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Levine places actors in a “house” for eight hours a day. Runs at OCADU as part of Luminato until Jun 19. Free. luminato.com/habit. okkervil river Will Sheff and Co. hit the Phoenix w/ ace openers Titus Andronicus and Future Islands. 8 pm. $18.50. HS, RT, SS, TM.

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festival and conference kicks off a week of panels (50!), films (40!) and, of course, music (650 bands!). To Jun 19. Various venues/prices. nxne.com. hanan al-Shaykh The author talks with NOW’s Susan G Cole about her work and her stage adaptation of One Thousand And One Nights. 7 pm. $20. TIFF Bell Lightbox, luminato. com.

dream-popsters bring their new Burst Apart album, a less depressing affair than 2009’s Hospice, to the Mod Club. 8 pm. $17.50. HS, RT, SS, TM. GiorGio barrera Subtle photos of sites of conflict stand in the Consulate General of Italy’s garden. Free. To Jul 17. 416-977-1566.

youth read, and artists including the Ill Nana dance troupe perform to celebrate the new issue. Art Gallery of Ontario. 6 pm. Free. 416-324-5077.

Keshia Chanté, Shawn Desman and Platinum Blonde play the street fest. Bloor between Church and Avenue. 11 am-4 pm. Free. bloor-yorkville.com.

Gallagher give it a go at Sound Academy. Doors 8 pm. $40. RT, SS, TM. huMberTo velez Documents of the artist’s performances that bring excluded communities into art institutions run at Art Gallery of York U, to Jun 26. Free. 416-736-516.

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+androMaChe Scottish director Graham McLaren helms a reimagination of the Racine tragedy, as part of Luminato. 7:30 pm at the Theatre Centre. To Jun 19. $51.50. 416-3684849. +The Tree oF liFe Terrence Malick’s latest film will be beat at the box office by J.J. Abrams’s Super 8. But don’t miss the exquisite Palme d’Or winner’s opening weekend.

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a star-studded cast in this live performance of the Sondheim musical. $tba. 7 pm at various movie theatres. (Also Jul 9.) JoyCe Carol oaTeS The literary legend talks about A Widow’s Story at the Glenn Gould Studio. $20, 8:30 pm. luminato. com.

eGypT riSinG TIFF Cinematheque’s Egyptian film series screens Neighbours (6:30 pm) and Eye Of The Sun (9 pm). $9.50-$12 each. 416-968-FILM. open rooF The fest kicks off with the doc Exit Through The Gift Shop, followed by band Little Black Dress. 7:30 pm (doors). $15. Amsterdam Brewery. openrooffestival.com. SaCred WaTerS Anthropologists, archaeologists and spiritual leaders examine water in sacred practice. 10:30 am-6:30 pm. Free. ROM. rom.on.ca/ water.

album, The Double Cross, puts the power pop icons back on top. Mod Club. Doors 7 pm. $25.50. RT, SS, TM. And Jun 22.

photographs probe technology’s impact on perception. Angell Gallery, to Jun 11. Free. 416-530-0444. ron haWkinS Hawkins leaves behind his reunited Lowest of the Low for this solo show at the Drake. Doors 8 pm. $10. 416-531-5042.

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Conversation with Berlin architect Diébédo Francis Kéré and Canuck social entrepreneur Geoff Cape. 6 pm. Free. MaRS Centre. goethe/de/ecology.

JeaneTTe WinTerSon The author discusses her new memoir at a free Luminato event at the Reference Library. 7 pm. luminato.com.

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along Bloor pushes the idea of a cross-city bike lane. Noon. Free. Bloor and High Park. takethetooker.ca.

TSO in a late-night performance of Mahler’s acclaimed symphony as part of Luminato. 10:30 pm. $22.50-$76. Roy Thomson Hall. 416-593-4828.

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loved your update on the bike Plan (NOW, June 2-8), but we only have 116 kilometres of actual lanes right now. The rest are shared roadways or off-road paths. We had about 40 kilometres in 2001 when the plan was approved. (I was there.) So that means in 10 years, with about 2.7 kilometres scheduled to be installed this year (maybe), the city has added about 80 kilometres of bike lanes (toronto.ca/cycling). Martin Reis

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this week’s ecoholic (now, june 2-8) does a disservice to people who suffer from allergies. Although the province of Ontario seems determined to give herbal remedies some validity, other reputable medical groups, including the British Medical Association, have come forward to speak out against their use. The fact is, the ingredients used in homeopathic substances are often so diluted with water that it is not physically possible for even a single molecule to remain in the remedy. Natural does not always equal effective. Jocelyne Allen Toronto

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the 10th anniversary vigil commemorating the forced disappearance of Colombian indigenous leader Kimy Pernia Domico June 2 was beautiful and extremely moving. Many of the 50 people there participated in the vigils 10 years ago at the time of Kimy’s disappearance and [in] SOS Kimy. Others had heard about his life and legacy. People spoke about his courage, his leadership, his commitment to justice for his people and his deep connection to Canadians. Fifty-six MPs from all political parties signed a letter to the Colom-

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[Frontlines] Michael Hollett on fear, racoons and rage We are again living in a time of manufactured enemies. The postwar 50s were all about the Next War, that one “fer sure” to be driven by Communists bent on destroying the newly resurgent Western way of life. Now, from Stephen Harper to Rob/ Doug Ford to Tim Hudak, we are being told that our lifestyle is under attack and somebody else is trying to wrench it away from us. Dusting off an old-time Conservative playbook, they insist that the poor, criminals, civil servants, unionized workers, artists, bike riders, the media and, yes, even raccoons are trying to steal what we have worked so hard to achieve. Raccoons. Harper merrily wages pointless wars in Afghanistan and now Libya, but he fights imaginary wars with Denmark over uninhabited islands in the North and with “bureaucracy,” an evil presumed to be as frightening to Canadians as “liberals” are to Americans. A lot of this witch-hunting has been imported from Sarah Palin’s Tea Bag America, though creating enemies lists goes back at least to Mike Harris’s horrendous rule and his war against welfare recipients.

At a time of significantly falling crime rates, Tories from Harper to Hudak vow to get tough on crime and criminals. Rather than love our neighbours, we’re taught to suspect them and sure as hell not take any shit. It’s a world where we’re again encouraged to fear The Other, be it loud folks next door or brown people who may have

Rather than love our neighbours, we’re taught to suspect them.

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A decade after passage of the plan to protect the Oak Ridges Moraine, the 160-kilometre-long watershed just north of Toronto, Ontario Nature reports in an expansive review that the preserve is under siege. Only 8.5 per cent of the moraine remains under strict protection, and precious water from aquifers is being pumped to feed growth in York Region. The plan has allowed roads, transmission lines and gravel pits to be built in natural corridors on the moraine. 12

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“snuck” into our country. What we should fear is those who would set us upon each other while they create room for themselves to cut services and subvert our natural interconnections. I was heartened by Opposition leader Jack Layton’s comments at the opening of Parliament. “Canadians elected each and every one of us here. When we do not show respect for each other as individuals, we are not showing respect for the Canadians who sent us here.” Time to renew our commitment to hope, and community, and to resist being bullied into anger at imaginary enemies. michaelh@nowtoronto.com

bloor Cinema takes the summer off The iconic theatre is shutting down for a reno. Cinema operators say they’ll be back up in time for the After Dark Film Festival in October. (We hope.) Read the story at nowtoronto.com.

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CyCle DynamiCs Alberto de Ciccio’s sculptures made from repurposed bicycle parts entertain and capture the imagination – and they move, too. His exhibition opened this week at La Carrera Cycles (106 Harbord).

Jeff Healey The park the late guitar hero played in as a teenager, near his childhood home in Etobicoke, is named after him in a ceremony Sunday, June 5.

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Councillor Joe Mihevc Citizen Joe is honoured by the Caribbean community with the African Canadian Achievement Awards of Excellence (ACAA) Founder’s Award for his tireless advocacy of Caribana over the years.

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REDRAWING CONCLUSIONS

WE CRUNCH THE NUMBERS ON DEPUTY MAYOR DOUG HOLYDAY’S AND THE MAYOR’S PLANS TO REMAKE THE CITY’S ELECTORAL BOUNDARIES. CAN YOU SAY “POWER PLAY”? POPULATION BOMB

HOUSEHOLDS KEY

1 Number of left-leaning wards A riding redistribution plan the downtown could gain under a riding redistribution plan based on population.

3 Number of right-leaning wards Ford could gain in the burbs. 79,435 Population of the

3 Number of left-leaning wards the downtown could gain under a riding redistribution plan based on households.

44,420 Population of the

1 (maybe 2) Number of right-leaning wards Ford could gain in the burbs.

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based on the number of households and businesses would create more seats downtown than a plan based on the number of voters.

least populous ward in the city – Ward 29, Toronto-Danforth.

15,615 Households in Ward 7, York West, the ward with the fewest households in the city.

12 (maybe 13) Number out

39,375 Households in Ward 27, Toronto Centre-Rosedale, the ward with the most households.

11 Number of seats that would

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4 Number of seats that would be held by the left.

Cutting council in half, to 22 members, as pledged by the mayor during the election, would just about kill the left.

22 Number out of 44 wards currently held by Ford loyalists.

of 44 wards currently held by the left on council.

be held by Ford loyalists in a council of 22 members based on the current council complement.

7 Number of seats that would be too close to call.

s right-wing pols go, deputy Mayor Doug Holyday is not as partisan as some who make up Rob Ford’s inner circle jerks. If you watch Holyday closely enough at council meetings, you might catch a smile wrinkling his lips on those occasions when he stands in the chamber to do nothing more than toe the party line – which is often these days. What to make, then, of the political dynamite he’s playing with – namely, his idea of redrawing electoral boundaries to more accurately reflect the population in each ward? Sounds too democratic to be true. Holyday says he’s pitching the plan in the interest of “fairness.” It’s tempting to view his initiative as a political boon for the downtown, where condo growth has upped the numbers living in the core. Some on the left certainly have. They were under the impression – mistaken, it turns out – that Holyday’s realignment would mean a more equitable distribution of seats, the current 44 wards either realigned or a few more added to take into account population growth. Maybe someone in the mayor’s office got to the deputy mayor. Cuz now he’s talking, to me at least, about going along with the mayor’s plan to halve the number of council seats from the current 44 to 22. Where the mayor and his deputy diverge is on Holyday’s preference for an elected board of control – eight members chosen citywide, two for each of the four districts – to replace the executive committee currently handpicked by the mayor. That comes as news to Adam Vaughan, who has been commiserating with Holyday on the subject of ward boundaries. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. Why would Ford’s go-to guy on the inner workings of government hatch a plan to weaken the power of the hand that feeds him? The answer is that he’s not. Sorry, lefties, no silver lining here. Check the numbers (see sidebar). Holyday’s new ward map, however he decides to draw it, would not shift the balance of power to the left at City Hall, for several reasons. continued on page 23 œ

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Months after the revolution, protestors continue to be rounded up by military authorities at rallies in Cairo’s Tahrir Square.

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At Mideast gathering, Egypt rights watchers search for reason to hope By ALICE KLEIN beirut – we’re talking revolution in Egypt, and pessimism and opti mism are duking it out. For these couple of hours, a hotel meeting room in Beirut is the forum for a handful of Egypt’s human rights lu minaries to assess the trajectory of their country’s chaos.

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I am at the general meeting of the International Freedom of Expres sion Exchange (IFEX). Catchy titles have never been the strong point of civil society groups, but don’t let the boring monicker fool you. If the global human rights firing line were Hollywood, pretty much

everyone here would be walking the red carpet (myself excluded). All present stand up for critical speech against great odds in Uganda, Sri Lanka, Mexico, Congo, Yemen – you name it. And there’s something for Canada to crow about here, because this net

worked group of freedom front liners is tended and nurtured be tween meets by their Canuck member, Canadian Journalists for Free Expression. I’m one of them, which is how I got my place at the table. But this session is for Egypt’s me dia rights leaders, and there are many threads to untangle. Does that country’s army have its own agenda? Will the masses stay engaged? And ominously at this confab of journal istic free expression defenders, will bigmonied media be reborn as a ve hicle for any of several possible counterrevolutionary scenarios? Renowned blogger and journalist Nora Younis is the pessimist at the table. She was right there back in 2004 when web activism went be yond the chat room. While pundits hail Egypt’s internet uprising, Younis recalls how effectively state repres sion kept up. Now, in Egypt, the prime minister has a Twitter account, and the army exclusively uses Facebook for all its announcements. Writing the word “military” isn’t against the law as it was before the revolution, but researching the mis deeds of the army is beyond touchy. One real danger Younis sees is that the “structures for defending press freedom aren’t yet there,” though, as a member of the new National Coali tion for Media Freedom, she is cer tainly working on it. The soft launch of the org’s website (ncmf.info) just went up on Monday, June 5. Gamal Eid, veteran lead defence lawyer in many of Egypt’s most im portant human rights cases, says current violations “even exceed what we experienced before the revolution.” Yet he’s pulling for the optimist side; the army, he says, re acts positively to public pressure. The army’s special place in the na tion’s psyche is a recurring theme, and Eid has come up with an inter esting strategy to address this fact. In his current campaign, he encour ages bloggers and journalists to criticize the military tribunals (in

which protesters are tried) in a pro army context. “We differentiate between the army and the military tribunals so it doesn’t hurt the credibility of the army,” he says. It has been a success, and Eid is undaunted by the fact that 20 or 25 per cent of critics get hauled in for questioning. In a postdictator period, everything is relative. In fact, the defence lawyer feels that one of the problems for civil so ciety is that the most important or ganizations on the ground are geared to confrontation when the situation calls for conversation and dialogue. “Some of my friends would be surprised to hear me say we have a good interior minister,” he says. Journalist Khaled AlSergany sees the situation similarly and says that when sitting in on tribunals, one can witness the uncertainty of offi cers. “We can’t turn the government and the military into enemies,” he says. “We need to work with them and listen to them.” Appeal lawyer Rawda Ahmed con curs, saying that because the situa tion is so unresolved, it’s important to be in process with authorities. Her organization was invited by the minister of communication to dis cuss new media laws and regula tions. At the end of the conversation, in which Eid also participated, the minister confided that he didn’t know whether to push ahead in Par liament or wait until the election. They suggested that he publish the proposed law on the internet and solicit comments. To their sur prise, that’s what he did. Don’t get Eid wrong, though. He is clear that every member of civil society must keep one foot in Tahrir Square and one in the office. Sherif Azer of the Egyptian Or ganization for Human Rights, a younger activist who remembers the military mentality from his own army days, is also not fearful about the military’s political weight. “They are very sensitive to protests and continued on page 20 œ

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wandering through the ab- tures and photographs, following the stract Expressionist show at the AGO movement as its artists inched their recently, I realized with a flash what’s way forward. wrong with contemporary art. Their vitality and diversity ran the Without the spunk and sweat of gamut from Jackson Pollock’s ascreators in decades past who were tounding leap of faith in action willing to gamble everything, art topainting, a kind of all-over dance day has taken a sabbatical, a tenured performance on canvas, to the more leave of absence. It’s austere Mark Rothko, lost its way. whose meditative orIn the late 40s and anges and reds levi50s, art was a kind of tate inside his large calling. Most of the fields. abstract expressionAll these artists ists were émigrés, felt the need to abanAmerican misfits or don the limitations the children of imof figurative or landmigrants who had scape painting. But escaped European Ad Reinhardt’s soconflicts. After the called black paintatom bomb was ings are anything dropped on Hiroshibut just black for ma, they turned to those who are paMark Rothko’s No. 5/No. 22 their art as a respite. tient. When such (dated on reverse 1949) Each new work paintings work, they was a challenge thrown down to seem to hide mysteries. fellow artists. And the air of creative By comparison, today’s art is disexchange was palpable in every gutpassionate, easily reproducible postdrenched canvas. You can trace such modernism gone loony. Though it influences in the AGO show as they uses every known digital technique, ricochet between paintings, sculpit seems hollow. In our mediated age,

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Jackson Pollock Number 1A, 1948

the sense of immediacy and intimacy has gone missing. Anyone with an MFA and a digital camera is an artist today. I’m bored with the countless videos and installations, the king-sized digitized prints of Super 8 films, the inane drawings by people who can’t draw but are making a statement about drawing. Today’s established artists have had it too easy for too

long with their chic cafés, their magazines, their artist-run galleries, their websites and government funding. Art has gotten fat and lazy on stipends. Some of the blame can be laid on the growth in the 70s and 80s of institutional MFA programs that teach art theory that systematically kills off new artists’ spontaneity. Instead of art, you get illustrated art critiques

with conceptual frameworks from the new academy. Add to that a driven art market looking for the latest thing before it’s even had a chance to bloom, not the expression of personal commitment. The latter has become anathema to a global marketplace that prefers bloated large-scale works that look more like advertising. Clever packaging and impressive presentations

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criticism,” he says. “Once people are on the streets and there is a campaign against one of their decisions, they’ll withdraw that decision.” But there’s the rub. Younis is not sure activists will be able to mobilize endlessly. Sentiments are changing, she feels, and the populace is getting tired of the atmosphere of upheaval. The revolution needs to deliver something that really makes a difference. Take the minimum wage. Demonstrators asked for a raise to 1,200 pounds from the current 150, she points out, but the minister of finance raised it only to 700 a month. As well, the uprising “gave a hard fist to the police,” but there is no police reform, and, says Younis, there is a security vacuum, so people will be begging for their presence. And what role will the non-state mainstream media that is reconfiguring itself play in forming public opinion? Big dollars are heading for satellite channels. The perception in Egypt is that Gulf money is going there, says Younis, and many channels are in the offing before there is a process for vetting, transparency and a code of ethics. That is a much bigger worry at the table than radical Islam. “Islamists are part of our society,”

says Eid, “but not the majority.” He feels the worry is a Western fixation. Last Friday, June 3, the Muslim Brotherhood and military council tried to pressure people to stop the Friday protests, he says. Instead, a million came out to support civil society and democracy. Younis’s caution is really smart, but so is Eid’s hopefulness, which is far from blind. They all expect the revolution will unfold for years to come. And yet, at the same time, every minute counts. Despite their differing assessments, panelists agree on the role of international assistance. Eid would like to see organizations working with the European Commission become aware of Egypt’s issues so that when the EU talks to Egyptian officials, human rights can be raised. But there are straightforward needs, too. Younis sums them up as exchange and translation – translation into Arabic not only of laws and books, but also of films, most of which are available only in English or Spanish. “Docs appeal to the younger generation,” she says, and translation “will influence not only Egyptians, but the rest of the Arab world as well.” No one knows how the process will unfold. Reform is working in parallel with the traditional political process – sometimes very fast, sometimes slow. “We need to be working in tandem on many things. We need to be ready,” says Eid. 3

EGYPT WISH LIST The transitional government of Egypt should:

• Abolish the Emergency Law, which allows authorities to detain people without charge. • Rescind the new strike and demonstration law, which bans protests that “obstruct” state institutions. • Abolish penal code provisions on “insulting public authorities’’ and “spreading false information.” • Revoke the Assembly Law, which requires gatherings to disperse if ordered by authorities. • Amend the Associations Law to allow NGOs to be established without government approval. • Establish civilian oversight of the police force. • Stop trying civilians in military courts. From Human Rights Reform An Urgent Priority, Human Rights Watch, June 7

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perience art through plastic surfaces of prints or glassed-in LCD screens. Expectations have changed. When it isn’t spectacle, we think of art as entertainment. When events like Nuit Blanche offer gallery crawlers a night’s free viewings while enjoying a latte, it isn’t the art that matters. We come at it expecting nothing and settle for an outing. The expressionists took risks without knowing – or caring – what happened next. And many failed. But they were driven to get at the heart of what a painting could be without representation, even if it displeased or disturbed. In the AGO’s selected show, a handful of their masterpieces still take your breath away. Where are the passionate artists today? Have they all gone into videogaming? 3

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Dog’s breakfast Governments regulate food in all the wrong ways By WAYNE ROBERTS it’s time the vatican classed this as a miracle: politicians can promise to cut fat without cutting services and keep as much populist credibility as ever. Despite all the promises I make to myself to stay calm and centred while others choose their personal path to planetary destruction, the ways of this miracle got to me recently. The occasion was the recent release by the Britain-based World Cancer Research Fund of an 850-page study linking red and processed meats to bowel and colon cancers. Public response to this report gave me the clue I needed. Just follow the empty words, dead silences and nonevents that greeted the information

to see what got cut by governments during years of “cutting flab without cutting services.” Both the chair of the research team and the British officer of health recommended that people should consider cutting down on red and processed meats. What about people who don’t know there’s a risk? I wondered, perhaps because the report got virtually no media coverage or perhaps because there are no warnings on the meat labels that consumers see when shopping. And why should people only consider cutting down rather than actually cutting down? I wondered if medical officers of health from years back would have

suggested that drivers consider wearing seat belts or consider slowing down near schools and children’s playgrounds. Did old-style officers of health put all the onus of considering on individuals? I also wondered if what got cut when no services and only fat got cut was what used to be called general fiduciary responsibility, the government’s duty of trust and care. Then my mind wandered to how major food trends of recent decades have gone unregulated. Plastic bottles: no problem. TV ads pitched to infants: no problem. Setting up junk food outlets near schools: no problem. Vendor carts selling foods known to cause

Selling food raised in a community garden: big problem

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Then I considered trends that have remained marginal and noted that they’ve all been subject to the long arm of the law. Vendor carts that sell nutritious and fresh foods: big problem. Products that truthfully advertise “no GE ingredients”: big problem. Government health ads that encourage eating less fat: big problem. (Eat more lean meats is fine; less of anything is a no-no.) Community gardens in parks: big ordeal. Farmers’ market in public space: big ordeal. Splitting up large farms into affordable small farms in rural areas: big problem. Selling unpasteurized milk with a clear label: huge problem. Farm-based food processing: huge ordeal. Selling food raised in a community garden: big problem. Government purchasing of local and sustainable food: big ordeal. Local slaughterhouses supporting local farms and humane animal practices: huge ordeal. All of this explains how government cuts are quicker than the eye. Refraining from cutting old services diverts the public’s untrained eye while the trick is performed in other areas. In fact, it’s not services that people need to keep their eye on, but public rights to information and protection, and the government’s duty of care, especially for the weak and defenceless, the very people who are least able to “consider” their choices. A word to the wise is not sufficient.

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First, Holyday’s only talking about adding one, maybe two wards at most in the core. More to the point, he’s not talking about what Vaughan and others on the left want to see happen: adjust ing the electoral boundaries based on the number of households and businesses in each ward, rather than

the population. Or using the number of voters in each ward, or a combina tion of all those numbers, to arrive at a more equitable distribution of seats on council. That formula would def initely mean adding more seats than Holyday is envisioning downtown – as many as three, maybe more, de pending on what averages are used. Even Holyday’s repbypop pitch, at least the one he was talking about before he changed his mind, could, in fact, further consolidate the may or’s power. The downtown core isn’t the only area that would gain more wards. Surprise! Wards in the burbs

have higher populations than their counterparts in the core. Based on Holyday’s population formula, wards in inner burbs of North York and others in Scarbo rough and south Etobicoke currently held by Ford allies would be divvied up to mean more potential seats for the right on council. The mayor, of course, has his own ideas about ward redistribution. His goal is to cut the number of wards in half. Period. Under that scenario, Ford would hold even more of the balance of power – 11 of 22 wards solidly behind

the mayor, six too close to call and five (maybe four seats) for progres sives, according to council’s current makeup. The elected board of control Holy day’s contemplating might act as a check on the mayor’s power. But the mayor still has political plums at his disposal – various committee chair manships and board appointments, for example, that he can use to influ ence an elected board. Certainly, boards of control that existed preamalgamation didn’t prevent mayors of the old cities from pushing their agendas through

council. Beyond the numbers, the trickier part when it comes to redrawing To ronto’s wards is keeping BIAs and neighbourhood associations – not to mention established communities – intact. Those goals will be harder to achieve under either Ford’s or Holy day’s plan. If we learned anything from the last time our boundaries were re drawn, during amalgamation, it’s that reducing the number of council lors leaves voters feeling more alien ated from City Hall. 3 enzom@nowtoronto.com

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you for trying to mine my heartbreak in search of reasons for my vileness. And, in fact, yes, I did have the shit kicked out of me when I was little, but so did my sister, and she’s a high school teacher. If knowing these things humanizes me, well then, so many of us are human. And if all strippers are working out their daddy issues, why the snideness? Daddy issues are often really complicated. They involve neglect, distance and physical and sexual abuse, among other things. I know very few women, strippers or not, who haven’t been physically or sexually abused. This is not a joke. It is endemic. When I worked, I met women who were cooking heroin for their mothers at seven, women who had given birth when they were babies themselves, women who had spent time in refugee camps after wars had ravaged their countries, women who had been raped and abused in unspeakable ways. I also met women whose lives were virtually untouched by calamities or violence. Yes, we are all someone’s daughter. And as grown women, our fathers don’t have agency over our choices, and sometimes we are escaping the agency they once had. 3

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when i read ashley botting’s story Striptease in NOW two weeks ago, I really felt it reflected my own feelings about the sex trade before I spent almost 10 years in it. But for close to 20 years now, I’ve been exploring and debunking the same attitudes Botting conveys in her piece. I know what it is to have mixed feelings about sex work and sex workers, even from the inside, even now. As a stripper, I remember the lines in the sand being drawn ferociously between those of us who were non-contact and those of us who weren’t. There was little room for sex-work-positive feminist ideology in those times. Ugly things were said. I wrote ugly things about lap dancers. I was angry at the women who were changing the workplace, because they seemed to have little regard for how it affected women who had fought hard to establish regulations under nebulous management, extorting doormen, without unions and community support. Botting comes at this anger from an entirely different place. I know that brand of rage as well. As a dancer, I entertained women sitting with male friends. I have felt the contempt in their verbal air quotes: “So, does your family know about your ‘job’?” No, they don’t. After a long and painful history, I don’t speak to my mother, and my father is a monk, so talking to him about anything related to sex is a little awkward. But thanks for humiliating me for my familial shortcomings while I’m working. Thank

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in the Beginning: a Jewish Playwriting festival Jewish Canadian playwrights

workshop their scripts with professional actors and directors. Free. Miles Nadal JCC, 750 Spadina. kofflerarts.org. Jun 13 to 16 rluMinato The festival of arts and creativity features theatre, music, films, dance, visual art, cabaret, literary readings, installations, lectures, kids’ entertainment and more at venues across the city. Various prices, many events free. luminato.com. Jun 10 to 19 north By northeast filM festival Features, shorts and docs about music including Kunst-Camera: J.X. Williams’ Cabinet Of Curiosities, Color Me Obsessed, Better Than Something: Jay Reatard, and others. NFB (150 John), Toronto Underground Cinema (186 Spadina).nxne.com. Jun 13 to 19

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Lecture on the decriminalization of sex work by law professor Alan Young. 6:30 pm. Free. Novotel Toronto Centre, 45 the Esplanade. aidslaw.ca/symposium.

The filmmaker screens his essay film and talks about how Los Angeles has been represented onscreen. Today 6:30 pm; Jun 11, 7 pm. $8.50-$12. TIFF Bell Lightbox, 350 King W. tiff.net. transition toronto Meeting on supporting

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BurlesQue festival funDraiser (Toronto Int’l Burlesque Festival) Performances by Tanya Cheex, Coco Framboise, the Saucy Tarts and many others. 9 pm. $30, adv $25. Gladstone, 1214 Queen W. torontoburlesque.com.

Doc now Documentary media festival showcasing film, photography and new media by graduating Ryerson students. docnow.ca. To Jun 25 insPirato festival Ten-minute commissioned plays by Dominik Loncar, Nicole Pandolfo and others, plus readings, workshops and more. $12-$17. Alumnae Theatre, 70 Berkeley. inspiratofestival.ca. To Jun 12 the great gatsBy (Epilepsy Cure Initiative) 1920s-themed dinner dance and costume party. 6:30 pm. $125. Palais Royale Ballroom, 1601 Lake Shore W. 647-892-7799. karaoke suMMer Party (Reel Asian Film Festival/Japanese earthquake relief) Fundraising karaoke night. 9 pm. $10. Rivoli, 332 Queen W. reelasian.com. relay for life (Canadian Cancer Soc) 12-hour overnight non-competitive race. 7 pm-7 am. Donation. Centennial Stadium, Rathburn and Renforth. relayforlife.ca. sPring for wilDlife (Toronto Wildlife Centre) Gastronomic delights and a live auction. 6:30 pm. $295. Restaurant Didier,

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Organizers of the World Naked Bike Ride like to say, “Nothing crude about us’’ – a reference to the pedal fest’s mandate to protest oil dependency and car obscenity and promote healthy, body-positive values. Get your courage up and join the bare-as-you-dare ride, Saturday (June 11). Actually, creative costumes are just as welcome. Noon. Free. Coronation Park, Lake Shore just west of Bathurst. worldnakedbikeride.org.

hIv rIghts and wrongs

The occurrence of HIV/AIDS continues to raise a mass of social and privacy issues, many of which will be explored at the Symposium On HIV, Law And Human Rights: Litigating 1496 Yonge. 416-925-8588.

Events

Celebrate the InternatIonal IndIan FIlm aCademy awards Bollywood-themed activities include a screening of the film Dabangg (today 8 pm), and finals for the Bollywood Moves Dance Contest (tomorrow noon-11 pm). Today and tomorrow. Free. Yonge-Dundas Square. ydsquare.ca.

eCology.desIgn.synergy: InClusIve ImagInIng: the CommunIty as eCo-ProjeCt

Conversation with Berlin architect Diébédo Francis Kéré and Canadian social entrepreneur Geoff Cape. 6 pm. Free. MaRS Centre Auditorium, 101 College. goethe.de/ecology. BFrIday nIght rIdes wIth CyCloPs Bike rides with performances by Cycling Oriented Puppet Squad. 6:30 pm. Free. Various loca-

For Change. Participants include AIDS Action Now’s Tim McCaskell, BC Civil Liberties Association’s David Eby, Sex Professionals of Canada’s Nikki Tho mas and more. Thursday (June 9), 8 am to 6 pm, and Friday (June 10), 8 am to 5:30 pm. $50/$100. Alan Young, lawyer in the constitutional challenge against prostitution laws, delivers the keynote, Sex, Work, Rights: Making The Case For Sex Workers’ Health And Human Rights, on Thursday at 6:30 pm. Free. Novotel Toronto Centre, 45 the Esplanade. aidslaw.ca.

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Brilliant young lawyer Barbra Schlifer was raped and murdered the day she was called to the bar in 1981. Tragedy sparked activism when, in 1985, her tions. clayandpapertheatre.org/cyclops/ category/group-rides. lgbt youth lIne Annual general meeting. 5 pm. Free. 519 Church Community Centre. info@youthline.ca. LlumInato FestIval overvIew Curators and progammers give an inside look at the program. Noon. Free. Chapters, 142 John. luminato.com. LlumInato FIrst nIght The festival of arts and creativity kicks off with a concert by Beast and the Joel Plaskett Emergency. 8 pm. Free. Metro Square, 55 John. luminato.com.

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PeoPle Friendly Spike Theatre Band presents development rehearsals of a new production about the CAMH Patient Built Wall. 6:30 pm. Free. May Robinson Auditorium, 20 West

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workIng suburbs: aCtIvIsm In suburban toronto Panel with geography prof Deb Cowen and members of the Jane-Finch Action Against Poverty. 7 pm. Free. Regal Beagle, 335 Bloor W. workersassembly.ca.

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Planet Palmerston yard sale (Habitat for

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Events

The ArT Of flAmencO Presentations, panels,

workshops and films. Today and tomorrow 10 am-4 pm. $75-$150. Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham. Register 416-595-5753, flamencos.net. BArTbike Bicycle decoration workshops (byo decorations). To Jun 18, 1 pm. Free. Dufferin Grove Park Field House, Dufferin S of Bloor. clayandpapertheatre.org/cyclops. beAches ArTs & crAfTs shOw More than 150 exhibitors. Today and tomorrow 10 am-6 pm. Free. Kew Garden Park, Queen and Lee. beachesartsandcraftsshow.com. cAnAdiAn cAmping experience Try out camping by learning to pick a campsite, set up a tent, start a campfire and more. 10 am. Free. Glen Rouge Campground, 7450 Kingston. Pre-register 416-661-6600 ext 5394. cOmpAssiOn mArkeTplAce Toronto Vegetarian Assoc marketplace. 9 am-6 pm. Free. Artscape Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie. compassionweek.ca. dOwnTOwn service review meeTing Get your voice heard on cuts to city services. 2 pm. Free. City Hall Committee Rm 1, Queen and Bay. 416-392-7916. BeAsT YOrk hisTOrY bike ride Cycling tour of ward 29’s historic sites. 1-4 pm. Free. Playter Gardens, Danforth and Cambridge. 647367-2417, 29bikes.ca.

r88 dAYs Of fOrTune: wYling On The islAnd The youth-led multimedia collective

celebrates its second anniversary with live painting, workshops, sky installations and more. Noon-midnight. $12. Artscape Gibraltar Point, Ward’s Island. 88days.ca. hOme Green 13 screening of a film on how the earth is changing followed by a discussion. 1:30 pm. Free. Annette Library, 145 Annette. green13toronto.org. rideAu redux Women’s roller derby with the Derby Debutantes vs Riot Squad. 7 pm. $15, adv $12. Ted Reeve Arena, 175 Main. gtarollergirls.com. rrOuge pArk JuniOr hikers Kids five to 10 participate in camping activities and nature hikes. 2 pm. Free. Glen Rouge Campground, 7450 Kingston. Pre-register 905-713-3184. schOOl dAYs in nOrTh TOrOnTO Heritage Toronto walk. 11 am. Free. Bedford Park Public School, 81 Ranleigh. heritagetoronto.org. sneAker expO: uniTed we sOle Buy, sell, trade or talk sneakers and support sneaker culture. Noon-7 pm. $10. 99 Sudbury.

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ThrOugh The gArden gATe: swAnseA villAge Self-guided tour of 22 private gardens

in the Swansea neighbourhood. Today and tomorrow 11 am-4 pm. $40, 2-day pass $50 (free shuttle bus). 416-397-1357. rTOrOnTO hOrse dAY Learn about riding and driving styes and various breeds. 11 am-4 pm. Free. Horse Palace Bldg, Exhibition Place. 905-709-6545. TOrOnTO rAw/vegAn fesTivAl Speakers, demos, raw and vegan food, and more. 10 am-8 pm. Free. 918 Bathurst Centre for Culture, Arts, Media & Education. 416-538-0868. BrTOrOnTO Tree fesTivAl Walking or cycling tree tours in Toronto Island Park, kids’ tree climbing and crafts, rappelling demos, tree-planting ceremony and more. 10:15 am. Free (except ferry fare). Ferry docks, foot of Bay. torontotreefest@toronto.ca. rwings Over rOuge pArk Walk to discover birds, butterflies and dragonflies. Noon. Free. Pearse House, 1749 Meadowvale. Pre-register 905-713-3184. B wOrld nAked bike ride Cycle bare as you dare against oil dependencys. Noon. Free. Coronation Park, Lake Shore just west of Bathurst. worldnakedbikeride.org.

