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Weekend Events Roundup: May 24 to 26

THESE WEEKEND EVENTS AND PERFORMANCES ARE GUARANTEED TO MAKE YOUR TIME IN TORONTO EVEN MORE MEMORABLE!

Visit the historic Toronto Carpet Factory this weekend as part of Doors Open

Visit the historic Toronto Carpet Factory this weekend as part of Doors Open

Public Peek
Have you ever wondered what goes on behind Toronto’s closed doors? Find out this weekend during Doors Open, which offers the residents and visitors the opportunity to explore more than 150 of the city’s most historically, culturally and commercially significant buidlings—everything from the restored Toronto Carpet Factory to the MaRS centre for innovation in science and technology.

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Contact Photography Festival Daily Pick: Norman Wong

Where Toronto brings you a new image for each day of the 2013 Scotiabank Contact Photography Festival, which runs throughout May with exhibitions at more than 175 venues across the city.

Today’s top Contact Photography Festival pick:

Courtesy of Arts and Crafts

Courtesy of Arts and Crafts

Photo: Gentleman Reg
Artist: Norman Wong
Exhibition: From May 23 to June 15, Fashion and celebrity photographer Norman Wong displays his portraits of musicians from Toronto’s Arts and Crafts record label, in celebration of the company’s 10th anniversary. These images of Broken Social Scene members and many other artists can be viewed at the Arts and Crafts pop-up at 1093 Queen St. W.

Check back daily for more Contact Photography Festival coverage, and visit scotiabankcontactphoto.com for more information about this exhibition!

Skin + Bones Wine Bar Uncorks Fine Drinks and Fare

Skin and Bones Wine Bar has quickly become a popular food-and-drink stop in Leslieville

Skin and Bones Wine Bar has quickly become a popular food-and-drink stop in Leslieville (photo: Lisa Clarke)

Leslieville isn’t exactly lacking in wine bars, but when one pops up boasting not only drinks, but food as good as at Skin + Bones, the market has a way of extending its welcome. Patrons who pack this sizable dining room are treated to chef Matthew Sullivan’s eclectic but well edited menu of dishes designed with wine in mind. Seeking a quick snack to match an internationally sourced glass or two? Try the foie gras and chicken liver terrine with elderberry and apple or marinated squid salad. More involved meals might call for the likes of slow-cooked chicken in white wine sauce or a luscious beef cheek bourguignon.  —Craig Moy

• Skin + Bones, 980 Queen St. E., 416-524-5209; skinandbonesto.com
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Contact Photography Festival Daily Pick: Patrick Lee

Where Toronto brings you a new image for each day of the 2013 Scotiabank Contact Photography Festival, which runs throughout May with exhibitions at more than 175 venues across the city.

Today’s top Contact Photography Festival pick:

Contact Photography Festival Toronto - Index G

Photo: Untitled, 2012
Artist: Patrick Lee
Exhibition: From May 4 to June 9, Index G hosts Hong Kong-based artist Lee, whose photographs of everyday objects that nonetheless provoke in him “an understanding of life and an awakening to a new level of experience.”

Check back daily for more Contact Photography Festival coverage, and visit scotiabankcontactphoto.com for more information about this exhibition!

The First CBC Music Festival Rocks Toronto’s Echo Beach

CBC Music Festival Toronto Sam Roberts Band

Sam Roberts Band headlines the inaugural CBC Music Festival in Toronto

MAY 25  Top local and international artists are set to sing on the Lake Ontario shore at the inaugural CBC Music Festival. Taking place rain or shine, the all-day outdoor beachfront concert features a strong contingent of musicians from across the country—including the Sam Roberts Band, Sloan and Kathleen Edwards—rocking out alongside Iceland’s Of Monsters and Men and many others. Watch out for guest appearances by Canadian broadcasting personalities like Jian Ghomeshi, too. Echo Beach, 2:30 p.m., $59.50; call 1-855-985-5000 or visit cbcmusic.ca for further details and to purchase tickets.  —Macrina Smart

Contact Photography Festival Daily Pick: Shane Fester and Kevin Morris

Where Toronto brings you a new image for each day of the 2013 Scotiabank Contact Photography Festival, which runs throughout May with exhibitions at more than 175 venues across the city.

Today’s top Contact Photography Festival pick:

Contact Photography Festival Toronto - Evergreen Brickworks

Photo: Toronto Reference Library, 2012
Artist: Shane Fester and Kevin Morris
Exhibition: From May 1 to 31, the Evergreen Brick Works presents Fester and Morris’s images of empty spaces, which explore absence and comment on both modern architecture and economics.

Check back daily for more Contact Photography Festival coverage, and visit scotiabankcontactphoto.com for more information about this exhibition!

