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it’s a myth that osama bin Laden was responsible for 9/11 (NOW Daily, May 2). Much of that myth derives from the fake “confession video.” I suspect more fabricated evidence will come forward now, and they’ll say it was captured during the raid in which he was assassinated. The truth is, there is no evidence connecting Osama bin Laden with 9/11. Antagoniste

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will pm deliver for ford nation (NOW, May 5-11)? What “lefty creep” is Enzo DiMatteo talking about? The Liberals collapse in Ontario and the Conservatives pick up a lot of seats and the NDP a few. Just look at the electoral map of Ontario. It is virtually all Tory blue. Come the fall provincial election, that will be even more the case. CanoeDave

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Two wheels good, two legs better. Until last fall, I was an avid cyclist. I rode my crappy $110 Supercycle all over town, even in winter. Most times it got me where I wanted in the same time it takes to wait for a streetcar in rush hour. But after my bike broke down last November and would’ve been more costly to fix than to replace, I hung up my helmet and reflective gear, detached the cute little turtle lights from my backpack and started walking everywhere. Within a couple of weeks of pounding the pavement (hint: it’s all about leaving yourself enough time and programming your iPod), something weird happened. I began looking at cyclists with something like fear, especially on that narrow obstacle course called Queen West, with its jaywalkers, parallel parkers and treacherous streetcar tracks. Had I really been one of those foolhardy road warriors not so long ago? Cyclists are just so… vulnerable – to suddenly opened car doors, crater-sized potholes (I’m looking at you, Parliament Street!), idiots making right-hand turns without signalling. Of course, I knew all this when I rode. I’d received the door prize a few times. A good friend, a physician (and ex-cyclist), had completed a rotation in a downtown

emergency ward and described the dozens of riders he’d treated who looked like something out of a zombie movie. At the time, I didn’t care. I was invincible. But now that I’d seen life from the other side of the curb, it all made sense. Plus, more than ever, I began to notice how reckless some cyclists can be. Like a pa ck-aday guy who can’t stand the smell of smoke after kicking the habit, I became tougher on cyclists than when I rode myself. Gonna run a red light when I’m crossing? Gonna silently ride up behind me on the sidewalk? If that tire touches me, asshole, I’m calling the cops.

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Now that spring’s finally arrived, however, I miss the feeling of bombing down a deserted street at midnight, the cool air lapping my face. Hell, I even miss that little moment when you’re cranking the gears to get up a hill and by chance hit a red light so you can catch your breath and look around while maintaining your dignity. That Bixi station a block from my home is beginning to look pretty attractive. glenns@nowtoronto.com

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you’ve got to hand it to the plastic people. They’ve cleverly managed to finagle their way into literally every move we make. If this were a Police song, they’d be top-notch stalkers. Just look around. They’ve infiltrated our water supply (PVC pipes, water mains, bottles), our clothing (nylon, polyester, spandex), our electronics (casings, wiring) – the list goes on. Truth is, unless you’ve built your own off-grid cabin free of modern amenities, it’s virtually impossible to get away from petroleum’s offspring entirely (not to mention children of Monsanto’s corn), but we can certainly try to give ourselves a little distance from them. Especially in light of recent findings published in Environmental Health Perspectives concluding that an astounding 71 per cent of over 500 plastics sampled released estrogenic chemicals. The researchers tested all types of plastics that came in contact with food (including “safer” plastics like PET and HDPE), and that estrogenic percentage jumped to 90 when those plastics were stressed under hot water (simulating dishwashing), UV light or in a microwave. Most unsettling is the fact that all of the BPA replacement products they tested (yes, including “BPA-free” baby bottles) also released various estrogenic chemicals, sometimes at higher levels than the old polycarbonate bottles yanked off shelves. Health Canada says the trace levels of estrogen-mimicking bisphenol A detected in their own studies on non-polycarbonate (aka BPA-free)

baby bottles are “much lower than those that could cause health effects.” Parents needn’t worry. But many parents – and non-parents – are fed up with plastics. How do we put the brakes on this 20th-century addiction? First and foremost, try to get plastics out of your food. That means following Michael Pollen’s advice and largely avoiding the whole middle section of the grocery store, where packaged foods reign. Stick to the edges, where fresh foods from fruits and veggies to fish and meat are on offer. Avoid meat and fish that come cling-wrapped on polystyrene, and go to the butcher counter or fishmonger instead. Yes, butcher paper is often lined with plastic (or other mystery compounds), so if you’re serious, bring your own paraffin-free waxed paper (like If You Care’s, which you can score at health stores). Cart that soy wax wrap to cheese counters, too, since nearly every square of Brie, blue or Beemster on shelves comes wrapped in petrol, the most toxic offender being phthalateleaching PVC wrap. While big-namebrand plastic wrap has long been PVCfree, deli food packers seem to love the extra clinginess of PVC. Speaking of plastic wrap, skip the whole sticky mess and look for supercool beeswax food wraps. Abeego makes some handy washable and water-resistant ones that can be folded around snacks, bowls – you name it (abeego.ca). Or, hey, take a rainy afternoon to experiment with making your own DIY beeswax wrap. No kid-

ding. (Go to instructables.com, then search for “wax wrap.”) I’m going to assume you’ve already forgone plastic produce bags (one of my biggest pet peeves!), but if you’re not into letting your produce walk through the checkout aisle naked (I’m a produce nudist myself), get yourself a bunch of mesh produce bags. (Montreal’s Credo makes ’em; credobags.com.) Credo also sells all sizes of reusable unbleached cotton bulk bags so you can do the rest of your shopping in the bulk aisle without reaching for not so fantastic plastic. They’re especially useful if you’re not the type to bring your own containers to the bulk store to get pre-weighed. Besides that, storing your leftovers in glass, carting your lunch to work in stackable stainless steel containers and staying away from individually packaged everything is key foodwise. There’ll always be a plastic lid on glass mustard jars and the like, so the next level up in the plastic-free purge is a little time-intensive but rewarding: it’s called making it from scratch. Beyond edibles, finding shampoo in glass bottles is tough in this town (also scary for klutzes like me), but you can refill the plastic you’ve got or bring glass jars to health stores with bulk aisles and to green shops like Grassroots, which offers most of the tools you need to wean yourself off petroleum one drop, one barrel at a time.

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$ELLOUT? Do you delete all tracks by your favourite indie band when their song shows up in a commercial? Give up on a local acting idol when she takes the money and runs to a role in a dumb rom-com? Or do you say, “Screw it, I’d grab the cash too if it were offered?” What spells “sellout” is changing as artists scramble to survive and even thrive. Choices that once meant betrayal are now about survival – or are we just making it easy to be greedy? Come inside the complex world of principles and payouts as we look at cash-or-crash choices that even we at NOW Magazine sometimes face. NOW MAY 12-18 2011

THE SELLOUT ISSUE

SPELLING OUT SELLING OUT

As standards shift, selling out gets more difficult to define BY MICHAEL HOLLETT

declaring oneself not a sellout is as credible as announcing that you’re hip. Both pronouncements are best made by others and are meaningless otherwise. This week’s issue explores the meaning of “sellout” and whether “selling out” is even such a bad thing any more. It’s a conversation perhaps muddiest in music, where an everincreasing collection of musicians can point to career breakout moments launched by what was once considered an unacceptable move: licensing a song to a movie, TV show or, gulp, commercial. Do we live in a world of creeping commercialization or one where inventive marketers are finding new ways to get their messages out and money into the system? Once the boards at professional hockey rinks were as pure and white as the sport purported to be. Now they and the ice itself are slammed with messages. On movie screens, animated cartoon shorts used to fill the time before even grown-up movies; now commercials and advertorial product spots are the norm. We at NOW have had to negotiate the shifting sellout sands for almost 30 years, including people’s efforts to get us to sell out to them. NOW Magazine – owned by Alice

Klein and myself, in addition to some minority holdings by staff, family and friends – has never been for sale. Of course, large publishing companies have tried to buy it over the years – that’s what they do – but we have never been interested. The Toronto Star used to print NOW after buying a smaller printing company we had used for years. That relationship ended when then Torstar president John Honderich told Klein and me at a bizarre lunch meeting that he would no longer print NOW unless we sold him the paper. “Doesn’t have to be over 50 per cent right away,” he helpfully advised. He also hissed, “You are the competition,” because at the time the Star published a faux alt weekly, Eye, which folded last week. We said no and took our multimillion-dollar printing job to a less carnivorous supplier. One-time independent weekly New York’s Village Voice helped inspire us to launch NOW by its example, but in the mid-90s the Voice tried to seduce us into joining it in founding a continent-wide chain of alt news weeklies, a kind of anti-indie organization. While flattered by the invitation to become part of something bigger, we said no thanks. The Voice went ahead, creating an American chain

that ultimately merged with an ambitious West Coast alt weekly chain it had previously been fighting. Those papers have now shrunk drastically in size, revenue and influence, handicapped by the crushing debt load that financed their ill-advised expansion. Ironically, every week NOW Magazine routinely publishes issues significantly larger than the Voice that inspired us. On a weekly basis, the question of selling out is most likely to arise in terms of advertising. Since day one, some people with cheques have asked how to get on the cover or guarantee positive coverage in our pages. One of the earliest and most egregious examples of this occurred when now-convicted felon Garth Drabinsky directed us to fire our brilliant film critic, the late John Harkness, or he would pull all of his advertising for Cineplex films and kick us out of all of those theatres. Harkness had been quoted as making unflattering comments about Cineplex’s programming choices – “real butter on the popcorn, ersatz films on the screen” – in GQ. Cineplex was one of our biggest advertisers and distributors, but there was never any question of dropping Harkness. And Drabinsky did make good on his threats. He tossed NOW from all his cinemas and pulled every bit of his advertising from NOW.

NAMING NAMES the spectrum of local sellouts from best to worst MARGARET ATWOOD

musicians Frankly, we wish the Montreal post-rock orchestra were a little more willing to compromise. They try to keep journalists out of their shows (that doesn’t stop us, but still) and won’t do interviews or provide reasonable promo photographs. Their fiercely anti-capitalist stance sometimes feels like a naive relic of another era, but you have to give them credit for sticking to their guns and successfully operating outside the systems they despise. Sellout rating: 1/10

DON McKELLAR

writer/actor/director After winning a Tony for co-writing The Drowsy Chaperone in 2006, McKellar could have cashed in on his left-field Broadway hit. Instead, he continued to work with Canadian producers and directors – scripting and co-starring in Rhombus Media’s Blindness, writing Bruce McDonald’s This Movie Is Broken and acting in Reg Harkema’s Leslie, My Name Is Evil and Dilip Mehta’s Cooking With Stella, which just makes his cameo as a slumming American filmmaker in Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World that much funnier. Sellout rating: 1/10

CANADIAN STAGE

theatre company Canada’s largest not-forprofit theatre company hit a low when it started staging cheesy musicals and middlebrow Broadway dramas. But Matthew Jocelyn it’s done a 180 under new artistic director Matthew Jocelyn, who’s mounted a mix of international works, like headscratcher Fernando Krapp Wrote Me This Letter, and homegrown pieces (the striking Studies In Motion, by Vancouver’s Electric Company). Even this summer’s High Park offering, The Winter’s Tale, isn’t one of the usual crowd-pleasers. All impressive, but will the shows sell out? Sellout rating: 1/10

JAMIE KENNEDY

chef With his telegenic good looks, locavore legend Kennedy could have been a Food TV superstar. Instead, he shied away from the cameras to focus on things like cooking with integrity and saving the planet one french fry at a time. Fool! Sellout rating: 2/10

DAVID HAWE

author She could have retired and lived off her royalties long ago, but Atwood’s still cranking out brilliant novels, contributing to minuscule magazines and mentoring young writers. She remains politically engaged, saving the birds, to name just one of many causes. Oh yeah, and she has more Twitter followers than some of the biggest pop stars. Sellout rating: 1/10

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musician He’s paid his indie rock dues with stints in Islands and Royal City and in his own solo career, as well as co-founding Three Gut Records, but more people know his work through the Capital One jingle Hands In My Pocket. More recently, Guthrie wrote music for a video game and told NOW that he actually feels more at home doing scores than songs. But that’s how he keeps his own art untainted by commercial associations. Sellout rating: 3/10

FEIST

musician Despite her extraordinary success, the first thing about her that comes to mind is that 1234 iPod ad. But while having it crammed down our throats like that may have ruined the song for many, it also helped turn her into a viable pop star when radio wasn’t giving her much support. As much as it pains us to admit it, Feist selling out to Apple proved to many that the exposure from ad placements can be just as vital as the licensing fees. Sellout rating: 4/10

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But this happens very seldom. The vast majority of advertisers respect and embrace our “not for sale” approach. They understand that the fact that we publish what we believe, not what has been bought, is essential to our powerful relationship with our readers. This relationship ultimately serves our advertisers because of our big readership. In fact, many advertisers have honoured us by sticking with us over time despite extreme pressure occasionally applied by others who found our editorial positions challenging. And we appreciatively say thanks. The only time we’ve ever sold our cover, despite numerous requests, is this week, when nobody asked. Stealing an idea from Morgan Spurlock and his film The Greatest Movie Ever Sold – to which we gave a crap review – we explore sponsorship by selling our not-for-sale front page for charity. The revenue from this week’s cover “sellout” goes to Regent Park Focus Youth Media Arts Centre, a youth organization that helps kids develop media creation skills. Seems like a natural choice, and Regent Park is just around the corner from the NOW building at Church and Shuter. Another way to get a publication to sell out is to insinuate advertising and marketing messages into editorial. It’s kind of like product placement

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chef Now running two cantinas in sleepy Mexico, we always loved the restless bad boy Couillard, who has cooked in 34 kitchens in the last 38 years. But the iconoclastic chef was also the first local toque to make a deal with the devil (a supermarket chain) when Loblaws added his signature Jump-Up Soup to its President’s Choice line. Sellout rating: 4/10

THE NATIONAL BALLET

dance company The artistic director of Canada’s biggest dance company has to please a core audience with the classics while enticing newer fans with contemporary works. Some of Karen Kain’s attempts at mainstream commercial crossover have been crass: Rooster, set to music by the Rolling Stones, for example. But last winter’s Chroma, choreographed to music by the White Stripes was a revelation. And Kain has thrilled audiences with the work of young Canucks like Crystal Pite, Sabrina Matthews and Peter Quanz. Sellout rating: 4/10 Karen Kain

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in movies or TV (see box, page 32), but instead of a character holding up a bottle of Coke in a scene, a marketer’s message is slipped into editorial copy, most commonly through branded corporate title sponsorship of an event or even a building. Over the years, we have been pretty hardcore in resisting this, and we’ve pissed off serious ad buyers along the way. We have felt that the relationship between an event and its corporate sponsor is not our responsibility to share; what we give our readers is the essential information and critical commentary. Do you need to know who is sponsoring an event to find or enjoy it? Does a computer or auto manufacturer’s name stuck in front of it help you savour it more? Corporations are free to find all kinds of creative ways, including advertising, to tell the world about their kind support. The most aggressive, and ultimately futile, demands that we use corporate names as part of the names of events came from the cigarette companies, which eventually had no other avenues left to market their brands. One cigarette company attempted to bully a huge cultural organization by the, er, lake into pulling its ads from NOW because we wouldn’t use the corporate name as part of the title of events the org produced.

The event producers stood firm with NOW, thanks very much, the cigarette companies have all gone away and we didn’t promote smoking to people reading NOW for the sake of those advertising dollars. But even this hopefully highminded thinking isn’t without its problems. We fear that in our effort to be non-corporate, we may occasionally have confused our readers. When we tried not to use two differ-

maybe we’ve gotten softer on corporate naming rights now that we sell sponsorships ourselves. I know we don’t sell NXNE title sponsorship and have never tried to get any of the event’s oh-so-marvellous sponsors mentioned in NOW. While we still don’t use corporate names in editorial, we have occasionally used a sponsor’s name in a listings information box accompanying

OVER THE YEARS WE’VE PISSED OFF SERIOUS AD BUYERS ALONG THE WAY ent telecommunications mega-corporations’ names in the titles of events they helped promote – calling Virgin Fest V-Fest, for example – it wasn’t entirely clear what we were talking about. In that case, in the festival’s second year, we used the corporate name. We use corporate names for buildings because they usually change less often than event sponsorships, and besides, that’s how these edifices are known. If we send readers to the Centre instead of the Sony Centre, will they find it? We think not. Almost 20 years ago, Klein and I helped found the North By Northeast (NXNE) festivals and conference, so

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comic Homegrown boy Peters has changed the model of stand-up superstardom, using social media to get his material out and then selling out stadium shows here and abroad, making him one of the world’s top-earning comics. He’s donated lots of cash to his old high school and Brampton Civic Hospital, and keeps his eye out for younger talent (Gilson Lubin, Debra DiGiovanni, Arthur Simeon). But what’s up with his surprise hosting of Charlie Sheen’s Canadian tour dates? Hope the Ma-Sheen paid his enabler well. Sellout rating: 4/10

NUIT BLANCHE

all-night art party We love the pricey, bigname, senses-drenching light and sound megainstallations at the allnight art event and don’t begrudge the event its major corporate sponsors, but what if organizers applied a kind of creative economy and sprinkled that cash around? What if the artsy extravaganza relied less on famous draws and more on a wider choice of smaller superb spectacles by lesser-known artists? Just askin’. Sellout rating: 4/10

a story. Are we trying to score some of that dough for our own event, or are we just more understanding of what the producers face trying to finance their project? Like our relative hipness or effectiveness at resisting the impulse to sell out, the degree of our success at managing these temptations is for you to decide, not us. We hope we continue to earn your trust, and are confident you’ll continue to tell us when you feel we don’t. 3 michaelh@nowtoronto.com

TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX

film and festival venue Having proven its viability as a year-round festival venue by assimilating the likes of Cinéfranco, Sprockets and Hot Docs, the Toronto Film Festival’s cathédrale du cinéma is still defining its identity as a day-to-day megaplex. Is it selling out to program Saturday matinees of 80s hits like Krull and Gremlins when programs could be digging deeper into the French New Wave or American film noir? Or is that just a reality of operating a five-screen venue? If they announce a Michael Bay: Director Of The Decade series, we’ll know we’re in trouble. Sellout rating: 4/10

CHILLY GONZALES

entertainer Gonzales celebrates selling out as part of his ongoing critique of false humility in indie rock. He’s one of the few musicians who boasts about getting his song in an iPad commercial while complaining that it hasn’t sent him to the top of the charts like Feist’s Gonzales-produced 1234. He’s open about how the money he made producing Feist and other high-profile musicians allows him to do ridiculous things like making the feature-length film Ivory Tower, about a chess game. Does being a proud sellout count? Sellout rating: 5/10

LG FASHION WEEK

runway shows We know blatant sponsorship makes today’s fashion world go round, but LG Fashion Week’s increasingly chummy relationship with global corporate matchmaker IMG is starting to strain relationships with longtime local backers and even the overworked photo pit. Sellout rating: 5/10

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Musicians admit that money changes everything By BENJAMIN BOLES my 19-year- old self would be horrified at how much of a sellout I’ve become. I was so pure 15 years ago that if one of my favourite local bands had ended up on the cover of NOW, there’s a good chance I would have judged them harshly for chasing a more mainstream audience. Now I’m the music editor, getting my top bands on the cover whenever I can. When I was a teen, it was pretty much the kiss of death for a hip indie band to license its music for commercial purposes. Now press releases boast about ad placements the way they did about chart positions before the file-sharing era.

TORONTO STAR

daily newspaper The Toronto paper may have been established by striking printers and sworn to social justice and righting the ills of capitalism, but that didn’t stop the daily from preparing the psychological ground for Rob Ford. It pounded relentlessly at former mayor David Miller, accusing him of wild spending and financial mismanagement, most of it trivial. (Can you say “bunny suit”?), thus establishing the climate of indignation for Ford’s gravy train. The Star’s reportage on the G20 file, though, has been impressive. And endorsing the NDP? That’s gotta count for something. Sellout rating: 5/10

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The money I made from writing music for a cheesy reality TV show easily dwarfs everything I ever got from playing shows and recording albums combined, and I’ve never regretted that decision for a second. Honestly, it was actually pretty fun. My most profitable DJ bookings have been lame corporate events, a circuit that many much more talented mixers also secretly rely on to make ends meet in between more exciting gigs. They might not be a ton of fun, but you’re paid well to practise your craft, a better way of financing your vinyl addiction than busing tables on your nights off. For live acts, private and corporate

NATURE CONSERVANCY OF CANADA

environmental org There’s no recent example of a big green sellout like, say, Burt’s to Clorox or Kashi to Kellogg. Or anything on the scale of Sierra Club’s endorsement of Clorox Greenworks’ cleaning products. Then there’s Tree Canada. Who the fuck isn’t a partner of Tree Canada (Shell, TD) and its crappy SFI-certified toilet paper? The Nature Conservancy of Canada, though, has some answering to do for taking a $2.5 million “donation” from Enbridge last year even as the gas company plowed ahead with plans for a pipeline from the oil sands to BC. Does it matter that the cash will be used to protect habitat? Tough one. Sellout rating: 7/10

BILL BLAIR

events can be even more lucrative. I’ve swallowed my pride to play guitar at office holiday parties and weddings, and why should I feel bad about that when Drake is pulling in $250,000 to drop some verses at a bar mitzvah? I may have been a judgmental teenage punk, but the ethical goalposts have also moved, and the counterculture’s become much more pragmatic. Rent changes everything, and unless you’re willing to live completely off the grid, you’ve got to engage with capital-

police chief The progressive mayor’s choice for top cop has worked wonders with community policing initiatives and showed admirable restraint during the Sri Lankan protests when some of them took to the Gardiner Expressway to get noticed. Then the G20 hit. Blair made excuses for the over-thetop actions of his cops, even lied to protect some among the rank and file and displayed for the media protesters’ “weapons” that weren’t weapons at all to justify police heavy-handedness. Some critics say Blair should have resigned. But he had less control of the action than people think. Sellout rating: 7/10

ism in some way. As you dig deeper into the convoluted web of corporate connections that run our world, you realize that any choice you make is tainted in some way. Over time, you start noticing that those who judge artists for supposedly selling their souls tend to do so from a position of economic privilege. When you’re not sure where your next meal is coming from, the lines become much fuzzier. It’s not “artistic differences” that lead so many promising young bands to break up just as they start to build some steam, but the cold reality of coming back from tour with nothing to show for it but good memories and an eviction notice taped to the door. My parents’ generation was understandably shocked when Bob Dylan’s protest anthem The Times They Are A- Changin’ appeared in a Bank of Montreal commercial in

ADS ARE ONE OF THE FEW GOOD WAYS LEFT TO MAKE MONEY IN MUSIC. Kidstreet’s Karl Snyder

TORONTO

via the Pam Am Games 2015 The Games were sold as a boon for development on the waterfront and a catalyst for much-needed infrastructure, namely Transit City. But some $23 million had to be raided from the city’s landfill monitoring budget to cover surprise soil remediation costs at the Games’ swimming pool site in Scarborough. And the province has fasttracked more polluting diesel instead of electric trains on the airportUnion Station link to meet the Games deadline. The athletes’ village planned for the Lower Don lands is messing with the development mix envisioned for the eastern waterfront. Sellout rating: 7/10

BRUCE COCKBURN

musician More than a few activist types must have thought they were having a nightmare when the earnest singer/songwriter actively opposed the long gun registry. Seemed like a strange stance for someone who worried about Dangerous Times. Then again, it explains why he accepted an actual rocket launcher from the military when he performed his protest anthem If I Had A Rocket Launcher for Canadian troops in Afghanistan. Sellout rating: 7/10

1996 (even though he’d previously licensed it to an equally inappropriate accounting firm). The boomers invented the concept of selling out in popular culture, so if their heroes

were willing to collaborate with The Man and invert the meaning of a song like that purely for financial gain, how could younger and far poorer musicians be expected to stay pure (and broke)? The same year that Dylan started

102.1 FM

radio station From its humble Brampton beginnings in the 70s as CFNY until the early 90s, 102.1 FM was one of the most adventurous radio stations on the continent. Despite failed attempts to change to a more conventional format each time it switched owners, it wasn’t until 1992 that MacleanHunter mandated more conservative playlists, killing off the freewheeling approach that made it so vital in the 80s. DJs quit on air, and loyal listeners called for a boycott, but the marketable modern rock format stuck, putting the Spirit Of Radio in the past. Sellout rating: 7/10

SCARBOROUGH BLUFFS RESIDENTS

wind turbine opponents Call it a bad case of NIMBYism or call it passing wind. Scarberians who inhabit the tony enclaves above the Bluffs sold out a greener energy future for all of us (and the jobs the project would have created) by opposing a landmark plan to erect wind turbines offshore in Lake Ontario. All because, well, the clean energy generators would mess with the view. Yes, the Bluffs are historic. True, too, that wind turbines kill bats and birds. But we’d be more sympathetic if it weren’t for the fact that a small but vocal wing of the PC party from farm country was in the background pushing the panic button. Sellout rating: 7/10

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Music video and radio play just aren’t what they used to be. having a song in soMething like grey’s anatoMy offers a huge aMount of exposure. Winter Gloves’ Charles F shilling for bankers, the Sex Pistols reunited for a shameless cash grab tour. Greet ed with derision by many in the punk scene, it at least fit in better with their nihilistic rock ’n’ roll swindle narrative than it did with the hope ful idealism of the hippies. Still, the stigma of licensing didn’t disappear overnight. As recently as 2002, local indie bands like Mello nova were telling NOW that they expected flak for selling a song to Buffy The Vampire Slayer to help finance their own recordings. “I didn’t feel great about it, but when I saw the episode I was ecstatic, cuz you couldn’t really hear the song,” bassist Andrew Roberts admit ted at the time. “Luckily, nobody’s slagged us for selling out yet.” Contrast that with how Waterloo

synthpop band Kidstreet described having one of their songs on a Ford ad just seven years later. “It’s one of the few good ways left to make money in music – and we plan to invest that money back into the band,” said drummer Karl Snyder without a hint of defensiveness. It’s not just about money, though. As Feist proved, prominent song placements can make or break your career when more traditional ave nues like radio won’t give you the exposure.

Sure, many might still think of her as the girl from the iPod commercial, but at least they know who she is. “Music video and radio play just aren’t what they used to be,” ex plained Winter Gloves’ Charles F a few years ago as they geared up to play a TIFF event for film and tele vision music supervisors. “Having a song in something like Grey’s Anatomy offers a huge amount of exposure.” Some musicians still worry about how they’ll be perceived. Arcade Fire’s more earnest fans think it’s only okay that the band licensed Wake Up to the Superbowl be cause they donated the profits to charity. “We would never say yes to anything that would make us feel u n com for t able ,” Richard Reed Parry insisted

last year. “And we’ve been offered some pretty horrendous things. Usu ally it’ll be something like ‘Put this song in this commercial for this car’ or ‘Play this ludicrous gig promoting this product’ – you know, things that have nothing to do with the music.” However, Arcade Fire are so finan cially successful that they promised to match a million dollars’ worth of donations to earthquake relief in Haiti, so it’s relatively easy for them to be principled about their choices. And before you give them too much credit for their stance, remem ber that Wake Up was also used in many other commercial contexts without any charitable justification. Even if your musical heroes refuse to let their art sell beer, if they’re playing in bars and clubs, that’s es sentially what they’re doing every single night. In that case, the giant multinational beer company is pro fiting directly from selling booze to fans, while the band is reimbursed much less handsomely than for an ad. When you look at the music econ omy through that lens, it’s suddenly a lot harder to pass judgment. And if compromising your youthful ideals doesn’t have to mean compromising your artistic vision, maybe selling out isn’t such a bad thing after all. 3 benjaminb@nowtoronto.com

MArK McEWAn,

chef From Pronto to North 44 to Bymark, celebu-chef McEwan has attracted a well-connected clientele who’ve followed him to the Hazelton Hotel’s One. But then he got greedy and created the Fabbrica trat in Don Mills and the McEwan gourmet grocery store (aka the Mac’s Milk of the Bridle Path). In his attempts to raise his profile, he’s become the Simon Cowell of TV’s Top Chef Canada. Sellout rating: 8/10

DALTon McGUInTY

Ontario premier Sold right down the river: that’s what happened to Transit City when Preem McGuinty, aka Mr. Green Energy, succumbed to Ford Nation and ditched the transport plan. That $8.2 bil originally offered for light rail all over the city, including transitchallenged Finch West, will now be hogged by one single stupid obsession, putting the whole Eglinton light-rail line underground just so Ford can guarantee motorists a road monopoly – and McGuinty can hang on to a few seats in Toronto come the fall election (maybe). Sellout rating: 9/10

CELInE DIon

pop singer One of the highest-earning performers in the industry, Céline Dion bends over backwards for ad dough. Not only did Air Canada advertising executives help write You And I for the airline’s ad campaign, but Dion also released the track as the album’s only single and shot the video at Pearson, just in case we weren’t already completely grossed out. Just a step up from running the DaimlerChrysler logo and slogan in the packaging of her One Heart album – because giving the corp the licence to four songs from the disc wasn’t profitable enough. Sellout rating: 9/10

JAY MAnUEL

fashion personality The Next Top Model mentor used to be the warm and fuzzy face of an otherwise ruthless reality TV franchise. But when he signed on to creative-direct a line for Sears, which set the scene for Attitude’s debut catwalk show in March with a terrifying, 20-foottall, extra-airbrushed photo of Manuel’s mug, he went from aspiringmodel bestie to evil fashion overlord in a flash. Sellout rating: 10/10

PETEr MUnK

philanthropist The fat-cat philanthropist has his name on hospital wings for his generous charitable donations. But Munk is also chair of Barrick Gold, the world’s largest gold mining company, linked to some of the worst human rights abuses of indigenous people and environmental disasters on the planet. He explained away gang rape accusations against workers at the company’s Papua New Guinea operations earlier this year by saying “gang rape is a cultural habit” in that part of the world. Now he’s donating $35 million to U of T to build the Munk School of Global Affairs – with strings attached to ensure the school’s teachings are in tune with his political views. Sellout rating: 10/10

roB ForD

mayor Captain Tax Fighter started with a $300 mil surplus. Now we’ve got a $785 million (and growing) deficit. Ford budget = shell game. El Fordo isn’t exactly earning every penny of that $165,000 salary he’s collecting from his beloved taxpayers either, keeping hours at the family business and a light calendar of official events – that is, when he’s not meeting with alleged fraudsters connected to the cops’ kickback problems in the entertainment district a few years back. Sellout rating: 10/10

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via street furniture Toronto’s street furniture deal with Astral was offensive not only because it unleashed ad creep on our streets. Even worse, the sellout of public space happened for all the wrong reasons, all of them financial, after we got screwed in a similar deal for garbage bins with Eucan. (Remember them?) The millions in advertising that Astral promised haven’t materialized. And both the space-age bins and bus shelters come with huge design flaws: the foot levers to open the flap for waste on the bins bust; and the bus shelters don’t keep blowing snow off your toes. Sellout rating: 8/10

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Actors get cash, exposure and can always say no one group of people who aren’t worried about selling out and going commercial are local actors. A national TV spot can give them the kind of exposure and recognition that’s hard to generate with a play, movie-of-the-week or guest spot in a TV series. “I think at one point I had three commercials running at the same time,” says Naomi Snieckus, a Second City alumna and one of the most recognizable commercial actors around. She’s often cast as the smart young wife with the dumb husband for corps like Rogers, BMO and Canadian Tire. Her favourite anecdote about being recognized concerns walking her dog near a guy who’d passed out on a park bench. “He said, ‘Hey, I just puked and I don’t want the dog to eat it,’ and then he looked at me and said, ‘Hey, aren’t you in that commercial?’ “Yup, that’s my target market right there.” Like Snieckus, Jason DeRosse is a Second City vet – he’s still in the touring company and involved in sketch and improv troupes like Mantown and PB and J. After he became a recurring character in a series of Diet Pepsi ads about a guy unsuccessfully trying to reclaim his youth, DeRosse says strangers would sometimes address him as “Pepsi guy.”

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“I don’t know if there’s a right way to respond to that,” he laughs. “‘Thanks’?” Both Snieckus and DeRosse are comedy-trained so tend to get cast in funny spots. DeRosse’s Whiskas cat food ad – in which he played a guy who thinks he’s a feline – is a terrific example of his physical work. Snieckus says most of her ads have a comic arc, much like a good sketch. “I don’t tend to be the serious spokesperson, the one who holds up a bottle of Pepto Bismol,” she says. One thing that’s no laughing matter is the kind of money involved. “Commercials allow me not to do typical actor jobs in restaurants or telemarketing,” says DeRosse. “Now I can produce shows, take workshops.” Snieckus says everything – including commercials and corporate gigs – is a means to an end. “Commercials allow me to help run a theatre company that isn’t making a big profit – for now,” she says, referring to improv theatre troupe National Theatre of the World, which she runs with partner Matt Baram and Ron Pederson. Later this month, the NTOTW launches a two-week run of improv at Theatre Passe Muraille inspired by original first lines by noted playwrights like Daniel MacIvor, Brad Fraser and Ann-Marie MacDonald. Still, even the most successful commercial actors won’t take everything that comes along. Stephanie Belding, a dramatic stage, TV and film actor, says she’s learned how being associated with a product can affect your image. She’s often cast as the modern woman on the go; one of her high-profile spots features her briskly walking and talking about using ING Direct. “There are tons of products and companies I don’t use in my life, and I opt out of a lot of commercial auditions as a result of that,” she says. Snieckus says there’s a limit, too. nowtoronto.com/newsletters “I wouldn’t do a commercial to sell guns, for instance,” she says. “Even if it were funny.” 3

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If you want to ruin Morgan Spurlock’s fun at the movies, throw a logo onto someone’s shirt. Or stop the movie dead so the characters can discuss a sponsor’s product. Product placement so infuriates Spurlock that he just made a documentary about it, POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold. “There are so many times I’ve seen terrible things,” Spurlock says. “The Fantastic 4 sequel was one of the worst. The amount of product placement in that film... like when they pull the sheet off the Fantasticar and there’s the Dodge logo! I was so taken out of that movie in every way. But that’s the power that product placement has to literally ruin a film experience.” Over the years, product placement in film and TV has become a major source of revenue for movie studios worldwide. It’s just been announced that the next James Bond film has raised $45 million – onethird of its estimated budget – through product placement. But it’s not just the blockbusters that solicit these arrangements; should you see current chick flick Something Borrowed, you may notice that it’s set in some weird alternate universe where Heineken is the only brand of beer ever produced, sold or consumed. The news that Mad Men will incorporate product placement as a condition of its fifth-season renewal made us raise an eyebrow, since Don Draper and his colleagues have been developing campaigns around actual historical products all along. But now, evidently, the owners of those products will have more of a say in how their trademarks are represented. (It’s likely that American Airlines would have vetoed the use of a 1962 plane crash as a plot point in that season-two episode, for example.) Asked if this is going to lead us to new, ridiculous levels of sponsor control, Spurlock smiles darkly and says that’s already happened. “What was the movie with David Duchovny where they used Head & Shoulders to kill the Morgan aliens?” Spurlock Oh, right, Evolution. flies high Crap. for JetBlue. NORMAN WILNER

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Thursday, May 12

Benefits

CanCer Can’t danCe like this (Lilah’s Fund) Performance of the Daniel Stolfi play. 8 pm. $50. Glenn Gould Studio, CBC Broadcasting Centre, 250 Front W. roythomson.com. stellar living (Mercer Union) Contemporary art and design auction and gala. 6 pm. $75. Mercer Union, 1286 Bloor W. 416-5361519. toronto’s Finest auCtion (Canadian Cancer Soc) Bachelor/bachelorette auction and burlesque show. 5:30 pm. $45. Maison on Mercer, 15 Mercer. tofinestauction.com.

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death or Canada Film screening and discussion on the journey of Irish immigrants in 1847. 6:30 pm. $8, stu/srs $6. Enoch Turner Schoolhouse, 106 Trinity. 416-327-6997. the neurosCienCe oF meditation, yoga and mindFulness Lecture. 7-8:30 pm. Free. Big Carrot, 348 Danforth. 416-466-2129. pursuing god with u2 Six-week program on aspects of God in the music of U2. To Jun 18. Victoria Pk United Church, 1 Stamford Sq N. 416-755-0772.

stop signs: Cars and Capitalism on the road to eConomiC, soCial and eCologiCal deCay Discussion with authors Bianca Mug-

yenyi and Yves Engler, and public transit activist Jordy Cummings. 7 pm. Free. Bahen Centre, rm, 1200, 40 St George. opirgtoronto.org.

(un)lawFul aCCess? Cyber-surveillanCe, seCurity & Civil liberties Academics, legal

and industry experts discuss our rights and freedoms. 5-7 pm. Free. Munk School, 1 Devonshire. digitallymediatedsurveillance.ca. water musiC Music, dance and readings celebrate water. 7-8:30 pm. $28. Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park. 416-586-5897, rom.on.ca/water.

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Festivals this week

rForest oF reading Festival oF trees

Readings, author signings, musical guests, magicians and more celebrate books for kids. Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000, readings.org. May 12 and 13 new wave Composers Festival Esprit Orchestra presents performances, round tables and more from composers including Jimmie LeBlanc and Akira Nishimura. Various venues and prices, some events free. espritorchestra.com. May 12 to 30 tales From the Flipside Showcase of Filipino-Canadian playwrights and performers. $15 (opening night funder $35-$45). Theatre Centre, 1087 Queen W. theatrecentre.org. May 12 to 15

toronto international deaF Film & arts Festival Screenings of films made by deaf people, panel discussions, workshops and more. Various prices, passes $30-$65. Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex. tidfaf.ca. May 12 to 15

continuing ContaCt Toronto’s month-long photography festival features exhibitions, public installations, workshops, portfolio reviews

Friday, May 13

Benefits

art For Japan (Japan earthquake and tsu-

nami relief fund) Japanese-Canadian artists’ exhibition and sale. Today noon to 8 pm; tomorrow 10 am to 5 pm. Free. Fairmont Royal York, 100 Front W. artforjapan@yahoo.ca. a dare aFFair (DAREarts Fdn) Performances by Blueprint Cru, iFreeStyle Dance Co, DJs and more support at-risk children. 7:30 pm. $65$75. Maro Lounge, 135 Liberty. 416-828-0704, bit.ly/DAREaffair. unsCripted: opening night (Canadian Stage community initiatives) Performances curated by celebrities including Charles Pachter and Evan Biddell. 8 pm-1 am. $90. One King West, 1 King W. theatrevisionaries.ca/unscripted. html.

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CatholiC sChool boards vs gsas Panel and

Q&A on stopping the public funding of religious separate schools. 7-9 pm. $5. Centre for

and our Common Future Interactive solidar-

AshkanBehzadi performsatthe NewWave ComposersFestival.

ity workshop with KAIROS. 1:30-4:30 pm. Free. Church of the Holy Trinity, 10 Trinity Sq. Pre-register workshops@kairoscanada.org.

energy autonomy: the Fourth revolution

Reel Activism film screening and discussion with environmental studies prof Jose Etcheverry. 7 pm. Donation. Bloor Street United Church, 300 Bloor W. 416-966-2815. CeriC gottesman Discussion on the exhibition Paths That Cross Cross Again. 3-5 pm. Free. Gallery TPW, 56 Ossington. 416-6451066. FantastiC pulps show & sale Mystery, horror, sci fi, sports and other magazines from the 1920s to the 50s. 10 am-5 pm. $3. Lillian H Smith Library, 239 College. 416-393-7746.

and more. Most shows free. Various venues. contactphoto.com. To May 31

deep wireless Festival oF radio & transmission art Performances, installations,

radio broadcasts, artist talks and the Radio Without Boundaries Conference. Talks $10$15, installations free, conference $75-$150. Artscape Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie. deepwireless.ca. To May 31 mayworks Festival of working people and the arts with film, video, theatre, cabaret, poetry, forums, workshops and more. Various prices, many events free. mayworks.ca. To May 15 roCk.paper.sistahz Storytelling, spoken

word, music, theatre and visual art by black women artists including Quanita Peters, Rhoma Spencer and Rita Deverell plus workshops and more. Pwyc-$25. Artscape Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie. bcurrent.ca. To May 20 toronto Jewish Film Festival Feature films, documentaries and shorts. $8-13, stu/ srs $9. Bloor Cinema (506 Bloor W), Miles Nadal JCC (750 Spadina) and other cinemas. 416-967-1528, tjff.com. To May 15 toronto russian Film Festival Russian and Russian-language post-Soviet cinema. $7-$30. Various venues. torontorussianfilmfestival.com. To May 15

Saturday, May 14

cue) Fundraising bowl-a-thon. 1-4 pm. Pledges. Playtime Bowl. 33 Samor. torontocatrescue.ca. Ceol kids (Regent Park School of Music) Concert fundraiser with performances by Rebecca Sancton, David Wencer, Candice Gilliam and others. 9 pm. $20, adv $17.50. Poor Alex, 772A Dundas W. ceolkids.com. diabetes Fundraiser (Francesco Juvenile Diabetes) Music by Joe Grushecky & the Houserockers and others. 8:30 pm. $30. Cadillac Lounge, 1296 Queen W. 416-536-7717. ride For the rouge (Rouge Valley Conservation Centre) 25/50/75K ride along city streets and bike paths around the Rouge. 9 am-3 pm. $20-$29. 1749 Meadowale. 416-282-8265, rvcc.ca. seJa’s run (Asthma Soc of Canada) Run, bike or walk a 2.5K or 5K route. Registration from 11 am. Pledges. Toronto French School, 101 Mildenhall. sejasrun.com.

