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coming lit star launches Prairie Oyster at Another Story. 7 pm. Free. 416-462-1104. oil and water Journalist and author Alanna Mitchell lectures about our delicate ocean ecosystem at University College. 7 pm. Free. scienceforpeace.ca. This is not a Toy Exciting group show of sculptural toys inspired by pop culture is at the Design Exchange to May 19. $13-$16. 416-363-6121.
cussion about the Academy Award-nominated documentary at OISE. 7 pm. $4. socialistaction.ca. LUNGS A couple’s world gets shaken up when they discuss having a baby in this play at the Tarragon. To Mar 30. 8 pm. $21$53. 416-531-1827. +Ash Moniz Artist’s politically charged installations are at Birch Contemporary to tomorrow. Free. 416-365-3003.
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Girls Rock Camp Rock N Swap Fundraiser with Beliefs, Patti Cake and others. Garrison. Doors 1 pm. $5-$8. girlsrocktoronto.org.
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Poetry NOW NOW’s Susan G. Cole hosts the Battle Of The Bards, where 20 poets compete at Harbourfront’s Brigantine Room. 7:30 pm. Free-$10. ifoa.org. HE:SHE Peggy Baker Dance Projects presents a quartet of works that look at a world balanced by dualities. To Apr 6 at the Betty Oliphant Theatre. 8:30 pm. $28. 1-888-838-3006. Single, separated, divorces Dads Q&A and support group meeting. 7 pm. Free. Eastminster United Church. 416-8610626.
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what we know about black holes and time warps, travelling faster than light and time travel. 7 pm. Free. Brentwood Library. 416-394-5247. Picastro Liz Hysen’s eerie drone-pop band plays twice (7:30 and 10:30 pm) at CineCycle to launch their new LP. $12. RT, SS, TF. wavelengthtoronto.com.
Workshop for small business owners on managing funds. 10 am. Free. North York Civic Centre. 416-395-7416. COCK A man breaks up with his boyfriend and takes up with a woman in this comedic drama. To Apr 27 at the Theatre Centre. 8 pm. $25-$35. 416-8721212.
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Not everyone found Fun with Ford no more our cover lame Everyone wants an end to this Rob Ford shit, fun as it is. So if you’re serious about it, how about not putting him on the cover any more? I’d rather see Olivia Chow photoshopped in some stupid insult. She’d get more press. I’m doubting your motives here, dudes. Doug Lalonde Toronto
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Letter-writer Malcolm Boura makes an excellent point (NOW March 2026) that nudity is not out of place in a Pride parade. It is psychologically unhealthy to be ashamed of our bodies. On the next page, however, Sabrina Maddeaux expresses her disgust at the women from PETA dressed in body paint protesting the use of animal skin in fashion. It’s no more shameful to expose one’s body in the name of animal rights than to do so in the name of gay pride. I do agree with Maddeaux, though, that the protest would have been better had men also participated. What’s the matter, guys, don’t you support animal rights? David Palter Toronto
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I was amused to see two different letters in your March 20 issue on local fashion coverage (NOW, March 2026). The first disliked the fact that the garments in your fashion spread were too mainstream and expensive (they were), while the second pointed out that even local “indie” boutiques are not affordable (also true) and longed for the days of true indie art and fashion on Queen West. I guess you guys missed the press release we sent about the Toronto Indie Arts Market Spring Fashion Extravaganza last week. We packed the Gladstone with more than 50 local artisans who make clothing, jewellery and accessories, most of them working on too small a scale to take part in Fashion Week or even Fashion Arts Week (FAT) or run a bricks-and-mortar boutique full-time but all of whom are creating truly fantastic, affordable, wearable pieces of art. Sheryl Kirby Toronto Indie Arts Market
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Where on earth? A plane goes down – somewhere in the southern Indian Ocean, it seems – and hasn’t been found three weeks later. Why are so many so profoundly shaken by the fact that it’s taking so long? I’m not talking about the friends and families of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370’s crew and passengers, whose distress is entirely under-
Fanfare for Yonge-Dundas?
I find it baffling that your music editor would declare Yonge-Dundas Square an excellent choice for St. Vincent’s upcoming gig (NOW, March 20- 26). I would expect that from someone unfamiliar with the city’s wealth of venues. If it was the only venue in town, YDS would still be horrible. The sightlines are brutal, as is the sound, and it’s too open to people stumbling into the place who could care less. This would be like your food critic, Steven Davey, saying McDonald’s is an excellent choice for fine dining. Michael Gallagher Toronto
standable. It’s the failure of others to grasp that a plane carrying 239 people can be lost at all that speaks to the depths of human arrogance. Just because we use the word “globalization” so freely and corporate honchos regularly manipulate people all over the world for their own profit doesn’t mean that every single thing in existence is ours to
targeted program rather than a gener al monitoring of all olive oils for sale in Canada. Since the program’s focus is on testing limited samples from suspicious oils, to suggest that 27 per cent of all extra-virgin olive oil is adulterated is highly misleading. In reality, the incidence of adulteration has declined since this helpful program was initiat ed, and legal actions have been taken against companies. Finally, the California studies referenced have been discredited yet con-
control. Our technological prowess will only get us so far. It’s as if we can’t fathom that there might not be anyone who could just pick up the phone and give us the information we want. Or that all the fancy orbiting devices that are supposed to be watching over us can’t solve the mystery of Flight MH370. It’s time to recognize our place on this planet. The world is still bigger SUSAN G. COLE than we are. tinue to receive extensive media promotion. The widely publicized statistics claiming that “about two-thirds do not meet standards” refer only to taste panel results. Eryn Balch Executive VP North American Olive Oil Association Neptune, New Jersey NOW welcomes reader mail. Address letters to: NOW, Letters to the Editor, 189 Church, Toronto, ON M5B 1Y7. Send e-mail to letters@nowtoronto.com and faxes to 416-364-1166. All correspondence must include your name, address and daytime phone number. Letters may be edited for length.
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I am writing regarding Cold-Pressed: The Olive Oil Guide (NOW, March 13- 19). While the article contains some good suggestions for consumers regarding reading and interpreting olive oil labels, there are a number of misleading statements. At the North American Olive Oil Association, we closely monitor olive oil import data and find the article’s lead statement, “Last winter 80 per cent of Italian olive sold in the U.S. was detained at U.S. Customs because of residues of an outlawed pesticide,” is used to raise alarm. The NAOOA is also familiar with the Canadian Food Inspection Agen cy’s olive oil monitoring program, a NOW march 27 - april 2 2014
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MASS EXODUS AT GLOBE AND MAIL Since 2012 more than 100 people have left the Globe, almost a third of them veterans of the newsroom. Add editor-in-chief John Stackhouse to that list. For more, go to nowtoronto.com.
SPOTTED WHAT Let People Vote WHEN Noon, Tuesday, March 25 WHERE MP Joe Oliver’s constituency office, 511 Lawrence West, at Bathurst WHY To protest Bill C23, the “Fair Elections Act,” citizens delivered a petition opposing strict voter ID requirements that could stop hundreds of thousands from voting and prevent Elections Canada from publicly reporting on election fraud.
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FORDIAN SLIP ON BUBBLES
RoFo’s campaign site advertised “bubbleheads,” not bobbleheads, and the mayor’s confusion over springing forward and leaping back may be symptomatic of a problem with time in general. His website listed the first mayoral debate on March 28, two days after the actual event.
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By Enzo DiMatteo You didn’t have to read much into the March 19 dump of court docu ments in the ongoing Rob Ford crack video scandal to conclude that the investigation extends beyond a few gangbangers. Last week’s instalment finally con firmed what we knew from the chief of police and other reports: the may or was smoking a narcotic that ap peared to be crack in the basement of the Windsor Avenue bungalow of his high school chum Fabio Basso. Now we know that scene took place Sun day, February 17, 2013, during the Family Day weekend. The other news: police believe Ford’s frequent interactions with al leged drug dealer Alexander “San dro” Lisi are “indicative of drug traf ficking.” We should find out more about the specifics once police have sifted through the 10 gigabytes of audio and video on Lisi’s cellphone that were the object of the latest search warrant application in court. The beat goes on. One seemingly innocuous detail on page 477 of the newly released material, about the November 2013 police interview with Elena Basso, older sister of Ford friend Fabio of the now infamous crack house on Wind sor, arouses curiosity. It’s clear from the police account that the woman sometimes called “Princess” was in no mood to talk
about Ford or anything else related to the crack video. Why would she be? The mayor is a family friend. He attended her father’s funeral. Her other brother Enzo has worked at the Fords’ Deco Labels factory for 10 years. And so when police showed her photographs of gangbangers and various Dixon Bloods who form the cast of characters of the crack video probe, Basso wrote the word “Noth ing” next to each one. She claimed not to know Liban Siyad and Moha med Siad, the central figures in the attempt to sell the Ford video. But when she was shown a photo of Anthony Smith, whose shooting death outside a King West club in March 2013 has hung like a cloud over the entire affair, Basso wrote something different. She wrote “Sad.” continued on page 12 œ
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Five reasons why OVO Fest is deserving of Celebrate Ontario dollars By JULIA LeCONTE
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ven I find it curious that the provincial government’s Celebrate Ontario grant program denied the Beaches Jazz Festival the modest $75,000 it has received for the past six years and yet forked over $300,000 to OVO Fest, the two-day hip-hop concert spearheaded by very wealthy local rapper Drake. I also find it curious that the Beaches Jazz Fest, which attracted 500,000 people last year and contributes $65 million to the local economy (according to Beaches-East York NDP MPP Michael Prue) can’t figure out a way to make that 75K. Much as most media would like to, you can’t pit the Jazz Fest against OVO. How about the obvious rival, the TD Toronto Jazz Festival, which received $280,000 from the province? There must be a better way to divvy up the cash, but it’s knee-jerk and reactionary to vilify Drake. OVO is more deserving than you think. Here are five reasons why: There are jazz festivals in countless major cities. The Beaches festival is a great one. There aren’t, however, a slew of premier hip-hop fests. Besides, rap has more legs. OVO is at the Molson Amphitheatre now, but it’s naive to think it can’t and won’t spread beyond Ontario Place. TIFF and NXNE were little festivals, too, once. The government is smart to invest in opportunity. Just because it’s a ticketed venue doesn’t mean Drake is making mad cash from OVO, although those damn owl sweatshirts are mighty expensive. This year’s co-headliners, Outkast, have an asking price that far excedes the $100,000 range. Do you think all those guest stars who’re coming (last year’s bill included Kanye West, Lil Wayne, TLC, J. Cole and A$AP Rocky, among others) are doing it out of the goodness of their hearts? I can almost guarantee you they are not, and each demands a hefty asking price.
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“Are Torontonians wary of a rap fest becoming a major presence? ” Let’s assume for argument’s sake they’re doing it as a favour for their pal Drake. It still costs something to private-jet them here, put them up for a couple of nights, etc. If you do the math on ticket prices, it’s pretty clear that Drake isn’t making money on this festival. That said, it’s safe to assume that when OVO does grow up, it will need to be its own financially successful, stand-alone business. Celebration Ontario’s mandate is to help “new or existing Ontario festivals and events enhance programs, activities and services that will lead to long-term improvements.” It goes on to say that “this support helps grow tourism in the province by making it easier for festival and event organizers to offer new and im proved experiences.” There is a pie, and everyone is entitled to ask for
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Celebrate Ontario funding for Toronto music festivals in 2014 OVOFEST $300,000 NXNE at Yonge-Dundas Square 300,000 TD Toronto Jazz Festival $282,825 Edgefest $100,000 Canadian Music Week - Fanfest $100,000 Field Trip Music & Arts Festival $99,406
a piece. Just because one festival has been getting money for the past few years, is it forever entitled to said money? Isn’t that something we complain about all the time? Don’t hate the player; hate the game. There is more to OVO than the two-night concert, and this influx of cash will fund expansion. Educational seminars, community outreach programs and athletic events are reportedly part of the future thinking. What is Toronto afraid of? Maybe if we weren’t talking about Drake and hip-hop, people might not care so much. Are Torontonians wary of the idea of a rap festival becoming a major presence? The claim that hip-hop crowds are scary and get out of hand is a painfully dated and racially charged one. Just look at the overzealous police presence at J. Cole’s Dollar & A Dream show in June, or Drake’s pop-up clothing shop in September. So many cops, so many stylish hipster teenagers with smiles on their faces and money to spend. How frightening. As Canadians, we often lament being America’s less popular sibling. But realistically, we need the money U.S. tourism brings. OVO Fest – strategically timed to coincide with Caribana – has American dollars written all over it. Actually, nearly half of ticket sales for the festival come from non-Canadians. So keep an open mind, Toronna. Two things can be true at once: Beaches Jazz is a historic and wonderful festival that deserves its very modest ask of $75,000. At the same time, OVO has potential and deserves a big push. So why not throw some dollars to something newer, smaller and brimming with possibilities? Let’s not get surly and shit on something new just because we don’t like it. 3
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The court documents don’t say why. Had she simply heard about the shooting in the news? Or was her cryptic message telling investigators some thing? Basso was obviously lying about Siyad and Siad. They were with her in the basement on Windsor when the video of Ford was shot. It came to light last week that hers is the voice heard off-camera in the Ford crack video egging the mayor on to make those homophobic and racists comments we’ve heard so much about. Siyad also turns up in the court documents along with Elena Basso in relation to the mayor’s “lost” cellphone, again at the Basso residence, last April. Basso called him to “come over quickly” because the mayor was on his way. The prevailing narrative has been that gangbangers and crackheads in the wilds of north Etobicoke have been fighting among themselves for the Ford video or copies of it for the purposes of blackmail. There’s another narrative involving Smith’s murder and what connection it may have to the Ford video, the details of which are not yet understood. The mayor’s former head of logistics, David Price, told police the video was the motive for Smith’s death. Police have discounted that claim, saying Smith was killed in retaliation for a robbery. But it has always been puzzling that homicide investigators have led the Ford probe. Maybe we shouldn’t read too much into Basso’s sympathy for Smith. Perhaps that, too, is yet another unexceptional detail. 3 enzom@nowtoronto.com @enzodimatteo
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Hockey Night host Ron MacLean passes the torch to George Stroumboulopoulos at Rogers presser March 10.
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“Let’s hope Strombo has the will to make sports broadcasting a little more in tune with the times.” By JOSHUA KLOKE “Don’t screw this up.”
With a smile and a handshake, Hockey Night In Canada host Ron MacLean said these words to George Stroumboulopoulos as he introduced him as the new face of HNIC at a press conference March 10. MacLean’s remark wasn’t a warning, just good advice. Strombo, a MuchMusic VJ before he was scooped up as part of a youth blitz at CBC to host a nightly talk show, has now been entrusted with putting a new, hipper face on another aging institution. At least that’s what Rogers Communications, which secured the broadcasting rights to Hockey Night in a $5.2-billion deal last November, is banking on.
stromb0 CV 1993 The 21-year-old Stroumboulopoulos beginshis broadcasting career on Kelowna’s 104.7 The Lizard. Hosts a metal show and dresses up as the station’s mascot. Later, he interns at Toronto sports radio station The FAN 590.
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Media commentators have long been looking for a shakeup. The sports TV landscape is changing, and Hockey Night was looking increasingly out of step in it. The show’s viewership numbers pretty much flatlined in the last decade, in line with the number of Canadian-based National Hockey League franchises that made the playoffs. In the hockey world, the jury is out on whether Malton-born, Humber College-educated 41-year-old “Strom bo,” as he’s affectionately called, can revive a program deeply linked to our national psyche. It’s unlikely Strombo’s bosses at Rogers are looking for the spirit of The Punk Show he used to host back in the day. But his hiring does reflect a dramatic shift toward turning the game
2000 After a stint on CFNY 102.1 hosting shows including the New Rock 30, he heads to MuchMusic. Bono who proclaims himself a fan.
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rooted in Canada’s collective pride into packaged entertainment. David Lanys, president of Toronto’s College of Sports Media, got his start in the industry alongside Strom bo working in the control room at sports radio station The Fan 590. He says, “Broadcasting is entertainment, and the more time goes on, the more that line gets blurred.” Nicole Neverson, associate professor of sociology at Ryerson University, who specializes in sport and gender, says Rogers hopes Strombo’s hiring will increase the game’s profile from a cultural standpoint. “Rogers is interested in representing its flagship show as a cultural one,” she says. “It’s not just hockey. Hockey is part of the broader culture and does not exist in a vacuum.
“Perhaps Strombo will be given some artistic licence to address and facilitate more discussion on the sociocultural aspects of the game. That could interest a wider demogra phic.” Well, we can hope. Marusya Borciurkiw, a media theory prof at Ryerson who specializes in Canadian television, says Rogers played it safe. To her mind, Strombo is “a fairly conser vative choice.” “Sports broadcasting needs to be gin to respond to issues that percolate within the medium and within various sports, like the invisibility and exclusion of LGBTQ athletes, for example,” Borciurkiw tells NOW. “Let’s hope Strombo has the will to make sports broadcasting a little more in tune with the times.” While his appointment puts a progressive blush on Hockey Night, it’s also a move seen with some suspicion as not putting hockey first, even if he got his start in sports radio. Strombo’s edgy style has been known to come off as contrived. For some he’s definitely crossed over into unlikeable territory. But what he has in spades is charm.
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TV’s The Greatest Cana dian series as a passionate advocate for Tommy Douglas, the father of universal health care.
The Hour, CBC’s latenight talk show, revealing more of his own personality, including his choice to be vegan. C haritable initiatives include his work with Hiphop4Africa.
In other words, he’s just the kind of guy a company like Rogers would bring in to convince us they care about the future of the game and the legacy of HNIC. Scott Moore, President of Sportsnet and NHL Properties at Rogers addressed concerns about Strombo’s sports journalism experience this way: “George is one of the smartest and most versatile broadcasters in the business.” Moore added that “We know how passionate fans are about hockey, and so we’ve brought together the best anchors to deliver the best hockey experience to Canadians.” He’s referring to the “dream team” of commentators unveiled by Rogers to appear along with Strombo, which includes some of the most respected hockey journalists in the business. But the team fails to represent a game that is growing wildly in popularity with young girls and non-white players in Canada and around the world. At the press conference, Strombo remarked that his love of the game began when he was five years old with the wave of eastern Europeans coming into the NHL. As the son of immigrant parents, Strombo said he began to “recognize” names like his own on the backs of players’ jerseys. But his son-of-immigrants story has a familiar ring. He said in a Huffington Post interview in advance of his venture into American TV last summer (CNN’s Stroumboulopolos, which was not renewed for a second season) that “guys like me aren’t on TV too often.” What he was referring to besides not being a traditionally attractive heterosexual male was unclear. Strombo seems genuinely excited about his HNIC gig, though he declined an interview request from NOW through his agent. “George will be unable to provide this as he is not doing any more phoners or quotes at this time. Thanks for the inquiry!” came the response. With its overtly nationalistic tropes and emotionally stirring opening montage, Hockey Night is one of the few experiences generations of Canadians can share. With his new role, Strombo has the opportunity to widen the show’s appeal. The onus will be on him not to toe the party line. If Strombo can muster some of that pioneering punk spirit from his VJ days, he won’t just save Hockey Night In Canada; he could cement his legacy as one of the country’s great sports journalists. 3 news@nowtoronto.com | @nowtoronto.com
2008 Wins Gemini Award for best host. 2013 Tapped by CNN to host Stroumboulopoulos, a foray into American TV that’s largely panned.
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en Brown has lived near the Canadian Pacific stretch of tracks between Avenue and Yonge for 42 years. Since the 72-railcar explosion in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, that killed 47 people last summer, he’s noticed something unnerving: an increase in DOT-111 tankers carrying oil through the neighbourhood. In fact, those railcars that derailed in LacMégantic, carrying highly volatile Bakken oil from North Dakota, came through Toronto en route to that disaster. Brown has counted at least two trainloads of oil with 100 cars each passing through Toronto every day.
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Any attempt to get hard information about the amount of oil or any other hazardous material being transported by rail through Toronto, and how often that happens, is a dizzying game of ping-pong with government agencies embarrassed because they don’t keep those records. Nichole Anderson, another concerned trainspotter who lives within a kilometre of the tracks, says, “As soon as you start looking into [rail safety], you realize that there are no regulations whatsoever.” Anderson, who is part of a residents’ group formed with area councillor Josh Matlow, says there’s “no logic for shipping hazardous waste [or] crude oil through the densest
population in Canada or in any other city.” The group met recently with a CP official to discuss options for rerouting the crude-filled rail cars. Matlow says, “It was clear he was there to neutralize us.” According to Matlow, the CP rep simply reiterated how safe the rail lines are and did not address the lack of communication with the community. Matlow, who plans to form a liaison group with MPs and other ward councillors to address residents’ concerns, says locals have a right to be part of the discussion of rail safety “rather than simply being subject to the decisions of unelected and unaccountable bodies.” In January the Transportation
There’s no logic for shipping hazardous waste or crude oil through the densest population in Canada or in any other city. Nichole Anderson
Safety Board of Canada (TSB) and the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board issued historic, joint recommendations for the safe shipment of crude oil by rail. In their official statement, the two agencies called for “tougher standards for Class 111 (also known as DOT-111) tank cars; route planning and analysis; and emergency response assistance plans.” In November, Minister of Transportation Lisa Raitt issued a directive to rail companies to share information yearly about the transportation of dangerous goods. Nevertheless, there’s been very little movement by the rail industry or the Canadian government.
Nichole Anderson helped start community action to find out how much and how often oil is shipped by rail on CP tracks near her home.
security concerns as “largely manufactured to decrease transparency.” The difficulty with rail, he says, is that constitutionally it was “granted all these extraordinary powers because at that time building the rail lines was about constructing the country, and so right now they’re still almost completely impervious to outside regulation apart from the federal government.” Stewart, too, has noticed an increase in DOT-111 tanker traffic on the CP tracks running through his Dupont-and-Dufferin neighbourhood in the last five years. “There’s been a huge increase, and that’s been done with no oversight,” he says. “All you have to do is watch the train tracks. If you see the cars are DOT-111 tankers, you know they’re filled with oil.” For 20 years, the TSB has commented on the vulnerability of DOT-111s because of their thin hulls, among
other things. But a phase-out plan currently under way means they’ll be in use for another 10 years. Steven Guilbeault of Montreal enviro org Équiterre, pointing to projected oil production, says it’s clear something must be done to make the shipment of volatile crude safer. According to the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, oil sands production will increase from 1.8 million barrels a day this year to 5.2 million barrels a day by 2030 – almost three times the current volume within about 15 years. One problem with Alberta oil is that it’s landlocked. Much like tarsands oil, that leaves our options stuck between a rock and a hard place. “Producers say, ‘If you don’t give us the pipelines, then we’ll transport it by trains,’” says Guilbeault. Both the National Energy Board (NEB) and Transport Canada have
standards and regulations in place for the safe transportation of crude, but it’s the oil and rail companies’ responsibility to maintain their equipment, monitor and report spills. It’s not clear which federal body takes responsibility for enforcement. Chief NEB engineer Iain Colquhoun says, “he’s not surprised that’s confusing.” There are “no stated requirements” for testing the stability of pipelines. “Companies have to continually assess the integrity of the pipeline.” This was a central issue in the recent fight to stop Enbridge’s Line 9, which runs from Sarnia to Montreal through north Toronto, across parts of the Humber, Don and Rouge river valleys. Hydrostatic pressure testing to see if there are breaches was not required for the nearly 40-year-old line. Hydrostatic testing is the “preferred method” for assessing pipeline integrity, Colquhoun agrees, but
it’s only required for new pipelines. As with DOT-111 railcars, the material used to construct pipelines is also at issue. Most are made of carbon steel. Colquhoun says stainless steel would be more reliable, but it costs more and is hard to weld. The carbon steel currently used rusts more readily when exposed to air and moisture. If pipelines were made of stainless steel there would be fewer safety concerns, Guilbeault agrees, but the choice between rail and pipelines is lose-lose. Younger people are already moving away from oil dependency. Of course, ending oil dependency is the ultimate goal. In the meantime, thin pipeline walls and aging railcars are all that are protecting our Great Lakes and downtown Toronto from flammable, poisonous crude. 3 cynthiam@nowtoronto.com | @CynthiaJMcQueen
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Queer and trans youth are being systemically erased. Alex Abramovich
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Homeless LGBTQ kids will have a safe space if Kristyn Wong-Tam and Alex Abramovich have their way By ANDREA HOUSTON
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eal-Rose Jaques did what she had to do to survive while at Covenant House, a faith-based Toronto homeless shelter for youth. For a young trans woman, that meant changing into women’s clothes in subway, away from the eyes of staff. At the shelter, Jaques says, she was forced to de-transition and dress as a male. She learned to keep her head down and keep to herself to avoid harassment, and put up “positive space” stickers around her sleeping quarters. When she was transferred to a housing program through Covenant House, she was made to stay on an all-male floor. “Imagine being a trans woman with bottom surgery and placed on the male floor,” she says. Jaques’s struggle with shelter staff ended in 2012 when she moved into transitional housing. Today she continues to be a vocal advocate for safety, acceptance and support of LGBTQ youth living in the shelter system. “Covenant House has admitted that I kick-started their trans policies,” she says. “So that makes me feel proud.” Jaques, now 25, has been a key participant in groundbreaking research by Alex Abramovich, who’s been studying homelessness among LGBTQyouth for seven years while completing his PhD at the University of Toronto. Shortly after Abramovich released his findings last
year to Toronto shelters, he went back to visit Covenant House. “There were rainbows everywhere,” he laughs. Covenant House executive director Bruce Rivers, who came in after Jaques’s left, says the shelter has made big changes and that Jaques’s story was a wakeup call. Covenant House has implemented mandatory LGBTQ training, and staff must respect people’s chosen gender identity. “We’ve made sure our policies create a safe and positive space,” he says. “There’s heightened awareness throughout the sector about people who are LGBTQ as well as twospirited,” says Rivers. Teal-Rose Jaques “There’s a need for the entire shelter standards to be reviewed and for changes to be implemented on the ground.” “It’s critical that shelters respect the choices of young people, especially trans youth. We must stay focused on accepting, affirming and supporting those young people around their identity,” Rivers adds. Abramovich says problems persist across the system because the city hasn’t yet made
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LGBTQ sensitivity training mandatory. He warns that this is “an emergency situation.” He’s heard from kids who are terrified to stay in shelters. One spent the winter living in a park because he was afraid to return there. Abramovich’s research showing that a disproportionate number of LGBTQ kids fall through the cracks in city-funded facilities has been the impetus for the first steps toward the creation of a homeless shelter specifically geared to them. In December, a motion by Ward 27 councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam to set up a working group on the feasibility of transitional housing for queer and trans youth was adopted by the Community Development and Recreation Committee. Wong-Tam is optimistic that Toronto’s first homeless shelter geared specifically to queer and trans youth will be up and running within the next 12 months. “If not sooner,” she says. “That’s the objective. It’s clear that the need is there.” Abramovich’s “mock defence” of his thesis took place March 14 at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), the first time key details of his study were publicly presented. He says the number-one cause of queer youth homelessness is family conflict stemming from kids’ coming out. Lack of family support puts them at higher risk of violence, substance abuse, HIV and suicide. The study has also been personally transformative for Abramovich. While recording the stories of at-risk queer and trans youth, he says, “It encouraged me to come out as trans and begin my transition during the study, which was not an easy path to travel as a researcher.” The city funds 13 youth shelters with 529 beds. Abramovich’s research shows there are 1,000 to 2,000 homeless youth in Toronto on any given night, of whom about 20 per cent identify as LGBTQ. But queer and trans youth are being “systemically erased,” he says. Without training, staff are unequipped to respond to homophobic and transphobic incidents. LGBTQ kids are also unrepresented on key forms and intake documents, forced to choose between “male” or “female.” Staff members often refuse to respect their gender identity. “So any identity that doesn’t fall into those fixed categories is not included, and if they aren’t included they don’t appear to exist, and if they don’t exist they don’t need services,” says Abramovich. There’s still a long way to go, Wong-Tam says. “Whether or not we can get [for an LGBTQ shelter] through the 2015 budget remains to be seen.” That, she says, may require the catalyst of a private donor stepping forward. 3 news@nowtoronto.com @nowtoronto.com
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shisha bars may go up in smoke Medical officer of health says the hazy establishments encourage young people to smoke Toronto has dozens of hookah clubs. Most serve customers from the Mideast for whom the practice of smoking the herbal concoctions known as shisha has deep cultural roots. But the clientele is changing. More young people are availing themselves of the smokables, and that has the city’s medical officer of health worried. He says the clubs, which aren’t illegal, are violating the spirit of our no-smoking laws. He’s recommending a smoking ban on the lounges. Here’s a primer on the issue.
Health risks Many people believe the water in water pipes filters out harmful chemicals. But emerging evidence suggests that smoking herbal shisha exposes users to levels of hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, heavy metals and tar comparable to those of tobacco smoke. 4 Ontario jurisdictions that have banned the indoor use of water pipes (Peterborough, Orillia, Barrie and Bradford West Gwillimbury) despite the SmokeFree Ontario Act’s (SFOA) exclusion for non-tobacco products. Quebec and Alberta have also banned the indoor use of “tobacco-like” products.
Water pipe Also known as a hookah, narghile, goza or hubble-bubble. Charter challenge In 2011, two business owners took the city of Vancouver to court claiming the bylaw banning the smoking of non-tobacco water pipe products violates their Charter right to cultural freedom. The case is still before the courts.
Shisha An herbal non-tobacco product often sweetened or mixed with fruit, traditionally used in Iran, South Asia and the Middle East. 66 Estimated number of bars, restaurants and cafés that allow water-pipe-smoking indoors.
Medical Officer of Health Dave McKeown says: Shisha clubs are contributing to the acceptability of smoking among young people.
28 Percentage of Canadians aged 20 to 24 who report having tried a water pipe, according to StatsCan’s 2012 Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey.
Board of Health chair Joe Mihevc says: The city needs more information before it can move to ban shisha establishments. “We need to get a better health picture of these substances.”
Legal smog The SFOA, which prohibits the smoking of tobacco products in public spaces and workplaces, does not prohibit the indoor smoking of non-tobacco shisha.
Samira Mohyeddin, owner of Banu Iranian Kabob and Vodka Bar on Queen West, says: “This is another tax grab in the making. This is a Middle East cultural practice that is becoming part of the mainstream.”
Clouding the shisha issue The fact that some clubs may be allowing the smoking of tobacco-based shisha. Toronto Public Health says shisha packages are poorly labelled, “making it difficult for tobacco enforcement officers and patrons to know whether or not tobacco is being used.”
Sofi Sid, manager of Yorkville’s Marjane Café on Bedford, says: He can’t see the city shutting lounges down. “You’re talking about putting hundreds of people out of work.”
3.27 µg/m3 Mean level of nicotine air pollution found in 12 indoor water pipe cafés in Toronto that claimed to serve only tobacco-free products. This level, expressed in micrograms per cubic metre of air, is comparable to nicotine levels found in a European study of cigarette-smoking in bars and restaurants.
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Thursday, March 27
Benefits
Now Who’s Crazy Now? (Family Outreach
and Response) Elly Litvak performs her solo show about living with mental illness. 7 pm. $30. 3030 Dundas West. ticketscene.ca/ events/10101.
Events
Between Reality And Fantasy Talk by Istvan Kadar. 8 pm. $10. Toronto Camera Club, 587 Mt Pleasant. t orontocameraclub.com.
Capitalism On The Edge: The Crisis That Came, The Crisis Yet To Come Evening of
strategy and discussion with Mostafa Henaway. 7 pm. Free. Tranzac, 292 Brunswick. facebook.com/events/1461097204108380.
Conscious Consumption: The Roots Of Raw Denim Textile Museum of Canada talk
on Japanese denim by menswear boutique owner Sydney Mamane. 8 pm. $20. Sydney’s, 682 Queen W. consciousconsumption.ca.
Dressing For Downton: The Costumes Of Downton Abbey Tour an exhibit featuring 20
costumes from the TV series plus items from the city’s collection of the same era. To Apr 13. $25-$30. Spadina Museum, 285 Spadina Rd. 416-392-6910.
Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement Introductory class. 11:30 am-1:30 pm.
Free. Beaches Recreation Centre, 6 Williamson, pre-register 416-406-0054. Gardens Of Central Italy Presentation by Donna Fenice. 6 pm. Free. Richview Library, 1806 Islington. torontopubliclibrary.ca. Joyous Health Seminar with healthy living blogger Joy McCarthy. 7 pm. Free. Big Carrot, 348 Danforth. 416-466-2129. Kol Isha: The Female Voice Breast cancer awareness event with performances by Amy Sky, Theresa Tova, Cantor Arianne Brown and others. 7 pm. $36. Beth Shalom Synagogue, 1445 Eglinton W. 416-783-6013.
Massimiliano Gioni: The Encyclopedic Palace Lecture by the Italian art curator. 7 pm.
$15. Harbourfront Centre Studio Theatre, 235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000. Nowruz Celebration Iranian new year celebration with food, awareness raising and more. 6 pm. Free. Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham. beitzatoun.org.
Seasick: When Oil And Water Don’t Mix
Science for Peace lecture by journalist and author Alanna Mitchell. 7 pm. Free. University College, rm 179, 15 King’s College Circle. scienceforpeace.ca. 5Sounds Demo Master Tony demonstrates the ins and outs of sounding. 11:30 pm. Free. Black Eagle, 457 Church. 416-413-1219.
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Festivals this week
Body Percussion Festival Festival of
dance, voice and movement arts that create rhythm through the body, with workshops and performances. $10-$30.50, discounts for stu/srs/kids. Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay W. harbourfrontcentre.com. Mar 28 to 30 Breast Fest Film festival dedicated to breast cancer awareness with films from around the globe plus panel discussions. $10-$20, pass $50. Hot Docs Bloor Cinema, 506 Bloor W. breastfestfilmfest.com. Mar 28 to 30 Cinéfranco Festival of international francophone cinema. $8-$12, pass $99. Royal Cinema, 608 College. c inefranco.com. Mar 28 to Apr 6 Neapolitan Music Festival Piano competiton for amateur musicians with rounds open to the public. Montgomery’s Inn, 4709 Dundas W. 416-231-0006, neapolitanfestival.com. Mar 31 to Apr 12 Sex And The Erotic Film Festival Festival of films about sex and erotica. $10. Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex. g oodforher.com. Apr 1 to 3 Reelworld Film Festival Dramas, shorts, documentaries and music videos by racially diverse filmmakers. $5-$15, passes $55$110. Canada Square Cinemas, 2190 Yonge. reelworld.ca. Apr 2 to 6 Toronto Storytelling Festival Adult and family storytelling, workshops and a symposium on storytelling and social justice, with Richard Wagamese, Tololwa Mollel, Celia Lottridge, Hugh Lupton and many others. Various prices and venues. torontostorytellingfestival.ca. Mar 28 to Apr 6 U Of T Festival Of Dance Dance performances include jazz, ballet, ballroom, mod-
Friday, March 28
Benefits
An Affair To Remember (Dance Teq) Grand piano social rallying the city’s community of creative dancers, musicians and poets with a performance by pianist Richard Herriott. 7:30 pm. $20. St Stephen-in-the-Fields, 103 Bellevue. facebook.com/events/ 221075068082711. Baring It All For Breast Cancer
(Rethink Breast Cancer) Fundraising photo exhibit by the SCAR Project. To Mar 30. Free admission. Edward Day, 952 Queen W. 416-921-6540.
Canada & Ukraine Together – Razom (families of victims of violence in Ukraine) Musical performances by Canadian Bandurist Capella, Taras Chubay, Maria Burmaka and others. 8 pm. $50-$100. Living Arts Centre, 4141 Living Arts (Mississauga). 905-306-6000.
Food, Films And Farmers
Community presentation and feast. 11 am-2 pm. Free. Native Canadian Centre, 16 Spadina Rd. facebook.com/events/475781282549467. Mod Mad Party Bash inspired by architect Ron Thom. 6-10 pm. $25, adv $20. Gardiner Museum, 111 Queen’s Park. 416-586-8080.
Montreal’s Bourask Compagnie de Danse performs at the Body Percussion Festival.
1001 Friday Nights Of Storytelling: The
Short End Of The Talking Stick New and veteran storytellers present five-minute tales. 8-10 pm. $5. Innis College, 2 Sussex. 1001fridays.org.
Saturday, March 29
Benefits
Benefit Gala (University of the West Indies)
ern, hip-hop, musical theatre and belly dance. $12, stu/srs $10. Hart House Theatre, 7 Hart House Circle. uofttix.ca. Mar 28 and 29 Vaughan Film Festival Screenings of films by filmmakers from the community. $10. Cineplex Colossus Vaughan Cinema, 3555 Highway 7 W. vaughanfilmfestival.com. Apr 2 to 4
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Foundry Music & Arts Festival Perform-
ances of forward-thinking music and experimentation in technology. Various prices. 99 Sudbury. foundryto.com. To Apr 5 New Ideas Festival Alumnae Theatre showcase of new writing, works-in-progress and experimental theatre. $15, Sat readings pwyc, pass $40. 70 Berkeley. alumnaetheatre.com. To Mar 30 Spotlight On Israeli Culture Contemporary Israeli art, film, photography, video, the-
Fundraiser (Grow-To-Learn Schoolyard) Film
screening and local food-inspired meal. 7-9 pm. $10. Bike Pirates, 1292 Bloor W. pactgrow2learn.blogspot.com. Holi Gala: The Festival Of Colours (Etobicoke General, Brampton Civic and Peel Memorial Hospitals) South Asian and West Indies festival of renewal, with wrestling legends Tiger Jeet Singh and Tiger Ali Singh, a musical performance by Sukshinder Shinda and more.
atre, dance and music. Various prices and venues. spotlightonisraeliculture.com. To Mar 31
rSugarbush Maple Syrup Festival
Demonstrations, wagon rides, entertainment, maple syrup pancakes and more. Free w/ admission. Kortright Centre, Pine Valley and Major Mackenzie (Kleinburg). 905-832-2289, maplesyrupfest.com. To Apr 6
Toronto Hispano-American Film Festival Films from Spanish-speaking countries including Argentina, Mexico, Cuba and Spain. $12, stu/srs $10. Bloor Hot Docs Cinema (506 Bloor W), Miles Nadal JCC (750 Spadina). thaff.com. To Mar 30 Water Docs Film Festival Documentary films exploring initiatives and issues around water. $8.50-$13, some free events. Art Gallery of Ontario (317 Dundas W), Fo Guang Shan Temple (6525 Millcreek, MIssissauga). ecologos.ca. To Mar 29
6:30 pm. $150. Grand Empire Banquet Centre, 100 Nexus (Brampton). oslerfoundation.org. Phoenix Benefit (Project Phoenix) Musical performances by Tamin’ Thunder, Scotian Sparxx, David Record and others. 9 pm. Free w/ donation of kids’ toys, clothing and books. Kornerstones Bar & Grill, 1601 Birchmount. 416-840-4238.
Events
rCommunity Creative Jam & Potluck
Open mic and arts networking event for all creative disciplines, levels and ages. 7:30 pm. Pwyc/potluck. Artscape Youngplace, Studio 106, 180 Shaw. m aychook.com.
Diaspora Dissidence: Jewish Peace Activism And The Israel Palestine Conflict Talk
by researcher Jasmin Habib. 7 pm. Free. Winc hevsky Centre, 585 Cranbrooke. ujpo.org. Dirty Wars Rebel Films screening and discussion. 7 pm. $4. OISE, rm 2-211, 252 Bloor W. socialistaction.ca. Eastern GTA Eco Summit Environmental discussion on issues of water, food, transportation, conservation and more plus an eco fair. Today and tomorrow. Free. U of T Scarborough Instructional Centre, 1265 Military Tr. Preregister ecosummit2014.eventbrite.com.