In Toronto, the Eifman Ballet’s Rodin Makes a Statement

The Eifman St. Petersburg Ballet's Rodin offers a stirring artistic statement

The Eifman St. Petersburg Ballet’s Rodin offers a stirring artistic statement

MAY 23 TO 25  The artist’s creative process has always held a deep fascination for Boris Eifman. So it’s perhaps unsurprising that the Russian choreographer found inspiration in the turbulent life of Auguste Rodin. Through the expressive language of dance, the Eifman St. Peterburg Ballet’s Rodin uses the love affair between the French sculptor and his muse to explore the psychological and emotional price exacted by artistic genius. Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, 7:30 p.m., $55 to $145; call 1-855-872-7669 or visit sonycentre.ca to purchase tickets.  —Anna Marszalek

Contact Photography Festival Daily Pick: Richard Barnes

Where Toronto brings you a new image for each day of the 2013 Scotiabank Contact Photography Festival, which runs throughout May with exhibitions at more than 175 venues across the city.

Today’s top Contact Photography Festival pick:

Courtesy of Bau-Xi Photo

Courtesy of Bau-Xi Photo

Photo: Murmur 01 November 15, 2005
Artist: Richard Barnes
Exhibition: From May 1 to 31, Bau-Xi Photo displays Barnes’s “Murmur” series, which depicts the surreal effects of flocks of starlings flying above Rome and its suburbs.

Check back daily for more Contact Photography Festival coverage, and visit scotiabankcontactphoto.com for more information about this exhibition!

Boutique Monique Offers Affordable Vintage Fashions

Boutique Monique is stuffed with vintage fashions

Boutique Monique is stuffed with vintage fashions

In fashion, everything old is new again, and often priced at a premium. But not at Boutique Monique, where owner Monique Nanton brings vintage apparel and accessories to the masses at wallet-friendly rates. A collector and stylist, Nanton’s eye for fashion is evident in the quality and variety of her store’s products—well-made garments from such past and present designers as Oleg Cassini, Lilli Rubin, Rodier, Missoni and Allen Cherry in sizes two to 18. Step into the back salon, a warm and inviting space with a velvet couch from the 1930s, a fireplace and mirrors, to try on lavish gowns by the likes of Givenchy, and accessories such as gloves and opera coats. —Linda Luong

• Boutique Monique, 1024 St. Clair Ave. W., 647-345-3446; boutiquemonique.com
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Contact Photography Festival Daily Pick: Botto + Bruno

Where Toronto brings you a new image for each day of the 2013 Scotiabank Contact Photography Festival, which runs throughout May with exhibitions at more than 175 venues across the city.

Today’s top Contact Photography Festival pick:

Courtesy of Pari Nadimi Gallery

Courtesy of Pari Nadimi Gallery

Photo: Lost Time IV, 2013
Artist: Botto + Bruno
Exhibition: From May 8 to June 29, Botto + Bruno present a wall-sized installation—comprising text, drawings, photographs and photo collages—at Pari Nadimi Gallery. The Italian duo’s work depicts marginal spaces as part of an examination of “the revolts, wishes, and dreams of the suburbs.”

Check back daily for more Contact Photography Festival coverage, and visit scotiabankcontactphoto.com for more information about this exhibition!

Toronto’s Best Coffee Shops: Single-Serve Edition

BY MACRINA SMART

(photo: CoffeeGeek)

(photo: CoffeeGeek)

To enthusiasts, coffee is more than just a drink; it’s a lifestyle. The pleasantly bitter brew provides the wickedness in your wit, the pep in your step, and helps put the smile on your face. For true believers, the where of the coffee ritual is as important as the beverage itself. Over the past few years, Toronto has seen a significant proliferation of independent coffeehouses competing against mass-market heavyweights like Starbucks and Tim Horton’s. Some of Toronto’s best coffee shops have been so successful that they’ve fostered mini-chains of their own: Dark Horse Espresso Bar now has four locations; award-winning barista Sam James boasts a trio of eponymous outlets; Crema Coffee Co., Lit Espresso Bar and even I Deal Coffee also operate a bevy of shops across the city. To be sure these are all excellent cafés, but their brand expansions put them somewhat at odds with what it means to be truly “indie” in this day and age. So, below, we honour a few of Toronto’s smaller, really independent coffee hangouts that pack a big caffeinated punch.

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Contact Photography Festival Daily Pick: Edith Maybin

Where Toronto brings you a new image for each day of the 2013 Scotiabank Contact Photography Festival, which runs throughout May with exhibitions at more than 175 venues across the city.

Today’s top Contact Photography Festival pick:

Courtesy of O'Born Contemporary

Courtesy of O’Born Contemporary

Photo: Untitled, 2013
Artist: Edith Maybin
Exhibition: From May 10 to June 8, Edith Maybin presents her series “The Girl Document” (in which the above image is included) at O’Born Contemporary. In these layered, surreal still lives, the celebrated photographer seeks to reveal something of “the liminal space between girl and woman.”

Check back daily for more Contact Photography Festival coverage, and visit scotiabankcontactphoto.com for more information about this exhibition!

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