Cat resCue bowl-a-thon (Toronto Cat Res-

blankets and banners: indigenous rights

Inquiry Ontario, 216 Beverley. cficanada.ca/ ontario/events. Cmagnum photos Artist talks by Magnum photographers. Free. Ryerson U Library Bldg, LIB 72, 350 Victoria. contactphoto.com. no woman, no Cry Screening of Christy Turlington’s documentary about issues surrounding maternal health and panel discussion. 5:45 pm. Free. TIFF Bell Lightbox, 350 King W. Preregister mrc-nowomannocry.ca. peaCe mom: Cindy sheehan The peace and social justice advocate speaks. 7:45 pm. $25. Metro Toronto Convention Centre, rm 713A, 255 Front W. motherhoodinitiative.org/ motherhoodactivism.html. stop wage theFt! Workers’ Action Centre campaign launch with music by Ruben “Beny” Esguerra, poet Lishai and more. 7 pm. Free. Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham. mayworks.ca.

Benefits

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CFigure/ground in the work oF marshall mCluhan Lecture by author Philip Mar-

chand. 1-3 pm. Free. U of T Carr Hall, St Michael’s College, 100 St Joseph. Pre-register utac.rsvp@utoronto.ca. FloCk ‘n walk Bird identification and 8K walk to the Tip of the Spit. 1.5 hrs. 7 am. Free. Tommy Thompson Park, foot of Leslie. ontariowalks.com. rgeoCaChing weekend A geocache hunt, GPS workshop and guided hikes. Today and tomorrow 10 am-4 pm. $6.50, srs $5.50, children free. Kortright Centre, Pine Valley and Major Mackenzie (Kleinburg). 905-832-2289.

in the spring oF 2011 will struggle bloom?

Greater Toronto Workers’ Assembly general assembly. 9:30 am-4:30 pm. Free. Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil. Pre-register workersassembly.ca. riranian heritage day Arts and crafts, guided tours, live music and dance and interactive displays. 11 am-4 pm. Free w/ admission. Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park. 416-586-8000. long distanCe shove aFFair Rollergettes roller derby team home opener against Durham Region Roller Derby. 8 pm. $10-$15, under 12 free. George Bell Arena, 215 Ryding. rollergettes.com. mayFair Community fair with carnival rides, a climbing wall, live music and more. 9 am-5 pm. Free, ride-all-day $30. Rosedale Park, across from Rosedale subway. mooredale.org. meet asimo Showcase of the most advanced humanoid robot. Noon, 1 and 2 pm. Free with admission $20, stu/srs $16, child $10. Ontario Science Centre, 770 Don Mills. ontariosciencecentre.ca. rmigratory bird day Tours, displays and a talk on attracting migratory birds. 8 am-4 pm. Free w/ admission. Toronto Zoo, Meadowvale N of 401. 416-392-5929.

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NatioNal Day of actioN for ElEctoral rEform Rally for an electoral process where

everybody’s vote counts. 2 pm. Free. Queen’s Park. nationaldayofaction.org. Parc DowNsviEw Park Heritage Toronto walk. 1:30 pm. Free. Discovery Centre, 35 Carl Hall. heritagetoronto.org. rrouNDhousE thEatrE oPEN housE Tours, railway-themed displays and more. Today and tomorrow 9:30 am-12:30 pm. Free. Roundhouse Park, 255 Bremner Blvd. railwaychildren.ca. rsPriNg BirD fEstival Bird hikes and workshops. 8 am-4 pm. Free. Tommy Thompson Park, foot of Leslie. springbirdfestival.ca. CsurENDra lawoti Artist talk. 1-2 pm. Free. Gallery 44, 401 Richmond W #120. 416-9793941. toroNto rollEr DErBy Gore-Gore Rollergirls vs Smoke City Betties. 6:30 pm. $18, adv $12. Downsview Park Hangar, 75 Carl Hall. torontorollerderby.com.

Sunday, May 15

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What unseen others are monitoring all that personal digital data we’re generating on a daily =basis? Don’t get paranoid; get info. (Un)Lawful Access? Cybersurveillace, Security And Civil Liberties explores how governments track our comings and goings, with Ron Deibert of U of T’s Citizen Lab, Jacob Appelbaum, founder of San Francisco hacker space Noisebridge, Lisa Austin of U of T’s Faculty of Law and others. Today (Thursday, May 12), 5 pm. Free. Munk School of Global Affairs, U of T, 1 Devonshire. digitallymediatedsurveillance.ca.

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formances and a silent auction. 2 pm. $25, stu $15, child $10. George Ignatieff Theatre, 15 Devonshire. inouganda.com/moving-againstmalaria. ruN or walk to coNquEr caNcEr (Princess Margaret Hospital) Run or walk. Pledges. Queen’s Park. runorwalk.ca. souNDs of thE rEvolutioN (Canadian Palestinian Educational Exchange) Artists and authors celebrate the strength of activists in the Arabic-speaking world. 6-9 pm. By donation. Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham. beitzatoun.org. walk to fight arthritis (Arthritis Soc) 1K or 5K walks raise money for research. 11 am, registration 9:30 am. Pledges. Glendon College, 2275 Bayview. walktofightarthritis.ca.

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agiNcourt villagE Heritage Toronto guided walk. 1:30 pm. Free. Agincourt School, 29 Lockie. heritagetoronto.org. thE cakE show Cake design exhibition with a competition, bake sale and more. 2-5 pm. $10.50, srs/child $5.50. Artscape Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie. 416-440-0333. CcoNtact BikE triP Bicycle tour of public installations throughout the city. 3-5 pm. Free. MOCCA, 952 Queen W. 416-395-0067. ExtractiNg Profits Discussion on free trade

Wednesday, May 18

NOW editors pick a trio of this week’s can’t-miss events

versus fair trade with Lisa Mantia and Paul Kellogg. 2 pm. Free. OISE, 252 Bloor W, rm 5130. 416-686-7607, t.grupoapoyo.org. fliPsiDE rEcorD salE DJ & collectors vintage sale 10 am-4 pm. $4. Gladstone Hotel Ballroom, 1214 Queen W. gladstonehotel.com.

Jarvis strEEt: maNsioNs aND churchEs of thE rich & rEligious Guided ROM walk. 2 pm.

Free. Bloor and Church. rom.on.ca.

ProtEst vivisEctioN aND livE aNimal tEstiNg Non-violent street theatre and demo by

animal rights activists outside the Canadian Assoc for Laboratory Animal Science convention. Noon. Free. Sheraton/Best Western Parkway, 600 Hwy 7 E, Richmond Hill. toroNto BrEwstEr Women-only beer talk by young women brewers and a guided tasting with beer sommelier Mirella Amato. $25. Twisted Kilt, 1954 Yonge. barleysangels.ca.

(viDEo)EyEs oN thE strEEt: a survEillaNcE JaNE’s walk Andrew Clement leads a walking

tour of CCTV cameras and looks at issues surrounding safety and privacy. 11 am. Free. Nathan Phillips Square, meet under surveillance camera at main entrance under Canadian flag. digitallymediatedsurveillance.ca.

Monday, May 16 artists, architEcts, artisaNs: caNaDiaN

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her son Casey had been killed in Iraq, she vowed to ensure his sacrifice was for peace, not killing and hate. Her first big move was establishing the famous anti-war camp-out near George W. Bush’s Texas ranch. Sheehan talks about her experience and offers her take on mom activism in a keynote at the Motherhood Initiative For Research And Community Conference, Friday (May 13), 7:45 pm. $25. Metro Toronto Convention Centre, South Building, 255 Front West. motherhoodinitiative.org.

fight for humaN rights

Have it two ways: show your support for Palestinian human rights and celebrate the people fighting for democracy in the Arabic-speaking world at a art, 1890-1918 Talk by the National Gallery’s Charlie Hill. 7:30 pm. Free. University College, 15 King’s College, rm 179. wmsc.ca. JEaNNE BEkEr The fashionists talks with Ralph Benmurgui. 7:30 pm. $37. Jane Mallett Theatre, 27 Front E. 416-366-7723. ctc railBENDEr Clean Train Coalition party and launch of a report on a proposal for new GTA transit options. 7-10 pm. Free. Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen W. cleantrain.ca. DaNciNg PErsPEctivEs iN fraNcE Philip Szporer talks about dance in France. 7 pm. Free. Winchester Street Theatre, 80 Winchester. tdt.org. ExPloriNg toroNto’s urBaN forEst Interactive talk about the role of plants in the ecosystem. 7-8:30 pm. Free. North York Library, 5120 Yonge. yourleaf.org. JoaN rivErs Unique Lives & Experiences lecture by the comedian. 7:30 pm. $38-$85. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe. 416-8724255. loviNg israEl iN comPlicatED timEs New Israel Fund of Canada lecture by Daniel Sokatch. 7:30 pm. Free. Congregation Habonim, 5 Glen Park. 416-781-4322. talkiNg Dirty aND rolE Play Women-only workshop. 7-9 pm. $43. Good for Her, 175 Harbord. Pre-register 416-588-0900.

Ron Deibert discusses the erosion of privacy in the digital age on May 12.

unique funder organized by the everactive Beit Zatoun House (612 Markham). Author Ava Homa and MaryLou Zeitoun, hip-hop artist Yasin and the Gypsy Rebels band hit the stage for Sounds Of The Revolution, a benefit for the Canadian Palestinian Educational Exchange. CEPAL works with Palestinian NGOs in Lebanese refugee camps to increase refugees’ access to education. Sunday (May 15), 6 to 9 pm. Pwyc. beitzatoun.org. twEEtgasm Monthly tweetup. 7-10 pm. Free. Gladstone Melody Bar, 1214 Queen W. gladstonehotel.com. womEN’s humaN rights EDucatioN

Week-long institute on non-discrimination and equality in the era of globalization. To May 20. Free. OISE, rm 2-225, 252 Bloor W. Pre-register learnwhr.org.

Tuesday, May 17 corPoratE writiNg PaNEl Seminar on be-

coming a freelancer in this field. 7-9 pm. $10-$20. U of T Health Sciences Bldg, 155 College, rm 106. Pre-register l.benetton@ pwactoronto.org. JourNalism start-uPs Meet the minds behind Canada’s online news start-ups including Jeff Anders and Wilf Dinnick. 6:30 pm. $15, stu free. Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex. Pre-register cjfstartups.eventbrite. com. ClumumBa Film screening and discussion. 6:30-9:30 pm. $5. Design Exchange, 234 Bay. Pre-register laura@dx.org.

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Urban tantra workshop. 7:30-10 pm. $35 sliding scale. Come as You Are, 701 Queen W. Pre-register 416-504-7934, comeasyouare.com.

EmPty Bowls (Anishnawbe Health) Buy a handcrafted ceramic bowl and enjoy soups by local chefs. 5-8 pm. $45. Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, 111 Queen’s Park. 416-586-8080. ismENE (Gilda’s Club) Socratic Theatre Collective performances of the Jeremy Menekseoglu play. $15, stu/srs $10. Marshall McLuhan Catholic SS, 1107 Avenue. 416-998-9772. Polo for hEart iN thE city (Heart and Stroke Fdn) A fashion show, cocktails and entertainment. 5-10 pm. $150. Pecaut Square, behind Metro Hall, 55 John. polointhecity.ca.

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hEart of toroNto: BuilDErs of thE city

Guided ROM walk. 6 pm. New City Hall, Queen and Bay. rom.on.ca. CkristiaN BogNEr Artist talk. 8:30-10 pm. Free. Drake, 1150 Queen W. darcy@ scotiabankcontactphoto.com. thE PowEr of maPPiNg Centre for City Ecology seminar on community-based mapping tools and their place in planning the future. 6 pm. Free. Urbanspace Gallery, 401 Richmond W. Pre-register info@cityecology.net. CroBErt fraNk: Both siDEs Now New York writer Luc Sante discusses Frank’s photography work The Americans. 7-8:30 pm. $15, stu $12. Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas W. ago.net.

watEr aND you: from thE gloBE to your taP Discussion on the critical role of and our

relationship with water in our everyday lives. 7 pm. Free. Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park. 416-586-5897, rom.on.ca/water.

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DyiNg for a homE: fightiNg for our social

Programs Lecture by street nurse Cathy Crowe. 7 pm. Free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. torontopubliclibrary.ca.

kNowlEDgE ExchaNgE for thE NatioNal iNitiativE for carE of thE ElDErly Interactive

sessions on dementia, financial literacy and end-of-life issues. 9 am-5 pm. Hart House, 7 Hart House Circle. Pre-register nicenet.ca.

socialism 2011: thEir crisis, our solutioNs!

Socialist Action international educational conference with talks, panels and more. To May 22. $20-30, $5/session or pwyc. OISE, 252 Bloor W. socialistaction-canada.blogspot.com. 3

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Co-owners Katie James (left) and chef Marta Kusel reimagine the classics, coming up with dishes like the Cardinal Club (top right) and Brisket Panini.

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Roncesvalles spot puts an inventive spin on comfort foods from meat loaf to mac ’n’ cheese By STEVEN DAVEY CARDINAL RULE (5 Roncesvalles, at Queen West, 647-352-0202, cardinalrulerestaurant.com) Complete dinners for $25 per person (lunches/brunches $20), including tax, tip and a pint of preservative-free lager. Open Tuesday to Friday 11 am to close. Brunch Saturday and Sunday 10 am to 4 pm, dinner both nights to close. Closed Monday, holidays. No reservations. Licensed. Cash only. Access: one step at door, washrooms in basement. Rating: NNN

cooking is like any other art form. Just when you think it’s all been done, something radically new comes along. Witness Cardinal Rule co-owner and chef Marta Kusel’s macaroni maki, aka deep-fried Kraft Dinner sushi. No mere mac ’n’ cheese this, what arrives is a long rectangular plate à la Susur, six golden cylinders of panko-dusted pasta upgraded with better cheddar and slices of jalapeño ($8). She also transforms meat loaf into muffins ($6), or, rather, beefy barbecue-sauced meatballs in phyllo pastry cups that wouldn’t look out of place on a tray of cocktail canapés. All they need are mashed potato icing. At weekend brunch, boring old eggs Benedict ($10) become cleverly

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deconstructed Hail Caesars ($12): eggs poached in Clamato juice over grilled Genoa salami and English muffins, the lot garnished with diced pickle and celery Worcestershire salsa, hold the hollandaise. Kusel sides them with the same griddled potato-and-leek latkes that find their way into partner Katie James’s Breakfast Pie ($9 with salad), a cross between a cheesy quiche and a veggie frittata with a bacon (!) crust. Where’d she ever get the idea? “It came to me in a dream,” says James. “I described it to Marta the next morning and she made it right away. I guess you could say she made my dreams come true.”

Back in the real world, basic all-day Burger de Boeuf ($9) – 6 ounces of juicy Grace Meats chuck dressed with sharp Oka cheese – morphs into a Wallop Burger ($12) at brunch with the addition of bacon, a runny fried egg and a latke, while the tasty pork teriyaki burger gets finished with Asian mango slaw in a sesame oil vinaigrette. The Cardinal’s seemingly meatmad menu includes health-minded fare like vegan and gluten-free French toast with ginger-tea-poached pears in maple syrup ($12), daily specials of tofu “phish” and chips ($8), and grilled baby bok choy and sweet peppers over sesame-scented buckwheat noo-

dles ($6 small/$10 large). Carnivores don’t know what they’re missing. Every bistro seems to do a token veggie burger these days, and, sadly, most of them taste like prefab cardboard hockey pucks. The Rule’s faux Quarter-Pounder is the rare exception, a credible mix of deep-fried falafel-like chickpeas, lentils, black beans and corn on a whole wheat kaiser ($7). Slow-braised in rum ’n’ Coca Cola, beef brisket turns into pressed ciabatta panino ($9) when souped up with buttery sautéed mushrooms, aged cheddar and caramelized onions. Best to pair it with a generously portioned salad, either gently curried Granny Smith apples, sun-dried strawberries and a swoosh of pecancrusted chèvre over spinach in fruity balsamic, or still-warm-from-the-ov-

en roasted beets, toasted pecans, organic mesclun and crumbled feta in a bourbon-honey-mustard dressing (both $6 small/$9 large). And make sure to leave room for James’s retro desserts. Key lime pie packs a considerable punch, as do chocolate caramel squares, especially as the latter’s gooey, sweet topping gives way to a salty pretzel crust (both $5). Shame both come straight from the fridge, their crusts virtually impenetrable with the flimsy forks provided. Chainsaws, perhaps? Don’t come to Cardinal Rule expecting fine dining. Located on a rough ’n’ tumble corner steps from the lake, this 40-seat former spoon isn’t for those expecting Scarpetta or Lee Lounge. But the welcome is warm, the soundtrack bounces from vintage Bowie to early ska and Stevie Nicks, and pints of Beau’s all-natural microbrew go for all of $6.50. And where else are you going to find macaroni maki and meat loaf muffins? 3 stevend@nowtoronto.com

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Often undeservedly overshadowed by nearby Sukhothai, tiny Regent Park take-away Thai to Go (452 Gerrard East, at Sword, 416-515-8424, thaibyprasai.com) is twice the size now that the divey bar next door has been turned into Thai by Prasai, its first-ever dining room.

Tons of restaurants, crossing cultures, every week Compiled by Steven Davey According to the owners, Lahore Tikka House is always changing.

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After seven years of zoning delays, Lahore Tikka House (1365 Gerrard East, at Highfield, 416-406-1668, lahoretikkahouse.com) in Little India has finally moved into its new digs next door. The interlocked container trucks that replaced the original latenight Pakistani spot rolled away last week, and a huge sari-tented patio went up on the building’s east side. The new space is much like the old and looks like it’s still under construction, a riot of colour lit by strings of Christmas lights hung from unfinished ceiling joists. The secondfloor dining room and rooftop deck are scheduled to open later this summer. Where have we heard that before? “We’re always changing and there’s a tremendous energy,” says the House’s Alnoor Sayani of his chaotic eatery. “We’re not into fancy pot lights and all that.”

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And long-shuttered Leslieville roti resto Caribbean Dutchpot is about to resurface in the former Deep Blue Fish & Chips (749 Broadview, at Danforth, 416-465-7779) later this SD month.

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1440 Yonge, at St Clair, 416-546-5408, delicakitchen.ca. Devin Connell’s sophisticated midtown café comes with quite the culinary pedigree, her philanthropist parents, Ace Bakery founders Lynda Haynes and Martin Connell. Outstanding quality runs in the family, from chic designer sandwiches to frozen take-home entrees and desserts. The first of many? Best: Heart of Darkness chili with slow-braised brisket ’n’ beans in a complex sauce bordering on mole; Spicy Bird sandwiches, a deconstruction of Buffalo-style chicken wings of boneless breast in Frank’s hot sauce, carrot threads and blue cheese aioli on ciabattalike buns; chicken tandoori salad over romaine tossed with mango, scallions, grape tomatoes and toasted almonds; for home, classic chicken pot pies; to finish, Whoopie pies; to drink, spicy hot chocolate. Complete lunches for $15 (prepared dinners $20), including tax, tip and an Americano. Average main $9/$12. Open Monday to Friday 10 am to 7 pm, Saturday 9 am to 5 pm. Closed Sunday, holidays. Unlicensed. Access: one step at door, washrooms in basement, counter seating. Rating: nnn

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832 Dundas W, at Euclid, 416-364-4785, campagnolotoronto.com. Housed in an abandoned Coffee Time franchise, former Four chef Craig Harding and Alexandra Hutchison’s way-casual 66-seat bistro

brings Mediterranean glam to this otherwise charmingly dumpy strip. Don’t have a reservation? Since they only book half the room, your chances of scoring a walk-in are 50-50. Best: to start, baskets of epi baguette with whipped butter; starters like delicately battered artichoke hearts; fresh burrata with roasted olive-oil-soaked grapes; brodo-braised rabbit with wilted kale and toasted pinenuts; garlicky skewers of charcoal-grilled local lamb; substantial mains like slow-cooked meaty cannelloni beans with smoked fall-from-the-hoof pork hock and pasta ends; wild boar ragu with rubbery strips of tripe and mamma mia meatballs over buttery coarse polenta; to finish, salty caramel sticky toffee. Complete dinners for $55 per person, including tax, tip and a cocktail. Average tapas $12. Open for dinner Wednesday and Thursday 6 to 11 pm, Friday and Saturday 6 pm to midnight, Sunday 6 to 11 pm. Closed Monday, Tuesday, holidays. Licensed. Access: one step at door, washrooms on same floor. Rating: nnn

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293 Palmerston, at College, 647-3426307, woodlotrestaurant.com. Located in a gorgeous two-storey garage and dominated by a wood-burning oven the size of a small igloo, ex-Czehoski chef David Haman’s extraordinary 40-seat bistro-slashbakery is the most exciting thing to hit Hogtown since the Hoof. Two parallel menus – one vegetarian, the other unapologetically locavore – and massive portions guarantee there will be leftovers aplenty. And, no, he doesn’t do pizza. Reservations essential. NOW’s Resto of the

Year 2010. Best: oven-baked French onion soup with Gruyère and caraway crouton; Red Fife papardelle with either tomatobraised wild boar or wild mushrooms and boozy shallots; chicken and smoked ham hock pot pie with seasonal root veggies and cippolini onion; lemon ’n’ blueberry tarts topped with roasted marshmallow merengue. Complete meals for $55 per person, including tax, tip and a pint of Duggan’s #9 IPA. Average main $23. Open for dinner Tuesday to Sunday 5 pm to midnight; bakery same days 7:30 am to 3:30 pm. Closed Monday, some holidays. Licensed. Access: one step at door, washrooms in basement. Rating: nnnnn

Fish & Chips one THaT goT aWay 581 King W, at Portland, 647-351ñ 6153. Ex-Chippy’s co-owner/chef Neal

Coutinho brings a mostly sustainable seafood card to the corner fish ’n’ chip shop. And while lineups are the norm rather than the exception at weekday lunch, a five-person kitchen crew keeps them moving fast. Best: perfectly deep-fried fillets of beerbattered Ocean Wise halibut or haddock sided with regulation Yukon Gold spuds fried in trans fat-free lightly dusted with kosher salt, house-made tartar sauce and industrial coleslaw; health-conscious salads like filler-free fish cakes or Arctic char with organic mesclun and sunflower seeds in pink apple cider vinaigrette; grilled Ontario pickerel sandwiches on Portuguese buns; burrito-like barramundi wraps with mango salsa; marinara-like Manhattan

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Clog sandals ($44, Urban Outfitters, 481 Queen West, 416-203-8633, and others, urbanoutfitters.com).

Jenni Kayne flats ($375, Chasse Gardée).

Jeffrey Campbell woven loafers ($140, Chasse Gardée, 1084 Queen West, 416-901-9613, chassegardee.com).

Swedish Hasbeens perforated lace-ups ($299.99, Balisi, 711 Queen West, 416-203-2388, and others, balisi.com).

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SHABD BAGGU BAG As big as bold hues are this spring – and as much as we’ve devoted these style pages to the season’s “Wear colour!” propaganda – dare we say that our eyes are already craving a little rainbow relief? Diversify your accessory palette with Baggu’s bag collection by Brooklyn designer Shabd Alexander. Knapsacks and tote bags come in sorta tie-dyed, kinda stonewashed shades of seafoam, peach, grey and indigo. $75, Robber, 863 Queen West, 647-351-0724, robberstore. wordpress.com. 3

Seychelles sandals ($125, Imelda, 123 Roncesvalles, 647-344-1006, frock.ca).

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We’re not usually mall rats, but Vaughan Mills (1 Bass Pro Mills, 416-879-1777, vaughanmills.com) does pique our shopping curiosity, if only because of the deep designer discounts at Holt Renfrew Last Call and the Bass Pro Shop’s endless aisles of camouflage get-ups and multicoloured fishing lures. Luckily, its way north location usually prevents us from outlet binging. Unluckily, the mall is bringing back its free summer shopping shuttle, a swanky bus that transports downtown customers up to the Mills (which, by the way, is adding Joe Fresh, Betsey

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Johnson and True Religion stores this season). A daily morning bus leaves Union Station at 10 am and returns at 3 pm. The afternoon option departs at 1 pm and hauls you and your purchases back to civilization for 6 pm. The service runs until September 30.

LEGO LAND Since we’ve already slipped and made one mall mention, we might as well give a shout-out to Sherway Gardens (25 West Mall, 416-621-1070, sherwaygardens.ca), which is adding the province’s first Lego (lego.com) store to its retailer mix this weekend. Everyone’s favourite block

brand will be bringing in a team of “master builders” to create an 8-foot-tall R2D2 model for opening festivities that run from Friday to Sunday (May 13 to 15).

BIDDELL’S BACK

Designer Evan Biddell’s (evanbiddell.ca) runway shenanigans were sorely missed this past March, when the designer skipped Fashion Week for the first time since his Project Runway Canada win. But he’s back. Biddell is one of the guest curators for Friday night’s unScripted Canadian Stage gala at One King West (1 King West). He’ll be converting an old bank vault into a fantastical

installation space featuring his newest collection. Tickets are $90 at theatrevisionaries.ca.

DIANA’S DRESSES

In advance of Waddington’s (waddingtons.ca) June auction of 14 dresses worn by Princess Diana, the Design Exchange (234 Bay, 416-3636121, dx.org) previews the frocks for four weeks starting Monday (May 16). Diana: The Life Of A Royal Icon features pieces by Zandra Rhodes, Bruce Oldfield and Catherine Walker, including the blue velvet number she wore to dance with John Travolta at a White House state dinner in 1985.

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When TNT launched on Eglinton 20 years ago, the shop didn’t stock a single pair of jeans. The designer denim the store is so well known for didn’t arrive until over a decade later, when owner Arie Assaraf created sister stores called TNT Blu to carry jean labels like Earl and Seven. Other openings included a men’s store and the Gallerie concept space. Assaraf’s new Hazelton Lanes home, launching tonight (Thursday, May 12) with an appearance by Nicole Richie and a customer shopping event from 7 to 10 pm, brings all those offshoots under one roof. But don’t call the two-level, 14,000-square-foot space a department store. “I prefer ‘big boutique,’” says Assaraf, emphasizing that although he now carries covetable footwear, including Miu Miu shoes this coming fall, cases of jewellery, designer dresses and an annex of Free City sweats, the space is still intimate. For guys, there are Comme des Garçons blazers and the best velour chinos on the racks of the 4,000-square-foot menswear store next door. TNT picks: Smythe creates exclusive styles for TNT like a white blazer with perforated leather sleeve patches, $575; Free City’s loungewear ranges from $145 to $195; scarves by Faliero Sarti, including tie-dyed and lace options, start at $150. Look for: An online shop launching in the fall. Hours: Monday to Wednesday, Friday and Saturday 10 am to 6 pm, Thursday 10 am to 7 pm, Sunday noon to 5 pm. 3

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English writer John Heywood was a prolific creator of epigrams. I know of at least 20 of his proverbs that are still invoked, including “Haste makes waste,” “Out of sight, out of mind,” “Look before you leap,” “Beggars shouldn’t be choosers,” “Rome wasn’t built in a day,” and “Do you want to both eat your cake and have it, too?” I bring this up, Aries, because I suspect you’re in a Heywoodian phase of your long-term cycle. In the coming weeks, you’re likely to unearth a wealth of pithy insights and guiding principles that will serve you well into the future.

tAuruS Apr 20 | May 20 “If you wish to bake an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe,” said astronomer Carl Sagan in his book Cosmos. In other words, the pie can’t exist until there’s a star orbited by a habitable planet that has spawned intelligent creatures and apples. A lot of preliminaries have to be in place. Keep that in mind, Taurus, as you start out down the long and winding path toward manifesting your own personal equivalent of the iconic apple pie. In a sense, you will have to create an entire world to serve as the womb for your brainchild. To aid you in your intricate quest, make sure to keep a glowing vision of the prize always burning in the sacred temple of your imagination.

geMiNi May 21 | Jun 20 I’ll quote Wikipedia: “Dawn should not be confused with sunrise, which is the moment when the leading edge of the sun itself appears above the horizon.” In other words, dawn comes before the sun has actually showed itself. It’s a ghostly foreshadowing – a pale light appearing out of nowhere to tinge the blackness. Where you are right now, Gemini, is comparable to the last hour before sunrise. When the pale light first appears, don’t mistake it for the sun and take premature action. Wait until you can actually see the golden rim rising. cANcer Jun 21 | Jul 22 When some

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readers write to me, they address me as “Mr. Brezsny.” It reminds me of what happens when a check-out clerk at Whole Foods calls me “sir”: I feel as if I’ve been hit in the face with a cream pie – like someone is bashing my breezy, casual self-image with an unwelcome blast of dignity and decorum. So let’s get this straight, people: I am not a mister and I am not a sir. Never was, never

will be. Now, as for your challenges in the coming week, Cancerian: I expect that you, too, may feel pressure to be overly respectable, uncomfortably formal, excessively polite and in too much control. That would be pushing you in a direction opposite to the one I think you should go.

Leo Jul 23 | Aug 22 At one point in the

story Alice In Wonderland, a large talking bird known as a Dodo organizes a race with unusual rules. There is no single course that all the runners must follow. Rather, everybody scampers around wherever he or she wants, and decides when to begin and when to end. When the “race” is all over, of course, it’s impossible to sort out who has performed best, so the Dodo declares everyone the winner. I encourage you to organize and participate in activities like that in the coming weeks, Leo. It’s an excellent time to drum up playful victories and easy successes not only for yourself, but for everyone else, too.

Virgo Aug 23 | Sep 22 In his book The

Rough Guide To Climate Change, Bob Henson talks about the “five places to go before global warming messes them up.” One such beautiful spot is Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park. Vast swatches of its trees are being ravaged by hordes of pine beetles, whose populations used to be kept under control by frigid winters before the climate began to change. Australia’s Great Barrier Reef and Switzerland’s Alpine glaciers are among the other natural beauties that are rapidly disappearing. I suggest that you apply this line of thought to icons with a more personal meaning, Virgo. Nothing stays the same forever, and it’s an apt time in your astrological cycle to get all you can out of useful and wonderful resources that are in the midst of transformation.

LibrA Sep 23 | oct 22 There’s not a whole lot of funny stuff reported in the Bible, but one notable case occurred when God told Abraham that he and his wife Sarah would finally be able to conceive their first child. This made Abraham laugh out loud, since he was 99 years old at the time and Sarah was 90. It may have been a while since God has delivered any humorous messages to you, Libra, but my sense is that She’s gearing up for such a transmission even as we speak. To receive this cosmic jest in the right spirit, make sure you’re not taking yourself too damn seriously.

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Scorpio oct 23 | Nov 21 No one in history has ever drunk the entire contents of a regulation-size ketchup bottle in less than 39 seconds. So says the Guinness Book of World Records. However, I believe it’s possible that a Scorpio daredevil will soon break this record. Right now your tribe has an almost supernaturally enormous power to rapidly extract the essence of anything you set your mind to extracting. You’ve got the instincts of a vacuum cleaner. You’re an expert at tapping into the source and siphoning off exactly what you need. You know how to suck – in the best sense of that word – and you’re not shy about sucking. SAgittAriuS Nov 22 | Dec 21 “I’m not

superstitious,” said Michael Scott, the former boss in the TV show The Office. “I’m just a little stitious.” From my perspective, Sagittarius, you shouldn’t indulge yourself in being even a little stitious in the coming weeks. You have a prime opportunity to free yourself from the grip of at least some of your irrational fears, unfounded theories and compulsive fetishes. I’m not saying you suffer from more of these delusions than any of the rest of us. It’s just that you now have more power than the rest of us to break their spell.

cApricorN Dec 22 | Jan 1 9 In Plato’s

Republic, Socrates speaks derisively of people who are eu a-mousoi, an ancient Greek term that literally means “happily without muses.” These are the plodding materialists who have no hunger for inspiration and no need of spiritual intelligence. According to my reading of the astrological omens, Capricorn, you can’t afford to be eu a-mousoi in the coming weeks. Mundane satisfactions won’t be nearly enough to feed your head and heart. To even wake up and get out of bed each morning, you’ve got to be on fire with a shimmering dream or a beautiful prospect.

AquAriuS Jan 20 | Feb 1 8 In his Book

Of Imaginary Beings, Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges reports the following: “Chang Tzu tells us of a persevering man who after three laborious years mastered the art of dragon-slaying. For the rest of his days, he had not a single opportunity to test his skills.” I bring this to your attention, Aquarius, because my reading of the astrological omens suggests that you, too, may be in training to fight a beast that does not exist. Luckily, you’re also in an excellent position to realize that fact, quit the unnecessary quest, and redirect your martial energy into a more worthy endeavour.

piSceS Feb 1 9 | Mar 20 Want to see a rabbit chase a snake up a tree? Go watch this video on YouTube: tinyurl. com/BunnyWhipsSnake. If for some reason you don’t have access to Youtube, then please close your eyes and visualize a cute bunny harassing a six-footlong snake until it slithers madly away and escapes up a tree. Once you have this sequence imprinted on your mind’s eye you will, I hope, be energized to try a similar reversal in your own sphere. Don’t do anything stupid, like spitting at a Hell’s Angels dude in a biker bar. Rather, try a metaphorical or psychological version. Homework: Imagine it’s 40 years from today. As you look back on your life, what is the one adventure you regret not trying?

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THE DEATH SET with WIN WIN at United Steelworkers Hall, Wednesday, May 4. Rating: NNN If you want to see the Death Set live up to their self-created “spazz punk” tag, catch them live. Playing in a cordoned-off sliver of the United Steelworkers Hall, the Australian-American trio made the most of their manic energy. The band raged hard for about a minute at a time, interrupting prerecorded song snippets with foot-on-the-pedal speed, pseudo-electronic arrangements and screamed/chanted Beastie Boys-style vocals. It’s music designed specifically for mosh pits, and despite the distinct lack of booze, the all-ages crowd more than obliged, rendering lead singer Johnny Siera’s “fuck your conversation” mantra moot. When an entire (albeit modestly sized) audience emerges from a show red-faced and covered in sweat, the band’s done something right. Openers Win Win had less luck stirring the crowd. The duo, made up of Spank Rock producer XXXChange and Chris Devlin, played a surreal video-projection-assisted electro-house set that seemed to have all the components of a basement rave except for an active dance floor. RICHARD TRAPUNSKI

SIMON at Sound AcadDOIRON at the Horseshoe, BABY DEE at the Music Gallery, Satemy, Saturday, May 7. Thursday, May 5. May 7. ñPAUL ñJULIE ñurday,

Rating: NNNN There was a casual vibe to Julie Doiron’s set at the Horseshoe, part of a fundraiser for Girls Rock Camp Toronto. The Acadian folk rocker dipped deep into her back catalogue and also tested brand new material. Rambling a bit between songs, Doiron has enough charm and humour to make the tangents work, and her anecdotes kept things personal. She was backed up by ex-Constantines keyboardist Will Kidman, who switched between drums and guitar. While this was the electric version of the Doiron show, the songs without drums were mellow enough to reflect her folkier side, and Kidman’s vocal harmonies blended beautifully. There were a few rough spots in songs the duo had only recently learned, but rather than being disruptive, they lent a sense of immediacy and authenticity. On top of the funds raised at this show, Girls Rock Camp Toronto is getting a donation of gear from Yamaha, thanks to a recent article BENJAMIN BOLES in NOW about the project.

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Rating: NNNN It was baffling to find the Music Gallery nearly empty on the night Cleveland, Ohio’s Baby Dee and her quartet descended on it. The transgender pianist’s fifth album, the mostly instrumental Regifted Light, was released on Drag City earlier this year to enthusiastic reviews. And she’s been given the thumbs-up by Andrew W.K., Antony Hegarty and Will Oldham. Offering genuine thanks to the 20 or so people in attendance, the tall, red-haired Dee proved a sweet yet ribald host. Her set could loosely be divided into two categories: lovely liturgical songs befitting the Gallery’s chapel, and funny, bawdy, barrelhouse ones that made me yearn for a beer. Her tasteless introduction to The Song Of Self Acceptance, dedicated on record to “crack whores, sexual predators, crabby policemen and the incontinent” and expanded upon live, left some laughing and others squirming in their pews. Dee’s jokes may not be for everyone, but her music is unquestionably beautiful. Hopefully, more JOANNE HUFFA people will give it a shot next time.

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Paul Simon shone in a club setting Saturday at Sound Academy.

Rating: NNNN Even if you’re not a massive fan of Paul Simon, it was easy to get excited about seeing him in an intimate club setting. Okay, so Sound Academy isn’t exactly cozy, but it’s a far cry from the theatres and arenas he usually plays. As we’d hoped, Simon took the opportunity to let his tight eight-piece band loosen up and played career-spanning selections in addition to highlights from his excellent new album, So Beautiful Or So What. When an audience member screamed out a request for Duncan, he invited the trembling fan onstage to play guitar and sing on it. Nearly 70, Simon had tons of energy and looked like he was having a great time. Unfortunately, many of his older fans clearly hadn’t been to a club show in a while. Screaming at people to shut up, hassling others for standing in front of you and refusing to let people order at the bar because you don’t want to lose your back rest is very bad BB rock show etiquette. NOW MAY 12-18 2011

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Sensitive indie rockers trade guitars for vintage synths and Bowie influences By JASON KELLER DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE with the LONELY FOREST at the Phoenix (410 Sherbourne), Wednesday (May 18). Doors 7:30 pm, all ages. $39.50. Sold out.

When it comes to shaking rock bands out of their sonic stasis, if there’s a goto instrument to be sacrificed, it’s the guitar. Witness lead guitarist Kirk Hammett, for example, being told in Metallica’s soul-baring doc Some Kind Of Monster that for the sake of updating the group’s formula he’s no longer allowed to play his blistering solos. This is probably the only time in history when emotive indie rockers Death Cab for Cutie and Metallica have been compared, and Chris Walla almost breaks into hysterics when I refer to him as DCFC’s lead guitarist. “I wouldn’t call myself that,” he laughs. “That’s funny. I would call my self the guy who ended up in the band because he knew the songs better than everyone else, and 13 years later I still have the job. Does it say that on a press sheet or bio or something?” It does not. But despite Walla’s disagreement with the term, there is no denying that the Seattle-based four-

some, who got huge over the last decade thanks to their guitar/bass/drums brand of sensitive songwriting led by Ben Gibbard’s distinct vocals, have dialed the six-strings way back. Their forthcoming seventh record, Codes And Keys (Atlantic), is a keyboard creation that looks to the Berlinera electronic collaboration between David Bowie and producer Tony Visconti for inspiration. “The whole idea was to find a landscape we hadn’t used before,” explains Walla, who produced Codes as well as Death Cab’s previous releases. “The last couple of years I’ve been thinking about the intersection of electronics and pop music. “The idea was to try not to have songs that focus on strummy guitars; the last record was such a guitar record. We wanted to build landscapes out of monophonic keyboards.” Walla goes on to grumble about having to drag around a particular keyboard – the Korg MS-20 – on tour. So does this mean he’s now Death Cab’s lead keyboardist? “Yes, I am now Andy Fletcher. I’m doing the job he did in Depeche Mode.” 3 music@nowtoronto.com

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“We license on a case-bycase basis, and unless it’s a commercial for the Nazi party, we’re usually okay with it.”

