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The Weekender: The Tsar’s Cabinet, The Nutcracker and six other items on our to-do list

The Weekender: Hair, The Nutcracker and The Tsar’s Cabinet

1. THE POLAR EXPRESS PJ PARTY
Most children love slumber parties and Christmas movies, which makes the decision to combine the two rather brilliant on the part of Ontario Place—it’ll be hosting a IMAX 3D screening of The Polar Express this Saturday. Kids can don their most festive jammies, make foam ornaments, ask Santa for items on their wish lists and settle in to watch the show. Dec. 17. $15 (To guarantee tickets, e-mail info@ontarioplace.com). Ontario Place Cinesphere, 955 Lake Shore Blvd. W., ontarioplace.com.

2. THE TSAR’S CABINET
For the house proud, this very shiny collection of decorative art and home goods—featuring the Romanov family’s Fabergé mounts, imperial porcelain eggs (you mean you don’t have any?), gilded dinner services (a home staple, of course), historical court photos and even their good silver—makes for good, if a little ambitious, inspiration. Some may remember the Romanovs: they were the Russian Imperial family that the Bolsheviks really, really disliked and, um, killed during the revolution of 1917. Perhaps you remember Anastasia better? To Jan. 8. $12. Gardiner Museum, 111 Queen’s Park, 416-586-8080, gardinermuseum.on.ca.

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Weekly Lunch Pick

November 14, 2011 | 8:35 am

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Weekly Lunch Pick: a hearty soup and sandwich in Corktown

The chicken galantine sandwich and curried pumpkin purée soup at Gilead Café (Image: Andrew Brudz)

With Jamie Kennedy’s withdrawal from the Wine Bar and Hank’s, and his Gardiner Museum restaurant turned into an event and catering space, the Gilead Café and Bistro is now the best place to go for his French-inflected locavore cuisine. Inside, the trademark wall of colourful preserved fruit and vegetables makes a cozy spot for a fall lunch.

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To-Do List

June 30, 2011 | 8:45 am

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Today in Toronto: Jun Kaneko

Jun Kaneko This Japanese-born American artist has yet to discover a discipline he doesn’t like or can’t master. He paints, draws, works in ceramics, bronze and glass, and designs for the stage. Find out more »

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To-Do List

February 2, 2011 | 12:33 pm

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The Weekender: Nixon in China, Kuumba and six other events on our to-do list

1. FRIDAY AFTER FIVE: DINNER AND A MOVIE
This edition of the Gardiner Museum’s popular Friday night event features a screening of the 1992 magical realist flick Like Water for Chocolate, preceded by a cocktail hour and dinner inspired by the film and catered by Jamie Kennedy. You can also just go for the movie, but why would anyone choose to skip out on ceviche, mole and churros? February 4. Movie $5, $45 with dinner. Gardiner Museum, 111 Queen’s Park, 416-362-1957, ext. 201, gardinermuseum.on.ca.

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To-Do List

October 13, 2010 | 10:24 am

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The Weekender: Make Some Noise at the library, art at the Brick Works and six other events on our to-do list

Out of Context—for Pina kicks off Harbourfront's World Stage programming (Image: Chris Van der Burght)

1. FROM THE GROUND UP LECTURE: RAJ PATEL
Best-selling author Raj Patel has gone from working for such global organizations as the World Bank, the World Trade Organization and the UN to criticizing them at every opportunity. Catch the academic-activist expounding on the true cost of food production (spoiler: local is better) before sitting down to a three-course dinner prepared by Jamie Kennedy. Oct. 17. Lecture $10, with dinner $200. Gardiner Museum, 111 Queen’s Park Cres., gardinermuseum.on.ca.

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From the Print Edition

October 6, 2010 | 9:05 am

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Best of fall fashion: nine favourite must-haves

Three of the city’s most stylish personalities reveal what they’re buying this fall, plus six of our favourite autumn looks after the jump.

NICHOLAS MELLAMPHY
Creative director of The Room

Black Brown 1826’s cashmere jacket
$399, The Bay
“This cashmere jacket from Black Brown 1826 is going to be the centrepiece of my fall wardrobe—I live in denim and jackets. I’m getting it in both black and charcoal. I love the luxurious texture of the fabric and the super-slim cut.”

JULES POWER
Womenswear designer

18 Waits’ Johnny hat
$225, 18waits.com
“I’m completely in love with 18 Waits’ Johnny hat for fall. It was designed in collaboration with Biltmore, Canada’s oldest hat maker, and made in Guelph. It’s an amazing smoky grey colour and totally in keeping with the earthy gypsy style that’s inspiring me this season.”

COCO ROCHA
Model

Greta Constantine’s Doris dress
$1,595, gretaconstantine.com
“I love the draping on Greta Constantine’s new Doris dress, a midnight blue gown that recalls Old Hollywood. It’s perfect for a red carpet event anywhere.”

