Seated in a mock studio where creativity and hope abounded, I lay out my tools haphazardly on the table before me. Soft and stiff paint brushes, sponges, rags and tubes of half-used paint engulfed the crammed space. I stare blankly at my canvas patiently waiting for some form of communication. I take the initiative...
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Recently I took a “road trip” across the Golden State when I visited the kick-off to the LCBO’s ‘California Style’ wines promotion. The month-long showcase of more than 100 of California’s brightest, boldest (and most reasonably priced) wines is taking place in 630 stores across Ontario. The California Style event was hosted at the...
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Last week, American Express invited a select group of Foodies and Fashionistas out for what was dubbed “An Evening of Choice” starting at Mark McEwan’s Fabbrica restaurant. I must say, it was all rather intriguing. Before we got to the event we were made to choose a variety of options from a quick survey....
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As I popped in to Broadview Espresso I spied knitwear designer Dylan Uscher working furiously at the back of the shop looking intently on a beautiful piece of vibrant red fabric. As we sat and chatted over some java, Uscher kept on knitting one, purling two (no, I just really wanted to write that…I’m not...
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TheSceneinTO was granted exclusive access to one of the UK’s hottest interior designers, Adrienne Chinn. Born in Newfoundland, this award-winning (Best Wallpaper, International Design & Architecture Awards 2011 and Best New Product for Grille Rug, Blueprint Magazine Design Awards 2011) ex-pat Canadian decided to reverse her father’s boyhood migration and travelled to the UK...
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Design duo Danielle Martin and Pao Lim (Martin Lim) will take to the Runway at World MasterCard™ Fashion Week on March 13th at 6 PM as the solo show recipients of the Mercedes-Benz Start Up 2011/2012 season. Last October, Martin Lim impressed the judges and media at the Mercedes-Benz Start Up National Final, and...
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With additional reporting by Iris Leung Shary Boyle, who currently graces the cover of Now Magazine, is a Toronto artist worth watching. Everything Under The Moon, (opening the World Stage season at Harbourfront) is a fantastical, re-vamped old-style shadow play that’s powered by a hybrid of hand-animated projections (essentially transparencies on an overhead projector)...
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“Painting does what we cannot do – it brings a three-dimensional world into a two-dimensional plane.” – Chuck Jones. We had already sipped on espresso at El Macambo, wandered in vain searching for a bank and chowed down on savoury pulled pork poutine at Poutini’s. All this in the drizzling rain, before arriving at...
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As I got off the fifth floor of Toronto’s Elgin Theatre I was treated to the sounds of Opera Atelier’s star performer, the young soprano Meghan Lindsay as she rehearsed behind the closed door of her dressing room. Instantly warm and welcoming, I sat down with Lindsay to chat about her upcoming role as...
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Sarah Liberatore, like many young urban professional women, loves wine and shoes. She enjoys going out with her girlfriends and despite her 5’ 9 stature, she still loves to wear stilettos. What sets her apart is what happened when these passions combined with her keen business sense and determination. At 23, just two years...
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