The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery in Toronto announced Max Mara as the presenting sponsor of Power Ball for the third consecutive year. The announcement was followed by a swanky cocktail celebration at Max Mara’s Bloor St. boutique. The theme of Power Ball XIX — “Stereo Vision” — was also announced. “This evening we are …
The Panama Jazz Connection, hosted by Jazz.FM91 and Level 1 Collective, took over Toronto’s Liberty Village this past summer. The musical talents of Danilo Pérez, Brian Blade, John Patitucci and the Berklee Global Jazz Institute came together for a live on-air performance before an exciting after-party hit the streets for a block-party-esque celebration. The party …
In the heart of Paris’s 8th district, famous photographer and Emmy Award-nominated director Francesco Carrozzini was praised for his work in his latest photography exhibit, “Music.” The opening and exhibit launch took place at Earth Gallery, where celebrities such as Kanye West, Robert De Niro, Katy Perry and Beyoncé popped up in a show of …
For the past decade, George Stroumboulopoulos has been the poster boy of the CBC with his primetime talk show George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight. This fall he started a new journey, as he took over hosting duties of the preeminent stick-and-puck program in the country, Hockey Night in Canada (HNIC). We sat down with Stroumboulopoulos in his …
It’s been said that music is food to the heart. Leaning against a lengthy bar in Toronto’s Nota Bene Restaurant, Alexander Neef readily sips on a glass of cool water. A welcome indulgence, after having walked through a bustling Queen West absorbed by an unbearable haze of heat. Neef is noticeably in his element, surrounded …
Before Beatlemania swept the globe and led the British Invasion onto American soil; before the Fab Four sold out Shea Stadium, setting concert attendance records, proving large-scale outdoor concerts were viable and profitable; before Sgt. Pepper and his Lonely Hearts Club Band dabbled with mind-altering substances and reinvented the studio album, transforming it into a …