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swim 1910 (University Settlement) Find out how far you can swim in 19 minutes and 10 seconds. Noon-4 pm. $25. University Settlement Pool, 23 Grange. 416-598-3444 ext 229. TOrOnTO TAsTe (Second Harvest) The city’s best culinary talent prepares fare to help feed the hungry. 6:30 pm. $250. Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Pk. torontotaste.ca. wAlk TO cure diAbeTes (Juvenile Diabetes Reearch Fdn) Entertainment, giveaways and more for families and teams. 10 am. Pledges. Bandshell Park, Exhibition Place. jdrf.ca/walk. wOrdwide kniT in public/inTernATiOnAl YArn bOmbing dAY (Streetknit) A knit-a-scarf

relay, music by the Girls Are Back in Town, lessons and a yarn swap. 1 pm. Free. Wise Daughters, 3079B Dundas W. 416-761-1555. The wrOAr ride vii (Toronto Rape Crisis Centre/Multicultural Women Against Rape) Fundraising motorcycle ride. 10 am-4 pm. Pledges. Titan of Toronto, 8575 Keele (Vaughan). wroar.com. BrZAreinu mOveAThOn fesTivAl (Zareinu Educational Centre) Entertainment, rides, games, fundraising walks and more. 11 am-6 pm. Free, min $25 in pledges for walks. Downsview Park, John Drury and Sheppard. moveathon.com.

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Bbike wiTh mike Learn about Trinity-

Spadina on an interactive ride with councillor Mike Layton. 11 am-4 pm. Free. Christie Pits, Bloor and Christie. 416-392-4009. children’s sTOrefrOnT celebrATiOn The family resource centre celebrates its 35th anniversary with a get-together. 11 am-3 pm. Free. 826 Bloor W. 416-531-8151. ciTY-wide phOTO scAvenger hunT Teams of photographers hunt for great photos across the city. 11:30 am. $5/person. Trinity-Bellwoods Park, Queen and Strachan. Pre-register amanda.macdonald@gmail.com.

cudmOre creek And OTher leAside creeks

Lost rivers walk. 6:30 pm. Free. Bayview and Eglinton. 416-593-2656. rfesTivAl On blOOr Live music, theatre, a Battle of the Bands, parade, vendors and more. Noon-6 pm. Free. Bloor from Spadina to Bathurst. 416-924-6211, mnjcc.org. BgAY wesT bicYcle club The LGBTQ leisure cycling club holds an easy-roller ride. Noon. Free (except ferry fare). Ward’s Island ferry docks, foot of Bay. queerwest.org.

heArT Of TOrOnTO: builders Of The ciTY

Guided ROM walk. 2 pm. New City Hall, Queen and Bay. rom.on.ca. Jewish, prOud And lesbiAn Talks by author Gabriella Goliger, filmmaker Barbara Center and musician Justine Apple. 7 pm. Free. Congregation Darchei Noam, 864 Sheppard W. 647-345-6249. rkOffler fAmilY fun fesTivAl An all-ages art party celebrates students in the areas of music and visual arts. 11 am-4 pm. Free. Koffler Centre, 4588 Bathurst. 416-638-1881.

rmAke A fATher’s dAY cArd in The Or-

chArd Workshop for kids of all ages. 1 pm. Free. Ben Nobleman Park Community Orchard (across from Eglinton West subway). Pre-register growingforgreen@gmail.com. The Once And fuTure Archives Archivist Michael Moir talks about the special collections at York University libraries. 2 pm. Free. Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil. ulyssean.on.ca. Bride The new leAside rAil/TrAil Bike ride and talk by councillor Jaye Robinson. 1 pm. Free. York Mills and Lawrence. 416-781-3848. LsArgAssO Architect Philip Beesley talks about his animated installation. Noon. Free. Chapters, 142 John. luminato.com. screenwriTing 101: sTrucTure TO rewriTe Toronto Screenwriters Meetup Group workshop with Paul Chitlik. 2 pm. $10. National Film Board, 150 John. tsmg@gmail.com. Time TO plAnT Join High Park Stewards for planting. 10:30 am. Free. Grenadier Restaurant, High Park. highparknature.org. where’s The beef? 80s-themed burlesque with Les Coquettes. 7 & 9:30 pm. $15-$30. Revival, 783 College. 416-535-7888.

wriTTen, spOken, TOld: sex-pOsiTive JOur-

nalism Workshop with Sexlife Canada managing editor Jon Pressick. 1-3 pm. $20. Lucky You!, 2920 Dundas W. Pre-register jon/ pressick@gmail.com.

Monday, June 13

Events

Broadway’s night out Sing and dance to a

marathon video mash-up of show tunes and musicals. 11 pm. $5. Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander. 416-975-8555. Lgraham mclaren The Scottish theatre director talks about his contemporary take on Jean Racine’s classic Andromache. Noon. Free. Chapters, 142 John. luminato.com. PaPer surroundings Talk on washi by textile artist Nieves Carrasco. 7 pm. Free. Japanese Paper Place, 77 Brock. 416-538-9669.

sPontaneity: a new york state of mind

Music, dance, poetry and film complementing the Abstract Expressionist New York exhibition. 9 pm. $30, srs $25, stu $20. Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas W. 416-979-6648.

Tuesday, June 14

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rent (Pediatric Oncology Group of Ont) Fundraising performances of Jonathan Larson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning musical. To Jun 18. $25-$55. Bathurst Street Theatre, 736 Bathurst. 416-978-8849. taste of Parkdale (Gallery 1313) Sampling of dishes from Parkdale restaurants, live music, art and more. 7 pm. $30. Gallery 1313, 1313 Queen W. 416-536-6778. world for change concert (UforChange) Jazz and world music support a youth arts engagement project. 8 pm. $30. CBC Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front W. uforchange.org.

Events

Ldavid levine The Berlin-based director

talks about his avant-garde art installation Habit. Noon. Free. Chapters, 142 John. luminato.com.

imPact of walkerton rainstorm on a toronto watershed Lost rivers walk. 6:30

pm. Free. Osgoode subway (west side), Queen and University. 416-593-2656. lunch + learn with scott Barnim The potter discusses his work. Noon. $25, stu/srs $20. Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, 111

Queen’s Park. 416-586-8080. running free! Running group for families who have a loved one with a mental health or addiction issue. Every Tue to Aug 30. 6 pm. Free. CAMH, rm 2029, 33 Russell. Pre-register 416-535-8501 ext 2189. sacred sex: tantra and Beyond All-genders workshop. 7-9:30 pm. $33. Good for Her, 175 Harbord. Pre-register 416-588-0900.

scottish country dancing in the Park

Dance to the music of the Scottish Accent (instruction provided). 7 pm. Free. Edwards Gardens, Lawrence and Leslie. 4-164-066-3668. social media & Blogging Basics Four-week course for novice bloggers. 6:30-8:30 pm. $135. Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay W. Pre-register 416-973-4093, harbourfrontcentre.com. wild women exPeditons road triP Talk and slide show on outdoor adventures for women by guide Ally Lyske. 7 pm. Free. Toronto Women’s Bookstore, 73 Harbord. jennifer@wildwomenexp.com. wildlands league Talk by former World Wildlife Fund Canada director Monte Hummel. 6:30 pm. Free. U of T Faculty Club, 41 Willcocks. wildlandsleague.org.

Wednesday, June 15

Benefits

food close to home (West End Food Co-

op) Music, speakers, dancing, a community bond market and local food. 6:30 pm. Free. Gladstone, 1214 Queen W. 416-533-6363. the 9 muses (Girls on the Run) Fundraising gala with DJ Tudor, wine tasting and a silent auction. 6:30 pm. $60. Local Company, 511 Danforth. nightofthe9muses.wordpress.com.

Events

aBstract exPressionist new york MOMA

director Glenn D Lowry and AGO director Matthew Teitelbaum discuss the exhibition. 7 pm. $28, stu $17. Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas W. 416-979-6648. Beyond sharkwater Talk on the looming crisis in the world’s oceans by wildlife photographer Rob Stewart. 7 pm. $15. Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park. 416-5865897, rom.on.ca/water. LBrigitte haentjens The Quebec director talks about her theatre piece Tout Comme

Elle (Just Like Her). Noon. Free. Chapters, 142 John. luminato.com.

centre for women and trans PeoPle summer oPen house Discussions, brainstorming

and a social. 6:30 pm. Free. Centre for Women and Trans People, rm 100, 563 Spadina. womenscentre.ca.utoronto.ca. danforth Guided ROM walk. 6 pm. Free. Danforth and Cambridge. rom.on.ca.

Pharaoh amenhoteP the magnificent’s magnificent men Soc for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities lecture. 7 pm. $5. Rm 142, 5 Bancroft. thessea.org.

a way with words with nuala fitzgerald

The actor performs her favourite verses and dramatic enactments. 2 pm. Free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. torontopubliclibrary.ca.

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Thursday, June 16

Benefits

a design for literacy (Frontier College) Read-

ings and discussions with authors Ken Greenberg, Luigi Ferrara and Mark Kingwell. 6 pm. $30. Humanscale Toronto Showroom, 488 Wellington W. 416-361-0032. rmr marmalade (Royal Seed Needy Home) Fly By Night Theatre presents the Noah Haidle children’s play. Today and tomorrow 8 pm; Jun 18, 2 & 8 pm. $15-$20. Village Playhouse, 2190E Bloor W. flybynighttheatre.ca. Power Ball: thirteenth floor (Power Plant) Gala art fundraiser, with visuals by Laura Kikauka, music by DJ Members and more 7:30 pm. $165. Power Plant, 231 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4018.

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Sous chef Shane Carruthers shows off Earth Bloor West’s Wellington County rib eye burger (left), while owner Ed Ho serves it on up the rooftop deck.

I like tofu. Really I do. But I draw the line when it’s used to imitate meat. I don’t understand why some vegans go to the bother of fashioning animal flesh out of soy beans, wheat gluten and food colouring. To convince carnivores that it’s just like the real thing? I’m no stranger to steak, but I’d rather eat broccoli than some simulation of a pork chop. Take the seitan “chorizo” burrito at Kensington Market’s Hot Beans (160 Baldwin, at Spadina, 647-352-7581). Imagine a vaguely sausage-like substance with the texture of a diced pencil eraser wrapped in a lard-free tortilla along with annatto rice, black beans and a squiggle of faux sour cream. Or how about tacos stuffed with chicken constructed from bean curd skin that feels like a mouthful of elastics? Or a weekend-only breakfast burrito worthy of Elvis, stuffed with greasy fake bacon in peanut sauce with fried plantain (all $8.50, all tax-inclusive). Wash them all down with terrifically tart limeade ($3.50) before grabbing a six-pack of freshly made maple-glazed vegan donuts ($2 each) to go. Mr. Presley SD would approve.

Come down to Earth

Globe Bistro spinoff brings its locavore menu to the far west side By STEVEN DAVEY times, we know what to expect. The card, the look, the service are virtually identical. But are the pierogi-loving locals ready? “I’ve lived out here for 14 years, so I know the neighbourhood,” says Ho. “There are lots of interesting little places, but nothing with a buzz.”

EARTH BLOOR WEST (2448 Bloor West, at Jane, 416-763-2222, earthbloorwest.com) Complete brunches/lunches for $35 per person (dinners $65), including tax, tip and a cocktail. Average main $14/$22. Open for brunch Saturday and Sunday 11 am to 3 pm, lunch Monday to Friday 11:30 am to 3 pm, dinner nightly 5 to 10 pm (to 11 pm Thursday to Saturday). Licensed. Access: four steps at door, washrooms in basement. Rating: NNN✺

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earth bloor west wears its food philosophy upfront. Why, it’s right there on the sign over the door of the latest spinoff of hot Globe Bistro and Earth Rosedale: “Think global, eat local.” We’ve made the trek to Swansea this suddenly summer Sunday noon to do just that. Since we downtown sophisticates have been to both of owner Ed Ho’s other locavore haunts several

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To celebrate its second anniversary, Poutini’s House of Poutine (1112 Queen West, at Beaconsfield, 647342-3732, poutini.com) offers a twofor-one special Sunday (June 12). The deep-fried deal runs from noon to 9 pm. Speaking of spuds, Smoke’s

And EBW does buzz in spades. For starters, the former sports bar is huge, with a 100-seat dining room and 50seat wine bar complete with soaring ceilings on the first floor, a 300-seat event space in the basement, another 200-seat party room on the second floor and a remarkably tranquil deck

Poutinerie (490 Bloor West, at Albany, 416-588-2873, smokespoutinerie.com) has just opened another late-night pit stop in the former Annex outpost of Chippy’s.

No no, Negroni

Sidecar’s William Sweete and Casey Bee are shuttering nearby sister resto Negroni this weekend. The one-time Ukula, Honey Kaffe, Airport Lounge and Fruition relaunches Tuesday (June 14) as Carpano (492 College, at Palmer-

on the roof. Once inside this massive black-on-black box, we could be almost anywhere. Darth Vader’s Las Vegas bachelor pad, say. To the dulcet strains of KISS insisting they just want to rock ’n’ roll all night (and party every day – no argument there), we tuck into executive chef Kevin McKenna’s one-off inaugural $15 prix fixe brunch. It begins with a basket of house-baked apricot scones spread with tart cranberry preserves and a round of complimentary mimosas ($8 à la carte).

ston, 416-413-0005) after a quick reno. Kendall Collingridge (ex-Crush, Buca, Le Petit Castor and very briefly Parkette) now helms the kitchen. Though Sweete describes the new dinner menu as “Italian, but not strictly,” the lunch lineup will include the signature panini and peanut butter ice cream that put sandwich spot Negroni on the local foodie map in SD the first place.

A richer-than-most baked French toast ($11) made with eggy vanilla brioche comes finished with Reislingsozzled Niagara cherries, candied walnuts and Devonshire cream, while the house Wellington County rib-eye burger, dressed minimally with a few Ewenity Dairy’s cheese curds, a bit of bacon and some roasted red-pepper relish ($17), shows up closer to medium-well than the requested medium-rare. Gotta love those frites fried in duck fat and dusted with smoked Maldon salt, though. Chef’s best when he keeps it simple. Witness his free-range omelette du jour – today, Ingersoll Dairy’s ultracreamy ricotta and chèvre whipped with baby kalamata olives ($12) – sided with a mustardy fingerling potato salad and organic greens in apple cider vinaigrette. No wonder the mini-chain’s on its third location. Could another Earth be in the works? “I never say never,” smiles Ho, who almost launched Earth Mississauga earlier this spring. “Who knows? Maybe Earth Ajax!” 3 stevend@nowtoronto.com

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299 Roncesvalles, at Geoffrey, 416-5327700, barque.ca. Instead of attempting to recreate southern U.S.-style barbecue this far north of the Mason-Dixon line, David Neinstein and Jeff Persofsky opt for a ‘cue unique to Toronto. A fancierthan-most storefront literally stripped to its bare bones, engaging service and a large selection of local microbrews on tap make reservations near-essential. Best: at dinner, dry-rubbed or sweetly sauced racks of baby back ribs; Flintstonian beef ribs; “competition” chicken thighs; thickly sliced and slightly fatty beef brisket; meaty slow-smoked chicken wings in sticky chipotle sauce; sides of smoked asparagus and house-pickled veggies; for the wayward vegan, coconut corn soup; to finish, beignets with caramel sauce; pecan pie with Greg’s roasted marshmallow ice cream. Complete dinners for $40 per person (lunches/brunches $25), including tax, tip and a pint. Average main $16/$12. Open for lunch weekdays 11 am to 2 pm, dinner nightly 5 pm to close. Brunch Saturday and Sunday 10:30

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30 Yonge, at Front, 416-546-1062, obika. ca. Part of an international 16-resto chain that includes outposts in Rome, Tokyo and New York City, this fast-growing franchise in the atrium of the BCE specializes in European Union-protected Mozzarella di Bufala Campana DOP. Nearly every dish on the card features the incredibly rich cheese. Best: the three-course degustazione di Mozzarelle, one ball each of Classica, buttery Burrata and smoky Bufala Affumicata sided with DOP prosciutto, Parma ham and mortadella and a whole lotta cherry tomatoes ‘n’ arugula; I Rotoli, three sushi like mozzarella wraps stuffed with ham, cured bresaola and smoked salmon; the Obiclub, a pressed triple-decker take on a BLT with mozzarella, ham and cherry tomatoes drizzled with garlic-basil pesto; to finish, ricotta-stuffed cannoli. Complete dinners for $40 per person (lunches $30), including all tax, tip and a glass of vino. Average main $15. Open Monday to Thursday 7 am to 11 pm, Friday 7 am to midnight, Saturday 11 am to midnight. Closed Sunday. Li-

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Korean Bi Bim Bap

950 Eglinton W, at Rostrevor, 416-7877423, stonebowl.ca. Bibimbap can be found at most Seoul food restaurants, but only Sam Lee and Janet Yun’s casual Korean cantina is dedicated to this meal-in-one rice casserole. And while Seoul food isn’t generally very veggie-friendly, this often innovative kitchen has much for even vegans to enjoy. Best: seven different versions all told, the traditional a bowl of shortgrain white rice garnished with seared sirloin, veggies – raw, wilted or slightly pickled spinach, carrot, cucumber, zucchini, burdock, daikon and seaweed – and a runny fried egg; the Seed, a dairy-free take with black sesame, sunflower, pumpkin and poppy seeds and grilled portobello over mirin-marinated brown rice, both in sweet house-made red pepper ‘n’ apple gochujang hot sauce. Complete meals for $18 per person, including tax, tip and a mug of barley tea. Average main $11. Open Tuesday to Saturday 11 am to 10 pm, Sunday 11 am to 8 pm. Closed Monday, some holidays. Licensed. Access: barrier-free, washrooms in basement. Rating: NNNz 3

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Last Luminato (luminato.com), designer Mark Fast presented the festival’s first fashion-focused piece, an installation of criss-crossing rope that snaked its way across Brookfield Place’s ceiling and ended at a mannequin wearing one of his signature knit dresses. This year, it’s Denis Gagnon’s (denisgagnon.ca) turn to bring a little style to the week-long celebration of the arts and creativity. The Montrealer’s contribution, sculptural clothing inspired by the National Ballet’s Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland, is on display in the Wintergarden Lobby (225 King West) starting tomorrow (Friday, June 10) until June 19.

ANTIQUING AND THE CITY If you can’t escape the city on the weekend to hunt through southern Ontario’s top antique fairs, there’s an in-town option for furniture-hunting. The Rosedale Valley Antique Market takes over Evergreen Brick Works (550 Bayview) every Sunday through August (and alternate Sundays in September and October) between 9 am and 5 pm. The event flyer promises

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HAVE A BALL Get out your party dress and stuff your belly full of bread, because the Powerplant Contemporary Art Gallery’s annual bacchanal of style and society binge drinking is just around the corner. Powerball 13 takes place Thursday (June 16), and this year it’s co-chaired by Jeremy Laing. The designer’s fashion cred and knack for party-throwing (he contributes to the monthly Big Primpin and HER events) pretty much guarantees this is going to be a good one. Party tickets are a swish $165 at thepowerplant.org.

FAREWELL MOTI Just as we were going to press last week, Ministry of the Interior owner Jason MacIsaac announced he was closing his design store. Launched in the summer of 2007, MOTI was known for adapting early to the Ossington strip and pushing design tastes by bringing in pieces by international names like Jaime Hayon and local lines like Science & Sons. We raise a Jieldé lamp to MacIsaac and wish him well with his new projects.

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Exercise won’t make up for hours of resting on your bum By elizaBeth Bromstein i’ve got some important news. Are you sitting down? Well, then you’d better stand up. Because sitting is killing you. Well, that’s what some are claiming anyway. According to this argument,

exercising folks will be just as corpulent as those who don’t if they spend at least three hours a day on their bums in the rest of their lives. I have to say this scaremongering pisses me off. Of course, if you run 5 kilometres

a day and another person doesn’t, you are not going to be “just as fat.” Still, there could be something to this. I often work sitting from 7:30 am to late at night. Should I get myself a standing or walking desk?

What the experts say “This research has mainly been done with animals, but when you sit for four to six hours, the enzyme called lipoprotein lipase (which sucks fat out of your blood and helps you take it up into your muscles) shuts down. The amount of fat in the blood goes up, and good cholesterol goes down. And the glucose transport protein that takes sugar out of your blood shuts off if you’re not using your muscles. This all happens quickly, after just a few hours of sitting. A large 12-year study found that people were more likely to die during the follow-up if they spent most of the day sitting, regardless of how much exercise they got. It’s starting to be a consistent finding.” TRAVIS SAUNDERS, certified exercise physiologist and PhD candidate in the

school of human kinetics at the University of Ottawa “We don’t yet fully understand the biology that explains the association between sitting and premature death. There is evidence of physiologic changes, but it could also be that the more you sit, the less total energy you burn. While a treadmill desk isn’t something everyone can get, there are simple things you can do. Take a twoto three-minute break to stretch every hour; walk to co-workers’ desks instead of calling or emailing them; take the stairs. I even sit on an exercise balance ball at my desk (so I can’t slouch, and sit more actively). Our study shows that being active and sitting a lot (active couch potatoes) is associated

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by Rob Brezsny

Aries Mar 21 | Apr 19 You have a poetic

licence, as well as astrological permission, to be extra cute in the coming week. I mean you have a divine mandate to exceed the usual levels of being adorable and charming and delectable. Here’s the potential problem with that, though: trying to be cute doesn’t usually result in becoming cuter; often it leads to being smarmy and pretentious. So how can you take advantage of the cosmic imperative to be wildly, extravagantly, sublimely cute – without getting all self-conscious about it? That’s your riddle of the week.

shadowings like that in your own childhood or adolescence, Gemini. Right? Signs of the magic you would eventually seek to ripen? Seeds of destiny that had just begun to sprout? Now would be a good time to reflect on those early hints. You’ll benefit from updating your understanding of and commitment to the capacities they revealed.

TAurus Apr 20 | May 20 It would be an excellent week for you to declare war on everything that wastes your time. Well, maybe “declaring war” is not quite the right spirit to adopt; after all, we don’t want you to go around constantly enraged and hostile. How about if we phrase it this way: It’s prime time for you to ingeniously and relentlessly elude all activities, invitations, temptations, trains of thought and habits that offer you nothing in return for the precious energy you give to them. Of course this is always a worthy project, but it so happens that you’re likely to achieve far more progress than usual if you do it now.

CAnCer Jun 21 | Jul 22 After all these years, the American presidential election of 2000 still makes me cringe. Because of the archaic laws governing the process, the candidate who “lost” the election actually got 543,895 more votes than the guy who “won.” How could anyone in good conscience, even those who supported the less-popular “winner,” have sanctioned such a result? It was perverse. It was pathological. It was crazy-making. I’d say the same thing if the roles had been reversed, and Gore had become president with a half-million fewer votes than Bush. You must not let something comparable to this anomaly happen in your personal life in the coming weeks, Cancerian. It is crucial that every winner be the one who deserves to be. Don’t sacrifice what’s right in order to serve corrupt protocol or outmoded conventions.

GeMini May 21 | Jun 20 Primatologist

Leo Jul 23 | Aug 22 I dreamed you had

Jane Goodall, who lived for years among chimpanzees in Tanzania, is one of the world’s top experts on the creatures. Can you guess what her favourite toy was when she was young? A stuffed monkey, of course. There were no doubt fore-

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been tending an unusual garden for months. Your crops weren’t herbs or flowers or vegetables, but rather miniature volcanoes. Each was now ripe and stood about waist-high. They erupted with a steady flow of liquid blue fire that

with higher risk compared to being active and sitting less, but again, it’s far worse to be both inactive and to sit a lot.” ALPA PATEL, researcher, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia “The human being was designed to be an in-motion entity, and over the last 200 years humans have been squished into the chair. Our most frequently adopted recommendation is for walking meetings. The U of T found that walking meetings are generally 10 minutes shorter than regular ones. It’s great to listen to music, even better to get headphones and take a walk. People make standing desks from cardboard boxes; it takes minimal ingenuity. I bought a $250 second-hand

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you were harvesting in large, gold, Graillike cups. Apparently this stuff was not only safe to drink, but profoundly energizing. You sipped some of the potion yourself and distributed the rest to a large gathering of enthusiastic people who had come to imbibe your tasty medicine. The mood was festive, and you were radiant. This dream of mine is a good metaphor for your life in the immediate future.

VirGo Aug 23 | sep 22 Darryl Dawkins

played professional basketball from 1975 to 1996. One of the sport’s more colourful personalities, he said he lived part-time on the planet Lovetron, a place where he perfected his interplanetary funkmanship. He also liked to give names to his slam dunks. The “Turbo Sexophonic Delight” was a favourite, but the best was his “Chocolate-Thunder-Flying, TeethShaking, Glass-Breaking, Rump-Roasting, Bun-Toasting, Wham-Bam-I-Am Jam.” I encourage you to try some Darryl Dawkins-like behaviour in your own chosen field, Virgo. Give a name to your signature move or your special play. With playful flair, let people know how much you love what you do and how good you are at what you do.

LibrA sep 23 | oct 22 According to research published in the Journal of Personality (tinyurl.com/NoToSex), many college students prefer ego strokes to sex. Given the choice between making love with a desirable partner and receiving a nice big compliment, a majority opted for the latter. In the near future, Libra, it’s important

treadmill, a $50 shelving unit, took out the bottom two shelves and had a walking desk. This burns calories, increases your attention level and helps avoid the afternoon dip. We’re not recommending you do everything walking: the body is also meant to rest.” JAMES LEVINE, MD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota “If you do sit, there are huge advantages to sitting a little higher than a normal chair – such as on a stool – because when your knees are below your hips, it encourages a natural upward that you not act like one of these selfesteem-starved wimps. You need the emotional and physical catharsis that can come from erotic union and other sources of pleasurable intensity far more than you need to have your pride propped up.

sCorpio oct 23 | nov 21 An uncanny stretching sensation will soon be upon you if it’s not already. Whether you’re prepared or not, you will be asked, prodded and maybe even compelled to expand. It could feel stressful or exhilarating or both. And it will probably force you to rethink your fascination with anyone or anything you love to hate. For best results, I suggest that you don’t resist the elongation and enlargement. In fact, it would be a very good idea to cooperate. As the odd magic unfolds, it will increase your capacity for taking advantage of paradox. It may also give you a surprising power to harness the energy released by the friction between oppositional forces. sAGiTTArius nov 22 | Dec 21 You’re in a

phase of your astrological cycle when you’re likely to be as attractive and endearing and in demand as it’s possible for you to be. I am not making any absurdly extravagant claims here – am not implying you’ll be as charismatic as a rock star and as lovable as a kitten – but you will be pushing the limits of your innate allure. I bet your physical appearance will be extra appealing, and you’ll have an instinct for highlighting the most winsome aspects of your personality. To help you take advantage of the potential that’s now available, please add the following word to your vocabulary: “concupiscible,” which means “worthy of being desired.”

CApriCorn Dec 22 | Jan 19 Nicolas Cage is a Capricorn. While performing his film roles, he often loses his composure. Of course the crazy things he does as an

flow of your spine. A direction people can give themselves is ‘I’m not tensing my neck as I type or look at the screen. I’m not tensing my shoulders.’ If you tense your neck, you interfere with the delicate balance of your head on your spine and exert downward pressure; every part of you gets a downward pull. This restricts breathing. How you manage the head-neck relationship has gigantic implications for everything else.” ROBERT RICKOVER, Alexander Technique teacher, Lincoln, Nebraska, and Toronto 3 actor aren’t real and don’t lead to dire consequences in his actual life. But they afford him a great deal of emotional release. Let’s hypothesize that, like Cage, you could benefit from expressing the hell out of yourself without causing any mayhem. Is there a cork-lined sanctuary where you could go and safely unveil explosions of extreme emotions? Or some equivalent? For inspiration, check this Youtube compendium of Cage uncaged: bit.ly/CageUncaged.

AquArius Jan 20 | Feb 18 My divinations suggest that you’d be wise to assign yourself an errand in the wilderness. The precise nature of the errand has not been revealed to me, but I suspect it involves you going to an untamed place whose provocative magic will tangibly alter your consciousness, awakening you to some truth about your destiny that you’ve been unable to decipher. I also believe your task is more likely to succeed if you create a small, whimsical shrine there in your ad hoc sanctuary.

pisCes Feb 19 | Mar 20 Do you have any

idea of how many of your diapers your mother changed when you were a baby? It was almost certainly over 1,000. Have you ever calculated how many meals she prepared for you? That number probably exceeds 10,000. While we’re on the subject, do you remember who taught you to read and write? Can you visualize the face of the first person besides your parents who made you feel interesting or wellloved or real? I encourage you to follow this line of thought as far as you can. It’s a perfect time, astrologically speaking, to visualize memories of specific times you’ve been well cared for and thoroughly blessed. 3

Homework: Tell a story about the time Spirit reached down and altered your course in one tricky swoop. Write: Freewillastrology.com. NOW JUNE 9-15 2011

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Rating: NNN The Queen Diva of New Orleans bounce music is a legend in her hometown thanks to her breakneck raps and booty-centric dancing, and mere minutes after hitting the Garrison’s stage flanked by two backup dancers, Big Freedia lived up to her raucous rep. Her pants headed south and her ass bounced up and down like a dribbling basketball. Last year’s trio of NXNE gigs showcased the surprisingly varied movements the left and right cheeks are capable of, inspiring women of all sizes to jump up and get down. This night, Freedia seemed a bit distracted. Though the audience dutifully obeyed her call-and-response commands, many were content to watch rather than participate – save for a few exceptions (like the dude who stole the show with an up-side-down wall-climbing booty move). The short set ended awkwardly with a sales pitch and the dancers hawking merch from the stage. But an off night for Freedia is still memorable. When the crowd cheered for more, she returned to KEVIN RITCHIE deliver an a cappella ode to “big dick daddies.”

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Blacc wouldn’t be picking up many medals. His singingrange is relatively limited, and he doesn’t indulge in the vocal acrobatics for which R&B performers are known. Onstage at Wrongbar, he didn’t dance around or talk to the crowd. But artistry is more than athleticism, and Blacc won over the packed house while barely breaking a sweat. Who needs a multi-octave voice when you’ve got lovely tone? And there’s no point in running all over the stage and dancing your ass off to please a room when you’ve got more than enough charisma and style to play it cool. Of course, what really makes it work are the songs, all built on understated, watertight grooves. Sneaking in the front door to meet and greet fans as they left was an exBENJAMIN BOLES tra-classy way to end the night.

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Labour, Sunday, June 5. Rating: NNN Ottawa’s Peach Kelli Pop have been attracting attention lately for their sugar-coated garage-rock girl group sound – a very crowded genre. Song titles like Do The Eggroll tell you they’re not taking it too seriously, and that sense of fun came through in their live show. The vibe didn’t infect the sleepy Sunday-night crowd, though, which was reserved even by Toronto standards. It was a different scene for local openers the Sphinxs, who drew a bigger crowd and got kids dancing, too. They play a loose, punked-

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RIHANNA at Air Canada Centre, Monday, June 6. Rating: NN Just as the track list for Rihanna’s fifth album, Loud, seems constructed to cover all musical bases, her current world tour feels like a cut-and-paste job of ho-hum pop concert clichés: the neon club kids, a dominatrix routine, a militaristic dance number, a fan lap dance, the ballad medley in a fluttering evening gown. By the end of her two-hour show at the ACC – the first of two consecutive nights – you couldn’t help but feel overwhelmed by the 23-year-old pop star’s numerous hits but under-whelmed by the woman herself. Rihanna, often derided as a limited singer, carried the show with very few backing tracks, but for someone supposedly driven wild by the smell of sex, her emotional range stops at flirtatious, and she rarely broke a sweat. The stage set designed to resemble a speaker cabinet, her red spiral curls, squealing 80s guitar solos, a soulless cover of Prince’s Darling Nikki and a ridiculous drum solo homage to Sheila E. were all very loud. In fact, everything on the Loud tour screamed except KEVIN RITCHIE Rihanna’s personality.

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JUST ANNOUNCED!

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ON SALE TOMORROW AT 11 AM

SATURDAY JULY 16 MASSEY HALL 2 SHOWS: 3PM & 8PM

ROY THOMSON HALL BOX OFFICE, TM, UR, MASSEYHALL.COM

ON SALE TOMORROW AT 10 AM

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 16 THE SOUND ACADEMY

THESE PERFORMANCES WILL BE FILMED FOR TELEVISION

DOORS 7PM SHOW 8PM • 19+ TM, RT, SS, UR

ON SALE TOMORROW AT 12 PM

ON SALE TOMORROW AT 10 AM

SEPTEMBER 25 SONY CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

TUESDAY NOVEMBER 22 AIR CANADA CENTRE

SHOW 8PM SONY CENTRE BOX OFFICE, TM, UR

SHOW 6PM AIR CANADA BOX OFFICE (NO FIRST DAY SALES), TM, UR myspace.com/andrearamolomusic

OFFERING A SPECIAL 4 PACK OPTION TO FANS* REGISTER AT LIVENATION.COM FOR OTHER SPECIAL OFFERS *Available on select shows.

ROGERS WIRELESS CUSTOMER? SAVE THE TICKET SERVICE CHARGES.

Buy your tix at www.urMusic.ca/tickets or text TICKETS to 4849

TICKET LOCATION LEGEND: TM - TICKETMASTER, RT - ROTATE THIS, SS - SOUNDSCAPES, UR - WWW.URMUSIC.CA/TICKETS (ROGERS PAYS YOUR SERVICE CHARGES).

CALL 1-855-985-5000 TO CHARGE BY PHONE. All dates, acts and ticket prices subject to change without notice. Ticket prices subject to applicable fees.

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JUST ANNOUNCED!

NOW ON SALE

clubs& concerts this week MUsiC Gallery sUMMer CoUrtyard series

ON SALE TOMORROW AT 10 AM AND

SATURDAY, JULY 2 MOLSON CANADIAN AMPHITHEATRE

SATURDAY OCTOBER 1 PHOENIX CONCERT THEATRE

SHOW: 7:30PM • TM, UR

THE

TOOTS

AND

DOORS 7PM SHOW 8PM • TM, RT, SS, UR • 19+

hot

w/ the Above, the Electric Mess, the Von Drats, the Bon and more The Garrison (1197 Dundas West), Friday (June 10) Toronto garage rock festival.

ON SALE TOMORROW AT 10 AM

AUGUST 3

PHOENIX CONCERT THEATRE DOORS 7PM SHOW 8PM TM, RT, SS, UR • 19+

CariboU dj set

Drake Hotel (1150 Queen West), Saturday (June 11) Left-field underground dance music.

arChiteCtUre in helsinki, hooray For earth Mod Club (722 College), Saturday (June 11) Australian dance rock.

weepinG tile, kinG Cobb steelie, kevin kane

lenka

okkervil river, titUs androniCUs, FUtUre islands

drive-by trUCkers, the beaUties

Lee’s Palace (529 Bloor West), Friday (June 10) CAMH fundraiser and book launch.

FRIDAY JULY 15 THE SOUND ACADEMY

Sneaky Dee’s (431 College), Saturday (June 11) Brooklyn psychedelic hardcore.

tickets

FrantiC City Freak oUt GaraGe Fest!

MAYTALS

DOORS 8PM SHOW 8:45PM TM, RT, SS, UR • 19+

w/ Charles Gayle, Paul Walde, Dublab Collective and more Music Gallery (197 John), Thursday and Friday (June 9 and 10) Free jazz, ambient and experimental.

toMbs

Phoenix (410 Sherbourne), Friday (June 10) Austin experimental folk rockers.

Lee’s Palace (529 Bloor West), Wednesday (June 15), as part of NXNE, limited wristbands/passes Sunny Australian pop singer.

Phoenix (410 Sherbourne), Wednesday (June 15), as part of NXNE, limited wristbands/passes Alt-country stalwarts.