Sleigh Bells Brooklyn duo surprised to find out that both Katy Perry and Perry Farrell are fans By JASON RICHARDS RCM_Now2-5vert4col_Ad_Bluebird_May14_Layout 1 11-05-06 12:54 PM SLEIGH BELLS with CSS and PRINCETON at Sound Academy (11 Polson), Tuesday (May 17). Doors 8 pm. $20. LN, RT, SS, TM.

Sleigh Bells refuse to take a moment’s pause to savour their successes of the past year. They’ve been too busy “selling out” in a couple of senses of the term: by playing their packed shows and licensing their songs to almost anyone. The high-decibel Brooklyn noisepop duo toured for months straight and are now doing it again, all while working feverishly on the follow-up to their breakthrough first album, Treats (Mom+Pop/N.E.E.T.) The band’s producer and guitarist, Derek Miller, says he has a sea of material and even a title in mind for the new record, though it likely won’t be released until early 2012. “Alexis [Krauss] and I, we’re both very restless creatively,” he says of the band’s singer. “We’re always, always writing. Whether it’s a loose idea on my iPhone voice recorder or on [recording software] Logic, it never really stops.” Nor will it any time soon if demand for their music, an aggregate of hard beats and melodic vocals, keeps up. Treats has sold about a half-million copies worldwide, and its songs have been featured in places as diverse as the Spanish-language U.S. network Univision, teen television drama Gossip Girl and the trailer for Abduction, a starring vehicle for Taylor Lautner after the Twilight film series. Miller says he and Krauss have not been choosy about music licensing. “I’m not sure if we’ll always do it, but it really made sense the first time around,” he says. “We license on a case-by-case basis, and unless it’s a commercial for the Nazi party, we’re usually okay with it. People see those

ads more than our music videos. It’s been huge for us.” Huge enough to earn Sleigh Bells a solid fan base, which includes a number of major acts, many of which have reached out to the band for production. A lifelong fan of pop music, Miller says that once his group has established itself with a few more albums, he looks forward to making music with chart-toppers like Katy Perry, who was spotted last month waving a glow stick in the crowd during the band’s Coachella set. Perry and Sleigh Bells almost hit the road together this year, Miller reveals. “There was talk of our playing some shows together, which I know would surprise some people, but it just never panned out scheduling-wise. She does pop music really well. It probably is a little ridiculous and over-the-top, but that’s okay. Music can be absurd. That’s fine.” Also fine: the support the band received from another important musician, Jane’s Addiction frontman Perry Farrell, founder of Chicago-based festival Lollapalooza, which Sleigh Bells will play in early August. Farrell recently said that of all the bands at this year’s fest (among them Eminem, Muse, the reunited Death from Above 1979 and a litany of buzzed-about acts), he was most excited to see Sleigh Bells. In spite of his pledge not to read press about his own group, Miller was unable to avoid the news. “My mother has a Google Alert set up for Sleigh Bells and she forwarded that to me,” he says. “I always get really mad when she does it. But that quote was pretty amazing. There are a lot of bands playing. “The fact that he singled us out is great. I mean, like, shit.” 3 music@nowtoronto.com

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sharon Jones & the Dapkings, Black Joe lewis & the honeyBears Sound Academy (11 Polson), tonight (Thursday, May 12) Heavy neo-classic soul double bill.

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Opera House (735 Queen East), Monday (May 16) See preview, page 48.

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The Great Hall (1087 Queen West), Friday (May 13) See preview, page 50.

Air Canada Centre (40 Bay), Wednesday (May 18) Chart-topping UK soul-pop sensation.

BlooDshot Bill, the mercy now, cavaliers, DilDoniks

Death caB For cutie, the lonely Forest

Silver Dollar (486 Spadina), Friday (May 13) Deranged one-man-band rockabilly.

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Phoenix (410 Sherbourne), Wednesday (May 18) See preview, page 43.

Lee’s Palace (529 Bloor West), and DJ set after-party at Wrongbar (1279 Queen West), Saturday (May 14) Post-dubstep producer with big buzz.

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Sonic Boom (512 Bloor West), Saturday (May 14) Free in-store gig by power pop heroes.

Lee’s Palace (529 Bloor West), Wednesday (May 18) Dutch jazz punk legends.

oDD Future wolF gang kill them all Phoenix (410 Sherbourne), Sunday (May 15) Most-hyped hip-hop of the minute. weirDo PoP

tUnE-yArDs Her newest record, w h o k i l l, is already considered an early contender for album of the year, which won’t surprise anyone who’s caught Merrill Garbus performing over the last few years. No

other solo musician can make so much joyful noise with just her voice, a ukulele, a floor tom and a looping pedal. For this tour she’ll beef things up with horns and her bass-playing collaborator Nate Brenner to deliver the full tUnE-yArDs experience. At the Horseshoe (370 Queen West), tonight (Thursday, May 12), doors 8:30 pm. $15. HS, RT, SS, TM.

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Horseshoe doors 8 pm, $10. HS, RT, SS. July 10.

kurt vile & the violators, wooDs

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Lee’s Palace doors 8 pm, $16.50. HS, RT, SS, TM. July 13.

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Horseshoe doors 8:30 pm, $15. HS, RT, SS, TM. July 14

taking Back sunDay, thursDay, colour revolt, we are the in crowD

Kool Haus doors 6:30 pm, all ages, $27.50. LN, RT, SS, TM. July 22.

Two Door Cinema Club

sia, oh lanD

tortureD soul, Felix & gani, gaDJet

Phoenix Concert Theatre doors 8 pm, $24.50. RT, SS, TM. July 24.

Big FreeDia

Opera House 7:45 pm, $15, all ages. RT, SS, TW. August 4.

Revival $16-$25. bit.ly/is1xOS. May 27. The Garrison. $tba. June 1.

matisyahu

nikki yanoFsky & roBi Botos trio

Phoenix Concert Theatre doors 6:30 pm, all ages, $26.50. LN, RT, SS, TM. September 7.

Toronto Jazz Festival Metro Hall David Pecaut Square Mainstage Marquee 8:30 pm, $50. TM. tojazz.com. July 3.

two Door cinema cluB, BomBay Bicycle cluB, the lonely Forest

crookeD Fingers Horseshoe doors 8 pm, $13.50. HS, RT, SS, TM. July 3.

Phoenix Concert Theatre $tba. PDR, RT, SS, TW. September 17.

omar souleyman

Lee’s Palace doors 8 pm, $18.50. HS, RT, SS, TM. July 6.

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Horseshoe doors 8:30 pm, $15.50. HS, RT, SS. July 7.

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Air Canada Centre doors 6:30 pm, $49.50$69.50. TM. October 11.

krista muir & the imaginary laDs The Montreal ukulele enthusiast celebrates the release of a new album of ethereal minimalist folkpop Monday (May 16) at Mitzi’s Sister (1554 Queen west). Pwyc.

DJ chocolate, patrick roots, honey B hinD if the promise of sweet roots reggae and rocksteady from DJ Chocolate and Patrick roots isn’t enough to get you out Friday (May 13) to the Painted Lady (218 ossington), perhaps a burlesque act by Honey B Hind might convince you. Free.

white laBel sessions A new monthly night fires up tonight (Thursday, May 12) at the Piston (937 Bloor west), featuring secret guests testing out new material on fresh audiences. The $5 cover will be donated to the Daps All-Ages Shows.

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Thursday, May 12 POP/ROCK/HIP-HOP/SOUL

ALLEYCATZ Project Sound 9:30 pm. BOVINE SEX CLUB Peter James Band, the Oats Band, Gasper Barone, DJ Cactus (rock).

C’EST WHAT A Decade Of Sleep (alt-rock/pop) 9 pm.

DAKOTA TAVERN CD release Kyp Harness ñ(folk/rock). THE GARRISON Young Widows, Burning Love, My Disco, Ancestors 9 pm. ñ GLADSTONE HOTEL MELODY BAR EP release The

Black Rainbows, Stuck on Planet Earth, Condokrew doors 8 pm. THE HIDEOUT A Primitive Evolution (rock) 9 pm. HORSESHOE Tune-Yards, Buke & Gass, Pat Jordache doors 8:30 pm. MITZI’S SISTER Daiva Paskauska, Alyson McNamara & the Nomads. NOT MY DOG The Joyful Sinners (soul/blues/ roots) 9:30 pm. ONLY CAFÉ The Shoes (rock) 8 pm. PARTS & LABOUR Clara Venice (experimental pop) doors 8;30 pm. PHOENIX CONCERT THEATRE Face to Face, Strung Out, the Artists Life doors 8 pm, all ages. THE PISTON White Label Sessions: Daps All Ages Show Benefit (secret guests w/ DJs Playing the Greater Goods) 9 pm. RIVOLI Chris Velan, Andrew Austin, Jacqueline Rendell (pop/folk/reggae) 8 pm. ROCKPILE Goddo. SILVER DOLLAR Dora Alexander, Tundra Fun, Paint, Growl Chant Howl 8:30 pm. SMILING BUDDHA Black Sabbath Tribute Night Into the Void, Gypsy Chief Goliath, Ol’ Time Moon Shine (metal) doors 9 pm. SOUND ACADEMY Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears doors 8 pm, all ages. SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY’S Skip Tracer (rock/top 40) 9:30 pm. SUPERMARKET CD release Lauren Best, Joshua Cockerill doors 8:30 pm. VELVET UNDERGROUND Orchard, Sam Coffery & the Iron Lungs, Ten O’Clock People 8:30 pm. WINCHESTER KITCHEN & BAR Jumple 10 pm.

FOLK/BLUES/COUNTRY/WORLD

AQUILA UPSTAIRS Marianne Girard (acoustic folk).

CAMERON HOUSE CD release Fish & Bird (folk/

country).

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GRAFFITI’S The Michael Boguski Trio 8 to 10 pm.

HOLY OAK CAFE Lake Forest, Carnival Moon (folk) 10 pm.

HUGH’S ROOM CD release Lori Cullen 8:30 pm. LEE’S PALACE The Felice Brothers, Shovels & Rope (alt country folk) doors 8:30 pm. ñ THE LOCAL Chris Kirby (Nfld musician).

LOLA Brian Cober Double Slide 9 pm. LOU DAWG’S Call In Sick Friday Thursdays Mike

C (acoustic blues/ska/reggae) 9:30 pm. LULA LOUNGE The New Canadian Songbook

HIP-HOP/COMEDY

Donald Glover

Proud nerd pours his hyperactive split personality into one big hip-hop and comedy extravaganza By RICHARD TRAPUNSKI DONALD GLOVER opening for CHILDISH GAMBINO at the Opera House (735 Queen East), Monday (May 16). Doors 8 pm. $18. Sold out.

Donald Glover wants it all. The 27-year-old entertainer, already a breakout success in his role as goofy jock Troy Barnes on NBC’s Community, has set out on tour as his own opening act. The aptly titled IAMDONALD Tour sees Glover begin each show as standup comedian Donald Glover and end as blog-friendly rapper Childish Gambino. “I realize it’s ludicrous to try to do everything all at once, but that’s what gives me my drive,” says the excitable star, enjoying a rare day off in Portland. “I just don’t like waiting. I fucking hate it, actually.”

Amanda Martinez (soulful Latin jazz) 8 pm. LULA LOUNGE The New Canadian Songbook Bomba Estereo (Colombian hip-hop/reggae) 10 pm. MAGPIE CAFE Jamboree The Sure Things (country/bluegrass) 10 pm. MONARCHS PUB Delta Blues Thursdays Seoulstack 9 pm. THE PAINTED LADY Polyester Heart, Big City Hicks, Peirson Ross (experimental/folk/indie) 9 pm. SLACK’S Elana Harte (folk/rock) 8 pm, all ages. TRANE STUDIO Nilhima 8 pm. TRANZAC SOUTHERN CROSS Bluegrass & Oldtime 7:30 pm. TRANZAC SOUTHERN CROSS Nick Kartzali, David Kleiser, Leila Valentine 10 pm. THE WILSON 96 Leon Knight & the Neon Lights (country/roots) 9 pm.

JAZZ/CLASSICAL/EXPERIMENTAL

BLU RISTORANTE & LOUNGE Acoustic & Jazz

Sentiments @ Blu Christopher Barton (guitar, vocals) 6:30 pm. BLU RISTORANTE & LOUNGE Acoustic & Jazz Sentiments @ Blu Terrance Gowen (piano, vocals) 9 pm. CHINA HOUSE Bruce Cassidy’s South Africa Jazz Quartet.

By combining his comedy and music in one tour, he risks alienating fans of each. But the tour’s been a resounding success, selling out many venues, including the Opera House, and earning positive reviews. While he happens to tell jokes and rap, it’s a mistake to call his music “joke rap.” “It’s funny stuff, yeah, but it’s not just a big joke,” he says. “It bothers me when people say, ‘Oh, a comedian’s rapping.’ No, a dude is rapping.” Straddling the boundaries between “hipster,” “nerd” and “hood,” Glover’s personas defy labels. He’s as likely to drop a line about the size of his genitals as a reference to a childhood bully. There aren’t many hip-hop stars willing to pen a self-questioning bit about “street cred” and rap it over a Grizzly Bear sample. Glover makes it work.

“I actually don’t mind being called a hipster if ‘hipster’ means ‘on the forefront of art and culture.’ I do sometimes mind being called a ‘black hipster’ or ‘black nerd,’ though. Why is it necessary to add that? Am I supposed to like different stuff?” It’s a notion Glover aimed to challenge with his online campaign to audition for the role of Spider-Man. Though he never got the chance (despite a public endorsement by Stan Lee), he’s still aware of his boundless potential. “I don’t want to put any limits on myself. I don’t want to be a footnote in culture. I want to have whole chapters written about me.” 3

DOMINION ON QUEEN John T Davis (organist)

REX PJ Perry & Kevin Dean Quartet 9:30 pm. ROY THOMSON HALL Emanuel Ax Plays Mozart

5:30 to 8 pm.

DRAKE HOTEL LOUNGE New Wave Composers

Festival: Chercher Noise – Esprit Wild & Wired Esprit Orchestra 8 pm.

FOUR SEASONS CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING

ARTS RICHARD BRADSHAW AMPHITHEATRE Serenata Italiana COC Ensemble Studio Artists noon to 1 pm. GATE 403 Emily the Blue Caller 5 to 8 pm. GATE 403 Kevin Laliberté Jazz & Flamenco Trio 9 pm. HELICONIAN HALL Benefit concert for Interval House Women’s Shelter Peggy Mahon, Danny McErlain, Dave Field, Don Vickery (jazz/cabaret) 7:30 pm. LATINADA Rojitas (Latin jazz). MUSIC GALLERY Emergents IV Katelyn Clark, Patrick Dupuis, GREX (harpsichord, electric bass, vocal ensemble) doors 7 pm. OLD MILL INN HOME SMITH BAR John Sherwood (solo piano) 7:30 pm. LA PERLA Jazz Meets Salsa (Latin acoustic ensemble). REPOSADO The Reposadists Quartet (Gypsybop jazz). RESERVOIR LOUNGE Melissa Lauren 7 to 9 pm. REX Kevin Quain 6:30 pm.

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Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Emanuel Ax (piano) 2 pm. SOMEWHERE THERE STUDIO c_LR Allison Cameron, Germaine Liu, Rampersaud 8 pm. TEN FEET TALL Jazz Jam Brendan Davis Trio 8 pm. TRINITY ST. PAUL’S CHURCH Italianissimo! Tafelmusik 8 pm.

DANCE MUSIC/DJ/LOUNGE

BOAT Both Abstract Random, Both Parties (everybody friendly dance party with techno/ hip-hop/rock/dub/soul) doors 9 pm.5 CHEVAL DJ Zak Santiago, DJ Bobby K (house/ hip-hop/top 40/mashup). CLINTON’S Loaded (Brit pop dance night). COLLEGE STREET BAR Get Sprung! DJ James Redi (90s R&B/hip-hop) 10 pm. GOODHANDY’S Ladyplus.com Party DJ T Klinck doors 8 pm.5 NACO GALLERY CAFE TANGA Party Travis Gledhill, Rea McNamara, Lorena Salomé (experimental ambient) 8:30 pm.5 THE OSSINGTON More Times (hip-hop/R&B/ soul).

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TrysT Grand Opening DJ Kenneth Thomas, DJ Aadil.

VelVeT UndergroUnd DJ Ozaze (industrial/

goth) 11:30 pm.

Friday, May 13 PoP/Rock/HiP-HoP/Soul

AlleycATz Ascencion (R&B/soul/funk). AqUilA UpsTAirs Laura Hubert (R&B). BAr iTAliA Shugga (funk) 9:30 pm. BoVine sex clUB Lost Innocence, Da Royal Family, Missing in Venice, DJ Vania.

c’esT WhAT Alaniaris (surf art) 9:30 pm. dc MUsic TheATre Metal As F#$% Fest 20

Asleep Behind the Flame, Desertion and others doors 8 pm, all ages. el MocAMBo UpsTAirs Laganza, Prodigal Suns, Greg Cockerill, Dig Newton (rock/reggae) doors 8:30 pm. The gArrison Ruby Coast, Graham Wright, Loom 9 pm. grAffiTi’s Rock The Classics For SickKids Paul Martin (classic covers) 5 pm, The Earls of Frontenac evening. The greAT hAll CD release One Hundred Dollars, Nordic Nomadic doors 9 pm. See preview, this page. horseshoe Hunter Valentine, Sick of Sarah, Luke of the Cliks doors 8 pm. lee’s pAlAce Cheap Speakers, Avery Island, Breaking Lakes door 9 pm. MAro DAREaffair Roveena, Cameron Watt, DJ Eric Ling, DJ3rive, DJ Servv 7:30 pm. MiTzi’s sisTer CTRL+ALT+DANCE. MonArchs pUB The Mike Danckert Band & Mike Daley (rock) 7 pm. operA hoUse The Airborne Toxic Event, Voxhaul Broadcast doors 8 pm. riVoli Toronto Palestine Film Festival Launch Party Omar Offendum, Men Seeking Prophets (hip-hop) doors 9:30 pm. rockpile A Primitive Evolution, Never More than Less, Courage My Love (rock) 8 pm, all ages. silVer dollAr Bloodshot Bill, the Mercy Now, Cavaliers, Dildoniks 9 pm. sneAky dee’s Vibrators. sTUdio 561 Forget the Times, Induced Labour, Depost, Not the Wind, Not the Flag 9 pm, all ages. TATToo rock pArloUr Clifton David Broadbridge 10 pm. TrAnzAc soUThern cross Heavy Ethics 10 pm. UndergroUnd gArAge Phil & John Show (interactive rock). VelVeT UndergroUnd Nikkis Trick, Insultilators doors 8:30 pm.

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why alter the formula? It’s simple, answers guitarist Ian Russell over sandwiches with singer Simone Schmidt at the Fish Store. “This time death wasn’t pushing the record button.” Time is a luxury the band hasn’t always had. In 2008, Russell was battling a potentially life-threatening bout of leukemia. With his cancer in remission, he and his band had the chance to develop, and this is evident in the greater complexity of the

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Allie, Ryan Casselman (folk/rock/indie) 7 pm.

cAM’s plAce Ed Culjak (guitar, vocal). dAkoTA TAVern Dodge Fiasco (rock).

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highWAy 61 soUThern BArBeqUe Dylan Wick-

ens & the Little Naturals (blues) 8 pm. hUgh’s rooM James Keelaghan, Fraser Anderson 8:30 pm. lAMBAdinA Showcase Fridays & Open Mic: Canadian Headliners. lolA Danny Blu Jam (blues) 3 pm. lolA Drala 9 pm. loU dAWg’s It’s Gotta Groove Friday Jeff Eager (acoustic) 10 pm. lUlA loUnge The New Canadian Songbook Patricia Cano (samba/afro-peruvian/blues/folk) 8 pm. lUlA loUnge CD release Caché (Latin) 10 pm. soUThside Johnny’s Chris Chambers (blues rock) 10 pm. TrAnzAc soUThern cross Grady Kelneck, Laska Sawade 7:30 pm.

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Huhtanen, James Bourn (soprano/piano) 7:30 pm. ArrAyMUsic sTUdio rM 218 Toronto Improvisors’ Orchestra 8 pm. BlU risTorAnTe & loUnge Acoustic & Jazz

Sentiments @ Blu John Campbell (piano) 7:30 pm. circUiT gAllery @ gAllery 345 Violin Sonatas Leslie Ting, Pierre-Andre Doucet 8 pm. doMinion on qUeen Elmer Ferrer 9 pm. fleck dAnce TheATre New Wave Composers Festival: Rising Star Composers Concert Espirt Orchestra 8 pm. gATe 403 Bobby Hsu Jazz Band 5 to 8 pm. gATe 403 Dennis Leslie Jazz Band 9 pm. glenn goUld sTUdio Laplante’s Beethoven Sinfonia Toronto, André Laplante (piano) 8 pm. grAce chUrch on-The-hill 30th Anniversary Concert And Reception Exultate Chamber Singers 8 pm. lATinAdA Ruben Vazquez (Latin jazz). liVing ArTs cenTre MARTY Awards Shannon Butcher, the Patrick Panus Trio, the Jay Boehmer Jazz Trio. old Mill inn Fridays To Sing About Julie Michels & Kevin Barrett Duo 7:30 pm. qUoTes Fridays At Five Chase Sanborn (trumpet) 5 to 8 pm. rex Hogtown Syncopators 4 pm. rex Laura Hubert 6:30 pm. rex Pat Collins 9:45 pm.

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The Promise Of Music Ellis Marsalis Quartet. rUnnyMede UniTed chUrch Concert Opera Group: Richard Wagner’s Tannhaüser Uncovered Joni Henson, Peter McGillivray, J Patrick Raftery, Colleen Skull, Giles Tomkins, Clodagh Earls, Christopher Mokrzewski 7:30 pm. soMeWhere There sTUdio Leftover Daylight

Series David Macdougal, Benjamin MuellerHeaslip, Steve Ward, Tilman Lewis and others 8 pm. TrAnzAc soUThern cross The Foolish Things (jazz) 5 pm. TriniTy sT. pAUl’s chUrch Italianissimo! Tafelmusik 8 pm.

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Annex WreckrooM 90s Party Fawn BC, Caff (alt rock/pop/hip-hop) 10 pm.

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To End Women’s Cancers benefit for Princess Margaret Hospital 8 pm. Annex WreckrooM Toronto Deaf Film & Arts Festival Afterparty 6 pm. BUndA loUnge Uptown Fridays DJ T-Ace, DJ Fresh (Caribbean/hip-hop/reggae). clinTon’s Fuck It Dance Party Bangs & Blush. drAke hoTel UndergroUnd Evening Standard San Soda doors 11 pm. drAke hoTel loUnge DJ Huggs doors 10 pm. el MocAMBo Happy Birthday Stevie: A Tribute To The Music Of Stevie Wonder Sacha Williamson, Paul E Lopes, Son of S.O.U.L. doors 9 pm. eMMeT rAy BAr DJ Ian Andrews & Doug Skillmore (funk/soul/reggae) 10 pm. eTon hoUse Singles Night DJ Phil (top 40s) 9 pm. fly Grapefruit DJ Shane Percy, DJ Aural 10 pm.5 fooTWork Luv This City Addy, Jay Force, Rafwat & Chorniy, Chris Ink doors 10 pm. goodhAndy’s Queer Idol 2011 DJ Todd Klinck

TATTOO ROCK PARLOUR Play Fridays DJ Dwight (alterna/retro/electro) 10 pm. THIS IS LONDON Nic Fanciulli. VELVET UNDERGROUND DJ Misty (alt rock) 10 pm. WOO’S LOUNGE Heart.Of.The.City DJs J-Class & Kariz (hip-hop/R&B/reggae/old school) doors 10:30 pm. XS NIGHTCLUB Majestic Fridays DJ Couture 10 pm.

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Dollars new album’s music and lyrics. Songs Of Man adopts a different character’s perspective for each track. Provocatively, all are male. “Some people mistook Forest Of Tears for a ‘woman’s record,’” explains Schmidt, who writes the lyrics. “But that’s misleading. I’m as much the men in this record as I am the women in the last one.” At the Great Hall (1087 Queen West), Friday (May 13), 9 pm. $12. RT, SS.

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doors 9 pm.5 HENHOUSE DJs Joel Stouffer & Dylan Barlow 10 pm. HOLY OAK CAFE Wax Murderer 10 pm. INSOMNIA Funkn’ Fresh Fridays Red Lion (house/breaks). LEVACK BLOCK BACK ROOM DJ Jerk Chicken (old skool) 10 pm. LEVACK BLOCK DJ Rad McCool (hip-hop) 10 pm. MOD CLUB Arcade John Dahlback doors 10 pm. NACO GALLERY CAFE Criminals of America DJ Frey (Brazilian music/world music) 10 pm. THE OSSINGTON Sweat Pants Bedroom Eyes. THE PAINTED LADY DJ Chocolate, Patrick Roots, Honey B Hind (reggae/ska/dance hall) 10 pm. PARTS & LABOUR Cocksucker Blues DJs Matt, Travis & Richard (rock/punk/glam/disco).5 LA PERLA HER: So Not Generic Edition DJs Kris Steeves, Jaime Sin, OMGBLOG.COM doors 10 pm. PHOENIX CONCERT THEATRE Excision, Smash Gordon, Hydee, Grimeskee doors 10 pm. THE PISTON SoulSkank DJs Gramera, Double K, Dennis P 10 pm. RIVOLI POOL LOUNGE DJ Stu (rock/old school/ Brit/electro/classics/retro). SNEAKY DEE’S Rob Dyer Dance Party. SOUND ACADEMY Redemption All White Dance Edition (all-white dress code reggae party) 10 pm. SUPERMARKET Market Fresh DJ ClassicK doors 10 pm.

Cataracs 7 pm. ALLEYCATZ Soular (R&B/soul/funk). BAR ITALIA Al Webster 10 pm. BOVINE SEX CLUB Diemonds, Evil Survives, Aggressor, Shotgun Cure, DJ Ian Blurton. CADILLAC LOUNGE Francesco Juvenile Diabetes Fundraiser Joe Grushecky & the Houserockers, the Beauties, the Sin City Boys. CHALKERS PUB Soul Stew (retro/funk/disco/ classic rock) 9:30 pm to 2 am. DAKOTA TAVERN Alistair Christl & the Cosmotones (roots R&R) 10 pm. DAVE’S... ON ST CLAIR Roots Vibe (reggae) 9:30 pm. DC MUSIC THEATRE Music Skanky Punk Party Web Society, the Shivers all ages. DOMINION ON QUEEN Ronnie Hayward (rockabilly) 3 to 7 pm. ETON HOUSE 3HT (rock) 9 pm. THE GARRISON The One-Look Donnybrook, the Standstills, the Skirt Chasers, the Deficits 9 pm. GLADSTONE HOTEL BALLROOM The Tracy Fund benefit The Rattles (Beatles tribute) 7 pm. HORSESHOE Dinosaur Bones, Bear Hands, Darcys + Seas (indie rock) doors 9 pm. LEE’S PALACE James Blake doors 9 pm.

DeKeyzer, Helen Stewart & Laura Hubert Band 8:30 pm. THE LOCAL Big City Hicks. LOLA Szantino 8 pm. LOU DAWG’S Acoustic Country Showcase Sara Giguere 10 pm. LULA LOUNGE Mexican Fandango Workshop Café con Pan 1 pm, all ages. LULA LOUNGE Family French World Cafe Joanna Moon, Donné Roberts 3 pm, all ages. LULA LOUNGE Sí Canada Luisito Orbegoso, Lula All Stars, Luis Maria Ochoa, Roberto Linares Brown, Sean Bellaviti 10 pm. MANCHESTER ARMS PUB Back Alley Ringers (blues) 9:30 pm. ONLY CAFÉ Anthony Dimaio (singer/songwriter) 8 pm. REBAS CAFÉ Open Mic 1 to 4 pm.

ROYAL CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC KOERNER HALL

Bluebird North All-Star Concert Suzie McNeil, Jane Siberry, Melanie Doane, Marc Jordan, Ann Vriend, Dan Hill 8 pm. SILVER DOLLAR Supper Club Blues Out of the Blues 7 pm. ST NICHOLAS ANGLICAN CHURCH Acoustic Harvest Mike Stevens & Raymond McLain doors 7:30 pm. TRANZAC Jamzac 3 pm. TRANZAC SOUTHERN CROSS Scott B Sympathy (folk) 6:30 pm. TRANZAC SOUTHERN CROSS Doug Tielli and Eucalyptus 10 pm.

ARRAYMUSIC STUDIO Soundspoetic: The Voice

Art Series Christine Duncan’s Element Choir, Charles Smith’s Wind in the Leaves Collective 8 pm. BIRCHMOUNT PARK C.I. Spaghetti Western Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra (music inspired by Hollywood) 8 pm. BLU RISTORANTE & LOUNGE Acoustic & Jazz Sentiments @ Blu Christopher Barton (guitar, vocals) 7:30 pm. C’EST WHAT The Hot Five Jazzmakers (trad jazz) 3 pm. CHALKERS PUB Hilario Duran Trio (Afro-Cuban Latin jazz) 6 to 9 pm. CIRCUIT GALLERY @ GALLERY 345 An Evening Of Creativity The Steve Koven Trio w/ Rob Clutton, Nick Fraser 8 pm. GATE 403 JohnnyDead noon to 3 pm. GATE 403 Bill Heffernan 5 to 8 pm. GATE 403 Patrick Tevlin’s New Orleans Rhythm 9 pm. GLENN GOULD STUDIO Bach + 1 Aradia Ensemble 8 pm. LATINADA Onelvis Fernandez (Latin jazz). LOFT 404 Create The Most Joy Indie Music Festival The Sheridan Band, Jenna Marie Smith (jazz/Celtic rock/folk) 6 pm. OLD MILL INN Piano Masters Maxine Willan, Kurt Lund, Duncan Hopkins 7:30 pm. QUEEN ELIZABETH THEATRE Emilie-Claire Barlow, Bill McBirnie 8 pm.

REX Sara Dell 7 pm. REX CD release Kite Trio 3:30 pm. REX CD release Paul Read Orchestra 9:45 pm. ROY THOMSON HALL Bugs, Birds & Butterflies!

Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Matthew Romain (laughtertainer) 1:30 & 3:30 pm. SOMEWHERE THERE STUDIO In-Re-troSpective – Ken Aldcroft solo CD release Ken Aldcroft 8 pm. TRANE STUDIO The Mingus Project Part 2 The Terry Logan Quintet 8 pm. TRINITY ST. PAUL’S CHURCH Italianissimo! Tafelmusik 8 pm.

DANCE MUSIC/DJ/LOUNGE

ANNEX WRECKROOM See You Saturdays! Lexx Deci, Rick Toxic (hi-energy dance party) 10 pm. CLINTON’S Shake, Rattle & Roll Bangs & Blush (Motown/Britpop). DRAKE HOTEL UNDERGROUND Edumacation DJ Fase (hip-hop) doors 11 pm. EMMET RAY BAR DJs Forget the Flowers (indie rock) 10 pm. FLY DJs Manzone & Strong, DJ Shawn Riker, DJ Kevin Bailey 10 pm.5 FOOTWORK Honey Dijon, Jonathan Rosa, DJ Jamal doors 10 pm. FOX & FIRKIN Uptown Anthems DJ NV (hiphop/funk/soul/Motown/mashups) 10 pm. GOODHANDY’S Jock DJ Geoff Kelleway doors 10:30 pm.5 GUVERNMENT Andy Moor.

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ALEXANDER KEITH’S PREMIUM WHITE

ñ ñ MITZI’S SISTER Sasquatch Prom Date, Greasemarks, Jacques & the Shakey ñ Boys.

MOD CLUB Architects & Dead and Divine, Fall City Fall, Counterparts doors 6 pm, all ages. THE POOR ALEX Ceòl Kids: Regent Park School Of Music Fundraiser Rebecca Sancton, David Finklestein, Alli Etherington, Robert Dowdle and others. REX Danny Marks noon. RIVOLI StereoKid, JOJETO, Tiny Danza, Noise/ Rukus 9 pm. SILVER DOLLAR Late Night Live Poisonous Glass, the Rebel County Outlaws, Women & Children. SNEAKY DEE’S CD release Steve Rawles doors 7 pm. SONIC BOOM In-store performance Sloan 4 pm. SOUND ACADEMY Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience doors 9 pm. SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY’S The Liquor Pigs (punk) 10 pm. SPORTSTER’S Nicola Vaughan (pop rock) 10 pm. VELVET UNDERGROUND Stuck Out Here, Mixtapes, Paper Fortune 8 pm.

JAZZ/CLASSICAL/EXPERIMENTAL

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FOLK/BLUES/COUNTRY/WORLD

AQUILA The Junction MS Ribfest Bohemian Blues, Jay Pennell, City Folk, Ken Yoshioka, the New Mynah Birds and others (blues) noon-1 am. ARTSCAPE WYCHWOOD BARNS rock.paper.sistahz festival (drumming, music and a dance-off) noon to midnight. ASPETTA CAFFE Kate Todd, Eric & Olivia, Flo Suzuki, Ukulele Gaga, James David Faulkner, Gretchen Cruz, Joanne G & the Johns, Green Haze (folk/pop/rock/jazz) 2 pm to midnight. AXIS GALLERY & GRILL Millie Minas (singer/ songwriter) 9:30 pm. BLOORDALE UNITED CHURCH Panache (steelband) 7:30 pm. CAMERON HOUSE Big Tobacco & the Pickers 6 to 8 pm. C’EST WHAT Mark Cassidy (acoustic) 8 pm. CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY Heart Of Chanting Bart Smit, Laurie Weinberg, Bridget LaMarche (inspirational music) 7 pm. DAKOTA TAVERN Silver Hearts. ETON HOUSE Johnny Cash Tribute Box Full of Cash (country) 4 to 7 pm. FREE TIMES CAFE Feed The Birds Cabaret Becky Oneil. GLADSTONE HOTEL MELODY BAR Country Saturdays The Key Frames 7 pm. GRAFFITI’S John Borra Band (alt country) 4 pm. HUGH’S ROOM Merle Haggard Tribute Dennis Martin, Russell deCarle, Caitlan Hanford, Mary

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Date: APRIL 27, 2011

friday may 27 @ Annex wreckroom - $13.50 adv • All-AgeS • 6pm

la dispute

sat june 4 @ lee’s palace -

defeater & native

former thieves

$18.50 adv

the soundtrack

thursday may 12 sound academy

intimAte front room only configurAtion dAptone recordS • Brooklyn • duAl Horn SectionS • uBer Hip Soul & BlueS

of our lives sharon river

jones

FridAy

with

Swedish Union Carbide Prod Post Punk Who-ish Anthemic Mod Rock

friday july 8

horseshoe - $22.50 advance

dennis coffey detroit / motown funk legend

okkervil w/ TiTus Andronicus & FuTure islAnds

June 10 the Phoenix

8:00pm ~ $18.50 advance ~ 19+

tuesday june 14 @ mod club - $17.50 advance • 8:00pm doors • 19+

the antlers

with

little scream

& the dap kings

Black joe lewis & the honeybears $25. 00

A d vA n C e

thursday june 9 @ the phoenix $ 17.50

advance • 8:00pm • hamilton on • domino

junior with special guest

saturday july 9 sound academy

all ages • doors 8:00pm $ 30.00 ga & $ 40.00 vip advance

monday

august 8 sound academy on sale

friday may 13 10:00 am

all-ages • 8:00pm doors $35.00 advance ga & $45.00 advance vip 52

may 12-18 2011 NOW

friday july 22 sound academy

ska punk

reel big fish streetlight

manifesto $ 23.50

advance • all-ages • 6:30pm

boys

caribou (dJ Set) & miracle fortress wednesday june 15 @ the phoenix $ 29.50

advance • athens, ga • southern rock gods

drive by truckers With

the beauties

thurs june 30 the phoenix

jaga $ 20.00 advance • 8:00pm doors • 19+

tUeSdAy

august 2 lee’S PAlACe

$ 35.50

los angeles advance • 8:00pm • 19+

jazzist

advance ticketS @ ticketmaster.ca or 1-855-985-5000 • HorSeSHoe front bar • SoundScapeS • rotate tHiS WedneSday

june 1

Horseshoe tavern $ 11.50 advance

tHurSday may 12

fri may 13 | $12.50 adv

tune hunter toronto alt rock & roll

yards buke And gAss valentine pAt jordAChe siCk of sArAh Sol d ou t !

Sat may 14 |

$ 10.50 adv

dine alone recordS indie rockerS

dinosAur

bones bear HandS darcys + seas

luke of the Cliks

monday may 16 | no cover shoeless mondays

Four Star adrian Hay AshlAnd Court tueSday may 17

WedneSday may 18 | $17.50 adv — w/ jon snodGrass

Bad astronaut joey CApe lAgwAgon Feat.

friday may 20 | $7.00

Saturday may 21 | $7.00

cd releaSe @ 10:30Pm

the baseball project friday june 3 & Sat june 4 drake underground $ 20.50 advance

friday

june 10 lee’S palace $ 18.00 advance

no cover!

