On Friday, a legend infiltrated David Pecaut Square outside Metro Hall to kick off the Toronto Jazz Festival with a free outdoor concert. From only a few meters away it was hard not to notice how much the 69-year-old cancer survivor has slowed down in recent years, her clear booming voice not quite as clear […]
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September 2006 marked the beginning of My Entertainment World’s online network with our very first site, “My TV”. Then came “My Theatre” a few years later. Then “My Cinema”, “My Sports Stadium” and “My Bookshelf” soon after that. But there was always a crucial entertainment medium missing. Now, filling that unforgivable gap is our newest […]
It’s hard to stay on top of the hundreds of theatre companies in and around Toronto. Add in the Shaw and Stratford festivals and there’s so much going on on any given day that it’s impossible not to miss something. So, to help you out, we at My Theatre have made you a comprehensive (and […]
I love new theatre companies, their first productions always pulse with a brilliant first-time energy. Can’t Wait Productions’ Oleanna by David Mamet opened with this same raw verve. Upon arriving at the First Church Somerville venue, the audience was ushered not into a proper theatre but into a small office with the name John displayed charmingly […]
In honour of Rory McIlroy‘s history-making, record-setting, critic-silencing, storybook fodder comeback performance at Sunday’s US Open, we’re naming him My Sports Stadium’s first ever “Sports Superstar of the Week”. Sure he’s only in his early twenties, a gracious player and consistently in contention (and now a winner) at the majors, but so are a few […]
Name: Rachael Currently Reading: A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin (book 4 in the Song of Ice and Fire series) Currently Thinking: Holy crap! I feel under-qualified to talk about A Feast for Crows, or any of the books in the Song of Ice and Fire series (better known by its television moniker, […]
Welcome to a new recurring feature over here at MyBookshelf. Quick Hits is a monthly feature that will allow us at MyBookshelf to share a little bit about some books that we love, whether they be classic favorites or new discoveries. Rather than providing long reviews, these quick hits will give you just a little […]
As we learned last summer, Bachelor Pad is a grimy, low-rent ick-fest that is very very difficult to turn away from. So when the casting for the second season was announced this week, I was shamefully excited. They went for the occasional dramatic but boring pick (obnoxious Melissa from Brad’s season) and a couple people […]