MADELEINE PEYROUX W/ SOPHIE HUNGER

JUNE 22 QUEEN ELIZABETH THEATRE

REVOLUTION PER MINUTE CD RELEASE with wide

SLOAN

JUNE 21 & 22 THE MOD CLUB

NOFX

mouth mason

W/ TEENAGE BOTTLE ROCKET, OLD MAN MARKLEY

JUNE 24 & 25 KOOL HAUS

ON SALE TOMORROW AT 10 AM

TUESDAY JUNE 28 MOD CLUB THEATRE

GALACTIC

W/ COREY GLOVER, COREY HENRY

JUNE 29 LEE’S PALACE

DOORS 7PM SHOW 8PM • TM, RT, SS, UR • 19+

FITZ & THE TANTRUMS W/ STEPDAD

JUNE 30 THE OPERA HOUSE

ON SALE TOMORROW AT 10 AM

SATURDAY JULY 9 THE GREAT HALL DOORS 8PM SHOW 9PM TM, UR • 19+

DANIEL LANOIS’ BLACK DUB FEATURING

TRIXIE WHITLEY & BRIAN BLADE W/ ROCCO DELUCA

JULY 5 & 6 THE OPERA HOUSE

MY MORNING JACKET JULY 11 KOOL HAUS

JOHN BUTLER TRIO W/ MAMA KIN

JULY 16 THE SOUND ACADEMY

CHRISTINA PERRI W/ HONEYHONEY

AUGUST 4 THE OPERA HOUSE ROGERS WIRELESS CUSTOMER? SAVE THE TICKET SERVICE CHARGES. Buy your tix at www.urmusic.ca/tickets or text TICKETS to 4849 TICKET LOCATION LEGEND: TM - TICKETMASTER, RT - ROTATE THIS, SS - SOUNDSCAPES, UR - WWW.URMUSIC.CA/TICKETS (ROGERS PAYS YOUR SERVICE CHARGES). TICKETS ALSO AVAILABLE AT ALL TICKETMASTER OUTLETS OR CALL 1-855-985-5000 TO CHARGE BY PHONE. All dates, acts and ticket prices subject to change without notice. Ticket prices subject to applicable fees.

SynTH pop

Junior Boys The Hamilton duo are about to release their lovely fourth album, It’s All True (see disc review, page 50), and continue to crank out the understated and refined electronic pop gems we love them for. Their laid-back, melancholy grooves have captured the imagination of both critics and fans and forever changed the way we think about music from the Hammer. At the Phoenix (410 Sherbourne), tonight (Thursday, June 9). $17.50. HS, RT, SS, TM. NOW June 9-15 2011

just announced Jason Collett, nQ arbuCkle,

wilderness of manitoba Open

lloyd Cole & his small ensemble Mod Club doors 8 pm, $20. HS,

the blaCk dahlia murder, white Chapel, darkest hour, six feet under, dying fetus and others Sound Academy 3 pm, all

new Country rehab Craft Beer Festival 99 Sudbury 10 pm, $30. session2011.ca. June 25. RT, SS, TM. June 26.

the darCys Open Roof Festival Movie

Series Amsterdam Brewery 7:30 pm, $15. openrooffilms.com. June 30.

la dispute, balanCe & Composure, make do & mend

Mod Club doors 6 pm, all ages, $13.50. HS, RT, SS, TM. July 16.

Roof Festival Movie Series Amsterdam Brewery 7:30 pm, $15. openrooffilms.com. August 4.

ages, $29.50. RT, TM. August 9.

peter, bJorn & John Lee’s Palace

doors 9 pm, $20. HS, RT, SS, TM. September 2 and 3.

the Jim Jones revue Horseshoe doors 8:30 pm, $11.50. RT, SS. September 13.

sonny & the sunsets Sneaky Dee’s doors 8 pm, $10.50. RT, SS. July 24.

yo gabba gabba! Sony Centre for the Performing Arts 3 & 6 pm, $19.50-$39.50. SC, TM. September 22.

lost in the trees Drake Hotel doors 8

foster the people Sound Academy

liam titComb Open Roof Festival Movie

boyCe avenue Sound Academy doors 7

pm, $12. RT, SS. July 25.

doors 8 pm, all ages, $23.50. RT, SS, TM. October 1.

Series Amsterdam Brewery 7:30 pm, $15. openrooffilms.com. July 28.

anarbor Annex Wreckroom doors 5:30 pm, all ages, $12.50. HS, RT, SS, TM. July 30.

tim robbins & the rogues gallery band Mod Club doors 7 pm,

$29.50. RT, SS, TM. August 2.

white lies Phoenix Concert Theatre doors 7 pm, $27.50. RT, SS, TM. August 3.

clubs&concerts

pm, all ages, $23.50-$30.50. HS, RT, SS, TM. October 19.

friendly fires, wise blood Rescheduled from May 30. Original tickets honoured. Phoenix Concert Theatre doors 8 pm, $20. HS, RT, SS, TM. October 23.

frank turner, andrew JaCkson Jihad Phoenix Concert Theatre

doors 8 pm, $16.50. HS, RT, SS, TM. October 28.

How to find a listing

Music listings appear by day, then by genre, then alphabetically by venue. Event names are in italics. See Music Club Index, page 48, for venue address and phone number. = Critics’ pick (highly recommended) ñ 5= Queer night

l = Luminato event n = NXNE event

How to place a listing

All listings are free. Send to: music@nowtoronto.com, fax to 416-364-1166 or mail to Music, NOW Magazine, 189 Church, Toronto M5B 1Y7. Include artist(s), genre of music, event name (if any), venue name and address, time, ticket price and phone number or website. Deadline is the Thursday before publication at 5 pm. Weekly events must confirm their listing once a month.

Thursday, June 9 PoP/Rock/HiP-HoP/Soul

Air CAnAdA Centre New Kids on the Block, Backstreet Boys, Jordin Sparks, Neverest (pop) doors 6:30 pm. AlleyCAtz CD release party Savista. AquilA upstAirs The Ken Yoshioka Trio (blues). BAr itAliA Music For The Soul Chicken & Waffles (rock) 9:30 pm. Bovine sex CluB Rutherford, Inner City Elegance, the Suits, DJ Misty. drAke Hotel underground Young Empires, Freedom or Death (pop/rock) doors 8 pm. drAke Hotel lounge 3 Strike Series Jesse Labelle doors 10 pm. el MoCAMBo Rikers, Spirits, Kristin Nicholls Band doors 9 pm. glAdstone Hotel Indie Love Radio Jeff Barkman Band, Loopsy Dazy, Cia.ro, Lindy Vjopnjord 8 pm. grAffiti’s The Turnarounds (rockabilly/ swing) 5 to 7 pm. Holy oAk CAfe Selina Martin Triage & Laura Barrett (pop) 9 pm. HorsesHoe City Weeds, Capital H, Stolen Owners, Brodie Dakin (local alt) 9 pm. lee’s pAlACe Dreadful Starlings, Leavers, Air Traffic Controller 9 pm. Mitzi’s sister Ronnie Hayward (rockabilly). not My dog The Joyful Sinners (soul/blues/ roots) 9:30 pm. pAuper’s puB Mike Barnes (rock).

Peter, Bjorn and John

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MOLSON CANADIAN AMPHITHEATRE TICKETS ALSO AVAILABLE AT THE MOLSON CANADIAN AMPHITHEATRE BOX OFFICE (NO FIRST DAY SALES; OPEN DAILY 11AM-7PM), CALL 1-855-985-5000, OR AT URMUSIC.CA/TICKETS OR TEXT ‘TICKETS’ TO 4849. All dates, acts and ticket prices subject to change without notice. Ticket prices subject to applicable fees.

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China house Russ Little Quartet. De sotos Double A Jazz 8 pm. Dominion on Queen John T Davis (organist) 5:30 to 8 pm.

eDo Tony Quarrington, Dave Field & Joel Diamond (jazz) 7:30 to 10:30 pm.

Phoenix ConCert theatre Junior Boys,

Caribou (DJ set), Miracle Fortress doors 8 pm. the Piston Greater Goods Co Showcase 9 pm. ranCho relaxo $5 Rap Show Thrust, Noah 23, Birdapres, David Vangel, the Egyptian Prescription doors 9:30 pm. rivoli Sara Kamin, Blair Packham, Shawna Caspi, Jack Walker, Snoovy 8:30 pm. silver Dollar The Movement Fam, Tracking Nicely, the Tristiones, Born With Teeth, Hungry Hearts doors 8 pm. slaCk’s Azalea (pop) 8 pm, all ages. sneaky Dee’s Sam Coffey & the Iron Lungs doors 9 pm. southsiDe Johnny’s Skip Tracer (rock/top 40) 9:30 pm. unDerDown Pub Jeff Barnes & Noah Zacharin (roots) 9 pm. velvet unDergrounD Habitat, Brandon Barraclough 9 pm. winChester kitChen & bar Jumple 10 pm.

Folk/Blues/Country/World

asPetta Caffe Open Mic Nite 7 to 10 pm. Cameron house New Country Rehab (alt/ country) 6 pm.

Cameron house Jack Marks 10 pm. Cameron house baCk room Masters of Love

& Sound.

Dakota tavern Stacey Earle & Mark Stuart (alt country/folk) 8:30 pm. Dakota tavern CD release Bradleyboy MacArthur 10 pm. Dave’s... on st Clair Uncle Herb’s Open Mic (folk/blues/country) 8:30 pm. eton house Edi’s Jam (blues/rock/soul) 8 pm. free times Cafe SP Simms & Maya T, Jim Layeux. graffiti’s Box Full of Groundhogs. lou Dawg’s Call In Sick Friday Mike C (acoustic blues/rock/ska/reggae) 9:30 pm. rebas Café Bronwyn Fitzjames’ Art Exhibition Reception Hotcha! 7 to 8 pm. tranzaC main hall Double CD release Anna Atkinson & Dog Is Blue (singer/songwriter) 8 pm.

Jazz/ClassiCal/experimental

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Roger ‘Pops’ Zuraw, Peter Solmes and James Clark 8 to 11 pm. gate 403 Nicole Christian Jazz Band 5 to 8 pm. gate 403 Kevin Laliberté Jazz & Flamenco Trio 9 pm. musiC gallery Summer Courtyard Series Charles Gayle, Paul Walde (free jazz, light & percussion performance & Andrew McAllister installation) 7 pm. naCo gallery Cafe Tanga Party Experimental Ambien 8:30 pm.5 olD mill inn home smith bar John Sherwood (solo piano) 7:30 pm. la Perla Jazz Meets Salsa Live. rePosaDo The Reposadists (Gypsy-bop jazz). rex Morgan Childs, Josh Deutsch w/ Amanda Tosoff 6:30 pm. rex Alex Coleman Octet 9:30 pm. roy thomson hall Rachmaninoff & Debussy Toronto Symphony Orchestra 8 pm. somewhere there stuDio Avesta Nakhaei (jazz/improv) 8 pm. ten feet tall East End Jazz Jam Session 8 pm.

danCe musiC/dJ/lounge

Clinton’s Loaded (Brit pop ). gooDhanDy’s Ladyplus.com Party DJ T Klinck doors 8 pm.5 henhouse Neverending Weekend DJ Poor Pilgrim 10 pm. insomnia DJ Ron Jon (funk/soul/house). lula lounge Funkabelly Nomadica, Maza Meze, DJ Medicine Man (global grooves dance party) 9 pm. velvet unDergrounD DJ Ozaze (industrial/ goth) 11:30 pm.

wrongbar 8-Bit. ñBoy

Friday, June 10 pop/roCk/Hip-Hop/soul

alleyCatz Jamesking. asPetta Caffe Kavan Cleary, the Potentials, Epaiseurse, Vera Black 7 pm.

bar italia Shugga (funk) 9:30 pm. blue moon Headbanger’s Heaven Conflicted, Black Out Hatred, Dawn’s Edge, Manahand, Autonomous Din, Sista Fista. bovine sex Club Last Bullet, Waxmen, Gord Prior, Die by Remote, DJ Vania. Courthouse Heart &

cheap thriLL$ Great GiGs for $5 or less Luminato

You can catch lots of free music this week at Metro Hall Square (55 John) as part of Luminato. Highlights include the East Coast rock hero Joel Plaskett Emergency (June 10), the gleefully silly pop of They Might Be Giants (June 11) and contemporary classical bigwigs Kronos Quartet (June 12).

Guh The unpredictable, shape-shifting Toronto collective don’t play many shows these days, and when they do you can never be sure what you’ll get. If you’re intrigued by the possibility of experimental rock and jazz performed with dual drummers, bagpipes, horns and guitar, check them out Saturday (June 11) at Mitzi’s Sister (1554 Queen West). Pwyc.

GirLs rock camp Fundraiser

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the gallery stuDio Café Mostly Originals

Toronto indie rock veterans By Divine Right headline this funder for the Toronto chapter of Girls Rock Camp on Sunday (June 12), at Parts & Labour (1566 Queen West). Also on the bill are SISTER (featuring members of Plumtree), Food Fight! and Dilly Dally. $5.

Soul & Sound/The Gemini Jam Tika Simone, Lissa Monet & Unruly Twin doors 10 pm. Dave’s... on st Clair James from the Song, the Unibrows (pop/folk) 9:30 pm. el moCambo EP release party Scientists of Sound doors 9:30 pm. the garrison Frantic City Freak Out Garage Fest! The Above, the Electric Mess, the Von Drats, the Bon, Dany Laj & the Looks 9 pm. glaDstone hotel meloDy bar Mosaic 7 to 10 pm. glaDstone hotel ballroom Toronto International Burlesque Festival Fundraiser 8 pm. graffiti’s Rocking For Sick Kids Hospital Paul Martin (classic covers) 5 to 7 pm. harD luCk bar Brooklyn X Halifax X Toronto PH (Pumpkinhead), Ghettosocks, Pheonix Paglicacci, Fresh Kils, DJ Yobi (hip-hop) doors 10 pm. horseshoe FA, Breached, Drive Channel, Life Blown Open, Atropheed (local alt) 9 pm. kaPisanan PhiliPPine Centre Soundz Of The Youth Flee the Suburbs, Writers Society, the Runner Ups, Blue Valentine doors 7 pm, all ages. lee’s PalaCe Benefit For CAMH Weeping Tile, King Cobb Steelie doors 9 pm.

ñLmetro hall DaviD PeCaut sQuare Luminato: First Night The Joel Plaskett ñ Emergency, Beast 8 pm.

mitzi’s sister Alyson McNamara. musiC gallery Summer Courtyard Series:

Dublab – Tonalism DNTEL, Teebs, Frosty, Matthewdavid, Julia Holter, Suzanne kraft (ambient music & Andrew McAllister installation) 6 pm-6 am. PauPer’s Pub Mike Barnes (rock). Phoenix ConCert theatre Okkervil River, Titus Andronicus, Future Islands doors 8 pm. ranCho relaxo CD release The Natural Shocks. silver Dollar Pierced Arrows, Lullaby Arkestra, Ell v Gore, Big Eyes (garage punk) 9 pm. sneaky Dee’s Skate 4 Cancer Dance Party. southsiDe Johnny’s Busted Again (rock) 10 pm. st. vlaDimir institute The Art Cellar: Benefit for Help Us Help The Children Fedora Upside Down, Lemon Bucket Orchestra, Freeman Dre & the Kitchen Party, Ada and others 9 pm. tyPe books Graphic novel launch Mecca Normal 6 to 8 pm. unDerDown Pub JP & Friends (folk/blues/ jazz) 10 pm. velvet unDergrounD Versus the Nothing, Kodessa, Karma Kreeps doors 8:30 pm.

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Folk/Blues/Country/World

aQuila uPstairs The Gypsy Rebels

(Latin/funk).

CadillaC lounge Jack De Keyzer. Cameron House BaCk room Sarah Burton,

Miss Quincy (alt folk). Cameron House David Celia (folk/rock) 6 pm. Cameron House Kayla Howran 10 pm. eton House Four Yorkshire Men 9 pm. Free times CaFe Katie Doidge, Chad Doucette & Aitch. grossman’s The Swingin’ Blackjacks (blues). HigHway 61 soutHern BarBeque Dylan Wickens & the Little Naturals (blues) 8 pm. HugH’s room The Sisters Euclid, Kevin Breit 8:30 pm. lamBadina Showcase Fridays & Open Mic: Canadian Headliners. lou dawg’s It’s Gotta Groove Friday Jeff Eager (acoustic) 10 pm. lula lounge Salsa Dance Party Cafe Cubano, DJ Gio 10 pm. rex The Jivebombers (jump blues ) 6:30 pm. rose & Crown The Julian Taylor Band (folk rock) 10 pm. tranzaC soutHern Cross Kathryn Calder.

Jazz/ClassiCal/ExpErimEntal

tHe annex liVe Pre-release CD party The Julia Cleveland 5uintet (jazzy eclectic) 9 pm.

Blu ristorante & lounge Acoustic & Jazz

Sentiments @ Blu John Campbell (piano/singer) 7:30 pm. dominion on queen Elmer Ferrer (jazz) 9 pm. First united CHurCH Inspired By The Voice Ispiravoce Female Chorus, the Gentlemen of St Michael’s Choir School 7:30 pm. tHe Flying BeaVer PuBaret Broadsway Pubaret Heather Bambrick, Julie Michels, Diane Leah. gallery 345 Duologue David Occhipinti, Mike Murley (guitar, saxophone) 8 pm. gate 403 Ventana 5 Jazz Band 5 to 8 pm. gate 403 Jorge Gavidia Blues Band 9 pm. Harlem Samantha Clayton (jazz) 7:30 pm. old mill inn Home smitH Bar Fridays To Sing About Pat Murray, Dave Restivo, Jordan O’Connor 7:30 pm. quotes Fridays At Five Canadian Jazz Quartet & Steve Crowe 5 to 8 pm. rePosado The Reposadists (Gypsy-bop jazz). rex Hogtown Syncopators 4 pm. rex Jovino Santos Neto 9:45 pm. rHino Meschiya Lake & the Little Big Horns 9 pm.

ConserVatory oF musiC koerner Hall Luminato Kronos ñ Quartet, Alim Qasimov Ensemble (muLroyal

gham) 8 pm.

somewHere tHere studio Leftover Day-

light Series Ethan Ardelli, Michael Davidson, Matt Newton and others 8 pm. waterFalls Jim Heineman Trio (jazz) 6:30 to 10:30 pm.

DanCE musiC/DJ/loungE

annex wreCkroom 90s Party 10 pm. Clinton’s Fuck It Dance Party.

drake Hotel underground Evening

Standard, Woolfy, Membersonly DJs doors 11 pm. drake Hotel lounge DJ DB Cooper doors 10 pm. Fly Grapefruit DJ Shane Percy, DJ Aural w/ Mahogany Browne 10 pm.5

tHe Flying BeaVer PuBaret Retro Fridays DJ Carol.

goodHandy’s

Queer Idol 2011 DJ Todd Klinck doors 9 pm.5 Holy oak CaFe (I Like) American Music 10 pm. insomnia Funkn’ Fresh Fridays DJ Fawn BC (house/breaks). mod CluB Arcade Fridays Designer Drugs. naCo gallery CaFe Criminals Of America DJ Frey (Brazilian music/world music) 10 pm.

tHe Painted lady DJ Frank ‘Mr Phantastik’ Johnson & Honey B Hind (old school) 10 pm. Palais royale The Great Gatsby Summer Moon Dance: Benefit for Epilepsy Cure Initiative Black Tie DJ (1920s style event w/ big band music). Parts & laBour STD – Stew & Tim Dance DJs Isosceles & Innez Da Future 10 pm. la Perla HER DJs Produzentin, Max Mohenu, OMGBLOG.COM doors 10 pm. tHe Piston Soul Skank (soul/funk/rare groove/ reggae) 10 pm. reViVal Jackson Family Values DJ Doctor Baggie (Michael and Janet) 10 pm. riVoli Pool lounge DJ Stu (rock/old school/ Brit/electro/classics/retro). suPermarket Plugged Not Thugged DJs OGod, Mickey D, Ballistik, Billionaire doors 10 pm. tattoo roCk Parlour Play Fridays DJ Dwight (alterna/retro/electro) 10 pm. tequila Bookworm 4WRD-Broken Beat & Other Boogie Bits DJ Catalist, DJ Stuart, DJ Dialect 10 pm. VelVet underground DJ Hanna (retro 80s) 10 pm. woo’s lounge Heart Of The City DJs J-Class, Kariz (hip-hop/R&B/reggae/old school) doors 10:30 pm. wrongBar Julio Bashmore.

Saturday, June 11 pop/roCk/Hip-Hop/soul

air Canada Centre Glee Live! In Concert! 3 &

8 pm.

alleyCatz Ascension (rock). aquila uPstairs The SoulStack (R&B/funk).

artsCaPe giBraltar Point Wylin’ On The Island: 88 Days of Fortune Two-Year ñ Anniversary Celebration LAL, Ian Kamau, Jelly

Too Fly, Unknown Mizery, DJ Sean Sax, Avo Leilani, Abstract Random, Amenta, Bizzarh, KJ and others noon to midnight. asPetta CaFFe Mac Mehew, the Patio Kings, She King, Ciaran O’Shea, James Faulkner, the Potentials, Palace of the End, Gabriel Nicolau 7 to midnight. BoVine sex CluB The Atomic Ravens, Fire Hydrant, Remainnameless, Fine Motor Control, DJ Ian Blurton. CadillaC lounge Evil Farm Children, the High Tides. daVe’s... on st Clair The Curries, the McDales 9:30 pm. dominion on queen Ronnie Hayward (rockabilly) 3 to 7 pm. el moCamBo Allo Darlin’ doors 9 pm. tHe garrison Keiji Haino, Knurl, the Dead Are Those Who Have Died 9 pm. gladstone Hotel melody Bar The Wanted 7 to 10 pm. graFFiti’s Michael Lake. Hard luCk Bar Macabre, Hellacaust, Sepulchre (metal) 8 pm, all ages. Hard roCk CaFe A Primitive Evolution, Mary Rose Obsession, Fairchild, Fallen Heirs (rock) 9 pm. Harlem Joanna Mohammed (R&B/soul/jazz) 7:30 pm. HorsesHoe Gruff Rhys and Band, Y Niwl (alt Brit pop) doors 9 pm. kaPisanan PHiliPPine Centre Craftstock 2 Seoul, Wide Eyed Tour Guide, Formalists, Star Deptarment, Union Duke, Spirit Oak doors 8 pm. lee’s PalaCe Ctrl+Alt+Dance, Ninja Funk Orchestra, Triple Gangers.

Hall daVid PeCaut square FestiVal ñ stage Luminato Family Show Lmetro

They Might Be Giants 2 pm.

sister Guh, Adapter 45. ñmitzi’s mod CluB Architecture in Helsinki, ñ Hooray for Earth doors 7 pm.

mod CluB UK Underground

DJ MRK, Echo & the Best, Milhouse Brown, DJ Lexx (indie/dance/electro/dubstep/rock). PauPer’s PuB Mike Barnes (rock). tHe Piston Urban Preacher 10 pm. riVoli Alela Diane doors 9 pm. silVer dollar Late Night Live Swamp Bodies, Fighter/Lover, Manzer 10:30 pm.

dee’s Tombs. ñsneaky

soutHside JoHnny’s

Angelfire (rock) 10 pm. sPortster’s Nicola Vaughan 10 pm.

VelVet underground

High Top Society, the Po’ Boys, David Hustler 8 pm.

Folk/BluEs/Country/WorlD

aginCourt CHurCH oF god CD release Nevahurd,

O’Sound, Cici Moya, Spoen R.O.B.B.Y. and others 6 pm. CadillaC lounge Mary & Micky (country) 3:30 pm. Cameron House Big Tobacco & the Pickers (country) 6 to 8 pm.

Cameron House BaCk room Tia Brazda & Madmen.

C’est wHat General Elec-

tryk (blues/alt rock/alt pop) 9:30 pm.

eton House Silmaril (70s rock) 4 to 7 pm. Free times CaFe Kyra & Tully, Dana Lacroix &

Dan McLean 7:30 pm. graFFiti’s The John Borra Band 4 to 7 pm. grossman’s Cross Eyed Cat (Chicago blues) 9 pm. HigHway 61 soutHern BarBeque The 24th St Wailers 8 pm. HugH’s room CD release Carlos del Junco 8:30 pm. lou dawg’s Don Campbell (acoustic blues/ rock) 9:30 pm. lula lounge Salsa Saturday Conjunto Lacalu, DJ Gio 10 pm.

Lmetro Hall daVid PeCaut square FestiVal stage Luminato Dominic Mancuso, Ban-

dabardò, Marco Caliari (various Italian styles) 8 pm. la Perla New R Live (salsa & merengue). Press CluB Sarah Burton, Miss Quincy & Kirby. reBas CaFé Open Mic Saturdays The Just Us Band 1 to 4 pm. silVer dollar Root Magic (blues) 7 pm. Village oF yorkVille Park Summer Music In The Park Attila Fias Duo 2 to 5 pm.

Jazz/ClassiCal/ExpErimEntal

Blu ristorante & lounge Acoustic & Jazz Sentiments @ Blu Christopher Barton (guitar/ singer) 7:30 pm. Cameron House QuiQue Escamilla (Latin jazz) 10 pm. CHalkers PuB Brian Chahley Quartet 6 to 9 pm. doVerCourt House Meschiya Lake & the Little Big Horns doors 8:30 pm. tHe Flying BeaVer PuBaret Broadsway Pubaret Heather Bambrick, Julie Michels, Diane Leah. gallery 345 Signposts Bill Gilliam and Charlie Ringas (piano and percussion w/ spoken word) 8 pm. gate 403 Bill Heffernan 5 to 8 pm. gate 403 Victor Monsivais Jazz Trio noon to 3 pm. gate 403 Keiko Jazz Band 9 pm. old mill inn Home smitH Bar Piano Masters Norman Amadio, Rosemary Galloway, Don Vickery 7:30 pm. rex Kathryn Merriam 7 pm. rex Laura Marks (vocal jazz) noon. rex Rip, Rig & Panic Big Band 3:30 pm. rex Chris Hunt Tentet + 2 9:45 pm. riVerdale PresByterian CHurCH Defying Gravity SingingOUT! 2 & 7:30 pm.5 roy tHomson Hall Rachmaninoff & Debussy Toronto Symphony Orchestra 7:30 pm. ConserVatory oF musiC ñ koerner Hall Luminato Lroyal

Kronos Quartet, Homayun Sakhi (Afghan rubab) 8 pm.

somewHere tHere stu-

dio Carver Audain, Andy Hayleck, Paul Neidhart, Tyler Wilcox and others 8 pm.

DanCE musiC/DJ/loungE

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DB, Rick Toxic (high-energy dance party) 10 pm. BeaVer A Night In The Bush: Album Release Party for Kate Bush’s Director’s Cut DJs Heathcliff & Cathy 11 pm. Byzantium Byzantine Nights DJ Geoff Kelleway (house) 11 pm. Clinton’s Shake, Rattle & Roll Bangs & Blush (Motown/Britpop). disgraCeland Everyone’s A DJ DJ Matt Blair (16 novice DJs playing 20-min sets) 9 pm. drake Hotel underground Caribou (DJ set) doors 11 pm. drake Hotel lounge DJ Your Boy Brian doors 10 pm. emmet ray Bar DJ Forget the Flowers (indie rock) 10 pm. Fly DJ Mark Falco, DJ Alexx Brown 10 pm.5 tHe Flying BeaVer PuBaret DJ Garrick.

Fomo Studio+ Justin Shaw LSW, Roland Gonzales (deep house) 10 pm.

Footwork Get Down Again DJ Dan, Tim Pat-

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Sunday, June 12 pop/roCk/Hip-Hop/soul

air Canada Centre Glee Live! In Concert! 3 &

8 pm.

asPetta CaFFe Dakota Starr, Stormm, Lindsay Jones 2 to 6 pm.

BrunswiCk and Bloor Festival On Bloor

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Dally, Food Fight! doors 7 pm, all ages. PlaCeBo sPaCe Isla Craig, Canessa’s Entire Heart, Laughing Eye Weeping Eye, Felix De L’Etoile-Langlois doors 9 pm. rex Robbie Lane & the Disciples 3:30 pm. soutHside JoHnny’s Jam Rebecca Matiesen & Phoenix Band 9:30 pm.

Folk/BluEs/Country/WorlD

aquila uPstairs The Sunday Junction Jam The New Mynah Birds w/ Michelle Rumball (mostly blues) 3:30 to 7:30 pm. CadillaC lounge Whiskey Jack 4 pm. Cameron House Jay Pollock 6 pm. Cameron House Kevin Quain & the Mad Bastards 9 pm. duFFy’s taVern Ken Yoshioka (blues) 9:30 pm. Free times CaFe Mirabel Palmer. gladstone Hotel melody Bar White Squirrel Sinners (bluegrass) 5 to 8 pm. grossman’s Brian Cober Blues Jam 9:30 pm. Hard roCk CaFe Sounds Like A Song (song & improv) 8 pm. continued on page 44 œ

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Holy oak Cafe Kyp Harness & Chris Warren (folk) 9 pm.

lamBadina Smash Sundays & Open Mic. lou dawg’S Blues Brunch Mark Bird Stafford & Darran Poole noon to 3 pm.

lula lounge Family Salsa Brunch Luis Mario Ochoa & his Quartet (Cuban Son) 12:30 & 2:30 pm.

Lmetro Hall david PeCaut Square feStival Stage Luminato Alim Qasimov Ensemble, Homayoun Sakhi 2 pm.

reBaS Café Wild Currents 1 to 4 pm. SlaCk’S Sarah Burton. SPiritS Kim Jarrett (folk rock) 9 pm. Stout iriSH PuB Celtic Session Traditional Irish Music & Dance 3 to 6 pm.

Stout iriSH PuB Ceili 3 to 6 pm. SuPermarket Freefall Sundays Open Mic 8 pm. underdown PuB Open Mic With Porter

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village of yorkville Park Summer Music In The Park Brendan Cassidy Trio 2 to 5 pm.

wHite Swan Acoustic Sunday Dinner Show-

case Gary 17, Mark Ripp, Nicola Vaughan 7 to 11 pm.

Jazz/ClassiCal/ExpErimEntal

amadeuS Rick Donaldson & the Jazz Cats 6:30 to 10:30 pm. de SotoS Double A Jazz w/ Bret Higgins 11 am to 2 pm. dominion on queen Metro Big Band 6 to 9 pm. edward JoHnSon Building walter Hall

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Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute Orchestras & Choirs 1 pm. gate 403 John Kennelly Jazz Duo noon to 3 pm. gate 403 John Wayne Swing Quartet 5 to 8 pm. gate 403 Jeffrey Hewer Jazz Band 9 pm. glenn gould Studio East Meets West Celebration Gala Concert Chinese Artists Society of Toronto Philomusica Orchestra, Michael Berkovsky 7:30 pm. lula lounge The GTA Swing Band 15th Anniversary (big band jazz) 8 pm.

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Mooredale Youth Orchestra 3 to 4:30 pm.

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Folk/Blues/Country/World

caDillac louNge The Spintones. caMeroN House Betty Stew 6 pm. caMeroN House Ladies in Waiting 10 pm. Dakota taverN The Rattlesnake Choir (roots)

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Free tiMes caFe Open Stage Jeff Kahl. HigHway 61 soutHerN BarBeque Chris Chambers (blues) 7 pm.

HugH’s rooM Antoine Dufour & Tommy Gauthier 8:30 pm.

tHe local The Hamstrung Stringband (bluegrass) 9:30 pm.

tHe PaiNteD laDy Open Mic Mondays 9 pm.

Jazz/ClassiCal/experimental

LBuDDies iN BaD tiMes tHeatre caBaret

Luminato’s Broadway’s Night Out – After Party 11 pm.5 gate 403 Denis Schingh 5 to 8 pm. gate 403 Sean Bellaviti Jazz Band 9 pm. graFFiti’s Kevin Quain’s Gutbucket Lounge (piano jazz/blues) 5 to 8 pm. rex Shields, Johnston & Fielding 6:30 pm. rex The Jazz Mechanic Big Band 9:30 pm.

danCe musiC/dJ/lounge

BoviNe sex cluB Moody Mondays Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

iNsoMNia DJs Topher & Orang (rock). tHe PistoN Junk Shop DJs Jorge & Jared (pre

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751 Metal Monday DJ Lush 10 pm.

Tuesday, June 14 pop/roCk/Hip-Hop/soul

DoMiNioN oN queeN Rockabilly Workshop 2 to 4 pm.

DoMiNioN oN queeN Wayne Nakamura’s

Django Jam 8:30 pm. Holy oak caFe Ruth Minnikin & Jason Ball (pop) 9 pm. HorsesHoe Dave Bookmans Nu Music Nites The Details, Samantha Savage Smith, Thees Ulhman Band, Departures, JF Robitaille 8:30 pm. Nlee’s Palace NXNE David Bazan doors 8 pm. NMoD cluB NXNE The Antlers, Little Scream doors 8 pm. tHe PaiNteD laDy Indie Tuesdays 9 pm. Parts & laBour tHe sHoP The Beets, Brilliant Colors, Planet Creature (DIY pop) 9 pm. tHe PistoN The Dead Tuesdays, Mercy Flight 10 pm. suPerMarket The Ambient Ping Petition of Right, Souns, Jakob Thiesen, Deb Sinha, Ben Grossman doors 8 pm. yellow griFFiN Johnny Devil and the Screaming Demons (classic rock/drinking songs) 10 pm.

Folk/Blues/Country/World

caDillac louNge The Weber Brothers. caMeroN House Elana McMurtry 6 pm. caMeroN House Friendly Rich 10 pm. Free tiMes caFe Bowtie & Trevor Pierbon. graFFiti’s Marcus Walker 7 to 10 pm. HugH’s rooM Shane Koyczan 8:30 pm. liBerty Bistro Kim Jarrett (folk rock) 8 pm. LMetro Hall DaviD Pecaut square Festival stage Luminato Yemen Blues,

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Wednesday, June 15 POP/ROCK/HIP-HOP/SOuL

cadillac lounge The Neil Young’uns 9 pm. Nel mocamBo doWnStairS NXNE Joey

Cape & the Bad Loud, Chuck Ragan, Kevin Seconds, Dave Hause, Cory Branan 9 pm. eton houSe The Unlikely Heroes (top 40/ rock) 8 pm. the garriSon The Postelles. NhorSeShoe NXNE We Are Wolves, Parlovr, Red Mass, the O Voids, Dance Laury Dance 9 pm. Nlee’S palace NXNE Lenka (pop/electro acoustic) doors 8 pm. LmaSSey hall Luminato: The Canadian Songbook – Tribute To Ron Sexsmith The Barenaked Ladies, Greg Keelor, Matthew Barber, Julie Fader, Measha Brueggergosman, Kevin Drew, Andy Kim, Ladies of the Canyon and others 7:30 pm. naco gallery cafe Local Fuzz 8 pm.5 Nphoenix concert theatre NXNE Drive by Truckers, the Beauties (rock) doors 8 pm. the piSton Automatic, Everyones Talking, the Fires of 9 pm. ruinS Hunter And Cook Magazine Launch Party Josh Reichmann, Jake Fairley, Chains of Love, Brian Borcherdt 5 to 10 pm. Silver dollar Benefit For Middle East Peace Jacco Muller, Victor Gannam, Kendra Ray 7 to 10 pm. Supermarket Wednesdays Go Pop! NXNE Edition John Bryant, Washington, Everywhere, Time Giant 9 pm.

