Comments Off on In Food Stories: Touro Brazilian Steakhouse, The Kitchen Canada, Savouring the City with Lincoln and more
This week in food news, we checked out Touro Brazilian Steakhouse in Richmond Hill, contending to be the best Brazilian Rodizio experience for meatlovers in the GTA. The Kitchen Canada launches it’s professional kitchen with a molecular gastronomic dinner. And Lincoln’s new 2014 MKZ vehicle took foodies out for fine dining.
Comments Off on Canadian Opera Company’s rising stars to compete at the new Centre Stage gala
Hosted by Rufus Wainwright, the Canadian Opera Company will be hosting it’s first “Centre Stage” gala on November 26, 2013 at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts. The focus of this inaugural gala will be on the 3rd annual Ensemble Studio Competition where the talent from rising stars will shine.
Out of a pool of 155 young aspiring artists, the 9 finalists will be competing for cash prizes from $1,500 to $5,000.
The 9 young finalists featured in the 2013 vocal competition are:
While staying true to the history of opera, It’s great to see the COC staying modern and adapting to changing times from the rock-opera hybrids at the annual Operanation gala and now to the Canadian Idol theme of cultivating and showcasing talent at the new Centre Stage gala.
Tickets to see the competition are $100 for orchestra seating only. For more info visit the COC’s Centre Stage website here.
Comments Off on At Captain Morgan’s “Rock the Boat” party with Classified
Captain Morgan and Classified
Captain Morgan hosted the Toronto leg of their “Rock the Boat” tour at the Phoenix Concert Theatre featuring Nova Scotia’s Juno award-winning artist, Classified. The evening started off with a DJ, Captain Morgan cocktail samples and photoshoots with Captain Morgan himself. The live entertainment included a lively fire show followed by what the packed house came out to see. The crowd was jumping on their feet as Classified performed and the mosh pit went wild for Captain Morgan as he crowd surfed. Classified also found a fan that came up on stage and rapped beside him. It was pretty impressive how she kept up without breaking a sweat.
Silver and soda was my favourite Captain Morgan drink. Thanks Captain Morgan for a great night!
Comments Off on At the Panda Ball with Chris Hadfield in support of WWF Canada
Commander Chris Hadfield | Photo: George Pimentel
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 to create a future in which humans live in harmony with nature”, says David Miller, President and CEO, WWF Canada. “This year’s recipient of our environmental leader award, Michael de Pencier, embodies the passion and generosity that is critical to the success of WWF.”
As the Master of Ceremonies for the evening, Steven Page pointed out how lucky we as Canadians are to be rich in wild life and wild places, so it is our responsibility to take care of them with pride.
Canada’s own highly-revered astronaut, Commander Chris Hadfield, took to the podium as well and described how he saw Earth from outer space calling for everyone to do more to protect the planet. Guests at the evening also got to hear him sing and play guitar.
WWF Canada highlighted the importance of the Last Ice Area project, which aims to protect this important ice habitat for polar bears and other Arctic species.
Young singing sensation, Carly Rose Sonenclar, filled the room with emotion and Steven Page and his band ended the evening with a bang.
The evening exceeded the goal of raising $500,000 for WWF Canada in support of their important conservation work that affects us all.
ABOUT WWF (World Wildlife Fund)
WWF (World Wildlife Fund) is Canada’s largest international conservation organization with the active support of more than 150,000 Canadians. We connect the power of a strong global network to on-the-ground conservation efforts across Canada, with offices in Vancouver, Prince Rupert,Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Halifax, St. John’s, and a growing presence in the Arctic. For more information visit wwf.ca
l: The new CEO and President of WWF Canada, David Miller
Steven Page, Chris Hadfield
Ziya Tong
Carly Rose Sonenclar | Photo: George Pimentel
Steven Page and his band | Photo: George Pimentel
Photos by Nick Lee and George Pimentel (where indicated)
Commander Chris Hadfield | Photo: George Pimentel
Photo: George Pimentel
Steven Page, Ziya Tong | Photo: George Pimentel
Ziya Tong | Photo: George Pimentel
Steven Page, David Miller | Photo: George Pimentel
Photo: George Pimentel
Photo: George Pimentel
Steven Page and his band | Photo: George Pimentel
Photo: George Pimentel
Photo: George Pimentel
David Miller, President, CEO, WWF Canada | Photo: George Pimentel
Carly Rose Sonenclar | Photo: George Pimentel
Photo: George Pimentel
Photo: George Pimentel
Photo: George Pimentel
Michael de Pencier, Environmental Leader Award | Photo: George Pimentel
Commander Chris Hadfield | Photo: George Pimentel
Photo: George Pimentel
Photo: George Pimentel
Photo: George Pimentel
Photo: George Pimentel
Carly Rose Sonenclar | Photo: George Pimentel
Photo: George Pimentel
Steven Page | Photo: George Pimentel
Steven Page: Photo: George Pimentel
Photo: George Pimentel
Photo: George Pimentel
Photo: George Pimentel
Commander Chris Hadfield | Photo: George Pimentel
Photo: George Pimentel
Photo: George Pimentel
Photo: George Pimentel
Photo: George Pimentel
Photo: George Pimentel
Steven Page | Photo: George Pimentel
l: Kevin O’Leary | Photo: George Pimentel
Photo: George Pimentel
Commander Chris Hadfield
l: The new CEO and President of WWF Canada, David Miller
Comments Off on Photos from TIFF’s Cronenberg: Evolution opening party
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). Continue reading→