WedneSday may 25 - $12.50 adv

with

Saturday june 11 HorSeSHoe tavern | $13.50 advance

gruFF

super Furry animals • Full band • Hotel shampoo tour

euros childs of Gorky’s ZyGotic mynci

king cobb steelie weeping tile

Sunday june 26 horSeShoe tavern | $15.50 advance

joe purdy

Sunday july 3

horSeShoe tavern

Saturday

july 2

lee’S palace $10.50 advance

wednesday

july 6

lee’S palace $18.50 advance

solo slackers ska

omar souleyman

thurSday july 7 WedneSday july 13 horSeShoe tavern

lee’S Palace

vile crooked urGe &kurt the violators fingers overkill woods $13.50 advance • eric bachman

tHurSday may 12 | $17.50 adv neW york fat PoSSum americana

vic ruGGiero the felice brothers

$15.50 advance

$16.50 advance • indie Psych folk

90’s alt rock

SHovelS & rope Saturday may 14

friday may 13 | $7.00 door

Cheap SpeakerS Avery islAnd 20 amp soundchild breaking lakes monday may 16 | $11.50 adv vaudeville Punk rock

World jAmes inFerno blAke friendshiP active cHild society Sol d ou t !

tueSday may 17 |

$ 18.50 adv

tHe WeirdieS

WedneSday may 18

the guitar the dirtbombs wolf ex japanese link wray - ramones

detroit in the red gories 60’s garage Punk!

tueSday july 19

tueSday auguSt 9 lee’S Palace

W/ cHeaptime lullAbye ArkestrA

w/ braSS unbound feat. ken vandermark & matS guStaFFSon

tHurS may 19 | $10.50 adv

Saturday may 21 | $10 door

Cold twin naked & austra CAve sister famous daft punk el mocambo -

$10.00 adv

$15.00 advance • new Zealand

tribute

palace oF the end smile synerGist the noble rogueS

tHurS may 26 | $17.50 adv

friday may 27 | $15.00 adv

with

trust

friday may 20 | $12.00 adv

damon & naomi may 14 amor de dias steve crystal stilts ex galaxy 500

New OrleaNs GaraGe rOck & rOll Party rOck!

rHyS norman blake jonny feat. of teenage fanclub

Steve Wynn, Scott mccaugHey, mike millS Pinch hitting for peter buck

$15.00 advance • matador recS

maria taylor

merzbow

advance • Portland / Seattle / nyc • yeP roc

$ 15.00 advance

jAson isbell monday may 23 - $15.00 adv

$ 1 3.50

the classy chassys Good luck friday july 15 Foundation HorSeSHoe tavern the roses sons of york thurS july 14 misc en scene horSeShoe tavern

Sunday may 22 | $14.50 advance • ex drive by truckers

With

WedneSday june 1 @ lee’S Palace

benefit concert for camH

Gord Prior Band tHurSday may 19 | 10.00 cd release @ 11:00pm time giant JENNIFER stone mary CASTLE azweiz tex messAge + CArl didur miSS emily

tiny danza the unknown culprits savanah fallen heirs

quintron

& miss pussyCat

saturday

sneaky dee’s • $ 8.50 advance

Sun may 22 @ Sneaky dee’S | $13.50 adv

tueS may 24 @ el mocambo | $11.50 adv

stornaway

portugal man anna calvi the man man tristen keren ann white denim horseshoetavern.com japan noiSe rock leGendS

the clientele

rawles the rAdio roB dept. moir + talliBand

tHurSday may 26 - $13.50 adv Sunday may 29 - $15.00 advance

joHnny Flynn & ThE SuSSEx wIT

ex-belvedere

tues june 28 @ the Drake | $16.50 advance

slumberland diy indie

Sunday may 22 @ the Garrison | $8.50 adv

friday may 27 @ el mocambo | $12 adv

tues june 28 @ the Garrison | $11.50 adv

Saturday july 16 @ tHe drake | $12 adv

two Cow garage

w/ telekinesis

artist bookings: craig@horseshoetavern.com or 416-598-0720

370 Queen St. WeSt / Spadina 416-598-4226 • 1947 to 2010

fri july 22 @ Sneaky dee’S | $11.00 adv

disappears

tueSday

auGust 9

the rivoli

$12.00 advance - 8pm doors

lia iceS

artiSt bookingS: 416-598-0720 or ben@leespalace.com

leespalace.com

529 bloor Street WeSt / bathurSt NOW may 12-18 2011

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HenHouse Rock & Roll Radio Dr Rocker 10 pm. Holy oak Cafe ADDJ 10 pm. Jangbang Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (hip-hop/

indie

/ electro / dubstep / rock

deejay

dance/grime/drum & bass) 10 pm. leVaCk bloCk baCk Room DJs Dougie Boom & Teezdale 10 pm. leVaCk bloCk DJ Jerk Chicken (old skool) 10 pm. lIVe ToRonTo AKON Afterparty DJ Couture, DJ Louie Temps (top 40/house/mashups/hip-hop) 10 pm. maRgReT Young Offender 10 pm. naCo galleRy Cafe Sugar Bush DJ Home Rekha 10 pm.5 THe ossIngTon Lucky Bitches (glamour-positive dance party). THe PaInTed lady Salazar (funk/soul/hip-hop/ rock) 10 pm. PaRTs & labouR Surface To Air DJs Brendan Canning, Justin Miller, Prince Language doors 11:30 pm. la PeRla UK Nu.Disco Nites DJ Anzola (garage/ UK/funky/house). mod Club UK Underground DJ MRK, Echo & the Best, Milhouse Brown, DJ Lexx (indie/dance/ electro/dubstep/rock). THe PIsTon Weezer Tribute 10 pm. RIVolI Pool lounge Bump’n Hustle DJs Paul E Lopes & Mike Tull (soul/funk/ house/disco/Latin/hip-hop/boogie) 10 pm. sneaky dee’s Shake A Tail (60s pop & soul) 11 pm. THe soCIal Faktory Dillon Francis.

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suPeRmaRkeT Do Right Saturdays! DJs Fase,

John Kong, MC Abdminal. suTRa The Bridge DJ Triplet (ol’ skool hip-hop). TaTToo RoCk PaRlouR maIn Room Tattoo Saturdays DJ Trevor (dance rock) 10 pm. TaTToo RoCk PaRlouR lounge DJ Stu (retro 80s & 90s) 10 pm. T.s.T’s launCH Pad Chill With Pill Mad III the Pill, DJ Phame One, Queens and others (rap/ hip-hop) 9 pm, all ages. VelVeT undeRgRound DJ Joe (alt rock) 11 pm. wRongbaR James Blake (DJ set), the Chain, Airhead 10 pm.

Sunday, May 15 TwiTTer.com/Thesneakydees booking@sneaky-dees.com

$3.25 BREAKFAST • MON - FRI 11AM- 4PM ThursDAY mAY 12

THE SKIRT CHASERS • Lordy Lordy bLack deViLs brigade diFFerenT skeLeTons FriDAY mAY 13 dUdeboX PresenTs:

JAMIE LEE CURTIS DANCE PARTY

PoP/Rock/HiP-HoP/Soul

asPeTTa Caffe James David Faulkner, Silk

Scarves & All, Bron (rock/pop/alt folk) 2-6 pm.

CHalkeRs Pub Sunday Rock ‘N Blues Jam &

Open Stage 2 to 6 pm. ClInTon’s Home And Native Sound Series Alanna J Brown, Tom Fidgen, Avery Island, the Soles doors 7:30 pm. daVe’s... on sT ClaIR John Campbell (pop/jazz) 6 pm. dC musIC THeaTRe Free For All Sundays Corporal Punishment and others 3 pm, all ages.

sATurDAY mAY 14 (EArLY)

sTeVe rawLes ROB MOIR • TALLIBAND EvErY sATurDAY

SHAKE A TAIL 60’s pop & soul suNDAY mAY 15

mcgeeZaX minions MOST PEOPLE • JIVE CRANK am eLecTroFUnk orchesTra EvErY moNDAY

Legends oF karaoke TuEsDAY mAY 10 LeUkemia FUndraiser

PiZZa ParTy massacre mind oVer machine CCRR • THE LONG HAUL EvErY wEDNEsDAY

wHAT’S poppIn’ 80’s/90’s hip hop party May 22 May 25 JULy 21

upcomIng

CRySTAl STIlTS lIvINg wITh lIONS ThE vIBRATORS

may 12-18 2011 NOW

Thu may 12

Peter james Project w/The oaTs (Mexico) & Gasper Barone fri may 13

Lost Innocence w/Da royal FaMily & MissinG in Venice SaT may 14 Jager and Pabst Present:

DIemonDs (tour KIcK off) w/eVil surViVors, aGGressor & shoTGun cure TueS may 17 The Pink & Black Attack Presents:

DeaD cItIzens w/sisTa FisTa & WraThrioT Thu may 19

ranDom KILLIng w/TerMinals Shanghai Cowgirl open til 4am Weekends (right next door)

542 Queen St W • 416 504 4239 bovinesexclub.com • bovinebooking@gmail.com

domInIon on Queen Rockabilly Brunch 11 am

to 3 pm.

dRake HoTel undeRgRound Benefit For Beaches Alternative School Tin Star Orphans (rock) doors 2 pm. gRaffITI’s blackmetalbrunch (metal) 11 am. gRaffITI’s Michael Brennan 4 pm. Holy oak Cafe Wavelength 519: Idua Maia Party Betty Burke, Hobson’s Choice & Misere (rock) 9 pm. lola Basic English (rock) 3 pm. mITzI’s sIsTeR The Liquidaires 5 to 7 pm. mod Club Garage Baby, Johnny Dead, Kiz & Legin, Andrew Victoria, Candice Gayle, the Joint, Hallowchild, Vinyl Heart, Reverse, Shottie 6 pm. naTIonal balleT sCHool Proud FM: Climax Jully Black, Jeffery Straker 1 pm. oRbIT Room Horshack (rock/blues) 10:30 pm. PaRTs & labouR THe sHoP The Growlers, the Body, Indian Handcrafts, Mad Ones (surf-goth/post-punk) doors 7 pm, all ages. PHoenIx OFWGKTA (Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All) (hip-hop) doors 8 pm, all ages. ReVIVal Jus Kris Entertainment Launch Party: Big Brothers Big Sisters Benefit Don Swagville, Geek, Heatwave, Makida-Rae, Red1, Rich Kidd, Rochester, DJ PPlus, Danke, Lexus Supreme, Twin Star doors 9 pm. Royal CInema Celebrating Jay Douglas Ernest Ranglin, Jackie Richardson, Joe Sealy, Eddie Bullen, Dubmatix, Bill King and others (reggae) 7 pm. souTHsIde JoHnny’s Rebecca Matiesen and the Phoenix Band (eclectic) 9:30 pm.

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Folk/BlueS/countRy/WoRld

aQuIla uPsTaIRs Sunday Junction Jam New Mynah Birds, Martin Alex Aucoin (blues).

CameRon House Mayworks Festival Of Work-

ing People And The Arts: Working Songs Maria Dunn, John Wort Hannam, Fiona Coll 4 pm. Cloak & daggeR Pub Daniel Taylor & Anna Mernieks (folk/pop) 9 pm. dakoTa TaVeRn Bluegrass Brunch 11 am to 3 pm. dakoTa TaVeRn The Beauties 10 pm. duffy’s TaVeRn Ken Yoshioka (blues) 9:30 pm. emmeT Ray baR Ben McConchie (folk/jazz) 9 pm. fRee TImes Cafe Gordon’s Acoustic Living Room. gladsTone HoTel melody baR Bluegrass Sundays Makita Hack and the Logrollers 5 pm. gRossman’s Brian Cober Blues Jam 9:30 pm. HaRd RoCk Cafe Sounds Like A Song (song & improv) 8 pm. HugH’s Room Blue Midnight III: Tribute To Little Walter Raoul Bhaneja & the Big Time, Billy Branch, Bharath Rajakumar, Dr Nick 8:30 pm. lambadIna Smash Sundays & Open Mic. THe loCal Dan Boniferro noon. THe loCal Chris Coole (banjo) 5 pm. THe loCal Jack Marks Lost Wages 10 pm. lou dawg’s LouDawg’s Blues Brunch Mark Bird Stafford & Darran Poole noon to 3 pm. lula lounge Salsa Brunch Party Luis Mario Ochoa’s Quarteto Tradicional (Cuban Son) 12:30 & 2:30 pm. lula lounge David Buchbinder’s Odessa Havana Hilario Duran (jazz/Afro-Cuban) 8 pm. naCo galleRy Cafe The Howling Speck Grant Curle & Ansgar Shroer 8:30 pm. noT my dog Allison Brown, Anna Atkinson, Erin Gignac, Danny Simmons & the Cowan House Ramblers 9:30 pm. THe PaInTed lady Combo Royale (bluegrass/ jazz/ska) 9:30 pm. Pogue maHone Cape Breton Ceilidh Sandy MacIntyre & Steeped in Tradition (Celtic) 4 to 8 pm. Rebas Café Steve Raiken, Roger Zuraw & Ruth Jenkins (singer/songwriters) 1 to 4 pm. RelIsH Open Jam Relish Stew 9:30 pm. Rex Blues Harmonica Bharath Rajakumar 3:30 pm. sPIRITs Kim Jarrett, Stella Rose (folk rock) 9 pm. sTouT IRIsH Pub Celtic Session Traditional Irish Music & Dance 3 to 6 pm. suPeRmaRkeT Freefall Sundays Open Mic Jam 8 pm. suPeRmaRkeT Kidstock 2011 Left Overs, the Sound, Burning Boyz, II Toes, Broken Doors (young bands rock show) 3:15 pm. TRanzaC souTHeRn CRoss Fiddle Jam noon.

Jazz/claSSical/exPeRimental

bayCResT Spring Concert Toronto Jewish Folk

Choir, Beyond the Pale, Sid Robinovitch 3 pm. domInIon on Queen Jazz Jam 4 to 7 pm. gaTe 403 Nilima Chowdhury noon to 3 pm.

gaTe 403 Dan Farrell 5 to 8 pm. gaTe 403 Zoe Chilco Jazz Band 9 pm. laTInada Milonga & Bolero Night. Pan on THe danfoRTH Lara Solnicki. Rex Excelsior Dixieland Jazz noon. Rex Peripheral Vision (jazz improv) 7 pm. Rex Monsoon 9:30 pm. Royal ConseRVaToRy of musIC Musical Offerings Esprit Orchestra 8 pm.

somewHeRe THeRe sTudIo Alaniaris Michael

Kaler, Ken Aldcroft, Mark Zurawinski 5 pm. TRanzaC souTHeRn CRoss Monk’s Music (jazz) 5 pm. TRanzaC maIn Hall Mariposa Folk Festival Preview 7 pm. TRanzaC souTHeRn CRoss Khora, CJ Boyd, Nick Storring, A Priori 9 pm. TRInITy sT. Paul’s CHuRCH Italianissimo! Tafelmusik 8 pm.

Rex George Grosman Trio 6:30 pm. Rex John Cheesman Jazz Orchestra 9:30 pm. ToRonTo RefeRenCe lIbRaRy New Music 101

– From Eye To Ear: Visual Influences In Contemporary Music Eve Egoyan, Quartetto Graphica (piano/classical) 7 to 8 pm.

yoRk unIVeRsITy undeRgRound @ sTudenT CenTRe The Roaring 20s Band Launch & Fashion Show doors 8 pm.

dance muSic/dJ/lounge

alleyCaTz Salsa Night DJ Frank Bischun 8 pm. goodHandy’s T-Girls Go Wild DJ Cesar doors 8 pm.5

THe ossIngTon Ice and Yolanda. THe PIsTon Junk Shop DJs Jorge & Jared (pre to

post punk/new wave/garage/indie) 10 pm. 751 Metal Monday DJ Lush 10 pm.

Tuesday, May 17

dance muSic/dJ/lounge

PoP/Rock/HiP-HoP/Soul

funk).

C’esT wHaT Stacey Kaniuk, Meredith Shaw

boVIne sex Club DJ Rob. InsomnIa DJ LK (old-school hip-hop/disco/ THe ossIngTon Unlimited Sundays Hajah Bug

& Mantis.

TaTToo RoCk PaRlouR Trash Palace Sundays DJ 4 Korners (electro/mashup/rock) 10:30 pm. VelVeT undeRgRound DJ Hanna (retro 80s) 10 pm.

Monday, May 16 PoP/Rock/HiP-HoP/Soul

boVIne sex Club Greg Rukus, Keith Rich & the Po’ Boys, Jon Creeden, Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

dRake HoTel undeRgRound Elvis Monday

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ToRonTo CenTRe foR THe aRTs geoRge wesTon ReCITal Hall Tafelmusik Baroque Summer

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40 MUSIC-THEMED FEATURES, DOCS AND SHORTS WITH CANADIAN PREMIERES AND DIRECTORS IN ATTENDANCE

clubs&concerts œcontinued from page 54

dAkotA tAvern Wayne Petti & the Thieves midnight.

el moCAmBo Mary Rose Obsession, Hotel Royal, Alantis Blueprint doors 8:30 pm.

the GArrison Bozmo, Pretty & Nice (garage rock).

horseshoe Bad Astronaut w/ Joey Cape doors 8:30 pm.

lee’s pAlACe VT011 The Ex + Brass Unbound, the Swyves (Dutch art-punk) Doors ñ 8 pm. phoenix ConCert theAtre Death Cab for Cutie, the Lonely Forest doors 7:30 pm, all ñ ages. See preview, page 43. the piston Gruve, the Dead Ringers, Shoot the Cameraman 9 pm. sound ACAdemy Allstar Weekend, Done with Dolls, Action Item doors 6 pm, all ages. supermArket Wednesdays Go Pop Kalle Mattson, Poor Young Things, Big Bradley Trauzzi (new music series) doors 8 pm. trAnzAC southern Cross Jennifer LFO (pop rock) 7:30 pm. trAnzAC southern Cross neGar 10 pm. yonGe-dundAs squAre Lunchtime Live! LAL (soul) 12:30 to 1:30 pm.

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dAve’s... on st ClAir 730 St Clair W. 416-657-3283. dC musiC theAtre 360 Munster. 416-234-0222. dominion on queen 500 Queen E. 416-368-6893. drAke hotel 1150 Queen W. 416-531-5042. duFFy’s tAvern 1238 Bloor W. 416-628-0330. el moCAmBo 464 Spadina. 416-777-1777. emmet rAy BAr 924 College. 416-792-4497. eton house 710 Danforth. 416-466-6161. FleCk dAnCe theAtre 207 Queens Quay W. 416-9734000. Fly 8 Gloucester. 416-410-5426. Footwork 425 Adelaide W. 416-913-3488. the FountAin 1261 Dundas W. 416-203-2311. Four seAsons Centre For the perForminG Arts 145 Queen W. 416-363-8231. Fox & Firkin 51 Eglinton E. 416-480-0200. Free times CAFe 320 College. 416-967-1078. the GArrison 1197 Dundas W. GAte 403 403 Roncesvalles. 416-588-2930. GlAdstone hotel 1214 Queen W. 416-531-4635. Glenn Gould studio 250 Front W. 416-205-5555. GoodhAndy’s 120 Church. 416-760-6514. GrACe ChurCh on-the-hill 300 Lonsdale. 416-4887884. GrAFFiti’s 170 Baldwin. 416-506-6699. the GreAt hAll 1087 Queen W. 416-826-3330. GrossmAn’s 379 Spadina. 416-977-7000. Guvernment 132 Queens Quay E. 416-869-0045. hArd roCk CAFe 279 Yonge. 416-362-3636. hArlem 67 Richmond E. 416-368-1920. heliConiAn hAll 35 Hazelton. 416-922-3618. henhouse 1532 Dundas W. 416-534-5939. the hideout 484 Queen W. 647-438-7664. hiGhwAy 61 southern BArBeque 1620 Bayview. 416-489-7427. holy oAk CAFe 1241 Bloor W. 647-345-2803.

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CloAk & dAGGer puB Scott McGrenere (folk/ pop) 10 pm.

dAkotA tAvern Jeremy Fisher & Sean McCann 7 to 10 pm.

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dAkotA tAvern The Barr Brothers 10 pm. dAve’s... on st ClAir Uphill Farmers (country/ swing) 8:30 pm.

Free times CAFe Cabaret Marcello Tulipano. GrAFFiti’s Deep River Oldtime Stringband 7 pm. GrossmAn’s Rockin’ Blues Jam Ernest Lee &

Cotton Traffic 9 pm. huGh’s room Neil Innes (Monty Python, the Rutles) 8:30 pm. lolA Open stage Johnny Bootz 8 pm. lulA lounGe The New Canadian Songbook Daniele Nardi’s Espresso Manifesto 8:30 pm. the pAinted lAdy The Julian Taylor Band (folk rock) 9 pm. silver dollAr High Lonesome Wednesday: Big City Bluegrass Crazy Strings 9 pm. stout irish puB Blues Jam 9 pm. terri o’s sports BAr Gary 17’s Acoustic Open Stage Mike Barr 8 pm. trAnzAC tiki room Old-time Session 7 pm.

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GlAdstone hotel Granny Boots: A Nobody’s Business Fundraiser 9:30 pm.5 GoodhAndy’s T-Girls Go Wild DJ Cesar doors 8 pm.5 henhouse Snakepit At The Henhouse DJ Secret Agent 10 pm.5 insomniA Vinyl Wednesday DJ Chris Bosno (deep underground soul). the ossinGton The Impossible Night Brilliantine. 751 Mad Punk DJ Justin 10 pm. sneAky dee’s What’s Poppin’ (80s/90s hip-hop party). 3

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disc of the week

ñRAPHAEL SAADIQ NNNN

Stone Rollin’ (Columbia) Rating: R&B veteran Raphael Saadiq turns it up a notch on his fourth LP, attacking his latest collection of soul-pop songs with the electrifying fervour and meticulous musicianship typical of his stage show. Two decades into his career, the former Tony! Toni! Toné! frontman is beyond revivalist. He embodies a classic soul spirit, delivering rockabilly rhythms and blistering guitar work along with sweeping strings and gospel harmonies. It’s difficult not to fall head over heels

Pop/Rock

MAKEOUT VIDEOTAPE Ying Yang (Totally

Disconnected) Rating: NNN There’s no shortage of bands milking the reverb-drenched, fuzzed-out guitar pop formula these days, but let’s face it – most of them can’t write a decent hook to save their lives. So while there are few sonic surprises on Ying Yang, Vancouver-toMontreal transplants Makeout Videotape deserve a listen just for their songwriting chops. When so many noise pop bands are happy to strum away at the same three chords, Makeout Videotape gracefully slip in more complex musical ideas without going too far down the prog path.

for Saadiq’s hard-working showman ethic, especially when he threatens to take the party past the three-minute pop format (which he rarely does, unfortunately). His presence is effortlessly smooth and his production impeccable, particularly on the misty-eyed Go To Hell, the shuffling lover-man groove of Stone Rollin’ and the embittered ballad Good Man. When he aims for pop, however, the effect is sometimes pastiche, as on Radio, which resembles Barrett Strong’s played-out Money (That’s What I Want). Top track: Go To Hell KEVIN RITCHIE Released on cassette – downloads are available, too – Ying Yang is a little too invested in being lo-fi and homemade, but at least the melodies aren’t totally buried in noise like those of some of their contemporaries. Put them in a proper studio and convince them that their pop tendencies are more worth exploring than their experimental impulses and these guys could have a truly great rock album in them. Top track: Because I’m A Boy Makeout Videotape play the Silver Dollar Monday (May 16). BENJAMIN BOLES

BLOODSHOT BILL Thunder & Lightning (Nortonville) Rating: NNN Now that Mark Sultan has relocated to

Toronto, Bloodshot Bill can lay claim to being Montreal’s finest one-man band. His latest album displays his evocative power to channel all the tropes of 50s rockabilly with chops that elevate it just above novelty status. Live, the musician plays every instrument himself, and his most impressive is his voice. Bill stretches his endlessly versatile and slightly unsettling vocals in all sorts of directions, barking over classic Buddy Holly and Johnny Cash riffs in a series of yaps, howls, grunts and croons. Lo-fi but not oppressively so (like fellow Montrealer Dirty Beaches), the album’s greasy nostalgia is tempered by a fair bit of trashy rock spirit. Honky-tonk barnburners like Crazy ’Bout The Girl practically beg to be played at a dive like the Silver Dollar. But Thunder & Lightning also makes for an amusing, if not particularly deep, listen through a pair of headphones. Top track: Be Mine Tonight Bloodshot Bill releases Thunder & Lightning at the Silver Dollar Friday (May 13). RICHARD TRAPUNSKI

imaginary AM radio pop constructions. Pants wraps everything effectively in a dreamy fizziness that softens some of the stranger dark edges, but he doesn’t hide his increasing interest in pop song construction. There’s no way all of these ideas should fit on one album, but he somehow pulls it off. Top track: A Little Bit Closer BB

CHAD VANGAALEN Diaper Island (Flemish Eye/Sub Pop) Rating: NNN It doesn’t feel right to call Chad VanGaalen a folk musician, though he has delivered his fair share of Harvest-inspired lo-fi acoustic balladry. He leaves that almost entirely behind on his fourth album, Diaper Island, which, despite the title and fact that VanGaalen is a new dad, has little or nothing to do with babies. The reclusive Calgary musician’s DIY production style has always been too experimental to let him fit him into a single genre, and he can definitely get loud, which he does here more than ever before. Overdriven guitars hiss through many of the 12 tracks. Tinny cymbals crash and bang. Short-lived sounds and effects sometimes distract and lead to a cold cacophony reminiscent of Women, whose albums VanGaalen produces. But his vulnerable warble is still intact, his lyrics remain tenderly existential (aside from, uh, Shave My Pussy), and the noisy bits just make the softer tunes all the more gutting. Top track: Heavy Stones Chad VanGaalen plays the Great Hall on June 18 as part of NXNE. CARLA GILLIS

NNNN ñJAMES PANTS

(Stones Throw) Rating: James Pants’s self-titled third album is a mess – a big, beautiful mess of contradictory influences and odd juxtapositions that makes way more sense than it has any right to. One minute he’s channelling the creepy synthetic rock ’n’ roll of Suicide, the next he’s going for psychedelic R&B, and then it’s on to some laid-back 80s pop. Despite the randomness, a consistently warm and muddy sonic haze connects all the disparate impulses into a surprisingly cohesive album. It feels like a mixtape of the kind of obscure weirdo music that crate-digging hiphop producers love to sample, but don’t expect many overtly danceable funk jams. There are definite funk references, but a better comparison would be to Ariel Pink’s

ñKYP HARNESS

Resurrection Gold (independent) Rating: NNNN Toronto songwriter Kyp Harness’s ninth album isn’t an easy listen but is worth the effort. He tends to sing-talk Lou Reedstyle rather than actually singing, and leaves the emphasis on his poetic lyrics, which are more personal than political this time around. Produced by Jetset Motel’s David Picco, Resurrection Gold has a homespun lo-fi feel. Ron Sexsmith, a long-time Harness friend and fan, contributes guitar and piano. Picco’s light touch works for Harness’s songs, which sound organic, unedited and recorded with heart. Imagery comes thick and fast on philosophical opener Passenger. Pick Me Up Baby is a scrappy twangy detour, and Wandering Heart a shiny gem. Harness is an experienced survivor, and his unique approach, particularly on love songs Dragonfly Wing and As We Go Spinning Madly On, lingers in your memory. Top track: Diggin’ Your Vibe Kyp Harness plays the Dakota May 12. SARAH GREENE

ñYOUNG WIDOWS NNNN

In And Out Of Youth And Lightness (Temporary Residence) Rating: In the past, there was one thing you could count on from Young Widows: pure, unadulterated volume. On their third LP, the Louisville post-hardcore trio dial back some of the noise, letting their minimalist drum-bass-guitar set-up stretch out into the newfound spaciousness.

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= Critics’ Pick NNNNN = Stratospheric NNNN = Sizzling NNN = Swell NN = Slack N = Sucks

For some bands, that would be called “giving the songs breathing space.” For Young Widows it translates into an uneasy tension that barely lets up throughout the album’s 48 minutes. As dissonant guitars punctuate plodding drum and bass lines, and as Evan Patterson’s eerily flat singspeak vocals ride along, you actually have to remind yourself to breathe. The songs feel like they’re building up to something, but aside from the pummelling Future Heart, the one throwback to their former style, that release never comes. It’s a remarkably controlled album that reveals layers of texture with every listen. Top track: Lean On The Ghost Young Widows play the Garrison on May 12. RT

CAT’S EYES ñNNNN

(Cooperative) Rating:

Call me cheesy, but the debut collaboration between the Horrors’ Faris Badwan and Canadian opera singer Rachel Zeffira, known together as Cat’s Eyes, sounds like a labour of love. But while the pair are rumoured to be dating, the real affection comes from their love of 60s music, specifically the ambitious production styles of Meek, Morricone, Spector, et al. The album opens with Zeffira whispering, “Let me tell you something,” before launching into the poppy title track. From there, things veer in a multitude of directions: from the heartbreaking confessional of I’m Not Stupid to the slinky Bandit, which could be the title track of a lost spaghetti western. While the duo utilizes creepy atmospherics, occasional distortion and lush string arrangements to dramatic effect, the record’s allure is its subtlety. Considering Zeffira’s vocal training and Badwan’s ability to project, they could have made a boisterous entrance. Instead, hushed tones and sweet melodies lure you in and keep you listening. Top track: I Knew It Was Over JOANNE HUFFA

Hip-hop

TYLER, THE CREATOR Goblin (XL)

Rating: NN Unless you’ve heard Tyler’s last album, Bastard, you won’t understand this one. That claim – a tweet from the man himself, @fucktyler – is only half true. Unless you’ve heard the fantastic free-for-download Bastard, you won’t understand how badly Tyler messes things up on Goblin. After a series of insanely hyped homemade albums, it’s understandable that the 20-year-old Angeleno would take creative control on his label debut. But he clutches that control so tightly that the album has turned out insular and ill-conceived. He talks to his “therapist” in every song, who is revealed to be his conscience at the end. If he’d asked, someone might have informed him that Eminem already did this 15 years ago. Goblin also starts and ends with Tyler addressing his critics. So instead of going on the offensive – an introduction to the diabolical world of his scary-good rap collective, Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All – Tyler’s debut is paralyzed by hyperdefensiveness. It all sounds like he’s just more comfortable releasing music for his rabid online audience. Because he made this album, as he also concedes on Twitter, only for himself. Top track: Yonkers Tyler, the Creator and Odd Future play a sold-out concert at the Phoenix on Sunday (May 15). JOSHUA ERRETT

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more online nowtoronto.com/stage Audio clips from interview with SOLOS OF MY LIFE’S SASHAR ZARIF • Review of DOUBLE BILL • Scenes on ROCK.PAPER.SISTAHZ, THEATRE SMITH-GILMOUR FUNDER • and more Fully searchable listings with venue maps nowtoronto.com/stage/listings Arlin Dixon and Daniel Chapman-Smith don’t quite connect in The River Lady.

Lawrence Zazzo and Isabel Bayrakdarian are earth-shattering in Orfeo Ed Euridice.

THEATRE REVIEW SPECIAL

Spring awakenings

After another busy week of openings, here are this week’s hits – and misses

Orfeo awes ORFEO ED EURIDICE by Christoph Willibald Gluck, directed by Robert Carsen (Canadian Opera Company). At the Four Seasons Centre (145 Queen West). To May 28. $62-$281, rush $22. 416-3638231. See Continuing, page 65. Rating:

NNNNN Less is definitely more in Robert Carsen’s haunting production of Gluck’s Orfeo Ed Euridice. The 1762 opera (in its original version) is itself a model of economy, featuring only three principals (plus a chorus) to play out the myth of the grieving eponymous lover (Lawrence Zazzo) who’s given the opportunity by Amore (Ambur Braid) to travel to the underworld to rescue his beloved (Isabel Bayrakdarian), on condition that he not look back at her on the way up. Orfeo was Gluck’s emotionally

direct response to the excessive ornamentation and vocal fireworks popular in operas at the time, and Carsen and his team respect the work with a simple but by no means stark design. Tobias Hoheisel’s sets and costumes evoke everything from a rubblestrewn burial ground visited by mourners clad in modern black dress (in act one) to a spooky Hades full of shrouded corpse-like Furies (in act two). Carsen and Peter Van Praet’s lighting shifts subtly, signalling at once a sombre twilight or a dreamlike world of shadow and uncertainty. Look for two scenes that make simple but effective use of a circular motif. The performances are superb. Braid’s Amore is characterful and spontaneous in voice and presence, while sweet-toned Bayrakdarian elicits pity in Euridice’s pleas to her seemingly cold-hearted husband. But it’s countertenor Zazzo who wrenches your heart with his powerful, plangent voice,

theatre listings How to find a listing

Theatre listings are comprehensive and appear alphabetically by title. Opening plays begin this week, Previewing shows preview this week, One-Nighters are one-offs, and Continuing shows have already opened. Reviews are by Glenn Sumi (GS) and Jon Kaplan (JK). The rating system is as follows:

NNNNN Standing ovation NNNN Sustained applause NNN Recommended, memorable scenes NN Seriously flawed N Get out the hook

ñ= Critics’ pick (highly recommended)

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Opening THE ALEPH by Jorge Luis Broges (Soulpepper). Diego Matamoros performs this adaptation of

NNNNN = Standing ovation

NNNN = Sustained applause

especially in the aria following Euridice’s second death, proof that Gluck was a consummate man of the theatre. Under Harry Bicket’s baton, the COC orchestra makes the 250-year-old music sound full and alive, while the superb chorus fills the hall with such pure emotion they could literally move GLENN SUMI heaven and hell.

On the money ZADIE’S SHOES by Adam Pettle, directed by Adam and Jordan Pettle (Factory Theatre, 125 Bathurst). To June 5. Pwyc-$45. 416-504-9971. See Continuing, page 66. Rating: NNNN

Writer Adam Pettle has left the theatre for TV, so I only hope viewers appreciate his strong, funny and moving voice, which is wonderfully evident through the Factory’s revival of his 2001 play, Zadie’s Shoes. the short story. Previews May 13-16. Opens May 17, runs to Jun 18, see website for schedule. $25-$35. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 55 Mill. 416-866-8666, soulpepper.ca. ANYTHING GOES by Cole Porter, Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse (Civic Light Opera Company). A stowaway and a singer get in trouble aboard an ocean liner in this musical. Opens May 18 and runs to Jun 4, Wed 7 pm, Thu-Sat 8 pm, mats Sun (and Jun 4) at 2 pm. $25. Fairview Library Theatre, 35 Fairview Mall. 416-755-1717, civiclightoperacompany.com. EVERY DAY IS A BEAUTIFUL DAY/IPHIGENIA (Tanja Jacobs/Philip McKee). This double bill features a piece inspired by the work of John Cage and an adaptation of Aeschylus’s trilogy of plays. May 12-14 at 8 pm. Pwyc. Pia Bouman School, 6 Noble. pia.tickets@gmail.com. HAIRSPRAY by Mark O’Donnell, Thomas Meehan, Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman (Drayton Entertainment). A quirky teen becomes popular and looks to change the world in this musical set in the 60s. Previews to May 12. Opens May 13 and runs to Jun 4, see website

NNN = Recommended, memorable scenes

Slightly altered and updated by the author, who also co-directs with his brother Jordan (who starred in the original production), the play tells the story of Benjamin (Joe Cobden) and Ruth (Patricia Fagan), a young couple who are about to go to Mexico to get experimental treatment for Ruth’s cancer. The problem is, Benjamin has gambled away all their money. In a complicated scheme involving his crossaddicted buddy, Bear (William MacDonald), and a mysterious stranger named Eli (Harry Nelken) he meets at a synagogue, he tries to win it all back – and more – before Ruth finds out. Ruth, meanwhile, is dealing with her two sisters, the flaky Lily (Shannon Perreault) and the competitive Beth (Lisa Ryder), a professional curler who’s just as obsessed with luck as Benjamin. Pettle’s dialogue is alive with oneliners and layers of emotional resonance, and each character sounds distinct. True, Bear feels a bit like a dramatic device, but MacDonald is so likeable, it doesn’t matter. Ryder, unseen on local stages for years, brings laser-like focus to the ambitious Beth, and the three sisters have a believable rapport. Cobden’s Benjamin is slightly dour – not quite as optimistic as Jordan Pettle’s was in the original production, for schedule. $42, stu $21.50. St Jacobs Country Playhouse, 40 Benjamin E, Waterloo. draytonentertainment.com.

JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim

Rice (Theatre Brebeuf). Students perform the musical based on the Biblical story of Joseph and his brothers. May 12-15, Thu-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $20, stu $10. Brebeuf College School, 211 Steeles E. 416-393-5508. JUMPING MOUSE by Columpa C Bobb and Marion de Vries (Centre for Indigenous Theatre). Two mice set off to follow their dreams in this family play about courage and friendship. May 12-15, Thu-Sat 7 pm, Sun 2 pm. $10 or pwyc. Helen Gardiner Phelan Playhouse, 79A St. George. indigenoustheatre.com. LITTLE JACK HORNER (Class Productions). This English pantomime is based on an incident from the court of King Henry VIII. May 12-14, Thu-Sat 7:30 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. $15. Clarke Memorial Hall, 161 Lakeshore W, Mississauga. 416-526-8995. THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES by Roger Bean

NN = Seriously ﬂawed

N = Get out the hook

but it works for the character. Jackie Chau’s set effectively helps establish the various locales, and it works well in the play’s exciting climax. About that climax: it’s set partly at a racetrack, which might be a bit dated but is much more theatrical than today’s ubiquitous slot machines and GS poker tables.

Choppy River THE RIVER LADY by David Widdicombe, directed by Matthew Gorman (Lonesome Crowded West). At Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace (16 Ryerson). To May 14. Pwyc$15. 416-504-7529. See Continuing, page 65. Rating: NNN If you’re in the mood for a play about love – unrequited and quietly desperate – David Widdicombe’s The River Lady hits the target.

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Patricia Fagan and Joe Cobden successfully try on Zadie’s Shoes.

(Thousand Islands Playhouse). A girl group saves the prom in this 50s musical. Opens May 13 and runs to Jun 11, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mats SatSun and Wed 2:30 pm. $16-$32. Springer Theatre, Gananoque. 1000islandsplayhouse.com. THE SHAPE OF A GIRL by Joan MacLeod (Green Thumb Theatre). A teen is torn between loyalty to a bullying friend and the safety of others in this play for ages 12 and up. Opens May 12 and runs to May 19, see website for schedule. $15-$20. Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People, 165 Front E. 416-862-2222, lktyp.ca. SUDDENLY MOMMY! by Anne Marie Scheffler (Perfectly Norma Productions). Scheffler performs her solo comedy about motherhood. Opens May 16 and runs to May 22, Mon-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $20-$25. Theatre Centre, 1087 Queen W. suddenlymommy.com. TALES FROM THE FLIPSIDE FESTIVAL (Carlos Bulocontinued on page 64 œ

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Ballsy Byron BROWN BALLS by Byron Abalos, directed by Nina Lee Aquino (fu-GEN). At Factory Studio (125 Bathurst). Runs to May 15. $10-$26. 416-504-9971. See Continuing, page 65. Rating: NNN

The Railway Children runs out of steam at the new Roundhouse Theatre.

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Drifter Laurel (Arlin Dixon) and Tyler (Daniel Chapman-Smith) meet in the diner where he works as a dishwasher. Each has a past filled with emptiness and disappointments.

Laurel drifts not only from place to place but from man to man; she’d like a baby but fears bringing a new life into a troubled world. Tyler plans his own religion, one based on The Planet Of The Apes, to return people to life’s basics. Widdicombe, a fine Canadian writer

who’s worked in film in recent years, knows how to create rich characters. Quirky humour adds to their depth and lets them spark off each other in striking ways. There’s a tentative quality to Dixon and Chapman-Smith’s initial interaction under Matthew Gorman’s direction, but that works well for characters who have trouble making eye contact. We have a stronger sense of Tyler and Laurel earlier in the show, when they deliver monologues that suggest their fears and desires. As the diner conversation turns to death and suicide – the title figure is an unidentified suicide whose body won’t decay – we learn the degree of Tyler and Laurel’s anger, most of which they turn inward with corrosive effect. The actors don’t always capture the pair’s desperation, but in the production’s best scene, Chapman-Smith and Dixon slowly dance a physical and emotional pas de deux around each other, their characters slipping from fantasy to reality, trying on the love they hope to share but ultimately finding another way to connect. JON KAPLAN

Sexual stereotypes of Asian men hit the fan in Byron Abalos’s Brown Balls, a funny piece that manages, by its end, to be moving as well. Audience members are guests at a tech gadget conference whose acronym, FACKMEE, suggests an intentional touch of subservience. But instead of an exhibition of the latest in phones, computers and karaoke machines, the conference’s three organizers take us on a tour of Western images of Asian men, colonialism and sometimes subtle white hegemony. Academic and dull? No way. Abalos’s script is as full of one-liners and parody as it is of political and social comments; political correctness is sent up as often as rigid stereotypes. A slide show of Asian art erotica adds another level. There’s also a lot to discover about the three organizers. JP (Richard Lee) is Chinese, the leader of the group and creator of its manifesto. PJ (Sean Baek) is a Korean party guy, always on the make but sometimes not clued in on the subtleties of the disDavid cussion. Charles (David Yee)) is gay, his parents are Filipino and Scottish, and he’s

the most artistic and intellectual of the trio; the slide show, which includes content that disturbs PJ, is Charles’s idea. As the material becomes more personal, the play moves away from statistics and toward some strong character revelations, memories that these three friends have kept from one another. Director Nina Lee Aquino finesses the tonal shift from comedy to seriousness so well that it’s surprising to suddenly find ourselves in a world of real emotion rather than JK satiric send-ups.

Track bound THE RAILWAY CHILDREN by Mike Kenny, directed by Damian Cruden (Mirvish). At the Roundhouse Theatre (255 Bremner). To June 26. $25-$140. 416-872-1212. See Continuing, page 65. Rating: NN

The Railway Children, Mike Kenny’s adaptation of Edith Nesbit’s treasured children’s

Sean Baek t0es the party line in Brown Balls.

2010/11 Season

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Sashar Zarif Dance Theatre

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Choreography/Costumes: Sashar Zarif Music arranged by Eric Cadesky, Dramaturgy: Soheil Parsa Creative Facilitation: Katherine Duncanson Performers: Sylvie Bouchard, Marie Josée Chartier, Katherine Duncanson, Viv Moore, Sashar Zarif Lighting Design: Arun Srinivasan

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Sashar shares his Solos Sashar Zarif’s intimate stories kick-start dances for three women By GLENN SUMI SOLOS OF MY LIFE choreography by Sashar Zarif, performed by Sylvie Bouchard, MarieJosée Chartier and Viv Moore, with Katherine Duncanson and Zarif. Presented by DanceWorks and Sashar Zarif Dance Theatre at the Enwave (231 Queens Quay West). Tonight to Saturday (May 12 to 14) at 8 pm. $33.50, stu/srs $22.50. 416-973-4000.