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FOLK/BLuES/COuNTRY/WORLD

aquila upStairS The Cowan House Ramblers (bluegrass).

cameron houSe Joshua Cockerill 6 pm. cameron houSe Ben Kunder 10 pm. Nthe central upStairS patio NXNE: Go Folk Yourself Brett Caswell, Charlotte Cornfield, Revelstoke, Emma Hill doors 6:30 pm. c’eSt What The Sweet Mack (rock/soul/pop)

venue index 416 Snack Bar 181 Bathurst. 416-364-9320. agincourt church of god 95 Nugget. air canada centre 40 Bay. 416-815-5500. alleycatz 2409 Yonge. 416-481-6865. amadeuS 184 Augusta. 416-591-1245. annex Wreckroom 794 Bathurst. 416-536-0346. aquila 347 Keele. 416-761-7474. artScape giBraltar point 443 Lakeshore Ave, Toronto Island. 416-392-7834. aSpetta caffe 207 Augusta. 416-725-0693. Bar italia 582 College. 416-535-3621. Beaver 1192 Queen W. 416-537-2768. Blu riStorante & lounge 17 Yorkville. 416-921-1471. Blue moon 725 Queen E. 416-463-8868. Bovine Sex cluB 542 Queen W. 416-504-4239. BrunSWick and Bloor BuddieS in Bad timeS theatre 12 Alexander. 416-975-8555. Byzantium 499 Church. 416-922-3859. cadillac lounge 1296 Queen W. 416-536-7717. cameron houSe 408 Queen W. 416-703-0811. c’eSt What 67 Front E. 416-867-9499. chalkerS puB 247 Marlee. 416-789-2531. china houSe 925 Eglinton W. 416-781-9121. clinton’S 693 Bloor W. 416-535-9541. courthouSe 57 Adelaide E. 416-214-9379. dakota tavern 249 Ossington. 416-850-4579. dave’S... on St clair 730 St Clair W. 416-657-3283. dc muSic theatre 360 Munster. 416-234-0222. de SotoS 1079 St Clair W. 416-651-2109. diSgraceland 965 Bloor W. 647-868-5263. dominion on queen 500 Queen E. 416-368-6893. dovercourt houSe 805 Dovercourt. 416-535-3847. drake hotel 1150 Queen W. 416-531-5042. duffy’S tavern 1238 Bloor W. 416-628-0330. edo 484 Eglinton W. 416-322-3033. edWard JohnSon Building 80 Queen’s Park. 416-978-3744. el mocamBo 464 Spadina. 416-777-1777. emmet ray Bar 924 College. 416-792-4497. eton houSe 710 Danforth. 416-466-6161. firSt united church 151 Lakeshore W (Mississauga). 905-278-3714. fly 8 Gloucester. 416-410-5426. the flying Beaver puBaret 488 Parliament. 647-347-6567. fomo 270 Adelaide W. 416-408-3666. footWork 425 Adelaide W. 416-913-3488. fox & firkin 51 Eglinton E. 416-480-0200. free timeS cafe 320 College. 416-967-1078. gallery 345 345 Sorauren. 416-822-9781. the gallery Studio café 2877 Lake Shore W. 416-618-1541.

9 pm.

dave’S... on St clair Uphill Farmers (coun-

try/swing) 8:30 pm. free timeS cafe Carlie Malone Smith. gate 403 Fraser Melvin Blues Band (blues) 9 pm. gladStone hotel melody Bar Granny Boots – Short Dim Evenings: Songs From Long Dark Night Mark Shyzer and Jeff MacLean 7:30 to 10 pm. groSSman’S Rockin’ Blues Jam Ernest Lee & Cotton Traffic 9 pm. highWay 61 Southern BarBeque Ginger St James & the Grinders 7 pm. hugh’S room Al Stewart, Dave Nachmanoff, Mike Lindauer (folk rock singer/songwriters) 8:30 pm. repoSado Sol Wednesdays Spy Vs Sly Vs Spy. Silver dollar High Lonesome Wednesday: Big City Bluegrass Crazy Strings 10:30 pm. Stout iriSh puB Blues Jam 9 pm.

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. 416-488-7884. graffiti’S 170 Baldwin. 416-506-6699. the great hall 1087 Queen W. 416-826-3330. groSSman’S 379 Spadina. 416-977-7000. hard luck Bar 812 Dundas W. hard rock cafe 279 Yonge. 416-362-3636. harlem 67 Richmond E. 416-368-1920. henhouSe 1532 Dundas W. 416-534-5939. highWay 61 Southern BarBeque 1620 Bayview. 416-489-7427. holy oak cafe 1241 Bloor W. 647-345-2803. horSeShoe 370 Queen W. 416-598-4753. hugh’S room 2261 Dundas W. 416-531-6604. inSomnia 563 Bloor W. 416-588-3907. Jane mallett theatre 27 Front E. 416-366-7723. kapiSanan philippine centre 167 Augusta. 416-979-0600. lamBadina 875 Bloor W. 416-888-4607. lee’S palace 529 Bloor W. 416-532-1598. liBerty BiStro 25 Liberty. 416-533-8828. the local 396 Roncesvalles. 416-535-6225. lou daWg’S 589 King W. 647-347-3294. lula lounge 1585 Dundas W. 416-588-0307. margret 2952 Dundas W. 416-762-3373. maSSey hall 178 Victoria. 416-872-4255. metro hall david pecaut Square 55 John. 416-397-9887. mezzetta 681 St Clair W. 416-658-5687. mitzi’S SiSter 1554 Queen W. 416-532-2570. mod cluB 722 College. 416-588-4663. molSon amphitheatre 909 Lake Shore W. muSic gallery 197 John. 416-204-1080. naco gallery cafe 1665 Dundas W. 647-347-6499. naWlinS Jazz Bar 299 King W. 416-595-1958. not my dog 1510 Queen W. 416-532-2397. old mill inn 21 Old Mill Rd. 416-236-2641. orBit room 580A College. 416-535-0613. the oSSington 61 Ossington. 416-850-0161. the painted lady 218 Ossington. 647-213-5239. palaiS royale 1601 Lake Shore W. 416-533-3553. pan on the danforth 516 Danforth. 416-466-8158. partS & laBour 1566 Queen W. 416-588-7750. pauper’S puB 539 Bloor W. 416-530-1331. la perla 783 Queen W. 416-366-2855. phoenix concert theatre 410 Sherbourne. 416-323-1251. the piSton 937 Bloor W. 416-532-3989.

placeBo Space 1409A Bloor W. preSS cluB 850 Dundas W. 416-364-7183. quoteS 220 King W. 416-979-7717. rancho relaxo 300 College. 416-920-0366. reBaS café 3289 Dundas W. 416-626-7372. repoSado 136 Ossington. 416-532-6474. reServoir lounge 52 Wellington E. 416-955-0887. revival 783 College. 416-535-7888. rex 194 Queen W. 416-598-2475. rhino 1249 Queen W. 416-535-8089. riverdale preSByterian church 662 Pape. 416-466-3246. rivoli 332 Queen W. 416-596-1908. roSe & croWn 2335 Yonge. 416-487-7673. roSedale heightS School of the artS 711 Bloor E. 416-393-1580. roy thomSon hall 60 Simcoe. 416-872-4255. royal conServatory of muSic 273 Bloor W. 416-408-0208. 751 751 Queen W. 647-436-6681. Silver dollar 486 Spadina. 416-763-9139. Slack’S 562 Church. 416-928-2151. Sneaky dee’S 431 College. 416-603-3090. SomeWhere there Studio 227 Sterling, unit 112. Sound academy 11 Polson. 416-461-3625. SouthSide Johnny’S 3653 Lake Shore W. 416-521-6302. SpiritS 642 Church. 416-967-0001. SportSter’S 1430 Danforth. 416-778-0258. St. andreWS By-the-lake church 102 Lakeshore, Ward’s Island. 416-203-0873. St. vladimir inStitute 620 Spadina. 416-923-3318. Stout iriSh puB 221 Carlton. 647-344-7676. Supermarket 268 Augusta. 416-840-0501. Sutra 612 College. 416-537-8755. tattoo rock parlour 567 Queen W. 416-703-5488. ten feet tall 1381 Danforth. 416-778-7333. tequila BookWorm 512 Queen W. 416-504-2334. terri o’S SportS Bar 185 Danforth. tranzac 292 Brunswick. 416-923-8137. type BookS 883 Queen W. 416-366-8973. ultra 314 Queen W. 416-263-0330. underdoWn puB 263 Gerrard E. 416-927-0815. velvet underground 510 Queen W. 416-504-6688. village of yorkville park Cumberland and Bellair. WaterfallS 303 Augusta. 416-927-9666. White SWan 635 Danforth. 416-463-8089. WincheSter kitchen & Bar 51A Winchester. 416-323-0051. Woo’S lounge 10 Dundas E, 4th floor. 416-977-9966. WrongBar 1279 Queen W. 416-516-8677. yelloW griffin 2202 Bloor W. 416-763-3365.

terri o’S SportS Bar Gary 17’s Acoustic

val Stage Luminato Art of Time Ensemble,

underdoWn puB Rita’s Parlour Rita Di Gh-

mezzetta Mike Murley, David Ochippinti 9 pm. naWlinS Jazz Bar Jim Heineman Trio (jazz) 7

Open Stage Pete Otis (eclectic) 8 pm. ent (blues/jazz) 8 pm.

JAzz/CLASSICAL/ExPERIMENTAL

alleycatz Graceful Daddies (swingin’ jazz/

blues/R&B) 8:30 pm.

Blu riStorante & lounge Acoustic & Jazz Sentiments @ Blu John Campbell (piano) 7:30 pm. chalkerS puB Girls’ Night Out Jazz Lisa Particelli (jazz) 8 pm. dominion on queen Corktown Uke Jam 8 pm. gate 403 Ryan Oliver Jazz Band 5 to 8 pm. grace church on-the-hill The Grand Finale Tafelmusik Orchestra and Choir, TBSI Orchestra and Choir 7:30 pm. LJane mallett theatre Luminato Kronos Quartet, Wu Man (Chinese pipa) 8 pm.

Lmetro hall david pecaut Square feSti-

Gravity Radio 8 pm.

to 10 pm.

rex Griffith/Hiltz Trio 6:30 pm. rex Lord Bubba 9:30 pm. roy thomSon hall Joshua Bell Plays Bruch

Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Joshua Bell (violin) 8 pm. SomeWhere there Studio Jack Vorvis, Scott Thomson, Ken Aldcroft, Jonnie Bakan and others 8 pm.

DANCE MuSIC/DJ/LOuNGE

goodhandy’S T-Girl Newbie Night DJ Todd Klinck doors 9 pm.5 inSomnia Vinyl Wednesday DJ Chris Bosno (deep underground soul). 751 Mad Punk DJ Justin 10 pm. Sneaky dee’S What’s Poppin’ (80s/90s hip-hop party). 3

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YOUNG lIONS PRESENTS: ROUGE @ 3AM ShEEZER @ 2AM GREAT BlOOMERS @ 1AM PAPER lIONS @ 12AM RUBY COAST @ 11PM GRAMERCY RIffS @ 10PM ENjOY YOUR PUMAS @ 9PM SANDMAN vIPER COMMAND @ 8PM SATURDAY JUNE 18 (4 AM LAST CALL)

AUDIOBlOOD/WhITE GIRl RECORDS’ PRESENT: INvASIONS @ 3AM GIvE US ThE DAGGERS @ 2AM ThE BAlCONIES @ 1AM ThE DIRTYMAGS @ 12AM hANDS & TEETh @ 11PM WhAlE TOOTh @ 10PM

BRETT CASWEll & ThE MARQUEE ROSE @ 9PM EMMA hIll @ 8PM JUNE 21

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unliMiTed sundays The weekend continues…

Mon 13Th geek love Screenings featuing Venture Bros... Tues 14Th secreT Models Shhhh...the girls will take care of it... 61 OSSINGTON AVE | 416•850•0161 | theossington.com

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lAsT bulleT w/WaXmen, gorD PrIor, DIe By remote Sat june 11 DJ Ian Blurton

The ATomic RAvens w/FIre HyDrant, remaInameless, FIne motor Control tue june 14 the Pink & Black attack

slAndeR w/t.V. CasUaltIes Wed june 15 nXne + Hi Hat records showcase

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the SpintoneS

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9pm Krombacher mondayS

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the weber brotherS

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JOEL SWEET w/Dan Mock

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CATL, Megan Lane, & Whiteboy Slim

PSYCHIC BRUNCH * FREE WIFI! Clinton’s Is Looking For New Bands

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CD RELEASE

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Fri June 10

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thu june 9

7-9pm STACEY EARLE & MARK STUART

Thu June 9

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CROCODILES

Chains Of Love, ELVYN, SPORTS,

The BB Guns, Give Us The Daggers, JULIA SET GENERATOR, PERSIAN RUGS

THE HOUNDS BELOW w/ Organ Thieves,

HEAVY CREAM

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PEELANDER Z versus BIBLICAL

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7-9pm

10pm

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7-10pm

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11-3pm 10pm

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10pm

THE AVENUES

10pm

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TARANTULA

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BLUEGRASS BRUNCH

THE BEAUTIES

10pm THE

RATTLESNAKE CHOIR

Tues June 14 10pm LADIES OF THE CANYON

SAMANTHA MARTIN & THE HAGGARD

Wed June 15

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10pm Members of The Beauties & Flash Lightnin’ play Rolling Stones

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chopped and mixed them into abrasive, oddly formed compositions. While Film and Community Chest fabricate ear-splitting crescendos out of slow, ominous builds, the title track keeps up its piercing climax for its entire 36-second duration. Switching directions multiple times over its 12 minutes, the EP is suitably named. We hope the band’s restlessness leads somewhere great. Top track: Slurpy The Connoisseurs of Porn play the Hideout June 17, 1 am, as part of NXNE. RT

disc of the week

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Gloss Drop (Warp) Rating: It’s always dangerous when a band loses a key member. That’s the situation Battles found themselves in when founding guitarist/ singer Tyondai Braxton left to focus on other projects. It’s remarkable, then, that they’ve delivered a sophomore album that not only maintains their tightness but also improves on it. The biggest change is the absence of Braxton’s pitch-shifted vocals, which were unique but not

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It’s All True (Domino) Rating: When we thought of Hamilton, sensitive synth-pop used to be the last thing that came to mind, but the international success and critical adoration of Junior Boys has definitely changed that. While this is the first Junior Boys album that wasn’t mainly recorded in the Hammer, there are no obvious traces of Jeremy Greenspan’s time spent writing and recording in Shanghai or Matthew Didemus’s move to Berlin. This is no drastic reinvention of the band, but, rather, a logical expansion of the ideas on their last disc, Begone Dull Care. That’s not to say it’s a retread. The textures and sounds are lusher, and the latent funk behind their melancholy keyboard pop tunes is less restrained and buried. Greenspan is also sounding much more confident as a vocalist, and seems to be channelling some 80s R&B vibes on many tracks. The melodies are a bit more major key, but if you listen closely, the lyrics are as gloomy as ever (in a good way). Top track: Banana Ripple Junior Boys play the Phoenix tonight (Thursday, June 9). BENJAMIN BOLES

OKKERVIL RIVER I Am Very Far (Jagjaguwar) Rating: NNN Despite its recent release, Okkervil River’s sixth recording is hardly a summer album. It’s gothic, weighty, dense and, well, a bit overwhelming. The Austin band led by Will Sheff has 50

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pivotal to their sound. More essential is their knack for turning skewed rhythms and instrumental experiments into groovy, head-nodding music. On Gloss Drop they make strange, heady songs that are also fun – not an easy thing to pull off. If I have a complaint, it’s that their occasional use of guest vocalists feels like overcompensation. Battles have a fascinating, distinct sound of their own; they don’t need Gary Numan crooning overtop. Top track: Futura RICHARD TRAPUNSKI departed from previous releases by toning down the conceptualism and amping up everything else. Each tune is driving and energetic, ambitiously orchestrated and lyrically intriguing. The emotion barrels over you, and there are few hooks to pull you up from the deep waters. Moments of silence are also few and far between. Sheff gave producing a go this time, adding 23 guests to his already sprawling band’s contributions, as well as experimental sounds: duct tape being peeled, hurled file cabinets, the strumming of 45 classical guitars. Taken song by bold song, it works quite well. Taken altogether, the density and chaos sometimes get tiring, though repeat listens bring rewards. Top track: Rider Okkervil River play the Phoenix Friday (June 10). Limited NXNE wristbands/passes accepted. CARLA GILLIS

THE CONNOISSEURS OF PORN I’m Bored (Buzz) Rating: NNN Some just-formed indie bands suffer because they can’t afford professional recordings or studio gloss. Local noise-rock trio the Connoisseurs of Porn benefit from it. Recorded live without overdubs, their five-song EP hits with a no-frills rawness straight out of the school of Steve Albini. The production certainly suits the music, an eccentric mishmash of plodding bass, angular guitar scrapes and throaty, Captain Beefheart-style vocals. It’s as noisy and bizarre as the best of Mr. Bungle, but also weirdly tuneful, almost in spite of itself. They’ve written hooks, but

debut album what got them here in the first place: catchy, danceable pop hooks. Don’t let Pumped Up Kicks’ singalong school-shooting chorus (yes, you read that right) fool you; most of their lyrics are as harmless and trite as anything else you’ll hear on the pop charts. It’s hardly surprising that lead singer/ songwriter Mark Foster reportedly started out writing jingles. His songs are structured around one big, hummable hook and not much else. The L.A. band has a knack for that, but we can’t help wondering if they have anything more sophisticated in store. We’d rather have the next MGMT than the next Maroon 5. Top track: Pumped Up Kicks Foster the People play the Mod Club June 18 and Sound Academy October 1. Limited NXNE wristbands/passes accepted to Mod Club show. RT

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Mellow Drama (Light Organ) Rating: There’s a warm familiarity to the songs on Louise Burns’s phenomenal debut album, which draws heavily from 50s and 60s classic pop songwriting. The Vancouver musician and former member of teen girl rockers Lillix, who were signed to Madonna’s Maverick label, infuses her straightforward, open-hearted tunes with a chill vibe reminiscent of a folkier, deeper She & Him. Her plaintive vocals evoke Stevie Nicks and, at her more country moments, June Carter. Also well judged is the production. Perfectly placed handclaps (or maybe snare hits) on the reverby What Do You Wanna Do conjure sipping milkshakes next to the diner jukebox; Drop Names Not Bombs’ light piano lines add a wistful edge; the spare Island Vacation gets an unexpected wall-of-sound twist; Paper Cups’ garagerock riffs are major fun. And then comes a breathtaking cover of Leonard Cohen’s The Gypsy’s Wife. Supposedly, Burns spent a long time soul-searching after her time in Hollywood. This album proves she’s found her way. Top track: What Do You Wanna Do Louise Burns plays Supermarket June 18, 9 pm, as part of NXNE. CG

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Thoughts (Matador) Rating: NNN Thurston Moore’s solo album sees him whisper-singing Neil Young-style over acoustics guitars, strings and harp. Sonic Youth fans will hear familiar melodies made gentler by the arrangements. The album proves that guitar distortion isn’t necessary for creating sonic experiments. Moore uses unusual tunings and harmonics, producer Beck brings a treated feel to the vocals and instruments, and harpist Mary Lattimore sounds otherworldly. Deft violin lines by Samara Lubelski lift the music without being overused. The result is dreamy to a fault, with song fragments submerged in extended instrumental intros and outros. It works well in the first half, especially on Benediction, Illuminine and Orchard Street, which verges on epic. The second half meanders into background material but is still worth a listen. The accompanying booklet includes poetry by Moore. Top track: Benediction SARAH GREENE

FOSTER THE PEOPLE Torches (Sony) Rating: NNN Foster the People are often compared to MGMT, but a more accurate description is MGMT without the ambition. Rising to major label status on the strength of a three-song EP and the ubiquitous radio hit Pumped Up Kicks, the out-of-nowhere electro stars haven’t sacrificed on their

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Sound Kapital (Sub Pop) Rating: When rock spouses Dan Boeckner and Alexei Perry made their fantastic Face Control album in 2009, they were already a well-travelled band. Their journeys through remote eastern European regions informed that record’s aesthetic and revealed the Handsome Furs’ burgeoning anthropological taste for exploring/documenting cultures. Boeckner and Perry have since had their passports stamped in Southeast Asia and China, playing shows in places where most groups wouldn’t venture. The unending lights and sounds of Bangkok, Manila and Beijing inspired the duo’s most electronic and propulsive album to date. Boeckner’s guitar, though present and biting, is mostly background to Perry’s jittery electro-pop synth lines. The lyrics, as on the excellent Repatriated, are inspired by all the striving unknown bands they encountered and played with and who gave them reason to come home and create Sound Kapital. Top track: Bury Me Standing Handsome Furs hit the Garrison June 18, 1 am, as part of NXNE. JASON KELLER

world who can blow like this. Originally, Mongrel Mash was going to be a live album, but for the sake of sound quality del Junco opted for a live-in-thestudio approach that preserves the sense of spontaneity this music needs. But as with most live blues performances, this also means the focus is mainly on the solos, which can be exhausting if you’re hoping for concise, bite-sized jams. But by bringing something new to the form while still respecting the tradition, del Junco can make you feel like you’re hearing the harp for the first time. Top track: Heddon Tadpolly Spook Carlos del Junco rocks Hugh’s Room Saturday (June 11). BB

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STEPHEN MARLEY Revelation Part 1: The Root Of Life (Ghetto Youths/Universal) Rating: NNN Weeks shy of the 30th anniversary of Bob Marley’s death, second son Stephen has released an album that honours his father’s legacy. Truth be told, Stephen’s entire musical career has felt like a tribute to Bob. But Revelation Part 1: The Root Of Life, whose more club-orientated sequel, The Fruit Of Life, is due in the fall, more explicitly carries on Bob’s passions. For instance, Rastafarian religious icon Haile Selassie I was of immense importance to Bob, and Stephen pays homage with The Chapel, a redo of the reggae hymn Selassie Is The Chapel covered by the original Wailers in the late 60s. He also delivers faithful reinterpretations of Freedom Time and Pale Moonlight, but gets contemporary in Jah Army, a dubbed-out track with brother Damian and dancehall star Buju Banton that sounds off the fog horn. Stephen has a raspier voice than his father but emits a similar compassion and driving spirit, especially on the Bobishly titled Break Us Apart and Can’t Keep I Down. Top track: Freedom Time JK

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Rating: NNN Toronto’s Carlos del Junco is an awardwinning harmonica player, and even a quick listen to his newest disc makes it clear why. He uses an “overblow” technique to hit notes far outside the blues scales we generally associate with the instrument. Often, he surprises by slipping gracefully into jazz territory and dipping into other styles throughout the album. There aren’t many other people in the

Go-Go Boots (ATO) Rating: No one sounds quite like Drive-By Truckers’ Patterson Hood as he sing-talks in a Southern drawl through the uplifting opening chant I Do Believe on the band’s 11th album. But dark themes abound: the story of a small-town preacher who murdered his wife inspired both the title track and The Fireplace Poker. The Athens band’s playing is sublime and soulful, and they haven’t lost their gritty alt-country sound. The influence of the Muscle Shoals Sound Studio and the band’s collaborations with Bettye LaVette and Booker T. Jones can be heard, especially on Eddie Hinton covers Everybody Needs Love and Where’s Eddie. (Bassist Shonna Tucker sings lead here and, boy, can she sing.) Mike Cooley’s gentler contributions pace out the intensity. Consider the vinyl, which comes with bonus song I Hear You Hummin’. Top track: Go-Go Boots Drive-By Truckers play the Phoenix Wednesday (June 15). Limited NXNE wristbands/passes accepted. SG

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artists and bands is a lot to get your head around. See the complete hour-by-hour schedule on pages 59, 61 and 63.

HOW TO NXNE: Complete ticket, pass and wristband info on page 65.

Devo, Stars, Descendents, Fucked Up, the Pharcyde and many more play free shows at YDS. See page 67.

TWIN SHADOW at Lee’s Palace (529 Bloor West), Saturday (June 18), midnight. $15 or NXNE wristband/ pass. nxne.com

If there’s an artist capable of making you sob gently on the dance floor, it’s George Lewis Jr., aka Twin Shadow. His debut album, last year’s Forget (4AD/Terrible/Beggars Group) is a fulllength tribute to Lewis’s own sorrow, full of poetic self-pity over potent rhythms and brooding synths. Not the sort of thing you’d want to throw on at your niece’s sixth birthday party, but it is beautiful. The influence of Morrissey, Depeche Mode, Sade and the dark sound of 80s new wave is abundantly clear. According to Lewis, his musical taste growing up didn’t run exclusively to mopey bands. “A friend of mine from years ago

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just reminded me of how I used to only listen to 2Pac. I forgot that, and it surprised me,” he says. The record’s pristine production can be credited to Chris Taylor of the band Grizzly Bear. Since then, Taylor has connected Lewis with Beyoncé’s sister, artist Solange Knowles. Earlier this year, the three collaborated on a benefit song for water in Africa commissioned by Coca-Cola. Perhaps the younger Knowles will make an appearance on Twin Shadow’s next album, which Lewis has only started to think about. “I am working hard to find time to make the follow up to Forget,” he says. “Twin Shadow has been hitting the road real hard these days. As soon as we pause, I’ll be working on Forget 2.” See what all the fuss is about at one of NXNE’s hottest shows. Bring JASON RICHARDS kleenex.

BRUCE PENINSULA

Thursday (June 16), 1 am, at the Rivoli It’s been a tough year for Bruce Peninsula, but they’re hoping to bounce back at NXNE. The Toronto folk-prog orchestra were finally ready to make good on anticipation for their sophomore LP, Open Flames, when singer/ guitarist Neil Haverty was diagnosed with leukemia. His cancer’s now in remission, and this Rivoli set is his first show back with the band. Expect to hear material from the new record, scheduled for September.

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The man who invented summer talks Beach Boys, Los Angeles and his endless appetite for the good times By JOSHUA ERRETT BRIAN WILSON at Massey Hall (178 Victoria), Friday

(June 18), doors 7:30 pm. $55- $85, or NXNE wristband/ pass (first 50). RTH, TM; receiving NOW’s Hall of Fame/ Lifetime Achievement Award at the Hyatt Regency (370 King West), tonight (Thursday, June 16), 6:15 pm. Free, NXNE wristband/pass. nxne.com.

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brian wilson is supposed to be in the Studio Café, a Yorkville restaurant where he and I had planned to talk 1964 Beach Boys over some chow. He’s switched locations – bad vibrations, maybe? – to his hotel room at the last minute. When I arrive there, I find him sitting on the sofa in silence. He’s hugging a pillow and staring out the window. He holds that pillow the entire time I’m in the room. He’s a notoriously uncomfortable interview. Joan Rivers, for instance, asked him in 1984 what it was like to be single, and his nonsensical reply was that it’s similar to “liking a Phil Spector record.” In recent years, his responses have been less absurd but more monosyllabic. But the Beach Boy genius, who turns 69 later this month, has much to discuss lately. Last year he released an inventive new record, Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin, and has another one, a cover of notable Disney songs, coming this year. He says his current tour – he plays Massey Hall June 18 – is his last. NOW Magazine is also presenting him with a lifetime achievement award on June 16 (see box, this page).

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Even if there were no recent work, there’d still be infinite interest in Pet Sounds, his landmark album released in 1966, and in Smile (1967), its infamously doomed follow-up. And a small army of young musicians mimic Wilson’s production style (see sidebar), though he says he doesn’t listen to any of them. He cycles through questions about all of this with one-word acknowledgements like “Yeah” and “Right.” I’m obsessed with the Beach Boys. One day last summer, I listened to the Boys for almost 14 consecutive hours. So after running through my list of stock Beach Boys questions, I dip my foot into less charted waters. I ask about some Los Angeles restaurants I know he likes. Hidden behind the surfing – he’s afraid of the ocean anyway – eating has been on Wilson’s mind for most of his career. There is, of course, Vegetables, an ode to his favourites, on that mythic Smile album. It uses the crunching of celery as percussion. (Paul McCartney did the eating of the celery.) In 1969, he even opened up his own health food store, the Radiant Radish, in West Hollywood. It kept very odd hours and closed after a year. Twelve years later, he wrote songs with his brother Dennis in exchange for hamburgers. The unfinished recordings are sometimes called The Hamburger Sessions. For his entire life, Wilson has lived within a 20-mile radius of Haw-

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Brian Wilson’s original songs, the gorgeous vocal arrangements anchored by his own soaring voice, and the brilliant studio production that delivers them have established him as one of the most influential pop geniuses of all time. Fitting, then, that during what’s being touted as his last tour, NOW names him the recipient of its inaugural Hall Of Fame/Lifetime Achievement Award. Fans and admirers (NXNE pass-holders receive priority entry) can attend the ceremony at a free event June 16, 6:15 pm, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel (370 King West), when Blue Rodeo’s Jim Cuddy presents the award to Wilson on NOW’s behalf. NOW’s definitely giving the award – aimed at recognizing artists who have changed the world through their work – a stellar launch.

thorne, the Los Angeles neighbourhood where he grew up. I ask him what keeps him there, and excitedly he replies, “The restaurants.” During his high-flying time in the 70s, Wilson could be found eating at Hollywood’s Brown Derby – where he once went to a party in a bathrobe – and upscale Chinese at Mr. Chow’s in Beverly Hills. Today, he’s unsure whether Mr. Chow’s is still open. It is, but I don’t get the sense he’s going to be making a reservation any time soon. Now he prefers to eat at a sad little spot off an L.A. freeway in a strip mall next to a Starbucks. “The Glen Deli. It’s my favourite restaurant. They’ve got everything – you name it. Pasta, hamburgers, grilled cheese sandwiches – they’ve got it all,” he says. When his band first began playing music in the early 60s, Wilson and his brothers Carl and

Dennis would visit the Wich Stand, a hip 50sstyle drive-thru with a cocktail lounge. Wilson even wrote a few songs about the diner, though they were never released. When he was 19, Wilson was driving to a hot dog stand when he started humming the melody to a song. It became Surfer Girl, the first song he ever wrote, a hit in 1963. Wilson admits that Surfer Girl sounds remarkably like Jiminy Cricket’s When You Wish Upon A Star, using the exact same meter and some chords. (He also used the same progression on The Girls On The Beach.) It makes sense, then, that he sings the Pinocchio theme on his upcoming Disney album. A year after Surfer Girl, on a February night in 1964, the Beatles played the Ed Sullivan Show. Wilson, “jealous as hell,” took solace in an L.A. restaurant with bandmate Mike Love. He buried himself in writing after that, emerging with I Get Around, Wendy and other hits. Later that year he suffered a nervous breakdown. continued on page 67 œ

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Few musicians have had an impact that transcends as many genres and eras as Brian Wilson. His fingerprints are all over contemporary music, and not just the explosion of surf-influenced garage rock over the past few years. It’s pretty much impossible to play pop music and not find his influence creeping into the mix. Here’s what some of the acts hitting NXNE have to say about him:

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The Beach Boys were one of the first groups I heard as a kid. I was introduced through my parents, who had good record collections. Pet Sounds is one of my favourite records. It’s overwhelmingly beautiful, and the production is unbelievable. I don’t make that sort of music, really, but their attention to melody, songwriting craft and arrangements is inspiring. I love Don’t Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder). Dee Dee Penny (Dum Dum Girls) See preview, page 54. We like to record a lot, and Brian Wilson is especially interesting to us for all the things he does in the studio. sam stratton (Royal Bangs) See preview, page 66. Needless to say, Brian Wilson is an amazing songwriter. That music was just part of our daily life when I was growing up at Hermosa Beach. Bill stevenson (Descendents) See preview, page 69. His influence on California songwriters is obvious. There’s something about his work that resonates with people who grew up near the beach and in that culture. There’s a nostalgic element. When you’re a little kid and become a music fan, you learn about the Wilsons and Brian Wilson and the trials he’s gone through. He’s still able to see the beauty of the world even though his world has been pretty dark at times. It’s inspiring. Brandon Welchez (crocodiles) See preview, page 69. For our band Brian Wilson is such a big influence. Every pop band thinks about wanting to make a Pet Sounds – the orchestration, the lyrics, the melody, the synthesis of those things. It’s such a good example of how to make a record. Brennan Ross (library Voices) See preview, page 66

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at the Horseshoe (370 Queen West), Thursday (June 16), 1 am. $15 or wristband/pass. nxne.com.

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“My brain is all fucked up,” says Laura Lloyd, guitarist for No Joy, from a tour stop somewhere in Germany. “I can’t remember the last time I wasn’t on tour and was able to think straight.” Indeed, the Montreal shoegaze band fronted by Lloyd and guitarist/ vocalist Jasamine White-Gluz have been churning out loud and hazy tunes from their top-notch Ghost Blonde (Mexican Summer) album nearly nonstop since September. Do they enjoy so much travel? “I’ve definitely lost all my sanity. Sometimes I feel like the only people who understand what I am saying are my bandmates, because they’ve watched me progress into this weird version of myself who speaks in tongues. “I do enjoy it, though, probably because I forget what any other kind of lifestyle is like.” Besides, you’ve got to strike when the iron’s hot. The Pitchfork-approved act’s schedule has brought them tours with Best Coast, Vivian Girls, Wavves and Surfer Blood, and to festivals like SXSW, CMJ and, next week, NXNE. Not bad for a band started just over a year ago. And in case you haven’t yet solidified your own NXNE plans, Lloyd has a few suggestions. “Go see Lower Dens, Woodsman, Cults, Dum Dum Girls, and come to our secret show at the Silver Dollar, which CARLA GILLIS we can’t announce.”

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WILD NOTHING at Lee’s Palace (529 Bloor West), Saturday (June 18), 11 pm; at the Garrison (1197 Dundas West), Sunday (June 19), 11 pm. Both $15 or wristband/pass. nxne.com.

Like many bedroom artists, Jack Tatum has been forced to adapt. He crafted Wild Nothing’s 2010 debut, Gemini, alone on his laptop, an approach that no longer cuts it. “The album was very much a home experiment,” he says over the phone from his apartment in Savannah, Georgia. “I was just filling the songs with as many tracks as I wanted without any expectations about what it could turn into.” Gemini reflects the intimate setting

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and recreates the hushed, wistful UK indie pop of the 80s with surprising faithfulness. But since “hushed” and “wistful” rarely work as well in concert as on headphones, Tatum let the live show find its own sound. “We’re true to the intentions of the songs, but it’s not four of me up there. There are [members playing] live drums and real instruments, which gives it a different energy.” He’ll also implement those things on his sophomore album, which will get made in a New York City recording studio. “Recording is about having a sound in your head and trying to get it out. Being in a studio gives me more ways RICHARD TRAPUNSKI to do that.”

SUUNS

Thursday (June 16), midnight, at the Horseshoe In the year since Montreal’s Suuns released their first record, Zeroes QC (Secretly Canadian), they’ve become one of the most intense and dynamic live bands around. While earlier performances showed promise, the psych rockers blew minds and eardrums during their opening slot for the Black Angels in April. Dark and mesmerizing, Suuns are perfect for a hot summer’s JoANNe HUffA night.

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Wednesday (June 15), 1 am, Bovine Sex Club Google “dentata” and you’ll learn more than you probably ever wanted to about the vagina dentata, aka toothed vagina. With lyrics like, “I will crush you in between my legs,” Sabbath-meets-Hole act Dentata likely had exactly such connotations in mind. Able to spin menacing, heavy and, yes, biting songs out of a few chords (sometimes just one), this Toronto four-piece fronted by Dana Wright and Tamsen Fields should be caught live for total imCARLA GILLIS pact.

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at Lee’s Palace (529 Bloor West), Friday (June 17), 11 pm. $15 or wristband/pass. nxne.com. Eleven am on a Sunday morning and Dum Dum Girls’ Dee Dee Penny, born Kristin Gundred, has taken a look outside and picked a suitable song for the morning. “I was listening to Vintage Violence, by John Cale,” says the California expat residing in New York. “That song Big White Cloud, because there was a big white cloud outside my apartment and I thought, ‘Oh wow, that song would sound great right now.’” Gundred knows a lot about picking the right song to fit the moment. Dum Dum Girls have covered everyone from Sonny and Cher to the Smiths, stamping them with distortion and Gun-

dred’s shyly defiant vocals. Her diverse tastes account for the strength of her original compositions, which filter strong melodies through a wall of distortion. Gundred is the arbiter of Dum Dum Girls’ songs, sound and image, but credits producer Richard Gottehrer – composer of My Boyfriend’s Back, co-founder of Sire Records, producer of the first two Blondie records and Blank Generation, by Richard Hell and the Voidoids – with bringing her ideas to fruition. “He has the full-picture understanding of what I’m doing,” Gundred says. “When I started working with him, it was a relief. I could go back to writing songs and arranging, knowing I had this person whose opinion and work I respect to pick up a lot of the responJoANNe HUffA sibility.”

