• From the Editors

  • THE VARSITY chats with Toronto scribe / sex god about film, fame, and why he might be quitting writing for good this time.

  • CBC / STEALTH BOOK REVIEWS—With America unable to produce, will CBC’s new stock of Can-comedy prevail? Also, we sneak into bookstores and review stuff. We’re tough that way.

  • BRENDAN GALL & DANIEL KARASIK—Two of Toronto’s coolest playwrights engage in a meeting of the minds over Caesar salad and “adult milkshakes.” Obviously, zany hijinks ensue.

  • SMALL METAL OBJECTS—With sound bubbling through the levels of the Eaton Centre, the Australian production gets a Canadian remount.

  • GASTROPUBS—Beer meets high cuisine as MATT KATZ investigates the burgeoning gastropub trend.

  • MEET RICHARD FLORIDA—An ex-New Yorker who loves Toronto, even if he can’t explain why.

  • WHO IS DAN BURKE—JORDAN BIMM investigates the true story of Toronto’s most notorious concert promoter.

  • CIRCA—Called “Canada’s wonderland for hipsters,” will Peter Gatien’s Circa prevail? ALEX MOLOTKOW delivers an investigative look into the changing structure of clubland.

  • TWENTY-FIVE PEOPLEWHO ARE COOLER, MORE AMBITIOUS, AND NICER THAN YOU—The jealousy starts here, folks.

  • ONE SPADINA CRESCENT—On the corner of College and Spadina lurks a U of T fortress with secret desires.

  • TRAMPOLINE HALL—NAOMI SKWARNA writes a love letter to the quirky lecture series as DAN EPSTEIN captures nebbish MCs, music blogger muscle, and umbrella jellyfi sh, among other monthly fixtures.

  • ATOM EGOYAN—Canadian film giant/ U of T prof. makes WILL SLOAN cinematic wet dreams come true.

  • SUPERFUTURE—ALIZA MA sheds light on the bizarre world of superfuture: an esoteric Internet forum obsessed with status, design, and the perfect pair of pre-washed denims.

  • SHORT FICTION—An original short story by MICKY MAFETI with illustrations by TYLER DIAS.