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book, chugs along with the robust determination of the Little Engine that Could, but there’s only so much that chemical steam and plummy English accents can do. It’s a simple enough premise: the charismatic Waterbury siblings – Bobbie (Natasha Greenblatt), Peter (Harry Judge) and Phyllis (Kate Besworth) – usher us into their comfortable life in Edwardian London, then detail their move to a working-class town after their father’s sudden disappearance. They become the eponymous children thanks to a series of dramatic events involving the nearby train station. The three kids, who also narrate the play, come to learn that there’s always something to be hopeful about – the placid, facile idea at the heart of the material. There’s plenty of choreographed action. In fact, the actors seldom stand still, stepping to and from the wooden platforms perpetually manoeuvred along the tracks by dour stagehands. And while most of the cast perform capably – especially Greenblatt, who brings a poised sensitivity to oldest sister Bobbie – the exaggerated acting style often feels cartoonish. Much like the theatre constructed around the tracks, it seems like the whole production has been adapted to allow for the show’s much-touted (and tooted) live train. The vehicle’s a lovely old thing, but things are far more interesting when it isn’t onstage; huge, curtained scrims provide a wonderful sense of intimacy during a nicely protracted tunnel episode in the second act. The show’s being marketed as the Miss Saigon of family entertainment (with a train instead of a helicopter), and while it’s not quite a wreck, it still remains track-bound. NAOMI SKWARNA 3

My Life, but don’t expect the dancer/ choreographer to take centre stage performing it. Instead, using his personal stories, he’s created works for and with dance artists Sylvie Bouchard, Marie-Josée Chartier and Viv Moore. “I approached them to ask if they would be willing to work with me on this personal material,” says the articulate dance artist. “I also asked them to share similar stories and

experiences with me. As we worked, the original stories faded away and something universal and accessible remained.” Why three women, you might ask? Zarif says the main role models in his life have all been female. One story was inspired by his grandmother, who raised him in Iran after being transplanted from her native Azerbaijan. A former dancer and singer, in her late 90s she

taught the young Zarif to do the footwork she couldn’t. “She would dance with her upper body,” he explains, “and I would be her feet. Those were my first dance lessons.” Another story involves a deceased female cousin who, after the Iranian revolution, got involved in feminist and socialist circles. “I loved following her around and wanted to be a revolutionary like her,” says Zarif. The Dora Award-nominated choreographer, now based in Toronto, says he constructs his dance moves in an intuitive way. “My life has been a life of survival and improvisation,” he says. “I learned that from my grandmother, who went through displacement and longing for her homeland and had to make dance wherever she found herself.” Although this program of solos might suggest a string of individual performances, one after the other, Zarif has his dancers enact them at the same time, as if in an ensemble. He and Katherine Duncanson also take part, but in a more supportive capacity. “I experimented with the solos, juxtaposing them, seeing what similarities and connections they had to each other. And through this process I learned a lot about myself. All those commonalities in the solos reflect the core of who I am or how I look at life. “I create dance to find out about myself,” he says. “To see what really matters, why something or someone has touched my heart.” 3 glenns@nowtoronto.com

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STARRING: Terry Tweed, RH Thomson, Jan Alexandra Smith, Liisa Repo-Martell, Alon Nashman, Brandon McGibbon, Sophie Goulet, David Fox, Vivien Endicott-Douglas, Matthew Edison, Dmitry Chepovetsky DIRECTOR: Richard Rose | SET & COSTUME DESIGN: Karyn McCallum | LIGHTING DESIGN: Kimberly Purtell SOUND DESIGN: Thomas Ryder Payne | STAGE MANAGER: Stéfanie Séguin

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san Theatre). The annual showcase for Filipino-Canadian playwrights and performers features works by Myk Miranda, Vince Galvez, Arlene Paculan and others. May 12-15, Thu 7 pm, Fri-Sat 8 pm, mats Sat 4 pm, Sun 2 pm. $15 (Thu funder $35-$45). Theatre Centre, 1087 Queen W. theatrecentre.org. THEATrE ONTArIO FESTIVAL (The Curtain Club). Companies from various regions of Ontario present Suds, Balconville, Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? and Trying. Opens May 18 and runs to May 21, Wed-Sat 8 pm. $25. Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts, 10268 Yonge. 905-787-8811, tofestival2011.ca. TO LIFE by Avery Saltzman and Tim French (Harold Green Jewish Theatre). The Jewish life cycle is portrayed through songs of the Jewish musical theatre canon in this revue. Previews May 13-15. Opens May 17 and runs to May 29, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mats Sat-Sun and Wed 2 pm. $42.50-$79.50. Jane Mallett Theatre, 27 Front E. 416-366-7723, hgjewishtheatre.com.

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bEE by William Finn and Rachel Sheinkin (Toronto Youth Theatre). Overachievers vie for the championship in this musical comedy.

Opens May 18 and runs to May 28, Wed-Sat 7:30 pm, mat Sat 3:30 pm. $21.50-$37. Lower Ossington Theatre, 100A Ossington. 416-9156747, putnamcounty.eventbrite.com. THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES by Eve Ensler (VDay Toronto). Female monologists tell real women’s stories. May 14-15, Sat 8 pm, Sun 4 pm. $21, stu $16 (ticketbreak.com). Workman Theatre, 651 Dufferin. vdaytoronto.com.

One-Nighters ArT by Yasmina Reza (Actors’ Fund of Canada). The cast of The Lion King perform Reza’s play about the nature of friendship and art in this Actors’ Fund benefit. May 16 at 8 pm. $25. Factory Studio, 125 Bathurst. 416-504-9971. CAkE by Donna-Michelle St. Bernard (Mayworks Festival/New Harlem Productions). A play about the uranium trade between Niger and Iran gets a workshop production, plus dance by MataDanZe. May 14 at 8 pm. $12. Theatre Direct, 76 Wychwood. mayworks.ca. CANCEr CAN’T DANCE LIkE THIS by Daniel Stolfi (Patient Commando). Stolfi performs his solo show about his battle with cancer to benefit Lilah’s Fund. May 12 at 8 pm. $49.95. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe. roythomson.com. CONVErSATIONS ON THE GrEEN (Harold Green Jewish Theatre). Ralph Benmergui talks to

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AL kHAIMA Arabesque Dance Studio presents

15 belly dancers performing in an Arabian tent. May 14 at 8 pm. $15-$20. 1 Gloucester. 416-920-5593, arabesquedance.ca. bACH + 1 Aradia Ensemble present a multidisciplinary arts event with live music, art and dance by Jeremy Nasmith, Kate Garrett and others. May 14 at 8 pm. $35, srs $25, stu $15. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front W. 416-8724255, aradia.ca. bOrDErLINES – PEST CONTrOL Remote Creations present a movement-based performance inspired by the Holocaust, the Israeli-

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Palestinian conflict and the Toronto G20. May 13-14 at 2 and 8 pm. $5-$10. Dancemakers Centre for Creation, 55 Mill, bldg 58, studio 313. 416-655-0185, remotecreations.org.uk. CONTACT IMPrOVISATION DANCE JAM presents the Ontario Regional jam for all experience levels, with performances, workshops, parties and more. May 13-15, see website for schedule. $85 or $5/hour. Dovercourt House, 805 Dovercourt. 416-427-2177, contactimprov.ca. THE ErOS CAbArET Rivoli presents performances by the Daunting Divas, Jamee Valin and others. May 18 at 9 pm. $12-$15. 332 Queen W. DancetoDanseFestival@hotmail.com. MOVING AGAINST MALArIA McLaughlin-

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fashionista Jeanne Beker. May 16 at 7:30 pm. $37. Jane Mallett Theatre, 27 Front E. 416-3667723, hgjewishtheatre.com. GENDEr PErFOrMED AND DISrUPTED (Tamil Studies Conference). This conference funder features works created by women. May 14 at 8 pm. $10, stu/srs $5. New College, 45 Willcocks, William Doo Auditorium. 416-770-4243. HAMLET by William Shakespeare (Shakespeare Toronto). Revenge and madness are themes of this classic tragedy. May 13 at 8 pm. $28, stu/ srs $20. Bathurst Street Theatre, 736 Bathurst. 416-915-6750, shakespearetoronto.com. THE MArTyS (Mississauga Arts Council). The Mississauga arts awards are presented. May 13, doors 6:45 pm. $25. Living Arts Centre, 4141 Living Arts. 905-615-4278.

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STArS AwArDS GALA (Mixed Theatre Co). This

company funder features the play DISS, entertainment by Bees Knees Dance and more. May 13, doors 6 pm. $80. Lower Ossington Theatre, 100A Ossington. mixedcompanytheatre.com. TSG ANNUAL GALA FUNDrAISEr (Theatre Smith-Gilmour). The company’s funder features performances by Lisa Dilberto, Dan Watson, a silent auction and more. May 15 at 6:30 pm. $32, stu $20. Factory Theatre, 125 Bathurst. 416-504-9971, factorytheatre.ca. UNSCrIPTED: OPENING NIGHT (Canadian Stage Visionaries). This gala benefit for youth and community initiatives features performances curated by Weyni Mengesha, Charles Pachter, Philip Riccio and others. May 13 at 8 pm. $80. One King West, 1 King W. 416-368-3110, theatrevisionaries.ca.

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(Canadian Opera Company). This look at Strauss’s opera features lectures and a panel discussion. May 14, 9 to 11 am. $20. Edward Johnson Building, 80 Queen’s Park, Walter Hall. 416-363-8231. SErENATA ITALIANA (Free Concert Series in the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre). Young artists of the COC Ensemble Studio perform lesser-known art songs, arias and ensembles. May 12 at noon. Free. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen W. coc.ca.

PEOPLE (Friendly Spike Theatre Band). The company presents development rehearsals of a new production about the CAMH Patient Built Wall. May 13 at 6:30 pm. Free. May Robinson Auditorium, 20 West Lodge. friendlyspike@primus.ca. yOUNG VOICES: wOrk IT! (Mayworks Festival/ Native Earth Performing Arts). Workshop presentations of works-in-progress by indigenous playwrights. May 14 at 2 pm. $12. Theatre Direct, 76 Wychwood. mayworks.ca.

Rotman Centre for Global Health presents a benefit with dance by Ismailova Theatre of Dance, City Dance Corps and others. May 15 at 2 pm. $25, stu $15, child $10. George Ignatieff Theatre, 15 Devonshire. inouganda.com/moving-against-malaria. SOLOS OF My LIFE DanceWorks and Harbourfront NextSteps present a series of dance solos choreographed by Sashar Zarif, with Sylvie Bouchard, Viv Moore and others (see story, page 63). May 12-14 at 8 pm. $33.50, stu/srs $22.50. Enwave Theatre, 231 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000, danceworks.ca.

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Dance presents a bicycle-powered theatre/ dance mashup by Meagan O’Shea w/ a different opening act each week. Runs to May 29, Fri-Sun 8 pm. $10-$25. Hub 14, 14 Markham. 416-504-6429 ext 18, standupdance.com.

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Canada presents an open class with company dancers for intermediate ballet students and spectators. May 15 at 11 am. $40/class, $10 to watch (must pre-register). Walter Carsen Centre, 470 Queens Quay W. national.ballet.ca/ thecompany/masterclass. INTErIOr wITH MOVING FIGUrES Peggy Baker Dance Projects presents four contemporary works being performed simultaneously in different galleries. Runs to May 18, Wed 7 pm, Sat-Sun 2 pm. Free w/ admission (Wed free). Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas W. peggybakerdance.com. MOMENTUM 2011 School of Toronto Dance Theatre presents a student showcase featuring works by William Yong, Christopher House, Sasha Ivanochko, Julia Sasso and others. Runs to May 14, Thu-Sat 8 pm. $19, stu/srs $15. Winchester Street Theatre, 80 Winchester. 416-967-6887, schooloftdt.org. 3

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Continuing AESOP’S IMPrOVISED FAbLES (Bad Dog Theatre

Company). Classic fables are transformed by audience input in this family show. Runs to May 28, Sat 4 pm. $10. 918 Bathurst Centre, Bathurst at Barton. baddogtheatre.com. AGOkwE by Waawaate Fobister (Buddies in Bad Times Theatre). Fobister’s solo, multi-character debut play focuses on the attraction between two very different Aboriginal male teens from neighbouring reserves. The script is a model of economy and shifting moods, and Fobister is expert at using physicality to delineate character. He’s got some diction problems, and he’s not as comfortable playing certain roles, but these flaws are more than compensated for by his innate sense of music and rhythm. The design elements in Ed Roy’s production enhance the show’s spirit. Runs to May 15, Thu-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2:30 pm. $19-$33, Sun pwyc. 12 Alexander. buddiesinbadtimes.com. NNNN (GS) ANGELINA bALLErINA THE MUSICAL by Susan DiLallo and Ben Morss (Vital Theatre/Hit Entertainment). Angelina and her friends dance to get a starring role in this all-ages show. Runs to May 29, Sat 1:30 pm, Sun 11 am. $29.50-$49.50. Lower Ossington Theatre, 100A Ossington. 416-642-8973. ArIADNE AUF NAxOS by Richard Strauss (Canadian Opera Company). Strauss manages to parody grand opera and to write a luscious-sounding classical piece at the same time. Featuring a fine troupe of singing actors under director Neil Armfield, this is one of the season’s finest opera productions. Andrew Davis’s conducting ravishes the ear. Runs to May 29: May 12, 18, 21 and 27 at 7:30 pm, May 15 and 29 at 2 pm. $62-$281. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen W. 416-363-8231, coc.ca. NNNN (JK) bILLy ELLIOT THE MUSICAL by Lee Hall and Elton John (Mirvish). One of the best new musicals of the millennium, Billy Elliot is based on the 2000 film about a working-class boy whose dreams of becoming a ballet dancer are set against the grim reality of his 1984 northern England mining community. The characters are richly detailed, the conflicts believable and complex, and the dialogue raw, crudely funny and uncompromising. The songs, while not exactly hummable, serve the story and

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characters, and the performances (four boys alternate in the demanding lead role) grounded and deeply felt. Bring tissues. Runs to Sep 3, Tue-Sat 7:30 pm, mats Sat-Sun and Wed 1:30 pm. $36-$130. Canon Theatre, 244 Victoria. 416-872-1212, mirvish.com. NNNNN (GS) The Book of Liz/The SaNdiLaNd diarieS by Amy and David Sedaris/David Sedaris (Ghost Light Projects). A nun ventures into a big city and a man finds work as a department store elf in this double bill. Runs to May 15, Thu-Sun 7 and 9 pm. $25-$30. Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander, Tallulah’s Cabaret. 416975-8555, ghostlightprojects.com. BrowN BaLLS by Byron Abalos (fu-GEN). Three men disguised as Charlie Chan, Fu Manchu and Bruce Lee tackle Asian male stereotypes (see review, page 62). Runs to May 15, Thu-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat-Sun 2 pm. $10-$26. Factory Theatre, 125 Bathurst. 416504-9971, fu-gen.org. NNN (JK) CaLeNdar GirLS by Tim Firth (Mirvish/Manitoba Theatre Centre). When one member of a British Women’s Institute group loses her husband, her friends create a fundraising calendar featuring nude photos of themselves. The script veers toward sentimentality and often paints two-dimensional characters, but the performers – including Fiona Reid, Fiona Highet and Barbara Gordon – do their best to make us care about the women. Runs to May 28, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mats Sat-Sun and Wed 2 pm. $30-$94. Royal Alexandra Theatre, 260 King W. 416-872-1212, mirvish.com. NNN (JK) The CemeTery CLuB by Ivan Menchell (Encore Entertainment). Three Jewish widows meet regularly at a cemetery to gossip and reminisce. Runs to May 15, Thu-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $28-$29.50. Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge. 416-872-1111, encoreshows.com. CiNdereLLa (La CeNereNToLa) by Gioacchino Rossini (Canadian Opera Company). Rossini’s operatic, tune-filled version of the Cinderella story has no fairy-tale magic but retains its happy ending. Elisabeth DeShong could use more personality in the title role, but her voice is gloriously acrobatic. And she has a prince of a tenor in Lawrence Brownlee, whose honeyed voice makes you wish Rossini had written more solos for the role. Runs to May 25: May 13, 19 and 25 at 7:30 pm, May 22 at 2 pm. $62$281. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen W. 416-363-8231, coc.ca. NNN (JK)

The CoSmoNauT’S LaST meSSaGe To The womaN he oNCe Loved iN The former SovieT uNioN by David Greig (Canadian

Stage). Space cadets need not get excited. The titular cosmonaut is only a symbolic framing device for a slow-moving, mostly terrestrial drama about mundane broken relationships. Accent issues and unearned pomp plague this lengthy slog. Runs to May 14, Thu-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. $22-$99. Bluma Appel Theatre, 27 Front E. 416-368-3110, canadianstage.com. N (Jordan Bimm) CrookBaCk: aN adapTaTioN of riChard iii by Tim Welham (Beacon Theatre). Welham goes into the mind of the famous Shakespearean villain in this solo show. Runs to May 15, ThuSun 8 pm. $15. Unit 102 Theatre, 46 Noble. beacon.theatre.company@gmail.com. The CruCiBLe by Arthur Miller (Stage Centre Productions). Children dancing by a fire leads to panic in the small community of Salem. Runs to May 14, Thu-Sat 8 pm. $27.50, stu/srs $22. Fairview Library, 35 Fairview Mall. 416299-5557, stagecentreproductions.com. douBLe BiLL (Soulpepper). The Academy presents (re)Birth: E.E. Cummings In Song and Window On Toronto. Runs to Jun 18, see website for schedule. $28-$65. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 55 Mill. 416-8668666, soulpepper.ca. edward The ‘Crazy maN’ by Emil Sher (Work-

man Arts). A boy befriends a homeless man in this drama about mental health, prejudice and society. Runs to May 14, see website for schedule. $15, stu/srs $10. Theatre Passe Muraille, 16 Ryerson. 416-504-7529, workmanarts.com. feSTivaL of ideaS aNd CreaTioN (Canadian Stage). This development festival features talks, workshops and readings and workshop performances of cross-disciplinary works by Weyni Mengesha, Jordan Tannahill, Moynan King, Yvonne Ng, Liza Balkan and others. Runs to May 21, see website for details and schedule. Most events free. Berkeley Street Theatre, 26 Berkeley. 416-368-3110, canadianstage.com/festival. foreSTS by Wajdi Mouawad (Tarragon Theatre). Mouawad’s epic play follows a morose 16-year-old (Vivien Endicott-Douglas) and a paleontologist (RH Thomson) as they dig into the former’s family tree to unravel the truth about her dead mother. With a huge cast of characters and lots of globe- and time-travelling, it’s an exhausting experience, made easier by some fine performances and director Richard Rose’s sharp staging. Runs to May 29, Tue-Sat 8 pm, Sat-Sun 2:30 pm. $23-$46, rush $10. 30 Bridgman. 416-531-1827, tarragontheatre.com. NNN (GS) froNTeraS ameriCaNaS by Guillermo Verdecchia (Soulpepper). Verdecchia perform his solo show about seeking his identity as an Argentinean-Canadian. Runs to Jun 12, see website for schedule. $28-$65. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 55 Mill. 416-8668666, soulpepper.ca. GhoST STorieS by Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman (Mirvish/Lyric Hammersmith/Phil McIntyre Entertainments). Live theatre is less effective than film at conveying horror, so this series of staged stories about paranormal activity is a bit of a non-starter. The creators know that anticipating something is more fright-inducing than showing it, and that humour goes a long way in easing the tension. Alas, when the big reveals come, they’re usually either silly or stupid. Runs to May 29, TueFri 7:30 pm, Sat 5 & 8:30 pm, Sun 3 pm. $25$79. Panasonic Theatre, 651 Yonge.

416-872-1212, mirvish.com. NN (GS) iSmeNe by Jeremy Menekseoglu (Socratic The-

atre Collective). Oedipus’s daughter rebels against the mechanics of tragedy that call for her family to be destroyed. Runs to May 21, Tue-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $15, stu/srs $10, Tue pwyc. Marshall McLuhan Catholic Secondary School, 1107 Avenue Rd. socratictheatre.com. The LioN kiNG by Elton John and Tim Rice (Mirvish). This touring production of the groundbreaking musical about love, death and the circle of life on the African veldt isn’t quite as majestic as the homegrown version that played here in the early 2000s. But it’s still pretty amazing, especially the sets and costumes. The original songs, and the pacing in the long first act, however, are tougher to sit through. Runs to Jun 12, Tue-Sat 7:30 pm, Sun 1 and 6:30 pm (no show May 24 & 31; see website for other times). $20-$130. Princess of Wales Theatre, 300 King W. 416-872-1212, mirvish.com. NNN (Glenn Sumi) orfeo ed euridiCe by Christoph Willibald Gluck (Canadian Opera Company). Orfeo goes through the underworld to bring back his wife in this Italian opera (see review, page 61). Runs to May 28: May 14, 17, 20, 24 and 26 at 7:30 pm, May 28 at 4:30 pm. $62-$281, rush $22. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen W. 416-363-8231, coc.ca. NNNNN (GS) our TowN by Thornton Wilder (Soulpepper). Set in the quaint, turn-of-the-century town of Grover’s Corners, Wilder’s much celebrated play paints a moving portrait of a middle class community, focusing on the neighbourly Gibbs and Webbs. Elegant, truthful and crowd-pleasing, Our Town seems to regret the loss of an outdated society, but I’m not sure what we can learn from it now. Runs to May 13, see website for schedule. $45-$65, stu $28; rush $5-$22. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 55 Mill. 416-866-8666, soulpepper.ca. NNN (Naomi Skwarna) piNkaLiCiouS, The muSiCaL by Elizabeth Kann, Victoria Kann and John Gregor (Vital Theatre). A girl turns pink after eating too many cupcakes. Runs to May 29, Sat 11 am, Sun 1:30 pm. $30-$40. Lower Ossington Theatre, 100A Ossington. 416-642-8973, vitaltheatre.ca. The poST offiCe by Rabindranath Tagore (Pleiades Theatre). A sick boy watches and interacts with the world from his bedroom window in India. Runs to Jun 4, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mats May 28 and Jun 4 at 2 pm. $35, stu $12, srs $16-$30. Berkeley Street Theatre, 26 Berkeley. 416-368-3110, pleiadestheatre. org. The raiLway ChiLdreN by Edith Nesbit (Mirvish). Three siblings struggle to survive after their father is imprisoned in Edwardian England (see review, page 62). Runs to Jun 26, TueSat 7:30 pm, mats Sat-Sun and Wed 2 pm (see website for other times/exceptions). $25$140. Roundhouse Theatre, 255 Bremner Blvd. mirvish.com. NN (Naomi Skwarna) The river Lady by David Widdicombe (Lonesome Crowded West). A dishwasher and a drifter connect at an all-night diner (see review, page 61). Runs to May 14, Thu-Sat 7:30 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. $15, mat pwyc. Theatre

paris/toronto project world premieres by french choreographers alban richard & emmanuelle vo-dinh

May 19 to 22 & 25 to 28, 2011 toronto dance theatre presents the paris/toronto project may 19 to 21 and 25 to 28, 2011 8 pm; may 22, 2 pm pwyc winchester street theatre, 80 winchester street, toronto student/senior/cada member $20, general $26. online at tdt.org or call 416-967-1365.

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Passe Muraille, 16 Ryerson. 416-504-7529, lonesometheatre.wordpress.com. NNN (JK) ROCK.PAPER.SISTAHZ (bcurrent). The 10th anniversary of the arts festival features poetry, spoken word, theatre, music, staged readings, dance, film and more. Runs to May 20, see website for schedule. $10-$25, pass $59.99. Artscape Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie. 416-533-1500, bcurrent.ca.

SEARS ONTARIO DRAMA FESTIVAL – PROVINCIAL SHOWCASE (Sears Drama Festival).

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Works written and performed by high school students will be presented. Runs to May 14, Wed-Sat 7 pm. $20, stu $12. Hart House Theatre, 7 Hart House Circle. 416-978-8849, uofttix.ca. TANGLED WEB: MURDER BY DETECTION (Mysteriously Yours... Dinner Theatre). Famous sleuths battle for the Detective of the Century Award in this interactive show. Runs to Jun 25, Fri-Sat 8 pm (dinner 6:30 pm; see website for other shows). $40-$83. 2026 Yonge. 416-4867469, mysteriouslyyours.com. TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE by Mitch Albom and Jeffrey Hatcher (Stage West). A man reunites with his former professor, who is battling Lou Gehrig’s disease. Runs to Jul 3, Wed-Sat 6:30 pm, Sun 5 pm, mats Wed and Sun 11 am. $46-$80 (includes buffet). 5400 Dixie, Mississauga. 905-238-0042, stagewest.com. URINETOWN THE MUSICAL by Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis (Etobicoke Musical Productions). A corporation takes advantage of a water shortage in this musical comedy. Runs to May 14, Fri-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. $25, stu $19. Burnhamthorpe Auditorium, 500 the East Mall. 416-248-0410, e-m-p.net. WONDERFUL by Shannon Blake (Bench Theatre). Three women struggle to avoid losing their babies to Children’s Aid. Runs to May 21, Thu-Sat 8 pm. $12-$15. Sanctuary, 25 Charles E. 416-922-0628, thebenchtheatre.com. ZADIE’S SHOES by Adam Pettle (Factory Theatre). Desperate to recoup his losses, a gambler looks to his forgotten synagogue for a miracle (see review, page 61). Runs to Jun 5, Tue-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $15-$45, Sun pwyc. 125 Bathurst. 416-504-9971, factorytheatre.ca. NNNN (GS) 3

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Thursday, May 12 ABSOLUTE COMEDY presents Rick Currie, Ron

Sparks and host Daniel Tirado. To May 15, Thu 8:30 pm, Fri 9 pm, Sat 8 & 10:45 pm, Sun 8 pm. $10-$15. 2335 Yonge. 416-486-7700, absolutecomedy.ca. BLACK SWAN COMEDY presents Comedy At The Swan. 10 pm. Pwyc. Black Swan, 154 Danforth, 2nd fl. ralph@blackswancomedy.com. HOT BOX COMEDY Hot Box Cafe presents a weekly show w/ host Jillian Thomas. 7:15 pm. $5. 191A Baldwin. hotboxcafe.ca. STAND-UP(STAIRS) Black Swan presents monthly comedy w/ Cal Post, Derek Forgie, Fraser Young, Simon Rakoff and Steve Tassie. 8 pm. Pwyc. 154 Danforth. 416-469-0537. THIS PARTY’S A RIOT! Second City SC’s latest sketch revue doesn’t consistently live up to that title, but there are plenty of laughs. Highlights include savage takes on greedy baby boomers, pretentious yoga instructors and an awkward threesome, with Adam Cawley and Kris Siddiqi standing out amongst the hardworking cast. The writing needs sharpening, but the ballsy, improv-based finale – if it works – will generate lots of post-show buzz. Wed-Sat 8 pm (plus Sat late show 10:30 pm), Sun 7 pm. $24-$29, stu $15. 51 Mercer. 416343-0011, secondcity.com. NNN (GS) YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN presents a special show w/ Emo Philips. To May 14, Thu-Sat 8 pm (& Fri-Sat 10:30 pm). $27. 224 Richmond W. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com. YUK YUK’S VAUGHAN presents Double Feature Night w/ two new comics. 8 pm. $13. 70 Interchange Way. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com. YUK YUK’S WEST presents Double Feature Night w/ two new comics. 8 pm. $13. 5165 Dixie, Mississauga. yukyuks.com.

Friday, May 13 ABSOLUTE COMEDY See Thu 12. COMEDY ON THE DANFORTH Timothy’s World

News Café presents improv with Dan’s Mix ’95 (Dan Hershfield, Jennine Profeta, Kevin Matviw). 9 pm. Pwyc. 320 Danforth. 416-4612668, comedyonthedanforth.com.

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rock.paper.sistahz festival presents Caribbean comedy w/ Rhoma Spencer, Naomi Abiola and Glend Rose Layne. 8 pm. $25. Wychwood Theatre, 601 Christie. bcurrent.ca. TEXAS COMEDY MASSACRE 2 Fox & Fiddle presents stand-up with Bryan O’Gorman, Nathan Macintosh, Deb Robinson, host Xerxes Cortez and others. 8:30 pm. Pwyc. 27 Wellesley E. 416-580-4153, texascomedymassacre2.com. THIS PARTY’S A RIOT! See Thu 12. TOKE & JOKE Village Vapor Lounge presents a weekly show w/ host Dred Lee. 7:30 pm. $5. 66 Wellesley E. 416-972-9500. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN See Thu 12. YUK YUK’S VAUGHAN presents Laurie Elliott. To May 14, Fri 9 pm, Sat 7:30 & 9:45 pm. $20. 70 Interchange Way. 416-9676425, yukyuks.com. YUK YUK’S WEST presents Trixx and Rebecca Kohler. To May 14, Fri-Sat 9 pm. $20. 5165 Dixie, Mississauga. 416-967-6425, yukyuks. com.

Saturday, May 14 ABSOLUTE COMEDY See Thu 12. THE ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY COMPLETELY MADE UP SHOW Second City presents interactive,

family-friendly improv and sketch. 11 am. $12. 51 Mercer. 416-343-0011, secondcity.com. BLACK SWAN COMEDY presents Improv DropIn workshop w/ Ralph MacLeod. 6 pm. $5. Comedy At The Swan. 8 pm. Pwyc. The Ladder, competitive entertainment. 10 pm. $10. Black Swan, 154 Danforth, 2nd floor. 416-903-5388, ralph@blackswancomedy.com. PERFECT 10 PRESENTS: BIRTHDAY BOY Comedy Bar presents Daniel Woodrow, Ron Sparks, Ali Hassan and Nick Reynoldson. 9:30 pm. $10$15. 945 Bloor W. comedybar.ca. THEATRESPORTS Bad Dog Theatre presents its flagship show, featuring fast and furious improv matches. 8 pm. $12, stu $10. Comedy Bar, 647-898-5324. baddogtheatre.com. THIS PARTY’S A RIOT! See Thu 12. WEST END GIRLS Poor John’s Café presents all-girl stand-up w/ Rhiannon Archer, Lianne Mauladin, Carolyn Bennett, Heidi Brander, Daniela Saioni and others. 8:30 pm. Pwyc. 1610 Queen W. 647-435-2688. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN See Thu 12. YUK YUK’S VAUGHAN See Fri 13. YUK YUK’S WEST See Fri 13.

Sunday, May 15 ABSOLUTE COMEDY See Thu 12. BIG LAUGHS IN LITTLE ITALY Public presents

Gilson Lubin, host Kris Bonaparte and others. 9 pm. Free. 596 College. 416-539-8890. COMEDY AT ARCHIE’S Archibald’s Pub presents a weekly show w/ host Liam Kelly. 8 pm. Free. 8950 Yonge, Richmond Hill. 905-889-0235.

THE KITTENS OF COMEDY III Itty Bitty Kitty & Green with Envy present burlesque ñ by female comics, w/ Lisa Merchant, Ashley

Botting, Amy Zuch, Leslie Seiler, Jane Luk and others, to benefit Gilda’s Club Greater Toronto. 2 pm. $25. Second City, 51 Mercer. 416343-0011, secondcity.com. LAUGH SABBATH presents Evening Jim Jam! w/ Mark Forward, Chris Locke, Tim Gilbert, hosts Adam Christie and Bob Kerr, and others. Doors 8:30 pm. $5. Rivoli, 332 Queen W. laughsabbath.com. SOUNDS LIKE A SONG Hard Rock Cafe presents a weekly singing and improv show. 8 pm. Free. 279 Yonge. 416-362-3636. STAND-UP CLUB: THE SHOW! Crown & Tiger presents John Hastings, Helder Brum, Sara Hennessey, host Pat Thornton and others. 8:30 pm. Pwyc. 414 College. 416-920-3115. SUDDENLY SUNDAY Pantages Martini Bar presents a weekly comedy night w/ hosts Melissa Story and Jeff Clark plus musical guests. 9 pm. Free. 200 Victoria. 416-362-1777. SUNDAY NIGHT LIVE The Sketchersons present a new sketch show every week w/ guest hosts and music. 9:30 pm. $8. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. thesketchersons.com. THIS PARTY’S A RIOT! See Thu 12. XXX EROTIC COMEDY NIGHT Zanzibar Tavern presents a show w/ host Fast Eddie Bizarria. 8:30 pm. Free. 359 Yonge. 647-831-4975. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN presents Paul Haywood. 8 pm. $12-$22. 224 Richmond W. 416967-6425, yukyuks.com.

Monday, May 16 ALT.COMEDY LOUNGE Rivoli presents Sean Cullen, Frank Spadone, Alan Park, ñ Darren Frost, Fraser Young, Darrin Rose and

MC Mark Forward. 9 pm. Pwyc. 332 Queen W. altdotcomedylounge.com. BEST. MONDAY. EVER. Second City presents a weekly show featuring sketch, songs and improvisation. 8 pm. $12. 51 Mercer. 416-3430011, secondcity.com. DIRTY BINGO Zelda’s presents a weekly game with adult prizes w/ hosts Gloria Hole and Lena Over. 8:30 pm. Free. 692 Yonge. zeldas.ca.

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THE FAMOUS & HEINOUS SHOW Pour Boy Pub

presents a weekly open mic. 10:30 pm. Free. 666 Manning. 647-343-7969, pourboy.ca. GEOFF HENDRY AND ASSOCIATES Supermarket presents comedy and music w/ Ryan Belleville, Jo-Anna Downey, Small Town Treason and others. 7:30 pm. $10. 268 Augusta. 416840-0501. IAMDONALD Live Nation presents Donald Glover in an interactive music, comedy and video show. 9 pm. $18. Opera House, 735 Queen E. ticketweb.ca. IMPERIAL COMEDY Imperial Pub presents weekly Pro/Am comics w/ host Eric Bud. 9:30 pm. Pwyc. 54 Dundas E. imperialcomedy.com. MONDAY NIGHT IMPROV JAM Black Swan Comedy presents an open jam w/ Ralph MacLeod. 8 pm. Pwyc. Black Swan, 154 Danforth, 2nd fl. 416-903-5388, blackswancomedy.com. SAVED BY THE JOKES Fox & Fiddle presents weekly comedy w/ hosts Evan Desmarais and Chris Robinson. 8 pm. Pwyc. 27 Wellesley E. wellesleyfox.com. $#*! MY MAYOR SAYS Second City presents current-events comedy about T.O. 8 pm. $12. 51 Mercer. 416-343-0011, secondcity.com. THE SOAPS The National Theatre of the World presents a weekly improvised soap opera w/ Matt Baram, Lisa Brooke and others. 9 pm. Pwyc. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. thenationaltheatreoftheworld.com. THE VEST SHOW IN TOWN Comedy Bar presents a variety show w/ Vest of Friends. 7 pm. Pwyc. 945 Bloor W. comedybar.ca.

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Tuesday, May 17 FAT KAT$ COMEDY Nola Belle and Joey Harlem present a show w/ host Harlem. 9 pm. Free. Axis Gastropub, 585 Bloor W. 416-539-9009. IMPATIENT THEATRE CO presents improv by its students. 7 pm. Free. Harold Night. 8 pm. $5. The Incubator, up and coming improv teams. 9:30 pm. $5. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. 416238-7337, impatient.ca. IMPROV ALL-STARS Second City presents a fast-paced, completely improvised weekly show. 8 pm. $20. 51 Mercer. 416-343-0011, secondcity.com. ROAD TRIP: MONTREAL EDITION Grade Eight Dance presents a show w/ guests Ladystache, JAPE, Natasha Boomer, Colin Munch and Darryl Pring. 8 pm. $5. Hard Luck Bar, 812 Dundas W, Barcade Theatre. hardluckbar.com. SKETCHCOMEDYLOUNGE Rivoli presents The Headline Series w/ Shoeless, the Lusty Mannequins, Newsdesk w/ Ron Sparks, MC Trevor Boris and others. 9 pm. Pwyc. 332 Queen W. sketchcomedylounge.com. SUPER LUCKY IMPROV SHOW Black Swan presents a Vegas-themed improv night w/ Tom MacKay, Carmine Lucarelli, James Gangl, Amy Zuch and Gary Chan. 8 pm. $7 or less (dice roll). 154 Danforth. superluckyimprov.com. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN presents the Humber School of Comedy at 7:30 pm, and stand-up Amateur Night at 9:30 pm. $4. 224 Richmond W. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com.

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Wednesday, May 18 ABSOLUTE COMEDY presents Pro-Am Night w/

Daniel Tirado, Jon Schabl, Evan Desmarais, Pat MacDonald, Luke Gordon Field, Peter Fulton and host Dave Merheje. 8:30 pm. $6. 2335 Yonge. 416-486-7700, absolutecomedy.ca. THE CARNEGIE HALL SHOW The National Theatre of the World presents a weekly variety show. 9 pm. Pwyc. Bread & Circus, 299 Augusta. thecarnegiehallshow.com. DJ DEMERS presents a weekly show w/ guests. 9 pm. $5. Underground Comedy Club, 670 Queen E. djdemers.com. THE DOOR PRIZE SHOW Zelda’s presents a weekly talent contest w/ host Vicki Licks. 8:30 pm. Pwyc. 692 Yonge, upstairs. zeldas.ca. QUANTUM QOMEDY SHOWQASE The Wilson 96 presents stand-up w/ Patrick Maguire, Phil Moorhead, Tim Dorsch, Andrew Johnston, Desiree Lavoy-Dorsch, Ian Gorden, Morgan George and host Sarah Donaldson. 9 pm. Free. 615 College. 416-516-3237. SIREN’S COMEDY Celt’s Pub presents open mic stand-up w/ Andrea Holz and host Brandon Trainor. 8:30 pm. Free. 2872 Dundas W. 416767-3339. THIS PARTY’S A RIOT! See Thu 12. TORONTO’S INDIE COMEDY HOUR Catherine McCormick presents new independent comedians, musical acts and an open mic. 8 pm. Pwyc. No One Writes to the Colonel, 460 College. 416-928-6777, indiecomedytoronto@ gmail.com. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN presents Adam Richmond. To May 22, Wed-Sun 8 pm (and Fri-Sat 10:30 pm). $12-$22. 224 Richmond W. 416967-6425, yukyuks.com. 3

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Edward Burtynsky’s works convey raw nature as it’s harnessed by capitalism.

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Neutral territory Burtynsky and group show offer outsider views EDWARD BURTYNSKY at the Royal Ontario Museum (100 Queen’s Park) to July 3. $22, stu/srs $19; $11, half-price Friday 4:30-9:30 pm; free Wednesday 4:30-5:30 pm. 416-586-8000. Rating: NNNN

edward burtynsky’s imposing studies of the oil economy are as austere as they are strikingly beautiful. Depersonalized, abstract, they function almost as schematics that demonstrate the terrifying logic of our energy economy at work. Images of

the oil sands operation outside Fort McMurray or the receding geometry of oil fields in California convey the sense of an almost mystical process: the transformation of raw nature into energy and capital. Working in the formal tradition of German industrial photographers Bernd and Hilla Becher, Burtynsky is enacting a rigorous taxonomy of industrial form and process that’s as much an archival and conceptual project as it is a commentary on our dangerous oil dependency.

Scarlett Hooft Graaﬂand’s Orange Lemonade Igloo adds humour to group exhibit Dynamic Landscape.

His conspicuous absence from these large-scale studies has been interpreted by some as a lack of engagement. That neutrality, however, is what leaves room for conversation even as the sheer scale of the problem DAVID JAGER renders us speechless.

berian bedroom, Russian-Canadian Olga Chagaoutdinova depicts the hopes and dreams of ordinary Russians and Cubans. Realizing the media were only interested in “teeming India,” Dayanita Singh moved away from photojournalism. Unreal colour and a weird combo of artificial and natural illumination give a dreamlike quality to her unpopulated nighttime scenes. Viviane Sassen takes a depersonalizing approach to the figure whether shooting fashion photos in Amsterdam or these enigmatic images in Kenya. Faces are often obscured, actions difficult to interpret. Though Contact artistic director and curator Bonnie Rubenstein avoids billing this as a show by women, a “female gaze” informs the outsider perspective of this original FRAN SCHECHTER work.

