S.O.U.L.

S.O.U.L. (Scenes Of Urban Lifestyle) is an online Channel featuring web series by Black Creatives influencing Culture & Lifestyle in Toronto & abroad.

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Strolling. #the6 #the6ix #tdotgotsoul #tdot #toronto #UofT #yyz #cityscape #humpday

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The University of Western Sydney launched an amazing campaign video highlighting the courage and sacrifice of some immigrants who flee their countries looking to make better lives for themselves and others. In the age of anti-refugee xenophobia, this video could be called forward thinking. We just call it...reality.

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The "bird man" of #kensingtonmarket ... Last spotted in summer of 2015. If he's reading this, We're hoping both he, and summer, make a speedy appearance this year. Yes it's only January, but still. #toronto #humansoftoronto #The6ix #The6 #YYZ #blackartist #Tdotgotsoul (at Kensington Market)

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Is "reading more" on your resolutions list? Here's 25 books by Black authors to check out this year!

Courtesy : Huff Post

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We set off the New Year with a new video, a new format, and a new website.  Eden Hagos' Black Foodie events highlight Food and Lifestyle through a Black Lens. We got the chance to sit down at a buffet style pop up dinner held at local Ethiopian restaurant Ethiopiques, and find out from Eden herself what the Black Foodie movement is all about.

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#12 John Forté

"That's the beauty of community: we can spread love." John Forté, a classically trained violinist and Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter and producer from Brooklyn, shares his journey from humble be

Anybody remember John Forte, a Rap artist down with the Fugees back in the 90′s? Ever wonder what happened to him? Well after a pardoned prison sentence (by President Obama no less) Mr. Forte has been repping for prison reform through public speaking engagements and his music. Check him out on this Creative Mornings Podcast discussing something we could all use more of in 2016.

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May we suggest, before indulging in the inevitable bacchanalian debauchery that seems to go so naturally hand in hand with New Years Eve festivities, that you eat something substantial to help soak up the happy juice? Don’t be a part of the hordes lined up like cattle for a hit of some barely heated dodgy street meat, or hunched over in an alley because your food to alcohol ratio lies somewhere between a cracker in an olympic sized swimming pool, and an air bubble in the Atlantic. You WILL be sorry. 

Eat Here

The Real Jerk (Caribbean)

Via Vai (Italian courtesy of Chef Joe Friday)

Harlem Restaurant - East or West (Soul Food)

Coquine Restaurant (French Bistro)

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New Years Eve : You know those “sad/angry” (insert either here) people you see wandering the city streets 30 seconds to midnight like lost but excited puppies locked in kennel cages with boundless energy and nothing to do with it? Don’t be one of those people. Have a plan. Here’s a few party ideas for NYE (and we mean “a few”...too many options on NYE lead to paralysis) to ring in the New Year!

The Black Tie Affair New Years Eve Gala

Hot Stepper Productions New Years Eve @ The Rivoli

HOUSIN' NYE 

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Do you think the statement “The Black community doesn’t support Black Business is a real thing? If not, why not? Maggie Anderson decided to try doing business with exclusively Black owned businesses for a year.

What she learned may surprise you.

Courtesy : Tedx

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...Because you've got to put something in the eggnog. #HappyHolidays #MerryChristmas #bestoftheseason #cocktails #christmascocktails (at Maclean Lake - Severn - Our Property)

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Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, AND Happy Kwanzaa to you and your family on behalf of the team at SOUL.

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Still on the theme of great gift ideas, for the well read person with a love of popular culture & hip-hop, we suggest Award-winning journalist/author/blogger/TV/radio broadcaster Dalton Higgins most excellent... Rap n’ Roll : Pop Culture, Darkly Stated. 

Courtesy : Novella Mag

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This Holiday, give the gift of community support for a great local Black business. Bashir Munye’s My Little Dumplings, named after the nicknames he’s given to his kids (awww), is running an IndieGoGo campaign for a personal Commercial kitchen for the Chef. Here’s a good chance to show your holiday spirit, AND build business in your community.

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Yasheda Johnson’s AJANI Cosmetics 100% Vegan & cruelty free makeup makes a great gift for the eco-conscious fashionista AND supports the local Black business community.  

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Here’s an amazing Holiday gift for the home chef / foodie in your life. 

Their own gastropub...for $150. No seriously. Check THIS out

Courtesy : In My Own Backyard

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We had a great time picking the creative brain of Creative Designer Priscilla Boateng on SOUL this year. Whether Christmas or Kwanzaa a Style Me Ankara wardrobe makes for a great Holiday gift idea! 

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We believe gifting experiences is most times even better than things. Carl Cassell's Harlem Restaurant gift certificates offer a fun, tasty #urban dining experience to be remembered. Money well spent.