http://deartoronto.com Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:47:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Le Tigre's Jd Samson and Johanna Fateman's group Men had a srsly oresome 2 hour DJ set at Pride Toronto this year, and were joined on stage by members of Kids on TV for two songs. John Caffrey, so I'm told, can't resist shakin' it when there's beats to be ... http://deartoronto.com/2008/07/04/dear-toronto-19-kids-on-tv-dance-for-men/ We're at Pride Toronto 2008, getting tons of crazy video of the various bands, performers, and people on the street. We figured that instead of saving the best for last we'd just give the best there is right up front, and as such, we present to you the Pride Toronto ... http://deartoronto.com/2008/06/29/dear-toronto-18-pride-toronto-ice-cream-puppies/ The Idiotarod is a dog sled race in Toronto. Except instead of sleds the contestants use shopping carts. And instead of dogs the carts are pulled by people. It's a point to point race, like the original Iditarod, but in this race there's very little chance of getting bitten by ... http://deartoronto.com/2008/06/22/dear-toronto-17-idiotarod/ The Newmindspace Pillow Fight is quickly becoming a tradition in Toronto, bringing hundreds of cushy-weapon wielding combatants to Nathan Phillips Square for an afternoon of mayhem. This year saw an amazing turnout given the inclement weather earlier in the day, and we were there right in the thick of the ... http://deartoronto.com/2008/06/11/dear-toronto-16-pillow-fight/ At one of Tanja's recent freestyle photo shoots Ryan brought his first batch of Ninja Dolls in the hopes that they would elicit some sort of reaction amongst a few people. The last thing he expected was for a video to be shot, and the related title above also functions ... http://deartoronto.com/2008/06/09/dear-toronto-15-sweet-valley-high-ninja-lesbian-porno-murder-mystery/ The Toronto Tree Tours aim to tell compelling stories about the urban forest, connect people to the trees in their neighbourhood, and to teach and encourage people to care for our city's most valuable resource. I took part in the most recent Green Roof & Tree Tour put on ... http://deartoronto.com/2008/05/12/dear-toronto-14-leaf-green-roof-tree-tour/ Poster Child is a bitchin' street artist and promoter of all things nifty that coat our city's urban landscaping. We recently got in touch with Post and he let us know that he was up to something nifty. On May 2nd Rebecca and Ryan set up shop at Nathan Phillips ... http://deartoronto.com/2008/05/08/dear-toronto-13-poster-childs-big-day-out/ Cut&Paste is a digital design tournament, putting designers head to head in a battle of creative digital arts. Their goal is to promote the idea that design is a tangible, real thing and to promote the people and who make all the magic happen. Each contender is given a few ... http://deartoronto.com/2008/05/03/dear-toronto-12-cutpaste/ Metronauts is an evolution of last year's Transit Camp - a community of enthusiastic, open-minded people who care about the future of their city and the role transportation has in their lives. This was my first unconference and I was really inspired by the free-flow of ideas and open-mindedness most ... http://deartoronto.com/2008/04/25/dear-toronto-11-metronauts/ The Bax Bears World Tour is hitting Toronto, bringing the DIY (design-it-yourself) toy-like bears to our city, and enlisting a number of local artists to take on the task of creating unique designs based on the bears. I stopped in to talk to Rafi Ghanaghounian, the owner and curator of ... http://deartoronto.com/2008/03/31/dear-toronto-10-bax-world-tour/