Alvin Ailey company returns to Toronto with a dance work about Nelson Mandela
In 1986, revered Black American choreographer Alvin Ailey made a ferocious protest work in response to Nelson Mandela’s more than two decades of imprisonment under the...
Roundup: Four new and notable books that deserve attention
Clara at the Door With a Revolver, by Carolyn Whitzman (On Point Press) Subtitled “The Scandalous Black Suspect, the Exemplary White Son, and the Murder That...
Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Riccardo Muti set the frigid darkness ablaze in triumphant Toronto return after 109-year absence
Chicago Symphony Orchestra with Riccardo Muti Feb. 1 at Koerner Hall, Toronto On one of the coldest nights of the year in Toronto, with temperatures plummeting...
‘Pressure’ starring Kevin Doyle is an engrossing story and a good old-fashioned play
Pressure By David Haig, directed by John Dove and Josh Roche. Until March 5 at the Royal Alexandra Theatre, 260 King St. W. mirvish.com or 1-800-461-3333...
‘The Consultant,’ Black History Month titles among February streaming highlights
TORONTO – Here’s a look at some of the standout TV series and films debuting on subscription streaming platforms in February: “The Consultant” When the young...
Exuberant Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band launches first tour in six years
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — It’s been six years since Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band embarked on a major tour. Judging by the first show...
‘Paw Patrol’ construction pup gets spinoff series ‘Rubble & Crew’ from Spin Master
TORONTO – One of the “Paw Patrol” pups is getting his own spinoff series. “Rubble & Crew” debuts this Saturday on Corus Entertainment’s Treehouse channel and...
ASB offers flood-hit customers $2000 payment
ASB is offering some of its customers who were worst affected by recent flooding in the upper North Island a payment of $2000. Auckland households and...
600-house Invercargill subdivision delayed – but will still proceed
Robyn Edie/Stuff Te Puawai Developments director John Elliott, left, and the project’s land development manager Ethan Black on the 70 hectare site in east Invercargill (from...
Police seize motorbikes in night operation as Tribesmen gang rides south
Stuff Tribesmen and other bikies and associated gang members travelling together along Yaldhurst Rd west of Christchurch in 2020. (File image) Tribesmen biker gang members have...