Culture

When is efficient too efficient? Tech lessons from the port city of Hamburg

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Cities can have ports, and many do. Moreover, successful ports make for thriving cities. But ports are not cities. They are not models... Read More

Vanishing venues: new funding models favour festivals over small music clubs

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Since January 2017, Toronto has lost more than one live music venue per month, with 76A, The Central, The Comfort Zone, Hard Rock... Read More

REID: On Public Etiquette

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It’s not a coincidence that words for people who understand good etiquette – polite, urbane – are derived from classical words for... Read More

Stories, Struggles and Song: Cantonese Opera in Toronto

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Cantonese opera is in my genes. Whenever my mother put me and my two younger sisters down for our afternoon nap, she’d crank up the... Read More

Jackie Shane and archive anger

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Jackie Shane (b. May 15, 1940; d. February 22, 2019) is gone, and this time it’s true. I say ‘this time’ because after Jackie left... Read More

Alchemy at the Gardiner Museum

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A new piece of public art has been added to Toronto’s public art landscape, one that seeks to comfort, cajole, and seduce. This new... Read More