Indigenous Women, Memory And Power
The Voice winner Tessanne Chin, Jamaican reggae artist Jimmy Cliff and celebrity chef Roger Mooking are honoured at a gala. 5:30 pm. $350 and up. Ritz-Carlton, 181 Wellington W. uwitorontogala.com. GAL Fundraiser (Girls Art League) Performances by Dusted, DJ Pammm and DJ Michael Bigelow plus a raffle. 7 pm. $10. Cooper Cole Gallery, 1161 Dundas W. 647-347-3316. Night Songs (Mariposa in the Schools/Echo Women’s Choir) Live music by Melanie Doane, wine-tasting, a silent auction and more. 7 pm. $35. Church of the Holy Trinity, 10 Trinity. info@mariposaintheschools.ca. 5Queens Care (519 Church Community Centre) Drag performances by Sofonda Cox, Michelle Ross, Fay Slift and others plus DJ Michael Venus and more. 7:30 pm-1 am. $50. Azure, 225 Front W. outtv.ca/queenscare. Spiked Tea: Surrealist Derby (Mercer Union Gallery) Afternoon tea social hosted by artists including Katie Bethune-Leamen and Jimmy Limit. 2 pm. $90. Mercer Union, 1286 Bloor W. 416-536-1519.
Events
Birds Of A Feather Storytelling with Rubena Sinha, Djennie Laguerre and Diana Tso. 6 pm. $40, child $25 (includes meal). Windup Bird Café, 382 College. 647-349-6373. Conscious Consumption: The French Method Textile Museum of Canada presents
a talk on the traditional French method of breadmaking. 10 am. $20. St John’s Bakery, 155 Broadview. consciousconsumption.ca. Earth Hour Candlelight Walk Join Green 13 for a guided walk along the historic Humber River. 7:45 pm. Free. Lambton House, 4066 Old Dundas. green13toronto.org. 5LGBT Dance For the March Salsa social with a mini beginner class. 7 pm. $5 or pwyc. Glad Day Bookshop, 598a Yonge. 416-9614161. Lights Out Earth Hour candlelight performances by Canadian musicians take place at more than 60 venues across the city. 8 pm. millstreetearthday.com. rThe Lopsided Crane Performance by Laurel Dee Gugler for ages 9 and up. 11 am. Pwyc, sugg donation $8, stu $5. Friends House, 60 Lowther. torontostorytellingfestival.ca. The Middle Kingdom Ride Film screening and talk with filmmaker Ryan Pyle plus a dim sum reception. 5:30 pm. $5. Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex. 416-946-8996. rNature Journaling Family nature walk. 1 pm. $2 or pwyc. Howard Park Tennis Club, 430 Parkside. highparknaturecentre.com.
The Path To Inner Peace: A Gnostic Approach To Mindfulness Talk. 3 pm. Free.
Weston Library, 2 King. torontopubliclibrary.ca. The Post Market Vintage, handmade and
new clothing, jewellery, kids’ stuff, art and more. Today and tomorrow 11 am-5 pm. Free. 1075 Queen E. lia.parsley@gmail.com. Queen West Gallery Tour Guided tour of galleries along Queen West. 11:45 am. $25. Drake Hotel, 1150 Queen W. 416-531-5042. Stamp Show Dealers, a silent auction and more. 10 am-3 pm. Free. Herbert H Carnegie Centennial Centre, 580 Finch W. sites.google. com/site/northyorkphilatelicsociety. Tales Of... Transplants Afternoon of funny and heartwarming true stories on the theme of transplants with Marilla Wex, Robert Keller, Ted Morris and others. 2-4 pm. Pwyc, suggested $10. Cahoots Theatre Company, 388 Queen E. torontotalesof.com. 5There’s Something Queer In The Air Storytelling that explores queer identity, with Jeffrey Canton, Clare Nobbs and others. 2 pm. $10, stu/underemployed $5. Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, 34 Isabella. 416-777-2755. Westwood Sailing Club Open House Learn about sailing albacores, lasers and catamarans. 1-3 pm. Free. 12 Regatta (just E of Cherry Beach). 416-461-2870. 5Young And Queerly Rebellious Screening of Ya-che Yang’s film Girlfriend, Boyfriend and a panel discussion. 7 pm. Free. Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex. 416-946-8996.
Sunday, March 30 rBazaar Of The Bizarre: Circus Side Show
Alternative marketplace with music, belly dancers, a freak show performance and more. 11 am-8 pm. Free. Pia Bouman Ballet School, 7 Noble. thebazaarofthebizarre.org. rIn The Storytellers’ House Adult and children’s day/night of stories. 11 am-10 pm. $10 afternoon/eve, kids free. Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen W. torontostorytellingfestival.ca. Keeping You In Stitches Knitting and crochet social. 2-4 pm. Free. Gibson House, 5172 Yonge. 416-395-7432.
Parenting Challenges: How To Help Kids With Anxiety & Too Much Technology
Talks by parenting experts/authors Alyson Schafer and Sarah Chana Radcliffe. 1:30-4:30 pm. $40. Humber Valley United Church, 76 Anglesey. parenteducationnetwork.ca. Parkdale Seedy Sunday Displays on worm composting, organic fertilizer and more plus a seed exchange. 11 am-2 pm. Pwyc. MasarykCowan Community Centre, 220 Cowan. tcgn.ca.
Physiography Of Bathurst Street In Forest Hill (Sigmund Samuel Bike Path To The University Of Toronto) Urban ecology
walk. 2 pm. Free. Bathurst and Eglinton. 416543-2656. The Secret To A Successful Life Talk on understanding the laws of attraction and
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NOW editors pick a trio of this week’s can’t-miss events
SEEKING REFUGE
Romero House for refugees founder Mary Jo Leddy says the organization runs on the principle “It takes a neighbourhood to welcome a refugee.” As part of the lecture series Vital Discussions Of Human Security, Leddy leads a conversation on Refugees: Silent Witnesses To War, at U of T’s University College, room 179 (15 King’s College Circle) on Friday (April 4) at 7 pm. Free. For more information go to scienceforpeace.ca.
THE UGLY TRUTH ABOUT WAR
Journalist Jeremy Scahill investigates the targeting of innocent people by the U.S. military in Afghanistan, Yemen and Somalia in the Academy more. 3 pm. Free. York Woods Library, 1785 Finch W. torontopubliclibrary.ca. rToronto Reptile Expo Live reptile displays, products, animal vendors and interactive educational tables. 9 am-4 pm. $10, srs/child $5. Downsview Park, 40 Carl Hall. 905-302-5321. Wychwood Vintage Clothing Show Fashion, accessories, textiles, jewellery and more. 10 am-5 pm. $8. Artscape Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie. antiqueshowscanada.com.
Monday, March 31
Benefits
The director discusses her career in film and television. 7 pm. TIFF Bell Lightbox, 50 King W. tiff.net. Jack Layton Book Club Social work prof Henry Parada leads a discussion on Wiliam Ryan’s book Blaming the Victim. 5:30 pm. Free. Ryerson U Library, 3rd fl Archives, 350 Victoria. msiemiatycki@politics.ryerson.ca. Spring Sprint Run along the beach boardwalk. 7-9 pm. $25. Beaches Recreation Centre, 6 Williamson. springsprint@hotmail.ca.
Get Campy! (Camp Ooch) Fun-and-games fundraiser for kids with cancer. 7 pm. Donation. Fox & Fiddle, 535 Danforth. getcampyevent.wordpress.com. Holler 4 Health Care! (Artists for Health Care) Evening of performances to protest the end of federal leadership in Canadian health care, with Shirley Douglas, Brent Carver, Fiona Reid, John Alcorn and others. 8 pm. $12-$25. Trinity-St Paul’s, 427 Bloor W. e ventbrite.ca. Spring Thaw (Canadian Chefs’ Congress) Top chefs including Alexandra Feswick and Jamie Kennedy cook up spring-themed bites highlighting Ontario’s organic and non-GMO pro-
Award-nominated documentary Dirty Wars. Testimony by Special Forces operators, CIA agents and warlords with U.S. backing highlight how the military-industrial complex works. Rebel Films screening and discussion at OISE, room 2-211 (252 Bloor West). Friday (March 28) at 7 pm. $4. To see the trailer, visit dirtywars.org/trailer.
KEEP HEALTH CARE STRONG
The Health Care Accord guarantees stable funding from the feds to the provinces for our cherished health care system, and the Harper government wants to ditch it. Brent Carver, Shirley Douglas, John Alcorn, Ted Dykstra, Mary Lou Fallis, Tabby Johnson and many others perform at Holler 4 duce. 7 pm. $175. Palais Royale, 1601 Lake Shore W. eventbrite.ca.
Events
Back To The Drawing Board: Graphic
Novels On Film Movie clips from Waltz With Bashir and more plus a lecture by David Levine. 7 pm. $12, stu $6. Miles Nadal JCC, 750 Spadina. mnjcc.org. Books On Film: WashingtonSquare Film screening and discussion with director Agnieszka Holland on adapting the Henry James novel for the screen. 7 pm. $35, stu/srs $30. TIFF Bell Lightbox, 350 King W. tiff.net. Nonviolence In Action Presentation on nonviolence training work in South Sudan by Lee McKenna. 6:30 pm. $15 or pwyc. Friends House, 60 Lowther. peaceworks@primus.ca. The Social Cost Of The Carbon Economy
Occupy Economics workshop. 6:30-8:30 pm. Free. Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil. occupyeconomics.ca.
Tuesday, April 1 Close The Rent Control Loophole Com-
munity discussion on escalating rental costs in Ontario and reforming the Residential Tenancies Act. Free. Harbourfront Community
Wednesday, April 2 Before Ontario: Archaeology And The Province’s First Peoples Heritage Toronto presentation. 6:30 pm. Free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. torontopubliclibrary.ca.
Brent Carver stands up for our health care system at the Holler 4 Health Care! show March 31.
Health Care! to sound the alarm about what we could be losing and press the feds to sign a new Health Accord. Trinity-St. Paul’s United Church (427 Bloor West) on Monday (March 31), 8 pm. $12-$25. eventbrite.ca. Centre, 627 Queens Quay W. 416-603-9664. Digiplayspace: After Hours Try your hand at the best new media installations from around the world including virtual reality games and stop-motion animation. 6-9 pm. $20. TIFF Bell Lightbox, 350 King W. tiff.net. DX Talks: Cool And Collected Panel discussion on collecting everything from oddball furnishings to contemporary art, with gallerist Daniel Faria and others. 6:30 pm. $16. Design Exchange, 234 Bay. 416-363-6121. Feet Don’t Fail Me Now Talk on moving from your first 5K run to a marathon by author Ben Kaplan. 7 pm. Free. North York Central Library, 5120 Yonge. Pre-register 416-395-5660.
Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement Introductory class. 1-3 pm. Free. Woodgreen Community Svs, 721 Broadview. Preregister 416-406-0054. The Galapagos Islands Travel talk. 6:30 pm. Free. Adventure Travel Co, 408 King W. atcadventure.com. Get Out The Vote Maytree conference on supporting community efforts to increase voter turnout in diverse, low-income neighbourhoods. 9 am-5 pm. Free. Metro-Central YMCA, 20 Grosvenor. Pre-register 416-9442627, eventbrite.ca/e/10688245831.
Francis Bacon And Henry Moore At The AGO Curator Richard Calvocoressi, Oxford
University’s Francis Warner and Mary Moore, daughter of Henry Moore talk about the exhibition. 6:30 pm. $12, stu $8. Art Gallery of Ontario, Baille Court, 317 Dundas W. ago.net. 5Generations Of Queer Tour the exhibition with art gallery owner Paul Petro. 6:30 pm. Free. Onsite @ OCAD University, 230 Richmond W. ocadu.ca/onsite.
Pomona (Italy) Fruit Tree Orchards In Lit-
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Single Dads, Separated Dads, Divorced Dads Q&A and support group meeting. 7 pm. Free. Eastminster United Church, 310 Danforth. 416-861-0626. Tell Me Something Good Sexy storytelling slam. 8-11 pm. Free. Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen W. gladstonehotel.com.
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The Beech Tree might not be the trendiest trat in town, but for those who value substance over surface flash, the five-month-old east-side bistro more than fills the bill. Taking his culinary cues from UK
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co-Italian carte, Danny Pantano’s tiny 17seat Leslieville bistro has become a haven for herbivores in the mood for something more creative than designer greens. Order this: the Tuesday-night $35 vegetarian tasting menu ($40 the rest of the week), one evening butternut squash swirled with pumpkin oil followed by a salad “variation” on local beets and black truffles, mac ’n’ cheese with wilted Swiss chard as the main, and walnut coffee cake in cocoa sauce for dessert. Tuesday to Saturday 5:30 pm to 11 pm. Weekend brunch 10:30 am to 2 pm. Closed Monday, holidays. Reservations accepted. Licensed. Access: one step at door, washrooms on same floor. Rating: NNN
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1290 Queen E, at Hastings, 416465-3600, edwardlevesque.ca, @Edwards1290 No longer Edward Levesque’s Kitchen – isn’t having a restaurant named Something Kitchen so passé these days? – this Leslieville pioneer specializes in modern takes on retro comfort food updated with seasonal and locally sourced product. Order this: at brunch, the meat loaf sandwich on toasted challah spread with tomato jam and caramelized onion ($10 with house greens), and a side of potato pancakes with sour cream ($4); at dinner, roasted pork chops with house-smoked bacon ’n’ cabbage and apple butter ($24). Dinner Tuesday to Saturday from 5:30 pm. Brunch Friday noon to 3 pm, Saturday and Sunday 9 am to 3 pm and most holiday Mondays 10 am to 3 pm. Closed Mondays, some holidays. Reservations dinner only. Licensed. Access: four steps at door, washrooms in basement. Rating: NNNN
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1246 Danforth, at Greenwood, 416769-1432, thefuzzbox.ca As poutine is to La Belle Province, donair is to Halifax – i.e., something you wouldn’t normally eat unless you were three sheets to the wind. True connoisseurs know it’s all about that alarmingly white gloop made with condensed milk, sugar, vinegar and garlic powder. Some gag, others go gaga. Order this: the Super Donair, a grilled pita stuffed with ground paprika-spiked beef and dressed with ripe tomato, Spanish onion and that contentious sauce ($9.49), and a large side of Annapolis-style apple, cabbage, carrot coleslaw in a lemony vinaigrette ($3.99). Monday to Thursday 11:30 am to 8 pm,
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1386 Gerrard E, at Woodfield, 416405-8080 Our apologies to Lahore Tikka across the street: when we want an incendiary Subcontinental snack, we head to this takeaway at the back of a Bollywood DVD rental shop. Minimal food-court seating, maximum fireworks on (paper) plates. And it’s vegetarian! Order this: the Bombay Burger, a panfried potato patty dressed with chana masala, chopped tomato, onion and coriander chutney on a white-bread hamburger bun ($3.99), and a side of masala fries ($4.99) dressed with yogurt, tamarind chutney and that most multiculti of condiments – ketchup! Monday to Thursday 1 to 11 pm, Friday to Sunday 1 pm to midnight. No reservations. Unlicensed. Access: barrier-free. Rating: NNNN
1135 Queen E, at Larchmount, 416469-3010; 588 Gerrard E, at Broadview, 416-463-9940, hanoi3seasons.com Decked out with chic Southeast Asian antiques, Hai Luke Tran’s two unusually stylish North Vietnamese beaneries forgo pho for complex seafood starters and mains. Order this: sautéed baby clams with green chilies and black-sesame rice crackers (Hen, $7) followed by grilled grouper with dill and even more chopped chilies over rice vermicelli (Cha Ca La Vong, $12). Lunch Tuesday to Sunday noon to 3 pm, dinner 5 to 10 pm; daily 11 am to 10 pm (Gerrard). Closed Monday, holidays; holidays (Gerrard). No reservations. Licensed. Access: short bump at door, washrooms in basement; two steps at door, washrooms on same floor (Gerrard). Rating: NNNN
Bombay Chowpatty dresses its burger with chana masala. Friday and Saturday 11:30 am to 11 pm. Closed Sunday, holidays. No reservations. Unlicensed. Access: barrier-free, washrooms in basement. Rating: NNNN
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539 Eastern, at Carlaw If it’s good enough for the local chapter of the Hells Angels (whose clubhouseslash-boutique is just down the street) this holiest of hole-in-the-walls is right up our alley. Not only is Eda and David Chan’s 80-year-old diner’s decor original, but so are the prices. Order this: Depression-era hot turkey sandwiches made with daily-roasted bird on Weston white slathered in housemade gravy, sided with frozen fries, frozen peas ’n’ carrots and winter-pink sliced tomato ($3.75), and a slice of housebaked raisin pie à la mode ($1.25), both tax-inclusive. Tip generously, you tightwad! Monday to Friday 10:30 am to 6 pm, Saturday noon to 5 pm. Closed Sunday, holidays. No reservations. Unlicensed. Cash only. Access: five steps at door, tiny washroom on same floor. Rating: NNNN
Gio Rana’s Really Really Nice Restaurant
1220 Queen E, at Leslie, 416-469-5225 With no sign other than the large papiermâché proboscis that hangs over the front door, this long-running casual trat is not for those looking for a quiet dinner à deux. But if a loud and in-yer-face room with a lineup of old-school Italian plates served tapas-style ticks all your boxes, this be the place. Bun fight!
Order this: ravioli-like crespelle stuffed with puréed butternut squash ($7.95), followed by blistered Australian rack of lamb scottadito with mint and honey mustard ($16.95). Dinner Monday to Thursday 6 to 11 pm, Friday and Saturday 6 pm to midnight. Bar till close. Closed Sunday, some holidays. Reservations for groups of six or more only. Licensed. Access: barrier-free. Rating: NNN
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1118 Queen E, at Caroline, 647-351-4527, glaswinebar.com, @glaswinebar Despite the inclusion of meat on his Fran-
1182 Queen E, at Rushbrooke, 416-4635663 Now in its ninth year, ex-Couillard sous George Wensley’s low-key cantina was locavore before they had a name for it. Attitude-free service and a vintage console stereo complete with vinyl LPs make this cozy Leslieville storefront feel like home. Order this: grilled ’n’ chilled calamari with
Moroccan olives and capers ($10) and thin-crusted pizzas dressed with spicy sausage, speck, grilled chicken, black-olive tapenade and hot peppers ($15). Tuesday to Saturday 5 to 10 pm. Closed Sunday, Monday, holidays. Reservations accepted. Licensed. Access: barrier-free, but small washrooms. Rating: NNN
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804 Danforth, at Woodycrest, 647350-8988; 421 Spadina, at College, 416217-2008, mothersdumplings.com A regular winner in NOW’s annual Readers Poll for best Chinese restaurant, this recent addition to the nabe gets substantial props for its moderately priced allday dim sum lineup. Order this: gently steamed pork and pickled cabbage dumplings in wholewheat wrappers ($7.49) paired with soupy Da-lu noodles with chewy ear fungus, minced pork and shredded cabbage ($7.99). Sunday to Thursday 11:30 am to 10 pm, Friday and Saturday 11:30 am to 10:30 pm. Closed some holidays. No reservations. Licensed. Access: barrier-free, washrooms in basement; barrier-free (Spadina). Rating: NNNN
Zorba’s
681 Danforth, at Pape, 416-406-1212 This no-frills family-run spot on the edge of Greektown might not be the fanciest taverna on the strip, but it’s certainly one of the most delish, especially for those who remember when you used to just go into the kitchen and point. Order this: the Broiled Platter, two lamb chops, two pork souvlakia, two chicken souvlakia, a chicken chop-steak, a beef chop-steak and a gyro sided with salad, rice, roasted potatoes, tzatziki and garlic bread ($39.95 for two). Sunday to Thursday 9 am to 10 pm, Friday and Saturday 9 am to midnight. Closed some holidays. Licensed. Access: short step at door, washrooms on same floor. Rating: NNN 3
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Openings, closings, events and other news from T.O.’s food and drink scene Seows mean it this time Harry and Jean Seow are retiring from the restaurant business, and this time they mean it! The owners of the popular Jean’s Vegetarian Kitchen (1262 Danforth, at Greenwood, 416-778-1388) first left the resto biz when they sold their wildly successful Sawasdee in the 90s, back when Toronto was batty for everything Thai.
The couple had previously owned the pioneering Rasa Sayang in Kensington Market. But after a year of “sitting at home watching TV,” the Seows bounced back in 1999 with Jean’s Fine Foods out on the Danforth. Literally their living room, it lasted four years until they pulled the plug yet again. Boredom set in once more, and they returned with Jean’s Vegetarian
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in 2007. Fast-forward to the present and the Seows have announced their retirement for good. They’ve sold Jean’s to first-time restaurateur Ernest Wong, who’s keeping the name and menu. Smart move. For now, the Seows are planning a long holiday in Southeast Asia, although Jean hasn’t entirely ruled out the possibility that we might see her SD back in the kitchen again.
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Gin & It
The simplest cocktails can’t be beat. When it comes to mixing a gin & It – all the rage in the 50s – there really aren’t any ironclad rules. Combine gin and Italian (or any sweet) vermouth in whatever proportions you prefer. Serve straight, on the rocks, up or from a slushy machine. Toss in a twist if you’re feeling sophisticated.
Aromatized wine Owner Steve Cann (right) chats with the guests at Lipstick & Dynamite.
LIPSTICK & DYNAMITE 992 Queen West, 416-535-4554 There are wine bars with lavish lists, beer bars studded with indie taps and cocktail bars stocked with rare bottles and strange tools manoeuvred by mixologists. And then – thankfully – there are just bars. Newly opened Lipstick & Dynamite is one of those. Owners Steve Cann and Celeste Toledo, old friends and co-workers, have opened a simple bar. A bar bar. The kind of place you return to because the drinks aren’t pricey, the location’s convenient and the staff always makes you smile. In the spirit of its no-nonsense neighbours, Sweaty Betty’s around the
corner and the Done Right Inn a few blocks east, sophistication is not the point. Comfort is. So don’t come to Lipstick & Dynamite expecting anything fancy. Do not prance through the door asking for a Last Word with mezcal, or even an Old-Fashioned. Don’t come thirsting for esoteric tripels or craving deep-fried offal. You’ll leave disappointed. Do order from a fridge full of bottles and cans, a small shelf of whiskey and a few local taps (Beau’s, Kensington Brewing Company, Duggan’s) and grab a bite from the all-veg menu (meat option to come). Do come to play a lone game of pinball, sift through the book ex-
change shelf stacked with dogeared paperbacks or challenge your friends to a drunken game of Yahtzee. Do return to chat with the charming owners, the type of warm folk remember your name and stock root beer because a single guest requests it. L&D isn’t out to prove anything to anyone. It’s just a friendly dive free of douchebaggery, a place to escape the stumbling packs of weekend warriors roaming Ossington, a spot to drink without overthinking it. Hours 4pm to close daily (for now) Access One step at the entrance; washrooms in the back.
Aromatized wines – including vermouths, quinquinas and nonexistent-in-Ontario americanos – are essential to a well-rounded home bar. Red vermouth, traditionally known as Italian, is a fortified white-wine base flavoured with botanicals and coloured with caramel. Sip it as an aperitif or use it to add depth and nuance to classic cocktails. Like all wine, oxidation will kill an open bottle; store in the fridge to keep for months.
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Dolin Vermouth ñ Rouge Rating: NNNN Why A lighter, more floral style is characteristic of vermouth de Chambéry (which, you may have guessed correctly, is from France). Lacking the richness and snappy bitterness typical of Italian vermouths, elegant Dolin bridges sweet and savoury. Mix with crisp gins and light whiskies. Price 750 ml/$12.95, on sale until March 30 Availability Vintages 370841
Dubonnet Rouge Rating: NNN Why Call me an old lady, but I love me some Dubonnet. (For the record, so did the Queen Mother). Enjoy this quinquina (which contains anti-malarial quinine) on the rocks with lemon, dahling, or cut with a slug of gin for a Queen Mother cocktail. Price 750 ml/$10.25 Availability LCBO 386334
TASTING NOTES EVENTS, OPENINGS, CLOSINGS, NEW RELEASES AND MORE Mill Street parties for Earth Day This Earth Day, turn your Lights Out With Mill Street. Starting at 8 pm on Saturday (March 29), attend a series of city-wide candlelit parties where a portion of sales from every pint of Mill Street brew will be donated to Earth Day Canada. Details and list of locations at millstreetearthday.com.
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Now that you’ve got the booze, maybe you’re looking for ways to use it. Pick up a copy of Home Bar Basics (And NotSo- Basics) by Dave Stolte (Wexler of California, $14.99). With this “no bullshit” pocket-sized cocktail crash course, you’ll soon be proficient with a spoon and shaker. Available at BYOB (972 Queen West, 416-858-2932, byobto.com).
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I have two businesses: an online cosmetic brand, Pandora’s Makeup Box, that manufactures and distributes cosmetics, and I operate Kirsch Cosmetics Studio. I give makeup lessons and do applications for special occasions including weddings. I have a staff of five people, and the Studio is my testing ground for the cosmetic brand. I’m 55 now. I graduated from Ryerson’s business school and then worked in retail management, but I always came back to makeup artistry as my hobby, and eventually that became my business. I was good at business but had a creative side that hadn’t been developed yet. My mother was a painter, and my father is
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Family mediator with Riverdale Mediation, clinical investigator for Ontario Children’s Lawyer I have a master’s of social work from the University of Toronto and I worked as a social worker for a number of years, both full- and part-time. Then I went back to school to do a certificate in alternative dispute resolution at York University. In all areas of my work, I have always been somebody who acted as a mediator. The idea always appealed to me of bridging differences and getting people to come to a resolution. Whether family or organizational, there’s always a need for someone to help parties who disagree and I’ve always been the one to do that. People often ask, “What do you want to do when you grow up?” I want to reframe that question and ask, “What interests you and what direction do you want to go in?” That makes more sense. Social work is extremely broad, and continuing education certificate programs allow you to hone in. You don’t have that kind of insight when you’re younger. When I discovered the Alternative Dispute Resolution program, it really appealed to me. In order to become an accredited family mediator, you have to meet educational requirements and do an internship. York helped me get those course requirements and gave me a combination of the theory and practical information I was looking for. You’re not looking for an academic PhD profes-
sor in adult education; you’re looking for somebody who is able to understand how theory applies. I work with families who are separating, and my area of specialty is children. Our legal system can be quite adversarial, and mediation is a chance for two parties to understand how they can continue to coparent. The most challenging aspect of the job is seeing people in pain. Often you see quite a dark side and, if not dealt with properly, that pain can prevent you from growing. A combination of life experience, personality and school prepared me for this work. I did a lot of research that equipped me to do a better job, but I’m constantly in school. I attend every conference possible. This is not the kind of job where you can know everything. The best mediators are learners, self-aware individuals and open. You have to suspend judgment. Whether you agree or disagree, you have to understand why people do what they do in order to understand how they see the world. If you can do that, they feel understood and allow you to work with them. If you go in with judgment, they will know. And to be honest, it may take me 10 minutes to suspend judgment, but once I have that understanding, it’s amazing what can happen. That’s the most important skill as a mediator.
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Senior officer in security and emergency management, Integrity Services Branch, a part of Service Canada I work at the kind of branch almost all government agencies consult to maintain continuity of service in case of an emergency – from a flood to a war to an earthquake or a pandemic. Whatever happens, our offices keep running. Before I took George Brown’s Emergency Management Certificate, I was working for the Competition Bureau, mainly in procurement. Because I didn’t have a specific degree, I was told I was at the end of the line – I was not going to move any further up. I told myself that no one is going to create any
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breaks for me. I have to rely on myself. So I decided to go back to school. I started part-time at George Brown and found that I still had some brain cells left. I was excited to be in the program and decided to take as many courses as I could handle. I walked out with three certificates because they hadn’t yet established a diploma. I took 10 courses over two and a half years. The teachers had exceptional knowledge. They are ex-CSIS, ex-police and people who are still involved with the military. We had instructors who continued on page 32 œ
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in business. When I went to school, I did what I thought best suited my skill set. When I was recently at the Pérez Art Museum in Miami, I saw an exhibit laid out on the floor, a colour wheel made of dyed fabrics. Each piece was a different colour, and it just spoke to me. I decided I had to do something in fabric dying and colour outside my field. When I came back, the only course I could find was OCAD’s on fibre arts with natural dyes, and it fit my schedule. It was the most interesting and creative experience. The colour palette in natural fibre dying is very harmonious and beautiful. I’m now creating nail polishes based on some of the colours I created in that class. Also, my brand is environmentally friendly, packaged in recyclable paper with soy ink, so I was interested in working with dyes that are safer for the environment. It wasn’t just about colour, but also the materials we were using. Colour is very personal. A course like that speaks differently to each person who takes it. I have a background working with colour in a different medium, and every minute I was there I felt like I was learning something. By the end I wished the course had a part two. The student mix was really interesting. You end up networking with people who are outside your natural circle, and you get stimulated working together. A good makeup artist needs to be able to see the finished product, what a person will look like with their makeup done. It’s the same thing with dyes. You may not be able to imagine what it will look like, but once you see the finished product you have ideas about what you want to do with it. It’s also nice at this stage to be able to do something with my hands that stands by itself. Makeup washes off. I don’t have a finished product to look at forever except in a picture. It took me a long time to realize that I see things dimensionally. I couldn’t draw flat; I still can’t draw flat. I didn’t know what artistic abilities I had until much later in life.
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are actively working in the field. We covered things like emergency communications and how governments, particularly in Canada, deal with emergencies. Our graduation marking scheme was based on drawing up an emergency response plan and working on it in real time with the Toronto Heavy Urban Search and Rescue Team (HUSAR). With this job, every day something is happening – from someone threatening to commit suicide to an office being closed by a forest fire to bomb threats or a major event like the G20 in Toronto. The hours can be quite long. Frequently we’re assigned to different parts of the province. Flying to Thunder Bay in the middle of the day in winter is not uncommon. We get a lot of assignments at the same time with crazy deadlines, so you have to be really savvy with your time. A big part of this job is networking. Your networks can get you in contact with people with different resources and information that you need. People who excel in this job are calm. You have to be able to look at a situation and work through all aspects of it, even if some are pretty strange. You have to do an analysis to establish the best next step. You have to understand the agency or department that you’re working for in terms of developing strategies and getting the higher-ups to buy in to them. Charisma, networking skills and calmness are the important elements of this job.
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Jewellery store 18 Karat (275 Dundas West, 416-593-1648, 18karat.ca) hosts D’Or, an exhibition featuring the work of 14 Quebecois jewellery artists, from Monday (March 31) to April 25. This is the first group exhibit in Toronto for the collective, which has previously shown in New York, Montreal and Ottawa. Among the exhibitors are Roland Dubuc, Gustavo Estrada and Claudio Pino, whose work was featured in the most recent Hunger Games film. Meet the artists at the opening reception at the store April 5 from 3 to 6 pm.
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Local favourite Pink Tartan is the latest luxury brand to grace the Shopping Channel. Kimberley Newport-Mimran, head designer, debuts her modern womenswear designs on Sunday (March 30) at 8 am. Bonus: the entire collection is “easy wash,” meaning no ridiculously expensive dry cleaning required. The goods are also available online at tsc.ca.
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The Design Exchange (234 Bay, 416-363-6121, dx.org) hosts 10 panelists, including gallerist Daniel Faria, designer Joyce Lo and artist Micah Lexier, who deliver “rapid-fire” presentations on the art of collecting everything from oddball furnishings to tiny curiosities and contemporary art. The event takes place Tuesday (April 1) at 6:30 pm and is inspired by DX’s recent success with its This Is Not A Toy exhibit. Buy tickets ($16) at the door.
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Shop unique wares at the One Of A Kind Spring Show & Sale until Sunday (March 30) at the Direct Energy Centre (100 Princes’). Check out Etsy’s curated zone for a selection of more than 50 Canadian Etsy vendors, including local makes Kiriki Press, Cubits, and CGMonsters. For a full list of featured brands, visit oneofakindshow.com.
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It can be hard to find eye-catching, unique accessories for men – ones the average guy would wear anyway. Three Torontonians are filling that void with new men’s accessories company Baffi. Their super-stylish wooden pocket squares aren’t just surefire conversation starters at parties; they’re handcrafted in Canada using top-quality, 100 per cent recyclable materials. They call it “forage fashion.” The pocket squares themselves are lightweight and come with a rare earth magnet that keeps them from shifting around. Wood choices range from oak to walnut and cherry, and light finishes in colours like midnight blue and magenta add extra personality while leaving the grain visible for a natural look. Order one ASAP. It’s such an original offering, I wouldn’t be surprised if Baffi entered waiting-list territory soon. $30-$44, bafficollection. com. 3
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Teas and oils help, but best to reduce stress By ELIZABETH BROMSTEIN Can you train yourself to need less sleep, and, if not, how the hell can you get more? Do those relaxation drinks hyped on the internet do any good? I’m not always getting the greatest shut- eye lately thanks to my baby daughter, who shares my bed and spends a lot of time tossing, turning and kicking me in the stomach. And when you’re woken up half a dozen times a night, you get a little twitchy and then have a difficult time falling asleep. Insomnia becomes an exhausting freaking cycle. I spend a lot of days walking around in a
haze wondering how long I can survive on three to four hours of sleep a night. There are plenty of non-kid-related reasons people lose sleep, and folks who say most of us aren’t getting enough. Plus, new research shows that extended sleep loss kills brain cells. For insomnia, specialists recommend sleeping in a dark, cool room and avoiding computer screens for at least an hour before bedtime. Exercise, avoid stimulants later in the day and keep a routine. Warm milk and honey is an effective old standard. Sleeping pills should be a last resort.
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“Sleep loss leads to deficits in performance and ability to process information. You can get by on less sleep than normal and sustain that lifestyle, but you have to be willing to live with the risks. The long-term effects of sleep loss are twofold. First is decreased ability to sustain attention, which means the brain becomes unstable. And there are health implications. Hormonal and metabolic systems get disrupted, which can lead to a host of disorders and diseases including cardiovascular consequences, diabetes and obesity. If you bank sleep on a fairly regular basis, the starting point from which you’re working if you lose sleep puts you in a better position and provides some resilience. If you must sleep less during the week, you can make up for that during the weekend. Napping,, as in short bouts of supplemental sleep, can be quite valuable.” HANS VAN DONGEN, research professor, Sleep Research Center, Washington State University, Spokane “With insomnia, do not give in to the urge to compensate. People sleep in on a weekend or go to bed earlier and spend longer in bed. Or they drink more caffeine and use alcohol closer to bedtime. All seem like good ideas, but they perpetuate the problem. Choose a regular rise time and, even if you fell asleep just an hour before, get up. Avoid napping or going to bed too early. [You can bank sleep or make up for it] if you’re a normal sleeper, but not with chronic insomnia. A lot of people wake up in the night and spin their wheels, staying awake for hours. Review that stuff before bed or write it out so you don’t have to deal with it when you wake up in the middle of the night. Get all communication devices out of the bedroom. Technicians often hear the phones of patients who come in for [sleep] testing. If you’re watching on the EEG, you can see that it’s quite disruptive. Individual ingredients in relaxation drinks all have legitimate evidence for a variety of effects, but as a combined cocktail we don’t know what they do.” JAMES MacFARLANE, professor of pediatrics and psychiatry, University of Toronto “Studies in humans have shown that restricting the sleep of healthy young adults to four to five
hours a night for days leads to attention lapses that do not fully reverse even after three full nights of as much sleep as possible. We looked at the cells important in attention (locus coeruleus neurons) in mice that were kept awake during their usual sleep period but then allowed to sleep during the time they are usually awake, similar to night shift workers. Not only do the cells get injured, but 25 per cent of these neurons die. We then looked for whether these neurons mount a protective response with shorter periods of wakefulness, and indeed they do. Our work suggests that catch-up sleep may help but may not fully norbrain malize the brain.” VEASEY associate SIGRID VEASEY, professor of medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia “When a person is having difficulty falling asleep, it’s important to identify the root cause. Simply using medication to mask the problem won’t solve the underlying issue. I recommend Passiflora incarnata, valerian root or Melissa officinalis in the form of a tincture or tea. I also advise 200mg of L-Theanine in supplement form, which increases GABA levels in the brain. Researchers found that brain GABA levels are 30 per cent lower in insomniacs compared to sound sleepers. Dab calming essential oils such as lavender and camomile around the temples and between the eyebrows and always sleep in a dark room. The body produces the hormone melatonin when it’s dark, which promotes restful sleep. Drinking antioxidant-rich tart cherry juice in the morning and evening naturally boosts melatonin levels.” SARA CELIK, naturopath, Toronto “In traditional Chinese medicine, insomnia has to do with your emotional heart, or shen. When your shen is disturbed, you can’t sleep. There’s a Chinese saying that the way to a calm shen is through proper speech. This means avoiding anxiety by refraining from lying or promising things you can’t do. In TCM we use potassium and magnesium, which are in oyster shells. You make a tea out of them.” KALEB MONTGOMERY, Chinese medicine practitioner, Toronto
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When you’re addicted to the planet By ADRIA VASIL
POWERING DOWN FOR EARTH HOUR: THE CANDLE GUIDE What will you be contemplating while the lights go out for Earth Hour on Saturday, March 29? While you ponder the fate of the planet (and mull over how you can help), make sure your candles are part of the solution.
SCENTED PARAFFIN Decor stores have a way of making us feel like a home isn’t a home without giant scented candles. The problem is that burning the unsaturated hydrocarbons behind that “vanilla cream” or “ocean mist” creates more harmful, lung-burrowing soot than unscented candles. The smellier the candle, the sootier it is, says the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. You’re also, in many cases, burning endocrine- disrupting phthalates on top of the basic emissions from paraffin wax.
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Environment Canada budget slashed. Again.
Days before last weekend’s World Water Day, Leona Aglukkaq, minister of the environment, along with Gail Shea, minister of fisheries and oceans, issued a statement calling on Canadians to reflect on the importance of H20 and what governments can do to protect it.
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GMO-FREE SOY WAX They burn cleaner but are they green? Veggie waxes like soy don’t emit benzene or other petrol-like pollutants, according to tests done by South Carolina State University. Question is how were the soybeans grown? Most come from the U.S. or Brazil. While Brazil extended its moratorium on destroying rainforest to grow soy, deforestation rates climbed 28 per cent last year. North American soybeans are highly genetically modified and pesticide-sprayed. If you can find candles that use GMO- free North American-grown soy and also avoid synthetic fragrance oils entirely (many blend synthetic scents with essential oils), more power to you. Pacifica soy candles are GMO-free and use scent blends free of phthalates and other big baddies.
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are bred to grow so large so quickly, many are “ crippled” by their own weight, developing bone defects, hip lesions and foot or leg deformities. MFA is calling on the National Farm Animal Care Council, which establishes codes of practice for producers, to amend the turkey code to ensure that all sick or injured birds are immediately treated by a qualified veterinarian. MFA also wants to see an end to super-size breeding practices and the installation of live-streamed cameras on farms. The company in question, Hybrid Turkeys, has since announced that it has suspended four e mployees without pay and will start video monitoring and veterinary review of all turkey euthanasia. No word yet on ending super-size breeding.
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FAIRMONT at Toika, Friday, March 21. Rating: NNN
Long before it was de rigueur for electronic music producers to eschew DJing for live performance, Torontoborn techno head Fairmont (aka Jake Fairley) was banging out beats in local clubs using a messy tableful of drum machines, synths, filters and tangled cables. That offbeat approach has led to a nomadic lifestyle that finds him based in Barcelona these days, but a winter visit home resulted in a series of low-key local shows over the past month. Fairley’s productions and performances under the Fairmont moniker were always more melodic and indierock-inspired than your typical techno. But he’s funnelled his new wave tendencies into his Bishop Morocco side project duo in recent years, allowing him to focus on the dance floor in solo material. Unfortunately, both the promoters and the venue for this hometown gig seem to be going through a transitional phase, which made for
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MARK “BBQ” SULTAN with MEANWOOD at the Silver Dollar, Saturday, March 22.
