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Toronto Caribbean Carnival costumes go high tech
As carnival culture spreads globally, local costume designers are using technology to rekindle interest in old traditions more
Samuel Engelking
Last call at Massey Hall: fans and musicians share their stories
Massey Hall is about to close for the last phase of a $142-million renovation and is scheduled to reopen in 2020. Before the Toronto concert hall darkens, we gathered memories from throughout the venue's 124 years from Buffy Sainte-Marie, Peaches and more
Pride 2018: The future of music is queer
With big pop stars letting their queer flags fly, music is basking in the LGBTQ+ rainbow like never before. Artists like Toronto's Witch Prophet are succeeding on their own terms, but the industry needs to realize queerness is more than a trend more
Samuel Engelking
Torontonians should take control of their data
As Google-affiliated Sidewalk Labs proposes building a high-tech neighbourhood on the waterfront, citizens should demand ownership of data collected in public spaces more
Alice Glass is finally telling her story
A decade after she appeared on the cover of NOW as a member of Crystal Castles, the electro-punk star opens up about going solo, #MeToo and growing up in Toronto more
Samuel Engelking
Women chefs step up to the plate in Hot Docs opener The Heat
Director Maya Gallus’s timely film shows how gifted women are transforming kitchen culture and grappling with its hierarchies and misogyny more
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U.S. Girls is untangling the misogynist mess of America
There's suddenly a lot of attention on U.S. Girls. Toronto’s Meg Remy is untangling America’s misogynist mess with lush disco grooves. The time is right for her subversive brand of political pop. Read our cover story interview here. more
Charlotte Day Wilson wants to break up the boys' club
Poised for stardom, the Toronto soul auteur wants to help other young women achieve their own self-made success more
Samuel Engelking
Eight classic Toronto diners serve up their secrets
What keeps them going? Tenacity, thriftiness and a whole lot of love more
Black Futures Month: Five Torontonians imagine a city without anti-Black racism
From cinema and visual art to city politics and education, Black Torontonians are taking the reins as agents of our own change more
10 pot-repreneurs disrupting marijuana's white male monopoly
Weeding out the dudes in suits: meet the new crop of players shaking up diversity in Canada’s cannabis industry more
Is there such thing as an ethical ride-hailing service?
Apps claiming to be more socially responsible than scandal-plagued Uber are popping up in Toronto. NOW's Ecoholic columnist asks whether we're being taken for a ride more
Year in Review 2017
A look back at the people and events that made headlines in Toronto in 2017 more
The 25 most binge-worthy TV shows of 2017
Our picks for the top series of the year, as well as the best in auteur-driven, Canadian and cult offerings more
Samuel Engelking
Why the women of Baroness Von Sketch Show are Canada's new comedy royalty
Proudly feminist, queer-positive and wholly their own, the foursome behind one of 2017's best TV shows riff on their breakthrough year more
The Disaster Artist: An oral history
The making of the making of The Room, starring James and Dave Franco, Tommy Wiseau, Seth Rogen, Greg Sestero, Ari Graynor & others more
Is Toronto finally ready for Jackie Shane?
Nearly five decades after she left Toronto, the trailblazing transgender soul singer ponders a return more
Samuel Engelking
It's time to fix Toronto's food culture
Harassment, labour violations and staffing shortages – the hospitality industry is in crisis. We asked nine people how to make things better more
Samuel Engelking
A public art manifesto for Toronto
In anticipation of Nuit Blanche, we asked artists and curators how public art can better reflect the city’s overlapping social, political and historical realities more
