HOToronto Fall/Winter 006 HOToronto Spring 008 In This Issue 4 FROM THE EDITOR Joey Cee 5 SPECIAL EVENTS NEWS 6 LUMINATO Arts and Creativity Festival 7 HOTsports Toronto Blue Jays, Toronto Argos & Toronto FC Home Game Schedules 8 HOTicket Concert Listings 10 SPECIAL EVENTS & SHOW GUIDE Fairs, Festivals, Galleries and Exhibitions 11 HOTset Guide to who is filming in and around Toronto 1 FESTIVAL GUIDE 18 MOVIE MONITOR A checklist guide to this season’s hottest new movies 19 CURTAINS UP! LIVE THEATRE SUPERGUIDE Current and upcoming theatre productions 3 WOW MISSISSAUGA What’s On Where in Mississauga 5 GALAS & CHARITY BALLS Major Fundraising Events 6 DINNER THEATRE DIRECTORY 8 VIP SOURCE Visitor’s Information Page. Instant phone directory to major entertainment venues. COVER STORY Colourful and exciting Toronto is the best way to describe summer in the city. Photo courtesy of PhotoTravelPages.com. Spring 008 HOToronto 3 Spring 008 volume 14 number 3 Publisher and Managing Editor Joey Cee from the editor Contributing Writers Annette Stallmach, Enzo Iammatteo Miriam Isenberg, Lina Dhingra, Collin Baldwin, Carole Weiner Photography Aline Sandler, Tom Sandler HOToronto Design, Layout & Digital Cover HOT BUTTONS get you to where Graphics you wanna be INSTANTLY. Alyssa Callahan & Ana Cristina da Silva Interns Phil Gervais, Alyssa Callahan, Christina Clappison Webmaster Joey Cee, Publisher & Editor DesignSource.com Website Editors Finally, things are heating up in the city. Not that it ever warmed over any time during this brutal winter which sent everyone Jennie Nickerson, Ana Cristina da Silva into cocooning mode. Ah, the joys of having seasons. Facebook Group Network Director With the warming weather, colour and excitement is popping up all around us. Spring is officially here and summer is just Vince Alexander around the corner. One glance at this issue of HOToronto Magazine will surely tell you that there is more to do and see in this city than you thought you had time for. Broadcast Media Division Producer Joey Cee For the first time in our 14 year history we are answering to the demands of technology and reader interest by issuing an HOToronto Magazine is published on-line edition of this publication. This can be sent to you FREE by registered subscription or you can download on-line from three times a year by our official website at www.HOToronto.com. JCO Communications Inc., 135 Bay Street, 4th Floor, Unlike other publications, HOToronto is the ultimate city entertainment planner. Our purpose is to provide you with the Toronto, Ontario. M5R 3K4. information you need to plan your visit to the city and that means even if you are coming in from Mississauga, Niagara, Tel: (416) 93-HOTO (4686) Brampton, Whitby, Markham, Richmond Hill or any other place outside of the GTA. Our tracking shows that our on-line Fax: 905-80-951 readers and magazine downloads span the globe with more than 400 cities in 40 countries checking in regularly. E-mail: [email protected] If you haven’t logged on to our website recently, you will be surprised to see the features we have added over the winter www.HOToronto.com months. In addition to 25 different category buttons to choose from, we endeavour to highlight what is also going on in cities The information on establishments and special and suburbs around us through the WOW (What’s On Where) side banner. One click on any of these buttons keeps you venues listed or mentioned in this publication is informed. Although we publish only three times a year, our website is always active with new and exciting city activities - all compiled from all available, and considered to be reliable sources. The publisher does not assume re- found on The Sizzle Sheet which is updated regularly. We will also soon be adding regular contests for you to enter sponsibility for omissions, errors or changes printed. offering up tickets to shows and other exciting prizes. Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy of information provided at time of printing. Due to the Our unique website design has activity written all over it. You don’t have to enter search words. We have basically narrowed nature of the venues, information may change after down all the information into a compact format that gets you linked instantly. date of publication. This publication does not endorse or recommend One of the most popular buttons on our website is the INSTANT HOT LINKS. Here you will find most of the attractions you the establishments listed or advertised. However, are looking for along with their phone numbers. Click on and we’ll take you right to their door. most establishments are listed on proven merit and therefore recommended for publication. You may Although we are a city based magazine we also