Plus, “I lost my home and my collection of original Andy Warhol artworks in the LA fires”
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FEBRUARY 28, 2025

 

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REAL WEDDINGS

Whitney Waks and Alexander McAlpine met in 2010, when they were both studying at Western University. After a one-and-a-half-year relationship, the pair parted ways for over a decade before reuniting in 2022. They quickly rekindled their romance, got engaged and wed in a lavish red-themed affair at the Carlu last year. Here’s how it all came together.

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“I WALKED AROUND THE RUBBLE FOR HOURS”

Ron Rivlin thought he could ride out the Pacific Palisades wildfire at his LA home—until the winds shifted, putting his life and his $15-million art collection at risk. He ended up losing his house along with 30 original Andy Warhol artworks. “I try not to think about what I wish I had taken with me, because it makes me sick,” he says.

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LADY PARTS

Baroness von Sketch Show alumnae Jennifer Whalen and Meredith MacNeill have elevated joking about women’s issues to an art. Their new CBC show, Small Achievable Goals, takes aim at menopause. How funny is that?

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A DIVE INTO THE ORIGINS OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC

Fifty years ago, Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider released the industrial rock album Autobahn, which became an experimental classic. A retrospective of Kraftwerk’s catalogue opened at MoMA in 2012, and now the show is touring the US, Toronto and Montreal to celebrate the landmark album’s semi­centennial. March 8, Massey Hall

 

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