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Creative Types

April 8, 2010 | 3:23 pm

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How Matthew Teitelbaum made 13 times more in bonuses than William Thorsell

Gallerias like this don't come cheap (Image: Ian Muttoo)

The CEOs of Canada’s top cultural institutions were likely choking on their morning croissants last week when they read reports that AGO director Matthew Teitelbaum became a millionaire in 2009, raking in a total of $1,070,262 in salary, taxable benefits and a $665,000 bonus for completing the Transformation AGO project. (The average salary of Canadian gallery directors of national institutions is rarely more than $300,000 a year.) Today the disclosure was made more shocking by the news that no other Canadian arts leader received such a whopping amount for completing a project during the same time period. The ROM’s William Thorsell, for example, earned a meagre $50,000 for completing Renaissance ROM, and he gave half the amount back to the project. When the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts was completed in 2006, Richard Bradshaw, who spearheaded the renovation, saw no completion dough. There were no bonuses for leaders in charge of the Royal Conservatory of Music, the National Ballet School or the Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, and Piers Handling won’t be getting one for TIFF’s new digs, either. We know who’ll be picking up the cheque the next time these bigwigs get together.

This post is now complete—where’s our bonus?

• Big bonuses at AGO raise questions [Toronto Star]
• Million reasons why AGO Director had a great year [Globe and Mail]

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Restauran-TO

February 26, 2010 | 12:21 pm

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Famous frites not on menu at Jamie Kennedy’s Gilead

Jamie Kennedy (Photo by Davida Aronovitch)

Jamie Kennedy had a rough year in 2009: he sold Hank’s and the Wine Bar, his Gardiner Museum restaurant took a more casual route, and he was essentially on the brink of bankruptcy. “I expanded too quickly,” he told The Globe back in June. “I was exposed to costs far out of balance with my revenue.”

Now Kennedy is making his way back to the kitchen five nights a week at Gilead Bistro, where his study in economy hasn’t gone unnoticed by The Star’s Amy Pataki (nor has the less-than-packed dining room). For example, Pataki notes that the bistro charges $3 for bread. Also, Kennedy sells charcuterie and soups through the Healthy Butcher and turns chicken and beef bones into stock that can be bought at Rowe Farms.

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Best Dressed

June 3, 2009 | 1:45 am

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Toronto’s Best Dressed: Jessica de Ruiter

Picking the perfect wedding dress is arguably the most important fashion decision some women will ever make. Los Angeles–based stylist Jessica de Ruiter (a former Vogue editor and Toronto native) pulled off an enviable mix of timeless and contemporary for her big day. We caught up with the newlywed—pictured here with her husband, artist Jed Lind, outside their reception at the Gardiner Museum—to get the scoop on stylish simplicity and why wedding conventions were made to be broken.

(Photo by Jon Barber)

As a stylist, you must have been imagining your wedding dress for years. How did you decide on this one?
I was never one of those girls who dreamed about her wedding. I started looking in L.A., where I live, after we decided to get married. I went to Saks and found some amazing Oscar de la Renta gowns. Turns out the only other place to find his wedding collection in L.A. was at a tiny trunk show in the Valley, so I went there, which is where I found the dress. I took Jed to see it.

You took the groom to see the dress before the big day? Isn’t that against the rules?
I know, but I trust his opinion so much, and from the start we’ve been doing everything together. I decided to buy the dress in Toronto so I wouldn’t have to worry about shipping. I went to White in Yorkville, and it was the best experience. The ambience was perfect: they serve cookies and champagne. There is nothing like that in L.A.

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Read All About It

June 2, 2009 | 8:13 am

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Ossington ban blasted, Jamie Kennedy interviewed, insects in food dye

Gear shift: Jamie Kennedy clarifies the transformation of his Gardiner Museum restaurant (Photo by joevare)

Gear shift: Jamie Kennedy discusses the future of his Gardiner Museum restaurant (Photo by joevare)

• Jamie Kennedy re-characterizes the closing of his Gardiner Museum restaurant as “shifting gears.” Though stingy with details, his rundown points to a working lunch series that starts June 17. [Toronto Star]

• Canadian actor and model Lisa Marcos tells the Post about her love of Daybreak’s breakfast and Blowfish‘s everything. Why eat downtown when she lives uptown? Restaurants north of Eglinton are “really busy all the time.” Someone’s never waited for a table at Terroni. [National Post]

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My Style

May 19, 2009 | 12:01 pm

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How designer Erin McCutcheon is combining her love of moustaches and cookies

“I might be in the wrong profession,” says Erin McCutcheon, an artist and designer who prefers to call herself a “maker.” It’s fitting, then, that she sells her porcelain lamps and decorative ceramic pieces at the Dundas West design haven Made. “I don’t really like the idea of people being materialistic.” Instead, McCutcheon prefers to design for herself. But she’s not selfish: McCutcheon recently donated soup bowls to the Gardiner Museum’s annual Empty Bowls charity event. Over chai tea and a gingham tablecloth, the ginger-haired Haligonian shares her love of moustaches, cowboys and sugar cookies.

Erin McCutcheon in her Toronto studio (Photo by Jenna Marie Wakani)

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