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they’re not landscapes, but these photographs all shake up expectations about how the world is represented. Holland’s Scarlett Hooft Graafland, who likes extreme environments, enlisted Igloolik residents in performative projects like her orange lemonade igloo, bringing a gentle humour to issues facing the North. Through telling details of home interiors like a tropical mural in a Si-

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The Art Of Bollywood; Amin Rehman, May 12-Jun 10, reception 6 pm May 12. 300 City Centre (Mississauga). 905-896-5088. ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO Humberto Vélez, performance 4:30 pm May 14. Paterson Ewen, to May 22. Jon Sasaki, to Jun 5 (free). David Blackwood, to Jun 12. Brian Jungen, to Aug 7. CAbel Boulineau, to Aug 21. Inuit Modern, to Oct 16. $18, srs $15, stu $10, free Wed 6-8:30 pm. 317 Dundas W. 416-979-6648. ART GALLERY OF YORK U Humberto Vélez, to Jun 26. 4700 Keele, Accolade E. 416-736-5169. BATA SHOE MUSEUM Art In Shoes – Shoes In Art; The Roaring 20s: Heels, Hemlines And High Spirits, ongoing. $14, srs $12, stu $8. 327 Bloor W. 416-979-7799. BLACKWOOD GALLERY The Good Host, to May

22 (plus offsite at MOCCA, Metro Hall and Queen W btwn Dufferin and Shaw). Gordon Monahan, to May 22. U of T Mississauga, 3359 Mississauga N. 905-828-3789. CCAMPBELL HOUSE MUSEUM Mac McArthur, to May 31. 160 Queen W. 416-597-0227. DESIGN EXCHANGE High School Competition, to May 30 (free). Diana, The Life Of A Royal Icon, May 16-Jun 10. CGuy Tillim, to Jun 14, Kenneth Montague tour/screening 6:30 pm May 17. $10, stu/srs $8. 234 Bay. 416-363-6121. DORIS McCARTHY GALLERY Purloined Stories, to May 21. 1265 Military Trail. 416-287-7007. GARDINER MUSEUM OF CERAMIC ART Empty Bowls (benefit for Anishnawbe Health Toronto), 5-8 pm May 18 ($45). Betty Woodman, to Jun 5. Mary McKenzie, to Jul 10. $12, stu $6, srs $8; Fri 4-9 pm half-price, 30 and under free.

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111 Queen’s Park. 416-586-8080. JUSTINA M. BARNICKE It Takes Everyone To Know No One, to May 21. 7 Hart House. 416-978-8398. McMICHAEL CANADIAN CLife As A Legend: Marilyn Monroe; Marilyn In Canada, to May 15. George McLean, to May 22. Ivan Eyre, to Aug 14. $15, stu/srs $12. 10365 Islington (Kleinburg). 905-893-1121. CMOCCA Dynamic Landscape, Fred Herzog, to Jun 5. Elle Flanders and Tamira Sawatzky, to Aug 31. 952 Queen W. 416-395-0067. OAKVILLE GALLERIES Sublimation, to May 15 (Centennial Square, 120 Navy); The Birds And The Bees, to Jun 5 (Gairloch Gardens, 1306 Lakeshore E). 905-844-4402. POWER PLANT To What Earth Does This Sweet Cold Belong?; Thomas Hirschhorn and Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle, to May 29, What Earth Lab workshop 2-4 pm May 15, film screening 8 pm May 16 (Gladstone, $5). CKevin Schmidt, to 24196-AuthorsNOWad.qxd:May12 Sep 5. $6, stu/srs $3, Wed 5-8 pm free. 231

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Water: The Exhibition, to Sep 5 ($31, stu/srs $28). $22, stu/srs $19; $11, stu/srs $9.50 Fri 4:30-9:30 pm; free Wed 4:30-5:30 pm. 100 Queen’s Park. 416-586-8000. TEXTILE MUSEUM OF CANADA CPeter Wilkins, to Jun 12. Silk Oasis On The Silk Road: Bukhara, to Sep 25. Magic Squares: The Patterned Imagination Of Muslim Africa In Contemporary Culture, May 18-Nov 20. $15, srs $10, stu $6; pwyc Wed 5-8 pm. 55 Centre. 416-599-5321. CUNIVERSITY OF TORONTO ART CENTRE Chris Curreri, to May 31. Suzy Lake, to Jun 25. 15 King’s College Circle. 416-978-1838. 3

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MELANIE MURRAY (Canada) For Your Tomorrow PAUL MURRAY (UK) Skippy Dies JO NESBØ (Norway) The Leopard

dere, May 14-Jun 25, reception 2-5 pm May 14. 1410 Dundas W. 416-516-8859. CALLEN LAMBERT GALLERIA Photos: Alain Paiement, to Jun 2. Brookfield Place, 181 Bay. 416-777-6480. CARTA GALLERY Photos: Landescapes group show, to May 15, reception 6:30 pm May 13. CPhotos: The Idea Of Nature group show, May 18-31, reception 6-8 pm May 18. 55 Mill, bldg 9, #102. 416-3642782. CBILLBOARD INSTALLATION Photos: Pieter Hugo and Alex Prager, to Jun 4. Spadina and Front W. scotiabankcontactphoto.com. CBIRCH LIBRALATO Photos: James Nizam and Lee Goreas, to Jun 4. 129 Tecumseth. 416-365-3003. BULTHAUP Sculpture/textiles: Kathryn Walter, to Jun 1. 280 King E. 416-361-9005. CCANVAS GALLERY Photos: Louis Helbig, to May 29. 950 Dupont. 416-532-5275.

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FAIRMONT ROYAL YORK HOTEL Art For Japan

(benefit for JCCC Foundation/Japan Earthquake Relief Fund), May 13-14 (artforjapan@yahoo.ca). 100 Front W. 416368-2511. CGALLERY 44 Photos: Surendra Lawoti and Chris Boyne, Susan Kordalweski, to Jun 4, artist’s talk 1 pm (Lawoti) May 14. 401 Richmond W #120. 416-979-3941. CGALLERY 1313 Photos: Raw Memory group show, to May 22, reception 7-10 pm May 12. 1313 Queen W. 416-536-6778. CGALLERY TPW Photos/video: Eric Gottesman, May 12-Jun 11, reception 7-9 pm May 12, panel3-5 pm May 14. 56 Ossington. 416-645-1066. INTERACCESS Cyber-surveillance In Everyday Life group show, May 13-28, reception 7 pm-1 am May 13. 9 Ossington. 416-5320597. CJAPAN FOUNDATION Photos: Haruo Nakano, to Jun 30 (Mon-Fri and some Sats). 131 Bloor W. 416-966-1600. CLAUSBERG CONTEMPORARY Photos: Lluîs Barba, to Jun 5. 326 Dundas W. 416-5164440. CLE GALLERY Photos: Scott Ramsay and Frank Maidens, to May 22. 1183 Dundas W. 416-532-8467. CLEO KAMEN Photos: Roberto Pellegrinuzzi, to May 28. 80 Spadina #406. 416504-9515. MERCER UNION Stellar Living art & design fundraiser, to May 12, auction 7 pm ($75) May 12. 1286 Bloor W. 416-536-1519. CMILES NADAL JCC Photos: Faye Schulman, to May 31. 750 Spadina. 416-924-6211. MUSE GALLERY Painting: Kevin Ghiglione, May 12-Jun 2, reception 6-9 pm May 13. 1230 Yonge. 416-974-9986. ONSITE @ OCADU Book/multimedia: Marian Bantjes, to Jun 5. 100 McCaul. 416-977-6000. OPEN STUDIO GALLERY 100 Prints, preview 6:30-7:30 pm, awards/art draw 7:30 pm May 18 ($50, ticket for two plus art draw $375, Palais Royale). Prints: Caitlin ErskineSmith and Joy Walker, to Jun 11. 401 Richmond W, unit 104. 416-504-8238. CPIKTO Photos: Carlos Cazalis, to May 31. 55 Mill, bldg 59. 416-203-3443. CQUEEN GALLERY Photos: Landscape, Revolution, People group show; Shadi Ghadirian, to May 31. 382 Queen E. 416361-6045.

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randy boyagoda shows immense ambition in this sometimes rollicking, sometimes disturbing story of all 100 years in the life of Sam Kandy. Born in a small village in Ceylon, Kandy is shipped out to a monastery when an astrologer tells his parents he’s bad news. The resourceful boy escapes and heads by boat to Sydney, then to Singapore and then back to his village to claim his rightful place. Along the way, he makes a fortune thanks to his ruthless business practices, only to ride a financial roller coaster as World War II ends. Richly researched, the novel goes deep into another culture in another

era, beginning in 1899, which is a pleasure in itself. But what gives this book its power is the character of Kandy himself. He’s not exactly likeable – understandable for someone who’s been so completely rejected and who’s only thrived thanks to his survival skills and a vicious wartime economy. Still, Boyagoda takes a big risk in making such a man the centre of his universe. He does, however, succeed in making you care. The book takes a while to get going and doesn’t really settle into a groove until Sam returns to the village and marries his second wife, the sexually manipulative Alice. But Boyagoda uses some clever storytelling devices – especially a box of gifts Sam sends back anonymously to his village from Sydney – and makes sure to pick up threads he’s introduces early in the narrative. Stick with it. It’s worth it.

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Many people who have undergone trauma won’t talk about it for even a second because they have no desire to feel re-victimized. So give credit to Mellissa Fung, who in Under An Afghan Sky: A Memoir Of Captivity ($32.99, HarperCollins) recounts in painfully vivid detail her experience of being kidnapped and held by men claiming to be Taliban. Writing and talking about her nightmare goes way beyond the call of duty for a journalist. Fung discusses the book SGC at the Reference Library on Monday (May 16).

READINGS THIS WEEK Thursday, May 12 MEG CABOT Taking about her new novel,

Abandon. 7 pm. Free. Chapters, 1950 the Queensway. 416-622-2838. AN UNLIKELY AFFAIR Ann Elizabeth Carson, Dorothy Rath and John Rammell read from Rath’s correspondence with late poet Irving Layton. 7-9 pm. Free. Arta, 55 Mill, bldg 9 #102. 416-364-2782.

Saturday, May 14 CIEL VARIABLE Art journal spring issue launch. Noon-5 pm. Free. Gallery TPW, 56 Ossington. 416-645-1066. FRANKIE FLOWERS The author signs copies of Get Growing. 1 pm. Free. Indigo Erin Mills Town Centre, 5015 Glenn Erin, Mississauga. chapters.indigo.ca.

Sunday, May 15 DRAFT 6.6 Readings by Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer, Nicholas Power and others. 3 pm. $5. Merchants of Green Café, 2 Matilda. draftreadings.wordpress.com.

Monday, May 16

BRIAN HENDERSON/DAWNA RAE HICKS/PETER G MARTIN Poetry and an open mic. 8 pm. Free.

ANNE FORTIER Talking about her book Juliet. 7 pm. Free. North York Central Library, 5120 Yonge. torontopubliclibrary.ca. JAMES FREY Discussing his book The Final Testament Of The Holy Bible. 7 pm. Free. Indigo Manulife, 55 Bloor W. chapters.indigo.ca. MAUREEN HYNES/STAN ROGAL/MATTHEW J TRAFFORD Reading. 8 pm. Pwyc. Press Club,

850 Dundas W. 416-364-7183.

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DAVID CAMFIELD Talking about his new book, Canadian Labour In Crisis. 7-9 pm. Free. Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham. beitzatoun.org.

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Clinton’s, 693 Bloor W. artbar.org. DAVID HOMEL Talking about his book Midway. 7 pm. Free. Taylor Memorial Library, 1440 Kingston. torontopubliclibrary.ca. BIANCA LAKOSELJAC Talking about her new book, Bridge In The Rain. 7 pm. Free. Annette Library, 145 Annette. 416-393-7692. LAUREN OLIVER/VERONICA ROTH Book signing. 7 pm. Free. Indigo Yorkdale, 3401 Dufferin. chapters.indigo.ca. QUATTRO SPRING LAUNCH Shrinking Violets by Heidi Greco, Rough Wilderness by Rosemary Aubert, and more. 7:30 pm. Supermarket, 268 Augusta. quattrobooks.ca.

MELLISSA FUNG The CBC reporter talks about her memoir, Under An Afghan ñ Sky. 7 pm. Free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. torontopubliclibrary.ca.

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rière discusses his book L’Enigme Du Retour. 7 pm. Free. Runnymede Library, 2178 Bloor W. torontopubliclibrary.ca.

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Kelly Reichardt discusses her retrospective, the war in Iraq and teaching Michelle Williams to knit By NORMAN WILNER MEEK’S CUTOFF directed by Kelly Reichardt, written by Jonathan Raymond, with Michelle Williams, Bruce Greenwood, Will Patton and Zoe Kazan. A KinoSmith release. 104 minutes. Opens Friday (May 13) at the TIFF Bell Lightbox. See Times, page 78.

kelly reichardt isn’t sure she’s ready for a retrospective just yet. “I try to get people not to use that word, because it just doesn’t seem like a large enough body of work to me, and it makes me feel old,” she laughs. “But it’s nice to have them play the films. I’m sure the River Of Grass print must be beat to hell. It’s funny – they showed all the films at the Museum of the Moving Image in New York City, and they asked me about River Of Grass – you know, what’s in the film – and I couldn’t remember. I was like, ‘Uh, I really haven’t seen it since 1995.’” This week, Torontonians get the chance to see River Of Grass along with Old Joy, Wendy And Lucy and her rarely screened short feature Ode when TIFF Cinematheque celebrates the NYC-based filmmaker in its New Auteurs series. It’s tied to the release of Reichardt’s latest feature, the atypical period drama Meek’s Cutoff, which wowed critics at the Toronto Film Festival last year. Count me among the wowed. Inspired by the actual diaries of pioneers who found themselves lost in the middle of 1845 Utah, Meek’s Cutoff is an incisive look at group dynamics, personal politics and the terror of the unknown. Rare among period films, it’s also brutally honest about

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its era, watching its characters struggle with their daily chores in something approaching real time. “You know, you put on a boot and you’re just like, ‘Wow, imagine having to lace up all 50 runs before you go outside,’” Reichardt says. “I was really interested in what a short period of time it’s been from 1845 until now, and how our relationship with time has changed so much.” Just as Old Joy and Wendy And Lucy commented quietly on America’s changing social landscape, Meek’s Cutoff can be read as an allegory about the American adventure in Iraq. “You have this braggart leading a bunch of people into a desert without a plan to get them out,” Reichardt

says, “and completely suspicious of the native people and not understanding their culture. That was certainly something that made the Meek story interesting and enticing in the first place, but it’s not something you can keep concentrating on. I mean, you start focusing on these individuals in this predicament and let the other stuff fall where it may.” To ensure her cast could pass for 19th-century pioneers, Reichardt and production designer David Doernberg devised a pioneer boot camp. “They learned how to load up their wagon and how to lead the oxen – which was pretty key, because they’re actually all driving the oxen – and how to build a fire without matches and put up their tents. They did these

exercises every day in their clothing for a week before we shot so that all that stuff would feel really comfortable in their hands.” Accuracy and authenticity were the production’s watchwords, right down to the period knitting needles provided to co-stars Michelle Williams, Shirley Henderson and Zoe Kazan – partly because the pioneers were constantly knitting their own garments, and partly to give the actors something to do during long shooting days. “Michelle said, ‘I’m not gonna fuckin’ knit. I hate knitting.’ And I was like, ‘All right, but we’re gonna send you these

knitting needles.’ She was so adamant about it: ‘I’m not knitting.’ And then you looked up and half the crew had scarves from Michelle around their necks.” 3 normw@nowtoronto.com

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ñ(Kelly Reichardt) Rating: NNNNN Kelly Reichardt’s follow-up to her wrenching Wendy And Lucy is a world removed from that very contemporary film. Set in 1845, Meek’s Cutoff tells the story of a small wagon train lost in the badlands of what appears to be Utah. As the families (Michelle Williams and Will Patton; Shirley Henderson and Neal Huff; Zoe Kazan and Paul Dano) follow their blustering but clearly incompetent guide (Bruce Greenwood, who’s marvellous) deeper and deeper into an unknowable quagmire, one could draw parallels to the American adventure in Iraq, but that might be simplistic. Really, this is a film about process – taking time to cross a river, reload a rifle, put out a fire. When everything you do holds the possibility of prolonging your life (or bringing it to an early end), your relationship to time is very different. Moody and sharply observed, this is one of the finest American films of the last year, and one that’s going to infuriate as many people as it enthralls. That doesn’t matter, NW as long as they see it.

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Dustin Ingram and Kim Cattrall aren’t exactly Smith and Samantha in Meet Monica Velour.

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KIM CATTRALL

Life beyond Sex Kim Cattrall plays an ex-porn star in her first post-SATC lead By SUSAN G. COLE MEET MONICA VELOUR written and directed by Keith Bearden, with Kim Cattrall, Dustin Ingram and Brian Dennehy. 98 minutes. An Anchor Bay release. Opens Friday (May 13). For venues and times, see Movies, page 73.

you may not recognize kim Cattrall in Meet Monica Velour. As the sad but hard-ass exporn star and single

mother, she’s got significant midriff bulge, a really bad haircut and talks tough like white trash. There’s no better way to put her iconic role as Sex And The City’s Samantha behind her. But when I ask if playing Monica was about getting beyond Samantha, Cattrall is clear. “Not at all,” she says flatly, from New York City. “Sex And The City is over. It lives in television land for eternity, and for me it was an amazing ride. It gave me a platform to do amazing things, and I learned a lot. But it’s over.”

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“Putting on weight was the easiest part,” says Kim Cattrall.

MEET MONICA VELOUR (Keith Bearden) Rating: NNN This is a small film driven by a big performance by Kim Cattrall that takes her way beyond Sex And The City’s Samantha. She plays a puffy, hardened ex-porn-star, the obsession of geeky Tobe (Dustin Ingram), who’s prepared to travel any distance to get some face time with her. When he finally does meet her, he’s not at all turned off by the fact that she’s got a mean streak and lives in a trailer. Eventually, the two find a way to connect, which only deepens Monica’s distress. Though the storyline is slim, Cattrall’s obviously committed to the film, as evidenced not only by her physical transformation but by the risks she takes in the performance. Director Keith Bearden expertly captures the small town Tobe wants to escape. And watch for Brian Dennehy SGC as Tobe’s eccentric grandfather. He’s a gas.

Now she’s doing what she has to do: work. Since the last SATC movie, her performance in Noel Coward’s Private Lives in a West End production (which comes to Toronto this September) has gotten rave reviews. She stayed on that stage roll with an acclaimed turn as Cleopatra in Caesar And Cleopatra. “When people see me doing other work, doing anything hard, they say, ‘My god.’ They don’t want you to step out of what they know, because that’s their reference point for you. But I believe part of my job is to grow, because in nature, if you don’t grow you die.” Cattrall is soft-spoken most of the time, but when I tell her I was personally insulted that her bio didn’t include her stint in a 70s Toronto production of The Rocky Horror Picture show, she lets out a loud cackle. She uses that same laugh for Meet Monica Velour, but does a huge physical transformation to make the character believable. Adding the poundage was the most fun. “Putting on the weight was the easiest part. I got to eat whatever I wanted, and I loved it. I can’t ever do that, because my body type is such that if I start I won’t stop. The weight came on so fast, you wouldn’t believe. Then I got the Polanski film [The

Ghost Writer] and it was like, ‘Oy, now I gotta lose it.’” She agreed to do Meet Monica Velour because she was impressed with writer/director Keith Bearden, who knew as much movie trivia as she did. And the script turned her on the moment she read it. “It’s funny, sweet and tragic. It’s about a relationship, a woman in the winter of her life and a boy in the spring. It’s not about women in the porn world or women in show business. It’s about all women. When you’re 50, you start getting retirement letters in the mail. And I think, ‘Already? I’m at my peak. I don’t want to stop now.’” So maybe she wouldn’t turn down another SATC film. “Financially, it would be tough to reject, because no one else is paying me that kind of money. We’re all in our 40s and 50s, and we’re leading ladies – yee-hah!” she shouts with that wild laugh. “I’ve waited all my life to play the roles I’m playing now, but believe me, they wouldn’t have hired me if I hadn’t done Sex And The City.” 3 susanc@nowtoronto.com

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COMEDY

Bridal party BRIDESMAIDS (Paul Feig). 124 minutes. Opens Friday (May 13). For venues and times, see Movies, page 73. Rating: NNNN

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A week after the loathsome love triangle of calculation that was Something Borrowed, Kristen Wiig arrives to

redeem the chick flick with Bridesmaids. Sweet, goofy and unapologetically crass, it’s a broad farce built on a solid foundation of human psychology. Wiig stars as Annie, a Milwaukee baker whose life has hit a rough patch and whose emotional equilibrium is therefore in no state to cope with the impending marriage of best friend Lillian (Maya Rudolph).

Ozon’s layers French director plays coy By SUSAN G. COLE

POTICHE directed by François Ozon, written by Ozon from the play by Pierre Barillet and Jean-Pierre Grédy, with Catherine Deneuve, Fabrice Luchini and Gérard Depardieu. 103 minutes. Subtitled. An eOne release. Opens Friday (May 13). For venues and times, see Movies, page 73.

at times during an interview with François Ozon at TIFF last year, I’m convinced that the canny French director is putting me on. In his classy comedy Potiche, Catherine Deneuve stars as French trophy wife Suzanne, consigned to the shadows, who discovers her power when her husband falls ill and she takes over the family umbrella factory. Ozon says he didn’t intend to make a political film. “Everybody keeps asking me about politics,” says the dashing, snappily dressed Ozon in a heavy French accent. “But at the beginning, it was just a comedy. I realize now that it can be a kind of flag for the condition of women. It’s a good surprise.” When the press reps look skeptical – this movie is plainly on Suzanne’s side – he expands the point. “I’m not a politician. As an artist, you don’t want to give a message. You just want to offer some ideas and let the audience interpret them and create their own opinions. I don’t want to make propaganda.” He thought Milk, for example, was a failure. The message was too heavyhanded, he says, and the movie lacked ambiguity. “Maybe it was the fact that it was made by a director I love [Gus Van Sant]. I was surprised – I prefer his

other movies.” Though serious at this moment, he does obviously like to kid. In Potiche’s first scene, Suzanne, played by Deneuve, one of the world’s style icons, does her morning run dressed in a ludicrous fire-enginered track suit. Ozon smiles, “That’s quite sexy, non?” Well, no, actually. And when I ask about Suzanne’s son, who discovers his gay sexuality – his wardrobe and gait change dramatically – when his mother encourages him to channel his creativity into umbrella design, Ozon looks me straight in the eye. “Is he gay?” he asks. When he sees my jaw drop, he smiles. “That was a joke.” 3

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(François Ozon) Rating: NNNN Ñ François Ozon’s sly feminist comedy is one big gobsmacking pleasure. Catherine Deneuve plays the title role (“potiche” means “trophy wife”), a woman who comes into her own when her reactionary, philandering husband falls ill and she takes over the family factory. Deneuve is glorious, obviously having a blast in a story that doesn’t shy away from broad humour. Gerard Depardieu plays her one-time lover, an influential Communist MP, with equal relish. Set in 1977, Potiche grasps that moment when women – to the shock of their more conservative family members – were just beginning to imagine what it might be like to have power. SGC A blast.

Say “I do” to Bridesmaids’ Maya Rudolph (left), Kristen Wiig and Ellie Kemper.

Compounding matters, Lillian’s wealthy new friend Helen (Rose Byrne) keeps inserting herself into the proceedings, forcing Annie to up her game to preposterous levels. Even as the situations grow increasingly cartoonish – producer Judd Apatow clearly pumped up a food-poisoning sequence – Bridesmaids paints a credible portrait of a woman in crisis. Wiig, who co-wrote the screenplay with Annie Mumolo, grounds everything in Annie’s bone-deep insecurity and gives a nicely considered performance in her first leading role. But this is an ensemble piece, and Wiig has surrounded herself with a crackling comic cast. Reno 911!’s Wendi McLendon-Covey, The Office’s Ellie Kemper and Mike & Molly’s Melissa McCarthy are her fellow bridesmaids, while Jon Hamm and Chris O’Dowd turn up as romantic interests, and Little Britain’s Matt Lucas appears, almost randomly, as her housemate. I’m not sure the movie needs to be two hours and four minutes long, but what the hell, it worked for Knocked NORMAN WILNER Up. Pilar López de Ayala casts a spell as Angelica.

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Dead Beat BEAT THE WORLD (Robert Adetuyi). 89 minutes. Opens Friday (May 13). For venues and times, see Movies, page 73. Rating: N

The Step Up series may not be great cinema, but at least it’s smart enough to cast actors and teach them to dance. Writer/director Robert Adetuyi boldly goes the other way with Beat The World, assembling dynamic dancers from around the globe without worrying about their ability to deliver dialogue or even stand still in a convincing fashion. The result is a featurelength squirm session occasionally broken up by some kinetic moves. In the time-honoured tradition of such dance-competition pictures as Breakin’ and Stomp The Yard (which Adetuyi co-wrote), Beat The World follows the aspirations of three dance crews who face off in Detroit for a $100,000 cash prize. Each group has its own clichéd set of problems through which the film dutifully cycles. But none of it really amounts to anything. It’s all just atrociously acted filler between the dance sequences, which Adetuyi shoots so haphazardly that it’s impossible to appreciate the artists or choreography.

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Strange magic THE STRANGE CASE OF ANGELICA (Manoel de Oliveira). 95 minutes. Subtitled. Opens Friday (May 13) at the TIFF Bell Lightbox. See times, page 78. Rating: NNN At 101, twice the age when most directors reach their peak, Portugal’s Manoel de Oliveira has made a haunting reverie of a film, a quiet meditation on art, love and the passage of time. Intense young photographer Isaac (Ricardo Trêpa, the director’s striking grandson) is hired by a wealthy family to photograph the dead body of a beautiful woman named Angelica (Pilar López de Ayala), who then enters his dreams. Before long, Isaac begins losing

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sleep and becomes obsessed with photographing labourers and their oldfashioned equipment. His anti-social behaviour worries his landlady and the other residents of his rooming house, whose conversation ranges from quantum physics to a very symbolic caged bird. The Strange Case Of Angelica is beautifully shot, and countrywoman Maria João Pires’s Chopin-playing gives a lyrical undertow to the imagery. It’s not entirely clear what de Oliveira’s commenting on: the lasting power of the imagination? The value of old-fashioned artistic techniques? And what does Isaac’s Jewishness have to do with anything? Never mind. If the film never quite takes off like Isaac and Angelica wafting over the Douro River, it still has lots GLENN SUMI of magic. Lily Collins and Paul Bettany stretch their talents in Priest 3D.

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(D: Scott Stewart, 87 min) A trio of hunks (Paul Bettany, Karl Urban and Cam Gigandet) star in this sci-fi horror flick about the ongoing war between humans and vampires. It’s an iffy genre – 2010’s Daybreakers didn’t draw much blood at the box office – but it could suck in the Fast Five crowd. Opens Friday (May 13). No press screening – see review May 16 at nowtoronto. com/movies.

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(George Nolfi) is a nimble, genre-shifting hybrid starring Matt Damon as a New York politician who meets the girl of his dreams (Emily Blunt) only to learn a mysterious team of suits led by John Slattery and Anthony Mackie is bent on keeping him from ever seeing her again. This smart, resourceful picture demonstrates that even the most ridiculous premise can be made to work if you get the tone right. 106 min. NNNN (NW) Carlton Cinema, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Mt Pleasant, Scotiabank Theatre

AFRICAN CATS (Keith Scholey, Alastair

Fothergill) shouldn’t be taken seriously as a nature documentary by anyone over the age of eight. The directors have shaped their footage (all shot on location at Kenya’s Maasai Mara National Reserve) into the modern equivalent of the old Wonderful World Of Disney: the animals aren’t allowed to be animals; they have to be characters in a larger, contrived drama. 89 min. NNN (NW) Canada Square, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Interchange 30, Kennedy

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ARTHUR (Jason Winer) remakes the 1981 rom-com, with Russell Brand doing great work as the rich, drunk playboy who falls in love with a working-class woman. Too bad he’s the only one allowed to be funny – Helen Mirren, as Arthur’s live-in nanny, is almost invisible, and love interest Greta Gerwig is merely winsome. 110 min. NN (AD) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, SilverCity Mississauga, Yonge & Dundas 24 THE BANG BANG CLUB (Steven Silver) asks

important questions about photojournalism: Should a photographer try to stop something horrible from happening or just get that great shot? What are the implications of white shooters making hay from black struggles? And what emotional price do photographers in war zones pay? Silver’s hyperkinetic, tension-filled film about the titular group of journalists capturing the hostilities in 1994 South Africa for Johannesburg’s The Star is extremely vivid. It has a great cast – Ryan Phillippe keeps doing great work, and check out the breakout performance by riveting Taylor Kitsch – but the politics unfold in confusing ways. Be sure you stay for the Club’s archival photos that run alongside the closing credits. 109 min. NNN (SGC) Grande - Yonge, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, SilverCity Mississauga, Varsity

BARNEY’S VERSION (Richard J. Lewis) is a radically simplified adaptation of Mordecai Richler’s final novel, looking back at the life and loves of a deteriorating Montreal television producer (Paul Giamatti). Simultaneously ambitious and pedestrian. 132 min. NNN (NW) Carlton Cinema, Regent Theatre BATTLE LOS ANGELES (Jonathan Liebesman) is an alien-invasion blockbuster designed for people who wondered why Steven Spielberg’s War Of The Worlds was all flight and no fight. After 20 minutes of the characters’ prefab baggage, it’s all forward momentum, except for a generic motivational speech by Aaron Eckhart’s world-weary staff sergeant. Simultaneously satisfying and superficial. 116 min. NNN (NW) Interchange 30 BEAT THE WORLD (Robert Adetuyi) 89

min. See review, page 72. N (NW) Opens May 13 at Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Yonge & Dundas 24.

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terrific performance by Mel Gibson as Walt, a depressed father who tries to cope by speaking through a beaver puppet. He gets great support from Anton Yelchin as his estranged son, Foster, suitably restrained as Walt’s increasingly exasperated wife, and Jennifer Lawrence, as the high school valedictorian, proving that last year’s Oscar nom was no fluke. As director, Foster finds the right tone, never stooping to melodrama or unnecessary comedy, yet ensuring that The Beaver’s not a total downer. But she can’t do much to make the story’s main conceit believable. Puppet therapy is often used with children but almost never with adults, so the general acceptance of Walt’s relationship with his new best friend, especially in his workplace, is too big of a stretch. 91 min. NNN (SGC) Varsity

BILL CUNNINGHAM NEW YORK (Richard Press) is a strange example of a documentary where the subject nearly disappears into the background of his own film. Cunningham is a thin, energetic and squeakyvoiced octogenarian photographer best known for cycling across Manhattan and chronicling trends in the New York Times’ style section. He lets director Press sit in on editing sessions and follow him to shoots, but he generally hides behind his nervous smile, remaining a mystery. The man’s instinct for what’s new and hot, however, is dead on – and he’s got a nearencyclopedic memory of fashions he’s seen come down the runway, as various fashionistas attest to in warm-hearted (and often spectacularly outfitted) interviews. Press attempts to add some tension by focusing on Cunningham and his aged neighbours’ impending eviction from their cramped rent-controlled studios at Carnegie Hall, but that doesn’t quite pay off. 84 min. NNN (GS) Kingsway Theatre, Varsity

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(Alejandro González Iñárritu) tracks small-time criminal and single father Uxbal (Oscar-nominated Javier Bardem), who’s just been informed that he’s dying. Super-intense, it’s not for everyone, just those who want to experience a terrific filmmaker and superb performer at the height of their powers. Subtitled. 147 min. NNNN (SGC) Carlton Cinema

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Canada’s Taylor Kitsch gets a breakout role playing Kevin Carter, part of the real-life titular group of photojournalists who captured events in mid-1990s South Africa.

Finally, a female version of the buddy pic! Maya Rudolph, Kristen Wiig, Rose Byrne and other funny ladies star in this ﬂick about a bride and her friends’ outrageous adventures before the big day.

Catherine Deneuve plays a trophy wife in the 1970s who takes over her husband’s factory and ﬁnds her true calling. It’s directed by François Ozon (8 Women, Women), who adores women.

Jake Gyllenhaal sure doesn’t just phone in his performance as a soldier who has eight minutes to stop a bomb from destroying a train. Great action sequences and decent sci-ﬁ premise.

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(David Lickley) is a lovely, kid-friendly, up-close look at young elephants in Kenya and orangutans in Borneo, orphaned at an early age and brought to rescue centres where they’re nurtured and prepared to return to the wild. Fascinating and expertly photographed, with flawless and unobtrusive 3-D work. 40 min. NNNN (AD) Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus

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(Paul Feig) 124 min. See review, page 72. NNNN (NW) Opens May 13 at 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Varsity, Yonge & Dundas 24.

CERTIFIED COPY (Abbas Kiarostami) is a psychological puzzler about the murky relationship between an antiques dealer (Juliette Binoche) and an art historian (William Shimell), revealed as they drive through Tuscany. Intriguing but also aggravating, its main virtue is 2010 Cannes acting prizewinner Binoche. Subtitled. 106 min. NNN (SGC) Cumberland 4 THE CONSPIRATOR (Robert Redford) painstakingly dramatizes the trial of Mary Surratt, the only woman indicted in the conspiracy to assassinate Abraham Lincoln. Robin Wright plays Southerner Surratt and James McAvoy her untested Yankee attorney. Directed by Redford in a stiff, almost frumpy manner that can best be described as Period Respectability, this is an awfully dull movie about a truly terrible time in American history, when a nation desperate to hold itself together abandoned its own fundamental principles to mete out revenge instead of search for justice. Parallels to the post-9/11 era are obvious – too obvious, really – but The Conspirator never really does anything with them. It’s a film far more interested in costumes and lighting than it is in ideas. 121 min. NN (NW) Varsity DAYDREAM NATION (Michael Goldbach)

stars Kat Dennings as a high school student who’s smarter than everybody else at her new high school and can’t connect with anybody but her history teacher. Some sloppy storytelling, but Dennings is superb. 98 min. NNN (SGC) Yonge & Dundas 24 continued on page 74 œ

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diary of a wimpy kid 2: rodrick rules (David Bowers) doesn’t quite live up its predecessor, but that’s only because the earlier movie set the bar pretty high for modern comedies about kids. This instalment deals empathetically with sibling rivalry, as the titular wimpy kid (Zachary Gordon) is forced to bond with his meanspirited older brother (Devon Bostick). Despite some childish gags, Rodrick Rules continues the franchise’s knack for candidly relating to adolescent concerns. 100 min. nnn (RS) Colossus, SilverCity Mississauga

even THe rain (Icíar Bollaín) recreates the 2000 Cochabamba water wars in Bolivia – when the native population rose up against the sale of public waterworks to foreign corporation – as experienced by a fictional Spanish film crew making a movie about Christopher Columbus’s discovery of the New World. It’s a straightforward drama about privileged First Worlders whose eyes are opened to the harsh realities of globalization when they’re plunged into the middle of a conflict, with the historical parallels made even more obvious by the device of the film shoot. (Screenwriter Paul Laverty, a frequent collaborator of Ken Loach’s, lays on the historical ironies with a trowel.) But Bollaín’s direction keeps us focused on the human stories playing out within its socially conscious frame, building to a powerful climax. Subtitled. 103 min. nnn (NW) Cumberland 4 fasT five (Justin Lin) is an okay entry in

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Hanna (Joe Wright) is an entertaining actioner starring Saoirse Ronan as a teen trained from birth to assassinate meanie spy operative Cate Blanchett. Blanchett’s brilliantly bad. 111 min. nnn (SGC) Beach Cinemas, Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Yonge, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Mississauga, Varsity Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. evil

(Michael D’Isa-Hogan) is faster, funnier, more polished and adult-friendly than the original Hoodwinked’s whodunit riff on Little Red Riding Hood. This time, a wicked witch kidnaps Hansel and Gretel and Granny, with Red, the Wolf and the overcaffeinated squirrel, now secret agents, in hot pursuit. Visual and verbal gags ensue. Some of them are elaborately developed – look for the false beard joke. Others are barely noticeable throwaways, like a reference to Dental Clown Tech. All are delivered with sharp comic timing. The animation is lively but not spectacular. The 3-D adds little to the experience. 82 min. nnn (AD) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

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(Tim Hill) is a generic family comedy about the rebellious son of the Easter Bunny that’s redeemed by a demented, genuinely subversive spirit that comes straight from star Russell Brand. 94 min. nnnn (NW) 401 & Morningside, Canada Square, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Kingsway Theatre, SilverCity Mississauga

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(Susanne Bier) follows two families coping with matters of morality and vengeance. Christian (William Jøhnk Nielsen), full of fury after his mother dies, turns to revenge as a means of getting control over his life. He begins a friendship with Elias (Markus Rygaard), whose dad (Mikael Persbrandt)

is off practising medicine in Africa – gorgeous sequences there – and who is the school bully’s prime target. After he takes care of Elias’s nemesis, Christian looks for bigger fish to fry. Persbrandt is superb as the good doctor trying to resist violence, and Bier expertly ramps up the tension in this intelligent meditation on masculinity, family and accountability. Winner of this year’s Academy Award for best foreign-language film. Subtitled. 113 min. nnnn (SGC) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Cumberland 4

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(Denis Villeneuve) successfully adapts Wajdi Mouawad’s play Scorched, a multi-layered mystery set both in Canada and somewhere in the Middle East. Villeneuve’s control over the ambitious material, André Turpin’s vivid cinematography, and committed performances make this modern-day Greek tragedy feel timeless. Subtitled. 130 min. nnnn (GS) Carlton Cinema, Mt Pleasant, TIFF Bell Lightbox

insidious (James Wan) teams the Saw franchise creators – director Wan and screenwriter Leigh Whannell – with Paranormal Activity producer Oren Peli for a story of a family plagued by spooky craziness. More a reworking of Poltergeist than anything else. 92 min. nn (NW) Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24 Jane eyre (Cary Fukunaga) is yet another adaptation of Charlotte Brönte’s novel about the eponymous orphan-turnedgoverness, but this one is richly atmospheric and bolstered by the always watchable Mia Wasikowska in the lead. There’s lots of smouldering chemistry between Jane and her Byronic employer, Mr. Rochester (Michael Fassbender), but some of their dialogue feels clunky. Adriano Goldman’s camera captures the look and feel of each of the settings, with some candlelit scenes worthy of a La Tour. 118 min. nnn (GS) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Kingsway Theatre Jumping THe Broom (Salim Akil) is a contrived comedy that pits two about-tobe-joined-by-marriage African-American families from different social milieus against each other. Sabrina (Paula Patton) is a moneyed, Ivy League-educated lawyer, while her fiancé, Jason (Laz Alonso), has worked his way up from humble Brooklyn roots to become a Wall Street banker. When Jason’s working-class

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family, headed by his single mom (Loretta Devine), descend on Sabrina’s folks’ massive estate on Martha’s Vineyard for the wedding, they predictably clash with Sabrina’s controlling mom (Angela Bassett) and dad (Brian Stokes Mitchell). The situation would be more compelling if we knew something about the central couple, but they’re cardboard characters, given little life by the actors. Thankfully, the maid of honour (Meagan Good) and the reception’s chef (CSI’s Gary Dourdan) sizzle in a couple of sexy scenes, while Tasha Smith and Romeo have a recurring gag as a younger guy-older woman pairing. Best is Devine, who uses her highpitched voice and lots of knowing glances to communicate years of frustration and pain that are only hinted at in the script. 108 min. NN (GS) 401 & Morningside, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Queensway, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

JUST GO WITH IT (Dennis Dugan) finds Adam Sandler turning his lazy attentions to a remake of the 1969 farce Cactus Flower, playing a plastic surgeon who recruits his assistant (Jennifer Aniston) and her children as his fake family when his latest fling (Brooklyn Decker) proves to be more than a one-night stand. It’s a sloppy, unnecessarily cruel series of blandly photographed arguments and misunderstandings, with one dumb idea clunking artlessly against the next. 116 min. N (NW) Interchange 30

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(Tom Hooper) turns the relationship between the stammering prince who would become George VI (Colin Firth) and his expat Australian speech trainer (Geoffrey Rush) into a charming little period piece. Director Hooper uses inventive staging and surprising visual choices to goose the straightforward material and brings out the best in Firth, Rush and co-star Helena Bonham Carter. 118 min. NNNN (NW) Regent Theatre

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than the sum of its references, but if Paul doesn’t amount to anything more than a good time, it’s still a good time, right? 102 min. NNN (NW) Yonge & Dundas 24

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finds documentarian Spurlock investigating the scourge of product placement in movies by making a movie entirely financed by sponsorship. The result is a testament to the power of the Iron Man Slurpee and the willingness of a filmmaker to whore himself out for quick cash. Spurlock tries to insulate himself by admitting he’s prostituting his movie up front, but keeps backing away from the deeper implications of what he’s doing – it’s awfully disingenuous of him to solicit advice on developing his personal brand when he’s been doing that full-time for the last seven years. It’s just the same meta-gag over and over again, as Spurlock sets the terms of a sponsor’s ad buy, delivers on those terms within the movie and waits for the audience’s knowing laughter. But that audience is still watching an ad. 90 min. NN (NW) Grande - Yonge, Varsity

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(Xavier Beauvois) dramatizes, in a subtle and respectful way, the story of Trappist monks who choose not to leave their Algerian monastery as the country tilts toward civil war in 1996, despite the knowledge that the government can no longer protect them. It’s a quiet, implacable film, finding notes of grace in the steady progression toward a dreadful end. Subtitled. 117 min. NNNN (NW) Canada Square, Cumberland 4

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Nick Frost – stars of Shaun Of The Dead and Hot Fuzz – celebrate their inner geeks as a pair of English sci-fi nerds who stumble across an actual ET on a road trip through America’s most famous alienencounter sites. The movie’s never more

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ing of the hit Broadway musical about the birth of rock ’n’ roll. 165 min. May 12, 7 pm, at Grande - Yonge, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Mississauga.

