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  • Comicon Toronto @M.T.C.C. -Fri., March 14th -Sun., March 16th, 2025

    Photography By Wayne Baggs, BKONTHESCENE & Alon Weiss We had the opportunity to visit The Metro Toronto Convention Center as droves of costumed rabid fans miraculously turned the venue into a landscape of fantasy, dreams and imagination, celebrating the fandom of anime, Sci-Fi, comics, and video games. Once again presented by FAN EXPO Canada, as it was…

  • Raffaella  Restaurant Toronto -“a Hidden Gem!”-Wed.,Jan.22nd,2025

    By Sally Warburton There’s a new restaurant in town! And it’s a hidden gem!  Raffaella Restaurant had its soft opening in December and its official opening in January 2025. Located just south of The Future Bakery at 296 Brunswick Ave just south of Bloor Street.  Walking distance from both St. George and Spadina TTC subways.  Beside…

  • The Toronto Art Show 2024 @M.T.C.C.

  • Blues Musician SUGAR BROWN Shares Globe-Trekking Odyssey With ‘Toronto Bound’ Single And Album

    “Toronto Bound” YouTube and Spotify Website Picking up and leaving for a new town or city can be a challenge at the best of times. But for Toronto-based blues musician Ken Kawashima (aka Sugar Brown), leaving Chicago — often considered one of the blues’ hotbeds — for Toronto seems like a natural fit on the groovy and gorgeous…

  • TD-Toronto Jazz Festival-Fri.,June 21, -Sun.,June 30, 2024

    Get Your tickets for the amazing live music! Serving the Jazz Community Since 1987 What began in 1987 as an eight day showcase of jazz now attracts in excess of 500,000 loyal patrons annually over 10 days as more than 1,500 musicians entertain all across the city. The Festival has become a destination event, not just…

  • The 14th Annual Yorkville Exotic Car Show on Father’s Day-Sun., June 16, 2024 

    It’s a yearly tradition in June when The Bloor-Yorkville area, Toronto’s destination neighbourhood for high-end boutiques, restaurants and hotels welcomes everyone to the 14th Annual Yorkville Exotic Car Show on Father’s Day, June 16, 2024 from This spectacular red-carpet event took place on Bloor Street, one of the most luxurious shopping streets in North America. This year, the…

  • The Sunset Concerts Premieres-Tues.,June 11,2024 @CasaLoma Featuring-Jully Black

    By Wayne Baggs Jully Black’s performance at Casa Loma’s Sunset Concert series was nothing short of spectacular. Starting off this evening featured special performances by alumni of Canada’s Walk of Fame RBC Emerging Musician Program. Tonight it was J3M. Against the stunning backdrop of the historic castle, Black delivered an electrifying show that captivated the…

  • Casa Loma: Symphony in the Gardens  – Monday, June 3rd, 2024

    By Sally Warburton Opening night of the Symphony in the Gardens was June 3rd. It was a beautiful evening with guests ready for the start of summer and enjoying the outdoors with a drink or dinner and then the wonderful music of Maestro Paolo Busato and The Casa Loma Symphony Orchestra. The music theme of the…

  • Day #9 -Fri., Sept. 15th, 2023

    By The BKONTHESCENE Team We started the day at the Scotiabank Theatre for Smugglers. It’s a timepiece movie set in 1970’s South Korea, where smuggling is rampant and considered a heinous crime. However, it might be the only option for some haenyeo — women free divers who have harvested shellfish and other sea treasures for…

  • The Tenors @ Roy Thompson Hall-Fri., Dec. 23rd, 2022

    By Steph C. Toronto turned into a winter wonderland after a huge snowstorm and it also set a beautiful backdrop to a dreamy white Christmas. What better way to bring in the holidays than a magnificent performance, A Season of Miracles, by The Tenors at the Roy Thomson Hall. These four incredible vocalists; Victor Micallef,…

  • TORONTO COMICON ANNOUNCES FUN FAMILY PROGRAMMING @Metro Toronto Convention Centre’s South Building – March 18-20, 2022.

