Contrary to common lore, there is real food available at TTC stations, and retrieval of said food does not involve any sort of intra-commuter thievery. While many stations on the grid offer Gateway newsstands where you can pick up a bag of chips along with the latest Teen Mom gossip (guilty), there are a few stations equipped with more substantial food options.

"This river I step in is not the river I stand in." That line will likely ring familiar to most Toronto folk who've crossed the Queen Street Viaduct heading east across the Don River.

Long hailed as the place to go for OCAD students, this art supply store has opened a second location after more than 13 years on McCaul. This new store is considerably smaller with just one retail floor, but for a previously dry strip of Dundas West it's a welcome addition. Well that and its competitor, also new to the Junction, just a few doors down.

Martin Crimp has an ethereal Beckettesque presence.

Rob Ford had no legal right to cancel Transit City — at least according to lawyers Freya Kristjanson and Amanda Darrach, whose legal opinion was solicited by councillor Joe Mihevc.

COMEDY | Comedy Cabaret

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Montreal's Thee Silver Mount Zion Memorial Orchestra chose not to allow media cameras into their Lee's Palace show on Friday — a questionable decision given that, as I predicted, many fans successfully smuggled in cameras, but not a particularly surprising one. Silver Mt. Zion is an offshoot of notoriously media unfriendly Godspeed You!

Cass McCombs' show at the Garrison this Friday night was a treat for all those in attendance.

Off the back of last weekend's caption hilarity, we've dug up another gem from the Toronto Archives for the sole purpose of a quick laugh.

The photos of the week collect each of the editor-selected photos of the day into one post for a contest to be decided by our readers. Sponsored by Posterjack, the photographer whose image receives the most votes will be awarded with a voucher code for a 24"x36" poster print of their work.

The Neighbourhood Mixtape is a collection of newly-released songs by Toronto musicians. The mixtape is meant to celebrate Toronto's music culture and provide a forum to listen to and discover new local music.

This week in theatre rounds up the most noteworthy live theatre playing right now in Toronto.

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Name: Anna
Occupation: Designer
My Style: Classic & elegant
Favourite Item: My shoes.

Name: Armin
Occupation: Creative Director
My Style: Colourful
Favourite Item: My watch.

Over the last 133 years the Canadian National Exhibition has evolved from a travelling agricultural show into Canada's largest fair, the one and only "Ex." Once the main entrance to the exhibition grounds, the Dufferin Gate at the foot of Dufferin Street has welcomed excited visitors to a world of innovative, thrilling, ingenious and bizarre exhibits for ov

That five million that Josh Colle and Co. were able to save the TTC looks more and more like it's going to towards the maintenance of Wheel Trans service for dialysis patients around Toronto.

THEATRE | No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre

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Sometimes the world looks more interesting in the reflection of a puddle.

Despite the doom and gloom that often seems to surround the Toronto book market, once in a while there are some bright spots. Case in point: this recently opened used shop in Little Italy, which is the by-product of its owners' collection of 40,000 books. Want to get your hands on the first paperback edition of On the Road? They got you covered.

Learning to silkscreen in Toronto is one way to make sure that those around you are privy to your creative genius. It's one thing to create a lavish design and have it hang in solace on the wall of your apartment, but it's quite another to transpose the image onto the front of your t-shirt and take a leisurely stroll around the neighbourhood.

This Week in Rep Cinema features second run and classic film selections from cinemas such as The Fox, The Revue, The Royal, Toronto Underground Cinema, the Projection Booth, TIFF Bell Lightbox and more.

The chorus of voices that support the construction of surface LRT along less dense sections of Eglinton Avenue has just gained a rather important member, that of TTC Chair Karen Stintz.

If they keep breeding at this rate, there'll probably be a Dark Horse near you before your birthday, and the latest location seems to be doing just fine on Queen near Bathurst, in an area now known for its abundance of cafes. I've been told to be at the Queen West Dark Horse at noon, where I meet Derek, who's also in charge of the place just before the lunch rush begins.

Proof that history repeats itself? This juice bar and vegan eatery has been back and forth from the deadpool for years, emerging once again in a shared space with LPK's Culinary Groove. While this new incarnation is take-out only (which means no brunch, alas), its classic juices, smoothies, salads and sandwiches are back on the menu board again.

When the temperature drops people tend to hide in their apartments, which was evident in Parkdale on Saturday night as I made my way to Wrongbar. Once I got to my destination, however, it seemed as though I'd found where everyone was hiding. All the kids had braved the cold and come out early to catch Anamanaguchi with Extreme Animals and Toronto's own Moon King.

Adventurous Torontonians might be zip-lining in the city if officials approve a proposal from a U.S. adventure tour company. The Vermont-based ArborTrek Canopy Adventures sent a 21-page pitch to councillor James Pasternak last November, asking to operate zip-lines, canopy tours and aerial-trekking courses at Earl Bales Park.

BOOKS & LIT | John Samson at Type Books

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