Category Archives: Toronto

Futurama Trivia Set to Debut at Gladstone

By Dork Shelf
September 7, 2011

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After a year of brain-busting questions, loud waves of laughter and delicious prizes, “Woo Hoo! Simpsons Trivia” is showing no signs of slowing down. The anniversary August edition boasted an impressive 72 teams and offered two novel changes: fan-voted episode selections (for your viewing pleasure between rounds while the hosts tally the score) and a stump-the-hosts segment where one lucky Simpsons fan went away with a limited edition animation cell from the show’s 300th episode supplied by one of the show’s producers Al Jean. The trivia night has even spread to Brooklyn, New York, where it has begun what appears to be a monthly rotation.

Starting a new season of trivia, Woo Hoo! will be matched by its closest living relative: Futurama. “You Guessed It! You Can’t Unguess It! Futurama Trivia” premieres Tuesday, September 27th at 8:00pm in the Melody Bar of the Gladstone Hotel for anyone willing to take their trivia know-how into the year 3000. It too will be back – although every other month, with its second night set to occur in November. Futurama Trivia will operate in a very similar fashion to Simpsons Trivia – 50 questions, themed prizes, episode viewings, etc. – so if you’ve got the headache with pictures that you can compete with fellow Futurama faithful, grab between zero and five of your closest friends and party board on down.

Join the Futurama Trivia Facebook group here.

Visit Facebook event page here.

Follow Twitter updates: @FuturamaTrivia

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A Dork’s Guide To
Nuit Blanche

October 2, 2010

Nuit Blanche is upon Toronto once again. The all-night urban art extravaganza, which spans most of downtown, has some extraordinary exhibits this year, but there is also no shortage of boring and pretentious bullshit. It’s going to be cold out there tonight, so make the most it! Here are some dorky things that are well worth checking out: Continue reading

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Toronto After Dark Film Festival Announces First 8 Titles

July 9, 2009

The Toronto After Dark Film Festival showcases the best in horror, cult and sci-fi films from around the world.  The festival has announced the first 8 titles on this year’s schedule, and there are some great ones. Trick ‘R’ Treat … Continue reading

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Ubisoft to Open Toronto Studio

July 6, 2009

French developer Ubisoft announced plans to open a major game development studio in Toronto.  Ubisoft Montreal CEO Yannis Mallat; who will head the new Toronto studio, held a press conference earlier today with Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty to make the … Continue reading

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Art-O-Bot: Oeming, Manupul, and Reilly

May 24, 2009

What is Art-O-Bot? Quite simply they’re a series of profiles of comic book artists, our way of helping you discover new and talented local artists, as well as highlighting the great work being done by established artists. Any comic artist … Continue reading

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Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus Trailer

May 22, 2009

Once in a while a film so stupid and at the same time so incredibly awesome will come along that you know you have to see it.  What do you get when you mix B-movie icon Lorenzo Lamas and 80′s … Continue reading

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Shock and Awe: The Grindhouse Experience Returns to The Fox Theatre

May 22, 2009

The Fox Theatre recently announced that the all-night grindhouse marathon Shock and Awe will be returning next month. The event starts on June 13th at 11:30 and runs until 10:30 the next day. The event will feature some amazingly bad/awesome films … Continue reading

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Ryerson University Film Festival at The Royal

May 13, 2009

The Ryerson University Film Festival is an annual showcase for graduating students of the School of Image Arts in Toronto.  The festival features many films, including the thesis works completed by students in their final year. The festival is a … Continue reading

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Congratulations to Jeff Brown and Kiara Barrett

May 10, 2009

Dork Shelf co-founder and all around awesome guy Jeff Brown was married to the wonderful Kiara Barrett yesterday.  Congratulations to the happy couple and have a great honeymoon! There are many better pictures of the ceremony, but sadly this was … Continue reading

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Star Trek Review

May 7, 2009

As a life long Trekkie, I went into the new J.J. Abrams Trek reboot/sequel with my expectations set to stun—fearing that if I set them to kill I would end up vapourizing myself… whatever that means.  Phaser analogy aside, I … Continue reading

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20th Anniversary Screening of Troll 2 at The Bloor

May 5, 2009

If you were lucky enough to see the documentary Best Worst Movie at the Hot Docs Film Festival this past week then you know all about the movie Troll 2. Considered by many as possibly the worst film ever made, … Continue reading

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Canada Gets Exclusive GTA IV Xbox 360 Bundle

May 1, 2009

Microsoft Canada has announced that Canada will be getting an exclusive Xbox 360 Bundle.  The Grand Theft Auto IV: Limited Anniversary Edition includes the best selling Grand Theft Auto IV and an Xbox 360 Elite console with all the fixings. … Continue reading

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