Rating: NNN Local sock-hoppers Meanwood captivated Saturday’s loose crowd with a raucous, blues-heavy set. Lead singer Viktoria Belle was part Janis Joplin, part Rachel Nagy and all charm. Her throaty snarl was a force, and when she jumped into the crowd to shimmy with those up front, the rest of theSilver Dollar was visibly jealous. Both guitarists treated their monitors like personal launching pads, standing atop them for those in the back to see. Sitting alone behind a kick drum with his guitar, Montreal-based garage rock veteran Mark “BBQ” Sultan fired off a plethora of back-catalogue hits (including standouts he’s performed with King Khan like Waddlin’ Around). By this time the crowd had become
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DEATH at the Phoenix, Friday, March 21. Rating: NNN It’s beyond me why the Phoenix was half-empty for Death’s first-ever appearance in Toronto, especially since the Detroit proto-punk trio have one of those tragic music documentaries attached to them. Drawing inspiration from their Motor City brethren the Stooges and MC5, Death play raw, spirited rock but with much more funky soul and seriously unexpected musical tangents than either of the above. They were in fine form at the Phoenix, brothers Dannis and Bobby Hackney and guitarist Bobbie Duncan, all in shades, locked in and exuding warmth and happiness, especially whenever the crowd chanted, “Detroit! Detroit!” (which was often). Their songwriting is spotty, though. The obvious standouts all came from the brilliant For The Whole World To See, culled from an aborted mid-70s album attempt and released by Drag City in 2009. Singer/bassist Bobby made sure to acknowledge his deceased brother and Death founding member, David Hackney – the band’s visionary – several times. That was also a reminder, though, especially in light of tepid songs from a forthcoming album, that the band will never be as good without him. CARLA GILLIS
sloppy; between their overt makeout sessions and scuffles, Sultan provided running commentary. In turn, his approach became sloppy as he rushed through his remaining tunes. But you got the feeling that that hedonistic atmosphere is what Sultan thrives on. Until it put his monitors at risk. “I’m not Pearl Jam,” he barked. “You want to be jocks, you want to mosh,
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REAL ESTATE at the Opera House, Sunday, March 23.
Rating: NNN Before Real Estate came out for their sold-out show at the Opera House, a towering, clean-cut man walked onstage. It was Jay Onrait, the former SportsCentre broadcaster turned Fox Sports Live anchor turned self-pro-
claimed Real Estate groupie. With his booming voice, he introduced the guys one by one – as though they were football stars – which proved funny once the five bespectacled dudes in casual sneakers appeared. The Brooklyn-via-New Jersey band opened with a couple of songs from their fantastic, just-released LP, Atlas, before cruising through older, timeless singles from their repertoire. The band’s hazy, sun-speckled sound was pretty much a facsimile of their records (even live the keyboards and drums are buried under layers of guitar). But lead vocalist Martin Courtney’s voice sounded crisper and more confident in concert, a bonus for anyone singing along. While they weren’t afraid to indulge their jam-band spirit in instrumental extensions – which meandered between the whimsical, the psychedelic and the boring – the band was most convincing playing hits like Easy, It’s Real and recent single Talking BackSAMANTHA EDWARDS wards. NOW MARCH 27 - APRIL 2 2014
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Dum Dum Girls leader Dee Dee Penny is one of the most reliable sources of plaintive pop ballads these days. The singer/songwriter started out making jaunty garage rock, but on the group’s third album, Too True (Sub Pop), she channels her unassumingly powerful pipes in ever more ethereal directions. “I have a handful of people who are my ballad people, including the person who signed me to Sub Pop. He’s waiting for what I suppose will be my next record, which may be all ballads,” Penny, aka Kristin Welchez, explains over the phone from New York. “Those are probably the songs that are most special to me because they are most emotionally evocative and maybe the most easily understood as personal.” Although Too True’s ballads are carried along by slick, layered production, Penny still writes and demos alone in her room like she did when they formed six years ago. At the time, she was burnt out from previous bands that required too much artistic compromise. Dum Dum Girls gave her a way to hone her guitar chops and write and record without worrying what anyone else thought. The recording of Too True followed an all-consuming period of emotional turmoil – including surgery to remove nodules from her
vocal cords – that she had also poured into the 2012 EP End Of Daze. Intent on moving forward, she knocked out fun and frisky love songs like Rimbaud Eyes and Cult Of Love. However, introspective emotions wormed their way back in, sometimes unexpectedly. For example, she originally wrote the ballad Are You Okay? thinking she would give it to rock icon Ronnie Spector. “I ended up writing in a way I might not have done if I had anticipated singing it myself,” she explains. “When I finished, I shared it with my producer and told him I had Ronnie Spector in mind for it. He was, like, ‘No way. You have to keep that for yourself.’ I was like, ‘Oh, okay. Now I have to sing it.’” Working with producer Richard Gottehrer (My Boyfriend’s Back, I Want Candy) and the Raveonettes’ Sune Rose Wagner, she aimed to fill her music with more tension and move-
ment. Most songs ended up being mid-tempo, with a third guitar adding fast, arpeggiated textural riffs that evoke the dark, lushly produced guitar pop of the 80s. It’s the kind of sound another band could have spun in more epic directions, but Penny kept things concise. Too True might sound 80s, but its half-hour running time is more typical of her punchy, 60s garage-pop influences. “He definitely pushes me in certain pop directions that I might not normally go in on my own, none of which I’m uncomfortable with,” she says of Gottehrer, whose modus operandi as a producer is to create songs that transcend generations. Although Penny insists she is not interested in scoring radio hits, she shares his desire to communicate on a grand scale. “My attempt to develop Dum Dum Girls into a more significant careertype thing obviously goes hand in hand with wanting to reach a wider audience,” she says. “But it’s not an exchange. It’s not like I’ll do something specific just to reach a wider audience. It’s more like it’d be great if that were something that happened.” music@nowtoronto.com
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Each Other, The Taste, Michael Rault Smiling Buddha (961 College), tonight (Thursday, March 27) See preview, page 46. Secret Guest, Petra Glynt, Ice Cream, VCR Cinecycle (129 Spadina), Friday (March 28) Petra Glynt preview, page 53. Biblical, Public Animal, Hollow Earth Horseshoe (370 Queen West), Saturday (March 29) Sludgy, psychy hard rock record release.
Kraftwerk Sony Centre (1 Front East), Saturday (March 29) German electronic music innovators. Dum Dum Girls, Blouse Lee’s Palace (529 Bloor West), Saturday (March 29) See preview, page 43. Wtchs, Wolfcow, Huren, Slender Loris Izakaya Sushi House (294 College), Saturday (March 29) Mathy indie pop EP release party.
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How To Dress WEll, Forest Swords Virgin Mobile Mod Club (722 College), Saturday (March 29) Experimental R&B auteur. The Head & The Heart, Basia Bulat Kool Haus (132 Queens Quay East), Sunday (March 30) See preview, page 48. Miley Cyrus Air Canada Centre (40 Bay), Monday (March 31) Pop music with lots of tongue.
Carsick Cars, White+, Jay Holy, Tess Parks, Different Skeletons Izakaya Sushi House (294 College), Sunday (March 30) Boisterous indie rock from Beijing. ...And You Will KNow Us By The Trail of Dead, La Femme Lee’s Palace (529 Bloor West), Monday (March 31) Densely layered, epic indie rock. Monomyth, Nap Eyes, Legato Vipers Smiling Buddha (961 College), Wednesday (April 2) Cosmic psych-pop deliciousness.
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So rhythm & blues isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when we think of Irish singer/songwriters. So what? Dublin’s James Vincent McMorrow makes a brand new sound on his second album, Post Tropical. A mere whisper of his former folkie remains as he embraces the raw emotional expression of a soul singer. The smooth falsetto vocals were always there – they just seem much better suited to this new style lush with electronica. So which of McMorrow’s split personalities will be on display at his Toronto stop? According to McMorrow, a long-time Neptunes fan, he never intended to make folk music in the first place. Don’t let the beard and guitar fool you; he’s a hip-hop/R&B guy at heart. Wednesday (April 2), at the Danforth Music Hall (147 Danforth), doors 7 pm, all ages. $24.50. RT, SS, TM. See album review, page 58.
Thursday, March 27 Pop/Rock/Hip-Hop/Soul
Air Canada Centre Wild Live Tour Hedley, Classified, USS 7 pm. ñ Alleycatz Glendon College Pub Night.
Cameron House Jane’s Party (Canadian roots) 10 pm.
Crocodile Rock Sonic Parade 10 pm. Drake Hotel Underground Blitz Berlin, Stacey, Viva Mars doors 9 pm.
Drake Hotel Lounge The Digs (funk) doors
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The Garrison Beware of Darkness doors 8 pm. Grossman’s Fred Spek’s CaMp CoMbO (pop/ swing/jazz polka ) 10 pm.
Handlebar Strange Robotix 10 pm. Hard Luck Bar Ron Pope, Von Grey doors 8 pm, all ages.
Holy Oak Cafe Sheryl: Ladies of the 90s (pop) 10 pm.
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Horseshoe Shearwater, Death Vessel, Jesca
Hoop (doors 8:30 pm).
Izakaya Sushi House Tape release Creep Highway, New Fries 8 pm. ñ Kensington Lodge Jam Derek Mok 7 pm.
Lake Affect Lounge Freedom Train (rock/top 40) 8 pm.
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Wavelength 595 Smiling Buddha 9 pm, $7. wavelength.com. April 19.
Laura Fernandez, Eliana Cuevas, Rita di Ghent, Luanda Jones, Beatriz Pichi Malen Mateca Arts Festi-
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val Victoria College Burwash Quad 416-5960729, mateca.com. April 8 and June 7.
Slakah the Beatchild, DJ Soulchild Album Release Drake Hotel Underground 8 pm, $25. April 10.
Larry Cooper, Cooper Evoy, Glenn MIlchem, Holly Woods, Kevin Kane and Others Closer To The
Heart: Benefit For Regent Park School Of Music Daniels Spectrum doors 7 pm, $30. EB. April 12.
David Guetta, ATB, Cosmic Gate, Sultan & Ned Shepard, Paris & Simo and others Decadence Guvernment INK. April 17.
The New Mendicants Dakota Tavern
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Convention Centre South Bldg arminonly. com. April 19.
Gary Burton, Earl Klugh, Lisa Fischer, the Harold LopezNussa Duo, the Heavyweights Brass Band, Lou Pomanti and others Jazz Lives: Jazz.FM91 Fundraising
Event Royal Conservatory of Music Koerner Hall 7:30 pm, from $29. April 22.
Future History, Donalyn & Ro The
Garrison doors 9 pm, $10. April 25.
Dildoniks, The Addington County Revue, the ’92 Blue Jays, the Kerouacs Lee’s Palace 8 pm, $8. April 26. Weaves, Hsy, Bizzarh, New Fries
Singing Out Community Chorus
Our Time: Worlds To Change. Worlds To Win: A Pride Concert Glenn Gould Studio 3 & 7:30 pm, $25. singingout.com. May 10.
The Original Wailers Lee’s Palace doors 8 pm, $24.50. HS, RT, SS, TF. May 14.
José Feliciano Canadian Friends of Israel Guide Dog Center for the Blind Benefit Toronto Centre for the Arts 7:30 pm, $55-$85. TM. May 22. Jessy Lanza, Saint Pepsi The Gar-
rison doors 8 pm, $12.50. RT, SS. May 23.
Sunparlour Players Album release Adelaide Hall 9 pm, $12. RT, SS. May 24.
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Sage Francis, B Dolan Opera House
EP release show CineCycle 9 pm, $5. April 26.
doors 8 pm, $20. C54, PDR, RT, SS, TF. June 2.
Rosetta Trio Album celebration benefit
Kishi Bashi Virgin Mobile Mod Club doors
for Raven (Respecting Aboriginal Values and Environmental Needs) 80 Gladstone 8 pm, $10-$15. May 2.
8 pm, $15. RT, SS, TF. June 2.
The Preatures The Garrison doors 9
Lee’s Palace Hanson Brothers, the Nasties (hockey-themed punk rock) ñ doors 8:30 pm. Linsmore Tavern The Crones (acoustic) 9 pm. Living Arts Centre Hammerson Hall Taylor Dayne 8 pm.
Lula Lounge Motown March Madness Yasgurs Farm (soul/Motown) 8:30 pm.
pm, $12-$15. EMB. June 7.
Thompson Egbo-Egbo Junior Jazz Jam Paintbox Bistro 10 am. Free. June 14.
Mélange Open Stage Lee Van Leer 9 pm. Parts & Labour Downstairs Live Karaoke
Robert Francis & the Night Tide
Good Enough (rock/punk/R&B/top 40) 10 pm. Pauper’s Pub Jam Mike Barnes (rock) 10 pm. Phoenix Concert Theatre Gary Numan, Big Black Delta & Roman Remains (electro goth) doors 7:30 pm.
Patrick Sweany Horseshoe doors 8 pm, $10.50. HS, RT, SS, TF. June 29.
Vegas doors 9 pm.
Jungle Lee’s Palace doors 8 pm, $18.50.
HS, RT, SS. June 15.
Drake Hotel doors 8:30 pm, $12.50. RT, SS, TF. June 16.
Matt Nathanson, Gavin DeGraw, Mary Lambert Sound Academy doors 6 pm, all ages, $39.50. LN. July 16.
Rik Emmett, Blair packham, Melanie Doane and Others Song Studio
Faculty Concert Hugh’s Room 8 pm, free. July 19.
Calvin Harris, Ingrosso and others VELD Music Festival Downsview
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Kiss, Def Leppard Molson Amphithe-
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The Piston Young Rival, Sensei 9 pm. ñ Rivoli Fukushimarama! Tour Siiines, Tedd,
Royal Alexandra Theatre Rain: A Tribute To The Beatles 8 pm. Silver Dollar The Winter Wolves, Ladyface, Old English 8:30 pm. Smiling Buddha Each Other, the Taste, Michael Rault 9 pm. See preview, page 46. Southside Johnny’s Skip Tracer (rock/top 40) 9:30 pm.
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First Canadian Place Waterfall Stage Tebey 12:15 pm.
Habits Gastropub Brunswick Project (singer/songwriter) 8 to 11 pm.
Hart House Arbor Room Open Mic Night
Ryan Flores & Erin Makina 8 pm. Hugh’s Room CD release Catherine MacLellan, Aengus Finnan & Jadea Kelly 8:30 pm. The Local Rye & Fairy Tales (bluegrass) 9 pm. Nawlins Jazz Bar Nothin’ But the Blues 8 pm. Press Club Cricket, Emily Raquel, Kyle Stephen (Americana) 10 pm.
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from Jackson MacIntosh, Simmons’s former bandmate in the now defunct, much-admired Play Guitar. (Loughead and Wright, meanwhile, learned the ropes in Long Long Long and York Redoubt.) Like touring, recording has been an important step in shaping their sound. “We’re always working through songs the only way we know how, and so a lot of things come out in the wash. For this album, most of the production is us having fun with our tape machines.” Recently, Each Other scored big by signing with influential Portland-based label Lefse, an exciting step for a band whose members have been working completely DIY since their coming-of-age in Halifax’s 90s alt-pop scene. That was two decades ago. What fuels them nowadays? “It’s hard to be sure at this point, but I think most of the original reasons I wanted to play music and tour are still there,” Simmons says. “It’s certainly not an easy road for most musicians these days. It can be hard to remember why we’re doing this at times, but it’s just what we have to do. “And now and then, when things are going our way, it can seem like there’s nothing better we could possibly be doing.”
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Tranzac Southern Cross Bret Higgins 10 pm, Bluegrass Thursdays Houndstooth 7:30 pm. Wise Guys Open Jam Jon Long 10 pm.
bio Ragnelli Trio 6:30 pm.
Jazz/Classical/Experimental
10 pm.
Array Space John David Wiliams, Emilyn
Stam, Graham Campbell, Wesley Shen, Chelsea Shanoff (classical/avant/folk) 8 pm. Chalkers Pub Guitar Greats Bucky Pizzarelli & Frank Vignola (guitar duo) 8 pm. City Hall 22 Days Of Cello Performances In Unexpected Places Joseph Johnson noon. De Sotos Jam Anthony Abbatangeli (jazz/ blues) 8 pm.
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre A
Celebration Of Canadian Art Song Canadian Art Song Project noon to 1 pm. Gate 403 Annie Bonsignore Jazz Duo 9 pm, Jocelyn Barth Jazz Duo 5 to 8 pm. Hawaii Bar Amelie Messier (jazz/folk/Latin ukulele) 9:30 pm. The Jazz Bistro Broadsway 9 pm. Kama Thursdays At Five Russ Little, Canadian Jazz Quartet (trumpet) 5 to 8 pm. Old Mill Inn Home Smith Bar Michele Mele Trio 7:30 pm. Reposado The Reposadists (Gypsy-bop jazz). The Rex Mark Eisenman Quintet 9:45 pm, Fa-
Dance Music/DJ/Lounge
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wave/Brit Pop).
Disgraceland A Hard Days Night DJ Nick Harris (rock/hip-hop favourites) 10 pm. EFS My Digital Enemy, Simon Jain doors 10 pm. Goodhandy’s T-Girl Party DJ Todd Klinck.5 Loft 404 Rebelution Collective DJ Doug Skillmore, Isax 7 to 11 pm. The Painted Lady Bouffant Babies Bangs & Blush (50s & 60s rock/soul) 9:30 pm. Rivoli Pool Lounge DJ Bunitall (R&B/hip-hop). SET Boutique Thursdays Are Hip-Hop M-Rock. WAYLA Bar Random Play DJ Dwayne Minard (70s/80s) 10 pm. Wrongbar Tin Man, Cosmic JD, Rincon, Aaron Santos (acidhouse/techno) 10 pm.
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CADILLAC LOUNGE Spring Fling The Memberz Reggae Band, Freedubstar 10 pm. CINECYCLE Secret Guest, Petra Glynt, Ice Cream, VCR 9 pm. See Petra Glynt preview, page 53. DRAKE HOTEL UNDERGROUND Noah Gundersen, CADE doors 8 pm. HARD LUCK BAR Wacken Metal Battle Canada Beg for Mercy, Tsargrad, At Dawn’s Edge, Shattered Remains, Santuarium 8 pm. HARLEM Kristin Fung (soul/R&B) 7:30 to 11 pm. HOLY OAK CAFE Ptarmigan (folk) 10 pm. HORSESHOE Lake Street Dive, Ages & Ages doors 9 pm. KORNERSTONES Project Phoenix fundraiser Tamin’ Thunder, Scotian Sparxx, David Record, Dean West & Foxx Williams 9 pm. LEE’S PALACE The Lizards (Phish tribute) doors 9 pm. LOU DAWG’S Pat Wright, Mike Constatini, Jeff Eager (acoustic soul/funk/blues/rock) 10 pm. OPERA HOUSE Scott Stapp doors 7 pm. ORBIT ROOM The Dave Murphy Band (soul/ rock/pop) 10 pm. PHOENIX CONCERT THEATRE Boy & Bear, Dresses doors 8 pm.
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PRESS CLUB Garage Baby (punk rock) 10 pm. RIVOLI Stuck on Planet Earth, Elos Arma,
Waterbodies doors 9 pm.
Misfits. ñROCKPILE THE ROCKPILE EAST Redman. ñ ROYAL ALEXANDRA THEATRE Rain: A Tribute To
The Beatles 8 pm.
SILVER DOLLAR Surinam, Milk Lines, Dilly Dally, Bad Channels 9 pm. ñ THE SISTER Massey Harris, the Volunteers. SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY’S Pop Cherry (Stonesy rock). TATTOO Video release Random Order, Fox &
the Rickaneers (rock/reggae) doors 8 pm. TRANZAC SOUTHERN CROSS The Ryan Driver Quartet (indie powerpop) 10 pm.
FOLK/BLUES/COUNTRY/WORLD
BAR RADIO David Baxter (country) 9 pm. BLACK SWAN Spring Fest Pat Little, Pete Otis,
Trevor Jones, John Romas, Steve Didunyk, Boris Buhot, Brian Gladstone, Harpin’ Norm, Peter Verity, Glen Hornblast and others 7 pm. BLUE GOOSE TAVERN The Diamond Drapes (50s Teddy Boy rock ’n’ roll) 9 pm. CAMERON HOUSE Nick Teehan 10 pm, Sean Conway 8 pm, David Celia 6 pm. CAVERN BAR Ghostbox (alt folk) 10 pm. FREE TIMES CAFE Ian Tamblyn 8:30 pm. GROSSMAN’S Frankie Foo 3 to 9 pm. HUGH’S ROOM Smooth Sweet Sounds Of The 70s Jory Nash, David Matheson, Maury Lafoy,
EART Sub Pop band’s internal frictions, a good thing since this summer they’ll play some of their largest stages to date, including stops at Bonnaroo and Coachella. “It makes playing live music so much fun and unpredictable,” he says. “If I piss off [drummer Tyler Williams] right before we go on, there’s going to be tension onstage. But because we’re doing something we love, that tension can turn into something beautiful.” music@nowtoronto.com
Brian MacMillan, Treasa Levasseur, Lori Cullen, Andy Maize and others 8:30 pm. LAKE AFFECT LOUNGE Acoustic Affect Fun Cam, Martin Rouleau, Alexander Quain 9 pm.
LIVING ARTS CENTRE HAMMERSON HALL Canada And Ukraine Together: Razom ñ Taras Chubay, Maria Burmaka, Mariana
Sadovska, Vasyl Popadiuk, Lemon Bucket Orkestra, Canadian Bandurist Capella, Hamilton Children’s Choir and others 8 pm. THE LOCAL Matty Powell 9 pm. N/A SPACE Knaves Kitchen: Saudade Jess Salguerio (Fado). NAWLINS JAZZ BAR The N’Awlins All Star Band w/ Brooke Blackburn (jazz/blues) 8:30 pm. REPOSADO The Reposadists Quartet (gypsy bop). TRANZAC SOUTHERN CROSS The Foolish Things w/ Hugh Oliver (folk) 5 pm. VIRGIN MOBILE MOD CLUB Sam Smith (singer/ songwriter) doors 7 pm, all ages.
JAZZ/CLASSICAL/EXPERIMENTAL
CHALKERS PUB Guitar Greats Bucky Pizzarelli & Frank Vignola (guitar duo) 8 pm. GATE 403 Jason Raso Jazz Quartet 9 pm, Elizabeth Martins Jazz Trio 5 to 8 pm. HABITS GASTROPUB Harry Vetro Quartet (jazz) 9 pm. HIRUT FINE ETHIOPIAN CUISINE Hirut Hoot Cabaret 9 pm. IMPERIAL PUB Jazz Fridays Jazz Generation (big band classics) 5:30 to 7:30 pm. THE JAZZ BISTRO Broadsway 9 pm.
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Toronto native Emily Kai Bock is the winner of 2014’s Prism Prize – an award that honours the best Canadian music video. All 10 shortlisted videos were screened at a cocktail reception at King West club the Everleigh on Sunday, March 23, before the Montreal-based director was recognized for Arcade Fire’s Afterlife. Bock was also nominated for another finalist, Majical Cloudz’ Childhood’s End, and Arcade Fire had a second video, Reflektor (directed by Anton Corbijn), in contention. The Prism Prize is selected by a jury of more than 100 music and film industry players across Canada. This year’s vote was very close, though not as close as last year’s, which came down to one vote. Unfortunately, videos by Toronto artists (including Drake and Keys N Krates) lost out. But we know this is really a director’s award. Congrats, Emily!
LIGHTS OUT, VOLUME UP For the fourth year in a row, Mill Street Brewery is partnering with Earth Day Canada to fundraise for the environment. During Earth Hour on Saturday (March 29), Mill Street presents Lights Out With Mill Street – a series of parties at over 60 venues city-wide that will feature acoustic performances (unplugged, of course!) by artists including By Divine Right, Breached, Bellwoods and Dear Love. Strumming by candlelight? Sign us up. Plus, for every pint sold at those venues on that day, Mill Street donates 50 cents to Earth Day Canada. That’s something we can cheers to. See nowtoronto.com/ music/listings for full Lights Out listings.
JUNOS The Juno Awards go down Sunday (March 30), and as usual, Toronto (and area) is sending a healthy contingent of nominees. We’ll be rooting for alt-rock duo July Talk in the breakthrough artist category; folksinger Basia Bulat for adult alternative album of the year; noisy experimentalists Yamantaka // Sonic Titan for alternative album; and Caribbean-cool Kobo Town for world music album. Plus the usual multiple-nominated suspects, of course: Drake, Blue Rodeo, the Weeknd and Serena Ryder. Go team T.O.! The Juno Awards ceremony airs Sunday at 9 pm on CTV. BASIA BULAT
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LULA LOUNGE Juan D Toledo (jazz) 8 pm. METROPOLITAN UNITED CHURCH Ken Cowan (pipe organ recital) 7:30 pm.
OLD MILL INN HOME SMITH BAR Brian Barlow
Trio 7:30 pm.
PAINTBOX BISTRO Worst Pop Band Ever Tribute Series (jazz of 90s and 00s) 8 pm.
THE REX Mark Eisenman Quintet 9:45 pm,
Sara Dell (vox/solo piano) 6:30 pm, Hogtown Syncopators 4 pm. ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM 22 Days Of Cello Performances In Unexpected Places Roberta Janzen noon. TOUCHÉ Mistura Fina Quartet (Brazilian MPB music) 10:30 pm. TRANZAC SOUTHERN CROSS Ear-Cam 7:30 pm.
DANCE MUSIC/DJ/LOUNGE
BARCODE Bassweek-Projek: World Of Drum &
Bass DJ SS, Mampi Swift, Bailey, Greenlaw, Mr Brown, Everfresh, Rick Toxic. BUNDA LOUNGE Jack Masters DJs Jason Hodges, Soapy, Ssugg 10 pm. CLUB 120 Full Force Fridays DJs Ping, Tongue & Lady Bliss 10 pm.5 CODA Gui Boratto, Elekfantz, Nature of Music, Terence Kissner. CRAWFORD UPSTAIRS Fly By Night: Fuck Being Polite DJ Serious, DJ Dopey (hip-hop/R&B/ party classics) 9 pm. CRAWFORD DOWNSTAIRS Ladies & The Trap Fire 4 Hire Soundsystem 9 pm. CROCODILE ROCK DJ CrocRock. CURZON DJ Mr Stylus (hip-hop/funk) 10 pm. DANCE CAVE Bif Bang Pow DJ Trevor (60s mod Brit pop) 10 pm. DRAKE HOTEL UNDERGROUND Party Machine Daddy Maysr, Fathom, Caff, Walmer Convenience doors 11 pm. DRAKE HOTEL LOUNGE DJ Your Boy Brian doors 10 pm. DRAKE ONE FIFTY DJ Dougie Boom doors 9 pm. THE 460 Lunatik’s Rave DJ Squishy, DJ Mesmic, DJ Desquamation, A Freq, Paul Savage (electro/ hardstyle/happy hardcore/psytrance) 10 pm. GLADSTONE HOTEL BALLROOM Muscle & Heat 11 pm. GLADSTONE HOTEL MELODY BAR DJ Max Mohenu 9 to 11 pm. HANDLEBAR The Art Of The East (hip-hop dance party) 10 pm. HARLEM UNDERGROUND Vibes DJ Sun Sun (dancehall/hip-hop/trap) 11 pm. THE HOXTON Classixx & Rac, Ghostbeach 10 pm. THE PAINTED LADY DJ Frank Mr Phantastik Johnson 10 pm. THE PISTON Shindig! (60s R&B/R&R) 10 pm. RASPUTIN VODKA BAR Speakeasy Friday DJ Micky Twist & Rublez N Pence (electro swing) doors 9 pm. RIVOLI POOL LOUNGE DJ Stu (rock & roll). ROUND VENUE Mighty Real – 3-Year Anniversary DJs John Caffery & the Robotic Kid (classic & nu disco/house/bass) 9:30 pm. THE SAVOY Frkn Wknd DJ Caff (R&B/hip-hop/ dancehall) 10 pm. 751 A Fistful Of Metal DJ Miss Barbrafisch (extreme metal) 10 pm. SMILING BUDDHA Dark Universe DJs Jay Holy, Nyles Miszczyk, JM Ladd (kraut/psych/synth pop) 10 pm. WAYLA BAR Superstar DJ Mark Falco (top 40/ house/club) 10 pm. WRONGBAR Hot Stepper Jam Karizma, Tyrone Solomon, Joonya T, Martino, Pedro & Taboo (house) doors 10 pm.
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ALLEYCATZ Lady Kane. ARTFUL DODGER Lights Out: Earth Day
Bellwoods 8 pm. ñ AXIS GALLERY & GRILL Lights Out: Earth Day
Air Marshal Landing 8 pm. BAR RADIO Frank Patrick & Michael Menegon (roots ) 9 pm, Lights Out: Earth Day The Lad Classic 8 pm.
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Out: Earth Day The Joy Arson 8 pm. Imperial Pub Lights Out: Earth Day Hands & Teeth 8 pm. Izakaya Sushi House Wtchs, Wolfcow, Huren, Slender Loris doors 9:30 pm. Jack Astor’s Bar & Grill Lights Out: Earth Day 20 Amp Soundchild 8 pm. Joe Mama’s Lights Out: Earth Day Breached 8 pm. Joy Bistro Lights Out: Earth Day Angela Saini (pop) 8 pm. Just Desserts Cafe Lights Out: Earth Day The C’Mons (alt rock) 8 pm. Kool Haus J. Alvarez, La Firma Santana, DJ Damenace, DJ Nayo, DJ Baby El Diablo (reggaeton) 8 pm, all ages. Lake Affect Lounge Hot Buttered Soul 5-9 pm. Lee’s Palace Dum Dum Girls, Blouse, doors 9 pm. See preview, page 43. Linsmore Tavern Hot Rocks (Rolling Stones tribute) 9:30 pm. The Local Gest Lights Out: Earth Day The Maladies of Adam Stokes 8 pm. The Local Chris Staig and the Marquee Players (rock n roll) 9 pm. Lula Lounge Lights Out: Earth Day Richard Underhill (saxophone) 8 pm. McQueen’s Pub The Ronnie Hayward Trio (rockabilly) 4 to 7:30 pm. Mill Street Brew Pub Lights Out: Earth Day Big Rude Jake 8 pm. O’Gradys college Lights Out: Earth Day A Primitive Evolution (rock) 8 pm. O’Grady’s church Lights Out: Earth Day Jeff Eager 8 pm. Orbit Room Ride the Tiger (60s & 70s soul/ Motown/stax/R&B) 10 pm. Pauper’s Pub Lights Out: Earth Day Bathurst Station 8 pm. Pogue Mahone Lights Out: Earth Day Trouble & Daughter 8 pm. Pour Boy Pub Lights Out: Earth Day Ghost Town Orchestra 8 pm. Press Club aBabe The Short Films, Northern States, Big Name Actors (rock) 9:30 pm. The Rex Danny Marks (pop) noon.
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Bar Vespa Lights Out: Earth Day Danny Marks (pop) 8 pm.
Bike Pirates Wavelength White Ribs, B-17, New Positions, Toronto Homicide ñ Squad 9 pm. Black Swan Saturday Sessions Open Stage
And Jam Brian Gladstone 2 pm. Bovine Sex Club Flying Fortress, Hassler, Zaum (metal/punk). Brass Taps Pizza Pub Lights Out: Earth Day South of Bloor 8 pm. Brooklyn Tavern Lights Out: Earth Day Polarity 8 pm. Cavern Bar Heroes of Resistance (rock) 9 pm. Charlotte Room Lights Out: Earth Day Andrew Hanna 8 pm. Cherry Cola’s Rock N’ Rolla CD release party Rehab for Quitters, Black Cat Attack, Nagasaki 9 pm. Cooper Cole Gallery Girls Art League Fundraiser Dusted, DJ Pammm, DJ Michael Bigelow 7 to 10 pm. Drake Hotel Lights Out: Earth Day By Divine Right 8 pm. El Mocambo Desperate Executives (rock & roll) doors 8 pm. Fanny Chadwick’s Lights Out: Earth Day Atom & the Volumes 8 pm. Foggy Dew Lights Out: Earth Day Streetlight Social 8 pm. Gate 403 Lights Out: Earth Day Ian Blackwood & the Bi-Polars 8 pm. Global Kingdom Ministries Charice, Cheesa 7 pm. Handlebar Twin Peaks Tribute The Julee Cruise Ships, Sandy Pockets, the Lohrwoods. Harlem Ania Soul (soul/R&B) 7:30 to 11 pm. Horseshoe Record release Biblical, Public Animal, Hollow Earth doors 9 pm. Humble Beginnings Dave Cassells 12:30 to 2:30 pm. Hurricanes Roadhouse Restaurant Lights
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Royal Alexandra Theatre Rain: A Tribute To The Beatles 8 pm. Seven44 Climax Jazz Band 4 to 7 pm. Silver Dollar Invasions, Heat, Sunshine & the Blue Moons, Beds, Apartments 9 pm. The Sister GUH, Punching Nuns. Smiling Buddha You Handsome Devil, Teethmarks, Vices, Deadmouth (metal) 9 pm. Sony Centre for the Performing Arts 3D Concert Kraftwerk (electronic) doors ñ 6:30 pm, all ages. Southside Johnny’s Dunn w/ Dee Flat (rock) evg, the Bear Band (rock/blues) 4 to 8 pm.
Stout Irish Pub Lights Out: Earth Day The Little Black Dress 8 pm.
Urban House Cafe Lights Out: Earth Day The Anti-Queens 8 pm.
Virgin Mobile Mod Club How to Dress Well, Forest Swords doors 7 pm. ñ Winter Garden Theatre Rootstock Alan Doyle, Steven Page, Lindi Ortega 8 pm.
Folk/Blues/Country/World
The 3 Speed Lights Out: Earth Day Dick Rodan 8 pm.
The Abbot Pub Lights Out: Earth Day Arlene Bishop 8 pm.
Against the Grain corus quay Lights Out: Earth Day Chris Assaad 8 pm.
Bar Milano Lights Out: Earth Day Scott Bar-
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Bar Wellington Lights Out: Earth Day Greg
McEvoy (folk/pop) 8 pm. Brazen Head Lights Out: Earth Day Andrew Austin (folk/rock/soul) 8 pm. Brownstone Bistro Lights Out: Earth Day Stephen York 8 pm. Cadillac Lounge Lights Out: Earth Day Julian Taylor (folk rock) 8 pm. Cameron House Fraser Melvin Blues Band (blues) 10 pm, Colonel Tom & the American Pour 6 pm, Sue & Dwight 3:30 pm. Cameron House Back Room Pat Maloney Songwriter Circle. Cam’s Place Lights Out: Earth Day Dani Jean 8 pm. Church of the Holy Trinity Night Songs: Earth Hour Celebration and benefit for Mariposa in the Schools and Echo Women’s Choir Melanie Doane, the Dovercourts, Gurpreet Chana, Echo Women’s Choir 7-10 pm. Classico Pizza & Pasta Roger ‘Pops’ Zuraw 6 pm. Corner Place Lights Out: Earth Day The Penske File 8 pm. Ein-Stein Lights Out: Earth Day Sleeping Lies 8 pm. Free Times Cafe Michelle Cavaleri, Daniel Pezzella, Kristen Manza, Susie Manchini (folk/ songwriter) 8 pm. Full of Beans Coffee Rebas Open Mic Saturdays Will Gillespie 1 to 4 pm. Gate 403 Bill Heffernan (folk/country/blues) 5 to 8 pm. Gladstone Hotel Melody Bar Don River Blues Band 9 to 11 pm. Graffiti’s The Rizdales 4 to 7 pm. Grossman’s Caution Jam 10 pm. Hugh’s Room Fred Eaglesmith 8:30 pm. The Irv Gastro Pub Lights Out: Earth Day Dan Kosub 8 pm. Kennedy Public House Lights Out: Earth Day Tonella & the Blood Between Us 8 pm. The Local Arthur Renwick (blues) 5 pm. Lula Lounge Salsa Saturday Ricky Franco, DJ Kruz 10:30 pm. McGugans Pub Lights Out: Earth Day Shawn Kirkpatrick 8 pm. Murphy’s Law Lights Out: Earth Day The Clearing 8 pm. Musideum Vishwas Thoke, Onkar Singh, Kiran (South Asian) 8 pm. The Pour House Irish Pub Lights Out: Earth Day The Honeyrunners 8 pm. Safari Lights Out: Earth Day Dave Borins 8 pm. Scotland Yard Pub Lights Out: Earth Day Brent Jackson 8 pm. Soos Resto & Bar Lights Out: Earth Day Shaky Knees 8 pm. Spirits Lights Out: Earth Day Graeme Lang 8 pm. St Louis Bar & Grill Lights Out: Earth Day Clifton David Broadbridge (rock tribute) 8 pm. That Channel Studio Earth Day New Earth Groove Rene Erynja Ravelle, Hugh Reilly 8 pm. Tranzac Southern Cross Indie Showcase 10 pm, Matthew de Zoete 7:30 pm, Jamzac 3 pm. Trevor Kitchen And Bar Lights Out: Earth Day Blair Packham (alt folk) 8 pm. The Watermark Irish Pub Lights Out: Earth Day Beyond the Mountain 8 pm.
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Chalkers Pub Guitar Greats Bucky Pizzarelli
& Frank Vignola (guitar duo) 8 pm. Gate 403 Root Down Trio 9 pm. Grace Church on-the-Hill Bach And Beyond! Cantabile Chamber Singers (classical choral) 7:30 pm. Grossman’s The Happy Pals (trad jazz) 4:30 to 8 pm. The Jazz Bistro Broadsway 9 pm. Montgomery’s Inn Neapolitan Connection Series Nataliya Lepeshkina (piano) 3 pm. NAISA Space Sound Bash Viv Corringham & James Bailey (performance w/ sound installation) 8 pm. Nawlins Jazz Bar The N’Awlins All Star Band w/ Brooke & Duane Blackburn (jazz/blues) 9 pm, Sam Heineman (piano) 6:30 to 8:30 pm. Old Mill Inn Brule Ballroom Centennial Classic Celebration The Toronto All-Star Big Band doors 6 pm. Old Mill Inn Home Smith Bar John Sherwood Duo 7:30 pm. Paintbox Bistro Junior Jazz Jam Sophia Perlman 10 am. The Rex Kollage 9:45 pm, Bacchus Collective 7:30 pm, Laura Hubert Band 3:30 pm.
Royal Conservatory of Music Koerner Hall World Music Israel Galván 8 pm. ñ St Lawrence Market North 22 Days Of Cello
Performances In Unexpected Places Joseph Johnson 8:30 am. U of T Scarborough Campus ARC 223 Spring Awakening UTSC Concert Choir & Concert Band 7 to 9 pm.
Dance Music/DJ/Lounge
Barcode DJ Drama, Grand Hustle DJ. Black Eagle SIN DJs Cory Activate & Cesar Murillo 10 pm-4 am.5
The Cage 292 Shitshow Saturdays DJ Raz (metal/industrial/rock) doors 10 pm.
Clinton’s Shake, Rattle, Roll (60s rock/pop/
soul) doors 10 pm. Club 120 Crush Party DJ Johnny B Goode 10 pm.5 CODA Spring Fling Poupon, Jeff Button, Night Vision, Simon Jain, R&D, Dustin Nantais doors 10 pm. Crawford Downstairs BeastDJ 9 pm. Crawford Upstairs Back In The Day DJ Law (video dance party) 9 pm. Crocodile Rock DJ CrocRock. Dance Cave Full On DJ Pat (alternative) 10 pm. Disgraceland Loud And Proud DJ Dave (metal/hardcore). Drake Hotel Underground Itzsoweezee, Tom Wrecks, Demiggs doors 11 pm. The Garrison Hotnuts Betchelorette Buzz Garling, Peg Zilla, Mary Messhausen, Nancy Bocock, Donnarama Versace, DJS Produzentin, Das Hussy doors 10:30 pm. Guvernment Masq Mark Oliver, Manzone & Strong, DJ Undercover, DJ JC & others 10 pm. Harlem Rejoyce DJ Blackcat, DJ Alistair (80s/90s/2000s house music) 11 pm. Li’ly House Junky Le Rouge, Little Rascals, Sammie J Vx Walax (progressive/electro) doors 10 pm. Lou Dawg’s DJ Kenny Bounce (funk/soul/ blues/hi-hop) 10 pm. The Painted Lady Music by Salazar 10 pm. The Piston Fast Times (80s party) 10 pm. Rivoli Footprints DJ Jason Palma, General Eclectic doors 10 pm. The Savoy Oooh! Oooh! (R&B/dancehall/hiphop) 10 pm. Sneaky Dee’s Shake-A-Tail. Sound Academy Bassweek-Projek: RAM Andy C, Wilkinson, Loadstar, Rene Lavice, Hydee. Two-Bite Saloon Flashbacks DJ Caff (oldschool/rap/hip-hop) 10 pm. WAYLA Bar Pop Machine Shane Percy, DJ Aural (top 40 faves) 10 pm.