    After two years, Toronto Comicon, presented by FAN EXPO Canada, was back with everything fans love including celebrity guests, comic creators, collectibles merchants, cosplay, and more! The annual pop culture convention celebrates comics, sci-fi, fantasy, and animation for three days of non-stop programming for fans of all ages including the always popular Family Zone. Fans…

  • Allen Stone@Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto-Thurs., December 2,2021@8:30 PM

    https://www.ticketsales.com/allen-stone-tickets-phoenix-concert-theatre/event/3719393 https://www.allenstone.com/ Biography Allen Stone Singer and songwriter Allen Stone describes himself as “a hippie with soul,” and his music reflects both sides of this formula. His vocals and melodic style show the clear influence of classic soul and R&B of the ’60s and ’70s, while his lyrics reveal an idealism and passion that recall…

  • PREVIEW OF JAMIE ALLAN’S- ILLUSIONARIUM – TUE, JULY 28, 2021

    By Sally Warburton Illusionarium Exhibit Toronto Jamie Allan’s Illusionarium has opened in Toronto! The world’s first immersive magic show! Now we’re getting spoiled for choice! Another place to visit in Toronto opened July 29! Located in the same building as the Van Gogh Immersive Exhibit. The former Toronto Star building. Your visit to Jamie Allan’s…

  • Collision North America’s Fastest Growing Tech Conference

    by Sally Warburton Collision’s international Virtual Tech Conference 2021 attracted over 38,000 people online and brought together Fortune 500 companies as presenters and participants of tech sectors from all over the world. The schedule had an incredible line up of Tech companies, investors, startups, with CEO’s, actors, politicians including Mayors of 3 of North America’s…

  • OPERA ATELIER ANNOUNCES NEW LIVESTREAM DATE FOR MUCH ANTICIPATED WORLD PREMIERE OF – SOMETHING RICH & STRANGE –

    Originally postponed due to COVID-19 restrictions, groundbreaking new production makes its world premiere just in time for the holiday season Opera Atelier proudly announces the new livestream date of the highly anticipated world premiere of Something Rich & Strange, based on the famous quote from Shakespeare’s The Tempest and featuring some of Canada’s finest artists,…

  • OPERA ATELIER’S REIMAGINED 35TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON OPENS WITH ‘SOMETHING RICH & STRANGE’

    A brand new, fully-staged production livestreamedfrom Koerner Hall, TELUS Centre Opera Atelier proudly announces the launch of its 35th Anniversary with agroundbreaking new creation, Something Rich & Strange, based on the famous quote from Shakespeare’s The Tempest and featuring some of Canada’s finest artists, October 28, 2020 at 7pm. The fully-staged production will be livestreamed…

  • INSIDE OUT LGBT FILM FESTIVAL OPENING NIGHT RBC DRIVE-IN EVENT & DRAG PERFORMANCES – Oct. 1, 2020, Toronto

    by Sally Warburton FILM SCREENING OF THE DAVID BOWIE-INSPIRED ‘STARDUST’ The film STARDUST takes place in 1971 where a 24 year old David Bowie (Johnny Flynn) embarks on his first road trip to America with Mercury Records publicist Ron Oberman (Marc Maron), only to be met with a world not yet ready for him. The…

  • The Cloth that Changed the World opens at the ROM on Sep. 12, 2020

    photography by Sally Warburton Visitors are invited to ‘see history unfold’ through India’s painted and printed cottons in a dramatic, exclusive ROM Original exhibition For the first time in 50 years, the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM)’s world-renowned collection of Indian chintz will be presented to the public in a new original exhibition opening September 12, 2020. The Cloth that Changed…

  • BATA Shoe Museum – New Exhibit opened!

    by Sally Warburton The BSM Exhibit we’ve been anxiously awaiting for has opened!   The Great Divide – Footwear in the Age of Enlightenment is a collection of shoes depicting the period of history from the 17th to end of the 18th century.  We see the power dynamics of the people at the time. Through the displays…

  • OPERA ATELIER ANNOUNCES REIMAGINED 35TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON WITH – A SEASON OF VISIONS & DREAMS –

    photography by Bruce Zinger 2020/21 Season Includes a New Creation, ‘Something Rich and Strange’, ‘Handel’s The Resurrection’, and a Collaboration with Angela Hewitt at Italy’s Trasimeno Festival in 2021 Opera Atelier proudly announces its new, reimagined 35th Anniversary Season with two fully-staged and livestreamed productions at Koerner Hall at the TELUS Centre for Performance and…