KEVIN SECONDS

Wednesday (June 15), 11 pm, at the El Mocambo; Thursday (June 16), 11 pm, at Lee’s Palace Best known as the voice behind venerable SoCal punks 7 Seconds, Kevin Seconds has also released a string of acoustic pop albums, most recently 2008’s Rise Up, Insomniacs! His solo material avoids the emo trap that catches many who try to move away from hardcore’s speed toward something more melodic. Plus, it’s sweet that his wife, Allyson, with whom he used to run the True Love Coffeehouse, JoANNe HUffA is in the current lineup.

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My Skin Against Your Skin

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Unfamiliar Friends Party

nxne spotlights taiwan’s indie scene TAIPEI, TAIWAN – When NXNE music programmer John Kastner and I roll into the capital of what’s still occasionally referred to as the Republic of China this past February, we are launched on a bullet-train-powered crash course on the rich and diverse indie music scene of this island nation – but even calling it a nation continues to be controversial. There’s retro 80s rock, reggae, ska, hardcore, punk rock, schmaltzy pop and two guys in chefs’ hats singing Carpenters covers, but mostly it’s incendiary indie rock that’s far enough off the radar not to give a shit, with true invention the result. Taiwan is poised on the edge of the world’s biggest market – and country – and I’m reminded of the Canadian music scene 25 years

ago, when no one expected to be able to break through the shadow cast by American culture. No one bothered selling out, certain that no one was buying anyway. We see more than 40 bands in 10 days and could have recommended at least a dozen acts. We’re bringing three of the best to this year’s NXNE: pop punksters White Eyes, art rockers My Skin Against Your Skin (MSAYS) and electrodance DJs Unfamiliar Friends Party. These bands play elegant, government-supported arts institutions and live houses, as well as gritty, grimy punk clubs where two long-hairs from North America stick out like a Lincoln in a laneway. Downstairs in a jammed underground club at the edge of Taipei’s National University, the

punk-pop power of White Eyes electrifies. And the eyeball necklace that bass player Balafun is wearing is pretty damned cool. Riveting frontwoman and guitar player Gao Xiao-gao snarls and seduces. A paper lantern woven into her hair adds to her can’t-be-denied aura. This is a mustsee NXNE show. Next day, in a rehearsal space just off one of Taipei’s more elegant streets, we quickly fall under the spell of MSAYS’s sexy, dreamy, driven rock powered by lead singer Andréa Huang. And a day later, Unfamiliar Friends Party lead singer Hollistar promises to buy everyone in a packed club steaks if they vote for the band to go to NXNE. We don’t score any meat, but the surprisingly dynamic show put on by this laptopdriven band propelled by Hollistar’s irresistible

dance moves doesn’t need any kind of bribe to earn a slot at the fest. UFP call their sound “computer game music.” We call it catchy electro fun. The White Eyes play Cherry Cola’s, Thursday (June 16), midnight, $15; Bovine Sex Club, Friday (June 17), 11 pm, $15; Silver Dollar, Saturday (June 18), 10 pm, $12. My Skin Against Your Skin play the Garrison, Thursday (June 16), 2 am, $15; Comfort Zone, Friday (June 17), 11 pm, $12; Bovine Sex Club, Saturday (June 18), midnight, $15. Unfamiliar Friends Party play the Great Hall, Thursday (June 16), 10 pm, $15; Cherry Cola’s, Friday (June 17), 10 pm, $12; Painted Lady, Saturday (June 18), 2 am, $12. All shows accessible to NXNE wristband/pass MICHAEL HOLLETT holders. nxne.com.

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brian wilson

June 18, Massey HAll, first 30 passes/wristbands admitted

Grimes Chad Vangaalen, Braids, Jennifer Castle, Duzheknew

David Bazan

June 14, Lee’s Palace, first 75 passes/wristbands admitted STARMAKER BW 15.09.06.eps

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NOW JUNE 9-15 2011 NOW

The Comfort Zone Sat 18

The Silver Dollar, Sat 18 (Presented By Next/Untold Cities)

Peelan der Z neon windbreaker, biblical, with

topanga, the get nuns, cartoons The Garrison, Wed 15

The Postelles with Pick A Piper, Lower Dens, Pat Jordache

Crocodiles

with B-17, Bad Cop, Teenanger, The White Eyes, Catl

The Music Gallery, Thur 16 (Presented By Out Of This Spark)

Forest City Lovers with Evening Hymns, Snowblink

El Mocambo, Fri 17

Live Nation presents

with Saint Alvia, New France, Indian Handcrafts, Fuck Montreal The Garrison Fri 17 (Presented By Osheaga)

Your Skin, The Vandelles, The Young Things Little Foot Long Foot The Dakota, Sat 18

Horse Feathers with Entire Cities, New Country Rehab, Sneaky Dee’s, Fri 17 (Presented By Young Lions Music Club)

coast still life still ruby with Rouge, Sheezer, Paper Lions,

with cosmic kids, dj nights, the order of good cheer, foxfire, samantha savage smith, Jf robitaille

late bloomers, Gramercy Riffs, Enjoy Your Pumas, Sandman Viper Command

ParTY ON THE MUSIC NEVER STOPS AS LOADS OF VENUES ARE LEGALLY SERVING UNTIL 4AM. LOOK OUT FOR SURPRISE SPECIAL GUEST PERFORMANACES, DANCE PARTIES AND GENERAL DEBAUCHERY. 58

JUNE 9-15 2011 NOW NOW

918 Bathurst,Sat 18 (Presented By Snakes and Ladders)

Heavy Cream with The Hoa Hoa’s, My Skin Against

Secret Cities, Smoke Fairies, Bellewoods, Chris Velan The Drake Hotel, Sat 18 (Presented By The Drake Hotel)

Videotape, Little Girls, No Gold, Josh Reichmann, Idiot Glee

passes/wristbands admitted

Rich Aucoin with Jacques Greene, passwords, braids, elephant stone, jesuslesfilles

Handsome FuRs with Makeout

Foster the people June 18, The Mod Club, first 40

Comfort Zone, Fri 17 (Presented By Musebox)

Rusty

The Garrison, Sat 18 (Presented By Hand Drawn Dracula)

SCREEN tiME

doldrums with prince rama, aids wolf, grimes, talk normal The Great Hall, Thur 16

Men Without Hats

with little girls, unfamiliar friends party, belle phoenix

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

Band Schedule ThurSday, June 16 8PM

9PM

10PM

11PM

12aM

Drew smith

Brian Borcherdt

Boys Who say No

Gavin Gardiner

Lake Forest

the Boat

Cavaliers

extra arms

Black Light White Light

Danielle Duval

Bravestation

BoviNe sex CLuB

stars of Boulevard

Gloryhound

take Drugs

Darlings of Chelsea

CJ ramone

hopeful monster

Marta

Lindy

Future historY

the strumbellas

CaMeroN house

Jordan Klassen

the star Department

lazybones

Chip Greene

Chloe Charles

C’est What

Pistol George Warren

Cindy Doire

Brian Dunn

Kalle Mattson

richard Duguay (of Personality Crisis)

Belle Phoenix

the White eyes

Taipei City, Taiwan

today i Caught the Plague

the Cowgirl Choir

Cowboy and indian

revolvers

the hounds Below

organ thieves

thrust

Magnum Ki

truth universal

stalley

Brace

after hours until 4 am

Kelly sloan

Walter sickert & the army of Broken toys

the Jessica stuart Few

toNeLLa

after hours until 4 am

slow down, Molasses Saskatoon, SK

tim Chaisson and Morning Fold

the treasures

inlet sound

avery island

commodore84

Nans & Nat

Jane’s Party

the Little Black Dress

Noah Pred

Co-oP

alland Byallo after hours Berlin, Germany until 4 am

Brothertiger

Woodsman

a Lull

tape Deck Mountain

Gauntlet hair

hours special Guest after until 4 am

eL MoCaMBo (uPstairs)

FirexFire

Kovak

oPoPo

tomboyfriend

Josh Martinez

Free tiMes CaFe

robbie hancock

Mandippal

shawn Clarke

David Leask

shawna Caspi

918 Bathurst

918 Bathurst Street

Toronto, ON

158 Augusta

Toronto , ON

Toronto, ON

Newmarket, ON

542 Queen W

New York, NY

Vancouver, BC

Gt. DaNe

BreaD aND CirCus

Guelph/Winnipeg/ Toronto, MB

299 Augusta

408 Queen W

Fall river, NS

Toronto, ON

Melbourne, Australia

Vancouver, BC

67 Front E

Dublin, Ireland

Sudbury , ON

Toronto, ON

CherrY CoLa’s roCK N’ roLLa CaBaret & LouNGe

Los Angeles, CA

200 Bathurst

CoMFort ZoNe

the Lying Cheats

480 Spadina Ave

Toronto, ON

CraWForD

718 College Street

Toronto, ON

Austin, TX

Toronto, ON

CZehosKi

Winnipeg, MB

Doug hoyer

678 Queen W

Edmonton, AB

DaKota taverN

ruth Minnikin

249 Ossington

Halifax, NS

Dartmouth, NS

Blackie Jackett Jr.

shiloh Lindsey

Toronto, ON

Vancouver, BC

Zachary Lucky and his Prairie Pals

the Detour Bar 193 1/2 Baldwin

Saskatoon, SK

the DraKe hoteL uNDerGrouND

eL MoCaMBo (MaiN FLoor)

1150 Queen W

464 Spadina

Mathew Maaksant Dave Picco Toronto, ON

Toronto, ON

Toledo, OH

464 Spadina

Toronto, ON

320 College

Ktichener, ON

the GarrisoN 1197 Dundas St W

GLaDstoNe hoteL BaLLrooM

Modern superstitions Toronto, ON

Toronto/Hamilton, ON

Toronto, ON

Denver, CO

Brighton, UK Cambridge/Toronto, ON

usa out of vietnam Montreal, QC

Toronto, ON

Copenhagen, Denmark Toronto, ON Toronto, ON Toronto, ON Sudbury, ON London, UK

Toronto, ON New Orleans, LA

Boston, MA

Port Perry, ON

Toronto, ON

Chicago, IL Toronto, ON Toronto, ON

uncle Bad touch Montreal, QC

2aM

3aM

Toronto, ON Toronto, ON Toronto, ON Toronto, ON

Nashville, TN

Sault Ste. Marie, ON

Cumberland, MI Massillon, OH Toronto, ON

Charlottetown, PE Montreal, QC

Toronto, ON

San Diego, CA Toronto, ON

Mississauga, ON

ty segall

San Francisco, CA

after hours until 4 am

New York, NY Toronto, ON Toronto, ON

Sudbury, ON

Ottawa, ON

after hours until 4 am

Toronto, ON

Montreal, QC Toronto, ON

Bryce Clifford after hours Austin, TX until 4 am

Toronto, ON

after hours until 4 am

Montreal, QC

Toronto, ON

Denver, CO

after hours until 4 am

Vancouver, BC

after hours until 4 am

Toronto, ON

My skin against Your skin

the Dig

New York City, NY

Taipei, Taiwan

the Great haLL

Belle Phoenix

unfamiliar Friends Party Little Girls Taipei, Taiwan

Toronto, ON

Men Without hats

harD LuCK Bar

decibel.

MaD oNes

teen tits wild wives

KuMoNga

after hours until 4 am

hiDeout

hellbros

Benefit of a Doubt Ottawa, ON

PKeW PKeW PKeW (gunshots)

the ooohh Baby Gimme Permanent Bastards Mores Woodbridge, ON Toronto, ON the New enemy

Bastard

october sky

after hours until 4 am

royal Bangs

Ps i Love You

suuns

No Joy

old World vulture

1087 Queen W

London, UK

812 Dundas Street West

New York, NY

484 Queen W

Ottawa, ON

the LeGeNDarY horseshoe taverN

the Luyas

370 Queen W

LaBYriNth LouNGe

298 Brunswick Ave

Montreal, QC

after hours until 4 am

Lego Gang

Puncturevine

Zoon van snooK

squid Lid

secret Broadcast

Petty victories

Grey Kingdom

Paper thick Walls

Ketch harbour Wolves

Young Doctors in Love

after hours until 4 am

Gauntlet hair

the Dodos

Deerhoof

1977

Different skeletons Toronto, ON

the Jon Cohen experimental

Parks & rec

Bella Clava

the Cheap speakers

Peter elkas

Bobby Bazini

imaginary Cities

sweet thing

Bruce Peninsula

Mittenz

Purple hill

elvyn

Chains of Love

Crocodiles

Dirty Beaches

international Zombies of Love

odonis odonis

Child Bite

Doldrums

MetZ

DD/MM/ Y Y Y Y

Dinsmore

Toronto, ON

Mookie and the Loyalists

Poor Young things

the holiday Crowd

the two Koreas

the hippy Mafia

Jennifer Castle

tanika Charles & the Wonderfuls

allie hughes

snowblink evening hymns Toronto, ON Toronto, ON

Toronto, ON

rivoLi

siLver DoLLar rooM

332 Queen St. W

486 Spadina

sNeaKY Dee’s

431 College

suPerMarKet

Toronto, ON

veLvet uNDerGrouND WroNGBar YoNGe DuNDas square

San Francisco, CA

Toronto, ON

Winnipeg, MB Toronto, ON

1279 Queen W

Toronto, ON

Goldenboy Motel english

510 Queen W

Melbourne, Australia Toronto, ON

Kevin seconds

Toronto, ON

Cambridge, MA Toronto, ON

Baltimore, MD Toronto , ON

Toronto, ON

268 Augusta

Yonge and Dundas

Denver, CO

Washington

Forest City Lovers Toronto, ON

300 College

after hours until 4 am

Dress rehearsal

189 Church

raNCho reLaxo

Toronto/St. Catharines, ON

hot White Chocolate

NoW LouNGe

Montreal, QC

the Breaking Lakes

Toronto, ON

410 Sherbourne

Montreal, QC

Whitby Southeast, ON

MJ Cyr

angela saini and the residents

PhoeNix CoNCert theatre

Toronto, ON

after hours until 4 am

1554 Queen W

218 Ossington

Kingston, ON

Montreal , Canada

Lower Dens

MitZi’s sister

the PaiNteD LaDY

Toronto, ON

after hours until 4 am

Winnipeg, MB

evan Dando / Juliana hatfield

Montreal, QC

Knoxville, TN

Toronto, ON

Winnipeg, MB

Sacramento, CA

Chris velan

529 Bloor W

197 John Street

Toronto, ON

Winnipeg, MB

tim Nasiopoulos (host) 8-8:10 pm Dylan Gott 8:12-8:24 pm Kathleen McGee 8:26-8:38 pm Bobby Mair 8:40-8:52 pm Monty scott 8:54-9:06 pm Mark DeBonis (headliner) 9:08-9:28 pm

Lee’s PaLaCe

the MusiC GaLLerY

Winnipeg, MB

Cyclist

after hours until 4 am

Greg MacPherson

Winnipeg, MB

Les Jupes

Toronto, ON

this hisses

1214 Queen W

the Details

1aM

Toronto, ON Toronto, ON

Kitchener, ON Welland, ON

Bristol, UK

Chicago, IL

Toronto, ON Toronto, ON

Toronto, ON

ALL OVER, USA

Montreal, QC Quebec, QC

Toronto, ON

Detroit, MI

Toronto, ON

Winnipeg, MB

Vancouver, BC

Toronto, ON

Toronto, ON Toronto, ON

San Diego, CA

Toronto, ON

Toronto, ON Toronto, ON

Vancouver, BC

Toronto, ON

say Domino London, ON

Dead Messenger

Montreal, QC

after hours until 4 am sports

Toronto, ON

sandman viper Command

Burlington, ON

after hours until 4 am after hours until 4 am

Toronto, ON

Toronto, ON Toronto, ON

anagram

Oshawa, ON

Fucked up Toronto, ON

Light Fires Toronto, ON

Lucie tic

Toronto, ON

MetZ 6-6:40 pm rusty 7-7:40 pm Fucked up 8-8:40 pm oFF! 9-9:40 pm Descendents 10-10:40 pm

1. WHIPPERSNAPPER presents 2. NORTHERN ONTARIO MUSIC presents 3. PUBLIC CITY presents 4. LEFSE presents 5. DOSE.CA presents 6. MANITOBA MUSIC presents 7. WINDISH AGENCY presents

8. COMEDY RECORDS presents 9. OUT OF THIS SPARK / MUSIC GALLERY presents 10. PKG / SKULL CANDY presents 11. CBC RADIO 2 presents 12. NEXT/NXNE presents 13. WE ARE BUSY BODIES presents 14. AGENCY GROUP presents 15. NOW MAGAZINE presents 16. MONSTER presents

NOW June 9-15 2011

NXNE TAKES OVER DOWntOWN AT YONGE DUNDAS SQUARE All

FREE OutDooR SHOWS thURSDAY, JUNE 16

DESCENDEntS

Ages

Festiv wristbanadl on sale a s t shows all

FRIDAY, JUNE 17 presents

10:00 PM

STarS

ofF! 9:00 PM FUCKEDUP 8:00 PM RUSTY 7:00 PM METZ 6:00 PM

9:30 PM

LanD of TALK 8:30 PM DIAMOND RINGS 7:30 PM

SATURDAY, JUNE 18

presents

9:30 PM

MEN WitHOut HATS 8:00 PM

CULTS 7:00 PM DOM 6:00 PM DIRTY BEAChe S 5:00 PM DD/MM/YYYY 4:00 PM GEntleMEN HUSBanDS3:00 PM NIGHTBOX 2:00 PM RICHarD DUGUAY 1:00 PM the BURNING BOYZ 12:00 PM Mill St. Brew Pub

GREAT BEER LIVES heRE

Open 12 pm–11 pm Hot food. Cold beer, and a ringside seat for the mainstage concerts. 60

JUNE 9-15 2011 NOW

SUNDAY, JUNE 19

the PHarCYDE 9:00 PM

DIGABle PLanETS 8:00 PM D-SISIVE 7:00 PM TanIka CHarleS & the WONDERFULS 6:00 PM REEMA MAJOR 5:00 PM MAMABOLO 4:00 PM

Indie Music Market

• a celebration of independent music and creativity • merch & autographs from NXNE artists on-site • NXNE wristband sales & pickup • gaming stations on-site • chances to win a MOOG DJ system

Band Schedule Friday, June 17 918 Bathurst

918 Bathurst Street

8PM

9PM

10PM

11PM

12aM

1aM

uladat

Labirinto

Lido Pimienta

Baru

sultans of string

Lucie tic

super Geek League Seattle, WA

eastern Conference Champions

the White eyes

Cunter

DB and the Catastrophe

split tongue Crow

the seedy seeds Cincinnati, OH

ian La rue & the heartbeat City

Billie Goats Gruff

Little City

alright alright

Pang attack

the monster show

Dave rave

Crazy Diamond

the Driftwood singers

Jean Caffeine Durham, NC

nive nielsen & the Deer ol’ savannah Children Montreal, QC

shade

the abramson singers

ania soul

Jo Williamson

Dave Borins

unfamiliar Friends Party mad June

the Johnnys

your Pretend Boyfriend

Toronto, ON

Bovine sex CLuB 542 Queen W

BreaD anD CirCus

romney Getty

299 Augusta

Toronto, ON

Cameron house 408 Queen W

Sal Paulo, Brazil

Rutland, VT

Toronto, ON

the CentraL

hotCha!

603 Markham Street

Toronto, ON

C’est What

Los Angeles, CA

Beekeepers society

67 Front E

Toronto, ON

Cherry CoLa’s roCk n’ roLLa CaBaret & LounGe 200 Bathurst

ComFort Zone 480 Spadina Ave

little foot long foot the young things

Toronto, ON

New York, NY

Toronto, ON

Los Angeles, CA

Montreal, QC

Vancouver, BC

Toronto, ON Taipei City, Taiwan

Winnipeg, MB Waterloo, ON

Toronto, ON Toronto, ON Toronto, ON

Hamilton, On, ON

Nuuk, Greenland Toronto, ON

New York, NY

3aM

Toronto, ON Fort Collins, CO

hours special Guest after until 4 am

Toronto, Ontario, ON Toronto, ON Toronto, ON Toronto, ON

Taipei, Taiwan

Montreal, QC

the vanDeLLes

my skin against your skin the hoa hoa’s Taipei, Taiwan

Toronto, ON

heavy Cream

Manhattan, NY

Toronto, ON

2aM

Toronto, ON

rival sons

after hours

maGnoLius

after hours until 4 am

Long Beach, CA until 4 am

Nashville, TN

CraWForD

angerville

Ghettosocks

Def3

abstract artform

miles Jones

CZehoski

abigail Lapell

We Were Lovers

hool

Freak owls

the Cool hands

emma-Lee

Jadea kelly

harlan Pepper

Carolyn mark

tin star orphans

the Detour Bar

the music Box

the standstills

shortpants romance

red slam Collective

abstract random

the Drake hoteL unDerGrounD

nive nielsen & the Deer mozart’s sister Children Montreal, QC Nuuk, Greenland

toPs

matters

Dougie Boom

Jimmy edgar

eL moCamBo (main FLoor)

Fuck montreal

new France

rusty

saint alvia

Burlington, ON

hours special Guest after until 4 am

eL moCamBo (uPstairs)

modernboys moderngirls Language-arts Toronto, ON

Toronto, ON

amos the transparent

Fast romantics

rikers

melleefresh

Free times CaFe

samantha hooey

Lynn Jackson

Lindsay may

serafin

D’arcy Wickham

the Garrison

Jesuslesfilles

elephant stone

BraiDs

PassWorDs

rich aucoin

erin hunt

minotaurs

miri

Bialystoker (Formerly -

East Coast Iceland, Iceland

olenka and the autumn Lovers

718 College Street

Aurora, ON

678 Queen W

Toronto, ON

Dakota tavern

Wiggins sisters

249 Ossington

Wilton, CT

193 1/2 Baldwin

1150 Queen W

Waterloo, ON

Halifax, NS

464 Spadina 464 Spadina 320 College

1197 Dundas St W

Toronto, ON

London, ON

Montreal, QC

GLaDstone hoteL BaLLroom

Toronto, ON

1214 Queen W

Halifax, NS

Saskatoon, SK

Toronto, ON

Oshawa, ON

indian handcrafts South Simcoe, ON

Kitchener, ON Montreal, QC

Guelph, ON

Regina, SK Brooklyn, NY

Hamilton, ON

Montreal , QC Montreal, QC

Toronto, ON Ottawa, ON

Vancouver, BC Montreal, QC

Winnipeg, MB Brooklyn, NY

Victoria, BC

Toronto, ON

Montreal, QC

Toronto, ON Calgary & Toronto, AB Toronto, ON Montreal, QC

London, ON

Toronto, ON Toronto, ON

Toronto, ON

Toronto, ON Toronto, ON

Peterborough, ON Toronto, ON Halifax, NS

the Lovely Feathers) Montreal, QC

Toronto, ON

after hours until 4 am the mohawk Lodge Toronto, ON

samantha martin & the haggard Toronto, ON

after hours until 4 am

Detroit, MI

Toronto, ON

Dakota

Toronto, ON

after hours until 4 am

after hours until 4 am Jacques special Guest Greene

Montreal, QC

after hours until 4 am

richard Duguay (of Personality Crisis)

red mass

usa out of vietnam

swervedriver

harD LuCk Bar

stephanie Bosch

st. Joes mission

a horse and his Boy

the speaking tongues

nikki’s trick

harD roCk CaFe 279 Yonge

the one-look Donnybrook

unlikely heroes

the Cunninghams

a Primitive evolution

Clockwize sound

hiDeout

Black magick Fox

the Polymorphines

slam Dunk Victoria, BC

the Davey Parker radio the Connoisseurs of sound Porn Toronto, ON

Toronto, ON

the aesthetics

C’mon

oFF!

the Pack a.D.

special Guest Dirtymags Toronto, ON

the Great haLL 1087 Queen W

Los Angeles, CA

812 Dundas Street West

Toronto, ON

484 Queen W

Toronto , ON

the LeGenDary horseshoe tavern

the DarCys Toronto, ON

370 Queen W

LaByrinth LounGe

Lee’s PaLaCe

298 Brunswick Ave 529 Bloor W

Library voices

Regina, SK

the PainteD LaDy Junior Battles

Toronto, ON

ranCho reLaxo 300 College

332 Queen St. W

siLver DoLLar room 486 Spadina

sneaky Dee’s 431 College

suPermarket 268 Augusta

Milton, ON

Charlottetown, PE

410 Sherbourne

rivoLi

the most serene republic haunted hearts

218 Ossington

Phoenix ConCert theatre

Black Lungs Toronto, ON

Toronto/New Orleans, ON

Daniel sky and the Landlines

the james clark institute

evil Farm Children

old Crowns

City and the sea

after hours until 4 am

Chris velan

shuyler Jansen Saskatoon, SK

the Darby mintz kickdrum

Foam Lake

after hours until 4 am

Toronto, ON

Ottawa, ON

New York, NY Ottawa, ON

Los Angeles, CA Hamilton, ON

Bombs

Toronto, ON

after hours until 4 am

art Brut

London, UK

Farquhar & seldon Toronto, ON

Montreal, QC

Toronto, ON

Saskatoon, SK

the Breezes

GrounDers

monokino

Amsterdam, Netherlands

voLCano PLayGrounD

archie Powell & the exports

soft Copy

Courage my Love

hometown Beatdown

FreeDom or Death

early Winters

samantha savage smith

Persian rugs

Julia set Generator

the BB Guns

action makes

Crocodiles

Powers

Toronto, ON

Give us the special Guest Daggers

sandman viper Command

enjoy your Pumas

Gramercy riffs

ruby Coast

Paper Lions

Great Bloomers

sheezer

Pittsburgh, PA

Toronto, ON

Kitchener, ON Toronto, ON

Burlington, ON

Toronto, ON

Winnipeg, MB

Asbury Park, NJ

Whitby, ON

Toronto, ON Toronto, ON

Toronto, ON Toronto, ON Toronto, ON Toronto, ON

the never surprise

nash

Vancouver, BC

Montreal, QC

hexes & ohs

the Cautioneers

WronGBar

super vacations

secret Cities

Pujol

Julianna Barwick

Toronto, ON

superhumanoids

Dora alexander

Yonge and Dundas

the Black rainbows

bouncing souls

Montreal, QC

yonGe DunDas square

Vancouver, BC

Ottawa, ON

Cults

Los Angeles , CA

armen at the Bazaar

Kingston, ON

Dum Dum Girls

Vancouver, BC

510 Queen W

1279 Queen W

Los Angeles, CA

Chameleonize after hours Toronto, ON until 4 am

Dirty Beaches

veLvet unDerGrounD

Toronto, ON

anti-Flag

Toronto, ON

Ottawa, ON

Toronto, ON

the Flatliners

Montreal, QC

Orangeville South, ON

London, ON

London, UK

Writer

San Diego, CA

1554 Queen W 722 College

Ottawa, ON

Montreal, QC

Barry taylor (host/ showcase Presenter) 8-8:10 pm Greg alsop 8:12-8:24 pm keith Pedro 8:26-8:38 pm nick reynoldson 8:40-8:52 pm rick & Chuck (headliners) 8:54-9:24 pm

mitZi’s sister moD CLuB theatre

Montreal, QC

Norfolk, VA

Toronto, ON Fargo, ND

Montreal, QC

Nashville, TN

Chicago, IL

Toronto & Los Angeles, CA San Diego, CA Charlottetown, PE

Downtown Toronto, ON Calgary, AB

Toronto, ON

super vacations

Norfolk, VA

the Black void

Montreal, QC

after hours until 4 am

Toronto, ON

rouge

Toronto, ON

the makeover

kidstreet

keys n krates Toronto, ON

(Jeremy Glenn & after hours rod skimmins) until 4 am Toronto, ON

Prince rama

ty segall

talk normal

Waterloo, ON

Toronto, ON

brooklyn, NY

Brooklyn, NY

San Francisco, CA

Brooklyn, NY

odonis odonis Toronto, ON

Diamond rings 7:30-8:10 pm Land of talk 8:30-9:10 pm stars 9:30-11 pm

1. FUNKETE presents 2. NEXT/MUSEBOX presents 3. POP MONTREAL presents 4. OSHEAGA presents 5. CHUNKLET presents 6. COMEDY RECORDS presents 7. SESAC presents 8. Taylor Mitsopulos Klein Oballa presents 9. NEXT/POP MONTREAL presents 10. YOUNG LIONS MUSIC CLUB presents 11. 2 + 2 presents 12. PANACHE presents 13. SIRIUS presents

NOW June 9-15 2011

NXNE filM festival

The world’s best features, docs, & shorts – all about the music ALL SCREENINGS ARE FREE WITH A NXNE WRISTBAND OR PASS, OR $10 AT DOOR

FILM FESTIVAL VENUES National Film Board Mediatheque (NFB) 150 John St. Hyatt Regency 370 King St. W. Toronto Underground Cinema (TUC) 186 Spadina Ave.

MONDAY JUNE 13 7:00 – TUC

Shakespeare Was a Big George Jones Fan: “Cowboy” Jack Clement’s Home Movies (2005, USA, 60 mins) D: Robert Gordon and Morgan Neville A doc about Nashville’s maverick songwriter/producer, “Cowboy” Jack Clement – includes footage of Johnny Cash and Bono. 9:00 – TUC

The Last Pogo (1978, Canada, 26 mins) D: Colin Brunton; producer/director Colin Brunton in attendance A Canuck classic: documents the final punk concert to take place in Toronto’s Legendary Horseshoe Tavern—a night of unhinged music and unbridled mayhem.

with

Kurt Cobain: About a Son

(2007, USA, 96 mins) D: A.J. Schnack An intimate and moving meditation on the late musician and artist Kurt Cobain, based on more than 25 hours of previously unheard audiotaped interviews conducted with Cobain by noted music journalist Michael Azerrad for his book “Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana.”

TUESDAY JUNE 14 7:00 - TUC

Jandek on Corwood (2003, USA, 88 mins) D: Chad Friedrichs Documentary searches out a bizarre, prolific, reclusive Texas musician with “a public profile that makes J.D. Salinger look like Britney Spears” – LA Times

2:00 PM – NFB

Upside Down – The Creation Records Story

(2010, UK, 102 mins) D: Danny O’Connor The fascinating story of Alan McGee, the charismatic founder of Creation Records. Features footage of label signings The Jesus & Mary Chain and Oasis. 5:00 PM – NFB

Made In Birmingham: Reggae Punk Bhangra

(2010, UK, 65 minutes) D: Deborah Aston; Jez Collins, producer, University of Birmingham in attendance Reggae, Punk and Bhangra musicians reflect on how music has shaped identity in the city. Explores political and cultural issues using rare footage and interviews to shed new insight into the city and its music. with

Matatu Express

(2010, Canada, 30 mins) D: Colm Hogan; director Colm Hogan in attendance The everyday struggles of young people living in Kibera, one of Africa’s largest slums outside Nairobi, Kenya - features a slammin’ soundtrack featuring local Kiberan hip hop performers The Hustlers. 6:30 PM – TUC

Hori Smoku Sailor Jerry: The Life of Norman K. Collins

(2008, USA, 73 mins) D: Erich Weiss Explores the the global tattooing phenomenon. Sailor Jerry’s story and mystique is revealed through interviews with his peers and those he influenced, like protégée Don Ed Hardy. 8:30 PM – TUC

Mutual Appreciation

(2005, USA, 109 mins) D: Andrew Bujalski Low-key comedy classic that grabbed a bunch of “funniest film of the year” awards. Follows twentysomething musicians in New York as they wrestle with career, love, & life.

4:00 PM – TUC

Violent Days

(2004, France, 104 mins) D: Lucile Chafour A group of friends living in Paris, 1950s French rock ‘n roll and rockabilly, too much beer, and the inevitable violence. preceded by

Bitter Grasses (Karyn Ellis) Karyn Ellis music video. 4:15 PM – NFB

My House Stood In Sulukule

(2010, Austria, 94 mins) D: Astrid Heubrandtner; CANADIAN PREMIERE An example for urban renewal projects worldwide and their social consequences: the local community is ignored while the search of the powerful capitalists for more profits predominates. 6:00 PM – TUC

High on Hope

(2010, UK, 72 mins) D: Piers Sanderson The story of 1980s UK dance music and how it spread around the world. Acid house parties, unemployment, idealism, police brutality, and the largest mass arrest in decades – all set to a soundtrack of the biggest tunes of the era. preceded by

Buskers

D: Andrew Ponton Short musical film directed by Andrew Ponton. 6:15 PM – NFB

Stephen Faulkner: I Ain’t Gonna Leave

(2011, Canada, 87 mins) D: Sarah Fortin Faulkner decides to tour again with a young group. On the road between Quebec City and Montreal, through rehearsals and shows, Faulkner lets us know that against all odds, he’s back.

Disposable Film Festival (2011, various countries, 120 mins) D: various; curator / founder Carlton Evans in attendance; CANADIAN PREMIERE A special screening of the Competitive Shorts Collection from the 2011 edition of this unique fest, which celebrates films made with inexpensive video technology. The DFF promotes experimentation and helps new filmmakers to change the industry.

12:30 PM 2:30 PM 3:00 PM 4:00 PM 5:30 PM

Los Zafiros: Music From The Edge of Time Unfinished Symphony Superstonic Sound the Rebel Dread But We Still Have the Music Rolling Like A Stone

WEDNESDAY JUNE 15

THURSDAY JUNE 16

12:00 PM – NFB

12:45 PM – NFB

You Can’t Sing It For Them (2010, USA, 68 mins) D: Jacqueline Richard and Margot Fassler; CANADIAN PREMIERE Continuity, change, and a church musician. A wisecracking, professionally trained Director of Music works tirelessly to revitalize his church’s deteriorating choral program so that the entire breadth of African American sacred music can be sung. Preceded by

Protect the Nation

(2010, South Africa, 16 mins) D: C. R. Reisser Shot in Johannesburg: When faced with the unexpected kindness of a stranger, a young boy begins to question himself. Does he have the courage to do what’s right?

Last Day in the Office: Laika and the Cosmonauts

(2010, Finland, 58 mins) D: Mikko Mäkelä Laika and the Cosmonauts, the incredible Finnish surf-rock band, on their final tour of the U.S. preceded by

Sand Mountain

Beatboxing - The Fifth Element of Hip Hop

JUNE 9-15 2010 NOW

8:00 PM – TUC

J.X. Williams’ Cabinet of Curiosities

(USA, 100 mins) Archivist & Curation: Noel Lawrence. CANADIAN PREMIERE panel discussion to follow, with: Noel Lawrence, Mina Shum, David Kleiler, Ilko Davidov Gala Film of NXNE Film 2011: a rare look at legendary director Williams, acknowledged as a huge influence on Tarantino and Scorcese and as a pioneering director of 1970’s L.A. punk-rock videos – but infamous for his films’ incendiary content.

Hyatt Regency Toronto Screening Room: NXNE’s 10-Year Hall Of Fame Retrospective FREE Chicago Showcase 12:00 PM You Weren’t There: A History of Chicago Punk, 1977-1984 3:00 PM Unauthorized and Proud of It: Todd Loren’s Rock ‘n Roll Comics 4:30 PM Rwanda Rises Up - Song For Africa

(2011, Germany, 90 mins) D: Julia Ostertag and Francesca Araiza Andrade An inspiring journey through Europe’s DIY punk scene, capturing squatters in Barcelona, anti-fascists in Moscow and Swedish girl punk bands. Unity derives from autonomy along with the best punk sound you’ve heard for years. 2:30 PM – NFB

12:00 PM – TUC

(2011, USA, 55 mins) D: Klaus Schneyder; CANADIAN PREMIERE This documentary helps the Human Beatbox to finally become recognized and accepted as a true art form and a full musical instrument.