Wrongbar Salam 10 pm. ñIsis
Sunday, March 30 Pop/Rock/Hip-Hop/Soul
Free Times Cafe The Fairest & Best, Noad 8 pm. Handlebar Crosswires Ugly School 8-11 pm. Hawaii Bar Anthony Smith, Blaine Donais
preview, page 48.
Lake Affect Lounge Parkside Drive (rock) 4:30 to 8:30 pm.
Linsmore Tavern Pat Perez & John Dickie
Band (R&B) 3 to 7 pm. Orbit Room Horshack (classic rock/bangers) 10 pm. The Painted Lady Punk Sundays Sids Kids 8 pm. The Rex Joni Mitchell Tribute Shadows & Light Aimee Butcher 9:30 pm. Rivoli Ivy Coast, Foxwheat, Oh Geronimo, Eleven North doors 7:30 pm. Royal Alexandra Theatre Rain: A Tribute To The Beatles 8 pm. The Sister Taxi Chain 5 to 7:30 pm. Sneaky Dee’s Do You Even Mosh Bro? Tour Make Haste to Mutiny, Death Lullaby, Death Point, Standing on Oblivion, Avarice 7 pm.
Folk/Blues/Country/World
Black Bear Pub Jam SNAFU 3:30 to 7:30 pm. The Cage 292 Jam Phill Hood 10 pm. Cameron House Front Room Kristine
Schmitt & Her Special Powers 6-9 pm. Cameron House The Double Cuts 10 pm. Campbell House Museum The Listening Party Georgian Bay doors 7 pm. Emmet Ray Bar Alistair Bundale 9 pm. Free Times Cafe The Yiddish Swingtet Jordan Klapman, Jonno Lightstone, Tony Quarrington (klezmer/swing) 11 am. Full of Beans Coffee Full Of Beans Sundays Mike Mazzei 2 to 4 pm. Gladstone Hotel Ballroom Acoustic Family Bluegrass Brunch 10 am to 2 pm. Grossman’s The National Blues Jam Brian Cober (double slide guitar) 10 pm. Hawaii Bar Arnd Jürgensen (blues/country/ folk/improvised) 4 pm. Holy Oak Cafe Flood & Pass (country) 9 pm. Hugh’s Room Bianca, Ben Riley, Marc Rogers, David Restivo 8:30 pm, Ken Whiteley’s Sunday Gospel Matinee Njacko Backo, Kim Doolittle, Tania & Andy Stack 2 pm. The Local Young Running (indie folk) 9 pm, the Living Daylights Stringband 5 to 7 pm. Lula Lounge Wanderlust Ventanas, Ozere & Briga (folk) 7:30 pm, National Music Therapy Awareness Month 2 pm. Opera Bob’s The Ole Fashion (old country/ folk) 9 pm. Press Club Mark Weston (singer/songwriter) 10 pm. Relish Bar & Grill Stir It Up Sundays Open Mic Paul Brennan, David MacMichael 9 pm. Southside Johnny’s Open Jam Rebecca Matiesen & Phoenix 9:30 pm. Tranzac Southern Cross Build to Suit 1 pm.
Jazz/Classical/Experimental
Gate 403 Harry Vetro Jazz Quartet 9 pm, John Wayne Swingtet 5 to 8 pm. Grossman’s New Orleans Connection All Star Jazz Band 4:30 to 9 pm. Habits Gastropub Charcoal Sketch Cabaret (musical theatre) 8 pm. The Jazz Bistro Don Francks 8 pm, CD release Lara Solnicki 7 pm. Kingston Rd United Church The Arkel Trio 1:30 pm. Montgomery’s Inn Neapolitan Connection Series: Celebration Of Chopin Martin Soderberg, the Neapolitan String Quartet 3 pm. Morgans on the Danforth Jazzy Sundays Allyson Morris, Reg Schwager 2 to 5 pm. Nawlins Jazz Bar Brooke Blackburn (solo guitar jazz/blues) 7 to 10 pm. Orbit Room The Kingsley Ettienne Trio, DJ Watts (Hammond B3 organ) doors 3:15 pm. The Rex Richard Whiteman 7 pm, Freeway Dixieland 3:30 pm, Excelsior Dixieland Jazz noon. Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada 22 Days Of Cello Performances In Unexpected Places Igor Gefter 4 pm. Tranzac Southern Cross U of T Grad Ensemble 7:30 pm.
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Dance Music/DJ/Lounge
Aria Complex Bassweek Afterparty Sniper, Rick Toxic, Mr Brown, Scott Free, Thuun.
Drake Hotel DJ Dougie Boom doors 10 pm.
(funk/groove) 9:30 pm.
Monday, March 31
Hirut Fine Ethiopian Cuisine Acoustic Open
Pop/Rock/Hip-Hop/Soul
Stage Nicola Vaughan (pop rock) 3 to 6 pm. Izakaya Sushi House Carsick Cars, White +, Jay Holy, Tess Parks, Different Skeletons (Chinese indie rock) doors 8:30 pm. Kool Haus The Head & the Heart, Basia Bulat doors 7:30 pm, all ages. See
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Air Canada Centre Bangerz Tour Miley Cyrus 7 pm. ñ Drake Hotel Elvis Monday doors 9 pm.
Drake One Fifty Northern Soul Horns doors
8 pm.
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Petra Glynt art rock
Singer mines opera training on psychedelic solo project By Benjamin Boles
Petra Glynt , secret guest, Ice Cream, VCR at CineCycle (129 Spadina), Friday (March 28), 9 pm. $5.
If you know Alexandra Mackenzie primarily as the drummer in noisy garage punk bands like Dentata and Machetes, hearing her sing as her solo project, Petra Glynt, is a major shock. Despite her small frame and reserved demeanour, a huge, intimidating howl comes out when she opens her mouth to sing. Few suspected a powerful, opera-trained voice was hiding behind the drum kit. “I sang a lot when I was young, so when I moved to Toronto I wanted to do something else,” explains Mackenzie over after-
noon pints. “I was singing opera as a teenager and wasn’t playing in bands. I wasn’t even going to shows and didn’t know about that DIY subculture.” Once here, she dove head-first into that world, and even performed on a UK tour with Machetes before that band imploded. However, as many independent musicians discover, balancing the demands of playing music against your other interests and obligations is a challenge. “I’d stopped playing in bands because I wanted to focus on my visual art. Being in a band takes a lot of commitment, and you have to organize a lot of people,” she says. “But I’m so drawn to making music, I couldn’t not. Starting a
solo project meant that it could be on my own terms, that I could work around my art life a bit more.” Working with looping pedals, samples, percussion and that imposing voice, Mackenzie’s found a way of combining her childhood passion for operatic singing and the raw energy of punk drumming into a swirling psychedelic soup. Last summer’s EP Of This Land (Healing Powers) gave fans a taste of how her live sound could translate to the studio, but expect her upcoming full-length to greatly expand that vision. “My EP was my first time composing anything of my own, so I’m still very much growing and figuring all this out.” benjaminb@nowtoronto.com | @benjaminboles
Image: choreographer Marc Boivin performs with the Bozzini Quartet at The Banff Centre. Photo by Donald Lee.
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& Barbapoppa 9 pm. The Piston Arthur Renwick, Alissa Vox Raw, Marcus Walker Quartet, Shikha 8 pm. Reposado Mezcal Mondays DJ Ellis Dean.
Tuesday, April 1 Pop/Rock/Hip-Hop/Soul
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Horseshoe Shoeless Monday The Cardinal Dream, Coyote Kids, Fresh Breath Band 9 pm. Kitch Hypnotic Lounge Series Luke Vajsar (solo bass) 9:30 pm. Lee’s Palace ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, La Femme doors 8 pm. Monarch Tavern Rock ‘N’ Soul The Heavyset Quartet, Park Eddy doors 9 pm.
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Folk/Blues/Country/World
Cameron House The Rucksack Willies 10 pm, Cindy Doire 6 pm.
Dakota Tavern School Night Mondays
Danny Michel. ñ Dora Keogh Open Stage Julian Taylor, Justin
Howlett 8 pm.
FRIDAY APRIL 4
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Free Times Cafe Open Stage Mondays Christian Bridges 7:30 pm. Grossman’s Jam No Band Required 9 pm. Hawaii Bar Blues Monday Ken ‘Sugar Brown’ Kawashima (blues) 9:30 pm. The Local Hamstrung String Band 9 pm. Magpie Taproom Local 164, Darcy Windover (roots/country) doors 9 pm. On Cue Ken Yoshioka (blues) 8 pm. Roxton Molahsiz w/ L.A. Barlow 10 pm. Tranzac Southern Cross Open Mic Mondays 9 pm, Brodie West & Nora Mulder 7 pm.
Jazz/Classical/Experimental
Casa Loma 22 Days Of Cello Performances
In Unexpected Places Roberta Janzen 2 pm. ñ Emmet Ray Bar Trevor Giancola & Neil
Swainson (jazz) 9 pm, David Occhipinti & Anna Atkinson (jazz) 7 pm. Gate 403 Andra Henderson Jazz Duo 9 pm, Toby Hughs Jazz Band 5 to 8 pm. The Rex John MacLeod’s Rex Orchestra 8:30 pm, U of T Student Jazz Ensembles 6:30 pm. Roy Thomson Hall Sing For The Children: Chai Lifeline Benefit Itzhak Perlman, Cantor Helfgot 7:30 pm. The Yukon The Parkdale Organization (jazz organ trio) 7:30 to 10:30 pm.
Dance Music/DJ/Lounge
THE OSSINGTON THU 27 LIVE AT OSSINGTON Performances by- Vire, ___ Face, Dalloway... FRI 28 GET BUCK w/ DJ Nino Brown... spinning hip hop, soul, RnB, dancehall, reggae... SAT 29 ELLE NINO Bonus edition... deep grooves all night long... SUN 30 BRASS FACTS TRIVIA Best quiz night in town... prizes, pals, drinks & knowledge...
Alleycatz Salsa Night DJ Frank Bischun 8 pm. Cavern Bar DJ Notorious RKV (hip-hop) 9 pm. Dance Cave Manic Mondays DJ Shannon
(retro 70s/80s) 10 pm. Handlebar Secret Meeting Moon McMullen
MON 31 COMEDY AT OSS Open mic night - Sign up & kill ‘em... TUE 1 TERRIFIC WOMEN Live 70’s cable access serial hit show... WED 2 LIFT OUT LOUD script reading series by the good people at LIFT... followed by:
WHERE THE VILE THINGS ARE w/DJ Doubleyou... musical meanderings 61 OSSINGTON AVE | 416•850•0161 | theossington.com
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Axis Gallery & Grill Derek Downham 10 pm. Cameron House Run with the Kittens (rocka-
billy eclectic punk/surf psychedelic) 10 pm. Castro’s Lounge The Tom Waits Appreciation Congregation 8 pm. Horseshoe Dave Bookman’s Nu Music Tuesdays Conor Gains Band, Lambs, Kalle Mattson, Highs (singer/songwriter) 9 pm. Orbit Room The Sattalites (reggae) 10 pm. The Painted Lady 5th PROJEKT (art rock/ psych rock) doors 8:30 pm. Phoenix Concert Theatre Mindless Self Indulgence (electro punk) 7 pm. Rivoli April Foos Ball Windy Tyger, Seth Dyer, the Shallow Seas, What Fools, Chrymes doors 7 pm. Tranzac Southern Cross Colette Savard (indie pop) 7:30 pm.
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Folk/Blues/Country/World
Cameron House Sarah Burton 6 pm. Cameron House Back Room David New-
berry, Rachael Cardiello & the Warm Electric Winter Band. The Duke Live.com Jam Jon Long 8:30 pm.
First Canadian Place Waterfall Stage Home Free 12:15 pm.
Grossman’s Mz Debbie & the Don Valley Stompers 9:30 pm.
Hirut Fine Ethiopian Cuisine Finger Style Guitar Group 8 pm. Holy Oak Cafe Spencer Good (bluegrass) 10 pm. Lou Dawg’s Tangled Up In The Blues Chris Caddell, Cassius Pereira, Kenny Neal Jr 8 pm. Old Nick Live Forum Jennifer Brewer 9:30 pm. Press Club Toast N’ Jam Open Mic Yawn Temiseva 10 pm. 751 Open Mic The Stoopids 10 pm.
Jazz/Classical/Experimental
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre
Chamber Connections: Corigliano Arists of the Glenn Gould School noon to 1 pm. Jazz Bistro Reis-Demuth-Wiltgen Trio 8 pm. Nawlins Jazz Bar Stacie McGregor (piano) 6:30 to 9:30 pm. Rasputin Vodka Bar The Absinthe Saloon Jazz Distillers Linda Carone (jazz/blues) 7 pm. The Rex Jason Stillman 9:30 pm, Carissa Neufeld Trio 6:30 pm.
Royal Conservatory of Music Mazzoleni Hall Rebanks Family Fellowship Concert 7:30 pm.
St Basil’s Catholic Church A Baroque Concert For Lent The Musicians in Ordinary, Hallie Fishel, Charlotte Burrage, Schola Cantorum soloists and choir 7:30 pm. Tranzac Southern Cross Peripheral Vision (jazz ) 10 pm. Union Station 22 Days Of Cello Performances In Unexpected Places Joseph Johnson 4:30 pm.
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Alleycatz Salsa Night DJ Frank Bischun 8:30 pm. Disgraceland Tornado DJs Karen, Ian and Ali-
son (rock/mashups/hip-hop/electro) 10 pm. Reposado Alien Radio DJ Gord C. Toby’s Famous All Dressed Tuesdays DJ Caff (funk/soul/new Jack swing/reggae) 10 pm.
Wednesday, April 2 Pop/Rock/Hip-Hop/Soul
Black Swan Acoustic Open Stage Nicola Vaughan (pop rock) 9:30 pm. Curzon Tony Carpino.
Find out what’s written in the stars, page 39. Rob Brezsny’s Free Will
Astrology 56
March 27 - April 2 2014 NOW
Drake Hotel Underground Joycut, Diamond
Bones, Air Marshall Landing doors 7 pm. Hard Luck Bar The Ocean, the Atlas Moth, Kosmograd, Parallax (tech metal) doors 7 pm, all ages. Horseshoe MoZayic, Urban Rodeo, Sound As People, Snaggle 9 pm. The Hoxton Wiley, Swindle, Pardon le Dopeness, Freeza Chin (rap/hip-hop/grime) 8:30 pm. The Loaded Dog Tommy Rocker 9 pm. Orbit Room LMT Connection (funk) 10 pm. The Danforth Music Hall James Vincent McMorrow (singer/songwriter) doors 7 pm, all ages. See album review, page 58. Smiling Buddha Monomyth, Nap Eyes, Legato Vipers (shoegaze/punk) 9 pm. Toronto Centre for the Arts Bare Bones & Upfront (indie) 8 pm. Unicorn Pub Jam Live Animals (rock) 10 pm.
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Folk/Blues/Country/World
Aspetta Caffe Open Jam El Faron. Cameron House Front Room Declan
O’Donovan (folk/blues/country/world) 6 pm. Dominion on Queen Corktown Ukulele Jam 8 pm. Grossman’s Bruce Domoney 10 pm. The Hole in the Wall Bill Priddle, Richard Keelan. Johnny Jackson Jam Matt Cooke (folk/pop) 9 pm. On Cue Brian Cober (double slide guitar) 8 pm. Press Club Kyle Stephens, Alyson McNamara & Mackenzie Jordan (country/folk) 10 pm. Rasputin Vodka Bar Acoustic Jam/Open Mic Taylor Abrahamse 9:30 pm.
Venue Index The 3 Speed 1163 Bloor W. The Abbot Pub 508 Eglinton W. Adelaide Hall 250 Adelaide W. Against the Grain Corus Quay Corus Quay, 25 Dockside. 647-344-1562. Against The Grain Leaside 85 Laird. Air Canada Centre 40 Bay. 416-815-5500. Alleycatz 2409 Yonge. 416-481-6865. Aria Complex 108 Peter. 647-228-2434. Array Space 155 Walnut. 416-532-3019. Art Gallery of Ontario 317 Dundas W. 416-979-6648. Artful Dodger 10 Isabella. 416-964-9511. Aspetta Caffe 207 Augusta. 416-725-0693. Axis Gallery & Grill 3048 Dundas W. 416-604-3333. Bar Milano 207 Queens Quay W. 4-126306-0424. Bar Radio 615 College. 416-516-3237. Bar Vespa 167 E Liberty. 416-533-8377. Bar Wellington 520 Wellington W. Barcode 364 Richmond W. 416-351-1100. Belljar Cafe 2072 Dundas W. 416-535-0777. Beth Sholom Synagogue 1445 Eglinton W. 416-783-6103. Bike Pirates 1292 Bloor W. Black Bear Pub 1125 O’Connor. 416-752-5182. Black Eagle 457 Church. 416-413-1219. Black Swan 154 Danforth. 416-469-0537. Blue Goose Tavern 1 Blue Goose. 416-255-2442. Bovine Sex Club 542 Queen W. 416-504-4239. Brass Taps Pizza Pub 934 College. 416533-4333. Brassaii 461 King W. 416-598-4730. Brazen Head 165 East Liberty. 416-535-8787. Brooklyn Tavern 1097 Queen E. Brownstone Bistro 603 Yonge. Bunda Lounge 1108 Dundas W. Cadillac Lounge 1296 Queen W. 416-536-7717. The Cage 292 292 College. Cameron House 408 Queen W. 416-703-0811. Campbell House Museum 160 Queen W. 416-597-0227. Cam’s Place 2655 Yonge. 416-488-3976. Casa Loma 1 Austin Terrace. 416-923-1171. Castro’s Lounge 2116 Queen E. 416-699-8272. Cavern Bar 76 Church. 416-971-4440. Chalkers Pub 247 Marlee. 416-789-2531. Charlotte Room 19 Charlotte. 416-598-2882. Cherry Cola’s Rock N’ Rolla 200 Bathurst. Church of the Holy Trinity 10 Trinity Square. 416-598-4521. CineCycle 129 Spadina. 416-971-4273. City Hall 100 Queen W. 416-338-0338. Classico Pizza & Pasta 2457 Bloor W. 416-763-1313. Clinton’s 693 Bloor W. 416-535-9541. Club 120 120 Church. CODA 794 Bathurst. Cooper Cole Gallery 1161 Dundas W. 647-347-3316. Corner Place 11 Jarvis. 416-850-1738. Crawford 718 College. 416-530-1633. Crocodile Rock 240 Adelaide W. 416-599-9751. Curzon 1192 Queen E. 416-850-3650. Dakota Tavern 249 Ossington. 416-850-4579. Dance Cave 529 Bloor W, 2nd floor. 416532-1598. The Danforth Music Hall 147 Danforth. 416-778-8163. De Sotos 1079 St Clair W. 416-651-2109. Disgraceland 965 Bloor W. 647-347-5263. Dominion on Queen 500 Queen E. 416368-6893. Dora Keogh 141 Danforth. 416-778-1804. Drake Hotel 1150 Queen W. 416-531-5042. Drake One Fifty 150 York. 416-363-6150. The Duke Live.com 1225 Queen E. 416-463-5302. EFS 647 King W. 416-477-5460. Ein-Stein 229 College. 416-597-8346. El Mocambo 464 Spadina. 647-748-6969. Emmet Ray Bar 924 College. 416-792-4497. Fanny Chadwick’s 269 Howland. First Canadian Place 1 First Canadian Pl. 416-862-8138. Flato Markham Theatre 171 Town
Toronto Centre for the Arts Barebones
And Up Front Melanie Brulée & Julian Taylor (folk-cabaret/folk-soul) 8 pm.
Jazz/Classical/Experimental
Alleycatz Carlo Berardinucci Band. Art Gallery of Ontario 22 Days Of
Cello Performances In Unexpected Places ñ Emmanuelle Beaulieu Bergeron 6:30 pm.
Chalkers Pub Lisa Particelli’s GNOJAZZ Jam
Session 8 pm.
Flato Markham Theatre Vienna Here & Now Toronto Concert Orchestra 8 pm.
Hart House East Common Room Midday Mosaics Dale Sorenson noon to 1 pm.
Mezzetta The Cafe Ole Trio (jazz w/ a twist of
flamenco) 9 pm.
Nawlins Jazz Bar Jim Heineman Trio 7-11 pm. The Rex Johnny Griffith 9:30 pm, Morgan
Childs Trio 6:30 pm.
Roy Thomson Hall The Happy Birthday Tour Nana Mouskouri 8 pm. Royal Conservatory of Music Mazzoleni Hall The Glenn Gould School Chamber Competitions Finals 7:30 pm.
Tranzac Southern Cross Ronley Teper’s Lip-
liners 10 pm, Katie DuTemple 7:30 pm.
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Rating: NNNN Weaves have been intermittently rolling out tracks over the past year, building buzz (and signing to local label Buzz) along the way. Those singles – Motorcycle, Take A Dip, Hulahoop – make up half of their debut EP, so it’s less of an event for those who’ve been following their ascendancy in the weird-pop scene, but an excellent introduction for new fans. The fun four-piece led by vocalist Jasmyn Burke and guitarist Morgan Waters play a mercurial, demented hodgepodge of indie pop built on squishy, distorted beats and talkative, trebley guitar lines. The lustiness of Burke’s lyrics (“Won’t you ride my motorcycle / Take a ride” etc) can turn into both amusing nahnah-nah insolence and wailing, dead-serious desperation on a dime. Her melodies are easy to embrace and hard to shake. Do You See Past goes for a more sophisticated, less interesting electro-pop sound, but the other five tracks never fail to entertain, including Closer, which has previously unhinted-at menace. Call it soulgrunge. Call it sludge-pop. Call it great. Top track: Take A Dip Weaves play CineCycle on April 26. CARLA GILLIS
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Pop/Rock KIM CHURCHILL Silence/Win
(Fontana North) Rating: NNN A first listen of Silence/Win’s opening track, Single Spark, reveals a relatively straightforward rocker. But Kim Churchill, the Australian singer/songwriter who recorded this album on Vancouver Island, of all places (under the tutelage of producer Warne Livesey), is actually more interesting than that tune suggests. The song names are country hokey (Only Time Can Take You On, Window To The Sky), but Churchill experiments with genres here. He strums himself into a psychedelic squall on Fear The Fire, and harmonica-led Canopy is a decently catchy foray into bluesy reggae rock. A 70s soft rock vibe creeps into a few tracks (Don’t Leave Your Life Too Long). Some Days The Rain May Fall is pleasant and poppy. The slow, plodding Rage does anything but and is totally skippable. Besides that, there’s nothing unlistenable here, but little that’s memorable either – a talented guitarist still finding his sound. Top track: Don’t Leave Your Life Too Long Kim Churchill plays the Great Hall April 5. JULIA LECONTE
back from that horror film soundtrack vibe to let the songs breathe. There are less scary noises, though the mood is still very dark this time around. The violence is subtly implied – not in the production but in the lyrics, which seem intent on forcing listeners to confront the darkness of their own desires. Big cinematic arrangements swoop around Kirk’s syrupy drawl, infusing the songs with a melodramatic intensity that’s expertly balanced by calm, stoic restraint. Even when unexpected analog synth flourishes break the spaghetti western spell on Grand Canyon, the moment is somehow exactly what the song needs. Top track: Run From Me Timber Timbre play Massey Hall on May 23. BENJAMIN BOLES
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Hot Dreams (Arts & Crafts) Rating: Over his last few albums, Timber Timbre’s Taylor Kirk has become increasingly comfortable with the grim and spooky mood that imbues his eerie crooning. On his last album, Creep On Creepin’ On, he made that darkness explicit and almost cartoonish, but on Hot Dreams he’s wisely pulled
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record is joyous, kind of like contemporary indie rockers revisiting the vibe of Laura Nyro working with Patti LaBelle on 1971’s Gonna Take A Miracle – though admittedly not nearly as wild. Top track: Bad Self Portraits Lake Street Dive play the Horseshoe Friday (March 28). SARAH GREENE
Bad Self Portraits (Signature Sounds) Rating: Brooklyn’s Lake Street Dive pull off retro while still sounding very contemporary. Perhaps that’s because the band’s various influences (classic pop/rock, R&B and jazz) are funnelled through the songwriting of three members and the pipes of the fourth – powerful vocalist Rachael Price – resulting in their own sound. Many of the best songs (including the opening title track) were written by Bridget Kearney, whose slow, creeping bass line on Better Than is addictive. But Mike Olson and Mike Calabrese’s contributions are almost as strong, sometimes recalling the Jackson 5. The songs are about working through the pain of love, but what comes across on
(Captured Tracks) Rating: NNNN With each new release, Mac DeMarco’s goofy shtick drops away a little more in favour of stronger songs, more impressive musicianship and higher fidelity. Written after a year and a half of non-stop touring, Salad Days is full of DeMarco’s warped-and-surfy guitar lines running parallel to his casually delivered vocals. Each tune is a memorable soft rock conglomeration of, roughly, Jonathan Richman, Pavement, Harry Nilsson and the Kinks. (The title track is basically Picture Book.) And while the tone keeps the wistful summer vibes of his earlier work intact, the Brooklyn-based Canadian also gets reflective on this dud-free second fulllength. The album opens with the line “As I’m getting older / Chip upon my shoulder / Rolling through life to roll over and die.” Goodbye Weekend mounts a defence of his lifestyle to a disapproving other. On Treat Her Better, DeMarco admonishes a friend for behaving badly toward his lover. Of course even DeMarco’s most dispirited lyrics still come across as gently wafting, innocuous observations once you’ve been lulled by the music. Top track: Blue Boy CG
Electronic LIARS Mess (Mute) Rating: NNN
“Take my pants off, use my socks, smell my socks, eat my face off,” a pitch-shifted voice commands in the opening moments of Liars’ seventh LP. Two years after the post-punk group detoured into highly textured, cerebral electronic music on WIXIW, the S&M imperatives seem to indicate that the trio is in the mood to party. For that record, Liars worked with Mute boss Daniel Miller, but self-produced Mess directly evokes the synth-pop for which the label is best known, particularly its opening volley of bombastic electro numbers. The album feels less ponderous and more balls-out than its predecessor, but the band hasn’t stitched up its maniacal tendencies into commercial pop either. The friskiness gradually dissipates as the pace slows and frontman Angus Andrew’s voice melts into abstract soundscapes of burbling, glitchy noise on the latter half, before the energy disperses entirely on the serene Left Speaker Blown. This comedown conceit gives Mess a direction in lieu of a concept or emotional core but doesn’t quite disguise the album’s aimlessness and retreat into familiar terrain. Top track: Left Speaker Blown KEVIN RITCHIE
Folk THE OLYMPIC SYMPHONIUM
Chance To Fate (Forward) Rating: NNN Fredericton’s mellow men of melody the Olympic Symphonium try some new things on their fourth album. Bringing in Joshua Van Tassel as co-producer, they’ve expanded their sonic palette to include more percussion, plus a fair dash of omnichord and “wizardry” (liner-note speak for soundscapey transitions and electro-folk flourishes). The songwriting and singing remain classic OS – understated, introspective and serious, with rotating lead vocals made seamless by the ease of the core group’s harmonies. All In Your Head, an alt-folk declaration
of atheist death co-written by poet Christopher Goodwin, contrasts with Home, a Byrdsy, pedal steel-drenched ode that sounds like a prayer. Jasper, a paean to new dadhood, is the catchiest song, but Predictor, with bowed bass and forward motion, exemplifies the band’s new textures. Top track: Predictor The Olympic Symphonium play the Horseshoe April 12 and the Piston April 13. SG
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Post Tropical (Dine Alone) Rating: A definite departure from his guitarstrumming debut, James Vincent McMorrow’s sophomore album incorporates synths, mellow keyboards, buried drum taps and distant harp effects, making him sound more like Jhené Aiko, Blood Orange and British soul-pop artists Sampha and Jungle than any “singer/songwriter” we know. Often crooning just above a whisper – his falsetto is dreamy throughout – he’s hard to think of as anything but a soul singer. The album comes alive on its second half – Look Out, Repeating and Post Tropical all have satisfying slow-building payoffs, while on Glacier you half-expect Rudimental-style drum ’n’ bass to kick in and explode the song altogether. But Post Tropical’s lush horn arrangements, rare but welcome returns to guitar fiddling and overall sense of restraint keep it warm, woozy and with one toe still in the folk realm. McMorrow’s lyrics focus on the passing of time and love. He often seems stuck on some past significant event. His sound, however, is very much a product of the present. Top track: Repeating James Vincent McMorrow plays the Danforth Music Hall Wednesday (April 2). JL
Rap CATCH THE THRONE (Sound-
cloud) Rating: NN Catch The Throne was put up on Soundcloud last week as hype for Game Of Thrones’ new season, and HBO managed to gather a pretty impressive roster: Common, Daddy Yankee and Big Boi are but three of the artists featured (but not Lil’ Jon Snow or Kanye Westeros?) on this cheap and efficient attempt at hyping the show to a musically savvy audience. The backing tracks are all tarted-up segments from the show’s score punctuated by character dialogue at both ends. The excerpts and tinny production are annoying at times, but all the artists are game, seemingly unashamed to be caught up in the network’s marketing machine, especially Snow Tha Product and Wale, who spit fire like Khaleesi’s dragons. (Sample Wale lyrics: “Seein’ haters tryna bring me down, no / King Slayer knock you out your crown.) These aren’t likely to draw new faces in, however: the songs aren’t bad, but it’s more novelty than anything else. Top track: King Slayer, by Wale Game Of Thrones returns to HBO on April 6. STEPHEN DU MANOIR
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more online nowtoronto.com/stage Audio clips from interview with THE GIGLI CONCERT’S NANCY PALK AND STUART HUGHES • Scenes on SEA SICK, HOLLER 4 HEALTH CARE!, LA MALETA, BODY PERCUSSION FEST and more Fully searchable listings with venue maps nowtoronto.com/stage/listings Nancy Palk directs Stuart Hughes, who wants to learn how to sing like an opera star, in The Gigli Concert.
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Finale fantasy An unlikely aspiring singer inspires The Gigli Concert By JON KAPLAN THE GIGLI CONCERT by Tom Murphy, directed by Nancy Palk, with Stuart Hughes, Diego Matamoros and Irene Poole. Presented by Soulpepper at the Young Centre (50 Tank House). Previews from Friday (March 28), opens Wednesday (April 2) and runs to May 16, see website for schedule. $29-$74, rush $23, youth $5. 416-8668666, soulpepper.ca.
A belligerent Irishman walks into the Dublin office of a quack English therapist and asks him to help him learn to sing like famed 20th-century Italian opera tenor Beniamino Gigli.
Sound like the set-up for a shaggy dog story? Nope, it’s the start of The Gigli Concert, by Irish playwright Tom Murphy (A Whistle In The Dark). Though it sometimes goes for laughs, the play explores the importance of art and beauty. Finding those things in our lives isn’t always easy, but it’s worth the struggle. “We’re discovering that worth as we work on the play,” says director Nancy Palk. In their series of six sessions, the unnamed Irish character (Stuart Hughes), a rough building contractor,
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Opening CONTE D’AMOUR (Markus Öhrn/Institutet +
Nya Rampen/Harbourfront World Stage). This
hopes the somewhat dishevelled, loquacious Englishman, JPW King (Diego Matamoros), can give him the pipes of the celebrated singer. “King calls himself a dynamatologist and belongs to an organization that believes anything is possible as long as you follow your goal to its end. That’s something we’re keeping in mind as we work on this sometimes dense script.” Just as King has his secrets and surprises, the Irishman we meet in the first scene isn’t the fellow who reveals himself over the course of the play.
“During his life he’s hardened both on the outside and the inside,” says Hughes, who most recently worked under Palk’s direction in last year’s True West. “He’s had to to survive in the world and with his family, but the result is a squelching of his true genius and spirit. “Over time that spirit needs to be released, given breath. At his core the man is sensitive and tender, and those qualities finally erupt.” While the aspiring singer is a successful businessman who feels he has to behave a certain way to be respected as a construction mogul,
video play crosses the border between desire and horror in an exploration of familial control. Opens Apr 1 and runs to Apr 5, Tue-Wed, Fri-Sat 8 pm. $39. Fleck Dance Theatre, 207 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000, harbourfrontcentre.com.
INTO THE WOODS by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine (Steppin’ Out Theatrical Productions). Characters from fairy tales reunite in a musical about wishes and consequences. Mar 27-29, Thu-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. $27-$32. Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts, 10268 Yonge. 905-787-8811, steppinout.ca. MINOTAUR by Kevin Dyer (Young People’s Theatre/Polka Theatre/Clwyd Theatr Cymru Theatre). A cryptic text message from his soldier dad sends a boy on a quest in this fusion of Greek myth and modern themes. Opens Mar 27 and runs to Apr 13, see website for schedule. $15-$24. 165 Front E. 416-862-2222, youngpeoplestheatre.ca. MY NARRATOR/THE DEATH OF ME by Norm Foster (Sparrowhawk Theatre Equity Collective). Two one-act plays by Foster explore the heart of love, life and death. Opens Apr 1 and runs to Apr 6, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat-Sun 2 pm. $18-$20. Unit 102, 376 Dufferin. sparrowhawktheatre.com. PINKALICIOUS by Elizabeth Kann, Victoria
50 SHADES! THE MUSICAL – THE ORIGINAL PARODY (Marshall Cordell/Albert Samuels/
Emily Dorezas). Women in a book club read the novel and share their interpretations in this original musical comedy. Previews Apr 1. Opens Apr 2 and runs to Apr 13, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat-Sun 2 pm. $39-$75. Bluma Appel Theatre, 27 Front E. 416-366-7723, stlc.com. THE GIGLI CONCERT by Tom Murphy (Soulpepper). An unstable Irish millionaire hires an English self-help guru to teach him to sing like an opera star (see story, this page). Previews Mar 28-Apr 1. Opens Apr 2 and runs to May 16, see website for schedule. $29-$74, rush $5-$23. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 50 Tank House Lane. 416866-8666, youngcentre.ca.
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contemporary storytelling featuring various styles and languages for all age groups. Opens Mar 28 and runs to Apr 6, see website for schedule and venues. $5-$25, some free events. torontostorytellingfestival.ca.
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Frozen by Bryony Lavery (EN(LIVE)N Produc-
tions). Three lives intertwine in an exploration of the human capacity for forgiveness, change and remorse. Previews Apr 1-4, Fri and Tue 8 pm. Opens Apr 5 and runs to Apr 20, Fri-Mon 8 pm (except Apr 20 at 2 pm). $25, Mon/previews pwyc ($20 adv). The Box Studio, 89 Nia gara, rm 103. frozen.brownpapertickets.com. The Last Man On Earth by the Ensemble (Keystone Theatre). The devil and his minion plot to corrupt the last trace of innocence on earth in this silent-film style play. Previews Apr 2. Opens Apr 3 and runs to Apr 13, TueSun 8 pm, mat Sat-Sun 2 pm. $25. Berkeley Street Theatre, 26 Berkeley, Upstairs. 416368-3110, keystonetheatre.net. Soliciting Temptation by Erin Shields (Tarragon Theatre). A meeting for sex in a hotel room turns into a discussion on morality, economics and desire. Previews Apr 1-8. Opens Apr 9 and runs to May 4, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat-Sun 2:30 pm. $27-$53, previews $21$25, rush $13. 30 Bridgman, Extra Space. 416531-1827, tarragontheatre.com.
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ret/Soulpepper). This history play looks at the Quebec separatist movement and Trudeau’s pirouette to power. Previews Mar 27-Apr 2, see website for schedule. Opens Apr 3 and runs to May 10, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mats Fri and Mon 1 pm, Wed 1:30 pm. $25-$55. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 50 Tank House Lane. 416-866-8666, videocab.com.
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Comedy, Cabaret And Coffee Talk (The Fly-
ing Beaver Pubaret). This cabaret/chat show features host Ryan G Hinds and guests Susan Cuthbert, Tawiah M’Carthy and Shadrack Jackman. Mar 28 at 9 pm. $10-$15. 488 Parliament. 647-347-6567, pubaret.com. The Company We Keep (Theatre 20). Host Bruce Dow presents selections from Canadian musicals. Mar 30 at 7 pm. $25. Alleycatz, 2409 Yonge. theatre20.com.
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to find more clarity in the storytelling. Runs to May 11, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat-Sun and Wed 2 pm. $44-$84. Panasonic Theatre, 651 Yonge. 416-872-1212, mirvish.com. NNN (GS) Big Girl Panties (Sandra Shamas). Shamas performs her work-in-progress solo show about women after age 55 and blooming later in life. Runs to Apr 6, Thu-Sat 8 pm. $25, rush $20. Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander, Tallulah’s Cabaret. 416975-8555, buddiesinbadtimes.com. Cabaret Brise-Jour (L’Orchestre d’hommesorchestres). Eight musicians borrow from the repertoire of Kurt Weill to look at the best and worst of the human condition. Runs to Mar 29, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. $25-$30, mat $50. The Theatre Centre, 1115 Queen W. 416-5380988, theatrecentre.org. The Carousel by Jennifer Tremblay (Nightwood Theatre). The connection between mothers and daughters links much of Jennifer Tremblay’s poetic, non-linear play in which an unnamed woman arrives at her dying mother’s bedside and reflects on the past. Allegra Fulton’s vibrant, mesmerizing performance drives the action as she morphs into a dozen characters across four generations. Runs to Mar 30, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mat SatSun 2 pm. $25-$45. Berkeley Street Theatre, 26 Berkeley, Downstairs. 416-368-3110, nightwoodtheatre.net. NNNN (JK) Chicago by Fred Ebb, Bob Fosse and John Kander (Mirvish). A chorus girl is charged with murder in 1920s Chicago in this musical. Runs to Mar 30, Thu-Sat 8 pm, Sun 7 pm, mat Thu and Sat 2 pm, Sun 1:30 pm. $25-$130. Princess of Wales Theatre, 300 King W. 416-8721212, mirvish.com. Cowboy Mouth by Patti Smith and Sam Shepard (Rhizoma Productions/Sterling Studio Theatre). A man goes on a sex- and drug-fuelled bender with a girl who wants to make him a rock star. Runs to Mar 29, Thu-Sat
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$53-$67. 1 Theatre Lane, Brampton. 905-8742800, rosetheatre.ca. Reveal Me Burlesque (Red Herring Burlesque). Virgin vixens and professional peelers put on a show. Apr 2, doors 8 pm. $10. Rivoli, 332 Queen W. aprofessionaldistraction.com. Slings And Errors (the Ensemble). This improvised play in the style of Shakespeare’s works features Second City alumni, Conserva tory grads, SCTC faculty and others. Mar 29 at 3 pm. $10. Second City, 51 Mercer. 416-3430011, s econdcity.com. Soulpepper Cabaret Series (Soulpepper Theatre). The company presents the first in Soulpepper’s Song/Book Series – The Moon. Mar 29 at 8:30 pm. $15-$18, stu $10. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 50 Tank House Lane. 416-866-8666, soulpepper.ca.
Strip Search Newcomers Competition
(Toronto Burlesque Festival). Up-and-coming burlesque artists vie for a spot in the July festival. Mar 30 at 8 pm. $20-$25. Revival, 783 College. tbfstripsearch2014.eventbrite.ca. Supperfesta by Natasha Boomer (On Stage on Demand). Secrets are revealed and relationships tested at a raucous family dinner party. Apr 2 at 7 pm. Free (donations to Adopt a Gran). The Great Hall, 1087 Queen W. picatic.com/Supperfesta.
