Front

Go it alone

Samantha Power / 14 May 2012

Some billionaires want to be taxed more. Read more »

The Barbecutionist

 / 09 May 2012

"I am the one who turns fire loose upon food—peppers, python, poppyseed bread—and provides for family and neighbours. Read more »

Physical empowerment

Amanda Lindhout wants to connect women across the world in order to change it

Jessica Earle / 09 May 2012

In the heart of Mogadishu 24 girls and women in identical jerseys are honing skills that make them teammates. Read more »

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Dish

One-man grilling machine

Bubba's BBQ and Smoke House gives a taste of the south

Meaghan Baxter / 09 May 2012
Bubba at Bubba's

Blink and you just might miss it. Read more »

Provenance

Six things about burgers

Meaghan Baxter / 09 May 2012

Regardless, it's still good Adding cheese to the classic hamburger—invented in Hamburg, Germany in the 19th century—became popular in the mid-1920s to mid-1930s. Read more »

Baked goods

The barbie works for more than just shrimp

Meaghan Baxter / 09 May 2012

The word "barbecue" calls to mind images of big, mouth-watering steaks, not bread and cupcakes. Read more »

A short history of the barbecue

Meaghan Baxter / 09 May 2012

The approach of summer has become synonymous with firing up the grill and the mouth-watering aroma of barbecued goodness. Read more »

BBQ 2.0

From charcoal to smokers, the backyard grill is getting an upgrade

Paul Blinov / 09 May 2012

Meat plus heat. Read more »

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Arts

Cradle to Stage

Meaghan Baxter / 09 May 2012

Two one-act staged performances and four staged readings from local playwrights will be showcased for this year's From Cradle to Stage festival. Read more »

Operation EVAsion

Paul Blinov / 09 May 2012

It was 24 years after Eva Péron's death that her body reached its resting place. Read more »

In On It

Meaghan Baxter / 09 May 2012

Daniel MacIvor, a well-known stalwart in Canadian theatre, has woven together an intricate yet entertaining multi-plot production that's wrought with dry, intelligent humour and turbulent emotions. Read more »

The Swingin’ Sisters Club

Paul Blinov / 09 May 2012

'I love history; I'm a history buff," Kate Ryan says. Read more »

Threats

Michael Hingston / 09 May 2012

A warning to all fairweather readers out there, those who like creepy, pins-and-needles fiction, but only so long as it sweeps all of its ugliness back under the…. Read more »

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Film

Durand Durand

Kevin Durand talks Citizen Gangster, Thunder Bay and what rapping taught him about acting

Josef Braun / 16 May 2012

Opens Friday Directed by Nathan Morlando Canadian-born actor Kevin Durand is probably most familiar from shows like Dark Angel or Lost, and films such as Legion or Robin Hood, in which he played the decidedly ironically named Little John. Read more »

Tantalizing nonfiction

Our intrepid film critic's highlights from the Hot Docs film festival

Josef Braun / 10 May 2012

The Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, held in Toronto every spring, is a terrifically fecund, sprawling crapshoot to navigate, an all-you-can-watch buffet of non-fiction that might take…. Read more »

This is Not a Film

Josef Braun / 03 May 2012
This is Not a Film

  This is not a film review. Read more »

Harold and Maude

Brian Gibson / 25 Apr 2012

Think you haven't seen Harold and Maude? You've déjà viewed its archetypes: the eccentric young man in Benny and Joon or, more recently, Restless; the Manic Pixie Dream…. Read more »

The Gold Rush

Brian Gibson / 04 Apr 2012

The highest-grossing silent comedy, The Gold Rush was the film he wanted to be remembered for, Chaplin said. Read more »

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Music

On the Record

Nothing’s gonna stop him now

JP Hoe discusses the making of his latest album, Mannequin

Meaghan Baxter / 16 May 2012
The mannequin himself

  Mannequin, the new album from Canadian singer-songwriter JP Hoe, is a collection of tunes with a melancholic edge accompanied by sharp lyrics and bold ideas. Read more »

Vibonics

Meaghan Baxter / 16 May 2012
Eclectic and varied vibes

  There's usually some amount of eclecticism amongst music fans' libraries, from the latest indie gem to, whether they want to admit it or not, the latest Top…. Read more »

The New Jacobin Club

Meaghan Baxter / 16 May 2012

  Horror shock-rock troupe the New Jacobin Club is celebrating 15 years of insanity and stretching boundaries, a feat lead singer The Horde never imagined possible. Read more »

Jk & the Relays

Meaghan Baxter / 16 May 2012

  From opening for BB King with jazz-funk melodies with Mocking Shadows to tearing up pubs with ska and reggae ferocity as frontman of Jk & the Relays, Jory Kinjo clearly isn't one to shy away from musical diversity. Read more »

The Saturn Sessions

Meaghan Baxter / 16 May 2012

  The Boreal Electroacoustic Music Society (BEAMS) is combining the talents of five unique artists with radio signals from Saturn for a musical experience that's out of this world. Read more »

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