The Stanley Cup Finals kick off tomorrow night with the Philadelphia
Flyers visiting the Chicago Blackhawks. As the Keeper of the Cup, Craig
Campbell is the one who delivers the world’s most beloved trophy to the
NHL’s newly crowned champions. For nearly 20 years, he’s had the honour
of escorting the Cup to destinations far and wide. EYE WEEKLY got a
chance to chat with Campbell about his travels with Stanley, misplacing
the Cup in Europe and those famous white gloves.
May
29
Posted by : | On : May 29, 2010
May
29
Posted by : | On : May 29, 2010
This weekend: enjoy a free visit to the Toronto Independent Escorts Railway Heritage Centre as part of the Doors Open festival. Plus: Thee Silver Mt. Zion stake their monument of rock at Lee’s Palace, The Barns Art Market puts locally created paintings and ceramics up for sale, Dakota Tavern house band The Beauties graduate to the Horseshoe and the Music Gallery hosts a weekend of avant-garde electro with Solvent and Adult.
May
27
Posted by : | On : May 27, 2010
With 150 baby bands playing Pay What You Can gigs across Ontario, Pitter Patter Fest ’10′s huge lineup can be overwhelming. Start with synth-Krautrocker Electroluminescent, indie-popsters Braids and local rock trio Pants and Tie.
May
27
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French artist takes inspiration from the other Michelangelo
May
27
Posted by : | On : May 27, 2010
A new west-end burger joint finally gives Hogtown a gourmet burger worthy of the name.
May
27
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In celebration of Ontario’s Greenbelt’s fifth year of existence, local chefs, artisan-food producers and brewers are putting on one hell of a Southern Ontario sourced feast at the third-annual Brewers Plate Dinner.
May
27
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Meryl Streep and James Franco bring the star power to the Canadian Film
Centre’s 16th annual Worldwide Short Film Festival, featuring 281 films
from 34 countries, which run the aesthetic gamut from masterly to
masturbatory (with stops at all points in between). Consider the
following guide as provisional notes on a festival which, for all its
emphasis on concision, is simply too massive to be taken in in its
entirety.
May
27
Posted by : | On : May 27, 2010
What some call a foreboding blob of concrete and steel, I call the
place where my baseball dreams were born. And I adore it to this day.
Which is why I’ve decided to devise a plan to help restore it to past
glory.
May
27
Posted by : | On : May 27, 2010
The biography of Jesus is often retold, and thank God for that. In
addition to the four famous versions by the evangelists Matthew, Mark,
Luke and John and the “gnostic gospels” that were all the rage after Da
Vinci Code mania a few years ago, the story proves irresistible to
big-time writers at a certain reflective stage of their career.
May
26
Posted by : | On : May 26, 2010
Today: Halifax favourite sons Wintersleep showcase their latest collection of indie-rock epics at the Mod Club; the 8th Annual Funny Girls and Dynamic Divas rounds up top local female comics to raise funds for homeless women; the Toronto Independent Escorts the Good Party celebrates our city’s architecture; and late artist/DJ Will Munro is paid tribute at a public memorial-cum-dance-party.