Windmill Theatre Gala and Vocal Contest (Windmill Theatre). This funder for the company features the final round of the contest to find the next music theatre star. Mar 29 at 8 pm. $30. Unitarian Congregation Great Hall, 84 South Service Rd, Mississauga. 905-
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Weidman (Mirvish/BASE Entertainment). A sultry mix of passion and politics, this new dance-theatre piece isn’t where it could be dramatically, but the music, movement and heart still make it an entertaining show. The young Arrabal (Micaela Spina) immerses herself in the tango clubs of Buenos Aires and learns what happened to her father, Rodolfo (co-choreographer Julio Zurita), who was disappeared under Argentina’s military dictatorship. The dance sequences smoulder and ignite, and Gustavo Santaolalla’s music is electric and catchy. But writer Weidman needs
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So-so sci-fi DARK MATTER written by the company, directed by Alec Toller (Circlesnake Productions). At the Storefront Theatre (955 Bloor West). To April 6. $20, Sunday pwyc. secureaseat.com. See Continuing, page 64. Rating: NN
Having recently brought us the hilarious TTC-themed action comedy Special Constables, director Alec Toller and the Circlesnake company return with something different: a dramatic sci-fi adaptation of Joseph Conrad’s Heart Of Darkness. It’s no match for their previous efforts, but Toller and the company deserve credit for taking risks. They import various comedy strategies like collective improvisational writing, a breakneck turnaround of five weeks from concept to curtain, and mime in place of sets and props. It’s a process with potential, but it’s not fully realized here. In the adaptation, Evelyn Marlowe (Kat Letwin) is a tough-as-nails pilot sent deep into space by the ominous Horizons Corporation to neutralize rogue administrator Walter Kurtz (Joshua Brown). Along for the ride are Cal (Mikaela Dyke), Marlowe’s AI companion, and Matthew Burke (Colin Munch), a shady Horizons rep unaccustomed to fieldwork. Adapting any story to an outerspace setting inevitably invites skeptical chuckles, but with its themes of travel, survival and the mental effects of stress and isolation, Heart Of Darkness is actually a good candidate for sci-fi treatment. The problem here is that the collec tively written script doesn’t use the story to explore new ideas. Instead,
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we’re flown through well-mapped scifi quadrants: Burke’s discriminatory attitude to Cal, an artificial life form, seems cribbed from Data’s struggles on Star Trek: The Next Generation; and the shadowy machinations of the Horizons Corp. are derivative of The Company from the Alien film franchise. In addition to some flubbed lines, the low-to-the-ground production values had the action sliding into skit territory at times, which is okay for a spoof like Special Constables but kills the momentum of a serious drama. Munch’s few one-liners hint at the company’s impressive comedy chops, which aren’t otherwise on display, and raise the question of whether this show should have been a hammed-up genre farce instead. Despite its shortcomings, there’s lots of heart and talent in Circlesnake, so let’s hope this won’t be their last attempt to expand their repertoire beJORDAN BIMM yond comedy.
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Innovation clashes with tradition in David Ives’s New Jerusalem, an intri guingly heady and dramatic mix of history and philosophy. Set in 1656 Amsterdam, the play focuses on young Jewish philosopher Baruch de Spinoza’s confrontation with his elders – religious and secular – over his thoughts on God, religion and humanity. It’s a period work, but director Mitchell Cushman gives the characters a contemporary look and feel. Valkenburgh (Michael Hanrahan), a Christian city regent, requests that Mortera (Alon Nashman), the city’s chief rabbi, and congregation bigwig Ben Israel (David Eisner) interrogate Spinoza (Aris Athanasopoulos), Mortera’s prize pupil, about his potentially heretical views. If found guilty, he faces excommunication from both the religious and civil communities, a horrible fate. Much of the action takes place in the Talmud Torah Temple, where the audience becomes the congregation hearing the case and bearing witness to its outcome. Cushman stages the first two scenes in the lobby, with viewers as citizens in an Amsterdam
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that welcomes Jews. The script is often fascinating, a battle of wits in which Spinoza tries hard not to step into the traps set for him by the manipulative Valkenburgh in the first act and the more caring, emotionally involved Mortera, relying on Jewish catechism, in the second. Though some of the arguments aren’t easy to follow, Ives cleverly balances the dramatic and the theoretical. Athanasopoulos captures Spinoza’s charm and playfulness, his love of thought and his platonic devotion to Clara (Amy Keating), a Christian drawn to Spinoza. Still, the actor’s philosophical arguments could be more passionate. Hanrahan’s Valkenburgh has his own charisma, though the writing reveals moments of insensitivity and
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flashes of anti-Semitism. Spinoza’s world includes his painter friend Simon (James Graham) and his half-sister, Rebekah (Sascha Cole), who comes on like a malevolent fury, castigating her brother for perceived ills. Cole’s performance is strong, as is that of Keating, whose Clara bears the tragic brunt of having her mind opened by Spinoza. It’s Nashman, though, who does the most riveting work as Mortera, at first doubtful that his star student would dare defy centuries of teaching and later a vengeful angel determined to JON KAPLAN extirpate heresy.
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by Bruno Coppens (Théâtre français de Toronto). Coppens performs his comedic cabaret to celebrate his 50th birthday. Runs to Mar 30, Thu-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat 3:30 pm, Sun 2:30 pm. $30-$57 limited rush $20. Berkeley Street Theatre, 26 Berkeley, Upstairs. 416-534-6604, theatrefrancais.com. New Ideas Festival (Alumnae Theatre). The annual showcase of new writing, works-inprogress and experimental theatre and staged readings. Runs to Mar 30, Thu-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat-Sun 2:30 pm, Sat readings at noon. $15, Sat readings pwyc, festival pass $40. 70 Berkeley. 416-364-4170, alumnaetheatre.com. New Jerusalem by David Ives (Harold Green Jewish Theatre). A Jewish philosopher’s radical ideas threaten his community’s safety in 17th-century Amsterdam (see review, this page). Runs to Apr 13, Tue-Thu and Sat 8 pm, Sun 7 pm, mat Wed 1 pm, Sun 2 pm. $30-$60.
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8 pm. $20, stu $15. 163 Sterling, unit 5. sterlingstudiotheatre.com. Dark Matter (Circlesnake Productions). Captain Marlow must retrieve the brutal Kurtz from a distant space colony in this adaptation of Joseph Conrad’s Heart Of Darkness (see review, page 62). Runs to Apr 6, Thu-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $20, Sun pwyc ($10 reserved). The Storefront Theatre, 955 Bloor W. c irclesnake. com. NNN (Jordan Bimm) Desperate Church Wives by Diane Johnstone (Under the Blood Productions). Church ladies are upset when a minister’s wife is busted for prostitution in this solo comedy. Runs to Mar 29, Thu-Sat 8 pm. $15, stu/srs $10. Red Sandcastle Theatre, 922 Queen E. totix.ca. Elegies: A Song Cycle (Acting Up Stage Company). This celebration of the life and music of William Finn with biographical and fictional elements. Runs to Apr 13, TueSat 8 pm, mat Sat-Sun 2 pm. $30-$50. Daniels Spectrum, 585 Dundas E, Aki Studio Theatre. 1-800-838-3006, actingupstage.com. Jesus Christ Superstar by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber (City Centre Musical Productions). Judas makes a fateful choice in this musical. Runs to Mar 30, Thu-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat-Sun 2 pm. $28, stu/srs $26. Meadowvale Theatre, 6315 Montevideo, Mississauga. encoreseries.ca. Lungs by Duncan Macmillan (Tarragon Theatre). A young couple discusses the idea of having a child, setting off a series of explosions in their relationship. Macmillan’s script sometimes recycles the same ideas, but his vernacular writing is sharp, as are the performances of Brendan Gall and Lesley Faulkner under Weyni Mengesha’s direction. Runs to Mar 30, Tue-Sat 8 pm, Sat-Sun 2:30 pm. $21$53, rush $13. 30 Bridgman, Extra Space. 416531-1827, tarragontheatre.com. NNNN (JK) Magic @ The Cage (Abracadabaret). Magicians, mind readers and mystery entertainers
perform weekly magic and comedy. Runs to Jun 29, Sun and Tue 7 pm. $15-$20. The Cage 292, 292 College, Crimson Lounge. 416-9951736, abracadabaret.com/cage. Marry Me A Little by Stephen Sondheim (Tarragon Theatre). Director Adam Brazier brings an inventiveness to his staging of Craig Lucas and Norman René’s revue of songs, many of them cut from Sondheim musicals and shoehorned here into a vague narrative about the rise and fall of a relationship between a composer (Adrian Marchuk) and a singer (Elodie Gillett). The performers are talented singing actors, and the set and musical direction are effective, but connecting the songs with what’s happening onstage is like forcing square pegs into round holes. Things don’t fit. Runs to Apr 6, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mat SatSun 2:30 pm. $27-$53, rush $13. 30 Bridgman. 416-531-1827, tarragontheatre.com. NNN (GS) Me Talking To Myself In The Future by Marie Brassard (Infrarouge/Buddies in Bad Times Theatre). In the future, a dying old woman drifts among the thoughts of someone in the present. Runs to Apr 6, Tue-Sat 8pm, Sun 2:30 pm. $20-$37, Sun pwyc. 12 Alexander. 416975-8555, buddiesinbadtimes.com.
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his stellar cast, who shine – especially in two contrasting sketches about young dudes (played by the women) and middle-aged women (played by the men). Don’t miss it. Limited run, Tue-Thu 8 pm, Fri 7:30 pm, SatSun 7:30 & 10 pm. $25-$29. 51 Mercer. 416343-0011, secondcity.com. NNNNN (GS) YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN presents Darryl Lenox. To Mar 29, Thu-Sat 8 pm (and Fri-Sat 10:30 pm). $13-$22. 224 Richmond W. 416967-6425, yukyuks.com.
Friday, March 28 Absolute Comedy See Thu 27. BEERPROV Jim Robinson presents 12 perform-
ers competing in improv games. 10:30 pm. $15. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. beerprov.com. CATCH 23 Comedy Bar presents a weekly improv pit fight. 8 pm. $10. 945 Bloor W. 416-551-6540, comedybar.ca. CRAIG FERGUSON: HOT AND GRUMPY Just for Laughs presents the Scottish comic and Late Late Show host in a live show. 7 pm. $45.50$65.50. Massey Hall, 178 Victoria. 416-8724255, masseyhall.com. Felipe Esparza See Thu 27. HIRUT HOOT Hirut Fine Ethiopian Cuisine presents Rose Giles, Ali Hassan, JJ Liberman, Sally Smith-Fitch, Terry McGuerrin, Alex Nussbaum, Zabrina Chevannes and host Carolyn Bennett. 9 pm. $5. 2050 Danforth. 416-551-7560. THE JOKEBOX Impulsive Entertainment presents the monthly show w/ Hannah Hogan, Ben Miner, 2 Weird Ladies, Birch Street Crooners, host Matt Nadeau and others. 10 pm. $10. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. facebook.com/ TheJokeboxComedyLounge. Sixteen Scandals See Thu 27. TOP SHELF COMEDY presents The Main Event, a weekly pro headliner and others. 9:30 pm. $5. St Louis Bar & Grill, 1963 Queen E. 416637-7427. Yuk Yuk’s Downtown See Thu 27.
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1515 Gerrard E. lazydaisyscafe.ca. RED ROCKET COMEDY presents a weekly show w/ host Joel West and guests. 8 pm. Free. Red Rocket Coffee, 1364 Danforth. 416-406-0880, redrocketcoffee.com. Sixteen Scandals See Thu 27. Yuk Yuk’s Downtown See Thu 27.
Sunday, March 30 Absolute Comedy See Thu 27. DROP & GIVE ME 20! Comedy Bar present up-
and-coming comics doing 20 minutes w/ Nick Martinello, Darren Springer, Jordan Foisy and host Marc Hallworth. 8 pm. Pwyc. 945 Bloor W. c omedybar.ca. MAD LAUGHS AND A SONG Madison Avenue Pub presents a weekly open-mic comedy show & karaoke contest. 8 pm. Free. 14 Madison. 416-927-1722, madisonavenuepub.com.
THE NUBIAN DISCIPLES ALL BLACK COMEDY REVUE: MARCH MADNESS Yuk Yuk’s Downtown
presents the monthly show w/ Kris Bonaparte, Mark James Heath, Mike Demisse, Mike Rita, Kerby Darius, headliner Mark Trinidad, host Kenny Robinson and others. 8:30 pm. $20. 224 Richmond W. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com. Sixteen Scandals See Thu 27. SUNDAY NIGHT LIVE The Sketchersons present a weekly sketch and live music show. 9 pm. $10. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. comedybar.ca.
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Saturday, March 29 Absolute Comedy See Thu 27. Felipe Esparza See Thu 27. MOTHERLOAD COMEDY Lazy Daisy’s Cafe
Steph Tolev plays the Fools For A Cause benefit on April 1.
ALTDOT COMEDY LOUNGE Rivoli presents raham Chittenden, Sara Hennessey, ChrisG tophe Davidson, Alex Nussbaum, Marc Hallworth, Winston Spear, Marito Lopez, David Heti, MC Andrew Johnston and others. 9 pm. $5. 332 Queen W. altdotcomedylounge.com.
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Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge, Studio Theatre. 1-855-985-2787, hgjewishtheatre.com. NNN (JK) OLD LOVE by Norm Foster (Sirius Theatrical Company). Repressed emotions surface for a woman and her late husband’s employee at the husband’s funeral. Runs to Mar 30, ThuSat 8 pm, Sun 2:30 pm. $25, stu/srs $20. Mimico Presbyterian Church, 119 Mimico. siriustheatrical.com. RAIN: A TRIBUTE TO THE BEATLES (Mirvish). This multimedia show recreates performances from the 60s and 70s. Runs to Mar 30, Tue-Fri 8 pm, mat Sat-Sun 2 pm. $32-$119. Royal Alexandra Theatre, 260 King W. 416-8721212, mirvish.com. ROAD by Jim Cartwright (Theatre @ York). In 1980s England, the unemployed residents of a small town use sex, religion, nostalgia, suicide and drink to escape their bleak reality. Runs to Mar 29, daily at 7:30 pm, mat Fri 1 pm. $17, stu/srs $12. York University, 4700 Keele, Joseph G Green Studio. 416-736-5888, theatre.finearts.yorku.ca.
SINGULAR SENSATION: A MUSIC THEATRE OPEN MIC (Jennifer Walls). Sing showtunes with a
live band and see previews of upcoming works at this weekly show. Mondays 10 pm. Free. Statler’s, 487 Church. 416-922-0487. 6 ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS by Priscila Uppal (Factory Theatre). The stage version of Uppal’s memoir about confronting the mother who abandoned her family when the author was a child is a piece of magic realism, as lively and raucous as a Rio Carnival. The parts don’t come together into a satisfying whole, but director Leah Cherniak gets strong comic work from her actors, especially Elizabeth Saunders as the larger-than-life mother and Maggie Huculak as the willful grandmother. Runs to Mar 30, Tue-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $27$42, mat pwyc. 125 Bathurst, Mainspace. 416-504-9971, factorytheatre.ca. NNN (JK) A SPECTACLE OF PLAY (Hercinia Arts Collective). This compilation of new and remounted works feature circus art forms including aerial silks, hoop, trapeze, clown, puppetry and more. Runs to Mar 28, Thu-Fri 8 pm. $20-$25.
CHEAP LAUGHS MONDAY PJ O’Briens Irish Pub
presents a weekly open mic w/ Russell Roy and guests. 9:30 pm. Free. 39 Colborne. 416815-7562. GET HAPPY! Smiling Buddha presents a weekly open mic w/ hosts Scott Barkley & Scott Topolinsky. 8 pm. Free. 961 College. facebook. com/smilingbuddhaTO. IMPERIAL COMEDY SHOW Imperial Pub presents a weekly show. 9:30 pm. Free. 54 Dundas E. 416-977-4667, imperialcomedy.com. OFFICE PUB COMEDY presents 12 pros and amateurs each week w/ hosts Cassandra Sansosti and Blayne Smith. 8 pm. Free. The Office Pub, 117 John. 416-977-1900.
Tuesday, April 1 THE FIRESTARTER Fox & Fiddle presents weekly
pros and random lotto spots w/ host Kyle Andrews. 8:30 pm. Free. 280 Bloor W. 416-9664369. FOOLS FOR A CAUSE presents a comedy show to benefit the Friends for Life Foundation w/ Matt O’Brien, Mark DeBonis, Aisha Alfa, Steph Tolev, host James Kersley and others. 7:30 pm. $5-$10. Eton House, 710 Danforth. ticketpicket.com/foolsforacause. FOUNTAIN ABBEY The Fountain presents stand-up w/ hosts Diana Love and Julia Hladkowicz. 8 pm. Free. 1261 Dundas W. juliacomedy.com. PROPEN MIC Comedy Bar presents a weekly pro open-mic show followed by lottery spots. 9 pm. $5. 945 Bloor W. comedybar.ca. SIXTEEN SCANDALS See Thu 27. THE SKIN OF MY NUTS presents a weekly open mic w/ host Vandad Kardar. 9:30 pm. Free. Sonic Espresso Bar, 60 Cecil. facebook.com/ skinofmynuts. TERRIFIC WOMEN The Ossington presents comedy styled as a 70s cable access show w/ Andrew Johnston, Kathleen Phillips, Evany Rosen, hosts Steph Kaliner & Sara Hennessey and others. 9 pm. Pwyc. 61 Ossington. theossington.com. TUESDAY HEADLINER SERIES COMEDY Imperial Pub presents host Danny Polishchuk and guests. 9:30 pm. Free. 54 Dundas E. 416-9774667, imperialcomedy.com. WHEEL OF IMPROV Natasha Boomer presents the weekly non-competitive competitive games game-show. 9:30 pm. $5. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. comedybar.ca. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN presents the Humber School of Comedy at 7:30 pm, Launching Pad for new stand-ups at 9:30 pm, every Tue. $4/ show. 224 Richmond W. yukyuks.com.
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The Bat Cave, 1173 Dundas E. herciniarts.com. THE TRIAL OF KEN GASS by Bobby Del Rio (Hlibka Entertainment Inc). In a Kafkaesque series of interrogations, theatre star Ken Gass is put on trial for crimes he is not aware of. A different actor plays Gass each night. Runs to Apr 3, Sun-Thu and Sat 8 pm, mat Sun 2:30 pm. $15, Sun pwyc. Big Picture Cinema, 1035 Gerrard E. 416-466-3636, guestlistapp.com/ events/233787. UNDER THE SKIN by Betty Lambert (Unit 102 Actor’s Company). Destructive tendencies are revealed as three characters deal with the disappearance of a young girl. Runs to Mar 29, Thu-Sat 8 pm. $20. Unit 102 Theatre, 376 Dufferin. unit102theatre.com. UPTOWN ABBEY (Mysteriously Yours... Dinner Theatre). Trouble follows an English lord and his American wife in this interactive dinnertheatre mystery. Runs to Apr 5, Fri-Sat 8 pm, see website for full schedule. $40-$85. 2026 Yonge. 416-486-7469, mysteriouslyyours.com. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE by Maurice Sendak (Presentation House Theatre). This interactive adaptation of Sendak’s classic book about a boy whose imagination takes him to an island of Wild Things will delight both kids and parents. As Max and his narrating mother, Raes Calvert and Linda A. Carson draw us into the storytelling. Runs to Mar 30, see website for schedule. $15-$29. Young People’s Theatre, 165 Front E, Studio. 416-8622222, youngpeoplestheatre.ca. NNNN (JK)
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I’LL BE BACK BEFORE MIDNIGHT by Peter Colley (Drayton Entertainment). A city couple rents a haunted farmhouse in this comedy. Runs to Mar 30, see website for schedule. $25-$42. St Jacobs Country Playhouse, 40 Benjamin E, Waterloo. draytonentertainment.com. TWIST AND SHOUT: THE BRITISH INVASION by Alex Mustakas (Drayton Entertainment). This musical tribute celebrates the tunes of the Beatles, the Kinks and others. Runs to Mar 30, see website for schedule. $25-$42. Dunfield Theatre, 46 Grand S, Cambridge. 1-855-3729866, draytonentertainment.com. 3
Wednesday, April 2 ABSOLUTE COMEDY presents Pro-Am Night w/
headliner David Pryde, Azfar Ali, Peter Fulton, Michelle Doyle, Sean Walton, Sebastian Fazio, Xerxes Cortez and host Adam Growe. 8:30 pm. $6. 2335 Yonge. 416-486-7700, absolutecomedy.ca. CHUCKLE CO. PRESENTS weekly stand-up. 9:30 pm. $5. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. chuckleco. com. CORKTOWN COMEDY Corktown Productions presents an open-mic show w/ Chris Roberts, Katherine Ferns, Chris Finn, host Brian Coughlin and others. 9 pm. Free. Betty’s, 240 King E. 416-988-2675, corktowncomedy.com. FINAL FRONTIER Bad Dog Theatre Epic Wednesdays presents improv inspired by the Star Trek universe. 8 pm. $12, stu $10. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. 416-551-6540, baddogtheatre.com. HOLODECK FOLLIES The Dandies present a monthly sci fi-inspired improv comedy variety show w/ stand-up by Zabrina Chevannes and sketch comedy by Rulers of the Universe. 8 pm. $10. Black Swan Comedy, 154 Danforth, 2nd fl. improvdandies.wordpress.com. MAGIC OVEN COMEDY presents weekly standup. 8-10 pm. Free. Magic Oven, 347 Keele. facebook.com/MagicOvenKeele. 120 WEDNESDAYS OPEN MIC Club 120 presents comics, burlesque and novelty performers w/ TS comedian Mandy Goodhandy and others. 9 pm. Free. 120 Church. club120.ca. PEOPLE CITY Bad Dog Repertory Players present unscripted shows that give an improvised glimpse into 1970s Toronto. To Apr 2, Wednesdays 9:30 pm. $12, stu $10. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. baddogtheatre.com. SIREN’S COMEDY Celt’s Pub presents open-mic stand-up w/ host Marc Hallworth and headliner Ryan Dillon. 8:30 pm. Free. 2872 Dundas W. 416-767-3339. SIXTEEN SCANDALS See Thu 27. SPIRITS COMEDY Spirits Bar & Grill presents one of T.O.’s longest-running weekly comedy nights. 9 pm. Free. 642 Church. 416-967-0001. TOP SHELF COMEDY presents The Spotlight, a weekly night of top comics. 9 pm. $5. WAYLA Bar, 996 Queen E. 416-901-5570. TORONTO COMEDY CAVERN presents a weekly show w/ host Adam Jamal. 8:30 pm. Free. Cavern Bar, 76 Church. 416-971-4440. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN presents Alex Nussbaum. To Apr 6, Wed-Sun 8 pm (and Fri-Sat 10:30 pm). $13-$22. 224 Richmond W. 416967-6425, yukyuks.com. 3
Ash Moniz’s installation Synaesthete turns into a rallying cry against Chinese authorities.
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Both Martin Golland and Ash Moniz explore landscape, Golland locating it in memory and Moniz showing its erasure by development. But they do it in different media. The paintings in Golland’s Arcadia show occupy the front gallery of Birch Contemporary, and the installation, sculpture and video works of Moniz’s Setting In Motion the back gallery. Golland’s landscapes emerge from abstraction. His strength is his ability to conjure a convincing gestalt of a location out of fragmented elements. He combines pieces of remembered landscape, washes of colour and quotes from photographs at the start of a composition, then paints from that. Raised and well travelled in the Mediterranean region, Golland infuses his canvases with the timeless warmth of the area without tipping into postcard sentimentality. What
we get, in fact, is rigour balanced by an incredibly subtle sense of colour. Are Golland’s landscapes located in memory, in perception or in the sites themselves? While the answer forever remains debatable, his investigations are deeply pleasurable. Moniz plays with the tension between the brute force of bureaucracy’s letter-of-the-law regulations and individual self-determination. His installation centres around a series of government-ordered evictions from buildings in Nanjing slated for demolition. Some of his interventions represent deliberately obscure actions designed to cause all manner of legal and regulatory panic at Chinese customs: packing a large plastic bag of white plaster dust from the demolition site in his luggage, or carrying the allowed weight of carry-on luggage in the form of actual weights. Moniz hopes to expose the often random and absurd boundaries and fault lines of power as it is exercised by an authoritarian government. The video here consists of interviews with one particularly stubborn group of
THIS WEEK IN THE MUSEUMS ART GALLERY OF HAMILTON Kim Adams, to
May 4. Tyler Tekatch, to May 25. Art For A Century: 100 For The 100th, to Feb 22, 2015. $10, stu/srs $8, free first Fri of month 5-9 pm. 123 King W (Hamilton). 905-527-6610. ART GALLERY OF MISSISSAUGA Form, Colour, Line; HyunRyoung Kim, to Apr 18. 300 City Centre (Mississauga). 905-896-5088. ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO Light My Fire: Five Propositions About Portraits, to Apr 30. Brian Jungen and Duane Linklater, to Jun 15. Elevated: Contemporary Art In The AGO Tower, to Oct 12. $19.50, srs $16, stu $11, free Wed 6-8:30 pm. 317 Dundas W. 416-979-6648. ART GALLERY OF YORK U Camilla Singh, Apr 2-Jun 16, reception 6-9 pm, Performance Bus 6:15 pm Apr 2 (from 300 Simcoe). 4700 Keele, Accolade E bldg. 416-736-5169. BATA SHOE MUSEUM Out Of The Box: The Rise Of Sneaker Culture, to Mar 30. $14, srs $12, stu $8. 327 Bloor W. 416-979-7799. BLACKWOOD GALLERY Up One Side + Down The Other: Art and art history grads, to Apr 6. 3359 Mississauga N. 905-828-3789. BURLINGTON ART CENTRE John Willard, to Mar 30. STACKS, to Apr 27. 1333 Lakeshore (Burlington). 905-632-7796.
CITY OF TORONTO ARCHIVES Life On The Grid:
100 Years Of Street Photography, to May 31. 255 Spadina Rd. 416-397-0778. DESIGN EXCHANGE This Is Not A Toy, to May 18, panel 6:30 pm Apr 1. Emerging Designer Competition, to May 19. $10, stu/srs $8. 234 Bay. 416-363-6121. DORIS McCARTHY GALLERY Glam North: Doris McCarthy And Her New Contemporaries, to Apr 26. 1265 Military Trail. 416-287-7007. GARDINER MUSEUM Ron Thom And The Allied Arts, to Apr 27 $12, stu $6, srs $8; Fri 4-9 pm half-price. 111 Queen’s Park. 416-586-8080. JUSTINA M. BARNICKE David Buchan, Apr 1-May 3. 7 Hart House. 416-978-8398. McMICHAEL CANADIAN ART COLLECTION Mary Pratt, to Apr 27. Changing Tides: Contemporary Art Of Newfoundland And Labrador, to Jun 1. $15, stu/srs $12. 10365 Islington (Kleinburg). 905-893-1121. MOCCA Misled By Nature: Contemporary Art And The Baroque, to Apr 6. 952 Queen W. 416-395-0067. OAKVILLE GALLERIES The Talking Cure; Olia Mishchenko, to May 11. Gairloch Gdns, 1306 Lakeshore E; Centennial Sq, 120 Navy (Oak-
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Asian Short Film + Video, to May 3. 401 Richmond W #110. 416-979-9633. BAU-XI PHOTO Joshua Jensen-Nagle, to Mar 29. 324 Dundas W. 416-977-0400. DANIEL FARIA GALLERY Painting/textiles: Hanna Hur, Mar 28-Apr 26, reception 6-8 pm Mar 28. 188 St Helens. 416-538-1880. DIAZ CONTEMPORARY Pierre Dorion and Elizabeth McIntosh, Mar 27-Apr 26, reception 6-8 pm Mar 28. 100 Niagara. 416-361-2972. GALLERY 44 Video/photos: Aura Satz and Maryse Goudreau, to Apr 19. 401 Richmond W #120. 416-979-3941. GLADSTONE HOTEL Textiles: Hard Twist 2014 – This Is Personal, to Apr 27. Illustration: If Walls Could Talk group show, to Mar 30. 1214 Queen W. 416531-4635. JESSICA BRADLEY GALLERY Jeremy Hof, Mar 27-Apr 26, reception 6:30-8:30 pm Mar 28. 74 Miller. 416-537-3125. KATHARINE MULHERIN Shauna Born, Mar 27-May 4, reception 6-9 pm Mar 27. 1082/1086 Queen W. 416-993-6510. KATZMAN CONTEMPORARY Nestor Kruger and Sally Späth, Mar 28-Apr 26, reception 6-9 pm Mar 28. 86 Miller. 416504-9515. KOFFLER GALLERY Sigalit Landau, to Apr 6. 180 Shaw. 647-925-0643. NICHOLAS METIVIER Photos: Michael Awad, Mar 27-Apr 19, reception 6-8 pm Mar 27. 451 King W. 416-205-9000. OCAD U Project 31, preview/reception 6 pm, auction 7:30 pm Mar 27 ($95, ocad. ca/project31). 100 McCaul. 416-9776000. PAUL PETRO Sadko Hadzihasanovic and Darryl Nepinak, Mar 28-Apr 26, reception 7-10 pm Mar 28. 980 Queen W. 416979-7874. WALNUT CONTEMPORARY Painting: Chris Walsh, to Apr 15. 201 Niagara. 416-2716599. XPACE Performance: FADO Emerging Artist Series: 11:45PM; panel 6:30 pm Mar 29. 303 Lansdowne. 416-849-2864.
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ville). 905-844-4402.
POWER PLANT Massimiliano Gioni, Inter-
national Lecture Series talk 7 pm Mar 27 (Studio Theatre, $15). Mike Nelson, to May 19. 231 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4949. ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM The Forbidden City: Inside The Court Of China’s Emperors, to Sep 1 ($27, stu/srs $24.50). $16, stu/srs $14.50; Fri 4:30-8:30 pm $10, stu/srs $9. 100 Queen’s Park. 416-586-8000. RYERSON IMAGE CENTRE Mary Anderson; Black Star Subject: Canada; Robert Burley, Phil Bergerson and Elisa Julia Gilmour, to Apr 13. 33 Gould. 416-979-5164. SPADINA MUSEUM Dressing For Downton, to Apr 13 ($25-$30). 285 Spadina Rd. 416-3926910. TEXTILE MUSEUM Heather Goodchild and Jérôme Havre, to Apr 13. From Geisha To Diva: The Kimonos Of Ichimaru, to May 11. $15, srs $10, stu $6; pwyc Wed 5-8 pm. 55 Centre. 416-599-5321. VARLEY ART GALLERY Colour, In Theory, to May 4. $5, stu/srs $4. 216 Main (Unionville). 905477-9511. 3
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MUSIC ñFROG By Emma Donoghue
The bestselling author shrugs off her huge success with contemporary mega-hit Room and makes her full-length follow-up a stellar bawdy mystery set in the underworld of 1870s San Francisco.
Rating: NNNN Bestselling author Emma Donoghue’s first full-length follow-up to her contemporary bestseller, Room, returns her to the historical fiction that first brought her attention. Former circus performer Blanche has immigrated from Paris to 1876 San Francisco with her boyfriendturned-pimp, where she performs as a stripper, turning tricks on the side. When she meets cross-dressing frog-catcher Jenny, she finds new meaning in friendship, then finally recovers the baby she gave up at birth and tries to bond with her son. The story opens with Jenny’s murder and moves back and forth through time until the mystery surrounding her death is resolved. Donoghue has complete control of the narrative, vividly evoking an anomalously steaming- hot city coping with a smallpox epidemic. While expanding her historical precision to include scores of musical tidbits from songs popular at the time, she refuses to moralize about Blanche’s professional choices and delivers a subtly queer, rowdy tale. A real page-turner.
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essential Spring Reading List No, so far so good. I risk going deeper, asking Donoghue about the sex scenes, which are sometimes bawdy, explicit, disturbing, always intense. “I’m a very physically timid person, so when I get to write scenes in which my character is doing something physically extreme I get to live vicariously. I’m such a good girl. I don’t drink alcohol – I don’t like the taste – and I’ve never taken a mood-altering drug in my life, so to inhabit Blanche was fun on every level.” And Blanche, who’s obviously deeply exploited by her pimp and madam, has no dreary moral epiphanies. “I didn’t want to force her to sober up and get all maternal. I didn’t want it to be a conversion novel. So there’s a reason that, when she’s on the train with her baby, she says, ‘Mama’s gonna still need fucking.” Donoghue’s practically shouting now above the din of the restaurant, which makes me look with concern at the next table. I’m relieved to see the kids are chowing down on burgers and the parents are paying no attention. Though Donoghue eagerly dove into Blanche’s underworld, it was the cross-dresser aspect that first attracted her to the story. She’s always been interested in outsiders, especially those who challenge gender conventions. “I have a thing for cross-dressers, but a lot of cross-dressing stories are kind of glum.” Donoghue puts on a pretend grim tone – “She passed as a bricklayer before being exposed” – then switches to her usual conversational mode. “But this isn’t a story about passing. Jenny’s a known crossdresser. She does it over and over again even though she keeps getting arrested. She wisecracks with the police, with the reporters, even in court, and she struck me as a uniquely cheeky, playful figure. Female masculinity, sure, but performed with such sparkle. She’s the kind of person who would die young.” A research fanatic, Donoghue admits that sometimes you don’t want too much source material; a surfeit of it threatened to overwhelm her when she was learning about The Sealed Letter’s wealthy characters. “Horace Walpole [a politician and historian in the Sealed Letter’s era] left 40 volumes of correspondence, and I thought, ‘Oh god, Horace, I don’t want to know. Let me make it up.’ I remember vowing never to write about rich people again.” So Donoghue’s happy to be writing this time out about the outlaws usually ignored by the historical record. “Frog Music is about the scum of society who leave their mark only when they end up in trouble with the law. They don’t appear in voter records, most didn’t have birth certificates. So sources were difficult.” Not that she’s ever let the facts stop the story from hurtling forward. Details about her settings are always precise, and Life Mask, which is set in England at the time of the French Revolution, can teach you a ton about how terrified the elites were about what was going on in Europe. But she’s a superb storyteller and her narratives always rip right along. “You never want to feel like you’ve stopped the narrative to give a lecture. The whole thing grinds to a halt as you talk about how bad conditions were for silk workers. You can practically see the cut-and-paste marks.” Celebrities seldom parachute into her works even when they could plausibly appear. She loathes name-dropping. “I hate it when historical fiction happens to feature every œcontinued from page 66
And her new release, Frog Music, also based on real people, is set in 1870s San Francisco, where well-known stripper and prostitute Blanche – who’s had to give up her baby – befriends cross- dressing frog-catcher Jenny, who gets knocked off in the very first chapter. Before Room sent her career into the stratosphere, real-life tidbits inspired a series of wildly entertaining novels: Slammerkin (2000), about an 18th-century street prostitute who, after she starts work at a linen shop, will kill – literally – to escape a confining middle-class existence; Life Mask (2004), tracking the scandalous relationship between two women, a famous sculptor and a celebrated actor; and The Sealed Letter (2008), recalling a tabloid-friendly divorce that had Britain in thrall in the 1860s. “I love the tug that the facts exert on the fiction,” says the ebullient Irish-born, London, Ontario-based author, taking off her hat and tossing her red hair as she slips into a seat at the bar
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across from the ROM. “It’s like nailing fabric to a wall. There are these hard little facts and the stretchy, stretchy fiction, and there’s a wonderful tension between the two.” Donoghue, who speaks in whole paragraphs, has a sharp- sounding voice, and conversations with her are always freewheeling. As we delve into Frog Music’s sexual content, I’m hyper-aware that, this being March break, there are children in the room. How outrageous will the conversation get? “The girl in Slammerkin is a 14-year-old child prostitute, brutalized, numb. She doesn’t feel a single thing. It’s a grim economic trade. But I didn’t want to do a second novel that says prostitution sucks. “Blanche is such a pleasure-seeker in terms of alcohol and friendships and ‘Whoops, where’s my baby?,’ so I made her a prostitute who likes sex, even rough sex, even borderline non-consensual sex, but who eventually says, ‘Fuck off, I won’t do that.’” I check to see whether anyone in the room is looking our way.
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“ Blanche is a pleasureseeker and I’m physically timid, so when my character goes to physical extremes I get to live vicariously. I don’t drink alcohol and I’ve never taken drugs, so to inhabit Blanche was fun. ”
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MEDICINE WALK
by Richard Wagamese (McClelland & Stewart) Franklin can’t stand his father, Eldon, a derelict drunk who never fulfills his commitments. But when terminally ill Eldon asks his son to take him to his final resting place, Franklin hears his story in ways that dramatically change his perspective. A Canada Reads finalist for Indian Horse, Wagamese keeps the narrative fresh, divulging key bits of information at just the right moments. He launches the novel April 3 at the Toronto Reference Library.
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MOVING FORWARD SIDEWAYS LIKE A CRAB
by Shani Mootoo (Doubleday) Giller-shortlisted Shani Mootoo (Cereus Blooms At Night) offers a compelling tale about a Toronto author who returns to his childhood home in Trinidad to discover that his mother is now a man. Mootoo’s prose has always vividly evoked both the island and Canadian urban landscape, but it’s the poignancy of this story that makes Crab memorable. Mootoo reads May 7 at Harbourfront.
Bookstores may be going under – the Cookbook Store, the World’s Biggest Bookstore and, most lamentably, Book City’s Bloor West location – but stories are more powerful than ever. Whether you’re reading them the old-school way or on your e-reader, as PDFs or online, here are this spring’s majormust-reads.
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by Tamai Kobayashi (Goose Lane) Tamai Kobayashi lives up to the promise of her previous story collections with a strong debut novel about eight- year-old Egg, whose family operates an ostrich farm on the Prairies and is reeling after the sudden death of their eldest child. It’s an emotionally charged story about loss and love from the point of view of a precocious young outsider. Kobayashi launches her book Thursday (March 27) at Another Story.
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by Rae Spoon and Ivan E. Coyote (Arsenal Pulp) In these autobiographical works, Rae Spoon and Ivan E. Coyote – both superb storytellers and self-described “gender failures” – reveal their unsuccessful attempts to fit into society’s binary gender norms. Sometimes heartbreaking, sometime hilarious, these outlaws’ tales make a convincing argument that gender expectations fail us all. Available now. Spoon and Coyote launch the book here with a multimedia stage show at the Gladstone on April 23.
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FIRE IN THE UNNAMEABLE COUNTRY
by Ghalib Islam (Hamish Hamilton) Ghalib Islam takes dystopian visions to new heights in this dark tale about a man trying to uncover the secret to his country’s inner rot. The nation’s leader can read minds and record their content, a mysterious viral outbreak has broken out, and people are gambling for body parts. Islam delivers a ton of plot twists in inventive language. Hard to believe this is a debut novel. Islam appears at L’Espresso Bar Mercurio on April 4 as part of the Spur Festival. NO.
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by David Adams Richards (Doubleday) Three brothers make a blood bond they swear they’ll never break after being left in a forest by adults who should know better. The boys are implicated in a terrible accident, and when they part ways as adults it looks like their bond will break. But those ties are stronger than they think – not necessarily in good ways – in this powerful story from the Giller-winning novelist. Richards reads May 21 at Harbourfront.
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by André Alexis (Coach House) André Alexis’s title refers to spiritual guidance and rural life in this story of a priest whose faith is shaken when he’s assigned to a parish in the rural outpost of Barrow, Ontario. Not only does Alexis deftly mix humour with seriousness of intent, but he succeeds at something even more unusual – hauling an old genre into the 21st century. Pastoral launches April 3 at the Garrison.
