Toronto, Prepare to Dance Yourself to Death This Weekend

Photo: "Reference Library" by Metrix X , member of the blogTO Flickr pool . Thoughts of Luminato — Toronto’s Festival of Arts and Creativity — don’t always conjure up images of the Toronto Public Library , but as it did last year , the country’s largest library system is sponsoring a whole slew of literary events as part of the upcoming festival. The highlight of TPL’s Luminato activities (especially for lovers of all things short li... more

Tea people are just nice people. They’re as knowledgeable and passionate about their product as coffee people, only slightly less keyed up and twitchy. And, let’s just get it out of the way, when we’re talking about tea, we’re talking places that specialize in looseleaf tea (one exception to be spotted below). Most prepacked bagged tea is made with the bits and pieces left over after sorting out the tea leaves. They take the sweepings, the tea "dust", ... more

This week in film, Mongol , the Academy Award nominated film about the rise of a young Mongolian who would grow to become the feared Genghis Khan, finally reaches wide release this week. The German/Kazahkstanian/Russian/Mongolian film was well received at TIFF this past year and so far has been continuing to receive promising reviews . To find out why you should see a film that revises old stereotypes of the Mongolian war-lord and more, read after the break. More... ... more

So apparently "square" was a bad idea for a theme due of the large number of photos with tags for Dundas Square or some other Toronto "square" in the city. Luckily we’ve got so many great Toronto photographers contributing to the blogTO Flickr pool that it never takes long to find enough great photos to feature. Click through for links to larger photos and the artists, and for next week’s theme. More... ... more