MICHAEL STUPARYK/TORONTO STAR
john goddard  
A Toronto man who once fled Ethiopia in terror is to return Saturday as the country's No. 1 pop star.
Tough times on stage this holiday season
Richard Ouzounian  
Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol and Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life are set to open this month. You can't find two works more apt for the world climate in the holiday season of 2008, writes Richard Ouzounian.


Contemporary art show full of contrasts
Peter Goddard  
The new show at the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art will spark a visceral reaction from those who see it, writes Peter Goddard.

Guns N' Roses' Chinese Democracy finally upon us
Here's a look back at all that transpired while fans waited for the Guns N' Roses album, Chinese Democracy.

Passion drives Toronto's new music orchestra
John Terauds  
Canada's only full-size orchestra devoted to new music opens its 26th season on with a particularly compelling program.

Action-packed life of an award-winning choreographer
Susan Walker  
Crystal Pite must be in need of a trophy case in her Vancouver home to house all the awards she's won. The pileup of accolades is just one indication that the 37-year-old Victoria-born dance artist ...

Film lovers, act now
Raju Mudhar  
Could you be a contender?

Gallery joins a global wave of renos
Peter Goddard  
It should come as no surprise to find CEOs and trustees of many of the world's leading art galleries and museums on hand for tomorrow's public reopening of the Art Gallery of Ontario.