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by Peter Norman (Douglas & McIntyre) Lance Blunt has never learned to read and hopes that someone at Emberton Dictionary – where he’s interviewing for a job – can teach him. But things are weird at Emberton Tower. What sinister project is the owner working on? Why do executives keep vanishing from their offices? And what’s up with the hot – and very mysterious – etymologist? Language itself is at stake in this ingenious puzzle book. Available now.
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ALL MY PUNY SORROWS
by Miriam Toews (Knopf) Miriam Toews hasn’t grown complacent since winning the 2010 Writers’ Trust Engel/Findley Prize for her body of work. She’s deepened her craft. Her last book, Irma Voth, continued her hot streak, and her new novel goes inside a troubled family once again. In a tender tale of hope and loss, mercurial and brilliant concert pianist Elfrieda is considering suicide while her sister, who’s made just about every bad personal choice possible, tries to stop her. Toews reads at Harbourfront April 30. NO.
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by Nadia Bozak (House of Anansi) The second instalment of Bozak’s border trilogy follows Honey. She hasn’t seen her mother in years and, when she finally decides to visit, can’t find her anywhere. Chávez, a human trafficker, supposedly has the answer and takes her on a very risky journey. As they travel through the southwestern desert, the tension mounts. Bozak reads May 21 at SGC Harbourfront.
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SOLID SLATE AT CINEFRANO Catch French-language films you won’t see any other way By NORMAN WILNER CINÉFRANCO at the Royal Cinema (608 College) from Friday (March 28) to April 6. For listings see Indie & Rep Film, page 84. 2014.cinefranco.com
You expect certain things from Cinéfranco, Toronto’s annual festival of French-language cinema from around the globe: a couple of TIFF films, a number from nations not known for their film exports, plus a programming strategy that mixes period pieces, comedies, contemporary dramas and thrillers almost at random. These are all positive attributes; over its 17 years, Cinéfranco has made unpredictability its strength, importing movies Toronto audiences might never otherwise see in a theatre – or at all. Back at the Royal for its second straight year, Cinéfranco 2014 is once again a grab bag – but a lot of the stuff I pulled out is pretty solid. Marion Vernoux’s Bright Days Ahead (Saturday, 6:30 pm, rating: NNNN) is a charming romantic drama starring the magnificent Fanny Ardant as a retired dentist who recoils at the notion of seniorhood and renews herself through a flirtation with a younger man (Laurent Lafitte). My colleague Radheyan Simonpillai embraced it at TIFF last fall, and I’m happy to second that endorsement.
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Another French superstar is the main attraction in On My Way (Monday, 6:30 pm, rating: NNN), a somewhat ragged road movie from actor-turned-director Emmanuelle Bercot (Backstage). Catherine Deneuve plays a bistro owner who impulsively abandons her life to hit the road and winds up bonding with her grandson (Nemo Schiffman) as they drive across France. It’s messy, but it makes more and more sense as it goes on, and Deneuve clearly relishes the chance to play against the frosty, composed persona that made her a global icon. Yet another familiar face, Daniel Auteuil (Jean De Florette, Manon Of The Spring, Caché) has started a new career as a director in recent years, making three feature films out of author Marcel Pagnol’s Marseille Trilogy. The first two, Marius (Sunday, 2 pm, rating: NNN) and Fanny (Sunday, 4:15 pm, rating: NNN), screen Sunday afternoon. They’re pleasant enough diversions, following a handful of characters through various romantic and personal confusions in a sunkissed 1920s Marseilles, but Auteuil and his co-stars work awfully hard to bring old jokes to life. There isn’t an especially strong Canadian presence this year, though we do get The Scar (Saturday, 2 pm, rating: NNN), a showy psychological thrill-
Laurent Lafitte and Fanny Ardant (above) star in Bright Days Ahead; Catherine Deneuve plays against type with Nemo Schiffman in On My Way.
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er from writer-director Jimmy Larouche about a middle-aged man (Marc Béland) who comes face to face with his high school bully (Patrick Goyette) at a hockey game and decides to exact vengeance for something that happened three decades earlier. And speaking of old wounds, perhaps this year’s weirdest entry is Back In Crime (April 3, 8:15 pm, rating: NNNN), which applies the premise of the British TV series Life On Mars to a French policier about a homicide detective (Jean-Hugues Anglade) whose investigation of a murder catapults him back to 1989, where his younger self is chasing a serial killer about to embark on a 20-year spree. It’s nuts, but director and co-writer Germinal Alvarez knows it and makes the most of it, with Anglade and co-star Mélanie Thierry grounding the improbable action in an emotional reality. Sometimes that’s all a French time-travel serialkiller thriller needs, n’est-ce pas? 3 normw@nowtoronto.com | @wilnervision
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Soulful Lily Lily (Matt Creed), screening as part of Breast Fest on Saturday (March 29), 3:30 pm, at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema. 87 minutes. See Indie & Rep Film, page 84. Rating: NNN
Lily (Amy Grantham) goes through some serious changes as she completes breast cancer therapy in this canny entry at Breast Fest (March 28 to April 6). What sets Lily apart from diseaseof-the-week-type films is that it’s not about a woman who discovers she’s ill and goes through the devastating paces of chemo. She does get the news that she has the BRCA mutation, which increases the chances of her cancer recurring. But for the time being, she’s
been through the worst and faces her future with a completely new set of eyes. Suddenly her older boyfriend, Aaron, (Simon Chaput) seems selfish when talking about what trip they can take. Her mother (Rebecca Street) is full of painful positivity. The neighbours seem hopelessly hypocritical and Aaron’s friends preeningly elitist. The script, written by Grantham and director Matt Creed, makes some missteps: the strained metaphor in Lily’s plan to learn how to tap dance (and why does it seem like she’s already good at it?), the brooding walks through city streets. But Lily’s attempts to reconsider her career as an artist – and her tender interactions with her artist friends – give the film a lot of soul. SUSAN G. COLE
Tilda Swinton stars in the bold mystery Le Confessionnal, which screens at the Robert Lepage retrospective.
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Amy Grantham shows depth as a cancer survivor in Lily, at Breast Fest.
Retrospective displays Robert Lepage’s dreamy visions By NORMAN WILNER Robert Lepage: POSSIBLE WORLDS at TIFF Bell Lightbox
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(350 King West), from Thursday (March 27) to Tuesday (April 1). tiff.net/cinematheque/robertlepage Rating: NNNN
The cinema of Robert Lepage operates with a magnificent dream logic. Even when he’s making an utterly conventional film (admittedly, not very often), the Quebec filmmaker leaves room for his narratives to shift and evolve into different modalities. People can change. So can their stories. TIFF Cinematheque’s Robert Lepage: Possible Worlds celebrates the filmmaker with a high-speed retrospective, cramming six features (including his latest, Triptych), a high-definition screening of an opera and a documentary into five days. The series kicks off tonight (Thursday) at 6:30 pm with Lepage’s 1995 debut, Le Confessionnal, a brilliant and audacious murder mystery starring Lothaire Bluteau and Kristin Scott Thomas that plays out against the filming
of Alfred Hitchcock’s I Confess in 1952 Quebec City. It’s great, and its clever visual palette is sorely underserved by the crappy English-Canadian DVD. I’m hoping tonight’s screening of an archival print starts a push for a 20thanniversary Blu-ray restoration. Le Confessionnal also marks a clear declaration of Lepage’s central themes that storytellers are liars and other people are forever unknowable to us. That message stands out in Le Polygraphe (Saturday, 3:45 pm), about a young woman (Marie Brassard) cast in a movie about a murder to which she has a real-life connection, and in The Far Side Of The Moon (Tuesday, 9 pm), a subtle tour de force in which Lepage plays two very different brothers reunited by their mother’s death. Lepage’s cinematic approach speaks to his background in live theatre, where he marries dramatic stories with highly conceptualized staging in a manner that makes Cirque du Soleil look like pandering circus folk. And his depiction of Quebec City as the coldest place on earth will be particularly resonant after our own epic Norman Wilner winter.
The documentary Wagner’s Dream, in which Robert Lepage is seen directing the Metropolitan Opera’s Ring cycle, is part of Possible Worlds.
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Zombie lite The Returned (Manuel Carballo). 98 inutes. Opens Friday (March 28). For m venues and times, see Movies, page 76. Rating: NN First things first: Manuel Carballo’s The Returned is not part of the international cycle of remakes of the French TV series of the same name. (The U.S. version of the show is probably going by the title Resurrection to avoid confusion with the film.) No, this Returned is a zombie movie almost entirely lacking in zombies. It’s set in a world exactly like our own, except for the undead plague that killed 100 million people in the 80s. The living dead were vanquished, but the virus is still around. A serum, injected daily, lets infected people live
normal lives. The Returned focuses on a Toronto couple, Kate (Emily Hampshire) and Alex (Lost Girl’s Kris Holden-Ried). Kate’s a doctor treating the infected – known as the Returned – and Alex has been living with the virus for six years. But supplies of the serum are running low, leading them both to contemplate desperate acts to stay together – and stay alive. The terror of losing a loved one to disease has been a key subtext of zombie movies since Night Of The Living Dead defined the genre, and Hampshire and Holden-Ried engage with it fully. They’re terrific, but director Carballo and screenwriter Hatem Khraiche Ruiz-Zorrilla don’t trust their story to carry the picture, piling on convoluted conspiracies and increasingly dopey plot twists that make it much less than the sum of its parts. Norman Wilner
Kris Holden-Ried is excellent in The Returned, but the script’s silly plot twists sabotage the pic.
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Bad bails Bad Words (Jason Bateman). 89 minutes. Opens Friday (March 28). For venues and times, see Movies, page 76. Rating: NNN Most actors want to be loved. Jason Bateman is willing to be hated – up to a point – which has led him to choose some interesting roles over the years. And it makes his directorial debut, Bad Words, a very interesting proposition. Bateman plays Guy Trilby, a 40-year-old cipher with a photographic memory who enters a children’s spelling bee thanks to a loophole in the rules. Using grown-up head games, he carves a path through regional contests straight to the finals – all the while keeping his motive a secret even from his sponsor and occasional bed partner, Jenny (Kathryn Hahn). ©Vivian Maier/Maloof Collection
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3 DAYS IN HAVANA (Gil Bellows, Tony antages). 82 minutes. Opens Friday P (March 28). For venues and times, see Movies, page 76. Rating: N
Photos by Vivian Maier never exhibited during her lifetime help construct a fascinating portrait of the eccentric artist.
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Maier marvels FINDING VIVIAN MAIER (John Maloof, Charlie Siskel). 83
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minutes. Opens Friday (March 28) at the TIFF Bell Lightbox. See Times, page 82. Rating: NNNN
Like the reporter in Citizen Kane piecing together the mystery of “Rosebud,” John Maloof sifts through the 100,000 photographs shot by nanny and compulsive hoarder Vivian Maier to construct a compelling portrait of an important artist who never exhibited in her own lifetime . Maier, who died in 2009 at 83, was unknown to the world until Maloof happened to acquire her negatives at auction in Chicago. Her raw, poetic street photography featured classical compositions of everyday folk who often didn’t know they were on camera. Maier was also an early master of the selfie.
Maloof and co-director Charlie Siskel look at the photographs not just as art but as bread crumbs leading them to an enigmatic personality. They also interview the people who employed and (barely) knew Maier in an attempt to fill in the gaps. As both narrator and curator, M aloof never lets his own obsessive search get in the way of his subject. He’s an effective guide through the contradictory information he digs up. Some describe Maier as a sort of Mary Poppins, while others report a nastier side that included physical abuse. The biggest mystery is why she took so many photos and yet hid them from sight, without developing most of her negatives. Even Maier saw very little of her own work. This consistently intriguing doc reveals a woman who was eccentric, abrasive and soulful. Maier may still be an enigma, but those riddles have now been turned into a fascinating picture. RADHEYAN SIMONPILLAI
Like a rum punch without the rum, 3 Days In Havana is a wrong-man thriller without the ingredients to thrill. Canadian actors Gil Bellows and Tony Pantages co-wrote and -directed this slapped-together caper about insurance exec Jack Petty (Bellows), who travels to Havana for a conference but ends up sipping the wrong mojito. Jack chances upon ominous travel writer Harry Smith (Greg Wise), a man who you will immediately guess is more
It’s a great set-up, and a fine role for Bateman, who shifts his characteristic exasperation into something uglier and more venal. Guy befriends a precocious fellow competitor (Rohan Chand) because the kid has a full mini-bar. Andrew Dodge’s script could have been a great dark farce, and for the first hour Bateman t he d irector is up for it. But as the plot nears its payoff and Guy’s reasons are revealed, the movie grows softer and less complex in a way that seems calculated and unconvincing. Some stories would be much more satisfying if they let their asshole stay an asshole. Norman Wilner
Jason Bateman takes some risks in Bad Words.
likely to contribute to the demand for obituaries. Wise relishes his role as the mischievous instigator who gets Jack embroiled in an assassination plot against international gunrunners. All the other actors fail to shake the numbness of their stock characters and the predictability of what comes next. Not even the reliably comic Don McKellar does anything worthwhile with his two scenes playing a French-speaking underworld caricature who, it turns out, is of absolutely no consequence to the story. Either the purpose of McKellar’s character was scribbled out (the script certainly feels like it was written on the fly) or his performance is perfectly of a piece with a film that’s just a RADHEYAN SIMONPILLAI waste of time.
Greg Wise (left) and Gil Bellows star in the less than thrilling 3 Days In Havana.
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Playing this week How to find a listing
Movie listings are comprehensive and organized alphabetically. Listings include name of film, director’s name in brackets, a review, running time and a rating. Reviews are by Norman Wilner (NW), Susan G. Cole (SGC), Glenn Sumi (GS), Andrew Dowler (AD) and Radheyan Simonpillai (RS) unless otherwise specified. The rating system is as follows: NNNNN Top 10 of the year NNNN Honourable mention NNN Entertaining NN Mediocre N Bomb
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About Last Night (Steve Pink) stars motormouth Kevin Hart in an update of the 1986 rom-com, an adaptation of David Mamet’s provocative play Sexual Perversity In Chicago. This will likely be the only occasion you read the names Mamet and Hart in the same sentence. That’s too bad since the comedian has never been funnier. Hart is well matched with the excellent Regina Hall as an on-and-off couple fucking and screaming on the sidelines
while their adorable friends (Michael Ealy and Joy Bryant) work through the growing pains of a yearlong romance. In Hart’s previous outings, filmmakers seem satisfied with throwing him in scrappy, contrived scenarios so that he could freestyle his way through scenes. Here he’s working with real material thanks to the two degrees of separation from Mamet’s play. His comedic talents get structure and purpose, and he has room to put his own stamp on Mamet’s acidic dialogue. This may be watered-down Mamet, but for Hart it’s 80 proof. 98 min. NNN (RS) Colossus, Yonge & Dundas 24
American Hustle (David O. Russell) is nominally a story about the barely remembered 1978 Abscam sting, in which the FBI used a small-time con artist to snare politicians on bribery and corruption charges. It’s being compared to Goodfellas and Boogie Nights, but really it’s an incoherent, overacted mess. 138 min. NN (NW) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Grande - Steeles, Interchange 30
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(John Wells) stars an awesome Meryl Streep as the drug-addled matriarch of a family that’s gathered after the patriarch disappears. This adaptation of Tracy Letts’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play has its flaws – the family rot borders on parody, the music is awful, and it’s still too stagy – but it’s extremely entertaining. 121 min. NNNN (SGC)
Finding
The Grand Budapest Hotel puts lots of charm and soul into a story of war, love, murder and intrigue. Carlton Cinema, Interchange 30, SilverCity Mississauga
Bad Words (Jason Bateman) 89 min. See review, page 74. NNN (NW) Opens Mar 28 at Carlton Cinema, Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Queens way, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge
ñBettie Page Reveals All
(Mark Mori) tells the model’s story, using interviews with the 70-something icon as voice-over for clips and 50s pin-up pics. Too bad Mori has no visuals of the older Page. But watch carefully and there’s a ton of fascinating detail. That’s because in her later years, Page had no agenda – and no internal editor. 101 min. NNNN (SGC) Kingsway Theatre
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(Woody Allen) won an Oscar for Cate Blanchett as the emotionally unhinged wife of a corporate sleazebag (Alec Baldwin) who moves to San Francisco to live with her sister (Sally Hawkins) when he’s busted. 98 min. NNNN (SGC) Interchange 30
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The Book Thief (Brian Percival) reframes the Second World War as a coming-of-age story about a young German girl (Monsieur Lazhar’s Sophie Nélisse). Director Percival has helmed a lot of Downton Abbey episodes, and it shows in film’s odd propriety. A movie about the Holocaust can’t be afraid of confronting its own message. 131 min. NN (NW) Kingsway Theatre, Regent Theatre Captain Phillips (Paul Greengrass) stars Tom Hanks in a fantastic performance as the eponymous skipper of a commercial vessel hijacked by Somali pirates in 2009. The rest of the film is far more problematic, with director Greengrass applying the tense, jangled docudrama aesthetic of United 93 to another true-life hostage crisis. Some subtitles. 134 min. NNN (NW) Interchange 30
ñCheap Thrills
(E.L. Katz) is the indie thriller version of Magic Mike, where the question of what a person will do for money in contemporary America is answered with “get really bloody.” A mechanic (Pat Healy) in dire financial straits runs into an old friend (Ethan Embry) at a bar when both of them are approached by a wealthy couple (David Koechner, Sara Paxton) who offer them cash to take a series of dares that grow darker as the financial stakes rise. All four actors are great. Healy’s terrific as a man forcing himself to endure profound suffer ing for a quick payday, Embry uses a Brad Pitt impression to appear tough, Koechner is marvellously obnoxious as their chipper tormentor, and Paxton (who co-starred with Healy in The Innkeepers) is nicely ambiguous as a bored trophy wife. And the ending doesn’t punk out. 85 min. NNNN (NW) Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Queensway, SilverCity Fairview, Yonge & Dundas 24
ñDallas Buyers Club
(Jean-Marc Vallée) stars Matthew McConaughey as Ron Woodroof, a hard-living, womanizing Texas electrician who became an unlikely AIDS activist in the mid-1980s after being diagnosed with HIV. McConaughey shed 47 pounds for the role and is almost unrecognizable, but his charm and passion shine through, and he gets strong support from Jared Leto and Jennifer Garner. 117 min. NNNN (GS) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Kingsway Theatre, SilverCity Mississauga
Divergent (Neil Burger) is the latest attempt to launch the next Hunger Games, and the first to nakedly mimic that franchise with another post-apocalyptic tale of a young woman fighting to save her people from an elaborate political conspiracy. The problem is that it takes nearly two hours to start, spending all its time on dull world-building and endless training sequences in which self-doubting Tris (Shailene Woodley) learns to fight, shoot and climb things after joining the Dauntless, a police caste in future Chicago. Eventually, Tris qualifies as a Dauntless, along with her battle coach/love interest Four (Theo James), just in time to be swept up in an Erudite coup against Abnegation. Once that actually gets going, Woodley comes to life and so does the movie, delivering a couple of effective action sequen-
ces and some good moments for Ashley Judd as Tris’s mother and Kate Winslet as a snooty Erudite villain. But it’s a long way to go for the payoff, and I can’t say I care about following these characters into a sequel. 140 min. NN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Humber Cinemas, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Varsity
Down River (Benjamin Ratner) tracks
ailing Pearl (Helen Shaver) and her relationships with three young neighbours in a story with brains and heart. Born-again Fawn (Gabrielle Miller) is torn between her acting ambitions and her husband’s desire for children. Painter Aki (Jennifer Spence) wants to give it up when she realizes she may not be able to make the compromises required to sell her work. And blues singer Harper (Colleen Rennison) has self-destructive tendencies that are getting in the way of her success. Pearl, the young women’s personal anchor, has a deep understanding of their artistic aspirations after having failed to meet her own. Ratner hammers away at the water theme, laying on the imagery a little too thick, and the soundtrack is a bit too cute. But when he stays with the emotional core of the story, the film works. The actors are terrific, especially Shaver, who’s a marvel. 92 min. NNN (SGC) Yonge & Dundas 24
Endless Love (Shana Feste) is better than
Franco Zefirelli’s 1981 original about passionate young love, but it’s still boring and silly. It starts off fine enough for the first 30 minutes or so, and Alex Pettyfer and Gabriella Wilde are likeable and appealing as two kids just out of high school falling for each other, but it quickly devolves into silliness and contrivance. It’s only really worth it for some good supporting performances by Bruce Greenwood and Robert Patrick as the teens’ dads. 103 min. NN (Andrew Parker) Interchange 30
ñEnemy
(Denis Villeneuve) captures Toronto with a wary outsider’s eye that makes it the best Hogtown movie since David Cronenberg’s Crash. Like that
film, Enemy establishes T.O. as a glassand-steel cocoon where people are so alienated from themselves (and each other) that they don’t even know who they are, a place where a frumpy history prof (Jake Gyllenhaal) and a motorcycleriding wannabe actor (also Gyllenhaal) are entirely interchangeable. The lurid pleasures of Villeneuve’s identity-crisis mindfuck – a recurring tarantula motif, intimations of a members-only sex club in a condo basement and a strange cameo by Isabella Rossellini as an overbearing mother force-feeding her kid blueberries – are entirely trifling. But they’re put across with such giddy, nasty aplomb that it’s impossible not to savour them. And Gyllenhaal is terrific. Twice. 90 min. NNNN (JS) Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, SilverCity Mississauga, Varsity, Yonge & Dundas 24
ñA FIELD IN ENGLAND
(Ben Wheatley) is the Kill List and Sightseers director oddest work to date – and that’s really saying something. It’s 1648, and a cowardly servant (Reece Shearsmith) finds himself among a ragged group of English Civil War deserters commanded by a maniac (Michael Smiley) bent on finding the treasure he’s convinced is hidden somewhere in the eponymous location. Digging ensues, and also madness, divination, social disease and shovels to the face. Shot in widescreen black-and-white by Laurie Rose and edited by Wheatley and screenwriter Amy Jump, it’s alternately beautiful to behold and utterly assaultive. And though it’s being sold as a psychedelic picture, please do not take any mood-altering substances beforehand. Your head might explode. 91 min. NNNN (NW) Carlton Cinema, Kingsway Theatre
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(John Maloof, Charlie Siskel) 83 min. See review, page 74. (RS) Opens Mar 28 at TIFF Bell Lightbox
FROZEN (Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee) is an en-
tertaining Disney animated musical about two Nordic princesses, one who’s holed herself up in icy isolation and the other who wants to track her down. It’s basically The Snow Queen mixed with Wicked. The songs are derivative but effective. Look for a hilarious ditty by Josh Gad’s scenestealing happy-go-lucky snowman Olaf, the best sidekick since Timon and Pumbaa. 102 min. NNN (GS) Canada Square, Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Interchange 30, Kingsway Theatre, Yonge & Dundas 24
just how he works. 100 min. NNNN (NW) Beach Cinemas, Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk, Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Queensway, SilverCity Mississauga, Varsity, Yonge & Dundas 24
GRAVITY (Alfonso Cuarón) plays as
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both an immediate, nail-biting thriller and a stunning technological accomplishment, following two astronauts (Sandra Bullock, George Clooney) stranded in Earth orbit and cut off from mission control. There are things here you’ve never seen before; this is a great, unprecedented picture. 91 min. NNNNN (NW) Colossus, Interchange 30, Yonge & Dundas 24
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tino) stars Toni Servillo as 60-something journalist Jep, who wrote a bestselling novel in his 20s but hasn’t written a thing that matters since. Instead, he’s immersed himself in all things shallow: the party circuit, pseudo-intellectual confabs with the rich and famous, meaningless sex. Shades of La Dolce Vita. Jep reflects on his empty life in a series of spectacular vignettes that come tumbling out of cinematographer Luca Bigazzi and writer-director Sorrentino’s vivid imagination: over-the-top bashes, an artist performing beside Roman ruins, a money-
grubbing doctor injecting botox in public. Garish party sequences collide with serene images of Rome’s ancient art; beautiful inspirational music meets club bangers. Sure, it’s self-indulgent, but Sorrentino is the kind of director you want to indulge. Just let the damn thing wash over you. Subtitled. 142 min. NNNNN (SGC) TIFF Bell Lightbox, Varsity
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(Spike Jonze) is essentially a story about how technology can facilitate a relationship over impossible distances and what happens when one partner evolves more quickly than the other. In the end, it’s a movie as beholden to Annie Hall as it is to 2001, and don’t think that isn’t the strangest sentence I’ve written this year. 125 min. NNNN (NW) Carlton Cinema, Interchange 30
ñTHE HUSBAND
(Bruce McDonald) casts writer, producer (and exDeadly Snake) Maxwell McCabe-Lokos as Henry, a slight, bug-eyed and balding man whose wife (Sarah Allen) is in prison for sleeping with one of her students, leaving him to raise their infant son. Sleepwalking through his job at an ad agency, exiling himself to the couch in lieu of his spoiled marriage bed and barely tending to his kid, Hank’s a rat-king of anxiety. His motivations, and his jittery mental states,
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If you can get past Lars von Trier’s hate-on for women, you might find the auteur’s portrait of a hypersexual woman an intriguing entry. Uma Thurman plays a wronged wife.
THE LUNCHBOX
This charming pic stars Nimrat Kaur as a woman who finds the spark of new love when the lunch intended for her husband via Mumbai’s dabbawalla system ends up in the hands of a shy accountant.
While on tour, the famed puppets get used as cover for a series of museum heists in this anarchic, enjoyable pic that’s sure to uphold the troupe’s record for box-office gold.
It’s no Hunger Games, but Shailene Woodley is red hot, and Theo James is heartthrob material in this tale of worldsaving heroes who have more abilities than society allows.
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(Sebastián Lelio) stars Berlin Film festival best actress Paulina García as a smart 50-something Chilean divorcée yearning for sex and adventure. A central theme is how offspring and past relationships impinge on new relationships, but as essential is candid glimpse of middle-aged sexuality so rare in movies, it takes your breath away. Subtitled. 109 min. NNNN (SGC) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema
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are left purposefully unclear. It’s a film that feels, often at the same time, manic, depressive, sinister and absurd – a movie as neurotic as McCabe-Lokos’s broken man. 80 min. NNNN (JS) TIFF Bell Lightbox
unhappily marking their 30th anniversary in Paris. As they fuss and fight across the City of Light, we come to understand their dynamic: she’s tired of him, and he’ll do anything to hold on to her. This should be the start of an interesting character study, or at least a drama worthy of powerhouse INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS (Joel Coen, performers Duncan and Broadbent. But Ethan Coen) plays as comedy, musicneither screenwriter Hanif Kureishi nor al and drama all at once, director Michell seems with the tone steered interested in going that by Oscar Isaac’s soulful way, and the actors can’t EXPANDED REVIEWS interpretations of tradsettle on a tone. Le nowtoronto.com itional folk songs that Week-End feels like a somehow manage to stage play that’s been reflect precisely what awkwardly translated to the screen. It cerhis character, itinerant troubadour Llewyn tainly can’t compete with last year’s BeDavis, is feeling in the moment. Beautifore Midnight, which told a very similar fully realized and packed with delightful story with considerably more empathy incidents – the recording of Please Mr. and skill. 93 min. NN (NW) Kennedy is probably the most satisfying Varsity three minutes you’ll spend in a movie theatre this year – Inside Llewyn Davis THE LEGO MOVIE (Phil Lord, Chrisunderstands its characters in a way few topher Miller) feels like a quantum movies do, giving Isaac and co-stars Justin step up for both CG animation and movies Timberlake, John Goodman, Adam Driver based on marketing pitches. Lord and and F. Murray Abraham room to detail Miller, whose 2009 adaptation of Cloudy their performances into something much With A Chance Of Meatballs was similarly more than folk scene clichés. 105 min. ambitious in its use of CG storytelling, have created a sprawling 3D fantasy NNNN (NW) universe designed to mimic stop-motion Kingsway Theatre, Regent Theatre animation. They’ve also folded every heroLE WEEK-END (Roger Michell) is being mar- ic quest narrative into the story of an keted as a frothy middle-aged romance, ordinary construction worker (voiced by but it’s really a drama about an English Moneyball’s Chris Pratt) who might be the couple (Jim Broadbent, Lindsay Duncan) one person who can save the universe
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from the evil plans of the sinister Lord Business (Will Ferrell). Kids will be thrilled by the non-stop activity and insane creative leaps, while grown-ups will also appreciate those leaps – especially one toward the end – and delight in how the voice actors are enjoying themselves as much as the audience. Sweet, funny, preposterously complex and uniquely ridiculous. 100 min. NNNN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Carlton Cinema, Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24
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(Hirokazu Kore-eda) is a languid domestic drama focusing on a successful Tokyo architect (Masaharu Fukuyama) and his wife (Machiko Ono) who learn that their six-year-old son was switched at birth. As they try to figure out the best possible resolution to the dilemma with the couple now parenting their biological child (Lily Franky, Yoko Maki), the impossibility of a perfect solution gives Kore-eda’s movie its structure – concerned, dense with possibility, a little nervous about how to move forward. It ultimately pays off in a series of lovely, understated scenes, but getting there is a little rougher than it ought to be. Subtitled. 120 min. NNNN (NW) TIFF Bell Lightbox
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(Ritesh Batra) is built around the fanciful conceit of a mistaken lunch delivery that paves the way for two strangers to exchange handwritten letters via their meals. Ila (Nimrat
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importance of art while telling an involving story about characters we come to adore. Some subtitles. 118 min. NNNN (NW) Canada Square, Grande - Steeles, Interchange 30, Kingsway Theatre, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Mississauga, Varsity
Mr. Peabody & Sherman (Rob Minkoff) yanks the 2D, hand-drawn time-travelling cartoon from the 60s into the future. The genius dog and his adopted son now have their very own 3D computer-animated movie, in which they give the histories of Marie Antoinette, King Tut, Leonardo Da Vinci and the Trojan War a zany spin. Their lighthearted, rib-tickling adventures retain the cartoons’ fun and humour, but with more dazzling views and roller-coaster-ride momentum. The duo’s episodic adventures don’t fit well into the featurelength story involving Peabody’s efforts to stave off a villainous child welfare worker who’s convinced that a dog can’t parent a child. The father-son emotional arc is a clunky and strained framework for the zippy entertainment, but like historical accuracy, it’s very easy to ignore. 92 min. NNN (RS) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Carlton Cinema, Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Humber Cinemas, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24 Muppets Most Wanted (James Bobin)
Fun adaptation of Mr. Peabody & Sherman proves that some cartoons will never die. Kaur) prepares home-cooked lunches for her neglectful husband, which are sent through Mumbai’s dabbawalla delivery system to the wrong recipient, Mr. Fer nandes (Irrfan Khan), a standoffish accountant who’s ready to hide away in retirement. A sense of their personal lives is conveyed by suggestion, like the scents of the ingredients in a satisfying dish. There’s romance, comedy and melodrama, but Batra deploys them gently, building a moving, sincere film around his characters. It’s an assured, affecting picture of loneliness and longing amidst modern Mumbai’s hustle and bustle. 105 min. NNNN (RS) Varsity
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(George Clooney) is a Second World War caper picture in which director/co-writer Clooney and a band of charming character actors portray art experts roaming around Europe to retrieve sculptures and paintings seized by the Nazis from Jewish collectors. The earnest and clever script makes some very good points about the
uses The Great Muppet Caper as its template, plunging the Muppets into a world of international intrigue and mistaken identity when they embark on a European tour just as Constantine, the world’s most dangerous frog, impersonates Kermit to use the troupe as cover for a series of museum heists. (Kermit, mistaken for Constantine, is sent to a Russian gulag run by Tina Fey.) It’s less a movie than an excuse for a series of Muppet Show sketches and celebrity cameos, and it lacks the heart Jason Segel brought to the previous picture. (It also lacks Segel himself, though his character’s Muppet brother, Walter, is still around.) Returning director Bobin compensates with a faster pace and more anarchic Muppety energy, which makes for a pretty fun movie. It’s just not as enjoyable as the last one. 108 min. NNN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Humber Cinemas, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24
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about the musically inclined backwater town in Alabama that has seen everyone from Aretha Franklin to the Rolling Stones come through to produce hits. They’re among the many who speak affectionately here about their time with Rick Hall, of FAME Studios, arguably the backbone of the Muscle Shoals music industry. The interviews are woven together like music, composing a film with storytelling rhythms that strikes emotional chords. Soul aficionados will savour every beat. 111 min. NNNN (RS)
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Nebraska (Alexander Payne) is a black-
and-white road movie about a Montana speaker salesman (Will Forte) who gets to know his remote, alcoholic father (Bruce Dern) as the pair drive to Lincoln to cure the older man’s obsession with a sweepstakes. It’s awfully safe and contrived, which is not what we’ve come to expect from director Payne (Sideways, The Descendants). 115 min. NNN (NW) Canada Square, Kingsway Theatre
Need for Speed (Scott Waugh) dazzles with money shots of obscenely expensive cars tearing down highways, earning video-game bonus points whenever police cruisers spin out. Director Waugh opts for real stunt work, getting dangerously close to the twisted metal, over CGI. Unfortunately, plot and character are a hindrance in a movie that stalls whenever it tries to tell a story. 131 min. NN (RS) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Humber Cinemas, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale
numbness. Her coping mechanism shows von Trier at his most clichéd. He’s considered a groundbreaking taboo-buster, but self-abnegating, oversexed women who go to the depths of degradation are a pornographic staple in old-news works like The Story Of O. Ho hum. 117 min. NN (SGC) TIFF Bell Lightbox
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The Nut Job (Peter Lepeniotis) has a horrible-pun title that sets the tone for this animated rodent heist flick’s supposed humour. It’s a new low point for CGI movies about anthropomorphized animals. 83 min. N (Phil Brown) SilverCity Mississauga
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Nymphomaniac: Volume I (Lars von
Trier) sheds light on nothing except von Trier’s misogyny. Joe (Charlotte Gainsbourg) recounts her hypersexual adventures to asexual bachelor Seligman (Stellan Skarsgård) after he finds her half dead in the street. To every sordid tale, he responds with stunningly cerebral detachment. Some of it is very funny, though not necessarily intentionally – like the laughably bad Shia LeBeouf as Joe’s main squeeze. But where does Joe’s unbridled sexuality come from? From early abuse? No, and nothing else explains her predilections. In short, she kinda liked her first orgasm and, poof, she was a nymphomaniac. Women are like that, doncha know. Volume I covers Joe’s sexual adventures through to her fear that she’s losing the ability to feel anything physically at all. In Volume II, she seeks to deal with her
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(Hany Abu-Assad) finds aradise Now director Abu-Assad P returning to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for another tightly wound thriller about a West Bank true believer (Adam Bakri) who finds himself drawn into a much larger game. This movie takes its time establishing characters and situations, folding in a romantic complication in Omar’s desire for the sister (Leem Lubany) of one of his comrades. That just forces us to focus on Omar himself – and Bakri’s complex performance – to understand what’s really going on in the guy’s head. And as AbuAssad drifts back and forth between straight-up thriller and intimate character study, we’re drawn deeper and deeper continued on page 80 œ
Night Train to Lisbon (Bille August) is a
dreary Euro-pudding that wastes several very talented actors in two stories separated by four decades. Jeremy Irons has a few nice scenes with Martina Gedeck as an optometrist with whom his character becomes friendly, but that’s hardly a reason to endure the rest of it. 111 min. NN (NW) Kingsway Theatre
No Clue (Carl Bessai) is a mashup of murder mystery and comedy starring Corner Gas’s Brent Butt as a Vancouver salesman who pretends to be a detective to help out a damsel in distress (Amy Smart). The convoluted plot seems drawn from any number of TV dramas, and there’s little suspense and few laughs, although Butt and David Koechner (as his slacker buddy) have a great rapport. I’d rather sit through 90 minutes of them riffing. 96 min. NN (GS) Carlton Cinema Noah (Darren Aronofsky) 138 min. See
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Diogo Morgado plays Christ with the aura of a rock star, waving his perfectly conditioned hair and cracking a mischievous smile whenever he ticks off a miracle for the fans and demands that people believe in him. Considering how unconvincing he is, who can blame those who don’t? 139 min. N (RS) 401 & Morningside, Canada Square, Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, SilverCity Fairview, Yonge & Dundas 24
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NN (NW) ciation for the tenacity and vision of scienCarlton Cinema, Kingsway Theatre, Yonge tists and the power of dogged curiosity to & Dundas 24 determine an entire life’s path. 99 min. ++++ ++++ +++++ ++++ ++++ +++++ RED MAGAZINE TIME OUT VIRGIN MEDIA NNNN (José Teodoro) HHHH HHHH HHHH HHHH HHHH HHHH HHHHH HHHHH HHHHH HHHH HHHH HHHHH 3 DAYS IN HAVANA (Gil Bellows, Tony PanBloor Hot Docs Cinema, Carlton Cinema, ++++ ++++ ++++ ++++ ++++ ++++ tages) 82 min. See review, page 74. N (RS) THE EVENING STANDARD THE TELEGRAPH THE GUARDIAN Kingsway Theatre, Regent Theatre HHHH HHHH HHHH HHHH HHHH HHHH HHHH HHHH HHHH HHHH HHHH HHHH Opens Mar 28 at Yonge & Dundas 24 THE PAST (Asghar Farhadi) sees the pleas3 DAYS TO KILL (McG) tries to recapture the ant soapiness that greased A Separation lightning-in-a-bottle success of Taken with reach full froth. Ahmad (Ali Mosaffa) reanother middle-aged action hero beating turns from Iran to a Paris suburb to finalize up ethnic caricatures in Paris – here, Kevin his divorce so his wife (Bérénice Bejo) can Costner stepping in for Liam Neeson – but marry another man (Tahar Rahim), but his the formula just doesn’t work this time desire to fix things ends up fissuring her SUBSTANCE ABUSE, around. Some subtitles. 117 min. NN (NW) family dynamic. Farhadi may be rooting COARSE LANGUAGE 401 & Morningside, SilverCity Mississauga, for the cathartic power of the truth, but Yonge & Dundas 24 his melodrama is so overwrought and shot through with nasty misogyny that every300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE (Noam Murro) Check theatre directory or go to www.tribute.ca for showtimes thing about it rings false. 130 min. NN (JS) has all the posturing, preening and startCANADIAN PREMIERE From the company that brought you Mt Pleasant stop carnage of the first movie, but this THE NORMAL HEART and CLYBOURNE PARK time the action sequences are straight out CANADIAN PREMIERE PHILOMENA (Stephen Frears) is an CANADIAN PREMIERE m the company that brought you THE NORMAL HEART and CLYBOURNE PARK From the company that brought you THE NORMAL HEART and CLYBOURNE PARK of video game narratives. The resulting odd but effective combination of inspastic Athenian boogaloo is like watching vestigative drama and buddy picture, as a someone play an Xbox war game while devout, working-class woman (Judi PRESENTS constantly shouting “Did you see that Dench) and a privileged, cynical journalist PRESENTS awesome hit, bro?” 102 min. N (NW) (Steve Coogan, who also co-wrote and coPRESENTS 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Carlproduced the film) find common ground STUDIO 180 ton Cinema, Cineplex Cinemas Empress STUDIO 180 in the search for the son she was forced to PRESENTS Walk, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum PRESENTS THE CANADIAN give up. 98 min. NNNN (NW) CANADIAN PREMIERE STUDIOCANADIAN 180 From the company that brought you Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, THE NORMAL HEART and CLYBOURNE PARK THE PREMIERE OF Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, InterPRESENTS Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, PREMIERE OF THE OLIVIER change 30, Kingsway Theatre THE CANADIAN Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, RainAWARD-WINNING PREMIERE bow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverTHE RETURNED (Manuel Carballo) 98 min. PLAY THEOF INDEPENDENT CALLED PRESENTS City Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity See review, page 72. 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(Teller) may have art historians in a huff. The revelatory documentary on the magic behind Johannes Vermeer’s paintings comes to you courtesy of Vegas headliners Penn & Teller. The illusionists, known for breaking down tricks, are the ideal hosts for a film that deconstructs the 17th-century painter’s craft and hypothesizes how he so meticulously recreated lifelike light and details. The filmmakers follow their good friend Tim Jenison, an inventor of 3D imaging, who obsessively attempts to paint a Vermeer with his own hand in order to figure out what optic technology the Dutch master might have used. Thanks to Penn & Teller’s inexhaustible charm in front of and behind the camera and Jenison’s endearing case of OCD, the resulting film is a comic delight that marvels at the intersections between art and science, painting and cinema, and illusionists and documentarians. 80 min. NNNN (RS) Bloor Hot Docs Cinema, TIFF Bell Lightbox
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(Steve McQueen) is a stunning adaptation of the memoir of Solomon Northup, a free American sold into slavery in 1841. Chiwetel Ejiofor is a revelation as Northup, and McQueen directs with a total lack of sentiment, crafting each sequence with a merciless forward momentum that compensates for the episodic nature of the narrative. One of the best films of the year.