(8 mins) 1:20 PM – NFB

Beatboxing - The Fifth Element of Hip Hop

City and Colour: In the Studio 16 minutes behind the scenes… preceded by

We Don’t Want Your Body (Stars) New music video from Stars. 3:00 PM – NFB

Rainman Goes to RockWiz

(2008, Australia, 30 mins) D: Russell Kilbey Fascinating story of Mark Borebach – severely vision impaired and battling Asperger’s Syndrome – but able to instantly recall 70s and 80s hits. He appears on “Rockwiz,” a Aussie TV quiz show. with

6Ft. Hick: Notes From The Underground

(2010, Australia, 62 mins) D: Marty Moynihan; CANADIAN PREMIERE A true insight into the real life of indie rock ‘n roll touring & survival – and a testament to what an awesome live act The Hicks are. preceded by

The Game

(Australia, 7 mins) D: Jon Cohen and

Journey of a Dream

(2009, New Zealand, USA, Australia, 33 mins) D: Kathryn McCool; CANADIAN PREMIERE On a journey through the American south to meet reclusive musician Cast King, photographer Kathryn McCool tries to find the America she imagined in rural New Zealand. 2:00 PM – TUC

Noise and Resistance: Voices from the DIY Underground

(2010, Canada, 75 mins) D: Adam Traynor The directorial debut of a musician from the German-based hip hop group Puppetmastaz, and co-written by Canadian rapper Gonzales and French director Céline Sciamma, the film stars Canadian musicians including Peaches and Feist. preceded by

(2010, Australia, 3 mins) D: Craig Melville A viral video hit: the bizarre musical comedy that’s graced the stage at festivals around the world. 4:00 PM – TUC

Hyatt Regency Toronto Screening Room: NXNE’s 10-Year Hall Of Fame Retrospective FREE

FRIDAY JUNE 17 Bloodied But Unbowed

(2010, Canada, 76 mins) D: Susanne Tabata director Susanne Tabata in attendance A fascinating, behind-the-scenes look at the first Vancouver punk scene, viewed via its characters. preceded by

Dive and Dimunition: A Punk Story Elvis Pelvis

(2007, Germany, 95 mins) D: Kevin Aduaka Part I: 10-yr-old Elvis lives under the tyranny of his father, who is obsessed with

If I’m Not Home, Ron Cooper: A Jazz Life

Ivory Tower

The Bedroom Philosopher – Northcote (So Hungover)

9:00 – TUC

to find the America she imagined in rural New Zealand. with

the legacy of Elvis Presley. But Elvis’s walls are a shrine to Jimi Hendrix. Part II takes place 17 years later and tells of Derek, a recluse who also loves Hendrix. 2:00 PM – TUC

(2011, Canada / India / Tibet, 81 mins) D: Shenpenn Khymsar; director Shenpenn Khymsar in attendance Revolutionary political rockumentary recounts the struggle of a Tibetan refugee, who got a chance to live the dream of possibilities in the Western world through an unconventional form of expression – Heavy Metal. 5:30 PM – NFB

Dream Factory

(2010, Korea) D: Kim Sung-Kyun CANADIAN PREMIERE The fascinating saga of striking workers at the famous Cort guitar factory – 1,000 days of music, politics, and international solidarity. 6:00 PM – TUC

The Rise and Fall and Rise of Sensational

(2010, USA, 73 mins) D: E.A. Moore The story of one of hip-hop’s most original and unsung characters, showcasing his unique musical talents – and dysfunctional lifestyle, career botches, and substance abuse problems. Sensational is actually quite sensational. Preceded by Three short music videos by Amir George - Meshes of Fear Land, She Wants A Man and Get It Off My Chest. Director Amir George in attendance 7:30 PM – NFB

Red Shirley

(2010, USA, 28 mins) D: Lou Reed Lou Reed (yes, that Lou Reed) interviews his cousin on the eve of her 100th birthday. with

8:00 PM – TUC

Color Me Obsessed: A Film About The Replacements

(2011, USA, 122 mins) D: Gorman Bechard; director Gorman Bechard in attendance; CANADIAN PREMIERE One of NXNE Film’s 2011 coups: A doc on the last best band, the greatest band you’ve never heard of, some say the greatest band ever: The Replacements. Love, hate, obsession, tears, vomit... it might not be the prettiest story ever told, but it certainly rocks.

SATURDAY JUNE 18 12:30 PM – NFB

Dreaming Of The Past

(2011, USA, 68 mins) D: Sabine Golz A Russian-American early music expert goes to Ukraine to teach early music performance. He finds out that there is no such music there - but discovers the country’s folk songs and vocal liturgy, not well known anywhere else. Preceded by

Notes from the Kuerti Keyboard (2011, Canada, 6 mins) D: David Eng & Katarina Soukup; directors David Eng & Katarina Soukup in attendance Legendary Canadian pianist Anton Kuerti “performs” the Scherzo from Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 18 on an antique Underwood. 2:15 PM – NFB

MTL Punk – The First Wave

(2011, Canada, 45 mins) D: Erik Cimon, Alain Cliche Stalwarts from the late 70s dish on the early Montreal punk scene: music, drugs, and iconoclasm in equal parts. Includes rare live footage and music from The 222s, The Normals and The Chromosomes. preceded by

Don’t Touch Me Please

(2010, France, 40 mins) D: Shanti Masud CANADIAN PREMIERE A song, a Super 8 reel. A boy, a girl. Pairs of people meet and get together – or not – set to music by Tom Waits, Richard Hell, and more. 5:00 PM – NFB

Blaze Foley – Duct Tape Messiah

(2011, USA, 86 mins) D: Kevin Triplett A doc on the songwriter described by Lucinda Williams as “a genius and a beautiful loser” (and the subject of her song “Drunken Angel”). Foley, shot to death at 39 after a life of poverty and missed chances, has become a legend whose songs are covered by Willie Nelson and Lyle Lovett. 5:30 PM – TUC

Better Than Something: Jay Reatard

(2010, USA, 87 mins) D: Alex Hammond, Ian Markiewicz, Joe Berger. CANADIAN PREMIERE; producer Joe Berger in attendance The long-awaited intimate portrait of the complicated yet prolific low-fi rock icon at the height of his career. The film features candid, never-before-seen footage of Reatard at his home in April of 2009 – just months before his death. 6:45 PM – NFB

Below New York

(2010, USA, 28 mins) D: Matt Finlin; WORLD PREMIERE; director Matt Finlin in attendance Captures the beautiful aesthetic and texture that subway performers and artists bring to New York City.

Better Than Something: Jay Reatard

(2011, USA, 56 mins) D: Dustin Grove; CANADIAN PREMIERE Documents two years in the peerless scat-singer’s life, who went from legendary jazz clubs like the Green Mill to homelessness and alcoholism. Through the words of Cooper and many fellow jazz musicians, the film examines his unique contributions to the Chicago jazz scene. 7:15 PM – TUC

Road Dogs

(2011, USA, 83 mins) D: Shane Aquino; CANADIAN PREMIERE Three of Los Angeles’s craziest bands—Heavenly Trip to Hell, Kettle Cadaver, and the Peppermint Creeps—tour America, learning about the difference between being hometown heroes and being out-of-town weirdoes wearing stacked heels in the backwaters of Indiana. Not for children or the sqeamish. preceded by

Lovely Bloodflow (Baths) Music video from Baths. 8:45 PM – TUC

Player Hating: A Love Story

(2011, USA, 92 mins) D: Maggie Hadleigh-West; director Maggie Hadleigh-West in attendance CANADIAN PREMIERE Follows hip hop artist Half-a-Mill and his Brooklyn crew as they struggle to escape poverty and violence through music in the Albany Housing Projects. preceded by

Hip Hop Mom

(2011, Canada, 4 mins) D: Mina Shum; WORLD PREMIERE, director Mina Shum in attendance Comedic take on how moms of the world can stay true to themselves while raising a family.

SUNDAY JUNE 19 12:00 – NFB

William S. Burroughs: A Man Within

(2010, USA, 90 mins) D: Yony Lesyer; producers Ilko Davidov & Carmine Cervi in attendance A portrait of the life & work of Beat icon Burroughs, set to a soundtrack by Patti Smith and Sonic Youth and featuring interviews with Smith and SY as well as Iggy Pop, Jello Biafra, and more. 2:00 PM - NFB

Paul Quarrington : A Life In Music

(2010, Canada, 47 mins) D: Bert Kish director Bert Kish in attendance A powerful doc revealing the inner life and work of this renaissance artist – writer, teacher, musician, filmmaker –humourous and poignant insights into what it takes to live a creative life. preceded by

Shlemiel

(Canada, 25 mins) D: Chad Derrick; director Chad Derrick in attendance A group of middle-aged Orthodox Jews form a rock band and hit the Toronto club scene, including the NXNE Discovery Series at the SIlver Dollar - with a cameo by local legend Dan Burke. preceded by

One Breath 5-min music video.

Sand Mountain

(2009, New Zealand, USA, Australia, 33 mins) D: Kathryn McCool. CANADIAN PREMIERE On a journey through the American south to meet reclusive musician Cast King, photographer Kathryn McCool tries

Player Hating: A Love Story

Band Schedule Saturday, June 18 8PM

918 Bathurst

918 Bathurst Street

the Ballroom 145 John

9PM

10PM

11PM

12aM

1aM

Doldrums

talk Normal

Grimes

Prince rama

aIDs Wolf

88 Days of Fortune

shad

Chang-a-lang Toronto, ON

my skin against Your skin

the Dirty Nil

Toronto, ON

Brooklyn, NY

Montreal, QC Toronto, ON

BovINe sex CluB

hotKid

542 Queen W

Cambridge, ON

BreaD aND CIrCus

the elwins

299 Augusta

Keswick, ON

CameroN house 408 Queen W

100 mile house

603 Markham Street

Edmonton, AB

C’est What 67 Front E

Annapolis, MD

Montreal, QC

Graydon James & the Young Novelists

the Burnettes

Josh Geddis

Daniel moir

Dinsmore

autumns Canon

monuments and statues

Jubal’s Kin

Jody Glenham

hôtel morphée Montreal, QC

sioux Newberry & the law

Pear

loon Choir

the Belle Game

Jen lane

melissa Cameron

the Barrens

the mercy Now

lovely Killbots

these electric lives

the Get Nuns

topanga

Neon Windbreaker

PeelaNDer- Z

Biblical

Church Chizzle

4DZ

readNex Poetry squad

Jesse Dangerously

ricca razor sharp

Kingston, ON

Bristol, UK

Bayfield, ON

Orlando / Longwood, FL Ottawa, ON Astoria, NY

200 Bathurst

Cartoons

Toronto, ON

CraWForD

718 College Street

Toronto, ON Toronto, ON

CZehosKI

Dundas, ON

Bent By elephants

CherrY Cola’s roCK N’ rolla CaBaret & louNGe 480 Spadina Ave

Taipei, Taiwan

axis of Conversation

Calgary, AB

ComFort ZoNe

London, ON

Zoon van snooK

Boston, MA

Toronto, ON Montreal, QC

Calgary, AB

Vancouver, BC Vancouver, BC

Vancouver/Montreal, BC Toronto, ON Toronto, ON

New York, NY

3aM

Montreal, QC

Jaggery

Vancouver, BC

the CeNtral

Dirty Names

Brooklyn, NY

2aM

hours special Guest after until 4 am

Toronto, ON

Ottawa, ON

Kingston/Toronto, ON

Saskatoon, SK

Toronto, ON

New York City, NY

rival sons

after hours

Boombox saints

after hours until 4 am

Long Beach, CA until 4 am

Toronto, ON

Ottawa, ON

Calgary, AB

Vancouver, BC

Kaya Fraser

tiny victories

ambre mclean

the John Punch Band

lauren Best

Bellewoods

smoke Fairies

horse Feathers

secret Cities

New Country rehab

sacred Balance

elos arma

eamon mcGrath

Cécile Doo-Kingué

Kill Giants

samantha savage smith Foxfire Calgary, AB

Toronto, ON

still life still

the order of Good Cheer DJ Nights

Cosmic Kids

after hours

el moCamBo (maIN Floor)

the schomberg Fair

harper Blynn

Gentlemen husbands

the CoPPertoNe

hoNheehoNhee

after hours until 4 am

Free tImes CaFe

mary milne

Jamie Bendell

Idiot Glee

Josh reichmann

678 Queen W

Victoria, BC

DaKota taverN

Chris velan

249 Ossington

Montreal, QC

the Detour Bar 193 1/2 Baldwin

the DraKe hotel uNDerGrouND 1150 Queen W

Willowdale South, ON

JF robitaille

Montreal, QC

Toronto, ON

464 Spadina 320 College

the GarrIsoN

Toronto/Bancroft, ON

1197 Dundas St W

GlaDstoNe hotel Ballroom

1214 Queen W

the Great hall 1087 Queen W

Lexington, KY

Duzheknew

laBYrINth louNGe

lee’s PalaCe

298 Brunswick Ave 529 Bloor W

Toronto, ON

New York City, NY New York, NY Toronto, ON

Portland, OR

Edmonton, AB East York, ON

Ottawa, ON Fargo, ND

Owen Sound/Toronto, ON Toronto, ON

Montreal, QC Toronto, ON

Toronto, ON Toronto, ON

King City, ON

special Guest

elgin-skye

Jon Bryant

lady hayes

No Gold

little Girls

handsome Furs

Cobourg, ON

Montreal, QC Vancouver, BC

Halifax, NS

Toronto, ON

Montreal, QC

after hours until 4 am entire Cities Toronto, ON

hot Wax meltdown

Toronto, ON

after hours until 4 am Los Angeles, CA until 4 am

Montreal, QC

after hours until 4 am makeout videotape

Montreal, QC

after hours until 4 am

BraIDs

Chad vanGaalen

Grimes

the Goodluck assembly little foot long foot Ottawa, ON

Toronto, ON

Jordan Cook

the North

Kill matilda

holy toledo! Toronto, ON

after hours until 4 am

teenage Kicks

hooded Fang

Jenn Grant

Dinosaur Bones

one hundred Dollars

Wildlife

Commandeers

Halifax, NS

484 Queen W

370 Queen W

Chichester, UK

Guelph, ON

eastern Conference Champions 7-7:30 pm miss emily 7:45-8:15 pm DreamFace 8:30-9 pm Brighter Brightest 9:15-9:45 pm Bleeker ridge 10-10:30 pm tBa 10:45-11:15 pm Candy Coated Killahz 11:30 pm-12 am meNeW 12:15-12:45 am Die mannequin 1-1:30 am

hIDeout

the leGeNDarY horseshoe taverN

Toronto, ON

Brooklyn, NY

Toronto, ON

Jennifer Castle Toronto, ON

Toronto, ON

Montreal, QC Saskatoon, SK Halifax, NS

Calgary, AB

Montreal, QC

Toronto, ON

Vancouver, BC

Toronto, ON

matt o Brien (host) 8-8:10 pm eric andrews 8:12-8:24 pm Garrett Jamieson 8:26-8:38 pm Desiree lavoy 8:40-8:52 pm K trevor Wilson 8:54-9:06 pm Bryan o Gorman (Headliner) 9:08-9:28 pm Ivan & alyosha

Guards

CraIG smIth

Collingwood, ON

Big tobacco & the Pickers

the Key Frames

vanessa’s entire heart

halabisky’s uprising

hibou

moNoKINo

a Wilhelm scream

hot Water music

Seattle, WA

mItZI’s sIster 1554 Queen W

NoW louNGe 189 Church

Toronto , ON

sharks

New York, NY

Toronto, ON

Gloucester, ON

Wild Nothing

Blacksburg, VA Toronto, ON Toronto, ON

twin shadow

memoryhouse Toronto, ON

after hours until 4 am

Dirt Farmer

Freeman Dre & the Kitchen Party

after hours until 4 am

Brooklyn, NY Toronto, ON

Toronto, ON

Amsterdam, Netherlands

735 Queen Street East

mockingbird Wish Coventry , me luck

the PaINteD laDY

Galore

eastborough

Polyphase

Bensh

hollaNDs

the Withouts

unfamiliar hours Friends Party after until 4 am Taipei, Taiwan

raNCho relaxo

Pop Winds

loopsy Dazy

Brite lite Brite

heartbeat hotel

seCrettes

BaBe

ambisonic

the Dress Whites

thees uhlmann & Band

lunic

PaPermaPs

Writer

Whiteboy slim

Catl

the White eyes

ell v Gore

teenanger

Crocodiles

Bad Cop

B-17

emma hill

Portland, OR

Brett Caswell & the marquee rose

Whale tooth

hands & teeth

Dirtymags

the Balconies

Give us the Daggers

Invasions

suPermarKet

mode moderne

louise Burns

adaline

velvet uNDerGrouND

Dance movie

Glory Glory man united

Jon mcKiel

CousINs

skene

slow hand motëm

humans

Nightbox

Barletta

the sonixx

the oPera house

218 Ossington

Toronto, ON Toronto, ON

300 College

Montreal, QC

rIvolI

332 Queen St. W

sIlver Dollar room 486 Spadina

sNeaKY Dee’s 431 College

268 Augusta

510 Queen W

WroNGBar 1279 Queen W

YoNGe DuNDas square Yonge and Dundas

New Bedford, MA Toronto, ON Toronto, ON Toronto, ON

megan lane Band

Saskatoon, SK

Moose Jaw, SK

Vancouver, BC Halifax, NS

Guelph, ON

Toronto, ON

Vancouver, BC Halifax, NS

Hamilton, ON

Gainesville, FL

Panama City, Panama Boston, MA

Berlin, Germany

Taipei City, Taiwan

Toronto, ON

Vienna, Austria Toronto, ON

New York, NY

Toronto, ON

New York, NY Toronto, ON Toronto, ON

Toronto, ON

Vancouver, BC

Toronto West, ON San Diego, CA

San Diego, CA

Ottawa/Toronto, ON

Toronto, ON

a horse and his Boy London, ON

after hours until 4 am

Nashville, TN

Toronto, ON

Centre, ON

Toronto, ON

after hours until 4 am

Vancouver, BC Halifax, NS

Toronto, ON

Halifax, NS Toronto, ON

Diamond rings Toronto, ON

torro torro w. Billy the Gent (D.C.) Toronto, ON

Toronto, ON

Montreal, QC

the Burning Boyz 12-12:40 pm richard Duguay (of Personality Crisis) 1-1:40 pm Nightbox 2-2:40 pm Gentlemen husbands 3-3:40 pm DD/mm/ Y Y Y Y 4-4:40 pm Dirty Beaches 5-5:40 pm Dom 6-6:40 pm Cults 7-7:40 pm men Without hats 8-8:40 pm Devo 9:30-11 pm

1. SNAKES & LADDERS presents 2. WINDOWS presents 3. DRAKE HOTEL PRESENTS presents 4. HAND DRAWN DRACULA presents 5. SL FELDMAN presents 6. FLEMISH EYE/WEIRD CANADA presents 7. SIRIUS/CBC RADIO3 presents 8. COMEDY RECORDS presents 9. AUX presents 10. NeX T / UNTOLD CITIES presents 11. AUDIO BLOOD / WHITE GIRL RECORDS presents 12. AUDIO BLOOD / WHITE GIRL RECORDS presents 13. LIGHT ORGAN presents 14. HALIFAX POP EX PLOSION presents 15. AGENCY GROUP presents 16. AOL presents

NOW June 9-15 2011

Artist Directory Thurs June 16th, 11pm

www.avery-island.com

Red Slam

Hip Hop/Fusion

Fri June 17 12am

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“Pure nitro-driven rock’n’roll!” - Dave O’Halloran, Mongrel Zine 4

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8pm - Toronto Island - Sat. June 11

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Kensigton market

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NXNE special advertising feature

LIVE STAND UP COMEDY at NXNE! at the

LABYRINTH LOUNGE

298 Brunswick Ave

All Access to NXNe You are all unique flowers with your own special needs. NXNE has a lot going on, and there are 10 different ways to experience it. We break them down from simplest to most comprehensive. Wristbands are available at nxne.com, the NOW Magazine office (189 Church) and from a dozen ticket vendors all over the city. After June 15 you can also buy wristbands at all NXNE venues. Passes are only available through nxne.com until June 15, after which you’ll have to pick them up in-person at the conference centre “walk up” desk, at an increased price.

JUNE 16-19 8PM Showtimes www.ComedyRecords.ca

1-day wriStband This $25 wristband gets you into every showcase and film showing that day. Plus, you get in before those paying cover.

pay at the door Pay cover at the door, except for the Yonge-Dundas Square shows (see preview, page 67), which are free. Prices range from $6 to $22.50

priority paSS The Priority Pass ($250 walk up, $200 advance, $100 student) gets you all the access you need. It also allows you to jump to the front of the line – invaluable if you want to see highprofile acts in a club setting. Plus: access to afternoon conference events and films, but not morning sessions or workshops.

Film FeSt wriStband

Fast

This $25 wristband is the easiest way to spend the week in a dark theatre.

workShopS Check out the June 15 workshops ($179 walk up, $149 advance, $129 student walk up, $99 advance).

Best DeAl 5-day wriStband This $50 wristband is the best value and gets you into all shows, including the film fest, but not to conference events or workshops. Plus, you get in before those paying cover.

interactive The Interactive Pass ($399, $349 advance, $150 student walk up, $125 advance), is for those who only want to check out the three-day conference.

the workS This pass gets you into the workshops and the conference but not the club gigs or film fest ($529 walk up, $449 advance, $249 student walk up, $189 advance).

for complete NXNE ticket info, got to nxne.com

Romantics w/ Amos the Transparent(11PM), Modernboys Moderngirls(9PM) + more

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El Mocambo

(Upstairs) /

Free Download:

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Fri, June 17 at MIDNIGHT

“Imagine Elvis Costello being gang-beaten by Arcade Fire, and you’re halfway to explaining the sound of Fast Romantics.”

Sleep when you’re dead

Toronto does a pretty good job of pretending to be a city that never sleeps during NXNE, thanks to the extended last-call licences granted to many venues. This year an impressive 27 bars will serve until 4 am, many of them with live acts playing into the wee hours. Check out the schedules on pages 59, 61 and 63 for a rundown on where to party after 2 am.

NOW june 9-15 2011

presents

nxne.com

NXNE festival preview

swervedriver usa out of vietnam plus

friday, June 17 The great HAll

Doors 8pm, $20 19+ Tickets: tinyurl.com/NXNE-Swervedriver

Joey Cape & THE bad loud

Library Voices at the Rivoli (332 Queen West), Wednesday (June 15), midnight. $12 or NXNE wristband/pass. At the Mod Club (722 College), Friday (June 17), 7 pm. $20 or NXNE wristband/pass. nxne.com.

Wednesday, June 15 Chuck Ragan THE EL MOCAMBO Kevin Seconds, Doors 8pm, $15, 19+

pop rock

plus

Dave Hause, Cory Branan

Tickets: tinyurl.com/NXNE-JoeyCape

art brut

Just added IC + LIBR ARY VOICES THE MOST SERENE REPUBL friday, June 17

mod club

Doors 6pm, $20 19+ Tickets: tinyurl.com/NXNE-ArtBrut presents

SHAD 88 Days

Library Voices guitarist/vocalist Brennan Ross describes the way the band operates as “mitigated chaos,” which is

funny, given the lush, streamlined songs on the synth-heavy Regina pop collective’s upcoming sophomore disc, Summer Of Lust (Nevado). Formed by childhood friends, the once-10-piece is now pared down to seven: drummer Michael Thievin writes the lyrics, Ross and Carl Johnson contribute melodies and chord changes, and the rest of the band works out arrangements. “We’re not trying to be Arcade Fire or Broken Social Scene,” says Ross, “but we write songs in so many ways that it feels collective.” It’s singalong music for bookish geeks to dance to, celebrated by SPIN and The New Yorker after receiving buzz and heavy airplay on CBC Radio 3. Written in the town hall of Kronau, Saskatchewan, Summer Of Lust was produced in Montreal by the Besnard Lakes’ Jace Lasek at Breakglass Studio. “He brought a lot to it as far as sound goes. We’ve never had an outside producer to take the music some place [new],” says Ross. “Jace has a soft spot for double-tracked vocals and harmony, and we love those things, too.” SARAH GREENE

royaL bangs at the Horseshoe (370 Queen West), Thursday (June 16), 10 pm. $15 or wristband/pass. nxne.com.

They didn’t foresee it, but stripping down from a five-piece to a trio was a great move for Knoxville, Tennessee’s Royal Bangs. It may have taken getting used to, but there’s a lot to be said for keeping things simple. “It wasn’t a conscious creative decision,” guitarist Sam Stratton explains during a brief break from touring. “People just wanted to do other things. “It was difficult at first because I’d written everything for two guitars, but we work better as a trio in terms of finishing songs and communicating.” In addition to increasing efficiency, paring down has led to a more streamlined sound that helps highlight the anthemic melodies in the band’s electronically enhanced power-pop songs, as heard on their most recent disc, Flux Outside (Glassnote). There’s so much exuberant energy and joyful excitement on the album that it’s easy to forget that only a few years ago Royal Bangs weren’t even sure they were still band. When the Black Keys’ Patrick Carney stumbled across their MySpace page and decided

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Men WiTHoUT HaTs

Thursday (June 16), midnight, at the Great Hall; Saturday (June 18), 8 pm, at Yonge-Dundas Square Now that it’s totally okay to admit that you like synth-pop again, Montreal new wave pioneers Men Without Hats have reformed and are even writing new songs. Lead singer Ivan Doroschuk is the only original member, but given that the music is essentially computer-pop, he could probably tour with a boom box and still get fans doing The Safety Dance. BENjAmiN BolES

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Thursday (June 16), midnight, at the Garrison; Friday (June 17), 1 am, at Wrongbar He’s only played here a couple of times, but Ty Segall’s legend is growing in Toronto. Though the 23-year-old San Francisco garage rocker relies on 60sstyle hooks as much as fried-out fuzz, it’s the latter that provokes local audiences into rare, energetic engagement. He’s calling the soon-to-be-released Goodbye Bread (Drag City) his “mellow album,” but we’d be surprised if either of his NXNE sets is.

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garage rock to release their first album on his Audio Eagle label, they were on indefinite hiatus and it was unclear if they’d continue once multi-instrumentalist Ryan Schaefer returned to town. Getting signed may have convinced them to make a real go of it, but it turns out they weren’t terribly starstruck by the high-profile attention. “I didn’t even really know who the Black Keys were when it happened, BENjAmiN BolES actually.”

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Thursday (June 16), midnight, at Lee’s Palace What’ll be sweeter than hearing Boston college rock purveyors and iconic 90s alterna couple Juliana Hatfield and Evan Dando duet on each other’s classic songs at Lee’s Palace? Nothing, I tell you. But don’t let the nostalgia trip stop you from checking out Hatfield’s newer work, too. The prolific singer/songwriter drops her 11th album, Speeches Delivered To Animals And Plants, in late August. Dando, on the other hand, remains a slacker. CARlA GilliS

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Thursday (June 16) DescenDents (10 pm), OFF! (9 pm), FuckeD up (8 pm), Rusty (7 pm), MetZ (6 pm) Punk’s past and present collide when California veterans the Descendents, hardcore supergroup OFF! (featuring former Circle Jerks and Black Flag frontman Keith Morris) and reunited Canadian alt-rocker Rusty go up against the new school of unlikely Toronto superstars: Fucked Up and noisy experimental rockers METZ.

Friday (June 17) staRs (9:30 pm), LanD OF taLk (8:30 pm), DiaMOnD Rings (7:30 pm) Two of Montreal’s best indie rock bands perform pretty, dreamy tunes after Toronto rising star Diamond Rings turns the Square into a giddy, synthpop dance party.

saTurday (June 18) DevO (9:30 pm), Men WithOut hats (8 pm), cuLts (7 pm), DOM (6 pm), DiRty Beaches (5 pm), DD/MM/yyyy (4 pm), gentLeMen husBanDs (3 pm), nightBOx (2 pm), RichaRD Duguay (1 pm), the BuRning BOyZ (noon) Lovable oddballs Devo are obviously the big name on this bill, but there are great (and similarly strange) bands worth catching all day. Recommendations: spooky, rockabilly one-manband Dirty Beaches; the guitar rock fuzz of DOM; Cults, with their reimagined girl-group melodies; and the reformed 80s synth-pop stars Men Without Hats.

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It’s for this period – from their 1961 formation up until 1966’s masterpiece, Pet Sounds – that Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys are best remembered. But it was also the beginning of Wilson’s downfall. Anxiety about the Beatles, addiction problems and mental illness kept Wilson famously in bed. Along with his other travails, he overate for the next decade and then some, ballooning up to 300 pounds. After 1967, the Beach Boys were all but forgotten. A few years after Good Vibrations, the group could barely pull off a concert. At one show in New York in the late 60s, only 200 people showed up. Though the world moved on, Wilson was still writing phenomenal music. The 1968 album Friends is one such post-Pet Sounds gem. It’s full of beautiful, idiosyncratic waltzes and has been used to teach songwriting in 3/4 time at the Berklee College of Music. I bring up waltzes and enter into an odd exchange with Wilson. “I don’t really like waltzes,” he states. But Friends is a waltz. “We’ve been friends now for so many years...” He begins singing the lyrics, as if to check. “That’s a waltz. What’s another waltz?”

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Um. The whole rest of that album? “I like waltzes,” he relents, “but I prefer rock ’n’ roll.” Love You, released in 1977, is Wilson’s favourite Beach Boys album, he says. A cult classic, it’s the logical follow-up to Pet Sounds. It’s what happened when all the promise of Wouldn’t It Be Nice – spending the day together and holding each other close the whole night through – became a reality. It’s heartwarming, if a little creepy at times. Subtle key changes, left-field instrumentation (bass drums are sparingly used) and endearingly playful verses makes Love You an awkward but beautiful trip into the mind of Brian Wilson. But those wonderful albums – just like Mr. Chow’s, the Brown Derby and the other restaurants Wilson used to eat at – are a part of a world he no longer lives in or cares to visit. I ask how come he never plays anything from Friends, Love You, Sunflower or anything made after 1966. “We don’t. We just don’t. We try to play the songs people know,” he says sharply. I get the impression that he’d rather skip those complicated years of drug use, divorce, mental instability and repeated commercial failures and just focus on his hit songs about cars, girls and surfing. Or restaurants in Los Angeles. I can’t blame him for that. After finishing the mixing of the Gershwin album in late May of last year, Wilson went out to dinner. His restaurant of choice was the classic Morton’s Steakhouse, where he ordered the Cajun rib-eye. 3 joshuae@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/joshuaerrett

sunday (June 19) the phaRcyDe (9 pm), DigaBLe pLanets (8 pm), D-sisive (7 pm), tanika chaRLes & the WOnDeRFuLs (6 pm), ReeMa MajOR (5 pm), MaMaBOLO (4 pm) The final day of NXNE focuses on hip-hop and soul, with headlining appearances by 90s alternative hip-hop heroes the Pharcyde and Digable Planets. On the spectrum’s other end is hyped 15-year-old Toronto rapper Reema Major, who wasn’t even born when those acts were making their mark on the scene.

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webjam AN OPEN FACEBOOK: NXNEi makes the case for connectivity NXNE INTERACTIVE at the Hyatt Regency Toronto, from Wednesday (June 15) to June 18. See nxne.com/i for details.

If Facebook is playing checkers, then LinkedIn is playing chess. Evan Prodromou wants them playing the same game. The founder of Montreal independent socialnetwork-maker StatusNet is seeking a federated web. Federation means letting users on different platforms and social networks connect with each other – Facebook to LinkedIn to Foursquare to Tumblr and so on. StatusNet creates such open networks, and would benefit if the Silicon Valley companies joined the fun. More than that, though, federation is a cause Prodromou is championing at NXNEi this year. Why is federation important? The postal system is federated: you can pretty easily send a letter from Canada to Bahrain without worrying which or how many post offices handle it en route. Phone systems are fed-

erated: you can make a call or send an SMS from a Telus phone to a Fido phone number without thinking about it. One of the few exceptions today is the social web. Very few, if any, social network services allow you to connect to a user on another social network, so if you’re on MySpace and I’m on Facebook, we can’t connect. Federation can give us better social network software and services. So federation is the difference between you and the big corporations? One mistake people often make is thinking that the entire social web is collapsing into a single network – Facebook. In fact, there are hundreds of thousands of social networks growing today, both consumer network services like Twitter, LinkedIn and Foursquare and intra- or interbusiness networks. We want them to be able to connect. Federation is one of the ways we do this. What’s it like being a Canadian-based social network? I’m American by birth, but I love being here in Montreal building a social software business.

There are some definite advantages. Being outside of the Silicon Valley hotbox lets us escape some of the groupthink prevalent there. On the flip side, it’s harder to raise venture capital in Canada, and American VCs are reluctant to invest far from home. Federation seems like it’s unique to more alternative social networks like Diaspora and Status.net. Yet Google Buzz is on the list of federated networks. What are we to make of that? I don’t think of federation as a big “f--- you” to current commercial social network providers. Frankly, there’s only so much mileage you can get out of a protest community. Federation, to me, isn’t about smashing Facebook; it’s about connecting people. I’d love to see Facebook be part of the future of federation. It may sound strange to say it, but social networking software is still less than 10 years old. We’re in early days with this, and there’s still a lot of growth to happen. The more players and the more innovation we have, the more likely social software is going to be useful to users. Federating The Social Web, with Evan Prodromou, Regency room D/E, the Hyatt Regency, JOSHUA ERRETT June 16, 9:30 am. joshuae@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/joshuaerrett

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Between throttling and usage-based billing, Canada is becoming a less and less friendly place to use the internet. Hear Steve Anderson of OpenMedia and SaveOurNet sound the alarm, and then go do something about it. (June 16, 4:45 pm) Want to be an entrepreneur? Pretty easy. Just make up a social network and move to San Francisco. Also, see author Tara Hunt’s presentation on how building startups is much, much more difficult than simply coming up with an idea for an app. (June 17, 4:45 pm) Gamification is the new social like orange is the new black. Make sure to hear Ubisoft’s James Everett poke a few holes in the gamification trend. (June 17, noon)

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NXNE FILM FEST PREVIEW Kunst-Camera: J.X. Williams’ Cabinet Of Curiosities

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desCeNdeNTs at YongeDundas Square, Thursday (June 16), 10 pm. Free. nxne.com.

The L.A. hardcore scene in the early 80s was a violent, angry one that produced some incredibly influential music. Bill Stevenson, drummer for Black Flag and founder of the Descendents, was at the centre of it. When the Flag became experimental and ultra-serious before folding in 86, Stevenson sought refuge with his Descendents, a self-effacing group of fart-joking nerds who wrote catchy, melodic songs about love and food. While many call them the originators of melodic punk, pop punk and even emo, Stevenson, who formed the band in 78 prior to joining BF, says the style goes back further than him.

“We were heavily influenced by another South Bay band called the Last, who were amazing songwriters,” he says. “We really looked up to them.” The Descendents reached their greatest heights with 1987’s All, before shutting down due to singer Milo Aukerman’s scholastic career. (He’s a research biochemist.) Stevenson, bassist Karl Alvarez and guitarist Stephen Egerton then created the band All, which carried on through the 90s. Not that the Descendents ever officially went away. Aukerman returned for new albums in 96 and 2004, and at this point you never know when they’ll restart the engine. “It’s pretty random, really,” says Stevenson. “There’s no rhyme or reason to it. I suppose we just do it whenever we’re all on the same page.” JASON KELLER

Dollar (486 Spadina), June 16-18, Thursday and Friday at midnight, Saturday 1 am. $12 or wristband/pass. nxne.com.

