arts + Statistics = Gong Show

It’s June 16. After more than ten days of intense media coverage from all the major print, web, and broadcast media, Luminato has wrapped at last...