(Tyler Perry) squanders a premise that is tailor-made for the multi-hyphenated filmmaker’s strengths. Perry has always done well empathizing with strong female characters and the issues they face. This movie should have been Perry’s Dear Mama, but instead of celebrating the resilience of single mothers, he’s made a monotonous dramedy about five stereotypical women whose salvation lies in wine, strip clubs and finding financially stable men. There’s a fine cast here, but they can only do so much with Perry’s fast food, drive-thru production values and with plot turns and gags that joylessly repeat the same old motions. This is Perry’s third feature in a year (he also directed two TV shows), so it’s not surprising that the Single Moms Club feels like it was slapped together by someone who’s ready to take the next order. 110 min. NN (RS) 401 & Morningside, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24
ñVERONICA MARS
(Rob Thomas) may have started as the definition of fan service – its very existence is the result of a Kickstarter campaign targeted directly at followers of the 2004-2007 television series starring Kristen Bell as a wisecracking teen detective – but it’s a proper feature film. Nine years after Veronica left her hometown of Neptune, California, to study law, she’s called back by old boyfriend Logan (Jason Dohring) when he’s accused of murdering his rock-star girlfriend. Naturally, no sooner does she arrive than she falls back into her old habits, uncovering conspiracies and rubbing Neptune’s power base the wrong way. Thomas and co-writer Diane Ruggerio take a season’s worth of story and fit it into a fun, fast-paced two hours, with appearances by virtually every character who survived the series. But the heart of the movie, as it was on the show, is the scrappy, supportive relationship between Bell’s Veronica and her wry, watchful dad, played by the wonderful Enrico Colantoni. I’d watch a whole movie of those two eating pizza. 108 min. NNNN (NW) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Colossus, Rainbow Market Square, Yonge & Dundas 24
ñTHE WIND RISES
(Hayao Miyazaki) is a the master animator’s Doctor Zhivago. The film’s subject is Jiro Horikoshi, a WWII-era engineer regretful at the idea that his designs will be used for destructive purposes – including the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Miyazaki’s expressionistic, hand-drawn designs are the raison d’être for the film. 127 min. NNNN (RS) SilverCity Mississauga, Yonge & Dundas 24
WINTER’S TALE (Akiva Goldsman) adapts
Mark Helprin’s 1983 fantasy novel about a young thief (Colin Farrell) whose celestial fate is somehow connected to that of a dying heiress (Jessica Brown Findlay) with whom he falls in love. While that sort of story can sometimes work on screen, it doesn’t here, because writer/director Goldsman has absolutely no idea how to manage his movie’s tone or incorporate the plot’s more fantastical elements in ways that make them seem possible or credible. 118 min. N (NW) Interchange 30
THE WOLF OF WALL STREET (Martin Scor-
sese) is another sprawling look at the inner workings of a massive criminal enterprise, like Goodfellas and Casino; here, it’s the stock frauds and swindles of rich prick Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCaprio). Scorsese plays the story as a cartoon, rushing alongside Belfort through the increasingly Dionysian universe he creates around himself, but three hours of spectacular excess proves exhausting. 180 min. NN (NW) Carlton Cinema, Kingsway Theatre 3
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CARLTON CINEMA (I) 20 CARLTON, 416-494-9371
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VERONICA MARS (PG) 12:30, 7:00 Sat, Tue 11:40 late
SCOTIABANK THEATRE (CE) 259 RICHMOND ST W, 416-368-5600
300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE 3D (18A) Thu 12:35, 2:25, 3:10, 5:00, 5:30, 7:20, 8:10, 10:00, 10:40 Fri-Sat 12:20, 1:00, 2:50, 3:30, 5:35, 6:05, 8:05, 8:40, 10:35, 11:00 Sun 12:05, 12:35, 2:25, 3:00, 5:00, 5:25, 7:20, 7:55, 9:40, 10:20 MonWed 12:35, 2:25, 3:10, 5:00, 5:30, 7:20, 7:55, 9:40, 10:20 BAD WORDS (14A) Fri-Sat 1:10, 3:25, 5:45, 8:15, 10:30 SunWed 1:00, 3:15, 5:30, 7:45, 10:05 DIVERGENT (PG) Thu 12:50, 1:15, 1:45, 2:05, 2:35, 3:00, 4:00, 4:30, 4:50, 5:15, 5:45, 6:05, 7:10, 7:30, 8:00, 8:30, 9:00, 9:25, 10:30 Fri 12:00, 12:50, 1:40, 2:10, 2:40, 3:10, 4:20, 4:50, 5:15, 5:50, 6:15, 7:25, 8:00, 8:30, 9:00, 9:30, 10:45 Sat 12:00, 12:50, 1:40, 2:10, 3:05, 4:20, 4:50, 5:15, 5:50, 6:15, 7:25, 8:00, 8:30, 9:00, 9:30, 10:45 Sun 12:50, 1:15, 1:45, 2:05, 2:35, 4:00, 4:20, 4:50, 5:15, 5:50, 7:10, 7:30, 8:00, 8:30, 9:00, 10:30 Mon 12:50, 1:15, 1:45, 2:05, 2:35, 4:30, 5:15, 5:50, 7:30, 8:20, 9:00, 10:30 Tue-Wed 12:50, 1:15, 1:45, 2:05, 2:35, 4:00, 4:30, 4:50, 5:15, 5:50, 7:10, 7:30, 8:00, 8:30, 9:00, 10:30 DIVERGENT: THE IMAX EXPERIENCE (PG) Thu, Sun-Wed 12:25, 3:25, 6:30, 9:50 Fri-Sat 12:25, 3:40, 6:50, 10:00 THE MONUMENTS MEN (PG) Thu 12:35, 3:20, 6:15, 9:15 Fri-Sat 1:20, 4:00, 6:40 Sun-Wed 12:35, 3:30, 6:15 NEED FOR SPEED (PG) Thu 12:45, 3:50, 7:05, 10:10 Fri-Sat 12:40, 3:50, 7:00, 10:10 Sun 12:45, 3:50, 7:05, 10:00 MonWed 1:15, 4:10, 7:05, 10:00 NEED FOR SPEED 3D (PG) Thu 12:25, 1:30, 3:40, 4:40, 6:35, 7:40, 9:40, 10:45 Fri-Sat 12:10, 1:30, 3:15, 4:40, 6:30, 7:50, 9:40, 10:55 Sun 12:15, 1:30, 3:40, 4:40, 6:35, 7:35, 9:30, 10:30 Mon-Wed 12:45, 1:45, 3:40, 4:40, 6:35, 7:35, 9:30, 10:30 NON-STOP (PG) Thu 12:20, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:20 Fri 12:00, 2:30, 5:05, 7:40, 10:20 Sat 11:55, 2:30, 5:05, 7:40, 10:20 Sun 12:15, 2:45, 5:10, 7:45, 10:15 Mon-Tue 12:25, 2:50, 5:15, 7:45, 10:15 Wed 12:25, 2:50, 6:00, 8:50 ROBOCOP (PG) Fri-Sat 9:20 Sun-Wed 9:15
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YONGE & DUNDAS 24 (CE) 10 DUNDAS ST E, 416-335-5323
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Midtown
55 BLOOR ST W, 416-961-6304
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AMERICAN HUSTLE (14A) Thu, Mon-Wed 3:50, 6:50 Fri 3:30, 6:30, 9:35 Sat 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:35 Sun 12:00, 3:00, 6:00, 9:00 DALLAS BUYERS CLUB (18A) Thu, Mon-Wed 4:20, 7:00 Fri 4:20, 7:10, 9:40 Sat 1:40, 4:20, 7:10, 9:40 Sun 1:00, 3:40, 6:30, 9:10 FROZEN (G) Sat 12:50 Sun 12:10 FROZEN 3D (G) Thu, Mon-Wed 3:45, 6:20 Fri 4:00, 6:30 Sat 3:20, 6:00 Sun 2:45, 5:20
2200 YONGE ST, 416-646-0444
GLORIA (18A) Thu 4:00 Fri 3:50, 6:20, 8:50 Sat 1:20, 3:50, 6:20, 8:50 Sun 12:40, 3:15, 5:50, 8:30 Mon-Wed 4:00, 6:40 THE MONUMENTS MEN (PG) Thu, Mon-Wed 7:15 Fri-Sat 4:00, 9:20 Sun 3:30, 8:50 NEBRASKA (PG) Thu, Mon-Wed 4:40 Fri 6:45 Sat 1:10, 6:45 Sun 12:50, 6:10 NON-STOP (PG) Thu, Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:10 Fri 4:10, 7:00, 9:30 Sat 1:30, 4:10, 7:00, 9:30 Sun 12:30, 3:10, 5:50, 8:20 OMAR (14A) Thu, Mon-Wed 4:10, 6:30 Fri 4:15, 6:40, 9:00 Sat 1:50, 4:15, 6:40, 9:00 Sun 12:20, 2:50, 5:20, 7:40 PHILOMENA (PG) Thu, Mon-Tue 3:40, 6:00 Fri 4:30, 6:50, 9:10 Sat 2:10, 4:30, 6:50, 9:10 Sun 12:55, 3:20, 5:40, 7:50 SON OF GOD (PG) Fri 8:55 Sat 8:40 Sun 8:00 VERONICA MARS (PG) Thu 6:40
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SILVERCITY YONGE (CE) 2300 YONGE ST, 416-544-1236
300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE 3D (18A) Thu 1:20, 4:10, 7:20, 9:55 Fri 1:20, 4:40, 7:25, 10:10 Sat 12:15, 2:45, 8:00, 10:30 Sun 1:30, 4:20, 7:15, 9:50 Mon-Tue 2:25, 5:00, 7:35, 10:05 Wed 1:20, 3:55, 9:50 BAD WORDS (14A) Fri 12:30, 2:50, 5:20, 7:45, 10:05 Sat 3:00, 5:30, 7:45, 10:05 Sun 2:55, 5:10, 7:25, 9:40 Mon-Tue 12:40, 2:55, 5:10, 7:25, 9:40 Wed 4:15, 7:10, 9:30 DIVERGENT (PG) Thu 12:00, 12:30, 1:45, 3:05, 3:35, 4:55, 6:10, 6:40, 8:10, 9:15, 9:45 Fri 12:30, 1:00, 3:35, 4:10, 6:40, 7:15, 8:05, 9:50, 10:30 Sat 1:00, 3:30, 4:10, 6:40, 7:20, 8:15, 9:50, 10:30 Sun 12:15, 3:20, 3:50, 6:25, 6:55, 8:15, 9:30, 10:00 Mon 12:30, 2:35, 3:50, 6:00, 6:55, 8:15, 9:05, 10:05 Tue 12:30, 2:35, 3:50, 6:00, 6:55, 8:05, 9:05, 10:05 Wed 2:35, 4:25, 5:50, 7:30, 9:00, 10:00 THE LEGO MOVIE 3D (G) Thu 3:15, 6:00 Fri 3:10, 5:35 SatSun 3:10, 5:40 Mon-Wed 3:15 THE LEGO MOVIE (G) Thu, Sun 12:40 Fri 12:45 Sat 12:30 Mon-Wed 12:50 MR. PEABODY & SHERMAN (G) Thu 1:30 Fri, Mon 12:55 Sat 12:50 Sun 12:00 Tue 1:00 Wed 12:45 MR. PEABODY & SHERMAN 3D (G) Thu 4:00, 7:10, 9:35 Fri 3:20, 6:30, 9:20 Sat 4:35, 7:30, 9:55 Sun 5:20, 7:45, 10:15 Mon 3:25, 5:40, 10:00 Tue 3:25, 5:40, 6:30, 9:15 Wed 3:25, 6:20, 8:45 MUPPETS MOST WANTED (G) Thu 1:00, 3:45, 6:30, 9:25 Fri 1:10, 3:55, 6:50, 9:40 Sat 12:10, 1:10, 4:00, 5:20, 6:50, 9:40 Sun 12:10, 1:05, 2:30, 4:50, 7:35, 10:15 Mon 1:20, 4:10, 7:15, 9:55 Tue 1:20, 4:15, 7:15, 9:55 Wed 12:30, 3:05, 6:10, 9:55 NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: WAR HORSE - ENCORE Wed 6:30 NEED FOR SPEED (PG) Thu 12:10, 3:20, 9:00 NEED FOR SPEED 3D (PG) Thu 12:50, 3:55, 6:50, 9:50 Fri 1:30, 4:30, 7:35, 10:30 Sat 1:20, 4:15, 7:10, 10:10 Sun 1:15, 4:10, 7:05, 10:10 Mon 1:05, 4:00, 7:05 Tue-Wed 1:10, 4:05, 7:05, 10:00 NOAH Thu 7:00, 10:00 Fri-Sat 12:40, 3:45, 7:00, 10:20 Sun 12:30, 3:35, 6:45, 9:55 Mon-Wed 12:30, 3:35, 6:40, 9:45
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BETTIE PAGE REVEALS ALL (14A) Fri, Mon-Wed 11:30 THE BOOK THIEF (PG) Thu 11:00 Sat, Mon, Wed 1:10 DALLAS BUYERS CLUB (18A) Thu 1:30 7:00 Fri-Wed 12:00, 7:00 A FIELD IN ENGLAND (14A) Fri-Wed 3:45 FROZEN (G) Sat-Sun 11:30 INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS (14A) Thu 8:55 Fri-Wed 7:00 THE MONUMENTS MEN (PG) Thu 1:05, 7:00 Fri-Wed 5:00 MUSCLE SHOALS (PG) Sat, Mon, Wed 2:00 NEBRASKA (PG) Thu 11:30 NIGHT TRAIN TO LISBON (14A) Thu 3:30 Fri, Sun, Tue 2:00 PARTICLE FEVER Fri-Wed 5:20 PARTICLE THEORY Thu 5:30 PHILOMENA (PG) Thu 3:10 Fri-Wed 3:20 STALINGRAD (14A) Fri-Wed 8:55 12 YEARS A SLAVE (14A) Thu 4:50 Fri, Sun, Tue 1:10 THE WOLF OF WALL STREET (18A) 8:55
QUEENSWAY (CE)
1025 THE QUEENSWAY, QEW & ISLINGTON, 416-503-0424 300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE (18A) Thu 9:35 300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE 3D (18A) Thu 2:45, 5:30, 8:00, 10:35 Fri-Sat 12:20, 2:55, 5:35, 8:20, 10:50 Sun 12:20, 2:50, 5:25, 8:00, 10:30 Mon-Wed 2:50, 5:25, 8:00, 10:30 BAD WORDS (14A) Fri-Sat 12:40, 3:05, 5:45, 8:10, 10:40 Sun-Tue 1:10, 3:40, 5:55, 8:20, 10:35 Wed 3:40, 5:55, 8:20, 10:35 CHEAP THRILLS (18A) Thu 7:30 DIVERGENT (PG) Thu 12:50, 2:00, 2:55, 3:00, 3:25, 4:00, 4:15, 5:20, 6:10, 6:30, 6:40, 7:10, 8:00, 8:35, 9:25, 9:45, 9:55, 10:25 Fri 12:30, 1:00, 2:30, 2:40, 3:15, 3:30, 3:45, 4:15, 6:00, 6:30, 7:00, 7:30, 9:15, 9:30, 9:45, 10:15, 10:30, 10:45 Sat 11:50, 12:30, 1:00, 1:30, 2:30, 3:15, 3:45, 4:15, 5:15, 6:00, 6:30, 7:00, 7:30, 8:45, 9:15, 9:45, 10:00, 10:15, 10:45 Sun 11:40, 12:05, 12:40, 2:15, 2:30, 3:00, 3:30, 4:00, 4:50, 5:45, 6:20, 6:30, 6:50, 7:20, 8:10, 9:15, 9:35, 9:45, 10:05, 10:35 Mon 1:00, 1:40, 2:20, 3:00, 3:30, 4:10, 4:15, 4:50, 6:20, 6:45, 7:20, 8:00, 8:10, 9:35, 10:00, 10:35 Tue 1:00, 1:40, 3:00, 3:30, 4:10, 4:15, 4:50, 6:20, 6:45, 6:50, 7:20, 8:00, 8:10, 9:35, 10:00, 10:05, 10:35 Wed 1:40, 2:20, 3:00, 3:30, 4:15, 4:50, 6:20, 6:45, 7:20, 8:00, 8:10, 9:35, 10:00, 10:05, 10:35 ENEMY (18A) Thu 12:40, 3:15, 5:50, 8:10, 10:35 Fri-Sat 7:55, 10:20 Sun-Tue 7:45, 10:00 Wed 6:50, 9:15 THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL (14A) Thu 2:10, 3:15, 4:40, 4:50, 6:00, 7:30, 9:00, 10:00, 10:15 Fri 12:15, 2:30, 3:00, 4:45, 5:15, 5:45, 7:40, 8:00, 8:45, 10:25, 10:45 Sat 11:00, 12:20, 2:00, 2:25, 3:00, 4:45, 5:15, 6:00, 7:40, 8:00, 9:00, 10:25, 10:45 Sun 12:00, 12:20, 1:45, 2:30, 3:00, 4:45, 5:10, 6:00, 7:30, 7:50, 9:00, 10:15, 10:25 Mon-Wed 2:10, 3:15, 4:40, 5:00, 6:00, 7:30, 7:50, 9:00, 10:15, 10:25 THE LEGO MOVIE 3D (G) Thu 5:10, 7:50 Fri, Mon-Wed 5:05, 7:40 Sat 2:15, 5:05, 7:40 Sun 2:20, 5:05, 7:40 THE LEGO MOVIE (G) Thu, Mon-Wed 2:30 Fri 2:20 Sat 11:40 Sun 11:50 MR. PEABODY & SHERMAN (G) Thu 1:00, 3:50 Fri 12:25, 2:50, 5:25 Sat 12:15, 2:45, 5:25 Sun 12:15, 2:40, 5:15 MonTue 2:40, 5:15 Wed 1:10, 3:45 MR. PEABODY & SHERMAN 3D (G) Thu 1:55, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30 Fri 1:55, 4:35, 7:10, 9:40 Sat 11:30, 1:55, 4:35, 7:10, 9:40 Sun 11:35, 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30 Mon-Wed 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30 MUPPETS MOST WANTED (G) Thu 1:45, 4:40, 6:50, 10:10 Fri 2:05, 4:55, 7:50, 10:30 Sat 11:20, 2:35, 4:55, 7:50, 10:30 Sun-Wed 1:50, 4:40, 7:30, 10:15 NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: WAR HORSE - ENCORE Wed 6:30 NEED FOR SPEED (PG) Thu 12:30, 3:35, 6:30, 9:40 NEED FOR SPEED 3D (PG) Thu 1:10, 3:40, 4:15, 6:45, 7:20, 10:00, 10:20 Fri-Sat 1:10, 4:25, 7:45, 10:50 Sun 1:20, 4:20, 7:25, 10:30 Mon-Wed 1:25, 4:20, 7:25, 10:30 NOAH Thu 7:40, 10:40 Fri 12:15, 12:50, 2:45, 3:25, 4:05, 6:30, 6:40, 7:20, 9:55, 10:00, 10:35 Sat 12:00, 12:10, 12:50, 3:25, 3:30, 4:05, 6:40, 7:00, 7:20, 9:55, 10:30, 10:35 Sun 11:55, 12:00, 12:30, 3:10, 3:30, 3:50, 6:30, 7:00, 7:10, 9:40, 10:20, 10:30 Mon-Tue 12:55, 3:00, 3:10, 4:00, 6:30, 7:10, 9:40, 9:45, 10:20 Wed 3:00, 3:10, 4:00, 6:30, 7:10, 9:40, 9:45, 10:20 NON-STOP (PG) Thu 2:20, 5:00, 10:30 Fri 1:20, 3:55, 6:50, 9:30 Sat 11:10, 1:20, 3:55, 6:50, 9:30 Sun 12:45, 3:20, 6:40, 9:20 Mon-Wed 1:15, 3:50, 6:40, 9:20 SON OF GOD (PG) Thu 1:30, 5:40, 8:50 Fri-Wed 10:10
RAINBOW WOODBINE (I)
WOODBINE CENTRE, 500 REXDALE BLVD, 416-213-1998 300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE (18A) Thu 1:10 4:15 7:10 9:40 Fri-Wed 1:10, 4:15, 7:10, 9:45 DIVERGENT (PG) Thu-Tue 12:45, 3:40, 6:40, 9:35 Wed 3:40, 6:40, 9:35 THE LEGO MOVIE (G) 1:20, 4:05 Thu 6:50 MR. PEABODY & SHERMAN (G) Thu 1:25 4:20 7:00 9:15 Fri-Wed 1:15, 4:10, 7:00, 9:15
82
MARCH 27 - APRIL 6 2014 NOW
Muppets Most Wanted (G) 1:00, 4:00, 6:55, 9:25 Need for Speed (PG) Thu 1:05 3:55 6:45 9:30 Fri-Wed 1:05, 3:50, 6:35, 9:30 Noah Thu 9:20 Fri-Wed 12:50, 3:45, 6:45, 9:40 Tyler Perry’s The Single Moms Club (PG) Thu 1:15, 4:10, 7:05, 9:45 Fri-Wed 6:50, 9:20
East End Beach Cinemas (AA) 1651 Queen St E, 416-699-1327
300: Rise of an Empire (18A) Thu 9:15 Divergent (PG) Thu 6:40, 7:00, 9:50, 10:15 Fri 4:00, 7:00, 8:00, 10:10 Sat-Sun 12:45, 4:00, 7:00, 8:00, 10:10 MonWed 7:00, 8:00, 10:10 The Grand Budapest Hotel (14A) 6:45, 9:15 Fri 3:30 mat Sat-Sun 1:00, 3:30 mat The LEGO Movie (G) Thu 6:30 Fri 4:30 Sat-Sun 1:30, 4:30 Mr. Peabody & Sherman 3D (G) 7:30, 10:00 Fri 5:00 Sat-Sun 12:00, 2:30 mat, 5:00 Muppets Most Wanted (G) Thu 6:50, 9:30 Fri 3:15, 6:15, 9:00 Sat-Sun 12:30, 3:15, 6:15, 9:00 Mon-Wed 6:30, 9:15 Need for Speed (PG) Thu 7:00, 10:10 Noah 7:15, 10:20 Fri 3:45 mat Sat-Sun 12:15, 3:45 mat
North York Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk (CE) 5095 Yonge St., 416-847-0087
300: Rise of an Empire (18A) Sat-Sun 2:00 300: Rise of an Empire 3D (18A) Thu 5:00, 7:25, 10:00 Fri-Sat 5:00, 7:30, 10:15 Sun, Tue 4:50, 7:30, 9:55 Mon, Wed 3:50, 9:55 Bad Words (14A) Fri 5:45, 8:10, 10:30 Sat 1:10, 3:25, 5:45, 8:10, 10:30 Sun 2:30, 5:00, 7:20, 10:10 Mon-Wed 5:00, 7:20, 10:10 Divergent (PG) Thu 5:20, 8:30 Fri, Mon-Wed 3:30, 6:40, 10:00 Sat 12:10, 3:30, 6:40, 10:00 Sun 12:20, 3:30, 6:40, 10:00 Divergent: The IMAX Experience (PG) Thu 3:40, 6:50, 10:10 Enemy (18A) Thu 4:40, 7:15, 9:40 The Grand Budapest Hotel (14A) Thu 3:50, 4:20, 6:40, 7:20, 9:20, 9:50 Fri 3:50, 4:20, 6:50, 7:20, 9:20, 9:50 Sat 12:30, 1:00, 3:50, 4:20, 6:50, 7:20, 9:20, 9:50 Sun 12:30, 1:00, 3:35, 4:05, 6:35, 7:05, 9:05, 9:35 Mon-Wed 3:35, 4:05, 6:35, 7:05, 9:05, 9:35 The LEGO Movie (G) Thu 4:30 Mr. Peabody & Sherman (G) Thu 9:45 Sat-Sun 12:40 Mr. Peabody & Sherman 3D (G) Thu 3:30 Fri-Sun, TueWed 3:40, 6:30, 9:30 Mon 3:40, 6:30 Muppets Most Wanted (G) 3:45, 6:45, 9:45 Sat-Sun 12:45 mat National Theatre Live: War Horse - Encore Wed 6:30 Need for Speed 3D (PG) Thu 4:10, 7:00, 9:55 Fri 4:10, 7:10, 10:20 Sat 1:20, 4:10, 7:10, 10:20 Sun 1:20, 4:10, 7:10, 10:10 Mon-Wed 4:10, 7:10, 10:10 Noah Thu 7:00, 10:05 Noah: The IMAX Experience Fri 4:00, 7:00, 10:10 Sat 12:50, 4:00, 7:00, 10:10 Sun 12:50, 4:00, 7:00, 9:50 MonWed 4:00, 7:00, 9:50 Non-Stop (PG) Thu 7:05 Fri-Sat 4:40, 7:40, 10:25 SunWed 4:30, 7:25, 10:05
SilverCity Fairview (CE)
Fairview Mall, 1800 Sheppard Ave E, 416-644-7746 300: Rise of an Empire 3D (18A) Thu 1:30, 4:20, 7:20, 9:50 Fri 2:35, 5:10, 7:40, 10:10 Sat 12:10, 2:35, 5:10, 7:40, 10:10 Sun-Wed 1:55, 4:40, 7:15, 9:45 Bad Words (14A) Fri 2:50, 5:20, 7:45, 10:05 Sat 12:30, 2:50, 5:20, 7:45, 10:05 Sun-Tue 1:10, 4:50, 7:30, 9:50 Wed 4:50, 7:30, 9:50 Cheap Thrills (18A) Thu 7:30 Divergent (PG) Thu 1:20, 3:20, 4:40, 6:30, 7:50, 9:40 Fri 1:50, 4:00, 6:40, 7:10, 9:50, 10:15 Sat 11:30, 12:50, 4:00, 6:40, 7:10, 9:50, 10:15 Sun-Wed 1:40, 3:50, 6:30, 7:00, 9:40, 10:10 The LEGO Movie 3D (G) Thu 4:00 The LEGO Movie (G) Thu 1:40 Fri 1:40, 4:10 Sat 11:10, 1:40, 4:10 Sun-Wed 1:30, 4:00 Mr. Peabody & Sherman (G) Thu 2:00 Fri 2:30 Sat 12:00, 2:30 Sun-Wed 1:50 Mr. Peabody & Sherman 3D (G) Thu 4:30, 6:55, 9:25 Fri-Sat 5:00, 7:35, 9:55 Sun-Wed 4:15, 6:55, 9:25 Muppets Most Wanted (G) Thu 1:00, 3:40, 6:40, 9:20 Fri 1:45, 4:25, 7:15, 10:00 Sat 11:20, 1:45, 4:25, 7:15, 10:00 Sun-Tue 1:25, 4:05, 6:45, 9:30 Wed 4:05, 6:45, 9:30 Need for Speed (PG) Thu 1:50, 5:00, 8:00 Need for Speed 3D (PG) Thu 1:05, 4:05, 7:05, 10:00 FriSat 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:30 Sun-Wed 12:55, 3:55, 7:05, 10:05 Noah Thu 7:00, 10:00 Fri 1:15, 4:15, 7:20, 10:25 Sat 1:10, 4:15, 7:20, 10:25 Sun-Wed 12:45, 3:45, 6:50, 9:55 Non-Stop (PG) Thu 1:15, 4:10 Fri 1:25, 5:15, 7:50, 10:20 Sat 2:40, 5:15, 7:50, 10:20 Sun-Wed 2:00, 4:45, 7:25, 10:00 Son of God (PG) Thu 9:30
SilverCity Yorkdale (CE) 3401 Dufferin St, 416-787-2052
300: Rise of an Empire (18A) Fri-Wed 3:55, 6:45, 9:30 300: Rise of an Empire 3D (18A) Thu 2:10, 5:00, 7:40, 10:15 Divergent (PG) Thu 12:30, 1:30, 3:10, 3:40, 4:45, 6:20, 6:50, 8:00, 9:45, 10:15 Fri 12:45, 1:45, 2:45, 3:50, 6:00, 6:30, 7:05, 9:20, 9:50, 10:20 Sat 11:30, 12:05, 12:35, 2:45, 3:15, 3:45, 6:00, 6:30, 7:00, 9:20, 9:50, 10:20 Sun-Wed
12:45, 1:45, 2:45, 3:50, 6:00, 6:30, 7:05, 9:20, 9:50, 10:15 The LEGO Movie 3D (G) Thu 3:30, 6:40 The LEGO Movie (G) Thu 12:45 Fri-Sat 1:20 Sun-Wed 1:15 Mr. Peabody & Sherman (G) Thu 1:00 Fri, Sun-Wed 12:50 Sat 12:00 Mr. Peabody & Sherman 3D (G) Thu 3:40, 7:00, 9:30 Fri, Sun-Wed 3:30, 7:00, 9:35 Sat 2:35, 5:10, 7:50, 10:20 Muppets Most Wanted (G) Thu, Sun-Wed 1:20, 4:15, 7:10, 10:00 Fri 1:45, 4:35, 7:25, 10:15 Sat 11:00, 1:45, 4:35, 7:25, 10:15 Need for Speed 3D (PG) Thu 12:55, 4:00, 7:00, 10:05 FriSat 1:10, 4:15, 7:20, 10:25 Sun-Wed 1:00, 4:05, 7:10, 10:10 Noah Thu 7:00, 10:05 Fri-Sat 1:00, 4:10, 7:20, 10:30 SunWed 12:45, 3:55, 7:05, 10:15 Non-Stop (PG) Thu 1:40, 4:20, 9:20 Fri 2:20, 5:00, 7:40, 10:25 Sat 11:40, 2:20, 5:00, 7:40, 10:25 Sun-Wed 2:00, 4:50, 7:35, 10:10 Tyler Perry’s The Single Moms Club (PG) Thu 1:50, 4:40, 7:25, 10:10
Scarborough 401 & Morningside (CE) 785 Milner Ave, Scarborough, 416-281-2226
300: Rise of an Empire 3D (18A) Thu, Mon, Wed 5:55, 8:25 Fri, Tue 5:30, 8:00, 10:25 Sat 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:25 Sun 1:15, 4:30, 7:10, 9:45 Divergent (PG) Thu 5:00, 6:10, 7:15, 8:05 Fri, Tue 4:00, 5:15, 7:00, 8:20, 9:20, 10:10 Sat 12:30, 1:45, 3:45, 5:15, 7:00, 8:20, 9:20, 10:10 Sun 12:30, 1:45, 3:45, 5:15, 7:00, 8:20, 9:20, 10:00 Mon, Wed 5:00, 6:10, 7:30, 8:15 The LEGO Movie 3D (G) Thu 5:05, 7:30 Fri-Sun, Tue 4:15, 6:50 Mon, Wed 5:05 The LEGO Movie (G) Sat 11:50, 1:00 Sun 1:00 Mr. Peabody & Sherman (G) Sat 11:40 Sun 2:00 Mr. Peabody & Sherman 3D (G) Thu, Mon, Wed 5:30, 7:55 Fri, Tue 4:40, 7:20, 9:40 Sat 2:00, 4:40, 7:20, 9:40 Sun 4:40, 7:20, 9:35 Muppets Most Wanted (G) Thu, Mon, Wed 5:40, 8:10 Fri, Tue 4:50, 7:35, 10:10 Sat 11:30, 2:10, 4:50, 7:35, 10:10 Sun 2:10, 4:50, 7:35, 10:00 Need for Speed 3D (PG) Thu, Mon, Wed 5:15, 8:15 Fri, Tue 4:20, 7:25, 10:20 Sat 1:15, 4:20, 7:25, 10:20 Sun 1:10, 4:00, 7:05, 9:55 Noah Fri, Tue 4:00, 7:10, 10:20 Sat 11:15, 12:45, 4:00, 7:10, 10:20 Sun 12:45, 3:50, 6:55, 9:55 Mon, Wed 5:05, 8:05 Non-Stop (PG) Thu, Mon, Wed 5:20, 7:50 Fri, Tue 5:20, 7:50, 10:25 Sat 2:20, 5:20, 7:50, 10:25 Sun 2:20, 4:50, 7:30, 10:05 Son of God (PG) Thu, Mon, Wed 5:10 Fri, Tue 6:40 Sat 12:20, 6:40 Sun 12:30, 6:40 3 Days to Kill (PG) Thu, Mon, Wed 8:20 Fri, Tue 4:00, 9:45 Sat-Sun 3:30, 9:45 Tyler Perry’s The Single Moms Club (PG) Thu, Mon, Wed 5:50, 8:25 Fri, Tue 4:10, 6:45, 9:55 Sat 1:30, 4:10, 6:45, 9:55 Sun 1:30, 4:10, 6:45, 9:20
9:00, 9:30, 10:00, 10:30 Fri 1:05, 2:45, 3:45, 4:15, 6:00, 7:00, 7:30, 9:15, 9:45, 10:15, 10:45 Sat 11:30, 1:00, 2:45, 3:45, 4:15, 6:00, 7:00, 7:30, 9:15, 9:45, 10:15, 10:45 Sun 12:30, 1:00, 3:15, 3:45, 4:15, 6:30, 7:00, 7:30, 9:15, 9:45, 10:15 Mon-Wed 3:50, 4:15, 6:30, 7:00, 7:30, 9:00, 9:45, 10:15 Frozen (G) Thu, Mon-Wed 4:00 Fri, Sun 1:30, 4:00 Sat 1:35, 4:10 The Grand Budapest Hotel (14A) Thu 2:25, 5:10, 7:50, 10:20 Fri 2:55, 5:25, 8:00, 10:40 Sat 12:20, 2:55, 5:25, 8:00, 10:40 Sun 12:10, 2:40, 5:15, 7:50, 10:30 Mon-Wed 5:15, 7:50, 10:25 The LEGO Movie 3D (G) Thu 4:40, 7:15, 9:50 Fri-Sat 4:20, 6:50 Sun-Wed 3:55, 6:30 The LEGO Movie (G) Fri 1:45 Sat 11:15, 1:45 Sun 1:20 Mr. Peabody & Sherman (G) Thu 4:15 Fri 2:00, 4:30, 6:55, 9:30 Sat 11:25, 2:00, 4:30, 6:55, 9:30 Sun 1:40, 4:10, 6:45, 9:10 Mon-Wed 4:20, 6:45, 9:10 Mr. Peabody & Sherman 3D (G) Thu 2:50, 5:15, 7:40, 10:05 Fri 2:40, 5:10, 7:40, 10:05 Sat 12:15, 2:40, 5:10, 7:40, 10:05 Sun 12:00, 2:30, 5:00, 7:25, 9:50 Mon-Wed 5:00, 7:25, 9:50 Muppets Most Wanted (G) Thu 2:10, 4:50, 6:45, 9:55 Fri 2:15, 5:00, 7:45, 10:30 Sat 11:00, 11:35, 1:05, 2:15, 5:00, 7:45, 10:30 Sun 11:45, 12:25, 2:25, 5:05, 7:45, 10:25 MonWed 4:35, 7:15, 10:05 Need for Speed (PG) Thu 3:00, 6:00, 9:05 Need for Speed 3D (PG) Thu 4:00, 7:00, 10:05 Fri-Sat 1:10, 4:10, 7:15, 10:20 Sun 12:45, 3:50, 6:55, 10:00 MonWed 3:45, 6:50, 10:00 Noah Thu 7:05, 10:10 Fri 1:00, 3:25, 4:10, 6:40, 7:20, 9:55, 10:35 Sat 12:10, 12:55, 3:25, 4:05, 6:40, 7:20, 9:55, 10:35 Sun 12:15, 12:50, 3:25, 4:05, 6:40, 7:20, 9:55, 10:30 MonWed 4:05, 6:40, 7:20, 9:55, 10:30 Non-Stop (PG) Thu 4:20, 6:40, 9:15 Fri 2:20, 4:55, 7:35, 10:10 Sat 11:45, 2:20, 4:55, 7:35, 10:10 Sun 1:55, 4:30, 7:05, 9:40 Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:05, 9:40 Son of God (PG) Thu 9:45 Fri, Sun-Wed 6:35, 9:50 Sat 6:45, 10:00 Tyler Perry’s The Single Moms Club (PG) Thu 2:20, 5:00, 7:40, 10:25 Fri 2:30, 5:15, 8:05, 10:45 Sat 11:55, 2:35, 5:15, 8:05, 10:45 Sun 2:10, 4:55, 7:40, 10:20 Mon-Wed 4:55, 7:40, 10:20
Woodside Cinemas (I) 1571 Sandhurst Circle, 416-299-3456
Bewakoofiyaan (PG) Thu 6:30 Kuckoo Thu 10:00 Fri-Sun 4:00, 7:00 Mon-Wed 7:00 Nedunchalai Fri-Wed 7:00, 10:00 Nimirnthu Nil (PG) Thu 7:00, 10:00 Queen (14A) Thu 7:00, 9:30 Fri-Sun 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 MonWed 6:30, 9:30
GTA Regions
Coliseum Scarborough (CE)
Mississauga
300: Rise of an Empire 3D (18A) 2:15, 4:55, 7:40, 10:15 Sat 11:30 mat Bad Words (14A) Fri-Sat 1:05, 3:25, 5:45, 8:10, 10:30 Sun, Tue 12:45, 3:20, 5:40, 8:10, 10:30 Mon, Wed 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:20 Divergent (PG) Thu 12:55, 2:40, 4:05, 6:20, 7:15, 9:45, 10:25 Fri 1:10, 3:00, 4:20, 6:15, 7:30, 10:00, 10:45 Sat 11:45, 1:10, 3:00, 4:20, 6:15, 7:30, 10:00, 10:45 Sun, Tue 12:30, 1:10, 3:40, 4:20, 6:55, 7:30, 10:10, 10:45 Mon, Wed 12:55, 3:00, 4:05, 6:15, 7:15, 10:00, 10:25 Enemy (18A) Thu 2:45, 5:15, 7:35 Fri, Mon, Wed 2:50, 5:30, 7:50, 10:10 Sat 1:45, 4:15, 6:45, 9:15 Sun 3:00, 5:30, 7:50, 10:25 Tue 3:00, 5:30, 7:50, 10:10 The LEGO Movie 3D (G) Thu 4:10, 6:45, 9:30 Fri, Sun-Wed 4:35, 7:10 Sat 1:55, 4:30, 7:15 The LEGO Movie (G) Thu 1:30 Fri, Sun-Wed 2:00 Sat 11:20 Mr. Peabody & Sherman (G) Thu 2:30 Fri, Mon, Wed 1:50 Sat 11:40 Sun, Tue 12:35 Mr. Peabody & Sherman 3D (G) Thu 5:00, 7:20, 9:55 Fri, Mon, Wed 4:25, 6:45, 9:15 Sat 2:10, 4:35, 7:05, 9:35 Sun, Tue 3:10, 5:35, 8:00, 10:40 Muppets Most Wanted (G) Thu 1:10, 3:55, 6:55, 9:35 Fri 1:20, 4:00, 7:00, 9:40 Sat 11:15, 2:00, 4:45, 7:30, 10:10 Sun, Tue 12:25, 1:20, 4:00, 6:45, 9:30 Mon, Wed 1:10, 3:55, 6:55, 9:55 National Theatre Live: War Horse - Encore Wed 6:30 Need for Speed (PG) Thu 3:00, 10:05 Fri-Wed 9:45 Need for Speed 3D (PG) Thu 1:15, 4:15, 7:20, 10:30 Fri-Sat, Mon, Wed 1:15, 4:15, 7:25, 10:25 Sun, Tue 12:50, 3:55, 7:00, 10:20 Noah Thu 7:00, 10:10 Fri-Sun, Tue 1:00, 4:10, 7:20, 10:35 Mon, Wed 1:00, 4:10, 7:20, 10:30 Non-Stop (PG) Thu 1:25, 4:00, 6:40, 9:15 Fri-Sat 12:55, 3:45, 6:30, 9:20 Sun, Tue 1:05, 3:45, 6:30, 9:20 Mon, Wed 1:25, 4:00, 6:40, 9:20 Pagpag Thu 1:45, 4:30, 7:15, 10:00 Tyler Perry’s The Single Moms Club (PG) Thu 1:20, 3:50, 6:50, 9:40 Fri-Sat, Tue 12:50, 3:50, 6:50, 9:50 Sun 5:00, 7:35, 10:20 Mon 1:20, 3:50, 6:50, 9:50 Wed 1:20, 3:50, 9:50
Coliseum Mississauga (CE)
Scarborough Town Centre, 416-290-5217
Eglinton Town Centre (CE) 1901 Eglinton Ave E, 416-752-4494
300: Rise of an Empire (18A) Fri 2:05, 4:35, 7:10, 9:40 Sat 11:40, 2:10, 4:40, 7:10, 9:40 Sun 1:45, 4:20, 6:50, 9:30 Mon-Wed 4:25, 6:55, 9:30 300: Rise of an Empire 3D (18A) Thu 2:40, 4:25, 5:25, 7:10, 8:00, 9:40, 10:30 Fri 2:40, 5:15, 7:50, 10:25 Sat 5:20, 7:50, 10:25 Sun 11:50, 2:20, 5:00, 7:35, 10:10 Mon-Wed 5:05, 7:35, 10:10 Cheap Thrills (18A) Thu 7:30 Divergent (PG) Thu 2:30, 4:05, 5:05, 5:45, 6:20, 7:20,
Square One, 309 Rathburn Rd W, 905-275-3456
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110 Courtney Park E at Hurontario, 416-335-5323 300: Rise of an Empire 3D (18A) Thu 2:30, 4:55, 7:20, 9:55 Fri 1:25, 2:35, 5:05, 7:35, 10:20 Sat 12:10, 2:35, 5:05, 7:35, 10:20 Sun 12:10, 2:35, 5:05, 7:35, 10:05 Mon-Wed
1:25, 2:35, 5:05, 7:35, 10:05 Bad Words (14A) Fri 1:05, 2:15, 3:30, 5:45, 8:00, 10:30 Sat 1:05, 3:30, 5:45, 8:00, 10:30 Sun 1:05, 3:30, 5:45, 8:00, 10:15 Mon-Wed 1:05, 2:15, 3:30, 5:45, 8:00, 10:15 Divergent (PG) Thu 1:00, 1:45, 3:20, 3:35, 4:05, 4:50, 6:25, 6:40, 7:10, 8:00, 9:30, 9:45, 10:00, 10:15 Fri 1:10, 1:40, 3:15, 3:45, 4:15, 4:45, 6:20, 6:50, 7:20, 7:50, 9:40, 10:10, 10:40 Sat 12:05, 12:40, 1:10, 1:40, 3:15, 3:45, 4:15, 4:45, 6:20, 6:50, 7:20, 7:50, 9:40, 10:10, 10:40 Sun 12:05, 12:40, 1:10, 1:40, 3:15, 3:45, 4:15, 4:45, 6:20, 6:50, 7:20, 7:50, 9:25, 9:55, 10:25 Mon-Tue 1:10, 1:40, 3:15, 3:45, 4:15, 4:45, 6:20, 6:50, 7:20, 7:50, 9:25, 9:55, 10:25 Wed 1:40, 3:15, 3:45, 4:15, 4:45, 6:20, 7:20, 7:50, 9:25, 9:55, 10:25 Divergent: The IMAX Experience (PG) Thu 1:15, 4:20, 7:25, 10:30 Enemy (18A) Thu 1:10, 2:15, 4:45, 6:55 Fri-Sat 10:00 SunWed 9:45 The LEGO Movie 3D (G) Thu 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:35 Fri, Mon-Wed 4:50, 7:15 Sat-Sun 2:25, 4:50, 7:15 The LEGO Movie (G) Thu 1:05 Fri, Mon-Wed 2:25 Sat-Sun 12:00 Mr. & Mrs. 420 (PG) Thu 3:30, 6:30, 9:25 Fri 3:25, 6:25, 9:35 Sat 12:30, 3:25, 6:25, 9:35 Sun 12:30, 3:25, 6:25, 9:20 Mon-Wed 3:25, 6:25, 9:20 Mr. Peabody & Sherman (G) Thu 1:10 Fri, Mon-Wed 2:30 Sat-Sun 11:55 Mr. Peabody & Sherman 3D (G) Thu 3:10, 5:30, 7:50, 10:10 Fri 4:55, 7:10, 9:45 Sat 2:30, 4:55, 7:10, 9:45 Sun 2:30, 4:55, 7:10, 9:30 Mon-Wed 4:55, 7:10, 9:30 Muppets Most Wanted (G) Thu 1:35, 4:25, 7:05, 9:20 Fri-Sat 1:30, 4:10, 6:55, 9:50 Sun-Tue 1:30, 4:10, 6:55, 9:35 Wed 3:55, 6:50, 10:05 National Theatre Live: War Horse - Encore Wed 6:30 Need for Speed (PG) Thu 1:00, 3:50, 6:45, 9:40 Fri-Sat 1:00, 4:05, 7:00, 10:05 Sun-Wed 1:00, 4:05, 7:00, 9:50 Need for Speed 3D (PG) Thu 1:40, 4:35, 7:30, 10:25 Fri-Sat 1:35, 4:35, 7:30, 10:35 Sun-Wed 1:35, 4:35, 7:30, 10:20 Noah Fri 3:50, 6:55, 10:15 Sat 12:45, 3:50, 6:55, 10:15 Sun 12:45, 3:50, 6:55, 10:00 Mon-Wed 3:50, 6:55, 10:00 Noah: The IMAX Experience Fri-Sat 1:15, 4:20, 7:25, 10:45 Sun-Wed 1:15, 4:20, 7:25, 10:30 Non-Stop (PG) Thu 2:25, 5:00, 7:35, 10:05 Fri 1:20, 5:10, 7:40, 10:25 Sat 11:55, 2:40, 5:10, 7:40, 10:25 Sun 11:55, 2:40, 5:10, 7:40, 10:10 Mon-Wed 1:20, 5:10, 7:40, 10:10 Ragini MMS 2 Thu 2:05, 4:40, 7:15, 10:00 Tyler Perry’s The Single Moms Club (PG) Thu 2:35, 5:10, 7:45, 10:20 Fri-Sat 1:55, 4:30, 7:05, 9:55 Sun-Wed 1:55, 4:30, 7:05, 9:40
SilverCity Mississauga (CE) Hwy 5, east of Hwy 403, 905-569-3373
