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Gift of screws

2008-10-01 15:11:40.000

After any big breakup, always remember to take care of yourself

Sort yourself out

2008-10-01 15:39:02.000

Skye Collins, 30, professional organizer and founder of Clear Skye Organizing Solutions (www.clearskye.org). Collins worked for years as a librarian before starting her own organizing business last year.

Curated simplicity

2008-10-01 15:31:17.000

Haema Sivanesan, 36, executive director of the South Asian Visual Arts Centre and curator of Nuit Blanche’s “Multiple Selves — Strange Destinations” exhibition in Zone C.

Blundstone boots it up

2008-09-30 16:44:54.000

On Sept. 25, the famed Australian footwear company hosted its annual Boot It Up! fundraiser for the SKETCH street-youth initiative.

Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival preview

Bigger and, it is hoped, better, the Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival is back for its third go-round this week — putting some 80 acts including locals The Imponderables, The Understudies and Kathleen Turner Overdrive on stage with out-of-towners including Chicago's OneTwoThree and L.A.'s Gratuity Not Included. That's twice as many acts as last year, on twice as many stages now that the six-day laughathon has pulled stakes from its former home, the Gladstone, and settled at Second City and the Diesel Playhouse.

That Italian artist who made clothes

2008-09-24 13:12:01.000

Chanel disdainfully referred to great rival Elsa Schiaparelli as “that Italian artist who makes clothes.” Granted, Schiaparelli (“Schiap” to friends) wasn’t a born tailor, but with a clientele that boasted Marlene Dietrich and Mae West, she remains an innovator whose broad-shouldered form-fitting suits redefined the fashionable silhouette. Responsible for breaking the barrier between art and fashion, Schiaparelli’s influence is still felt today: from thematic collections to prêt-a-porter boutiques, alongside firsts like the dinner jacket and zippers in couture garments.

Fibber

2008-10-06 17:36:31.000

Doing yoga half-way up one of the two large, floor-to-ceiling cargo nets which comprise the set of Fibber, one actress asks another if she’s even listening to what she’s saying. Here, in this moment, is what works and what doesn’t in Fibber, the product of Theatre Gargantua’s latest development cycle.

Don Giovanni

2008-10-06 17:00:49.000

In the COC’s current production of Don Giovanni, Robin Guarino does away with most of the directorial clichés that often burden this opera, but she also does away with the influence of the supernatural in the story.

Caresses

2008-10-06 16:22:49.000

Toronto last saw Caresses in an Equity Showcase production in 2000. If you missed it then, do try to see it now because it is one of the greatest plays of the last decade as this fine production makes abundantly clear.

Nuit Blanche on ETV

2008-10-06 15:30:51.000

EYE WEEKLY videographer Jason Gilmore captures the sights and sounds of Toronto's annual night of white.

Beck on ETV

The always stylin' Mr. Hansen treats the Sound Academy crowd to a rocked-out version of his 2005 single "Girl."

Nuit, Blanched

2008-10-06 11:58:40.000

EYE WEEKLY contributor Kate Carraway gives her minute-by-minute account of Toronto's all-night art thing

Of Pop and porn

2008-10-06 07:00:00.000

Burt Bacharach in a church and Final Fantasy in a porno theatre. On the same night. Yes, it must be Pop Montreal

EYE WEEKLY Twitters Nuit Blanche!

2008-10-04 09:00:00.000

Our tireless correspondent Paul Isaacs checks in all night long from Nuit Blanche at the EYE WEEKLY Twitter page!

Strategic voting 2.0

2008-10-03 11:55:12.000

When it comes to making their votes count, some are getting into fair trade — though they say they'd prefer a fair vote.

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2008-10-03 11:18:25.000

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World Press Photo Contest

2008-10-02 16:48:36.000

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2008-10-02 14:45:56.000

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An Evening With Uncle Val

2008-10-02 14:06:15.000

An Evening With Uncle Val is a cultural gemstone, lovingly shaped and flawlessly presented by Andy Jones, the veteran actor and monologist from Newfoundland.

Offensive Shadows

2008-10-02 13:46:32.000

Tedious at only 90 minutes, Offensive Shadows’ three parts hammer home playwright Paul Dunn’s single, unoriginal theme: that, in the modern world, the magic is gone.

Raymi: the greatest never

2008-10-02 11:37:47.000

Toronto's most self-made superstar perpetuates celebrity in another art show

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds @ Kool Haus, Oct. 1

2008-10-02 00:58:01.000

Though it's safe to say that a Nick Cave show makes for a bouncer's dream gig — in that the aged complexion of the crowd forgoes the need for ID checks — the man who puts the "awe" in Australian is enjoying something of a rejuvenation.

Fucked Up

2008-10-01 21:01:00.000

Toronto’s beloved hardcore f-bombers Fucked Up indulge in production excess for The Chemistry of Common Life, their first for Matador.

Rob Szabo

2008-10-01 21:00:00.000

Rob Szabo’s last album, Like A Metaphor, was a power-pop gem with candy-apple hooks that couched the dark content often embedded within.

Mogwai

2008-10-01 21:00:00.000

For a band who use words so sparingly, Mogwai have always had a knack for titles.