By VALERIE ADAM After 20 years of living in Toronto, I moved to the Beach, close to downtown without the big city hustle. I love the laid-back vibe. As Beachers know, you can go to any store and be on a first name basis with the cashier. Local baristas and servers recognize you and know […]
A BrahmsFest concert presented by the JOM Collective will take place at Kingston Road United Church on the evening of Friday, Nov. 11. The program will feature six artists celebrating the music of Johannes Brahms. The JoM Collective is a Toronto-based organization that brings together spirited musicians and performers to communicate their craft, collaborate, and […]
Local student Brady Burkett shares his reviews of upcoming movies showing at the Fox Theatre on Queen Street East in the Beach. Here is his review of Don’t Worry Darling. By BRADY BURKETT Olivia Wilde’s Booksmart is one of my new favourite comedies of all time. It’s excellently directed, edited, acted, and written, and is […]
The Beach Photo Club has an exhibit opening on Wednesday, Nov. 2 at the Clark Centre for the Arts in Scarborough. Celebrating its 26th season, the Beach Photo Club’s show will run from Nov. 2 to Nov. 30 at the centre which is located on the grounds of the Guild Park and Gardens on Guildwood […]
By AMARACHI AMADIKE, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Coal Mine Theatre has announced their relocation to the northwest corner of Woodbine and Danforth avenues after a fire damaged the old theatre’s lobby and front facade in September. The owners, Diana Bentley and Ted Dykstra, initially launched fundraising efforts to help restore the original building at 1454 […]
By KATIANNA MANAKIS Sarabeth Holden is a children’s book author, a business owner, a mother, a wife, and an activist. She’s also kind and funny and a great person to talk to. Early in her career Sarabeth worked for the Canadian government as a project manager, so the transition to writing children’s books was a […]
Local student Brady Burkett shares his reviews of upcoming movies showing at the Fox Theatre on Queen Street East in the Beach. Here is his review of Bullet Train.. By BRADY BURKETT It’s become commonplace for studios to bank on nostalgia by rebooting old franchises from the 1980s and ’90s, from Ghostbusters to Jumanji, to […]
The Kingston Road Village Concert Series for 2022/2023 begins this Friday night. All of the concerts will take place at Kingston Road United Church, 975 Kingston Rd. Concerts scheduled for this season are Welcome to the Cabaret on Friday, Oct. 21 at 7:30 p.m.; Sultans of String Christmas Caravan on Wednesday, Dec. 21, at 7 […]
The locally based f8 Photography Collective (‘f8’) celebrates its 14th year of creating contemporary photography, with an exhibition in Toronto’s West Queen West area that opens this week. The show, Openings, will take place at Artscape Youngplace, 180 Shaw St., from Oct. 18 to 31. f8 members Maureen Littlewood, Catherine MacKinnon, Rod Trider, John Wallace […]
By AHMED DIRIE Toronto Star sports reporter and Beacher Mark Zwolinski is making his first foray into the world of fiction with his recently released novel Norma. Norma is a unique story featuring an unconventional protagonist, the 56-year-old Norma, as she battles corruption after coming across the phone of a murdered woman containing incriminating evidence […]
