On October 18, 2013, the 3rd annual Panda Ball was held at the Four Seasons Hotel starting with an elegant reception with 350 special guests including Commander Chris Hadfield, Steven Page, Kevin O’Leary and Ziya Tong. The former Mayor of Toronto, David Miller, was in attendance as well as he became CEO and President of WWF Canada recently in September 2013. “It is incredibly gratifying to have community leaders, artists, entrepreneurs and great business minds all come together for WWF…
On Thursday October 30th, 2013, the TIFF Bell Lightbox had a launch party that spanned 3 floors of the spacious, modern venue to mark the opening of the largest exhibition celebrating all the works of David Cronenberg, one of Canada’s most prolific and iconic filmmakers of our time. Cronenberg is one of the film industry’s originators of what is commonly known as the body horror or venereal horror genre (take the classic movie The Fly), for example.
To start off World MasterCard Fashion Week SS14, Toronto’s fashion scene was invited to preview the upcoming trends in shoes for Spring/Summer 2014 at Trend Marketing in Mississauga presented in partnership with Town Shoes. The 7,000 square foot showroom (completely renovated and modernized from an old home) had plenty of space to explore a variety of brands including Jessica Simpson, Fergie, Sam Edelman, Donald J Pliner and more. Eye-catching trends included snakeskins, metallics and stiletto pumps and open toes from…
The musical based on the cult classic Sam Raimi film is back and special performances have been slated for Halloween today (October 31) at 7 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.. If you dare, be sure to sit in the Splatter Zone, the ultimate destination for flying limbs, rolling heads and gushing blood. Splatter zone tickets are so hot that all Splatter Zone seats for the first four weeks of the run were sold out within 20 minutes of being on sale…
It was another extravagant night of masks and intrigue at the 20th Venetian Ball gala. More than 1,000 guests came to the Metro Toronto Convention Centre to support and celebrate 20 years of one of Toronto’s top charity galas raising funds and awareness for Villa Charities, providing care for seniors, in particular individuals with intellectual disabilities and mental health issues. Guests were greeted at the reception by Montreal’s electronic harpist M’Michelle, accompanied by DJ Alex Beaudoin-Tousignant while whetting appetites with…
UPDATE: The 10th anniversary of Operanation raised over $130,000 for COC’s Ensemble Studio! The sold-out annual fundraising gala for the Canadian Opera Company took over 3 storeys at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts on a busy week of events centered around Toronto’s fashion week. But even with all the frenzy of events, this gala is never one to miss. In this year’s signature Operanation rock-opera performance, the Sam Roberts Band entertained the crowd accompanied by the COC’s…