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    Kelsey Adams is an arts and culture journalist born and raised in Toronto. Before covering food, life and culture for NOW Magazine, she wrote about music, art and film for several publications, including the Globe and Mail, The FADER, Complex CA and Canadian Art. You’ll often find her standing on chairs to get the perfect flat-lay food photos or directly in front of the DJ booth at parties. She’s a sucker for a good underdog story and is devoted to elevating the voices of marginalized cultural creators.

  • 10 Toronto visual artists to watch in 2021

    Samuel Engelking Major and independent galleries are finally reopening after months of rolling lockdowns and indefinite delays. For Toronto artists that rely on gallery shows,...
    Natalie King's mural Bursting With Love is on display at Harbourfront Centre through September 12.
    Art & DesignCulture
  • Esmaa Mohamoud is turning the white gaze on its head

    If you’ve walked past Queens Quay and Bay lately you’ve probably seen Esmaa Mohamoud’s piece for Contact Photography Festival, The Brotherhood FUBU (For Us, By...
    Toronto and Markham based artist Esmaa Mohamoud's latest art work is a banner featuring two Black men connected by a twin-headed durag
    Art & DesignCulture
  • Toronto restaurants that opened and closed this week: July 6-13

    Good news for Toronto restaurants: Ontario enters Step 3 of the province's reopening plan on July 16 and indoor dining will officially be permitted. Not...
    An image of the new menu spread from Hong Shing, one of the new restaurants in Toronto
    FoodFood & Drink
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  • Toronto breweries get into the seltzer game

    It’s no surprise hard seltzers are sweeping the market. They’re irresistibly crushable, clean and light in flavour and feel like a grown-up alternative to the...
    Blood Brothers is one of the many toronto breweries stepping into the seltzer game with their Holy Ghost line
    DrinksFood & Drink
  • Black Lives Matter to open 10,000-square-foot community hub in Toronto

    Black Lives Matter Canada is moving its community-focused art and activism centre Wildseed to a new home this winter.  The activist organization just signed the...
    A photo of 24 Cecil, the new home for Black Lives Matter Canada's Wildseed centre
    Art & DesignCulture
  • The best Toronto craft beers: Experimental vs. traditional

    Experimental beers seem to be taking over the craft beer market at an exponential rate. From smoothie beers with added fruit purée to hybrids that...
    The best Toronto craft beers Experimental
    DrinksFood & Drink
  • Why smoothie beers are taking over Toronto craft breweries

    When Rorschach Brewing opened in the summer of 2017, it launched with a horchata lager. The dessert beer was inspired by a homebrew recipe co-founder...
    Rorschach Brewing's green Afterglow Tiki Sour is one of many fruited and smoothie beers could pass for a cocktail.
    DrinksFood & Drink
  • Toronto restaurants that opened and closed: June 29-July 6

    Rosie's / Instagram Toronto restaurants are opening at an exciting rate right now. Many new spots that have long been in the works and run...
    Two hands hold burgers from Rosie's Burgers
    FoodFood & Drink
  • Toronto restaurants that opened and closed this week: June 22-29

    Step two of the province's reopening plan starts June 30 at 12:01 am – good news for Toronto restaurants that can start serving outdoor tables...
    The Rabbit Hole is one of a few long-awaited restaurants that opened this week including Aloette in Liberty Village and Dave's Hot Chicken in midtown.
    FoodFood & Drink
  • Three Toronto restaurant cocktails perfect for sipping on a patio

    You’re sitting on a patio, a serene summer breeze blows by, you lean in and pick up an ice cold cocktail glass and take the...
    Apt 200’s Catamaran Punch comes in a 3.5-litre dispenser.
    DrinksFood & Drink
  • Toronto restaurants that opened and closed this week: June 15-22

    Things are looking up for Toronto restaurants. For those who were able to weather the past six months of lockdown restrictions, patio season has started...
    A photo of pizza with pepperoni and basil from Mel's Pizza
    FoodFood & Drink
  • Four boozy slushies to try in Toronto this summer

    Courtesy of Cactus Club Cafe As teenagers, my friends and I would buy slushies at 7-Eleven and spike them en route to whatever revelry we...
    The frozen piña colada Rhum Corner.
    DrinksFood & Drink
  • Toronto online radio station ISO moves into Stackt Market

    In the spirit of many independent radio stations that have come before them, ISO Radio is now broadcasting live – from a shipping container. Legendary...
    A photo of Cadence Weapon at the new ISO Radio location
    Local musicMusic
  • The best Toronto music of the month: Witch Prophet, Charlotte Day Wilson and more

    Last year, we called Bandcamp Friday – the monthly initiative in which the online music retailer waives its share of sales to give it to...
    Witch Prophet
    Music
  • Toronto’s best new patios

    Courtesy Stock Bar Toronto is rife with sidewalk patios.  Thanks to the lifting of some lockdown restrictions in step one of the province’s reopening plan...
    The patio at Grape Witches in Toronto
    FoodFood & Drink