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(Joe Nussbaum) is a nice surprise, even if you’re not in its target demographic. Various members of a delightfully multicultural yet strangely bully-free high school must deal with the upcoming prom, including finding the right date, something to wear or a cool alternative. Katie Wech’s script respects its characters (even the adults aren’t caricatures), and she and director Nussbaum have a particular affection for the school’s underdogs. The movie is chaste even by Disney standards: there’s no mention of booze, drugs or sex. But while it’s clearly a slice of middle American wish fulfillment, it never feels condescending. With fine performances by Aimee Teegarden,

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LIMITLESS (Neil Burger) takes an intriguing sci-fi premise and zigzags to some pretty unexpected places. Bradley Cooper plays a slacking writer who chances upon a trial drug that makes him super-smart. Soon he’s being pursued by all sorts of unsavoury characters. Director Burger has great fun visualizing the effects of the drug, and though the film has some tonal problems, Cooper holds his own with charisma, charm and (of course) natural intelligence. 97 min. NNN (GS) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre THE LINCOLN LAWYER (Brad Furman) is the cinematic equivalent of a decent airplane read; Michael Connelly’s novel about a wheeler-dealer defence attorney pulled into an increasingly nasty assault case gives Matthew McConaughey a role ideally suited to his laid-back, Southernfried vibe. It’s entirely predictable, which becomes a bit of an issue in the second half, but McConaughey works pretty hard to hold our interest. 119 min. NNN (NW) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, Yonge & Dundas 24

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Tyler Perry’S Madea’S Big haPPy faMily (Tyler Perry) finds writer/director/

producer Perry donning the silver wig and hideous print dresses for yet another entry in the successful Madea comedy/ drama franchise. A wonderfully understated Loretta Devine plays Madea’s niece, who’s diagnosed with cancer and wants to gather her extended family to tell them. Her Aunt Bam (Cassi Davis) tries to coral them up, followed by the more successful Madea, but the siblings have their own issues to deal with and keep bolting. Perry isn’t the subtlest of directors, but he knows how to mix up tears and laughs, and his Christian message isn’t too heavyhanded. Madea’s verbal and physical smackdowns go on a touch too long, but she’s always fun to watch. And Devine lends the film grace, dignity and spirit. 106 min. NNN (GS) 401 & Morningside, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Yorkdale

feeling aimless while Giamatti and his costars establish their characters. Stick with them – it’s worth it. 105 min. NNNN (NW) Carlton Cinema, Kennedy Commons 20, Yonge & Dundas 24

WiNTer iN WarTiMe (Martin Koolhoven) is a coming-of-age drama set in a Nazioccupied Dutch village, where Michiel gets in over his head with the surviving pilot of a downed plane. Conventional thriller aspects seem almost silly compared to what the boy learns about human complexity and betrayal. Subtitled. 103 min. NNN (SGC) Kingsway Theatre

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does for 80s sword-and-sorcery fare like Deathstalker and The Sword And The Sorcerer what Hobo With A Shotgun does for the Troma oeuvre and MacGruber for the Cannon canon: it takes the piss out of it with irreverent good humour. And there’s definitely something perversely entertaining about watching James Franco – and Natalie Portman! – running around waving swords and delivering some fairly twisted medieval dialogue. 101 min. NNN (NW) Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Scotiabank Theatre, Yonge & Dundas 24 3

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taining than its log line suggested, and I’d hoped he’d work similar magic here. But there’s just nothing to go on; every single character is so selfish and blinkered that we wind up hating them long before they realize they’re supposed to hate themselves. 110 min. N (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale

Soul Surfer (Sean McNamara) turns the true story of Bethany Hamilton – a Hawaii teen who lost an arm to a shark and dedicated herself to getting back on her board – into a rote sainthood narrative, pitting AnnaSophia Robb’s blond, blue-eyed Bethany against a series of dark-haired or outright swarthy characters who dare to stand in her way. The storytelling choices grow more questionable as the movie goes on. 106 min. NN (NW) Colossus, Kennedy Commons 20, SilverCity Mississauga, Yonge & Dundas 24 Source code (Duncan Jones) casts Jake Gyllenhaal as a soldier whose consciousness is injected into a “quantum rendering” of a terrorist attack, with eight minutes to figure out who planted the bomb in order to stop a second, larger strike. Watchable, but not nearly as clever as it thinks it is. 93 min. NNN (NW) Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Kennedy Commons 20, Kingsway Theatre, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Yonge, Varsity The STraNge caSe of aNgelica (Manoel de Oliveira) 97 min. See review, page 72. NNN (GS) Opens May 13 at TIFF Bell Lightbox.

very wooden Jason Lewis and the considerably more expressive Carly Pope as Toronto downtowners whose ability to multi-task extends to juggling a trio of lovers apiece – including a married man, in Pope’s case – until they embark on a longterm flirtation with each other. Director Sonoda made the cutting comedies Ham & Cheese and Coopers’ Camera with Jason Jones and Mike Beaver; now, somehow, he’s ended up in charge of this calculated dud, which forces winning actors like Pope, Kristen Hager and Kris Holden-Reid to gum their way through co-star Liam Card’s tedious script. 94 min. N (NW) Interchange 30, Yonge & Dundas 24

Thor (Kenneth Branagh) takes a potentially ridiculous comic-book character – the beefy but well-spoken God of Thunder, son of Odin and sworn defender of our Earthly realm – and slots him nicely into the ongoing cinematic version of the Marvel Comics universe. That’s all thanks to a light-hearted script that finds the angry young god (Chris Hemsworth) exiled from heavenly Asgard and forced to knock around New Mexico with skeptical mortals Natalie Portman, Kat Dennings and Stellan Skarsgård. Branagh’s direction plays up the inherent humour and humanity, only letting the flashy CG take over in the last reel. The post-production 3-D adds nothing; try to see it flat. 113 min. NNN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale

overlong but engaging drama centred on the fortunes of fourth-century BCE professional military strategist Sun Bin, caught in a war between the Chinese states of Qi and Wei. The warrior woman he loves fights on one side and his blood brother on the other, so Sun is reluctant to work for either camp. With scheming and betrayal on all sides, Sun endures kidnapping and torture. his endearing, eccentric personality and the lively intrigue carry the movie, with adequately handled action a distant second. Some odd editing and subtitling choices occasionally make the plot hard to follow. Subtitled. 126 min. NNN (AD) Kennedy Commons 20, Yonge & Dundas 24

WaTer for elePhaNTS (Francis Lawrence) is sabotaged by a timid approach to the sex, violence and strong emotion at the heart of the story. Freshly orphaned and homeless in the 1930s, Jacob (Robert Pattinson) gets work with a travelling circus whose cruel owner (Christoph Waltz) hopes that his new elephant act will stave off bankruptcy. Meanwhile Jacob and the owner’s young wife (Reese Witherspoon) are falling for each other. Pattinson makes cow eyes at Witherspoon, but they both save their best moments for scenes with Rosie the elephant. 121 min. NN (AD) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Varsity

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BILL CUNNINGHAM NEW YORK (PG) Thu 7:20 Fri-Wed 3:00, 7:20 HOP (G) Thu 1:00 JANE EYRE (PG) 5:00 SOURCE CODE (PG) Thu 9:15 Fri-Wed 1:00, 9:15 WINTER IN WARTIME Thu 3:00

QUEENSWAY (CE)

1025 THE QUEENSWAY, QEW & ISLINGTON, 416-503-0424 AFRICAN CATS Thu 1:15, 3:45 Fri-Wed 1:55, 4:40 THE BANG BANG CLUB (14A) Thu 12:55, 3:55, 6:45, 9:40 Fri, Sun-Wed 12:10, 3:10, 6:10, 9:00 Sat 6:10, 9:00 BRIDESMAIDS (14A) Fri, Sun 12:20, 1:15, 3:40, 4:25, 6:50, 7:30, 9:50, 10:35 Sat 12:20, 12:50, 3:40, 3:50, 6:50, 7:30, 9:50, 10:35 Mon-Tue 12:20, 1:15, 3:40, 4:25, 6:50, 7:30, 9:50, 10:25 Wed 1:15, 3:50, 4:25, 6:50, 7:30, 9:50, 10:25 FAST FIVE (PG) Thu 12:10, 12:40, 1:10, 3:25, 3:50, 4:25, 6:40, 7:10, 7:40, 9:50, 10:15, 10:50 Fri-Sun 12:45, 1:20, 3:50, 4:30, 7:00, 7:40, 10:05, 10:45 Mon-Wed 12:45, 1:20, 3:50, 4:30, 7:00, 7:40, 10:05, 10:35 HANNA (PG) Thu 12:15, 3:10, 6:00, 9:10 Fri-Wed 6:15, 9:10 HOODWINKED TOO! HOOD VS. EVIL (G) Fri-Wed 1:05, 3:45 HOODWINKED TOO! HOOD VS. EVIL 3D (G) Thu 12:45, 3:15, 6:00 JUMPING THE BROOM (PG) Thu 1:05, 4:10, 7:25, 10:25 Fri-Wed 1:45, 4:35, 7:35, 10:20 LIMITLESS (14A) Thu 1:25, 4:20, 7:30, 10:20 Fri-Wed 12:35, 3:35, 6:35, 9:15 THE LINCOLN LAWYER (14A) Thu 6:20, 9:20 Fri-Sun 7:55, 10:45 Mon-Wed 6:55, 9:55 MEMPHIS Thu 7:00 THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: DIE WALKÜRE Sat 12:00 PRIEST (14A) Fri-Sat 12:00, 2:25, 4:50, 7:15, 9:45 Sun-Wed 12:30, 3:00, 5:20, 7:45, 10:15 PRIEST 3D (14A) Fri-Sat 12:30, 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:30 SunWed 12:00, 2:25, 4:50, 7:15, 9:45 PROM (PG) Thu 2:10, 4:55, 7:45, 10:35 Fri, Sun-Wed 12:55, 4:00, 6:45, 9:25 Sat 6:45, 9:25 RIO 3D (G) Thu 1:35 4:15 7:05 9:45 Fri-Wed 1:35, 4:05, 7:05, 9:40 SCREAM 4 (14A) Thu 1:50, 4:50, 10:45 SOMETHING BORROWED (PG) Thu 12:20, 3:40, 6:50, 10:05 Fri, Sun 1:25, 4:20, 7:20, 10:25 Sat 12:15, 3:25, 7:20, 10:25 Mon-Wed 1:25, 4:20, 7:20, 10:10 THE SOUND OF MUSIC Wed 6:30 THOR (PG) Thu 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 Fri-Sun 1:50, 4:55, 7:50, 10:40 Mon-Tue 1:50, 4:55, 7:50, 10:30 Wed 4:55, 7:50, 10:30 THOR 3D (PG) Thu 1:00, 1:30, 4:00, 4:30, 7:00, 7:30, 8:30, 9:55, 10:00, 10:30 Fri-Sun 12:40, 1:10, 3:30, 4:10, 6:30, 7:10, 9:30, 10:10 Mon-Tue 12:40, 1:10, 3:30, 4:10, 6:30, 7:10, 9:30, 10:00 Wed 12:40, 1:10, 3:30, 4:10, 7:10, 10:00, 10:15 WATER FOR ELEPHANTS (PG) Thu 12:00, 3:00, 6:15, 9:15 Fri-Wed 12:25, 3:20, 6:25, 9:20

RAINBOW WOODBINE (I)

WOODBINE CENTRE, 500 REXDALE BLVD, 416-213-1998 BRIDESMAIDS (14A) Fri-Wed 1:15, 4:00, 6:50, 9:25 FAST FIVE (PG) 12:55, 3:50, 6:45, 9:35 HOODWINKED TOO! HOOD VS. EVIL (G) Thu 12:45, 3:00, 5:05, 7:15 HOODWINKED TOO! HOOD VS. EVIL 3D (G) Fri-Wed 12:50, 3:40 JUMPING THE BROOM (PG) 1:00, 3:45, 6:50, 9:25 PRIEST (14A) Fri-Wed 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 9:40 PROM (PG) Thu 1:20, 4:20, 7:00, 9:40 RIO (G) 12:40, 2:50, 5:00, 7:10, 9:20 SCREAM 4 (14A) Thu 9:25 SOMETHING BORROWED (PG) 1:10, 3:55, 6:55, 9:30 THOR 3D (PG) 1:05, 4:05, 7:05, 9:45 TYLER PERRY’S MADEA’S BIG HAPPY FAMILY (PG) Thu 1:15, 4:10, 6:50, 9:15 Fri-Wed 7:00, 9:15

East End BEACH CINEMAS (AA) 1651 QUEEN ST E, 416-699-5971

BRIDESMAIDS (14A) 7:20, 10:20 Fri 4:20 Sat-Sun 1:20 mat, 4:20 FAST FIVE (PG) Thu 7:20, 10:20 Fri-Sat 4:10, 7:10, 10:10 Sun

MAY 12-18 2011 NOW

1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10:10 Mon-Wed 7:10, 10:10 HANNA (PG) Thu 9:40 HOODWINKED TOO! HOOD VS. EVIL (G) Thu 7:10 THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: DIE WALKÜRE Sat 12:00 PRIEST 3D (14A) 7:40, 10:00 Fri 5:20 Sat-Sun 12:40, 3:00 mat, 5:20 RIO (G) Thu 6:30, 9:00 Fri 4:50, 7:30 Sat 1:30, 7:30 Sun 1:30, 4:50, 7:30 Mon-Wed 7:30 SOMETHING BORROWED (PG) Thu 6:50, 9:50 Fri 3:50, 6:50, 9:40 Sat-Sun 12:50, 3:50, 6:50, 9:40 Mon-Wed 6:50, 9:40 THOR 3D (PG) Thu 7:00, 10:00 Fri 4:00, 7:00, 9:50 Sat-Sun 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:50 Mon-Wed 7:00, 9:50 WATER FOR ELEPHANTS (PG) Thu 6:40, 9:30 Fri-Wed 10:00

SCREAM 4 (14A) Thu 1:45, 4:45, 7:40, 10:15 SOMETHING BORROWED (PG) 12:50, 3:40, 6:50, 9:50 THOR 3D (PG) Thu 1:00, 1:30, 4:00, 4:30, 7:00, 7:30, 10:00, 10:30 Fri-Sun 12:20, 1:30, 3:20, 4:30, 6:20, 7:20, 9:20, 10:20 Mon-Wed 12:20, 1:30, 3:20, 4:30, 6:20, 7:20, 9:20, 10:15 TYLER PERRY’S MADEA’S BIG HAPPY FAMILY (PG) Thu 1:15, 4:15, 7:20, 10:10 Fri-Wed 12:15, 3:45, 6:40, 9:45 WATER FOR ELEPHANTS (PG) Thu 9:20

North York

785 MILNER AVE, SCARBOROUGH, 416-281-2226

EMPIRE THEATRES AT EMPRESS WALK (ET) 5095 YONGE ST, 416-223-9550

THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU (PG) Thu 1:15, 4:00, 6:40 AFRICAN CATS 2:00, 4:35, 6:50, 9:00 Fri-Sat 11:10 late ARTHUR (PG) Thu 1:45, 4:50, 7:30, 10:10 Fri-Wed 7:15, 9:50 THE LINCOLN LAWYER (14A) Thu 1:40 4:30 7:20 10:00 Fri-Wed 1:40, 4:30, 7:20, 10:20 PRIEST (14A) 1:50, 4:20, 6:40, 9:10 Fri-Sat 11:20 late PRIEST 3D (14A) 3:00, 5:10, 7:30, 10:00 Fri-Sat 12:50 mat, 11:59 late Sun 12:50 mat PROM (PG) Fri-Wed 2:10, 4:50 RIO (G) Thu 1:50, 4:25, 7:15, 9:30 Fri-Sun 12:30, 2:50, 5:15, 7:40, 10:10 Mon-Wed 2:50, 5:15, 7:40, 10:10 RIO 3D (G) Thu 2:30, 5:10, 8:00, 10:20 SCREAM 4 (14A) Thu 9:10 SOURCE CODE (PG) 2:05, 4:45, 7:10, 9:20 Fri-Sat 11:30 late THOR (PG) Thu 2:20, 5:00, 7:50, 10:30 Fri-Sat 2:15, 5:00, 7:50, 10:40 Sun-Wed 2:15, 5:00, 7:50, 10:30 THOR 3D (PG) Thu 1:30, 3:20, 4:15, 6:00, 7:00, 8:50, 9:45 Fri-Sat 12:40, 1:30, 3:20, 4:10, 6:00, 7:00, 8:50, 9:40, 11:40 Sun 12:40, 1:30, 3:20, 4:10, 6:00, 7:00, 8:50, 9:40 MonWed 1:30, 3:20, 4:10, 6:00, 7:00, 8:50, 9:40

GRANDE - YONGE (CE) 4861 YONGE ST, 416-590-9974

THE BANG BANG CLUB (14A) Thu 4:00, 7:00, 9:45 Fri 4:15, 7:25, 10:15 Sat 1:25, 4:15, 7:25, 10:15 Sun 1:25, 4:15, 7:05, 9:55 Mon-Wed 4:15, 7:05, 9:55 BRIDESMAIDS (14A) Fri 4:20, 7:20, 10:10 Sat 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:10 Sun 1:20, 4:20, 7:15, 10:00 Mon-Wed 4:20, 7:15, 10:00 FAST FIVE (PG) Thu 3:45, 4:05, 6:45, 7:05, 9:40, 10:00 Fri 3:30, 4:00, 6:30, 7:10, 9:40, 10:20 Sat 1:00, 4:00, 6:30, 7:10, 9:40, 10:20 Sun 12:30, 1:00, 3:30, 4:00, 6:30, 7:10, 9:40, 10:00 Mon-Wed 3:30, 4:00, 6:30, 7:10, 9:40, 10:00 HANNA (PG) Thu 4:15, 10:00 Fri 4:25, 7:15, 10:05 Sat 7:15 Sun 6:55, 9:45 Mon-Wed 3:55, 6:55, 9:45 HOODWINKED TOO! HOOD VS. EVIL 3D (G) 3:45, 6:10, 9:00 Sat-Sun 1:15 mat LIMITLESS (14A) Fri 4:30, 7:30, 10:00 Sat 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:00 Sun 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 9:55 Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:30, 9:55 MEMPHIS Thu 7:00 THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: DIE WALKÜRE Sat 12:00 POM WONDERFUL PRESENTS: THE GREATEST MOVIE EVER SOLD Thu 3:30 6:40 9:40 Fri-Wed 4:05, 6:40, 9:15 Sat-Sun 12:55 mat PROM (PG) Thu 3:20, 6:30, 9:10 SOMETHING BORROWED (PG) Thu 4:10, 7:10, 9:55 Fri, Mon-Wed 3:50, 7:00, 9:50 Sat-Sun 12:50, 3:50, 7:00, 9:50 WATER FOR ELEPHANTS (PG) 3:40, 6:20, 9:30 Sat-Sun 12:20 mat

SILVERCITY FAIRVIEW (CE)

FAIRVIEW MALL, 1800 SHEPPARD AVE E, 416-644-7746 BRIDESMAIDS (14A) Fri-Tue 12:20, 3:30, 6:50, 9:50 Wed 3:30, 6:50, 9:50 FAST FIVE (PG) Thu 12:00, 12:40, 3:10, 3:50, 6:30, 7:10, 9:40, 10:20 Fri-Sun 12:10, 12:40, 3:10, 4:10, 6:30, 7:10, 9:40, 10:20 Mon-Tue 12:10, 12:40, 3:10, 4:10, 6:30, 7:10, 9:40, 10:05 Wed 12:10, 12:20, 3:10, 3:20, 6:30, 9:40, 10:05 JUMPING THE BROOM (PG) Thu 12:30, 3:30, 6:40, 9:45 Fri-Wed 1:15, 4:20, 7:05, 9:55 THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: DIE WALKÜRE Sat 12:00 PRIEST 3D (14A) Fri-Wed 12:00, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 9:20, 10:10 PROM (PG) Thu 1:10, 4:10, 6:45, 9:30 RIO 3D (G) Thu 12:15 3:00 6:20 Fri-Wed 12:30, 3:00, 6:20 SCREAM 4 (14A) Thu 1:20, 4:20, 7:10, 10:10 SOMETHING BORROWED (PG) Thu 12:50, 3:40, 6:50, 9:50 Fri-Tue 12:50, 3:40, 6:40, 9:30 Wed 3:40, 6:40, 9:30 THE SOUND OF MUSIC Wed 6:30 THOR 3D (PG) Thu 1:00, 1:30, 4:00, 4:30, 7:00, 7:30, 10:00, 10:30 Fri, Sun 1:00, 1:30, 4:00, 4:30, 7:00, 7:20, 10:00, 10:30 Sat 1:30, 4:30, 7:00, 7:20, 10:00, 10:30 MonTue 1:00, 1:30, 4:00, 4:30, 7:00, 7:20, 10:00, 10:15 Wed 12:50, 1:30, 4:00, 4:30, 7:00, 7:20, 10:00, 10:15 WATER FOR ELEPHANTS (PG) Thu 9:15

SILVERCITY YORKDALE (CE) 3401 DUFFERIN ST, 416-787-4432

BRIDESMAIDS (14A) Fri-Sun 1:00, 4:00, 7:10, 10:15 MonWed 1:00, 4:00, 7:10, 10:10 FAST FIVE (PG) Thu 12:00 12:30 3:10 3:50 6:30 7:10 9:40 10:20 Fri-Wed 12:00, 12:40, 3:10, 3:50, 6:15, 7:00, 9:30, 10:10 HOODWINKED TOO! HOOD VS. EVIL 3D (G) Thu 12:10, 3:00, 6:20 INSIDIOUS (14A) Thu 9:10 JUMPING THE BROOM (PG) Thu 12:20, 3:20, 6:40, 9:30 Fri-Wed 12:45, 3:30, 6:30, 9:40 PRIEST 3D (14A) Fri-Sun 12:30, 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:00, 10:30 Mon-Wed 12:30, 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:00, 10:15 RIO 3D (G) Thu 12:40, 3:30, 6:45 Fri-Wed 12:10, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30

Scarborough 401 & MORNINGSIDE (CE) BRIDESMAIDS (14A) Fri-Sat 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 Sun 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:55 Mon-Wed 4:00, 7:00, 9:50 FAST FIVE (PG) Thu 3:45, 4:20, 6:25, 7:10, 9:15, 10:00 FriSat 12:30, 1:20, 3:20, 4:20, 6:15, 7:20, 9:15, 10:20 Sun 12:30, 1:20, 3:20, 4:20, 6:15, 7:20, 9:15, 10:10 Mon-Wed 3:40, 4:20, 6:25, 7:10, 9:15, 10:05 HOODWINKED TOO! HOOD VS. EVIL (G) Thu 4:10, 6:30 Fri-Sun 1:10, 3:30 Mon-Wed 4:05 HOP (G) Thu 4:00, 6:15 JUMPING THE BROOM (PG) Thu 4:05, 7:00, 9:45 Fri-Sun 1:30, 4:30, 7:40, 10:15 Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:15, 9:40 PRIEST (14A) Fri-Sun 6:30, 8:50 Mon-Wed 6:15, 8:50 PRIEST 3D (14A) Fri-Sat 2:00, 5:00, 7:50, 10:10 Sun 2:00, 5:00, 7:45, 10:00 Mon-Wed 5:00, 7:40, 10:00 PROM (PG) Thu 5:00, 7:25, 9:55 Fri-Sun 9:50 Mon-Wed 9:35 RIO (G) Fri-Sun 1:50, 4:50, 7:10 Mon-Wed 4:50, 7:20 RIO 3D (G) Thu 4:50, 7:20, 9:50 SCREAM 4 (14A) Thu 9:00 SOMETHING BORROWED (PG) Thu 3:50, 6:50, 9:40 FriSun 12:40, 4:10, 6:50, 9:40 Mon-Wed 4:10, 6:50, 9:30 THOR (PG) Thu 3:55, 6:40, 9:30 Fri-Sun 12:50, 3:40, 6:40, 9:30 Mon-Wed 3:50, 6:40, 9:25 THOR 3D (PG) Thu, Mon-Wed 4:40, 7:30, 10:10 Fri-Sat 1:40, 4:40, 7:30, 10:30 Sun 1:40, 4:40, 7:30, 10:05 TYLER PERRY’S MADEA’S BIG HAPPY FAMILY (PG) Thu 4:30, 7:35, 10:10 Fri-Sun 12:35, 3:10, 6:05, 9:00 Mon-Wed 3:45, 6:30, 9:00 WATER FOR ELEPHANTS (PG) Thu 8:50

COLISEUM SCARBOROUGH (CE) SCARBOROUGH TOWN CENTRE, 416-290-5217

FAST FIVE (PG) Thu 12:50, 1:20, 3:50, 4:20, 6:50, 7:20, 9:20, 9:50, 10:20 Fri-Wed 12:30, 1:25, 3:30, 4:25, 6:30, 7:25, 9:30, 10:25 INSIDIOUS (14A) Thu 12:35, 3:35, 6:35 JUMPING THE BROOM (PG) Thu 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:15 FriWed 12:50, 3:50, 6:50, 9:50 THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: DIE WALKÜRE Sat 12:00 PRIEST (14A) Fri-Wed 12:35, 3:35, 6:35, 9:35 PRIEST 3D (14A) Fri-Wed 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:20 PROM (PG) Thu 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10:10 RIO 3D (G) 12:55, 3:25, 6:20, 9:00 SOMETHING BORROWED (PG) Thu 1:25, 4:25, 7:25, 10:25 Fri-Wed 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:15 THOR (PG) 12:40, 3:40, 6:40, 9:40 THOR 3D (PG) 1:00, 1:30, 4:00, 4:30, 7:00, 7:30, 10:00, 10:30 TYLER PERRY’S MADEA’S BIG HAPPY FAMILY (PG) Thu 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 9:45 Fri, Sun-Wed 1:05, 4:05, 7:05, 10:05 Sat 7:05, 10:05

EGLINTON TOWN CENTRE (CE) 1901 EGLINTON AVE E, 416-752-4494

BRIDESMAIDS (14A) Fri-Sat 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:10 Sun 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:50 Mon-Wed 4:00, 7:00, 9:55 FAST FIVE (PG) Thu 3:40, 4:10, 4:40, 6:40, 7:10, 7:40, 9:40, 10:10, 10:30 Fri-Sat 12:00, 12:40, 3:30, 4:10, 6:30, 7:15, 9:40, 10:20 Sun 12:00, 12:40, 3:30, 4:10, 6:30, 7:15, 9:30, 10:05 Mon-Wed 3:30, 4:10, 6:30, 7:15, 9:30, 10:10 HANNA (PG) Thu 3:10, 6:15, 9:50 HOODWINKED TOO! HOOD VS. EVIL (G) 4:20, 6:45 FriSun 1:30 mat HOODWINKED TOO! HOOD VS. EVIL 3D (G) Thu 3:20, 6:10 INSIDIOUS (14A) Thu 3:50, 6:20, 9:10 Fri 1:50, 4:45, 7:40, 10:15 Sat 7:40, 10:15 Sun 1:50, 4:45, 7:40, 10:00 Mon-Wed 4:45, 7:35, 10:00 JUMPING THE BROOM (PG) Thu 4:50, 7:50, 10:20 Fri-Sat 1:55, 4:50, 7:40, 10:35 Sun 1:55, 4:50, 7:40, 10:15 MonWed 4:50, 7:40, 10:15 LIMITLESS (14A) Thu 3:00, 6:00, 9:15 Fri-Sat 9:20 SunWed 9:10 THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: DIE WALKÜRE Sat 12:00 PRIEST (14A) Fri-Sat 1:45, 4:30, 7:20, 9:50 Sun 1:45, 4:30, 7:20, 9:40 Mon-Wed 5:00, 7:50, 10:20 PRIEST 3D (14A) Fri-Sat 12:30, 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:40 Sun 12:30, 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:20 Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:20, 9:40 PROM (PG) Thu 4:15, 6:45, 9:20 Fri-Sun 1:10, 3:45, 6:40, 9:15 Mon-Wed 3:45, 6:40, 9:15 RIO 3D (G) Thu 4:45, 7:15, 9:45 Fri-Sun 12:45, 3:40, 6:20, 9:00 Mon-Wed 3:40, 6:20, 9:00 SOMETHING BORROWED (PG) Thu 4:20, 7:20, 10:05 FriSat 1:15, 4:05, 7:05, 10:00 Sun 1:15, 4:05, 7:05, 9:45 MonWed 4:05, 7:05, 9:45 THE SOUND OF MUSIC Wed 6:30 THOR (PG) Thu 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 Fri-Sat 12:10, 3:10, 6:10, 9:10 Sun 12:10, 3:10, 6:10, 9:05 Mon-Wed 3:10, 6:10, 9:05 THOR 3D (PG) Thu 4:00, 4:30, 7:00, 7:30, 9:00, 10:00, 10:15 Fri-Sat 12:50, 1:40, 3:50, 4:40, 6:50, 7:30, 9:45, 10:30 Sun 12:50, 1:40, 3:50, 4:40, 6:50, 7:30, 9:35, 10:10 MonTue 3:50, 4:40, 6:50, 7:30, 9:50, 10:25 Wed 3:50, 4:40, 7:30, 9:50, 10:25 WATER FOR ELEPHANTS (PG) Thu 4:55, 7:45, 10:25 Fri-Sat 1:20, 4:15, 7:10, 10:05 Sun 1:20, 4:15, 7:10, 9:55 Mon-Wed 4:15, 7:10, 10:05

KENNEDY COMMONS 20 (AMC) KENNEDY RD & 401, 416-335-5323

THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU (PG) Thu 2:35, 7:40 Fri, MonTue 5:00, 10:05 Sat-Sun 11:45, 5:00, 10:05 Wed 10:05 AFRICAN CATS Thu 1:40, 4:00, 7:00, 9:25 Fri, Mon-Wed

2:50, 5:05, 7:15, 9:30 Sat-Sun 12:35, 2:50, 5:05, 7:15, 9:30 ARTHUR (PG) Thu 5:05, 10:15 Fri-Tue 2:30, 7:30 Wed 2:30 THE BANG BANG CLUB (14A) Thu 2:25, 4:55, 7:25, 10:00 Fri, Mon-Wed 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:15 Sat-Sun 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:15 BEAT THE WORLD 2:55, 5:10, 7:25, 9:40 Sat-Sun 10:30, 12:40 mat BRIDESMAIDS (14A) 1:30, 3:30, 4:30, 6:30, 7:30, 9:30, 10:30 Sat-Sun 10:45, 12:30 mat DUM MAARO DUM (14A) Thu 1:35, 7:05 HANNA (PG) Thu 1:30, 4:20, 7:00, 9:40 Fri, Mon-Wed 2:05, 4:40, 7:20, 10:00 Sat-Sun 11:20, 2:05, 4:40, 7:20, 10:00 HOODWINKED TOO! HOOD VS. EVIL (G) Thu 2:45, 5:00 HOODWINKED TOO! HOOD VS. EVIL 3D (G) Thu 3:30, 5:45, 8:00, 10:15 Fri, Mon-Wed 2:25, 4:45, 7:00, 9:15 SatSun 12:15, 2:25, 4:45, 7:00, 9:15 HOP (G) Thu 2:05, 4:30, 6:55, 9:20 Fri, Mon-Wed 1:50, 4:15 Sat-Sun 11:30, 1:50, 4:15 INSIDIOUS (14A) 2:50, 5:20, 7:50, 10:20 Sat-Sun 12:20 mat JANE EYRE (PG) Thu 1:45, 4:35, 7:30, 10:20 Fri, Mon-Wed 1:30, 4:15, 7:05, 9:55 Sat-Sun 10:40, 1:30, 4:15, 7:05, 9:55 LIMITLESS (14A) Thu 7:15, 9:50 Fri, Mon-Wed 2:00, 4:35, 7:10, 9:45 Sat-Sun 11:25, 2:00, 4:35, 7:10, 9:45 THE LINCOLN LAWYER (14A) Thu 1:50, 4:50, 7:40, 10:30 Fri, Mon-Wed 1:40, 4:30, 7:20, 10:10 Sat-Sun 11:00, 1:40, 4:30, 7:20, 10:10 LOVE U... MR. KALAKAAR! 2:10, 5:30, 9:00 Sat-Sun 10:50 mat MAPPILLAI (PG) Thu 1:55, 5:35, 9:20 PROM (PG) Fri-Wed 7:15, 9:50 SCREAM 4 (14A) Thu 2:20 5:05 7:45 10:25 Fri-Wed 2:25, 5:05, 7:45, 10:25 Sat-Sun 11:35 mat SOUL SURFER (PG) Thu 1:55 4:25 7:05 9:40 Fri-Wed 1:55, 4:25, 7:10, 9:45 Sat-Sun 11:25 mat SOURCE CODE (PG) Thu 2:30, 4:55, 7:35, 10:05 Fri, MonWed 3:00, 5:20, 7:40, 10:00 Sat-Sun 12:40, 3:00, 5:20, 7:40, 10:00 THE WARRING STATES Thu 4:10, 7:15, 10:10 WATER FOR ELEPHANTS (PG) Thu 1:50, 3:55, 4:40, 6:45, 7:30, 9:35, 10:20 Fri, Mon-Wed 1:35, 4:20, 7:05, 9:50 SatSun 10:55, 1:35, 4:20, 7:05, 9:50 WEST IS WEST (14A) Thu 2:15, 4:45, 7:20, 9:55 WIN WIN (14A) Thu 2:05, 4:35, 7:10, 9:45 Fri, Mon-Wed 2:20, 4:55, 7:35, 10:10 Sat-Sun 11:40, 2:20, 4:55, 7:35, 10:10 YOUR HIGHNESS (18A) Thu 4:30, 10:05

GTA Regions Mississauga

COLISEUM MISSISSAUGA (CE) SQUARE ONE, 309 RATHBURN RD W, 905-275-3456

ARTHUR (PG) Thu 12:40, 6:20 BORN TO BE WILD 3D (G) 11:45 FAST FIVE (PG) Thu 12:10, 12:50, 3:20, 4:20, 6:40, 7:40, 9:45, 10:35 Fri-Sun 12:10, 12:50, 3:20, 4:20, 6:40, 7:30, 9:45, 10:40 Mon-Wed 12:10, 12:50, 3:20, 4:20, 6:40, 7:30, 9:45, 10:30 FAST FIVE: THE IMAX EXPERIENCE (PG) 1:05, 4:05, 7:05, 10:05 INSIDIOUS (14A) Thu 12:20, 3:10, 6:50, 9:50 Fri, Sun-Wed 12:30, 3:10, 6:50, 9:50 Sat 6:50, 9:50 JUMPING THE BROOM (PG) Thu 12:45, 3:50, 7:20, 10:20 Fri-Tue 12:40, 3:50, 7:20, 10:15 Wed 3:50, 7:20, 10:15 THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: DIE WALKÜRE Sat 12:00 PRIEST (14A) Fri-Wed 1:10, 3:40, 6:30, 9:30 PRIEST 3D (14A) Fri-Wed 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:50, 10:20 PROM (PG) 1:20, 4:10, 7:15, 10:10 RIO 3D (G) 12:00, 3:00, 6:10, 9:00 SCREAM 4 (14A) Thu 1:40, 4:40, 7:45, 10:35 THE SOUND OF MUSIC Wed 6:30 SOURCE CODE (PG) Thu 1:50, 4:50, 8:00, 10:30 Fri-Sun 1:40, 4:50, 8:00, 10:30 Mon-Wed 1:40, 4:50, 8:00, 10:25 THOR (PG) Thu 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 Fri-Tue 12:20, 3:30, 6:20, 9:20 Wed 4:00, 7:00, 9:40 THOR 3D (PG) Thu 1:00, 1:30, 4:00, 4:30, 7:00, 7:30, 10:00, 10:30 Fri-Sun 1:00, 1:30, 4:00, 4:30, 7:00, 7:40, 10:00, 10:45 Mon-Tue 1:00, 1:30, 4:00, 4:30, 7:00, 7:40, 10:00, 10:30 Wed 12:20, 1:30, 3:30, 4:30, 7:40, 10:00, 10:30 TYLER PERRY’S MADEA’S BIG HAPPY FAMILY (PG) Thu 3:40, 9:20

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110 COURTNEY PARK E AT HURONTARIO, 888-262-4386 BRIDESMAIDS (14A) Thu 12:01 Fri 1:55, 2:35, 4:55, 5:35, 7:40, 8:20, 10:40, 11:15 Sat 11:00, 11:50, 1:55, 2:35, 4:55, 5:35, 7:40, 8:20, 10:40, 11:15 Sun 11:00, 11:50, 1:55, 2:35, 4:55, 5:35, 7:40, 8:20, 10:40 Mon-Wed 1:55, 2:35, 4:55, 5:35, 7:40, 8:20, 10:40 FAST FIVE (PG) 1:40, 2:10, 2:40, 4:30, 5:00, 5:30, 7:15, 8:00, 8:30, 10:15, 11:00 Fri 11:30 late Sat 10:15, 10:45, 11:20 mat, 11:30 late Sun 10:45, 11:20 mat HANNA (PG) Thu 2:35, 7:40 HOODWINKED TOO! HOOD VS. EVIL 3D (G) Thu 3:05, 5:05, 7:05, 9:15 Fri, Mon-Wed 3:05, 7:35 Sat-Sun 10:40, 3:05, 7:35 INSIDIOUS (14A) Thu 3:10, 8:10 JUMPING THE BROOM (PG) 2:00, 4:35, 7:25, 10:05 SatSun 11:30 mat LIMITLESS (14A) Thu 3:00, 5:25, 7:55, 10:35 Fri-Wed 12:30, 5:25, 10:25 PRIEST (14A) Thu 12:01 Fri, Mon-Wed 1:05, 3:15, 5:40, 7:50, 10:10 Sat-Sun 10:50, 1:05, 3:15, 5:40, 7:50, 10:10 PRIEST 3D (14A) 12:35, 2:45, 5:05, 7:20, 9:35 Fri 11:45 late Sat 10:10 mat, 11:45 late Sun 10:10 mat

