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  • Concert review: Arkells play Toronto’s biggest pandemic concert yet

    ARKELLS with HAVIAH MIGHTY at Budweiser stage, Friday, August 13. Rating: NNN It’s been 521 days since I last went to a concert. I know because Arkells...
    Arkells at Budweiser Stage
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  • Podcast: As kids head back to school, parents air out ventilation concerns

    Earlier this week, NOW politics editor Enzo DiMatteo took a look at the Ontario government’s back-to-school strategy, which seemed to fall well short of what’s...
    Education Minister Stephen Lecce sanitizes his hands during a visit to Kensington Community School in Toronto in September 2020.
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  • Review: Blindness marks a brilliant return to indoor theatre

    BLINDNESS adapted by Simon Stephens from the novel by José Saramago, directed by Walter Meierjohann (Donmar Warehouse/Mirvish Productions). Runs to October 24, 6 and 8...
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  • These Toronto patios will host live music this summer

    You can finally enjoy some live music on Toronto patios. After an accelerated journey through city council, licensing and health, Toronto has launched its live...
    Lula Lounge at Dundas West Fest before the pandemic.
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  • Report from inside the reopened Niagara Falls casinos

    Gamblers wanting to try their luck at two of Canada's largest casinos have had to wait 16 months for them to reopen during the pandemic....
    Fallsview Casino in Niagara Falls, which has remained empty for 16 months, is now ready to take your bets.
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  • My emotional adventures in Toronto’s outdoor theatre scene

    It was the applause that made me cry.  After 16 months of Zoom play readings, digital film-theatre hybrids and way too much streamed TV, I...
    Theatre goers watch tenor Asitha Tennekoon peform one of Tapestry Opera's Box Concerts behind a retirement home.
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  • Cineplex is reopening Ontario theatres on July 16

    Are you ready to go back to the movies? Next Friday, you can. After months of sitting dormant, Cineplex theatres and entertainment complexes in Ontario...
    The exterior of Cineplex Scotiabank theatre in Toronto
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  • Ontario to enter step 3 of reopening plan on July 16. Here are the rules

    Movie theatres, nightclubs, gyms, museums, casinos, sex clubs, bathhouses, strip clubs, indoor sports, concerts and dining can reopen just after midnight in Ontario on July...
    Shoppers in the Eaton Centre
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  • The ROM will reopen at the end of July

    The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) is preparing to reopen later this month after the province enters step 3 of the reopening plan. Premier Doug Ford's...
    A photo of the ROM's Great Whales exhibition
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  • AGO to reopen on July 21 with Andy Warhol exhibition

    The Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) is planning to reopen later this month when the province enters step 3 of the reopening plan. Major museums...
    A mat indicating 20 visitors are allowed in an The Art Gallery of Ontario room.
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  • Horseshoe Tavern to bring back in-person concerts starting in July

    Get ready to put your feet down on the Horseshoe Tavern's checkerboard floors. Toronto's most historic music bar has been closed for in-person concerts since...
    A photo of the Horseshoe Tavern
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  • Toronto Outdoor Picture Show announces 2021 screening schedule

    The outdoor screening series Toronto Outdoor Picture Show (TOPS) will kick off its summer season with three feel-good movies later this month. TOPS will host...
    The Toronto Outdoor Picture Show screen at Fort York National Historic Site in Toronto
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  • The distanced circus show Together Apart keeps it simple for step 2

    TOGETHER APART, SUMMER CIRQUE at Markham Fairgrounds Complex (10801 McCowan, Markham). $65 and up. To August 1. togetherapartcirque.com The coronavirus pandemic finally seems to be...
    Circus artists perform in hoops at Together Apart at Markham Fairgrounds Complex
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  • Ontario’s outdoor concert and theatre rules are not entirely clear

    Starting today, concerts and live theatre are finally returning in Ontario – outdoors for now.  The province enters step 2 of the COVID reopening plan...
    A still from Canadian Stage's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream in High Park.
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  • What’s allowed when Ontario enters Step 2 of reopening plan

    Ontario will enter step 2 of the reopening plan on June 30, meaning restrictions on hair salons, indoor gatherings and outdoor activities will loosen. The...
    A barber in a mask sprays a customer's hair.
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