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“I’M GOING TO TEAR UP SEEING FANS WEARING MY JERSEY”

The Northern Super League, the first pro women’s soccer league in Canada, debuts this month. We spoke to Jade Kovacevic, AFC Toronto’s not-so-secret weapon, about building a fan base for women’s soccer. “People used to say that there was no business case for our game,” she says. “Now all those naysayers are getting left behind.”

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SUNKEN TREASURES

Morgan Marlowe and Richard Joynt’s 1,800-square-foot basement is the central hangout in their Lawrence Park home. There’s a gym with whimsical wallpaper and rubberized floors, a pool table, a massive sectional with an 85-inch TV, and a wine cellar that the family uses as a game room. The couple’s sons host a steady stream of friends down there.

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D ANCING QUEENS

Crews and Tangos has been enforcing the rules of the Village for more than 30 years: wear what you want, kiss who you want, but don’t forget to tip the drag queens. We asked patrons, staff and performers to share their memories of the storied drag bar. “When my crush asked me to go dancing, I changed out of my pyjamas and rushed to Crews,” says actor Devery Jacobs.

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What to see, do, hear and read this month

A NARRATIVE HISTORY OF CHINESE IMMIGRATION

In the mid-1800s, tens of thousands of Chinese people migrated to the US, then known as Gum Shan—gold mountain. They became scapegoats for the nation’s economic downturn and faced bigotry, persecution, lynchings and the notorious Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, which effectively made Chinese Americans the country’s first undocumented immigrants. New Yorker writer Michael Luo explores this painful history in a new nonfiction book, Strangers in the Land. April 29

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TORONTO LIFE BEST RESTAURANTS 2025

Toronto Life’s iconic Best Restaurants event, presented by Uber Eats, is back on May 12 at the Evergreen Brick Works. Save the date and prepare your appetite for an immersive culinary experience featuring the talented chefs and restaurants that make up the June Where to Eat Now issue, celebrating the very best places to eat in Toronto. Get your tickets here.