May 2011 Contents
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This City
Reason to Love Toronto Because the Jays have their swagger back
Q&A Professional loudmouth Ezra Levant is about to get even louder
Urban Diplomat Advice on how to be a civilized Torontonian
Camera Al Gore and other international do-gooders get down at the We Day after-party
Ego Meter What’s making and shaking the city’s self-image this month
Columns
Brian Topp Rob Ford is trying to use the Housing scandal to get city hall out of the landlord business. Bad idea
Jan Wong Torontonians used to be so nice. Now we’re nasty. What’s behind the sudden rise in rudeness that’s sweeping the city?
Features
The Anarchist of Forest Hill
Byron Sonne’s obsession with the security of the G20 summit cost him his wife, his million-dollar home and his freedom By Denise Balkissoon
Too Arty
Gregory Burke pulled the Power Plant
out of debt and enhanced its reputation with shows of international art celebrities. But the wealthy socialites who support the gallery thought he was
a diva and an embarrassment. He responded with the ultimate snub: he quit By Daniel Baird
The Sipper Club
Will Predhomme belongs to a competitive cabal of the city’s top sommeliers, who sniff, sip and spit their way through hundreds of bottles a week. They do this to help you decide what to drink with your dinner, while making you think it was your idea all along By Jason McBride
Navigator
The Thing Spring Fashion Edition: Feather fascinators, chunky chokers, statement watches, and other lessons in the art of accessorizing boldly
The List Ten things the globe-trotting photographer Edward Burtynsky can’t live without
Great Spaces A midtown rebuild that’s custom-made to be kid-proof
Real Estate The search for a subletter’s dream home
Food & Drink
Introducing Leslieville’s new guilt-free fishmonger
The Critic Susur Lee’s over-hyped homecoming
Flavour of the Month The city’s best sports bars
Wine Aussie gems
The Dish DIY chèvre
Culture
Spotlight Colm Feore juggles Renaissance zealotry and comic book villainy
The Argument Why the abstract expressionists are the art world’s it boys once more
See, Hear, Read Know-it-alls pick the movie, music and book release of the month
Current Obsession Cartoonist Chester Brown’s love affair with hookers
Scrapbook Woody Harrelson’s Toronto: a wacky infatuation in photos
Going Out
Restaurants, Theatre, Music, Art, Dance, Family, Etc.
Memoir
And Nanny Makes Three