San Diego’s indie scene will a feel a little closer to Toronto when Crocodiles make their long-overdue Canadian debut for three nights at the Silver Dollar. Brandon Welchez, 30, and Charles Rowell, 28, have made music together since meeting a decade ago in that city’s all-ages punk scene. After playing in several noise bands, they decided to moderate their aggressive sound with sunny, reverb-drenched melodies, and formed Crocodiles in 2008. “You’re a lot more naked if you’re writing pop music,” says Welchez. “There’s no grey area – either it’s good

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Saturday (June 18), 9 pm, at Supermarket Louise Burns, the young Vancouverite behind Buddy Holly-inspired earworm What Do You Wanna Do? has more tricks up her sleeves than your average girl group. There’s darkness in the tambourine-soaked songs on her debut album, Mellow Drama, and her low, confident voice recalls Chrissie Hynde. A major label survivor (she played in Lillix as a teen) and prolific collaborator (notably as bassist for the Blue Violets), she’s doing her own thing now, and it’s well worth checking out. SARAH GREENE

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Friday (June 17), 11 pm, at the Garrison; Saturday (June 18), 11 pm, at the Great Hall Since the release of their debut, Native Speaker, Braids have become likely front-runners for this year’s Polaris Music Prize. The Calgary-originated band trades in an ethereal sound, with melodies that often reach high registers and a relaxed style that leaves breathing room around singer Katie Lee’s peculiar lyrics. Their NXNE appearances kick off a seven-week tour that includes several fests. If their rep as an incredible live band is to be believed, they’ll outshine everyone.

or it’s bad. Noisy, screamy punk music is open to interpretation.” Last year they embraced a more expansive sound on sophomore LP Sleep Forever (Fat Possum), produced by Simian Mobile Disco’s James Ford, and expanded into a five-piece. Despite its shimmering escapism, the spectre of death haunts the album, an unintentional theme they realized in retrospect. The band members, Welchez explains, have lost a lot of loved ones over the last few years. This summer, Crocodiles plan to record their third album in Berlin. “I don’t feel we’ve done our best work yet,” he says. “I’m pretty excited about the stuff we’re writing now. It’s definitely moving further along in that KEVIN RITCHIE [pop] direction.”

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Wednesday (June 15), at Rancho Relaxo, 9 pm Toronto’s Broken Bricks just put out their first official release in February but are already building a name through their energetic live shows and songs stacked with hooks. While sometimes mislabelled Britpop, the band clearly draws from the entire history of rock ’n’ roll, which lends them a timeless rather than retro quality. Every song has singalong potential.

NXNE FILM FESTIVAL from Monday (June 13) to June 19, at the NFB Mediatheque (150 John) and Toronto Underground (186 Spadina). $10, or NXNE wristband/pass or $25 films-only wristband. nxne.com. NXNE’s film component may be overshadowed by the louder, rowdier live music section, but it gets a little more space to spread out this year: the film festival expands from four days to seven. Starting up by looking back, the fest opens with a modest retrospective: a double bill of Colin Brunton’s The Last Pogo and A.J. Schnack’s Kurt Cobain: About A Son (June 13, 9 pm, Underground), Chad Friedrich’s Jandek On Corwood (June 14, 7 pm, Underground) and Andrew Bujalski’s mumblecore drama Mutual Appreciation (June 15, 8:30 pm, Underground), among others. But there’s plenty of new stuff, too: a screening of shorts submitted to the 2011 Disposable Film Festival (June 14, 9 pm, Underground); the gospel documentary You Can’t Sing It For Them (June 15, noon, NFB); Upside Down: The Creation Records Story (June 15, 2 pm, NFB), a look at the label that gave the world the Jesus & Mary Chain, Teenage Fanclub and Oasis; and High On Hope (June 16, 6 pm, Underground), exploring the rise of UK dance music. Kunst-Camera: J.X. Williams’ Cabinet Of Curiosities (June 16, 8 pm, Underground) takes us through the archives of the revolutionary experimental filmmaker and proto-punk videomaker with shorts, videos and a panel discussion. (If they screen Williams’s 1965 short, Peep Show, prepare to have your mind boggled.)

Bloodied But Unbowed (June 17, noon, NFB) continues the punk theme with a look at Vancouver’s early punk scene. The Korean documentary Dream Factory (June 17, 5:30 pm, NFB) looks at another sort of punk movement – specifically, the resistance by workers at the Cort guitar factory who were laid off en masse when the company shifted its production to China. Elder statesman of punk Lou Reed turns filmmaker with Red Shirley (June 17, 7:30 pm, NFB), in which he interviews his 100-year-old cousin, Shirley Novick, about her career as a union agitator, among other things; it’s screening with Below New York, a short film about buskers in the New York subway system. And Gorman Bechard’s Color Me Obsessed: A Film About The Replacements (June 17, 8 pm, Underground) examines the legacy of the beloved but famously chart-averse rockers. Weekend offerings include Better Than Something: Jay Reatard (June 18, 5:30 pm, Underground), a profile of the late rocker, and Road Dogs (June 18, 7:15 pm, Underground), which follows three Los Angeles bands to a gig in darkest Indiana. And fans of beloved late musician and author Paul Quarrington will want to catch Paul Quarrington: A Life In Music (June 19, 2 pm, NFB) in the presence of director Bert Kish. The Mediatheque and the Underground aren’t the only NXNE film venues; just a few blocks south, the Hyatt Regency Toronto Screening Room hosts NXNE’s 10-Year Hall Of Fame Retrospective June 15 and 16, two afternoons of free documentaries. Check nxne.com for titles and showtimes. NORMAN WILNER

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more online nowtoronto.com/stage LUMINATO REVIEWS • Audio clips from interview with CONFLUENCE’S AKRAM KHAN • Breakdown of the DORA AWARD NOMINATIONS • Scenes on JEWISH PLAYWRIGHTS FEST and more Fully searchable listings with venue maps nowtoronto.com/stage/listings

Dean Gilmour picks LU XUN blossoms, while Evie Christie delivers a war cry in Andromache.

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LUMINATO FESTIVAL Local artists adapt foreign texts for two fest highlights By JON KAPLAN

Flower power LU XUN BLOSSOMS adapted and performed by the company, with Dean Gilmour, Michele Smith, Guo Hongbo, Adam Paolozza, Sihan Zhao and Wang Yangmeizi. (Theatre Smith-Gilmour/Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre/Luminato). At the Isabel Bader Theatre (93 Charles West). Opens Wednesday (June 15) and runs to June 18, Wednesday-Saturday 8 pm, matinee Saturday 2 pm. $46.50-$56.50. 416368-4849, luminato.com. theatre smith-gilmour has charmed audiences around the world with its staged versions of fiction by Chekhov, Katherine Mansfield and the Brothers Grimm. Now the company turns to an artist almost unknown in the West, Chinese writer Lu Xun, for its latest, LU XUN blossoms. The production has toured to Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Macao and Hong Kong and makes its North American debut at Luminato. The project began when the company took their Chekhov productions to Shanghai, recalls Dean Gilmour. An invitation to create something with the Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre led them to think about what author to tackle. They decided to use modern rather than ancient texts; Lu Xun is seen as the father of modern Chinese writing. “He wrote in the early years of the

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20th century, when Communist ideas were spreading around the country,” says Gilmour. “He advocated change and the creation of a new China, but he was adamant about not discarding past culture. He also championed freedom of expression.” Working with an ensemble of actors that includes three Canadians and three from Shanghai, Gilmour and partner Michele Smith stage five of Lu Xun’s tales, all of which deal with ordinary people pursuing their dreams while acknowledging the traditions that have been maintained for thousands of years. “He writes with a humanity that you also find in Chekhov,” says Gilmour. “In fact, both were doctors as well as authors, writing at a time when their society was shifting in altogether new ways.” The story that most struck the Canadians was about a New Year’s sacrifice, a narrative that focuses on a female servant whose history shifts dramatically from happiness to tragedy. “She has to tell her story repeatedly to try to understand what is not understandable; those around her can’t tolerate the repetition and want to forget the past. “Coincidentally, the studies that Michele and I did in Paris with Jacques Lecoq were about reinventing the past in order to create something unique in the present. Lu Xun was grappling

with similar issues in a changing China.” Of course, learning went on in both directions while the ensemble worked on the production. As the Canadians discovered the nuances in Lu Xun’s writing, the Chinese actors were adapting to a new method of theatre creation. “It was surprising how the physical work of Lecoq has a parallel in the miming with text that takes place in Chinese opera,” notes Gilmour. “But our company develops a show in a unique fashion, collaborating with everyone involved to get inside material that originates as literature rather than drama. The big revelation for the Chinese actors was that they didn’t have to defer to what we wanted but could search along with us for ways to present the stories.” How does Gilmour think Canadian audiences will react? “Though the mythology that underlies the tales is specifically Chinese, every culture has some kind of myth and ritual. Maybe viewers here won’t understand all the nuances, but they’ll recognize and be able to relate to the nature and essence of that ritual.”

Andromache (above) and LU XUN blossoms open up at 10-day fest.

Primal poetry ANDROMACHE by Jean Racine, adapted by Evie Christie, directed by Graham McLaren, with Ryan Hollyman, Christine Horne, Arsinée Khanjian, Steven McCarthy and Christopher Morris (Necessary Angel/ Luminato). At the Theatre Centre (1087 Queen West). Previews Friday (June 10), opens Saturday (June 11) and runs to June 19, Tuesday-Sunday 7:30 pm. $51.50, preview $30. 416-368-4849, luminato.com. canadian poet evie christie’s had a baptism of fire working on her first theatre piece, an adaptation of Jean Racine’s Andromache. Christie collaborated with National Theatre of Scotland director Graham McLaren on the play set at the end of the Trojan War. In this Necessary An-

gel version, the time is now, and the setting is an unnamed fallen city drawn from today’s headlines; the warfare involves grenades, waterboarding and suicide bombers. “That sense of violence is in much of my poetry,” admits Christie. “What attracted me to the project was that theme of hostility, as well as the different ideas of love expressed by the characters.” The narrative is a kind of emotional daisy chain. Greek prince Orestes is in love with the princess Hermione, who in turn is drawn to Greek warrior Pyrrhus, who loves the captive Trojan Andromache, wife of the dead Hector. She, in turn, is bent on preventing the Greek forces from killing her son. “I see the tragedy in the fact that all of them are lost and hopeless, not only in their emotions but also because they’re caught in a cycle of violence that extends to their past and their future. “It’s a dark reality that we live with today, which is why we’ve made the action contemporary,” continues Christie, author of the poetry collection Gutted and the novel The Bourgeois Empire. “The setting is a Middle East war zone, and we’ve been careful to do justice to that setting without exploiting it and still acknowledge the violence experienced by people in that situation.” McLaren made an impression on Toronto audiences with his version of Hamlet, another Necessary Angel production that edited the text and gave the Elsinore setting a less than inviting appeal. “I liked it,” says Christie. “It was as dark, violent and exciting as the play should be.” Still, she was initially intimidated to tackle her first dramatic work. “We worked with an English version from the start, with Graham suggesting that I look at the works of playwright Sarah Kane and poet Ted Hughes for stylistic inspiration. We kept paring down the text, resulting in a shorter, more brutal story than the original.” Christie was surprised by the collaboration in the rehearsal room. “Arsinée Khanjian, who plays Andromache, told me that a sense of equality and sharing is rare in many productions. Here, everyone’s allowed to ask questions, to travel the most experimental paths. I learned as much from the actors as I did from Graham, who’s still guiding the production in his own fashion. “What emerged over the course of rehearsals was that love in this play is like heroin addiction – an obsession that can’t be satiated.” 3 jonkap@nowtoronto.com

Akram Khan (left) and Nitin Sawhney’s collaborations go back 11 years.

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Desi duo’s moves akram Khan on creative kinship By glenn sumi CoNfLUENCE choreography by Akram Khan and music by Nitin Sawhney. Presented by Luminato and Sadler’s Wells at the MacMillan Theatre (80 Queen’s Park). June 16 to 18, Thursday-Saturday 8 pm, matinee Saturday 2 pm. $31.50-$71.50. 416-368-4849.

akram khan and nitin sawhney have collaborated on several highprofile shows in the last decade, but they almost never appear on the same stage together. That’s because they’re from two different worlds. Khan is a dancer and choreographer who’s used to being in the performing arts spotlight, while Sawhney – a composer, songwriter, DJ and master of many

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instruments – is often off to the side or absent, his music supporting his friend’s moves. All that’s about to change with Confluence, a retrospective of excerpts from their past works that places the artists side by side along with their dancers and musicians. “It’s like a concert where we pull out numbers to perform,” says Khan from London, England. “It includes our banter. We’re very good friends – we’ve been taking the piss out of each other for years. It’s a great feeling when you know someone so well you can tease them.” The two first collaborated back in 2000 on one of Khan’s solos. Toronto audiences will remember their spectacular piece Kaash, a mix of classical

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Indian kathak and contemporary dance moves, which played here in 2003. What makes their artistic partnership click? “I trust him, and we have a lot of respect for each other,” says Khan. “Nitin talks about music in terms of its emotion and energy. When I think of those words, I think of bodies and dance.” Khan’s reputation has expanded beyond theatre and dance to the world of pop music and movies – even though he’s hypercritical of the results. A few years ago, he choreographed some numbers for a Kylie Minogue tour, appearing on a screen projection while she performed, and in 2008 he made international headlines collaborating with the Oscar-winning film star Juliette Binoche. “I have to be honest,” he says of the Minogue works. “I didn’t make a great piece, but I enjoyed it and wish I’d had more time and power to change certain things. And I loved working with Kylie: she was so down-to-earth and humble, even though onstage she’s like this goddess.” The Binoche collaboration, he admits, was challenging. “We directed [the dance piece In-i] jointly and felt it didn’t reach the optimum place it could have,” he says. “But we needed the process to realize that, to question where and why it didn’t work. I think we learned a lot about ourselves.” “That’s why,” he says, bringing the subject back to the current show, “I like the concept of collaboration. Two people who are very similar cannot collaborate. It takes two people who are very different to take each other somewhere new.” 3 glenns@nowtoronto.com

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Artful Alice ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WoNDERLAND choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon (National Ballet of Canada/Royal Ballet/ Luminato). At the Four Seasons Centre (145 Queen West). To June 25. $24-$227. 416-345-9595, national.ballet.ca. See Dance Listings, page 74. Rating: NNN

It’s not often that a ballet’s score and design upstage the steps, but that’s the case with this adaptation of the wellknown Lewis Carroll story. Bob Crow ley’s sumptuous sets and costumes and Joby Talbot’s whimsical score are so effective, they make you wish Chris topher Wheeldon’s choreography were more inspired. I understand the problem. The foodand-drink-obsessed Alice isn’t the most active character, and there’s more dreamlike logic than narrative drive to the tale. Much of the book’s charm comes from its wordplay, something that – duh – doesn’t lend itself well to movement. That said, this National Ballet of Canada/Luminato co-production with London’s Royal Ballet begins beauti-

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Dancers Keiichi Hirano and Sonia Rodriguez are a tad upstaged by the scenery.

fully. Scenarist Nicholas Wright sets up Alice’s pre-rabbit-hole life efficiently, planting ideas about roses, a frisky bunny pulled out of a hat, and the strict Victorian era before plunging her down – in an homage to Hitchcock’s Spellbound – to encounter a series of wild adventures. It’s in these adventures that Crowley has the most fun, with an enormous Cheshire Cat that rearranges its limbs, a miniature door with a mind of its own, and a Queen of Hearts outfit that makes dancer Tanya Howard seem like the mistress at a fetish ball. Wheeldon tries to capture the book’s playfulness by having the Mad Hatter (Robert Stephen) tap dance, for instance, or having the Queen parody a classic scene from Sleeping Beauty for the show’s biggest laugh. But there’s an emotional void in the piece – even though Wright has set up a love story, of sorts, between Alice (Sonia Rodri guez) and the Knave of Hearts (Keiichi Hirano), occasioning some generic pas de deux that the dancers execute gracefully. Like The Nutcracker, this production should mostly delight children and dance lovers with an eye for fashion GLENN SUMI and design.

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Opening LandROMache by Jean Racine (Necessary

Angel/Luminato). Following a war, a woman must give herself to the new leader or let her son be executed in this adaptation of the Greek myth (see story, page 70). Previews Jun 10. Opens Jun 11 and runs to Jun 19, daily at 8 pm. $51.50. Theatre Centre, 1087 Queen W. 416-368-4849, luminato.com. cOdex nOcTuRnO (Kadozuke Kollektif). The collective presents a multimedia fusion of theatre and performance art about dreams and fallen angels. Opens Jun 10 and runs to Jul 3, Wed-Sun 8 pm. $25, stu $20. Imagefoundry, 1581 Dupont. 647-367-1015, zuke.ca. haiRspRay by Mark O’Donnell, Marc Shaiman, Thomas Meehan and Scott Wittman (Drayton Entertainment). A quirky 60s teen looks to change the world in this musical. Previews to Jun 11. Opens Jun 12 and runs to Jul 2, see website for schedule. $42, previews $36, stu $22. Huron Country Playhouse, 70689 B Line, Grand Bend. draytonentertainment.com.

in The beginning: a JeWish playWRighTing fesTival (Harold Green Jewish Theatre/Koffler Centre of the Arts/MNJCC). New plays by Jake Epstein & Kathy Kacer, Natasha Greenblatt,

Daniel Karasik and Michael Ross Albert get staged readings. Opens Jun 13 and runs to Jun 16, Mon-Thu 7 pm. Free. Miles Nadal JCC, 750 Spadina. hgjewishtheatre.com. Julius caesaR by William Shakespeare (Bard in the Park Productions). The classic tragedy is performed outdoors. Opens Jun 14 and runs to Jun 19, Tue-Sat 7 pm, mat Sat-Sun 2 pm. Pwyc ($10 sugg). Kew Gardens, 2075 Queen E, Bandshell. 416-529-5178. The laWyeR shOW: as yOu like iT by William Shakespeare (Nightwood Theatre). Toronto lawyers perform a modern, urban version of the classic comedy in this funder for Nightwood. Jun 9-11, Thu-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. $60. Berkeley Street Theatre, 26 Berkeley. 416-944-1740 ext 5, nightwoodtheatre.net. Llu xun blOssOMs (Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre/Theatre Smith-Gilmour/ Luminato). Five stories by Chinese poet Lu Xun are performed in English and Mandarin (see story, page 70). Opens Jun 15 and runs to Jun 18, Wed-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. $54.50$71.50. Isabel Bader Theatre, 93 Charles W. 416-368-4849, luminato.com. LnaTuRal Magick (Magicana/Luminato). David Ben performs a theatrical show about master magicians. Opens Jun 10 and runs to Jun 16, Tue-Sun 8 pm. $36.50-$41.50. Tarragon Theatre, 30 Bridgman. luminato.com. neW OpeRa shOWcase (Tapestry New Opera). Excerpts from works in development by Maja Ardal, David Brock and others will be performed. Jun 14-15, Tue 7:30 pm, Wed 6:30 pm. $25, stu $20. Ernest Balmer Studio, 55 Mill,

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The Office spaceballs by Tim Suthervans, Ben Birchard and Kristian Bruun (Queen’s Players Toronto). Office workers fight a crazy mayor in this mashup of The Office and Spaceballs. Previews Jun 15. Opens Jun 16 and runs to Jun 25, Thu-Sat 8:30 pm. $20, preview $15. Tranzac, 292 Brunswick. queensplayerstoronto.com. On The ROcks by Bernard Shaw, adapted by Michael Healey (Shaw Festival). Shaw’s political drama about a prime minister’s controversial speech gets a modern update. Previews Jun 14-Jul 7. Opens Jul 8 and runs in rep to Oct 8. $24-$106. Court House Theatre, Niagaraon-the-Lake. 1-800-511-7429, shawfest.com. The pResidenT Ferenc Molnár, adapted by Morwyn Brebner (Shaw Festival). A banker has one hour to turn an heiress’s communist husband into someone her parents will like. Previews to Jul 8. Opens Jul 9 and runs in rep to Oct 9. $32. Royal George Theatre, Niagaraon-the-Lake. 1-800-511-7429, shawfest.com.

One-nighters LbROadWay’s nighT OuT (Luminato). Musical theatre artists and cabaret perñ formers showcase songs from Billy Elliot, My

Fair Lady and more. Jun 13 at 8 pm. Free. David Pecaut Square, 55 John. luminato.com. i need TO knOW My faTheR by Marcia Brown and Cleveland O McLeish (Marcia Brown Productions). Fifteen years after race and class divides two families, a teen sets out to find her father. Jun 11 at 8 pm. $30. Chinguacousy Secondary School, 1370 Williams Pkwy, Brampton. marciabrownproductions.com.

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bldg 58, studio 315. tapestrynewopera.com. LOne ThOusand and One nighTs (Dash Arts/Luminato). Scenes from the famous Arabian stories are performed in English, French and Arabic with surtitles in this two-part show. Previews to Jun 10. Opens Jun 11 and runs to Jun 19, Tue-Sun 7 pm, mats Sat-Sun 2 pm. $49-$115. Joey and Toby Tanenbaum Opera Centre, 227 Front E. 416-368-4849, luminato.com. ReefeR Madness: The Musical by Kevin Murphy and Dan Studney (JR Theatre Company). This musical comedy satirizes a 1930s propaganda film about the dangers of marijuana. Opens Jun 9 and runs to Jun 18, Thu-Sat 8 pm, plus Fri-Sat 11:30 pm. $27.50-$37.50. Lower Ossington Theatre, 100A Ossington. 416-9156747, reefertoronto.com. RenT by Jonathan Larson (Fallen Rock Productions/Effort Trust). The award-winning musical is presented to benefit the Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario. Opens Jun 14 and runs to Jun 18, Tue-Sat 7:30 pm, mat Sat 1:30 pm. $25-$55 (uofttix.ca). Bathurst Street Theatre, 736 Bathurst. 416-978-8849, fallenrock.ca. LsOulpeppeR suMMeR RepeRTORy (Soulpepper/Luminato). The Aleph, The Time Of Your Life, Fronteras Americanas, Billy Bishop Goes To War, Our Town and the company’s double bill are presented in rep, followed by a cabaret. See individual play listings for details. Opens Jun 10 and runs to Jun 18, four performances per day, see website for details. $25-$65. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 55 Mill. luminato.com. LTOuT cOMMe elle (JusT like heR) by Louise Dupré (Necessary Angel/Luminato). Love, loss and the mother-daughter bond are explored by a cast of women. Previews Jun 13. Opens Jun 14 and runs to Jun 18, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. $55.50-$95.50. Bluma Appel Theatre, 27 Front E. 416-368-4849, luminato.com. Wingfield: lOsT & fOund by Dan Needles (Thousand Islands Playhouse). A farmer seeks a new source of water during a drought in this solo comedy. Opens Jun 14 and runs to Jul 16, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mats Sat-Sun and Wed 2:30 pm. $16-$32. Springer Theatre, Gananoque. 1-866382-7020, 1000islandsplayhouse.com. The WizaRd Of Oz by L Frank Baum (Drayton Entertainment). A twister sends Dorothy over the rainbow in this musical based on the film. Previews to Jun 9. Opens Jun 10 and runs to Jul 2, see website for schedule. $42, preview $36, stu $22. King’s Wharf Theatre, 97 Jury, Penetanguishene. draytonentertainment.com.

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Saucy Tarts, Tanya Cheex, Lucky Minx, Dew Lily, and many others perform. Jun 10 at 9 pm. $25-$30. Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen W. tbf2011fundraiser.eventbrite.com.

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The aleph by Jorge Luis Borges (Soulpepper). Actor Diego Matamoros is a mesmerizing storyteller, which gets him through some of the rougher patches in his own adaptation (with director Daniel Brooks) of this mysterious Borges story about a middle-aged man looking back on a pivotal point in his life. nnn = Recommended, memorable scenes

There’s lots to enjoy in the show’s design, but the show feels like a sleight-of-hand affair, something to admire for its craft and technical polish, not its heart. Runs to Jun 18, see website for schedule. $25-$35. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 55 Mill. 416-866-8666, soulpepper.ca. nnn (GS) billy bishOp gOes TO WaR by Eric Peterson and John Gray (Soulpepper Theatre Company). Soulpepper remounts its hit production. This revival of Gray and Peterson’s chronicle of the life of the Owen Sound boy turned First World War flying ace simply soars. The two artists’ age (they first performed it three decades ago in their early 30s) adds poignancy to the show, and they know how to savour each word and note for maximum resonance. Ted Dykstra and a fine design give the production the intimacy, clarity and emotional heft it deserves. Don’t miss it. Runs to Jun 21, see website for schedule. $45$65, stu $28, rush $22 (stu $5). Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 55 Mill. 416-8668666, soulpepper.ca. nnnnn (GS) 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 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)

chOcOlaTe WOMan dReaMs The Milky Way (The Chocolate Woman Collective). ñ This collective creation looks at feminine

strength from an indigenous perspective (see review, page 73). Runs to Jun 19, Tue-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $20, stu/srs $10. Helen Gardiner Phelan Playhouse, 79A St. George. 647717-6129, totix.ca. nnnn (Susan G Cole) dOuble bill (Soulpepper). The Soulpepper Academy shows off its musical and dramatic skills in these two self-created shows. In re(Birth), they inventively set the verse of e.e. cummings to music, while in Window On Toronto – fun, but a tad long – they play dozens of characters who whiz by the window of a hot-dog wagon in Nathan Phillips Square. Runs to Jun 18, see website for schedule. $28-$65. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 55 Mill. 416-866-8666, soulpepper.ca. nnnn (JK) fROnTeRas aMeRicanas by Guillermo Verdecchia (Soulpepper). In this remount of his clever and self-referential 1992 solo show, Verdecchia mixes lecture and stand-up formats to tell his personal story of emigrating from Argentina to Canada to comment on the lingering effects of colonialism in the Americas and Latin American stereotypes in the media. The show feels a little long, but Verdecchia’s affable demeanour, humour and important message shine through. Runs to Jun 12, see website for schedule. $28-$65. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 55 Mill. 416-8668666, soulpepper.ca. nnn (Jordan Bimm) The gReen dOOR (Lower Ossington Theatre). Michael Burgess, Judy Marshak, Bruce Dow, Gabi Epstein, Adi Braun and others give cabaret performances. Runs to Jun 26, Fri-Sat 8 and 10:30 pm. $20. 100A Ossington. lowerossingtontheatre.com. l’iMplORanTe by Claude Guilmain (Théâtre La Tangente). This dance-theatre piece about sculptors Camille Claudel and Auguste Rodin is performed in French with English audio. Runs to Jun 11, Thu-Sat 8 pm. $20-$40. Glendon Theatre, 2275 Bayview. theatrelatangente.ca. inspiRaTO fesTival (Dominik Loncar). The festival of 10-minute plays presents works by Jordan Davis, Catherine Frid, Len Cuthbert and others. Runs to Jun 12, Thu-Sat 8 pm, see website for more times. $12-$17. Alumnae Theatre, 70 Berkeley. inspiratofestival.ca. lasT Of The Red hOT lOveRs by Neil Simon (Mississauga Players). A man tries for an extramarital fling in this comedy. Runs to Jun 11, Thu-Sat 8 pm. $20, srs $17, stu $5. Clarke Memorial Hall, 161 Lakeshore W, Mississauga. 905-823-7100, mississaugaplayers.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,

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Major Mojica CHOCOLATE WOMAN DREAMS THE

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by Monique Mojica (Chocolate Woman Collective ). At the Helen Gardiner Phelan Playhouse (79A St. George). To June 19. $20, stu/srs $10. 647717-6129. See Continuing, page 72. Rating: NNNN

Go see Monique Mojica perform her new show. There’s no one in the world like her, and you’ve never seen anything like Chocolate Woman Dreams The Milky Way. Five years – and many journeys to Panama – in the making, Chocolate Woman follows a Kuna woman who’s lost her way and can find out who she is only by connecting with her history and culture. Though there is a journey, there’s no actual “plot.” Instead, honouring the mola, a Kuna blouse, embroidered and deeply textured, Mojica – with the in-

imitable Gloria Miguel telling stories in counterpoint – creates layers of meaning in a magical environment. At times you’re not sure where you are, which is the point. Mojica and company want to disrupt the audience’s expectation of theatre.

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 (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 Jun 18, 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) PRESENT LAUGHTER by Noel Coward (East Side Players). An actor deals with various people vying for his attention in this comedy. Runs to Jun 11, Thu-Sat 8 pm. $20, stu $15. Papermill Theatre, 67 Pottery. eastsideplayers.ca. THE RAILWAY CHILDREN by Edith Nesbit (Mirvish). This adaptation of Nesbit’s treasured children’s book focuses on three siblings who are uprooted from their comfy Edwardian London home to a working-class town after

their father’s disappearance. There’s a placid, facile idea about hope at the heart of the material. 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. Alas, the show remains track bound. Runs to Jun 26, Tue-Sat 7:30 pm, mats Sat-Sun and Wed 2 pm (no shows Jun 12, 25; see website for other times/exceptions). $25-$140. Roundhouse Theatre, 255 Bremner Blvd. mirvish. com. NN (Naomi Skwarna) 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. 416-486-7469, mysteriouslyyours.com. THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE by William Saroyan (Soulpepper). This remount of their acclaimed 2008 revival of Saroyan’s mid 20thcentury American classic carries an important message about understanding and generosity. Set in a bar on the eve of World War II, the action focuses on a mysteriously wealthy and eccentric street-level philanthropist who tries

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Out of nowhere, for example, Mojica sings snippets of popular songs, which adds to the show’s hallucinatory, playful and questioning vibe. Miguel, founding member of New York’s Spiderwoman Theatre, has the magisterial qualities required of the wise, maternal guardian of the stories. But this is Mojica’s show, and she’s electrifying. Her body seems to vibrate as she represents the stars. Playing female and male characters, her movements are precise – at times the piece feels like a dance, at others like a circus act. In collaboration with director José A. Colman, she uses a hammock and some hanging ropes to spectacular effect. Three tapestry-like banners are crucial to the telling of the story but aren’t entirely visible. Though striking, they function more as an art piece than a set. Still, at a show like this, you won’t be able to take your eyes off Mojica. SUSAN G. COLE to help characters from all walks of life. A large and strong ensemble gives this important play real life. Runs to Jun 15, see website for schedule. $45-$60, stu $28; rush $5-$22. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 55 Mill. 416-8668666, soulpepper.ca. NNNN (Jordan Bimm) 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 by Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis (CATS Mainstage Theatre Co). A corporation takes advantage of a global water shortage in this musical comedy. Runs to Jun 11, Thu-Sat 7:30 pm, mat Sat 1:30 pm. $25, stu $15. Theatre Passe Muraille, 16 Ryerson. 416-5047529, catsmainstage.com. WHERE’S THE BEEF? (Les Coquettes). The burlesque troupe perform an 80s-inspired cabaret. Runs to Jun 12, Sun 7 and 9:30 pm. $15-$30. Revival, 783 College. lescoquettes.com. 3

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YUK YUK’S WEST presents Double Feature Night w/ two new comics. 8 pm. $13. 5165 Dixie, Mississauga. yukyuks.com.

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Thursday, June 9 ABSOLUTE COMEDY presents Steve Burr, Daniel

Woodrow and host Martha O’Neill. To Jun 12, Thu 8:30 pm, Fri 9 pm, Sat 8 & 10:45 pm, Sun 8 pm. $10-$15. 2335 Yonge. 416-486-7700, absolutecomedy.ca. GAME PLAYA THURSDAYS John Candy Box Theatre presents The Young And The Guestlist, an improvised puppet soap opera, followed by Rob Norman’s Game Of The Scene class. 8:45 pm. Pwyc. 70 Peter. 416-340-7270. 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 comedy w/ Gavin Stephens, Charlie Currie, Rob Mailloux, Nick Beaton 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 Sean Tweedley. To Jun 12, Thu-Sun 8 pm (and Fri-Sat 10:30 pm). $12-$20. 224 Richmond W. 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.

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ABSOLUTE COMEDY See Thu 9. KEVIN HART Just For Laughs and Lay Low

Productions present the comic on his Laugh At My Pain tour. 8 pm. $35-$60. Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, 1 Front E. 416872-2262, sonycentre.ca. NAKED FRIDAYS presents music, improv and sketch inspired by 50s variety shows w/ host Ben Johnson. 9 pm. Pwyc. John Candy Box Theatre, 70 Peter. 416-340-7270. TEXAS COMEDY MASSACRE 2 Fox & Fiddle Wellesley presents stand-up w/ Max Olson, Mark Debonis, Sandra Battaglini, Jy Harris, host Xerxes Cortez and others. 8:30 pm. Pwyc. 27 Wellesley E. 416-580-4153, texascomedymassacre2.com. THIS PARTY’S A RIOT! See Thu 9. 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 9. YUK YUK’S VAUGHAN presents Ron Josol. To Jun 11, Fri-Sat 9 pm. $20. 70 Interchange Way. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com. YUK YUK’S WEST presents Bryan Hatt. To Jun 11, Fri-Sat 9 pm. $20. 5165 Dixie, Mississauga. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com.

Saturday, June 11 ABSOLUTE COMEDY See Thu 9. 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. COMEDY RECORDS LIVE TAPING Comedy Records presents Tim Golden, Matt O’Brien, Tim Nasiopoulos, Bryan O’Gorman, Nick Reynoldson, K Trevor Wilson, Monty Scott and Barry Taylor. 8 pm. $10. Drake Hotel, 1150 Queen W, Underground. comedyrecords.ca. MARC LOTTERING Toronto Centre for the Arts presents the South African comedian in a live show. 8 pm. $25-$35. 5040 Yonge. 1-855-9852787, ticketmaster.ca.

NERDY LITTLE SECRET: ALL NERD COMEDY ROADSHOW Comedy Bar presents Gavin ñ Stephens, Fraser Young, Blair Streeter, Desiree Lavoy, Nile Seguin and Nerds With Guitars.

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David Mirvish Presents, Universal Pictures Stage Productions, Working Title Films, Old Vic Productions In Association With Weinstein Live Entertainment Priscilla Queen Of The Desert Bette Midler; James L. Nederlander; Garry McQuinn; Liz Koops; The Musical Michael Hamlyn; Allan Scott Productions; Roy Furman/ Richard Willis; Terry Allen Kramer; Terri and Timothy Childs; Ken Greiner; Ruth Hendel; Robert G. Bartner; Chugg Entertainment; Michael Buckley; Stewart F. Lane/Bonnie Comley; Bruce Davy; Thierry Suc/TS3; Volcano Project; Paul Boskind and Martian Entertainment/Spirtas-Mauro Productions/MAS Music Arts & Show; David Mirvish A Year With Frog and Toad Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People [title of show] Angelwalk Theatre Prima Donna Luminato Orfeo ed Euridice Canadian Opera Company presents Lyric Opera of Chicago Nixon in China Canadian Opera Company presents a Co-production of Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Chicago Opera Theatre, Opera Colorado, Houston Grand Opera, Minnesota Opera and Portland Opera La Cenerentola Canadian Opera Company presents a Co-production of Houston Grand Opera Association, Welsh National Opera, Gran Teatre del Liceu and Grand Théâtre de Genève Death in Venice Canadian Opera Company presents The Aldeburgh Festival, Opéra national de Lyon, Bregenz Opera and Prague State Opera The Andersen Project Canadian Stage presents Ex Machina Studies in Motion - The Hauntings Canadian Stage presents the Electric Company Theatre of Eadweard Muybridge

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10:30 pm. $12-$15. 945 Bloor W. nerdylittlesecretcomedy.com. SPILLIN’ THE BEANS COMEDY Full of Beans Coffee presents a weekly show. 7 pm. Pwyc. 1348 Dundas W. 647-347-4161. THEATRESPORTS Bad Dog Theatre presents fast and furious improv matches. 8 pm. $12, stu $10. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. 647-898-5324, baddogtheatre.com. THIS PARTY’S A RIOT! See Thu 9. WEST END GIRLS Poor John’s Café presents all-girl stand-up w/ Dawn Whitwell, Shelley Kidwell, Mark DeBonis, Daniela Saioni and others. 8:30 pm. Pwyc. 1610 Queen W. 647-435-2688. WOOFSTOCK presents the annual festival for dogs with events hosted and judged by Mark Debonis, Rob Mailloux, Richard Ryder, Chris Locke and others. To Jun 12, see website for schedule details. Free. St Lawrence Market, Front between Yonge & Church. woofstock.ca. YuK YuK’S DOWNTOWN See Thu 9. YuK YuK’S VAuGHAN See Fri 10. YuK YuK’S WEST See Fri 10.

