After presentations and semi-final runway shows across the country searching for the next generation of talent, the short list of Mercedes-Benz Start Up fashion designers have been announced. The program is Canada’s platform for emerging fashion designers with a total of 8 finalists in the group runway show with Spring/Summer 2014 collections to be featured at World MasterCard Fashion Week on Tuesday, October 22 at 7pm. With Carlos Fogelman from HIP AND BONE announced as the 8th and final designer…
The 2nd annual VELD Music festival hits Downsview Park this Civic Holiday long weekend. There’s only 50 VIP wristbands left with 65,000 to 70,000 people expected to attend this massive music festival. With 30 DJs performing over the 2 days, headliners include Above & Beyond, Kaskade, Steve Angello, Dada Life, Steve Aoki and Deadmau5. For more info check out www.veldmusicfestival.com Check out the 2013 teaser video here: Official video from last year Check out what some people are saying about…
Save the Date! As we’ve mentioned before, Mount Sinai Hospital Auxiliary will be celebrating 60 years with a cosmopolitan fête themed after the era when it first started – in the 1950s on Sunday, September 22, 2013 at the Ritz Carlton in Toronto. Live music will be provided by Canada’s own charismatic jazz crooner, Matt Dusk, and his Big Band Orchestra. “Celebrate 60″ is about the commitment to rebuild Mount Sinai Hospital’s Labour and Delivery facility and provide sustaining funding…
The 2013 CCMA (Canadian Country Music Association Awards) are being held in Edmonton, Alberta on Sunday, September 8th, marking Canada’s biggest night in country music. It will be aired live on CBC with encore airings on CMT Canada starting at 10pm ET. On the morning of July 17th, an official CCMA nominees announcement was held here in Toronto at the Storys Building with industry and media present as well as Autumn Hill and Emerson Drive in attendance giving a sample…
The annual Boys Night Out event is like being in the manliest of man-caves. They have pretty much everything the youngest and oldest men could want including poker tournaments, golf, motorcycles, sports cars, cigars, fine spirits, tons of great food from local restauranteurs and tons of varieties of fine wine to discover from the Lifford Wine & Spirits portfolio. One unique experience was by the GotStyle section, where owner Melissa Austria would size you up and give you a pocket…
In this issue: Event Recaps Spirited Dinner Spirits Confidential Disaronno Mixing Star Dinner Upcoming Events Boys Night Out Crave TO It was back-to-back days for me with Beam Global starting with a Spirited Dinner with Jim Beam’s Great Grandson, Fred Noe III followed by the next afternoon with fine spirit sampling at Spirits Confidential. But even after 2 days, it’s incredible how varied the amount of spirits there are to sample with the large Jim Beam collection of brands ranging…