Alternative Fashion Week Starts TODAY!

I’m one of the official bloggers for Toronto Alternative Arts and Fashion Week (|FAT|), which starts tonight.  The four day event features not only fashion, but music, film, photography, performance and installation arts – what the website describes as “platform for inventive, pioneering and contemporary expression.”  In the fashion category, designers include Breeyn McCarney, Gaudet […]

PlayBook Apps to include Music, Podcasting

While RIM still has NOT announced PlayBook’s release date (rumours are circulating that it’s April 10 or AFTER iPad 2’s release), they’re slowly letting the outside world know what one would find on the device.  Recently, they announced some of the media apps, whic include Music Store by 7digital as well as podcasting among other things.  […]

H&M Shopping Night for Windfall

H&M held their first shopping party in support for Windfall, a charity which specializes in new clothing, yesterday at their Yonge and Bloor location.  The event was full of downtown shoppers (mostly women – the basement level, which houses the men’s section was pretty dead), many of whom wore white (to support the charity and their […]

Cinderella at the National Ballet: November 11-20

Cinderella will be at the Four Seasons Centre twice this season, with the National Ballet of Canada presenting the ballet in addition to the Rossini opera.  The music is by Sergei Prokofiev, with choreography by James Kudelka.  Cinderella will run from November 11 to 20.  For ticket information, please visit the Cinderella page on the […]

Magic Comes Rocking at Cinderella’s Ball

Cynthia Cheng Mintz Featuring delctable nibblies catered by Rose Reisman Catering and musical performances from indie band, Broken Social Scene and Clara Venice, the Canadian Opera Company‘s annual fundraiser, Operanation, was a huge success this past Friday, October 29 and this year, celebrates Rossini’s La Cenerentola (Cinderella).  The event, which was held at the Canadian […]

Operanation VII will Rock with Major Band!

The Canadian Opera Company’s most fun and exciting event of the year in one week!  Operanation VII: Cinderella Rock The Ball will be celebrating this season’s production of Rossini’s La Cenerentola – Cinderella.  NExt week’s to be a good one, as not only will attendees enjoy delicious delights from Rose Reisman Catering, but will enjoy live entertainment […]

Les Miz Celebrates 25th Anniversary with New Sets and Staging

Despite technical difficulties (had a bit of trouble with the set right before the wedding scene.  The show was stopped for five minutes) at Thursday’s production, the 25th Anniversary production of Les Miserables was absolutely amazing.  The entire musical has been restaged, and even has some costume changes (take for example, Cosette’s costume, which is dark blue/black […]