August: Osage County (14A) Thu, Mon-Wed 4:35, 7:15 Fri 4:20, 7:10, 9:55 Sat 1:20, 4:20, 7:15, 9:55 Sun 1:20, 4:10, 7:05, 9:55 Bad Words (14A) Fri 3:45, 5:50, 8:00, 10:20 Sat 1:10, 3:25, 5:40, 7:50, 10:15 Sun 1:10, 3:25, 5:40, 7:50, 10:00 Mon-Wed 4:55, 7:25 Dallas Buyers Club (18A) Thu 4:40, 7:35 Fri 4:10, 6:55, 9:45 Sat 1:15, 4:00, 6:55, 9:45 Sun 1:15, 4:00, 6:55, 9:40 Mon-Wed 4:50, 7:30 Enemy (18A) Thu 5:20, 7:40 Fri 4:50, 7:20, 10:05 Sat 2:15, 4:50, 7:20, 10:05 Sun 2:15, 5:00, 7:15, 9:50 Mon-Wed 5:20, 7:45 The Grand Budapest Hotel (14A) Thu 4:50, 5:30, 7:20, 8:00 Fri 3:30, 4:30, 6:40, 7:45, 9:30, 10:30 Sat 1:30, 2:30, 4:30, 5:20, 7:00, 8:00, 9:30, 10:30 Sun 1:40, 2:25, 4:25, 5:20, 6:50, 7:45, 9:30, 10:15 Mon-Wed 4:30, 5:30, 7:00, 8:00 The Monuments Men (PG) Thu, Mon-Wed 5:05, 7:45 Fri 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 Sat 1:40, 4:25, 7:00, 10:00 Sun 1:30, 4:20, 7:00, 9:40 The Nut Job (PG) Thu 4:55 Ride Along (14A) Thu 5:10, 7:50 Fri 5:00, 7:35, 10:25 Sat 2:00, 5:00, 7:35, 10:20 Sun 2:00, 4:45, 7:30, 10:05 MonWed 5:15, 7:55 3 Days to Kill (PG) Thu, Mon-Wed 5:00, 7:50 Fri 4:40, 7:25, 10:15 Sat 1:45, 4:40, 7:30, 10:25 Sun 1:50, 4:35, 7:25, 10:10 12 Years a Slave (14A) Thu 4:30, 7:30 Fri 3:55, 6:50, 9:40 Sat 1:00, 3:50, 6:50, 9:40 Sun 1:00, 3:50, 6:40, 9:35 MonWed 4:35, 7:35 The Wind Rises (PG) Thu 7:00
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300: Rise of an Empire 3D (18A) Thu 4:50, 7:30, 8:00, 9:55, 10:25 Fri-Sun 1:00, 3:20, 5:45, 6:45, 8:05, 9:20, 10:25 Mon-Wed 4:50, 6:10, 7:35, 8:50, 10:00 About Last Night (14A) Thu 4:20, 9:40 Fri-Sat 12:55, 3:30, 5:55, 8:20, 10:40 Sun 1:55, 4:45, 7:20, 9:45 Mon-Wed 3:55, 6:25, 9:20 Bad Words (14A) Fri-Sat 1:15, 3:25, 5:50, 8:10, 10:30 Sun 12:55, 3:10, 5:30, 7:40, 10:10 Mon-Wed 3:30, 5:45, 8:00, 10:15 Cheap Thrills (18A) Thu 7:30 Divergent (PG) Thu 4:00, 4:30, 5:15, 6:00, 7:10, 7:45, 8:45, 9:30, 10:30 Fri 12:35, 1:05, 2:00, 2:45, 3:35, 4:10, 5:40, 6:25, 6:55, 7:25, 9:00, 9:30, 10:10, 10:40 Sat 11:05, 11:45, 12:35, 1:05, 2:05, 2:45, 3:35, 4:10, 5:40, 6:25, 6:55, 7:25, 9:00, 9:30, 10:10, 10:40 Sun 12:35, 1:05, 2:45, 3:35, 4:10, 5:40, 6:25, 6:55, 7:25, 9:00, 9:30, 10:00, 10:30 MonTue 3:35, 4:05, 5:00, 5:45, 6:40, 7:10, 8:15, 9:00, 9:45, 10:15 Wed 3:35, 4:05, 5:00, 5:45, 7:10, 8:15, 9:00, 9:45, 10:15 Divergent: The IMAX Experience (PG) Thu 3:30, 6:40, 10:00 Enemy (18A) Thu 5:00, 7:15, 9:35 Fri-Sun 12:50, 3:05, 5:15, 7:35, 9:55 Mon-Wed 4:45, 7:25, 9:40 Frozen 3D (G) Thu 3:50 The Grand Budapest Hotel (14A) Thu 4:45, 7:35, 10:10
Fri 12:50, 3:15, 5:35, 8:00, 10:35 Sat 12:25, 3:15, 5:35, 8:00, 10:35 Sun 1:45, 4:40, 7:15, 9:40 Mon-Wed 4:40, 7:00, 9:25 Gravity (PG) Thu 8:50 The LEGO Movie 3D (G) Thu 5:20, 6:15 Fri-Sun 3:00, 5:25, 7:50 Mon-Wed 3:50, 6:30 The LEGO Movie (G) Thu 3:30 Fri, Sun 12:40 Sat 11:30, 12:15 Mr. Peabody & Sherman (G) Thu 3:35, 6:10 Fri, Sun 1:40, 4:15 Sat 11:20, 1:40, 4:15 Mon-Wed 3:45 Mr. Peabody & Sherman 3D (G) Thu 4:05, 6:50, 9:25 Fri, Sun 12:30, 2:55, 5:20, 7:45, 10:20 Sat 12:00, 2:55, 5:20, 7:45, 10:20 Mon-Wed 4:25, 6:50, 9:15 Muppets Most Wanted (G) Thu 4:10, 7:05, 9:50 Fri-Sun 1:20, 4:00, 7:00, 9:45 Mon-Wed 4:10, 6:55, 9:35 Need for Speed (PG) Thu 3:55, 6:45, 9:45 Fri-Sun 10:15 Mon-Wed 9:10 Need for Speed 3D (PG) Thu 4:35, 7:25, 10:20 Fri 1:35, 4:30, 7:40, 10:45 Sat 1:50, 4:45, 7:40, 10:45 Sun 12:40, 3:30, 6:35, 9:35 Mon-Wed 4:20, 7:15, 10:05 Noah Thu 7:00, 10:05 Fri-Sat 1:10, 4:20, 7:30, 10:45 Sun 1:10, 4:20, 7:30, 10:30 Mon-Tue 3:30, 6:35, 9:40 Wed 3:30, 6:35, 9:50 Noah: The IMAX Experience Fri-Sun 12:30, 3:40, 6:50, 10:00 Mon-Wed 4:00, 7:05, 10:10 Non-Stop (PG) Thu 4:55, 10:15 Fri-Sun 1:30, 4:25, 7:10, 9:50 Mon-Wed 4:15, 7:20, 9:55 Son of God (PG) Thu 3:40, 9:15 Fri-Sun 12:45, 3:45, 7:05, 10:05 Mon-Wed 3:40, 6:45, 9:50 Tyler Perry’s The Single Moms Club (PG) Thu 3:45, 6:35, 9:20 Fri-Sun 1:25, 4:05, 6:40, 9:25 Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:30, 10:00 Veronica Mars (PG) Thu 7:00
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30 Interchange Way, Hwy 400 & Hwy 7, 416-335-5323 American Hustle (14A) Thu, Mon-Wed 4:25, 7:10 Fri 6:45, 9:35 Sat 3:45, 6:45, 9:35 Sun 3:45, 6:45 August: Osage County (14A) Thu, Mon-Wed 4:40, 7:20 Fri 4:50, 7:20, 9:55 Sat 2:20, 4:50, 7:20, 9:55 Sun 2:20, 4:50, 7:20 Blue Jasmine (14A) Thu, Mon-Wed 5:05, 7:45 Fri 5:05, 7:15, 9:30 Sat 2:50, 5:05, 7:15, 9:30 Sun 2:50, 5:05, 7:45 Captain Phillips (14A) Thu, Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:15 Fri 7:15, 10:00 Sat 4:00, 7:15, 10:00 Sun 4:00, 7:15 Endless Love (PG) Thu, Mon-Wed 5:10, 7:40 Fri 5:10, 7:40, 9:55 Sat 2:40, 5:10, 7:40, 9:55 Sun 2:40, 5:10, 7:45 Frozen (G) Fri 4:40, 7:05, 9:45 Sat 2:10, 4:40, 7:05, 9:45 Sun 2:30, 4:40, 7:40 Mon-Wed 4:40, 7:30 Gravity 3D (PG) Fri 4:30, 6:40, 9:20 Sat 2:15, 4:30, 7:00, 9:20 Sun 2:15, 4:30, 7:00 Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:00 Her (14A) Thu, Mon-Wed 4:35, 7:15 Fri 4:45, 7:20, 10:00 Sat 2:05, 4:45, 7:20, 10:00 Sun 2:05, 4:45, 7:20 The Monuments Men (PG) Thu, Mon-Wed 4:45, 7:30 Fri 4:45, 7:30, 10:00 Sat 2:15, 4:45, 7:10, 10:00 Sun 2:15, 4:45, 7:30 Philomena (PG) 5:00, 7:25 Fri 9:45 Sat 2:55 mat, 9:45 Sun 2:55 mat Ride Along (14A) 4:55, 7:25 Fri 9:50 Sat 2:25 mat, 9:50 Sun 2:25 mat RoboCop (PG) Thu, Mon-Wed 5:15, 7:35 Fri 4:30, 7:10, 9:40 Sat 2:00, 4:15, 7:10, 9:40 Sun 2:00, 4:15, 7:10 12 Years a Slave (14A) 7:00 Fri 9:50 Sat 4:10, 9:50 Sun 4:10 Winter’s Tale (PG) Thu 5:05, 7:30
Rainbow Promenade (I)
Promenade Mall, Hwy 7 & Bathurst, 416-494-9371 Divergent (PG) Thu 12:45 3:40 6:40 9:45 Fri-Wed 12:45, 3:40, 6:40, 9:35 Enemy (18A) Fri-Wed 1:05, 3:55, 7:10, 9:25 The LEGO Movie (G) Thu 1:20, 4:05, 7:00 Fri-Sun, TueWed 1:20, 4:05 Mon 1:20 Mr. Peabody & Sherman (G) 1:15, 4:10, 6:55, 9:15 Muppets Most Wanted (G) Thu-Sun, Tue-Wed 1:10, 4:00, 7:00, 9:30 Mon 4:00, 7:00, 9:30 Need for Speed (PG) Thu 1:05, 3:55, 6:50, 9:35 Noah Thu 9:25 Fri-Wed 12:50, 3:45, 6:45, 9:40 Non-Stop (PG) Thu 1:00, 3:50, 7:05, 9:40 Fri-Wed 7:05, 9:45
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300: Rise of an Empire (18A) Thu 7:55, 10:20 300: Rise of an Empire 3D (18A) Thu 7:10, 9:50 Fri, Tue 5:05, 7:50, 10:25 Sat-Sun 12:00, 2:30, 5:05, 7:50, 10:25 Mon, Wed 7:50, 10:25 American Hustle (14A) Thu 7:00, 10:05 Divergent (PG) Fri, Tue 4:00, 4:15, 6:30, 7:10, 7:25, 9:45, 10:20, 10:35 Sat-Sun 12:10, 12:50, 1:05, 3:20, 4:00, 4:15, 6:30, 7:10, 7:25, 9:45, 10:20, 10:35 Mon, Wed 7:10, 8:00, 9:00, 10:20 The LEGO Movie 3D (G) Thu 6:55, 9:30 The LEGO Movie (G) Fri 4:05, 6:40 Sat-Sun 1:00, 3:40, 6:40 Mon, Wed 7:00 Tue 4:05, 7:00 The Monuments Men (PG) Thu 7:05, 9:55 Mr. Peabody & Sherman (G) Thu 7:40 Sat-Sun 12:05 Mr. Peabody & Sherman 3D (G) Thu 7:20, 9:40 Fri, Tue 4:50, 7:15, 10:00 Sat-Sun 2:25, 4:50, 7:15, 10:00 Mon, Wed 7:15, 10:00 Muppets Most Wanted (G) Fri, Tue 5:15, 7:55, 10:35 Sat-Sun 12:00, 2:40, 5:15, 7:55, 10:35 Mon, Wed 7:25, 10:05 Need for Speed 3D (PG) Thu 7:15, 10:10 Fri, Tue 4:10, 7:30, 10:30 Sat-Sun 1:10, 4:10, 7:30, 10:30 Mon, Wed 7:30, 10:25 Noah Fri, Tue 3:45, 6:50, 10:05 Sat-Sun 12:30, 3:40, 6:50, 10:05 Mon, Wed 7:05, 10:15 Non-Stop (PG) Thu 7:45, 10:15 Fri, Tue 4:20, 7:20, 10:10 Sat-Sun 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:10 Mon, Wed 7:20, 10:10 RoboCop (PG) Thu 10:00 Son of God (PG) Thu 7:00, 10:05 Fri-Wed 9:30 3
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festivals breast fest
bloor hot docs cinema, 506 bloor w. breastfest.ca
fri 28-sun 30 – Film and arts festival
dedicated to breast cancer awareness. $10. sat 29 – Beyond The Silence (2013) D: Asha Siad and Roda Siad. 1:30 pm. Panel discussion to follow. Lily (2013) D: Matt Creed. 3:30 pm. sun 30 – Valleys (2013) D: Aaron Bryant. 10:30 am. Panel discussion to follow. The Promise (2013) D: Phil Hughes. 1 pm. Panel discussion to follow. Baring It All (2011) D: Patricia Zagarella. 3:30 pm.
cinéfranco francophone international film festival royal cinema, 608 college. cinefranco.com
fri 28-apr 6 – Festival of francophone inter-
national films. $12, stu/srs $10, under 18 $8, festival pass $99 (10 tickets). fri 28 – Moroccan Gigolos (2013) D: Ismaël Saidi. 7 pm. sat 29 – Short Films Program One including Welkom D: Pablo Monoz Gomez, Purpl Love D: Pierre-Luc Lafontaine, Northern Lights D: Keren Ben Rafael, and others. 11:30 am. Le Cicatrice/The Scar (2013) D: Jimmy Larouche. 2 pm. Les Reines Du Ring/Wrestling Queens (2013) D: Jean-Marc Rudnicki. 4:15 pm. Les Beaux Jours/Bright Days Ahead (2013) D: Marion Vernoux. 6:30 pm. Angé lique (2013) D: Ariel Zeitoun. 8:40 pm. sun 30 – Vandal (2013) D: Hélier Cisterne. 11:30 am. Marius (2013) D: Nabil Ben Yadir. 2 pm. Fanny (2013) D: Daniel Auteuil. 4:15 pm. Pour Une Femme/For A Woman (2013) D: Diane Kurys, and short film Ensemble (2013) D: Mohamed Fekrane. 6:30 pm. mon 31 – Elle S’En Va/On My Way (2013) D: Emmanuelle Bercot, and short film Les Raquetteur (2014) D: Michael Brault and Gilles Groulx. 6:30 pm. tue 1 – Adieu Paris (2013) D: Franziska Buch. 6 pm. Un P’Tit Gars De Ménilmontant/Jo’s Neighborhood (2013) D: Alain Minier. 8:30 pm. wed 2 – Rengaine/Hold Back (2012) D: Rachid Djaïdani. 6 pm. La Cite Rose/Asphalt Playground (2013) D: Julien Abraham. 8 pm.
reelworld film festival
famous players canada square cinemas, 2190 yonge. reelworld.ca
wed 2-apr 6 – Festival of films made by
people from the aboriginal, Asian, black, L atino, Middle Eastern and South Asian communities. Festival pass (includes festival in Markham Apr 11-13), $110, early bird $55 before Apr 1), opening and closing nights $15. wed 2 – Opening night: Destiny D: Jeremy Whittaker. 7 pm.
sex and the erotic film festival
innis town hall, 2 sussex (IT). goodfor.com
tue 1-apr 3– Festival of films about sex and erotica. $10. tue 1 – Sexy Baby (2012) D: Jill Bauer and
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Colourism cuts deep in Hue Albinos are targetedfor slaughter in Reel World fest entry Hue.
HUE: A MATTER OF COLOUR (Vic Sarin) Rating: NNN You’d be hard pressed to find a more appropriate setting for Vic Sarin’s Hue: A Matter Of Colour than Reel World, the festival that prides itself on representing racially diverse communities in its program of films and music videos. Sarin tackles the complicated subject of colourism, discrimination against people with darker skin
within races or ethnic groups. Among many others, he finds Indian girls who hide from the sun because a tan might reduce their prospects for an arranged marriage, and an East Asian woman who’s developed a lucrative skinlightening treatment. It’s an issue that arises even among Toronto’s minorities. Local filmmaker Nayani Thiyagarajah explores such internalized discrimination in her short Shadeism, which you can view online.
Ronna Gradus, and short film Little Vulvah And Her Clitoral Awareness (2013) D: Sara Koppel. 7 pm. Trans (2012) D: Chris Arnold, and Undress Me (2013) D: Victor Lindren. 9 pm. wed 2 – Remedy (2014) D: Cheyenne Picardo. 7 pm. Women Will Come: Feminists Redefining Pornography (2009) D: Joanne Loton. 9:45 pm.
$13, adv $10.50, stu/srs $11, adv $8.50, under 13 free, festival pass $45, adv $40, some free events. thu 27 – Soirée Francophone: Le Porteur D’Eau (2007) D: Pascal Gélinas, and Une Histoire De Tortue (2012) D: Kathy Shultz. 7 pm. fri 28 – Water And Energy: Burning Water (2010) D: Cameron Esler and Tadzio Richards, and The Ocean Inside (2013) D: Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee. 7 pm. sat 29 – The Downside Of Fish Farming: Salmon Confidential (2013) D: Twyla Roscovich and Alexandra Morton, and Farmed And Dangerous (2013) D: Alex and Tyler Mifflin. 3 pm. Closing night: The Joys And Sorrows Of Fishing: Kiss The Water (2013) D: Eric Steel and Em Cooper, and Losing Nemo (2013) D: The Black Fish and Mr Lee. 7 pm.
toronto hispano-american film festival
bloor hot docs cinema, 506 bloor w (BC); miles nadal jcc, al green theatre, 750 spadina (AG). thaff.com
thu 27-sun 30 – Festival of films from Span-
ish-speaking countries including Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Spain, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. $12, stu/srs $10. thu 27 – No (2012) D: Gael Garcia Bernal. 6 pm. 8 Tiros/8 Shots (2013) D: Bruno Hernández. 8:35 pm. Both screenings at AG. fri 28 – Corazón De León/Lion’s Heart (2013) D: Marcos Carnevalle. 6 pm. La Jaula De Oro (2013) D: Diego Quemada Diez. 9 pm. Both screenings at BC. sat 29 – La Reconstrucción/The Reconstruction (2013) D: Juan Taratutto. 6:30 pm. Nosotros Los Nobles/We Are The Nobles (2013) D: Gary Alazraki. 9:15 pm. Both screenings at BC. sun 30 – Tanta Agua/So Much Water (2013) D: Ana Guevara and Leticia Jorge. 7 pm (BC).
vaughan film festival
cineplex colossus vaughan cinemas, 3555 highway 7 West, vaughan. vaughanfilmfestival.com
tue 2-apr 4 – Festival of films by people living in and around Vaughan. $10.
tue 2 – Student Films: Chapliancy, Brain-
wash, The Wooden Figure, Unforgettable, Two Million, and others. 6:30 pm. International Films: Diagnostic, 75 Pianos, Grandma’s Not A Toaster, Singer Not The Song, and others. 8 pm. wed 3 – International Films X 2: Margo Lily, Isaiah, Dystopia, The Great Maldini, and others. 6:30 pm. Spookslayers, The Reward, Long Branch, and others. 8 pm.
water docs film festival
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thu 27-sat 29– Documentary film fest
explores issues and initiatives about water.
Cinemas big picture cinema gerrard 1035 gerrard e. bigpicturecinema.com
thu 27- wed 2– Check website for schedule.
BLOOR hot docs Cinema 506 Bloor W. 416-637-3123. bloorcinema.com
Thu 27 – Particle Fever (2013) D: Mark Levin-
son. 3 pm. Friends For Life presents 65_RedRoses (2009) D: Philip Lyall and Nimisha Mukerji. 8 pm. $20. fflf.ca. fri 28-sun 30 – Breast Fest Film Festival. See listings, this page. fri 28-sun 30 – Toronto Hispano American Film Festival. See listings, this page. fri 28 – Particle Fever. 3 pm. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) D: Jim Sharman. 11:30 pm. mon 31 – Music On Film – Embracing Voices: The Woman Behind The Music Of Jane Bunnett (2012) D: Elisa Paloshci. 6:30 pm. $15. Bunnett in attendance. Our Vinyl Weighs A Ton: This Is Stones Throw Records (203) D: Jeff Broadway. 9:15 pm. Tue 1 – Tim’s Vermeer (2013) D: Teller. 4 & 9:15 pm. Cinema Politica presents Silence Is Gold (2012) D: Julien Fréchette. 6:30 pm. Suggested donation $5-$10. cinemapolitica.org. Wed 2 – Tim’s Vermeer. 3:45 pm. Hot Docs Doc Soup presents Alive Inside (2014) D: MichaelRossato-Bennett. 6:30 & 9:15 pm. Q&A w/ director to follow. $15. hotdocs.ca.
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thu 27 – The Human Body. Noon & 1 pm. Flight Of The Butterflies. 2 pm. fri 28 – . Jerusalem. Noon & 2 pm. The Human Body. 1 pm. sat 29-sun 30 – Flight Of The Butterflies. 11 am. Jerusalem. Noon & 4 pm. Great White Shark. 1 & 3 pm. Under The Sea. 2 pm. mon 31 – Jerusalem. Noon & 2 pm. The Human Body. 1 pm. tue 1 – The Human Body. Noon & 1 pm. Flight Of The Butterflies. 2 pm. wed 2 – Jerusalem. Noon & 2 pm. The Human Body. 1 pm.
reg hartt’s cineforum 463 Bathurst. 416-603-6643.
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sat 29 – The Sex & Violence Cartoon Festi-
val. 9 pm. sun 30 – La Boheme (1926) D: King Vidor. 2 pm. The Darkside Of Oz: The Wizard Of Oz (1939) D: Victor Fleming w/ soundtrack of Pink Floyd’s Darkside Of The Moon. 7 pm. Kid Dracula: Nosferatu (1922) D: FW Murnau w/ soundtrack of Radiohead’s Kid A and OK Computer. 9 pm. tue 1-wed 2 – Salvador Dali Film Fest. 7 pm.
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and Pedro Pires. 6:30 pm. Black Book (2006) D: Paul Verhoeven. 9:15 pm. sat 29 – Robert Lepage X 3: The Metropolitan Opera HD Live: Berlioz’s La Damnation De Faust (2008) D: Barbara Willis Sweete. Noon. Le Polygraphe (1996). 3:45 pm. Possible Worlds (2000). 7 pm. Stephen King: The Mist (2007) D: Frank Darabont. 10 pm. sun 30 – Robert Lepage: Wagner’s Dream (2012) D: Susan Froemke. 12:30 pm. Nô (1998) D: Robert Lepage. 3:45 pm. Oedipus Rex (1967) D: Pier Paolo Pasolini. 6 pm. mon 31 – Check website for schedule. tue 1 – The Far Side Of The Moon (2003) D: Robert Lepage. 9 pm. wed 2 – Check website for schedule.
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The Wolf Of Wall Street (Paramount, 2013) D: Martin Scor-
sese, w/ Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill. Rating: NNNN; Blu-ray package: NNN
Leonardo DiCaprio (left) and Jonah Hill go to extremes in The Wolf Of Wall Street.
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chor Bay, 2013) D: Stephen Sommers, w/ Anton Yelchin, Addison Timlin. Rating: NNN; Blu-ray package: none. As entertaining fluff, Odd Thomas achieves liftoff thanks to its energy, polish, likeable leads, imaginative CG demons, decent scares and solid supernatural comedy-thriller premise. Sadly, clumsy writing keeps it from reaching escape velocity. Small-town fry cook Odd Thomas (Anton Yelchin) can see ghosts and a certain kind of demon that enjoys violent deaths. Feeling compelled to use his powers for good, he’s helped by girlfriend Storm (Addison Timlin) and the police chief (Willem Dafoe). When the demons show up in unprecedented numbers, Odd (that’s really his name) shifts into sleuth mode. The appealing Yelchin and Timlin leap into their non-stop banter with evident enjoyment, but writer-director
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Outpost 3: Rise Of The Spetsnaz
(Mongrel, 2013) D: Kieran Parker, w/ Bryan Larkin, Michael McKell. Rating: NNN; DVD package: none. Anyone who found the first two entries in the Nazi zombie franchise – Outpost and Outpost: Black Sun – too intellectual will appreciate Outpost 3: Rise Of The Spetsnaz. It dispenses almost entirely with plot and
Martin Scorsese’s fast, funny take on the rise and fall of a crooked stockbroker displays the director’s trademark high energy, episodic structure, elaborate staging reminiscent of old musicals and non-judgmental fascination with men in extreme circumstances. Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCaprio), after scamming suckers with penny stocks, opens a Wall Street brokerage with his cronies (led by Jonah Hill) and marries a hottie (Margot Robbie). Everybody makes tons of money and fills the office and their lives with massive amounts of sex, drugs and high-end consumer goods. Eventually, the FBI takes an interest. The entire cast revels in the excess, and they’re very funny, never more so than when DiCaprio and Hill launch into their infantile meltdowns. DiCaprio also has some terrific rally-the-troops speeches and a great deal of voice-over narration, all beautifully written and delivered, a joy to hear. The 20-minute making-of doc deals with actors’ and director’s p erspectives on the work and its meaning. EXTRAS Making-of doc. English, French, Spanish audio and subtitles.
character to concentrate on action and gore. In 1945, Nazis capture a squad of Soviet soldiers and shove them into an experimental program to make supersoldiers from the dead. Their options are escape or die. Viewers are treated to relentless violence: fists, feet and elbows as well as knives, guns and hand grenades. Much of it is handled in close-up with generous helpings of gore. The tough, patriotic Soviets are difficult to distinguish from one another, as are the Nazis, except for the head baddie (Michael McKell), who livens up the otherwise grim proceedings with a performance reminiscent of Christoph Waltz’s Inglourious Basterds turn. Director Kieran Parker keeps the action whipping along and reasonably varied. If this is your meat and you don’t miss the absent extras, go for a double bill with Frankenstein’s Army. It’s got Nazis, Soviet soldiers, a secret bunker and the ever-popular army of the dead. EXTRAS English audio and subtitles.
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Ice Soldiers (levelFilm, 2013) D: Sturla Gunnarsson, w/ Dominic Purcell, Adam Beach. Rating: NN; Blu-ray package: none. Ice Soldiers, a low-budget science fiction chase movie, gets its greatest tension from shots of tiny humans
struggling against northern Ontario’s vast, hostile snowbound wilderness. They’re on the trail of three genetically enhanced Soviet soldiers left over from the Cold War who’ve been defrosted and now want to fulfill their murderous mission. The villains, led by Gabriel Hogan, looking like a younger, more handsome Dolph Lundgren, are your basic Termi nator-style unstoppable killing machines. The hero, Dominic Purcell, a heavier, more phlegmatic Steve Carell, also has superpowers, but they don’t help much until a Cree trapper (Adam Beach) shows up, bringing tracking skills and some human warmth to the otherwise dour proceedings. Most of the action is suggested rather than shown, so hardcore fans will be disappointed, but the setting, atmosphere and brisk pace make it watchable for the rest of us. There are no extras, so you can fill your lust for more snow with Frozen, a snappy 2010 survival thriller about three people trapped on a chairlift with hungry wolves below. EXTRAS English, French audio. English subtitles. 3
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Savage Love By Dan Savage
College students crave info, action and authenticity
How does a young person learning
to accept their sexuality come to terms with losing the unconditional love of their family? You can’t lose something you never had. You weren’t aware of the conditional nature of your family’s love until you accepted your self and asked your family to do the same. That’s how you discovered their love for you came with at least one condition: you had to be straight or be closeted. Now, here’s a para dox for you: you lost the illusion of your family’s unconditional love when you came out, but coming out could win you their un conditional love in the end. Stand your ground, demand their love and respect – and your family, like the families of so many other queers, may grow to love and accept you for who you really are. It could take some time. But one day you may be able to look back and see that your sexuality didn’t cost you your family’s unconditional love – it won it for you.
What do you do when your male
f riend who is already in a relationship (engaged) wants to have sex with you but lets you know via social media? You block him or fuck him – or you fuck him and then block him.
How can you have a conversation
with a man about his sexual performance without making him feel like you’re criticizing him and without giving him the impression that you’re unsatisfied? By opening with a compliment, closing with a compliment and making sure everything that comes between your opening compliment and closing compliment is also a compliment.
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crowd of smart, engaged students packed a theatre for Savage Love Live at A Centenary College of Louisiana last week. Centenary is a terrific liberal arts school in Shreveport. Centenary students submitted more Qs than I could possibly A in the 90 minutes I had with them. So here are some bonus answers to questions I didn’t get to during my time there.
Do you think “butch” lesbians are really transgender? Nope.
Are you really anti-transgender? Nope.
How can we be sure that having an “ open” relationship won’t hurt our relationship?
You can’t be sure that openness won’t hurt your relationship. But you can’t be sure that closedness won’t hurt your relationship either. Yes, sometimes relationships end after people open them up – and openness gets the blame, even if it had nothing to do with the breakup. But plenty of tightly closed/strictly monogamous relationships end every day. It’s possible that many of those failed monogamous relationships could’ve been saved by some openness, a little leeway or embracing monogamish amy.
I have been in a relationship with a
arried woman for five years. What are the m odds that she will leave her spouse to be in a committed relationship with me instead? I put the odds at zero. Unless this woman is in an honest open relationship with her husband, and LTRs with other men are al lowed, her relationship with you is proof that she’s not much good at this commit ment stuff. By which I mean to say: Even if she did leave her husband for you, it would be foolish of you to expect to have a com mitted relationship with her – committed in the sexually-and-romantically-exclusive sense of the term – as she’s currently not
committed to the man to whom she’s com mitted. What makes you think she’ll commit to you?
Can you pray the gay away? A girl can pray for whatever she wants.
Can it hurt a long-term, monogam us relationship if you had multiple sexual o partners/experiences before? Or, rather, how do you feel about sleeping around before marriage?
People who marry young – people who are likelier to have married without having had multiple partners/experiences – divorce at much higher rates than more experienced people who marry later in life. Sleeping around before marriage seems to help people figure out what they want. Or it helps them figure out whether what they were taught to want is actually what they do want. And someone who knows what they want is likelier to keep any long-term, mon ogamous commitments that they make.
Could I possibly be allergic to sperm? You could! Possibly! Dr. Debby Herbenick, while filling in for me on Savage Love Letter of the Day duties recently, covered the topic of why some people are sensitive – sensitive to the point of explosive diarrhea – to semen: “Prostaglandins are substances made by the body and that the body is sensitive to. Semen contains prostaglandins – and prostaglandins can have a laxative effect on people. Related: If you’ve ever felt a little loosey-goosey right before getting your period, that’s also thanks to prosta glandins (which spike just before your per iod, because the prostaglandins get the uterine muscles to contract, which then helps to shed the lining of the uterus, re sulting in a menstrual period). Prostaglan dins are also used to induce labour. So why don’t more semen swallowers find them selves running to the bathroom post-blowjob? Fortunately, we’re not all so sensitive to prostaglandins. I don’t know why most people aren’t extra-sensitive, but fortunat
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ely most of us aren’t, or there would prob ably be a lot less swallowing in the world.” Dr. Herbenick is a research scientist at Indiana University, a sexual health educator at the Kinsey Institute and a frequent Savage Love guest expert – and you can and should follow her on Twitter @DebbyHerbenick.
What is the difference between a Methodist and a Baptist?
There’s no difference between a Methodist and a Baptist, according to my Catholic grandma. They’re both going to hell.
What is the percentage of people
who find male partners with the perfect penis? Perfect size, shape, length, girth, texture, head-to-shaft differential? There’s no research out there on this issue – no one has thought to pick the brains of folks who have successfully landed male partners with perfect penises – and I’m not sure such studies would even be possible. Because penis preferences are subjective: one person’s perfect penis is the next per son’s imperfect penis. And isn’t the person to whom a particular penis is attached at least as important as the size, texture, head-to-shaft differential, etc of any given penis? Imagine if you made it your life’s work to locate the world’s perfect penis – perfect length, girth, bouquet, flavour, mouthfeel, etc – only to discover that the penis is attached to Bill O’Reilly. Could that penis still be called perfect?
This week on the Lovecast, Dan chats with a panel of sex workers: savagelovecast.com. mail@savagelove.net @fakedansavage on Twitter
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