March 1, 2012 by Madeline Stephenson
We’ve all been there. Compressed on a subway car, mourning over the morning news, late for work, again. The mundane, the banal, the ‘everyday.’ It’s everything Tanya Howard aims to eliminate with each
mind-bending plié. And she does so with the poetic pull of a playwright whose stories she tells without making a peep.
“What I love about th...
March 1, 2012 by Madeline Stephenson
Fourteen years have passed since Nancy Pencer lost her husband. “I never thought that I would not grow old with him,” she says, just two days before the anniversary of Gerald Pencer’s death. Her eyes carefully hold tears captive, and as she pauses to swallow and take a deep breath, you can hear it. Sitting on a crème loveseat in the angelically ...
March 1, 2012 by Madeline Stephenson
DV: A chance conversation at your wedding in France led to Coco Rocha for Senhoa, what connected you to this cause?
CR: Children will always have a huge place in my heart. While I certainly believe in charities that help people of all ages, I think children, and especially orphans, are by far the most deserving of our charity and our time. ...
February 29, 2012 by Madeline Stephenson
The Artist left many movie-watchers speechless with its seemingly uncomplicated format that has become ironically revolutionary in a cinematic world ruled by special effects, dramatic scripts and vibrant colours. Director Michel Hazanavicius’s silent film received anything but a silent reception from critics, who hailed its ability to achieve em...
February 8, 2012 by Madeline Stephenson
Six of Canada’s top chefs took their oven mitts off to fight for a good cause last November at the 2nd Annual Chef’s Challenge. David Rocco, Chuck Hughes, Lynn Crawford, Mark McEwan, Massimo Capra and Nadia Giosai each lead their teams in a heated cook-off that raised $1.17 million for breast and ovarian cancer education and research at Mount Si...
December 7, 2011 by Madeline Stephenson
Makeshift newspaper umbrellas cover the heads of a percipient crowd along Toronto’s King Street West. Heavy would be a euphemism for the unscripted downpour that’s soaking Atlantic Avenue, home to Canadian fashion house Joe Fresh, where beneath the retail factory’s red brick walls the pitter-patter of the outside world sounds more like a classic...
December 7, 2011 by Madeline Stephenson
Hilary Weston’s mellifluous voice and refined presence cast a shadow on a regal living room that would otherwise demand the attention of a curious eye. Donning an elegant navy blue Oscar de la Renta dress in her west-facing central Toronto home, the Weston matriarch proceeds to explain the perennial importance of the Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec po...
December 7, 2011 by Madeline Stephenson1
Antiquated cottages, sweeping hills and the Precambrian rock of the Canadian Shield capture the historic charm of a former farming community while striking a balance between the familiar and the faraway. Neither a picturesque Via Rail ride from Toronto nor a scenic 90-minute drive from Montreal braces us for the beguiling beauty that awaits at M...
December 7, 2011 by Madeline Stephenson
As the lights in Yorkville’s upscale restaurants began to dim for the dinner rush, the Barton Myers-designed clock tower building on Davenport Road beams brightly to illuminate walls of masterful artwork. On Oct. 25, 2011, collectors, artists and inquisitive crowds gathered for the grand opening of Navillus Gallery, where food, friends and wine ...
December 7, 2011 by Madeline Stephenson
With the support of fellow celebrities, entrepreneurs and philanthropists, honorary co-chairs Gene Simmons and new wife Shannon Tweed helped raise more than $3 million for Toronto’s SickKids Foundation at the fourth annual Rally for Kids with Cancer charity event.
This inspiring charity weekend that was launched in 2008 by Joel Hock of Soluti...
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