understand that you, our reader, would be sooner or later looking to venture notify the publisher in writing, by fax or by e-mail, of any changes or additions found in this publication. into other areas in southern Ontario as well as getting away up north for a short holiday or even further for a longer vacation. You’ll find information and link features not found in other magazines including Wine Country, Hotel Hot Spots, Hot Spas & HOToronto Magazine is available at selected retail Resorts, On The Waterfront, Filming In and Around Toronto and a directory of Fundraising Events and Galas. locations, information centres, plus selected news- stands and bookstands throughout Toronto and the Take some time out to check out our site and navigate your way to Toronto fun and excitement. This season we kick off the surrounding areas. Locations include selected tour- ist information centres, ticket locations, nightclubs, HOT season with your guide to Festivals - the tell tale sign that hibernation season is over. bars, restaurants, theatres, concert venues and festivals, record stores and tourist attractions. HO- You are encouraged to get out and enjoy what this city has to offer. Kiss goodbye to the brutal winter that we experienced. Toronto Magazine is available to tourists from Tour- Keep your patience on the roads as closures will be many - most to fix the pothole damaged roads. With that in mind, you can ism Toronto (Metro Toronto Convention & Visitors even go to our website and get the weather instantly. How HOT is that? Association). Additional current and back copies of HOToronto Magazine are available for $4.95 plus $1.50 mailing and handling per copy (in Canada), I assure you this is going to be another HOT season in our Toronto. $6.00US (includes mailing and handling) for US or- ders. International orders $10.00US per copy. Enjoy! No part of this publication may be reproduced, duplicated or electronically stored in part or whole without the written permission of the publisher. © Copyright 008. All Rights Reserved. Canada Post Publications Mail Agreement #4097517 Printed in Canada 4 HOToronto Spring 008 DORA MAVOR MOORE AWARDS Recognizing the outstanding achievements in Toronto’s performing arts community, the Doras honour the creators of over 200 theatre, dance and opera productions annually in the following categories: General Theatre, Independent Theatre, Dance, Opera and Theatre for Young Audiences. On Monday June 30, the awards will be hosted by Sharron Matthews of the iconic Sharron’s Party. A VIP Reception will be held at the Rosewater Supper Club from 5 – 7 p.m. at 19 Toronto Street. At 8 p.m. the awards show will be in the Winter Garden Theatre EVIL DEAD THE MUSICAL at 189 Yonge Street. At 10:30 p.m. there will be an After Party in the Cascading EXTENDED TO JUNE 14 Lobbies. Because the fans wouldn’t stop pouring into the Diesel Playhouse on 56 Blue Jays Way, Evil Dead the Musical has extended its run in Toronto to June 14th! The BICYCLE FILM FESTIVAL show is so popular and has such massive global appeal that it’s now playing in Returning for its eighth year, the 2008 Bicycle Film Festival (BFF) is kicking off Seoul, South Korea. What can go wrong when five college students break into an its annual tour, stopping in 15 cities internationally. BFF ‘08 promises to continue abandoned cabin in the woods? Apparently a whole heck of a lot! They unleash evil to grow this year, boasting nearly 100,000 attendees in 2007. Founder Brendt spirits, turn into demons… and sing show tunes! In Evil Dead: the Musical, Sam Barbur remains a strong voice of this massive movement, holding the torch for Raimi’s cult classic 80s films are brought to life in a hilarious, campy show that creatively bringing together an explosive festival that showcases well-known and will make you love the theatre again. With songs such as “All the Men in my Life respected artists, musicians, and filmmakers. The days of the festival are filled keep getting Killed by Candarian Demons” and “What the F*@k was That?” it’s no with films, parades, block parties and art shows – all bike themed.The films that wonder Evil Dead won the Dora Award as Toronto’s Favourite Show. So come and will be shown were hand selected from hundreds of submissions that came from see the musical everyone is talking about… it would literally kill you to miss it! around world. All BFF related events include free bicycle valet parking. The BFF is scheduled to come to Toronto in August, but dates may be subject to change. NO GRAND PRIX Toronto lost its popular open-wheel race this year as Grand Prix of Toronto TONY AWARD-WINNING BEST MUSICAL JERSEY BOYS CEO Charlie Johnstone confirmed in March that the 23rd edition of the race was COMES TO TORONTO cancelled.