entertainment What Clubs
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Alleycatz (2409 Yonge St. 416-481-6865): Sump%26#39;n Different every Thurs.; Soular Fri. %26#38; Sat.; open stage jam with the Enzo Band every Sun.; Whitney Smith %26#38; C Berardinucci Quintet every Tues.; Jasmin Bailey %26#38; Co. every Wed.Artful Dodger (10 Isabella St. 416-964-9511): Ego Sidetrip [...]
Sports South African jackpot
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Trevor Immelman made three late bogeys but withstood a challenge from Justin Rose to win the Nedbank Challenge by a shot yesterday. Immelman, who won the $1.2 million (U.S.) first prize, shot par 72 to finish at 16-under 272. Rose shot 73, his [...]
living Nigar Nazar’s career
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1971: First cartoon published by Karachi Arts Council.1975: Glad to Meetcha Gogi published. 1980: Gogi cartoons at National Art Gallery of Pakistan. 1982: Gogi on the Go published. 1987: Brochure on AIDS and TB for Pakistan’s health ministry. 1991: Draws children’s book Nanney Doctors for UNICEF. 1997: Awarded Booruker UNESCO prize for volunteer work [...]
Reconstructed reality – let’s call it fiction
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The Man in the WhiteSharkskin Suit:My Family’s Exodusfrom Cairo to the New Worldby Lucette LagnadoHarpers Collins,340 pages, $32.95
The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit is a family chronicle, an account of the reluctant immigrant experience.Author Lucette Lagnado paints pre-Nasser Cairo with such brilliant colours, such warmth and such a play of light that by the [...]
entertainment ‘King of Kong’: Clash of supergeeks
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The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
(out of 4)A documentary about an arcade game rivalry featuring Steve Wiebe, Billy Mitchell and Walter Day. Directed by Seth Gordon. 78 minutes. At the Bloor.
As world-record obsessions go, the quest to be the first to get one million points in the ancient arcade game Donkey Kong hardly [...]
entertainment Ben Rayner’s Reasons to live
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… undercut by the sad fact that UGK’s belated mainstream breakthrough is now assured only because half the group is dead. R.I.P., Pimp C: Underground Kingz is a monster. Wire, Read %26amp; Burn 03. I was 3 years old when Pink Flag came out in 1977, so it took a few more years and a [...]
Oilpatch braces for new arrivals
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FORT McMURRAY, Alta. %26ndash; Fifty-seven year old Gerald Morrison has only 18 months to go before he can %26#34;get out of Dodge%26#34; and retire to Port Hawkesbury, N.S. But until then, the Syncrude refinery technician has to get a roomie to meet [...]
Night Day Weekend
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Here are some of the events in the city this weekend. For more entertainment listings, be sure to check out our Weekday Planner, Stage, Clubs and Galleries listings.Friday December 7
Music
Royal Conservatory of Music presents a World %26#38; Urban Music concert featuring the RCM [...]
T.O. man knows how to pick ‘em
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One of the great joys of following a sport is lording your superiority over others who do the same. That should make Kevin de Souza – a soft-spoken Torontonian – the most gleeful soccer fan on earth. For the next two days, at least.For several years now, roughly 1.5 million supporters have come (virtually) together [...]
Chrétien points finger at Martin for Kyoto failure
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What was intended as a feel-good gathering of prominent Liberals celebrating the legacy of one of their most illustrious leaders took a divisive turn today as Jean Chr%26eacute;tien again took aim at his successor Paul Martin%26#39;s track record as prime minister, this [...]
