In the spring of 2022, Mark Williams left Cleveland after nine years with the city’s orchestra to run the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Amid Trump’s anti-DEI crusade and hostile takeover of the Kennedy Center, Williams has been thinking a lot about who gets to have a voice in the arts. “I’m a six-foot-one Black gay man,” he says. “I have to be very mindful about putting myself in situations where I will have a fair shake.” |
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| In 2019, after City TV journalist Cristina Howorun was faced with kidney failure, her cousin, Christine Hodgkinson, donated one of her own. The transplant gave Cristina the best five years of her life—until her new kidney began failing too. |
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| Toronto Life has been nominated for 16 National Magazine Awards. This year, the stories recognized by a jury of our peers include our investigation into Toronto’s worst landlord, a profile of Hallmark’s king of schmaltz, our annual ranking of the city’s best new restaurants and more. Click below for the full list of nominees, and subscribe to our print edition here. |
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| Chatelaine, in partnership with TENA, invites TL Insiders to an exclusive full-day wellness retreat designed to honour the women in our lives. Held on May 15 at the tranquil Vettä Nordic Spa in Oro-Medonte, this immersive experience includes a guided sauna ritual, thermal circuit access, a mindfulness and breathwork session, and more. Get tickets here. |
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