PROM (PG) Thu 2:25, 4:55, 7:20, 9:50 Fri, Mon-Wed 3:00, 7:55 Sat-Sun 10:05, 3:00, 7:55 RIO (G) 2:15, 4:50, 7:05, 9:30 Sat-Sun 11:55 mat SCREAM 4 (14A) Thu 5:10, 10:10 SOMETHING BORROWED (PG) 2:20, 4:45, 7:10, 9:45 SatSun 11:40 mat SOURCE CODE (PG) Thu 2:45, 5:00, 7:15, 9:35 Fri-Wed 12:50, 5:10, 9:40 THOR (PG) Thu 2:30, 5:15, 8:15, 11:00 Fri, Mon-Wed 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 Sat-Sun 10:00, 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 THOR 3D (PG) Thu, Mon-Wed 2:05, 4:45, 7:45, 10:30 Fri 3:00, 5:40, 8:40, 11:25 Sat 11:15, 3:00, 5:40, 8:40, 11:25 Sun 11:15, 2:05, 4:45, 7:45, 10:30 THOR: AN IMAX 3D EXPERIENCE (PG) Thu 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 Fri, Mon-Wed 2:30, 5:15, 8:15, 10:55 Sat-Sun 11:45, 2:30, 5:15, 8:15, 10:55 TYLER PERRY’S MADEA’S BIG HAPPY FAMILY (PG) Thu 5:35, 10:25 WATER FOR ELEPHANTS (PG) Thu 1:55 4:40 7:30 10:20 Fri-Wed 1:50, 4:40, 7:30, 10:20 Sat-Sun 11:10 mat

SILVERCITY MISSISSAUGA (CE) HWY 5, EAST OF HWY 403, 905-569-3373

AFRICAN CATS Thu 3:40, 6:40, 9:15 Fri-Sun 1:10, 3:50, 6:30, 9:00 Mon-Wed 3:50, 6:30, 9:00 ARTHUR (PG) Thu 6:30, 9:40 THE BANG BANG CLUB (14A) Thu 4:40, 7:30, 10:00 Fri-Sun 1:30, 4:30, 7:10, 9:50 Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:20, 9:55 BRIDESMAIDS (14A) Fri-Sun 12:40, 1:20, 3:40, 4:20, 6:40, 7:20, 9:40, 10:20 Mon-Wed 3:40, 4:20, 6:40, 7:10, 9:30, 10:00 DIARY OF A WIMPY KID 2: RODRICK RULES (G) Thu 3:30 HANNA (PG) Thu 4:30, 10:00 Fri, Sun 2:00, 4:50, 7:40, 10:10 Sat 7:40, 10:10 Mon-Wed 4:15, 6:55, 9:40 HOODWINKED TOO! HOOD VS. EVIL 3D (G) Thu 4:20, 6:45, 9:20 Fri-Sun 12:50, 3:30, 6:20 Mon-Wed 3:30, 6:20 HOP (G) Thu 3:50, 6:50, 9:30 Fri-Sun 1:40, 4:10, 6:45, 9:20 Mon-Wed 4:10, 6:45, 9:20 INSIDIOUS (14A) Thu 4:50, 7:25, 9:55 Fri-Wed 9:10 THE LINCOLN LAWYER (14A) Thu 4:10, 7:10, 9:55 Fri-Sun 1:50, 4:40, 7:30, 10:15 Mon-Wed 4:40, 7:15, 10:00 MEMPHIS Thu 7:00 THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: DIE WALKÜRE Sat 12:00 SOUL SURFER (PG) Thu 3:20, 6:20, 9:00 Fri-Sun 12:30, 3:20, 6:50, 9:30 Mon-Wed 3:20, 6:50, 9:30 WATER FOR ELEPHANTS (PG) Thu 4:00, 7:00, 9:45 Fri-Sun 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 Mon-Wed 4:00, 7:00, 9:50

North COLOSSUS (CE) HWY 400 & 7, 905-851-1001

BORN TO BE WILD 3D (G) Fri-Sun 11:45 BRIDESMAIDS (14A) Fri-Sun 12:10, 1:00, 3:10, 4:00, 6:30, 7:20, 9:40, 10:30 Mon-Wed 4:00, 4:30, 7:00, 7:30, 10:00, 10:25 DIARY OF A WIMPY KID 2: RODRICK RULES (G) Thu 3:45 FAST FIVE (PG) Thu 3:40, 4:40, 6:10, 6:40, 7:50, 9:20, 9:50 Fri-Sat 12:00, 1:30, 3:00, 4:30, 6:15, 7:40, 9:30, 10:50 Sun 12:00, 1:30, 3:00, 4:30, 6:15, 7:40, 9:30, 10:45 Mon-Wed 3:30, 4:35, 6:35, 7:35, 9:35, 10:40 FAST FIVE: THE IMAX EXPERIENCE (PG) 4:05, 7:05, 10:05 Fri-Sun 1:05 mat HOODWINKED TOO! HOOD VS. EVIL 3D (G) Thu 4:00, 6:20, 8:40 Fri, Sun 1:20, 3:45, 6:10 Sat 1:20, 7:40 MonWed 3:50, 6:20 JUMPING THE BROOM (PG) Thu 4:10, 7:20, 10:15 Fri-Sun 12:30, 3:30, 6:45, 9:35 Mon-Wed 4:20, 7:20, 10:30 LIMITLESS (14A) Thu 3:45, 6:25, 9:10 Fri-Sun 1:40, 4:20, 7:30, 10:20 Mon-Wed 3:40, 6:45, 9:40 THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: DIE WALKÜRE Sat 12:00 PRIEST (14A) Fri-Sun 2:10, 4:40, 7:15, 9:50 Mon-Wed 3:50, 6:50, 9:20 PRIEST 3D (14A) Fri, Sun 12:45, 3:15, 5:45, 8:15, 9:00, 10:45 Sat 12:45, 3:15, 5:45, 8:15, 10:45 Mon 5:00, 7:25, 9:50, 10:20 Tue-Wed 5:00, 7:30, 10:00, 10:20 RIO 3D (G) Thu 3:35, 6:45, 9:15 Fri-Sun 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:15 Mon-Wed 3:35, 6:10, 8:40 SCREAM 4 (14A) Thu 4:50, 7:30, 10:25 Fri-Sun 1:50, 4:50, 7:50, 10:40 Mon-Wed 4:50, 7:50, 10:35 SOMETHING BORROWED (PG) Thu 4:20, 7:10, 10:10 FriSun 12:50, 3:50, 7:00, 10:00 Mon-Wed 4:25, 7:25, 10:15 SOUL SURFER (PG) Thu 3:55, 6:35, 9:05 SOURCE CODE (PG) Thu 4:15, 6:55, 9:25 THOR (PG) Thu, Mon-Wed 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 Fri-Sun 12:20, 3:20, 6:20, 9:20 THOR 3D (PG) Thu 4:00, 4:30, 5:00, 7:00, 7:30, 8:00, 10:00, 10:30 Fri 1:10, 2:00, 4:10, 5:00, 7:10, 8:00, 10:10, 11:00 Sat 1:10, 4:10, 5:00, 7:10, 8:00, 10:10, 11:00 Sun 1:10, 2:00, 4:10, 5:00, 7:10, 8:00, 10:10 Mon-Wed 4:10, 4:55, 7:10, 8:00, 10:10 TYLER PERRY’S MADEA’S BIG HAPPY FAMILY (PG) Thu 4:35, 7:40, 10:20 Fri-Sun 1:15, 4:15, 6:50, 9:55 Mon-Wed 4:15, 6:55, 9:55 WATER FOR ELEPHANTS (PG) Thu 3:50, 6:50, 9:45 Fri-Sun 12:40, 3:40, 6:40, 9:45 Mon-Wed 3:45, 6:40, 9:50

BATTLE LOS ANGELES (14A) Thu 10:10 BEAT THE WORLD 3:35, 5:55, 8:15, 10:30 Sat-Sun 1:15 mat HANNA (PG) Thu 3:40 4:25 6:30 7:15 9:15 10:00 Fri-Wed 3:15, 4:30, 6:00, 7:15, 8:45, 10:00 Sat-Sun 12:35, 1:45 mat HOP (G) Thu 2:40, 5:10, 7:40 Fri, Mon-Wed 2:45, 5:30 Sat-Sun 11:55, 2:45, 5:30 INSIDIOUS (14A) Thu 2:30, 5:00, 7:35, 10:15 Fri, Mon-Wed 2:35, 4:20, 5:10, 7:00, 7:45, 9:45, 10:20 Sat-Sun 11:50, 1:40, 2:35, 4:20, 5:10, 7:00, 7:45, 9:45, 10:20 JANE EYRE (PG) Thu 3:50, 6:45, 9:45 JUST GO WITH IT (PG) Thu 4:25, 7:15, 10:05 Fri-Wed 2:00, 4:40, 7:20, 10:15 THE LINCOLN LAWYER (14A) Thu 4:10 7:00 9:55 Fri-Wed 4:10, 7:10, 10:05 Sat-Sun 1:20 mat PROM (PG) Thu 2:05 4:35 7:10 9:50 Fri-Wed 2:05, 4:35, 7:05, 9:40 Sat-Sun 11:30 mat TEXTUALITY Thu 2:45, 5:05, 7:30, 10:00 YOUR HIGHNESS (18A) Thu 2:15, 4:50, 7:25, 10:05 Fri-Wed 8:00, 10:25

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PROMENADE MALL, HWY 7 & BATHURST, 905-764-3247 BRIDESMAIDS (14A) Fri-Wed 1:10, 4:15, 7:00, 9:35 FAST FIVE (PG) Thu 1:15 4:00 6:50 9:30 Fri-Wed 1:15, 4:00, 6:45, 9:25 HOODWINKED TOO! HOOD VS. EVIL (G) 1:00, 3:00, 5:00, 7:05, 9:00 PRIEST (14A) Fri-Wed 1:25, 4:20, 7:15, 9:20 PROM (PG) Thu 1:25, 4:15, 7:10, 9:20 RIO (G) Thu 1:05, 3:45 SOMETHING BORROWED (PG) Thu 1:10 3:50 6:45 9:25 Fri-Wed 1:05, 3:50, 6:50, 9:15 THOR (PG) Thu 1:20, 4:10, 7:00, 9:35 THOR 3D (PG) Fri-Wed 1:20, 4:10, 7:10, 9:30 WATER FOR ELEPHANTS (PG) Thu 6:40, 9:15

West GRANDE - STEELES (CE) HWY 410 & STEELES, 905-455-1590

BRIDESMAIDS (14A) Fri 3:40, 6:50, 10:00 Sat 12:30, 3:40, 6:50, 10:00 Sun 12:30, 3:40, 6:50, 9:50 Mon-Wed 3:50, 6:50, 9:50 FAST FIVE (PG) Thu 3:30, 4:05, 6:40, 7:10, 9:40, 10:20 Fri 3:20, 4:00, 6:25, 7:10, 9:25, 10:20 Sat 12:20, 1:00, 3:20, 4:00, 6:25, 7:10, 9:25, 10:20 Sun 12:20, 1:00, 3:20, 4:00, 6:25, 7:10, 9:25, 10:15 Mon-Wed 3:20, 4:00, 6:25, 7:10, 9:25, 10:15 HOODWINKED TOO! HOOD VS. EVIL (G) Thu 3:35, 6:20 Sat-Sun 1:45 LIMITLESS (14A) Thu 9:20 PRIEST (14A) Fri-Wed 9:15 PRIEST 3D (14A) Fri 4:50, 7:40, 10:10 Sat 12:15, 2:40, 5:10, 7:40, 10:10 Sun 12:15, 2:40, 5:10, 7:35, 10:00 Mon-Wed 4:50, 7:35, 10:00 PROM (PG) Thu 3:50, 6:50, 9:25 RIO (G) 3:45, 6:20 Sat-Sun 1:10 mat RIO 3D (G) Thu 3:40, 6:35, 9:10 SCREAM 4 (14A) Thu 4:15, 6:55, 9:55 Fri 3:50, 6:45, 9:35 Sat 12:50, 3:50, 6:45, 9:35 Sun 12:50, 3:50, 6:45, 9:30 Mon-Wed 3:40, 6:45, 9:30 SOMETHING BORROWED (PG) Thu 4:20, 7:20, 10:10 Fri, Mon-Wed 4:10, 7:00, 9:55 Sat-Sun 1:20, 4:10, 7:00, 9:55 SOURCE CODE (PG) Thu 4:40, 7:30, 9:50 Fri-Sat 4:40, 7:20, 9:45 Sun-Wed 4:40, 7:15, 9:45 THOR (PG) Thu 3:20, 6:30, 9:30 Fri 3:30, 6:40, 9:40 Sat 12:40, 3:30, 6:40, 9:40 Sun 12:40, 3:30, 6:40, 9:35 MonWed 3:30, 6:40, 9:35 THOR 3D (PG) Thu 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 Fri 4:30, 7:30, 10:30 Sat 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:30 Sun 1:30, 4:30, 7:20, 10:10 MonWed 4:30, 7:20, 10:10 3

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30 INTERCHANGE WAY, HWY 400 & HWY 7, 416-335-5323 THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU (PG) Thu 2:00, 4:35, 7:10, 9:50 Fri, Mon-Wed 2:15, 4:50, 7:25, 10:10 Sat-Sun 11:35, 2:15, 4:50, 7:25, 10:10 AFRICAN CATS Thu 2:10 4:30 6:55 9:25 Fri-Wed 2:10, 4:25, 6:45, 9:15 Sat-Sun 11:45 mat ARTHUR (PG) Thu 4:20, 7:05, 9:40 Fri, Mon-Wed 3:45, 6:30, 9:10 Sat-Sun 1:00, 3:45, 6:30, 9:10 THE BANG BANG CLUB (14A) 2:25, 5:05, 7:40, 10:15 SatSun 11:40 mat

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indie&rep film complete festivals, independent and

repertory schedules

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Comic CJ Jones breaks through barriers in See What I’m Saying.

Repertory cinema listings are comprehensive and appear alphabetically by venue, then by date. Other films are listed by date.

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FesTivals ConTaCT phoToGraphy FesTival various venues. sCoTiabankConTaCTphoTo.Com

Thu 12-may 31 – Festival of local and inter-

national photography and related art. Free.

Thu 12 – Kronenbourg Film Night, short films

about street culture, including Sold By My Mother and The Little Prince. 7:30 pm. The Department, 1389 Dundas W. saT 14 – Magum Photos Workshop presents a screening of visual stories created by photographers participating in the workshop. 8:30 pm. Drake Hotel, 1150 Queen W. Tue 17 – Screening of Lumumba (2000) D: Raoul Peck, in conjunction with Guy Tillim’s exhibit. 6:30 pm. Design Exchange, 234 Bay.

ryerson universiTy Film FesTival

royal Cinema, 608 ColleGe. imaGearTs.ryerson.Ca/ ruFF

Thu 12-saT 14 – Films by students in their final year of the image arts film production program. $10/night; festival pass $25. Thu 12 – Lady Bare Knuckles D: Madison Cawker, The Mythology Of Nightmares D: Matt Loeb, Lay Your Love Down D: Nicholas Michelis, Let Her Go D: Jeanette McDonald, and others. 7 pm. frI 13 – All Wounds And A Better Place D: Joshua Graham, The Diamond Sea D: AnnaMarie Cheung, Masterpiece & Temptation D: Gabriela Opas, In Lieu Of Flowers D: Zazu Myers, and others. 7 pm. saT 14 – Begging To Be Told D: Amanda Row, The Final Crazy D: Charlie Tyrell, The Rehab Project D: Dylan Jones, Tulip Texas & Us D: Lee Filipovski, and others. 7 pm.

ToronTo inTernaTional deaF Film & arTs FesTival innis Town hall, 2 sussex. TidFaF.Ca

Thu 12-sun 15 – Celebration of deaf cinema

through the visual medium. $15-$20, opening night $30; pass $65, stu/srs $40. Thu 12 – Opening night: Adventures Of Power (2008) D: Ari Gold. 7:30 pm. saT 14 – Day session (9 am-5:10 pm): Inbounds D: Storm Smith, Here And There D: Michael T Cyr, American De’VIA Artist D: Tracey Salaway, I’m Deaf And I Didn’t Know D: Igor Ochronwicz, The Gift D: Alexander Genievsky, Fairytale Of London Town D: Louis Neethling, and others. Night session: See What I’m Saying D: Hilari Scarl. 5:45 pm.

ToronTo Jewish Film FesTival

al Green TheaTre, 750 spadina (aG); bloor Cinema, 506 bloor w (bC); Canada square, 2190 yonGe (Cs); Cineplex odeon sheppard CenTre, 4861 yonGe (CsC); silverCiTy riChmond hill, 8725 yonGe (srh); ToronTo underGround Cinema, 186 spadina (TuC); TiFF bell liGhTbox, 350 kinG w (Tbl). 416-599-8433, TJFF.Com

Thu 12-sun 15 – Films that reflect Jewish iden-

tity and diversity. $8-$13, stu/srs $9; passes $80-$160; some free screenings. Thu 12 – Blood Relation (2009) D: Noah Ben Hagai. Noon (AG). Jewish Soldiers In Blue And Gray (2011) D: Jonathan Gruber & short film My Mother Was A Coast Guard SPAR. 1 pm (BC). A Jewish Girl In Shanghai (2010) D: Wang Genfa. 2 pm (AG). The Human Resources Man-

May 12-18 2011 NOW

Darren Cheek (left) and Jacob Casselden are a riot in 50/50.

Deaf Film Fest will open your eyes ToronTo InTernaTIonal Deaf fIlm & arTs fesTIval from tonight to Sunday (May 12 to 15) at Innis Town Hall. tidfaf. ca. See listings, this page. Rating: nnn

If you’ve never given much thought to the idea of a film festival for the deaf community – after all, movies are pri marily a visual medium, aren’t they? And don’t most DVDs have subtitles? – then you ought to know about the ager (2010) D: Eran Riklis. 3 pm (BC). Intimate Grammar (2010) D: Nir Bergman & short film The Third Generation. 4:30 pm (CSC). Sholem Aleichem: Laughing In The Darkness (2011) D: Joseph Dorman & short film The Tailor. 5:15 pm (BC). I Shall Remember (2010) D: Vitaly Vorobjev. 5:30 pm (AG). Ingelore (2009) D: Frank Stiefel & short films Dust and Esther & Me. 6 pm (SRH). Sous Un Autre Jour (2009) D: Alain Tamsa. 6:45 pm (CSC). Shira (2009) D: Miryam Adler. 7:30 pm (CS). Mary Lou (2010) D: Eytan Fox. 8 pm (BC). The Karski Report (2010) D: Claude Lanzmann. 8 pm (AG). Five Hours From Paris (2009) D: Leonid Prudovsky. 8 pm (SRH). Acne (2008) D: Federico Veiroj & short film Grandmothers. 9 pm (CSC). frI 13 – Schund (2010) D: Yael Leibovitz Zand. Noon (AG). Einsatzgruppen: The Death Brigades (2009) D: Michaël Prazan. 1 pm (BC). Wonderful Town (1958) D: Mel Ferber and Herbert Ross. 2 pm (AG). saT 14 – Young People’s Concert: What Does Music Mean? (1958). Noon (BC). Trouble In Tahiti (2001) D: Tom Cairns & short film The Unanswered Question. 4 pm (BC). Leonard Bernstein’s Candide (2004) D: Lonny Price. 5:30 pm (BC). Little Rose (Rózyczka) (2010) D: Jan Kidawa-Blonski. 9:15 pm (AG). Five Brothers (Comme les cinq doigts de la main) (2010) D: Alexandre Arcady. 9:15 pm (CSC). The Concert (2009) D: Radu Mihaileanu. 9:15 pm (SRH). The Names Of Love (2010) D: Michel Leclerc. 9:30 pm (BC). Night Magic (1985) D: Lewis Furey. 11:45 pm (BC). sun 15 – Tevye (1939) D: Maurice Schwartz & short film Seltzer Works. 11 am (BC). The Human Turbine (2010) D: Danny Verete & short film Oranges. 11 am (AG). A Jewish Girl In Shanghai. 1 pm (CSC). Arab Labor Season 2 (2010) D: Shai Kapon & short film The Office. 1 pm (SRH). The Making Of West Side Story (1985) D: Christopher Swann. 1:30 pm (BC). Dreamcoat (2010) D: Pixie Cram. 1:30 pm (AG). Sholem Aleichem: Laughing In The Darkness. 3 pm (CSC). Between Two Worlds (2011) D: Deborah Kaufman and Alan Snitow. 3:30 pm (AG). I Miss You (2010) D: Fabian Hofman. 3:30 pm (SRH). Crime After Crime (2010) D: Yoav Potash. 4 pm (BC). Leonard Cohen: Live In London (2009) D: Edward Sanders & short film I Am A Hotel. 7 pm (BC).

ToronTo russian Film FesTival

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documentaries, including 50/50, a charming British comedy about two friends – one deaf and another who can hear – trying to make some quick cash by posing as a psychic and his interpreter. The day concludes with Hilari Scarl’s feature documentary See What I’m Saying at 5:45 pm, which profiles four deaf or hearingchal lenged entertainers as they attempt to break out of their politically charged subculture and reach a mainstream audience. Scarl clearly respects her subjects’ tenacity but doesn’t play down the darker aspects of their lives. Actor Robert DeMayo ends up homeless for a period, and hearingimpaired singer/actor TL Forsberg encounters prejudice from the deaf community when she’s cast in a stage production of Children Of A Lesser God – a role that traditionally goes to a deaf actor. The festival also includes an exhibition of photography Friday night at the Deaf Culture Centre, and industry pitches Sunday morning at the Comfort Inn Hotel. norman WIlner

Toronto International Deaf Film & Arts Festival. Tied to the Ontario Association for the Deaf’s annual Mayfest event on Friday, this year’s TIDFAF – the third since 2006 – gathers a program of features, shorts and documentaries aimed specifically at a deaf audience. The festival’s film component, at Innis Town Hall, kicks off tonight (Thursday, May 12) with Adventures Of Power, an obnoxious 2009 comedy

about an aspiring New Mexico air drummer (Ari Gold, who also directs) who falls in love with a deaf girl (Shoshannah Stern) en route to a competition in New Jersey. Imagine someone combining the most irritat ing aspects of Napoleon Dynamite and Air Guitar Nation – and then run very fast in the opposite direction. Things improve considerably on Saturday (May 14) with a daylong program of shorts, features and

Thu 12-sun 15 – Festival celebrating Russian and Russian-language post-Soviet cinema. $7$30, some free screenings. frI 13 – The House Of Sun (2009) D: Garik Sukachev. Director in attendance. 7 pm (IB). saT 14 – Student Film Competition. 11 am. Free. The Ugly Duckling (2010) D: Garry Bardin. 2 pm. First Russian (2009) D: Vladimir Levin. Director in attendance. 4:15 pm. All screenings at AG. sun 15 – Hardcore Rimma (2010) D: Vladimir Levin, and Miss Gulag (2007) D: Mariya Yatskova. Director Levin in attendance. 1:30 pm (IB). Documentary film: In Search Of Yiddish (2008). 3:30 pm (BB). Jolly Fellows (2009) D: Felix Mikhailov. Director in attendance. 4 pm (IB). Moscow, I Love You (2010) various directors. 6:30pm (IT).

Maid (1910), The New York Hat (1912) and Wilful Peggy (1910). 11 am. Never Cry Wolf (1983) D: Carroll Ballard. 2 pm. Wendy And Lucy (2008) D: Kelly Reichardt. 7 pm. The Lusty Men (1952) D: Nicholas Ray. 9:15 pm. sun 15 – Mary Pickford Curatorial Perspectives exhibition tour (11 am) and film My Best Girl (1927) D: Sam Taylor. Noon. The Hustler (1961) D: Robert Rossen. 1 pm. Kelly Reichardt X 2: Ode (1999). 5 pm. Old Joy (2006). 8:30 pm. mon 16 – Wendy And Lucy. 7 pm. Tue 17 – The Hustler. 6:30 pm. Old Joy. 7 pm. WeD 18 – In Conversation With... The Class (2008) D: Laurent Cantent. Director in attendance. 7 pm.

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Thu 12 – The Lincoln Lawyer (2011) D: Brad

frI 13 – Tornado Alley. 11 am, 2, 3 & 9 pm.

bloor Cinema

506 bloor w. 416-516-2330. bloorCinema.Com

Thu 12-sun 15 – Toronto Jewish Film Festival. See listings, this page. mon 16-Tue 17 – The Adjustment Bureau (2011) D: George Nolfi. 4:30 & 9:35 pm. Incendies (2010) D: Denis Villeneuve. 7 pm. WeD 18 – The Adjustment Bureau. 7 pm. The 24 Hour Film Race, short films created in 24 hours. 9:30 pm. filmracing.com.

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saT 14 – Figures In A Landscape (1970) D: Joseph Losey. 3 pm. Free.

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Thu 12 – River Of Grass (1993) D: Kelly Rei-

chardt. 7 pm. frI 13 – The McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health and Grand Challenges Canada present the documentary No Woman, No Cry (2010) D: Christy Turlington, about issues surrounding maternal health. Film followed by panel discussion with Turlington and others. 5:45 pm. Free, RSVP at mrc-nowomannocry.ca. Battle Of The Scores. 8 pm. saT 14 – Mary Pickford: From Actress To Icon, talk by Charlie Keil and Rob King, and screening of DW Griffith’s short films An Arcadian

Furman. 7 pm. Jane Eyre (2011) D: Cary Fukunaga. 9:20 pm. frI 13 – The Lincoln Lawyer. 7 pm. Source Code (2011) D: Duncan Jones. 9:20 pm. saT 14 – Incendies (2010) D: Denis Villeneuve. 7 pm. Source Code. 9:30 pm. sun 15 – Bereaved Families of Ontario-Toronto presents Enduring Love: Transforming Loss D: Christine Jonas-Simpson, about mothers coping with the death of a baby. 1 pm (film starts at 2 pm). $25 (proceeds to BFO-T). bfotoronto. ca. Incendies. 4 pm. Inside Out LGBT Film Festival Preview Series presents The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister (2010) D: James Kent. 7 pm. insideout.ca. Source Code. 9:15 pm. mon 16 – The Lincoln Lawyer. 7 pm. Incendies. 9:20 pm. Tue 17 – Incendies. 6:45 pm. Source Code. 9:15 pm. WeD 18 – West Is West (2010) D: Andy Deemmony. 7 pm. The Adjustment Bureau (2011) D: George Nolfi. 9:15 pm.

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Thu 12-WeD 18 – Continuous screenings Mon to Fri 9 am to 5 pm. Free.

Thu 12-frI 13 – CBC Docs: Princess Diana: Her

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mon 16-WeD 18 – Passionate Eye: Thoroughly Modern Marriage.

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Thu 12-WeD 18 – More than 5,000 NFB films at

digital viewing stations. Tue-Wed noon-7 pm, Thu-Sat noon-10 pm, Sun noon-5 pm. Free. WeD 18 – Free Favourites At Four: Passchendaele (2008) D: Paul Gross. 4 pm. Free. A World Of Shorts: What’s The Catch? Short film selection. 7 pm. $6, stu/srs $4.

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saT 14-sun 15 – Avatar 3D (2009) D: James Cameron. 7 pm.

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Under The Sea. Noon & 8 pm. IMAX Hubble. 1 pm. saT 14 – Tornado Alley. 11 am, 1, 3 & 9 pm. Under The Sea. Noon, 4 & 8 pm. IMAX Hubble. 2 pm. sun 15 – Tornado Alley. 11 am, 1 & 3 pm. IMAX Under The Sea. Noon & 4 pm. Hubble. 2 pm. mon 16-WeD 18 – Tornado Alley. 11 am, 2 & 3 pm. Under The Sea. Noon. IMAX Hubble. 1 pm.

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Thu 12 – Illustrated lecture: The History Of 3D Motion Pictures. 7 pm.

saT 14 – Illustrated lectures: The Great Movie

Serials. 1 pm; Jane Jacobs. 5 pm; Judith Merril. 6 pm. What I Learned With LSD (2010) D: Reg Hartt. 7 pm. The Epic Of Gilgamesh (2010) reading on film by Reg Hartt. 9 pm. Illustrated lecture: The Men Who Made Men Making Love With Men Look Like Gods Making Love With God (films of Wakefield Poole and Peter Berlin). 11 pm. sun 15 – Illustrated lectures: Triumph Of The Will (1935) D: Leni Riefenstahl. 1 pm; The History Of Animated Cartoons. 4 pm. Oz Darkside: The Wizard Of Oz (1939) D: Victor Fleming, accompanied by the soundtrack of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side Of The Moon album. 7 pm. Kid Dracula: Nosferatu (1922) D: FW Murnau, accompanied by the soundtrack of Radiohead’s Kid A and OK Computer albums. 9 pm. mon 16 – Illustrated lectures: The Subversive Film Festival. 7 pm; From Comic Book Page To The Silver Screen, including a screening of The Phantom. 9 pm.

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Something Wild (Criterion, eOne, 1986) D: Jonathan Demme, w/ Jeff Daniels, Melanie Griffith. Rating: NNNN; DVD package: NNN

TUE 17 – Zechariah Sitchin lectures on DVD. 5

pm. Illustrated lecture: The Death And Life Of Great American Motion Pictures. 7 pm. WED 18 – Illustrated lecture: Reg Hartt’s Metropolis (1926) D: Fritz Lang. 7 pm.

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THU 12 – Another Year (2010) Mike Leigh. 6:30 pm. The New Flesh: experiñ ments in audio/video performance by

Tasman Richardson and others. 9 pm. $10. tasmanrichardson.com. FRI 13 – Inside Out LGBT Film Festival Preview Series: Undertow (2009) D: Javier FuentesLeón. 7 pm. $10. insideout.ca. Certified Copy (2011) D: Abbas Kiarostami. 9:15 pm. SAT 14 – Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie (1981) D: Fritz Freleng. 2 pm. Free. Certified Copy. 4 & 6:45 pm. Incendies (2010) D: Denis Villeneuve. 9 pm. SUN 15 – Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie. 2 pm. Free. Three Stories Of Galicia (2010) D: Sarah Farhat and Olha Onyshko. 4 pm. Certified Copy. 6:45 pm. Incendies. 9 pm. MON 16 – Certified Copy. 1 & 9:15 pm. Incendies. 9:15 pm. TUE 17 – Certified Copy. 7 pm. Incendies. 9:15 pm. WED 18 – West Is West (2010) D: Andy DeEmmony. 7 pm. The Lincoln Lawyer (2011) D: Brad Furman. 9 pm.

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A New York hipster named Lulu (Melanie Griffith) picks up a mild-mannered yuppie (Jeff Daniels) in a diner and spirits him away for an afternoon of kinky sex. But she has ulterior motives, and before he knows it he’s doing unlikely things in Pennsylvania. Griffith and Daniels sparkle individually, and more so as a pair. They get the laughs without breaking character, and you can see their growing attraction in small moments of surprise and assessment. If their screwball romance were all that’s on offer, Something Wild would still be a dandy movie, but when Lulu’s ex enters the picture, faster and darker turns come to an already surprising story. Ray Liotta almost steals the show. He’s likeable, energetic and effortlessly scary. Well-drawn minor characters and a killer soundtrack add to Something Wild’s overall vivacity. Director Jonathan Demme talks about casting and music along with other aspects of his working methods in an illuminating half-hour interview. EXTRAS Director and writer interviews. Widescreen. English audio and subtitles.

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SAT 14 – Toronto Student Film Festival presents a showcase of short films by youth aged 12 to 21 from Canada and around the world. 7 pm. $10. tsff.ca. SUN 15 – Toronto Underground Cinema 1st Birthday Party free screenings: Clue (1985) D Jonathan Lynn. 7 pm. Jurassic Park (1993) D: Steven Spielberg. 9 pm.

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The CN Tower presents The Ultimate Wave Tahiti 3D. Continuous screenings daily 10 am to 8 pm. 301 Front W. 416868-6937, cntower.ca. THU 12-WED 18 – Casa Loma presents The Pellatt Newsreel (2006) D: Barbra Cooper, a film and permanent exhibit on the history of Casa Loma and Henry Pellatt. Daily screenings 10 am to 4:30 pm. Included w/ admission. 1 Austin Terrace. 416-923-1171, casaloma.org. THU 12 – Ontario Heritage Trust presents the docudrama Death Or Canada D: Ruan Magan, about Irish immigrants coming to Toronto in 1847. Discussion to follow. 6:30 pm. $8, stu/ srs $6. Enoch Turner Schoolhouse, 106 Trinity. 416-327-6997, heritagetrust.on.ca. Young Urban Farmers Community Shared Agriculture Movie Night presents King Corn D: Aaron Wolf, a documentary about the impact of genetically modified corn. 7 pm. Free. Metro Hall, 55 John, rm 308. yufcsa.com. Centre for Inquiry Ontario presents Four Lions (2010) D: Chris Morris. Film followed by discussion. 7 pm. Free. 216 Beverley. cficanada.ca/ontario/events. SAT 14 – Reel Activism presents the documentary Energy Autonomy – The 4th Revolution D: Carl Fetchner. Discussion to follow. 7 pm. Free (donations appreciated). Bloor Street United Church, 300 Bloor W. 416-966-2851. MON 16 – Early Monthly Segments and the Power Plant present To What Earth Does This Sweet Cold Belong? short 16mm films that reinterpret the natural world. 8 pm. $5 sugg. Gladstone Hotel Art Bar, 1214 Queen W. earlymonthlysegments.org. WED 18 – The Trane Studio Dinner & A Movie night presents The Honey Dripper (2007) D: John Sayles. 8 pm. Free. 964 Bathurst. 416913-8197, tranestudio.com. 3

The Fortunes And Misfortunes Of Moll Flanders (BFS, 1996) D: David Attwood, w/ Alex Kingston, Daniel Craig. Rating: NNN; DVD package: NN

There’s no shortage of sex in this fourpart adaptation of Daniel Defoe’s 1722 novel about a woman trying get along on her own, but it gets a forthright treatment that avoids both sniggering and cheesy eroticism and very much reflects the character of Moll herself. Moll is out to marry for money. So are the men she meets, and it’s the conflict between love and money that drives a story that ranges from funny to almost tragic. Born in prison and orphaned in her first week, Moll gets lucky when she’s taken in by the local mayor and raised almost as one of the family. Mistress to one of his sons, she’s married to the other and widowed early. Her next husband is a spendthrift, the third a disaster of a different sort, likewise the fourth and fifth. Along the way, she meets the love of her life, commits adultery, incest and robbery and lands in jail. Alex Kingston carries the miniseries easily, making Moll believably charming and despairing by turns. Daniel Craig is suitably dashing as her great love, and Diana Rigg and Patti Love both come close to stealing the show in major supporting roles. Unless you fancy reading the novel on your screen, the extras aren’t much.

EXTRAS Cast and Defoe bios, the novel on DVD-ROM. Full-frame. English audio. No subtitles.

Blue Valentine (Alliance, 2010) D: Derek Cianfrance, w/ Michelle Williams, Ryan Gosling. Rating: NNN; DVD package: NNN

Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling bring an astonishing level of vulnerability to Blue Valentine’s intimate story of love’s beginning and end. In the present, Dean, a house painter, and Cindy, a nurse, leave their six-year-old with Granddad and head to a motel for the night. They’ve been fighting, and Dean thinks some time together might restore the marriage. That goes badly, and next day things come to a head. Flashbacks throughout reveal meeting, courtship, pregnancy and marriage. Nobody spells it out, but the seeds of future discontent are visible early on. Williams, Gosling and director Derek Cianfrance went to extraordinary lengths to reach a seldom-seen level of realism and vulnerability. You’ll find the story in the making-of doc and commentary. EXTRAS Commentary, making-of doc, more. Widescreen. English, French audio. English, French, Spanish subtitles.

Black Death (Mongrel, 2010) D:

Christopher Smith, w/ Sean Bean, Eddie Redmayne. Rating: NN; DVD package: none.

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The beauty of medieval horror movies is that they can deliver the sleazy joys of exploitation and at the same time be profoundly disturbing on a number of levels. It doesn’t take zombies, vampires or slashers. All you need is one dedicated witch-finder and the stage is set for humanity at its idealistic, cynical and deluded worst. In the plague-ridden 12th century, Osmund (Eddie Redmayne), a very pious novice monk in love with a local girl, becomes the guide for a band of battle-hardened soldiers seeking a village rumoured to be free of the plague and reanimating its dead. What they find are peaceful, friendly people, but Ulric (Sean Bean), the soldiers’ commander, knows deviltry when he sees it. It’s a little light on the sex and sadism by exploitation standards, and heavy on the message – the villagers have remarkably modern views on religion – but there’s no shortage of nasty moments and strange doings convincingly mounted. Since you won’t be spending time on the extras (there aren’t any), you might check out these other fine tales of medieval madness. Vincent Price ditches his cozy mannerisms to play the title role in Witchfinder General (aka The Conqueror Worm). Mark Of The Devil offers pure nastiness of mind and body. And in The Devils, director Ken Russell celebrates the mating of religious and sexual frenzy. EXTRAS Widescreen. English, French audio. No subtitles.

Coming Tuesday, May 17 Vanishing On 7th Street (eOne, 2010)

Guy wakes up with the city depopulated and something in the dark waiting to claim the few survivors.

The Mechanic (Alliance, 2011) Jason Statham plays a hired killer out to avenge the murder of a friend while teaching his skills to the friend’s son. Pale Flower (Criter-

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Positively Penthouse! Here’s a penthouse collection to make you smile! The penthouses of minto775 King West offer the perfect combination of style, location and features. Sensational suites, in a green sustainable building, in the heart of the city’s hottest neighbourhood. This is the place to be… and with only 13 penthouse suites available, now’s the time!

504 streetcar…or take the car and you’re minutes from the Lakeshore and Gardiner Expressway. In addition to the parking spot and locker that comes with your penthouse, minto775 provides bike storage, car-share and bike-sharing options, even plug-ins for electrical vehicles.

Just check out these interiors. Imagine life in a 2-storey penthouse, with up to 2 bedrooms plus den and library, a spectacular staircase and a gorgeous outdoor terrace. Or perhaps you’d prefer a 2-bedroom plus den all on one level…with more than a thousand feet of private outdoor terrace. These suites simply must be seen to be believed! Of course, there are sublime 1-bedrooms too…a complete portfolio of penthouse options to choose from!

With construction now well underway and occupancy slated for Fall 2012, minto775 is already transforming the corner of King and Tecumseth. Award-winning Hariri Pontarini Architects have designed two ultra-modern towers that redefine the neighbourhood. This LEED Gold candidate development features clean modern lines, warm brick and a detailed façade with extensive glazing. The 17-storey East Tower (175 suites) and 12-storey West Tower (175 suites) are connected by an amazing shared amenities environment in a stunning 5-storey central podium. The grand lobby entrance located off King Street West is accessed through an exclusive pedestrian passageway and courtyard designed by Ferris & Associates, featuring water, fire, sculpted landscaping and light. Select retailers at ground level provide the ultimate in convenience, and of course, your concierge is at your service 24/7.

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minto775 is the next condominium in Minto’s industryleading Green building portfolio. Minto incorporates innovative technologies to improve energy efficiency and promote sustainability. At minto775, you’ll find “all-off” switches and green plugs in every suite, ENERGYSTAR® appliances, individual electricity and water metering, multi-chute recycling, HRV and improved air circulation, rainwater harvesting, low-flow showerheads and dual-flush toilets…plus high-efficiency building systems that reduce energy consumption and drastically reduce emissions. Minto is OHBA’s 2010 Green Builder of the Year and in 2008 Minto achieved the first LEED® Gold certification for a multi-residential building in Canada for Minto Roehampton. MintoMidtown at Yonge & Eglinton, is the largest LEED® certified development in North America, and verified an achievement of $1,000,000 in annual energy savings.

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