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486-7700, absolutecomedy.ca. THE BENCH John Candy Box Theatre presents upcoming improvisers picked by the Second City. 9 pm. Pwyc. 70 Peter. 416-340-7270. BIG LAuGHS IN LITTLE ITALY Public presents Pat Thornton, Zabrina Chevannes, Rhiannon Archer, host Kris Bonaparte and others. 8 pm. Free. 596 College. 416-539-8890. LAuGH SABBATH presents Talent Show! with Tim Gilbert, Chris Locke, Rebecca Kohler, Kirk Hicks, Bob Kerr, host James Hartnett and others. Doors 8:30 pm. $5. Rivoli, 332 Queen W. laughsabbath.com. SuDDENLY SuNDAY Pantages Martini Bar presents hosts Melissa Story and Jeff Clark. 9 pm. Free. 200 Victoria. 416-362-1777. SuNDAY NIGHT LIVE The Sketchersons present a new sketch show every week w/ guest hosts and more. 9:30 pm. $8. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. thesketchersons.com. THIS PARTY’S A RIOT! See Thu 9. WOOFSTOCK See Sat 11. 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 See Thu 9.

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Sean Cullen, Ian Lynch, Arthur Simeon, Aaron Berg, Matt O’Brien, Nick Reynoldson, Alex Pavone, Matt Shury, Julie Kim, MC Mark DeBonis and others. 9 pm. Pwyc. 332 Queen W. altdotcomedylounge.com.

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Buddies in Bad Times Theatre presents

BEANS AND WIENERS Gladstone Hotel presents a comedy show. 8 pm. Free. 1214 Queen W, Art Bar. gladstonehotel.com. BEST. MONDAY. EVER. Second City presents a weekly show featuring sketch, songs and improvisation. 8 pm. $12. 51 Mercer. 416-3430011, secondcity.com. CHEAP LAuGHS MONDAY PJ O’Briens Irish Pub presents a show w/ Russell Roy and guests. 8 pm. Free. 39 Colborne. 416-815-7562. 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. THE FAMOuS & HEINOuS SHOW Pour Boy Pub presents a weekly open mic. 10:30 pm. Free. 666 Manning. 647-343-7969, pourboy.ca. IMPERIAL COMEDY STAND-uP COMPETITION

Imperial Pub presents a weekly show with cash prizes w/ host Eric Bud. 9:30 pm. $5. 54 Dundas E. imperialcomedy.com. LAuGHABLE AT uNLOVABLE presents Fraser Young, Zabrina Chevannes, Bob Kerr, Inessa Frantowski, Mae Martin, Barry Taylor, Darryl Orr, Stephanie Kaliner and host Nick Flanagan. 8:30 pm. Pwyc. Unlovable, 1415-B Dundas W. 416-532-6669. 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. THE SOAPS The National Theatre of the World presents a weekly improvised soap opera w/ Matt Baram, Jan Caruana and others. 9 pm. Pwyc. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. thenationaltheatreoftheworld.com.

Tuesday, June 14 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. IMPROV ALL-STARS Second City presents a fastpaced, completely improvised weekly show. 8 pm. $20. 51 Mercer. secondcity.com. COM-AGEDDON PRELIMINARY ROuNDS ñSKETCH

Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival presents the early rounds of the annual sketch competition, featuring Warm Summer Hotness, Ladystache, the Hooligans, 100 and 50, Fratwurst, Colonel Mustard, Good Game and many others. To Jun 16, Tue-Thu 8 and 9:30 pm. $8 per show, $12 for both. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. torontosketchfest.com. SuPER LuCKY IMPROV SHOW Black Swan presents a Vegas-themed improv night w/ Jan Caruana, James Gangl, Julia Bruce, Amy Zuch, Gary Chan and others. 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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Opening CELEBRATING GRETA: MOZARTIANA & DANCES & IN THE uPPER ROOM ñOTHER

National Ballet of Canada presents a tribute to principal dancer Greta Hodgkinson on her 20th anniversary with NBC, with works by Jerome Robbins, George Balanchine and Twyla Tharp. Opens Jun 15 and runs to Jun 19, Wed-Sat 7:30 pm, mat Thu and Sat-Sun 2 pm. $24-$227. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen W. 416-3459595, national.ballet.ca. FLAMENCO OLé The School of Arte Flamenco presents a student performance. Jun 11 at 8 pm. $15. Robert Gill Theatre, 214 College. 416978-7986, arteflamenco.com. RIVOLI DANCES, BACK TO BASICS Rivoli presents dance by Keiko Kitano, Angela Blumberg, Kyra Jean, Katya Kuznetsova and others. Jun 14 at 8

pm. $12. 332 Queen W. rivoli.ca. SHE ROCKS Night of Essence presents a showcase of female creativity featuring dancers, choreographers, singers and more. Jun 12, doors 8 pm. $25-$30. Six Degrees, 2335 Yonge. 647-210-8436, nightofessence.com. STEPS FROM HOME PushPULL Dance presents non-professional dancers performing styles from ballet and jazz to modern, African and salsa. Opens Jun 9 and runs to Jun 18, Thu-Sat 8 pm, mats Sun (and Jun 18) 2 pm. $20, mat $15. Winchester Street Theatre, 80 Winchester. pushpulldance.com. LTAJ Luminato and Sampradaya Dance Creations present a dance-theatre piece that tells the story of love and political intrigue that led to the creation of the Taj Mahal. Jun 10-12, Fri-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat-Sun 2 pm. $51.50$71.50. Fleck Dance Theatre, 207 Queens Quay W. 416-368-4849, luminato.com.

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presents Pro-Am Night w/ Fraser Young, Paul McCallum, Darryl Orr, Kirk Hicks, Akshay Sharma and host Allison Dore. 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. DO THE Fu MANCHu Augusta House presents Mark Debonis, Alex Pavone, Bobby Mair, host Steph Tolev and others. 9 pm. Free. 152 Augusta. 416-977-8881. THE DOOR PRIZE SHOW Zelda’s presents a weekly talent contest w/ host Vicki Licks. 8:30 pm. Pwyc. 692 Yonge, upstairs. zeldas.ca. I HEART JOKES uPTOWN Fox & Fiddle presents stand-up w/ Allyson Smith, Bev Ellis, Clifford Myers, Joshuah Elijah, Alex Pavone and others. 10 pm. Free. 1285 Finch W. 416-633-1286.

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dance showcase. Jun 12, doors 7:30 pm. $25. Mod Club, 722 College. thamovement2@hotmail.com. WOMEN IN DANCE Melissa Nascimento-So presents a collaborative showcase of female dance talent and choreography. Jun 10 at 7:30 pm. $25. Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge. tocentre.com.

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National Ballet of Canada and the Royal Ballet (UK) present Christopher Wheeldon’s interpretation of Lewis Carroll’s story (see review, page 71). Runs to Jun 12, Wed-Sat 7:30 pm, Sun (and Jun 9 and 11) 2 pm. Also Jun 23-25, Thu-Sat 7:30 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. $24-$227. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen W. 416-345-9595, national.ballet. ca and luminato.com. NNN (GS) L’IMPLORANTE Théâtre La Tangente presents a dance-theatre piece by Claude Guilmain with choreography by Sylvie Bouchard, based on sculptors Camille Claudel and Auguste Rodin. Runs to Jun 11, Thu-Sat 8 pm. $20-$40. Glendon Campus Theatre, 2275 Bayview. 416-9477909, theatrelatangente.ca. 3

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Wild mural brightens up the Sky Yard By DAVID JAGER MAYA HAYUK at the Drake Hotel

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next time you’re sipping a cool summer drink in the Sky Yard, you’ll have a hard time missing the new mural by Maya Hayuk, artist in residence at the Drake Hotel. Just look through the large window. Painted in rainbow- and neon-hued

lattices and swirls on the wall of the private dining room, Hayuk’s work is a riot of geometric, vegetative and animal forms blossoming in an overflowing paean to visceral, transcendent, balls-to-the-wall positivity. It’s a vivid mashup of the organic and the geometric and the decorative, whose source material cuts across the cultural bandwidth. Elements of South American weaving and peyote yarn painting as well as

THIS WEEK IN THE MUSEUMS ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO Abel Boulineau, to Aug 21. David Blackwood, to Jun 12. Paterson Ewen, to Jun 19. Brian Jungen, to Aug 7. Kathleen Munn, to Aug 28. Abstract Expressionist New York, to Sep 4, ($25, stu $16.50). Inuit Modern, to Oct 16. Lucy Tasseor Tutsweetok, to Apr 1, 2012. $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 bldg. 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. DESIGN EXCHANGE Dresses: Diana, The Life Of A Royal Icon, to Jun 10. Guy Tillim, to Jun 14. Out Of Sorts: Print Culture And Book Design, to Aug 21 (free). Play > Nation, to Oct 10. $10, stu/srs $8. 234 Bay. 416-363-6121. GARDINER MUSEUM OF CERAMIC ART Mary McKenzie, to Jul 10. Jun Kaneko, to Sep 18. Lesley McInally, Jun 9-Sep 19 (museum shop, free). $12, stu $6, srs $8; Fri 4-9 pm half-price, 30 and under free. 111 Queen’s Park. 416-586-8080. JUSTINA M. BARNICKE Kevin Schmidt, to Aug 20. 7 Hart House. 416-978-8398. McMICHAEL CANADIAN ART COLLECTION van

Eyre, to Aug 14. Marc-Aurèle Fortin, to Sep 11. $15, stu/srs $12. 10365 Islington (Kleinburg). 905-893-1121. MOCCA Videodrome, 8 pm-1 am Jun 10 ($10). Elle Flanders and Tamira Sawatzky, to Aug 31. 952 Queen W. 416-395-0067. THE POWER PLANT Kevin Schmidt, to Sep 5. $6, stu/srs $3, Wed 5-8 pm free. 231 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4949. ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM Edward Burtynsky, to Jul 3. Mark Nowaczynski, to Jul 17. Jane Ash Poitras, to Sep 1. Water: The Exhibition, to Sep 5 ($31, stu/srs $28). The Archaeology Of Godin Tepe, Iran, to Jan 31, 2012. $22, stu/srs $19; half-price Fri 4:30-9:30 pm; free Wed 4:30-5:30 pm. 100 Queen’s Park. 416-586-8000. TEXTILE MUSEUM OF CANADA Peter Wilkins, to Jun 12. Silk Oasis On The Silk Road: Bukhara, to Sep 25. Magic Squares: The Patterned Imagination Of Muslim Africa, to Nov 20, curator’s tour 6:30 pm Jun 15. $15, srs $10, stu $6; pwyc Wed 5-8 pm. 55 Centre. 416-599-5321.

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO ART CENTRE Suzy Lake, to Jun 25. 15 King’s College ñ Circle. 416-978-1838. 3

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Meagre Manji ALLAH, LIBERTY & LOVE: THE COURAGE TO RECONCILE FAITH AND FREEDOM by Irshad Manji (Random House), 293 pages. $29.95 cloth. Rating: NN

the follow-up to her runaway bestseller The Trouble With Islam Today, Irshad Manji’s new book, Allah, Liberty & Love, wants to give Muslims and non-Muslims the courage to reconcile faith and freedom. She calls on Muslims to be more accountable to themselves and their community. But while this impulse is admirable, Manji’s writing too often flattens out the complex realities of 1.5 billion Muslims. She claims Muslims are stuck in a crippling form of groupthink (Islamo-tribalism) that has changed little in centuries.

The best aspects of Allah, Liberty & Love are the countless blog, chat and email messages Manji reproduces throughout. These include plenty of death threats, but there are also fascinating and thoughtful questions and responses from Muslims around the globe. The writer spends a lot of ink distinguishing between authoritarian cultures and Islam itself, and yet puts forward the bizarre and contradictory idea that “individualism runs counter to centuries of Islamic practice.” She knows that most of her nonMuslim readers will take this statement for granted, no citations needed. It’s hard to imagine a Jewish or Christian writer making such a vast generalization about millions of people and being celebrated for it. Manji is personally offended by the proximity of the proposed “Ground

Maya Hayuk’s painting at the Drake Hotel celebrates everything wild and free.

Ukrainian folkloric motifs are thrown in with test patterns, Rorschach blots and black-light West Coast psychedelic poster art. What’s impressive is how well it holds together despite its blissfully manic drive toward superfluity. As a long-time student of album cover art, pop culture and graffiti, Hayuk has stubbornly planted her multicoloured flag at the crossroads

of fine art, urban art and design. She’s also deeply committed to the communal and collaborative aspects of art making, and has collaborated with everyone from musicians (Devendra Banhardt and Bonnie Prince Billy) to businesses (Triple 5 Soul and Absolut Vodka) and been a contributing member to several collaborative art spaces and projects, most notably Secret Project Robot in Williamsburg,

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L indicates Luminato events LALLEN LAMBERT GALLERIA Installation: Philip Beesley, to Jun 18, artist’s talk noon Jun 12 (Chapters Festival Hall, 142 John). Brookfield Place, 181 Bay. luminato.com. ANGELL Video/photos: Geoffrey Pugen and Alex Kisilevich, to Jun 11. 12 Ossington. 416-530-0444. BAITSHOP GALLERY Margin Of Eras: Artist Funding Artists, Jun 9-20, reception 7 pmmidnight Jun 9. 358 Dufferin, enter from Milky Way alley. 416-536-6000.

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Painting: Ray Mead, to Jun 18. 1069 Bathurst. 647-348-5110. CHRISTOPHER CUTTS Eldon Garnet, to Jun 18. 21 Morrow. 416-532-5566.

CONSULATE GENERAL OF ITALY Photos: Giorgio Barrera, to Jul 17. ñ 136 Beverley. 416-977-1566. THE DEPARTMENT (Washi Summit) Nieves Carrasco, to Jun 19. 1389 Dundas W. 416-

Zero mosque” (Park51, a Muslim community centre to be built two blocks from the World Trade Center site) to the graveyard of 9/11. She doesn’t bother to tell us why, and she can’t imagine that its existence might represent a key conciliatory moment. When she suggests that local authorities should tell Muslims to act like individuals and not the product of an assembly line, she pays scant attention to the power relations involved in such interactions or to the complicated social, political and economic realities of Muslims. She dismisses the niqab worn proudly by many Muslim women in the same spirit. Is Manji unaware of the long history and tradition of reform within Islam itself? She sometimes sounds like she thinks she’s the first or only reformer Islam has ever seen. ASAM AHMAD Asam Ahmad is a Toronto-based writer. Manji does an onstage interview June 27 at the Toronto Reference Library. See Listings at nowtoronto.com/books/listings/. For a Q&A with Manji go to nowtoronto.com/books Write Books at susanc@nowtoronto.com.

EDWARD DAY GALLERY Painting: Margaret

Sutherland and Pat Dumas-Hudecki, Jun 9-Jul 3, reception 6-8 pm Jun 9. 952 Queen W. 416-921-6540. FIRST CANADIAN PLACE 50 Years Of Art: Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, to Jul 16, cocktail reception/auction ($50) Jun 9. 1 First Canadian Pl. torontooutdoorart.org. GENERAL HARDWARE CONTEMPORARY Painting: Michael Davidson, Jun 9-Jul 9, reception 6-10 pm Jun 9. 1520 Queen W. 416-516-6876. INDEXG GALLERY Photos/text: Ximena Berecochea, Luo Hui and Madeleine Slavick, Jun 15-Jul 10. 50 Gladstone. 416-535-6957. JAPANESE PAPER PLACE Let There Be Light (Washi Summit), to Jun 30, Nieves Carrasco talk 7-8 pm Jun 13. 77 Brock. 416-538-9669. KOFFLER OFFSITE Installation: Stephen Cruise, to Aug 28. Sheppard Plaza, 4400 Bathurst. 416-636-1880. MERCER UNION Video: Aleksandra Mir, performance at Goodwood Kartways 10 am-6

Brooklyn, her current stomping ground. She’s been a very busy woman over the last year, leaving equally ecstatic murals in São Paulo, San Francisco, Miami, Nassau, Beijing and Holland. Her work at the Drake furnishes a happy reminder that this summer, you can be a little more wild, creative, generous and free. 3 art@nowtoronto.com

pm (RSVP) Jun 11. 416-536-1519. NAISA SPACE Sound installation: Peter Courtemanche, to Jun 25 (Fri-Sat). Pwyc. 601 Christie, studio 252. 416-652-5115. LOCADU Performance/installation: David Levine, Jun 10-11, Jun 13-19, artist’s talk noon Jun 14 (Chapters Festival Hall, 142 John). 100 McCaul. 416-9776000, luminato.com. OPEN STUDIO GALLERY Prints (Washi Summit): Jacob Rolfe and Jenn Law, to Jun 18. Prints: Caitlin Erskine-Smith and Joy Walker, to Jun 11. 401 Richmond W. 416504-8238. RELATIVE SPACE Design: $h!t Happens In Berlin group show, Jun 13-Jul 8. 365 Dupont. 416-961-6891. SUSAN HOBBS The Most She Weighed / The Least She Weighed group show, Jun 9-Aug 13, reception 7-9 pm Jun 9. 137 Tecumseth. 416-504-3699. YYZ Installation: Karen Henderson and Lauren Hall; sculpture: Stéphanie Chabot, to Jul 23. Installation: Shannon Gerard, David Court and Josh Thorpe, ongoing. 401 Richmond W. 416-598-4546.

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Thursday, June 9 FINDING THE WORDS Anthology launch with

pel, St Lawrence Centre, 27 Front E. luminato.com.

Monday, June 13 With NOW’s Su7 pm. $20. TIFF Bell Lightñsan G Cole.AL-SHAYKH box, 350 King W. luminato.com.

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Jared Bland, Stacey May Fowles and others. 6:30 pm. Free. Innis College Town Hall, 2 Sussex. 416-978-2510. 45 BOOKS IN 45 MINUTES Presentation. 6:30 pm. Free. Ben McNally Books, 366 Bay. Preregister 416-361-0032. LITERARY DEATH MATCH Authors face a panel of all-star judges. 7 pm. $8, adv $5. Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen W. 416-531-4635. NICK THRAN/SHARON RHODES 6 pm. Free. Type Books, 883 Queen W. 416-366-8973.

LREBECCA MEAD 4 pm. $25. CBC Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front W. luminato.com. LTHE NEW YORKER AT LUMINATO Panel with New Yorker writers Chris Adrian, Allegra Goodman and Colm Tóibín. 7 pm. $25. CBC Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front W. luminato.com.

Friday, June 10

BRIAN HENDERSON 6 pm. Free. Ben McNally Books, 366 Bay. 416-361-0032.

DAVID LESTER 6 pm. Free. Type Books, 883

Queen W. 416-366-8973.

Saturday, June 11 RANDA JARRAR 7 pm. Donation. Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham. beitzatoun.org. LANN PATCHETT Launching her new novel State Of Wonder. 7 pm. $20. Al Green Theatre, Miles Nadal JCC, 750 Spadina. luminato.com.

Sunday, June 12 LMOHAMMAD HASSAN ALWAN/RANDA JARRAR/YASSIN ADNAN/HYAM YARED/JOUMANA HADDAD 1 pm. $20. CBC Glenn Gould Studio,

250 Front W. luminato.com. LGERALDINE BROOKS 4 pm. Free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. torontopubliclibrary.ca. LMALCOLM GLADWELL 7 pm. $38. Bluma Ap-

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Tuesday, June 14 LKHALED MATTAWA/JOHN ASFOUR/ HISHAM MATAR 7 pm. $20. TIFF Bell Lightbox, 350 King W. luminato.com.

Wednesday, June 15 NUPUR GOGIA AND BONNIE SLADE 7 pm. Free. Toronto Women’s Bookstore, 73 Harbord. 416-922-8744. LJOYCE CAROL OATES 7 pm. $20. Glenn Gould Studio, CBC Broadcasting Centre, 250 Front W. luminato.com. PINK INK ZINE LAUNCH Launch party. 6 pm. Free. Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas W. soytoronto.org. 3

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Audio clips from interview with RICHARD AYOADE • Q&A with JESSICA CHASTAIN • 5 things to know about J.J. ABRAMS • and more Craig Roberts taps into his teen character’s inner turmoil in Submarine.

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Loose laughs LOOSE CANNONS (Ferzan Ozpetek). 110 minutes. Subtitled. Opens Friday (June 10). For venues and times, see Movies, page 81. Rating: NNN

Taking the plunge Director’s debut caused a bidding war at TIFF – but he’d rather talk about old movies By NORMAN WILNER SUBMARINE directed by Richard Ayoade, screenplay by Ayoade based on the novel by Joe Dunthorne, with Craig Roberts, Yasmin Paige, Noah Taylor, Sally Hawkins and Paddy Considine. An Alliance Films release. 94 minutes. Opens Friday (June 10). For venues and times, see Movies, page 81. it’s the middle of the toronto Film Festival, and Richard Ayoade has just become the belle of the ball. The distinctively coiffed Londoner – best known in North America as the fussbudget techie Moss on the English sitcom The IT Crowd – is watching, somewhat bemusedly, as distributors wage a bidding war for his debut feature, Submarine. Buoyed by strong reviews, the odd little coming-of-age drama set in the Welsh town of Swansea in the mid80s will ultimately sell to the Weinstein Company for a reported $1 million. But we’re not talking about that. Thoughtful and soft-spoken even in the frenzied festival atmosphere, Ayoade would rather be discussing Badlands and Taxi Driver – films he refers to repeatedly when talking about his strategy for making Submarine. “They both have a central character who’s somewhat deluded,” he explains, “and has an idea of his own legacy that you hear juxtaposed with the reality of things. They were very influential [for me], even though the subject matter of those films is far

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more mythic and violent and portentous.” Shifting the action of Submarine from the present-day setting of Joe Dunthorne’s novel to the 1980s let Ayoade dislocate the characters in a different way. “The idea was to put it into a somewhat generalized past,” he says. “To avoid mobile phones and laptops and Twitter and par ticuDIRECTOR l a r l y modern things.

Partly because I think stories about adolescents tend to be set in a time when the writer was that age” – meaning himself, in this case. “It would seem slightly ridiculous for a character like this to be entirely contemporary, for some reason. He seems to have values which are more traditional than the glib, modern values of his peers. A lot of INTERVIEW characters in films of

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REVIEW SUBMARINE (Richard Ayoade) Rating: NNN Richard Ayoade – a British comic and filmmaker best known here for his role in The IT Crowd – makes his feature debut with this meticulously constructed but dramatically uneven coming-of-age tale about a maladjusted teenager (Craig Roberts) bent on bedding a surly schoolmate (Yasmin Page) and keeping his mother (Sally Hawkins) from leaving his father (Noah Taylor) for a seedy mentalist (Paddy Considine). Adapting Joe Dunthorne’s novel, Ayoade juggles laughs and poignancy very well, and individual scenes work brilliantly – particularly those involving Roberts’s awkward time at school – but the momentum flags midway through, when the film expands its scope to pack in a few more NW supporting characters.

this type feel slightly out of place. Even Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver seems to have an idea of an older, more Puritanical past.” Submarine carries itself with a little less self-importance than Ayoade’s models, being focused entirely on the efforts of a precocious teenager to get laid and keep his parents from splitting up, not necessarily in that order. These tasks would be much easier if young Oliver (Craig Roberts) actually understood how the world works. “He somehow thinks that by being able to identify things, he’s mastered them,” Ayoade says. “He very much hasn’t.” That’s a notion that puts Submarine in line with a few other films about the end of adolescence. TIFF audiences were throwing around comparisons to Hal Ashby’s Harold & Maude and Wes Anderson’s Rushmore. I suggest another comparison: The 400 Blows, directed by François Truffaut. “I love his films, and Jean-Pierre Léaud just may be my favourite actor,” Ayoade says. “I suppose it’s one of those films that, if you do anything [about] this age group, it’s slightly inescapable, like The Graduate. You do any film about the Mafia, you cannot get out of the way of The Godfather. What’s the point of trying to get out of the way of it?” 3 normw@nowtoronto.com

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Loose Cannons covers some well-trod ground with style, even if it takes a while to find its footing. When Tommaso (Riccardo Scamarcio) returns to his southern Italian home to announce that he’s gay, he expects to be cut out of his family’s pasta industry responsibilities, which will free him up to stay in Rome with his boyfriend and his dreams of becoming a novelist. But things don’t go as planned, and soon Tommaso’s stuck overseeing the company and flirting with Alba (Nicole Grimaudo), the gorgeous, high-strung daughter of his homophobic dad’s business partner. Director Ferzan Ozpetek’s attempts to mix comedy and drama aren’t always successful – witness his over-reliance on a whimsical score – and the film could use a tighter edit. Things pick up at the halfway point during a visit from Tommaso’s gay friends from Rome (including the boyfriend), prompting all sorts of comic reactions. Derivative laughs, but fun nonetheless. And the Italian scenery, of course, has its charms. The final reel adds complexity to characters who at first seem onedimensional, and the final scene, a bold experiment, works beautifully to GLENN SUMI link past and present.

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terrence malick’s the tree of Life is a movie, an experience and a goddamned work of art. It perfects the intuitive approach to cinema Malick has been developing for nearly four decades, through Badlands, Days Of Heaven, The Thin Red Line and The New World. It affected me more profoundly than any of those films. Malick has finally stopped pretending that his movies have ever been about anything other than his own spiritual quest. The Thin Red Line isn’t really about Guadalcanal; The New World isn’t about the settling of America by the English. Those stories were just excuses for Malick to meditate on the intrusion of “civilized” man into the natural world, his characters forever ruminating on the violation of Eden in weighty voice-over. The Tree Of Life is just a story

about a family: a domineering father (Brad Pitt), an endlessly patient mother (Jessica Chastain) and their three boys in Waco, Texas, sometime in the 1950s. Most of it is experienced through the wide-open eyes of the oldest boy, Jack (Hunter McCracken), who is about as old as Malick would have been at the time and processes things as profoundly as a budding artist might. Jack passes through the signature conflicts of boyhood and adolescence in a story that’s less autobiographical than primal. He does things he knows he shouldn’t, swept along by peer pressure and deflected rage at his inability to connect to the father he loves and fears in equal measure. Malick gives us Jack’s youth as a chaotic swirl of feeling. More than any other film I can remember, The Tree Of Life conveys the horrible, overwhelming immediacy of adolescent emotion. The occasional jumps to cosmic imagery feel entirely right; it’s the way a child’s id views the world – explosive and majestic and beyond comprehension – forever raging at the inability to understand

the whys and wherefores. Even the scene with the dinosaurs makes sense when you view it through the eyes of a child – or a director obsessed with the divine – wondering whether humans are the only creatures who can know grace. I don’t expect everyone else to have the same reaction. The audience at a Toronto preview screening earlier this week was split between rapture and walkouts, and the film’s Palme d’Or win at last month’s Cannes Film Festival was met by crabbing from the European press. The Tree Of Life is a purely subjective experience; what you see in it is the only thing that matters. And I saw something wonderful – something beautiful in its inelegance and confusion, something that embraces the awe of adolescence and the loss of innocence in the purest sense of those terms. It’s a rhapsody on the mystery of simply being alive. 3 normw@nowtoronto.com

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Too Moody JUDY MOODY AND THE NOT BUMMER SUMMER (John Schultz). 91 minutes. Opens Friday (June 10). For venues and times, see Movies, page 81. Rating: NN

Judy Moody And The NOT Bummer Summer is as manic as kids on a sugar rush and just as exhausting for the adults they’re with. Adapting Megan McDonald’s popular kid-lit series for the big screen, the movie pales in comparison to better efforts like Diary Of A Wimpy Kid, which portrays realistic relationships and imparts kid-friendly messages along with the hyperactive G-rated slapstick. Australian newcomer Jordana Beatty stars as a preteen who goes on a mission to salvage her summer while

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her best friend is away at Circus Camp. (According to Google, those do exist.) Aided by her hippie aunt (Heather Graham, slumming it), Judy rocks out in episodic misadventures that often feature puke, poop and car chases after Big Foot. The fiery-haired Beatty is a real find, delivering a physical performance that’s as wild and colourful as Judy’s bedroom decor. However, she doesn’t

have much to work with, since the role keeps her occupied running, falling, roaring and coining expressions like “rare” and “A-B-S” (already-beenslobbered). Small children will eat this stuff up, especially since the screen stays busy enough with animations and action to keep those with short attention spans hooked. Adults, though, will feel like they’ve had too much cotton candy. RADHEYAN SIMONPILLAI

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SUBJECT, BEAUTY DAY Long before the Jackass crew began recording their silly stunts, St. Catharines’ own Ralph Zavadil was doing the same thing (on a much smaller budget) for a Niagara-region cable access show called Cap’n Video. Now his antics, which include the neck-breaking incident that garnered him 15 minutes of international fame, have been collected in Jay Cheel’s life-affirming doc Beauty Day, a hit at the recent Hot Docs fest. In person, Zavadil, given to cartoonlike growls (listen to the audio clips), is just as funny and spontaneous as he is in the movie. See review, page 81. What surprised you most when you first saw the doc? How Jay had woven in my personal life and the interviews we’d done [two years ago]. It was scary having that raincoat pop open in front of 500 people [at Hot Docs]. But it was also fun and invigorating to hear people respond to my Cap’n Video stuff. I’d never had that before. How did Cheel win your trust? He asked pertinent questions and then shut up and let me answer, instead of leading me to where he wanted to go. We became friends, and he told me to talk as if we were friends sitting around. I said, “Well, when I’m shooting the shit with friends I’m usually having a frosty and a smoke.” That’s why it looks like I’m a beer-swilling alcoholic. One of the things that’s never addressed in the film is what good shape you were – and are – in. Did that contribute to your recovery after the accident? Life’s too short to sit around. I ski, golf, skidoo, swim and just enjoy life. I have a Y membership, but I’ve used it three times since January. If I’m going to walk on a treadmill or stairclimber, I

better be going somewhere and seeing new stuff instead of looking at other sweaty, smelly people. After the accident, if I hadn’t had the musculature around my neck area [I wouldn’t have healed as quickly]. But then again, if I’d been in flabby shape I probably wouldn’t have climbed up the ladder leaning against the fence of my pool in the first place. What’s your favourite stunt? The telephone pole sledding where I go through the roof of the garden shed. It took about an hour and a half to set up. I took more than 400 screws out of the shed holding it together, poured a bag of flour on top and put some styrofoam inside. Every time I watch that video, I catch the momentary lapse of reason of jumping through it and I’m right back there. In many ways the film’s about creativity and following your passions, no? It comes down to whether you’re going to take the chance not to have the shiny shit at the beginning and follow your heart. Unfortunately, a lot of people don’t follow their heart. They GLENN SUMI follow the paycheque.

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Super 8 is great J.J. abrams’s spielberg homage kicks ass on its own terms By NORMAN WILNER Super 8 written and directed by J.J.

Abrams, with Joel Courtney, Elle Fanning, Ryan Lee and Kyle Chandler. A Paramount Pictures release. 112 minutes. Opens Friday (June 10). For venues and times, see Movies, page 81. Rating: nnnn

j.j. abrams’s rousing suburban adventure, Super 8, honours the spirit of Steven Spielberg’s early films with a mixture of old-school storytelling and state-of-the-art production values. It’s nostalgic and novel in equal degrees. Set in small-town Ohio in the summer of 1979, Super 8 feels like the thematic midpoint between Close En-

counters and E.T. A quartet of young friends sneak out to the local train station to shoot a cheesy Super 8 movie about zombies and witness a disastrous railway derailment. Escaping with their lives (and a cryptic warning from science teacher Glynn Turman, whose casting will make Gremlins fans smile), the kids go home to learn that the U.S. Air Force is lying about the details of the crash – and using it as an excuse to conduct mysterious operations in the countryside. And why are all the local dogs disappearing? I won’t discuss the plot any further, though you probably already have some idea of what’s going on. I suspect Abrams is actually counting on that so he can play with our expectations, much as his ingenious Star Trek reboot threw out the series’ precious continuity while still functioning within it. The Spielberg appropriation would be just a gimmick if

Super 8 couldn’t stand on its own as a story. Abrams spends his time putting the emotional stakes in place, setting up believable conflicts between young hero Joe (Joel Courtney) and his recently widowed dad (Kyle Chandler), between Joe and his crush, Alice (the quietly amazing Elle Fanning), and between Joe and his pal Charles (Riley Griffiths). By the time the adventure starts, we’re invested in their individual problems, which makes the payoff that much more deeply felt. I’d be willing to watch a movie about these people without any fantastical stuff at all. 3 normw@nowtoronto.com

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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) Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Kingsway Theatre

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BILL CUNNINGHAM NEW YORK (Richard Press) focuses on the eccentric octogenarian style photographer for the New York Times, sitting in on editing sessions and following him as he cycles to shoots and attends gala events in his signature utilitarian uniform. Fashionistas will adore this – the styles are terrific – but, oddly, the man himself remains a mystery. 84 min. NNN (GS) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Varsity

Garbus) finds the American-born chess master eluding classification once again, this time in a documentary that examines his rise and fall through the prism of his legendary 1972 faceoff in Iceland with Soviet champion Boris Spassky. Director Garbus (The Farm) hangs her analysis on the pop thesis that Fischer was somehow driven mad by chess, avoiding the flip side of that theory, which suggests that the rigidity of the game appeals to people seeking stability. (The famously obsessive Fischer certainly displays Asperger’s-like symptoms in the archival footage here.) But there are few things duller than watching people watch a chess match, and Garbus never finds a way to bring the sport to cinematic life. 93 min. NN (NW) TIFF Bell Lightbox

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(Paul Feig) is a broad farce built on a solid foundation of human psychology, starring Kristen Wiig as a Milwaukee baker whose life has hit a rough patch and who’s therefore in no state to cope with the impending marriage of best friend Lillian (Maya Rudolph). 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. 124 min. NNNN (NW) 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

Cell 213 (Stephen Kay) 109 min. See review, page 80. NN (AD) Opens Jun 10 at Kennedy Commons 20, Yonge & Dundas 24. The CollaPsed (Justin McConnell) would like to be in the company of such films as Time Of The Wolf and The Road, but it just can’t get its apocalyptic premise to pay off. The Collapsed joins the apocalypse already in progress, as a traumatized family makes its way out of a devastated city toward the countryside. Director McConnell creates a nice sense of desolation in the opening moments, but once the Weavers have to start talking to one another, the movie bogs down in a series of starkly photographed but dramatically inert scenes. 80 min. NN (NW) Carlton Cinema

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stakingly dramatizes the trial of Mary Surratt (Robin Wright), the only woman indicted in the conspiracy to assassinate Abraham Lincoln. (James McAvoy plays her 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 terrible time in American history. 121 min. NN (NW) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema

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that picks up where previous series entry, Fast And Furious, left off, sending career criminals Dominic, Brian and Mia to beautifully shot Rio de Janeiro for a train robbery and a big-money heist from Rio’s top crime lord. Two big set pieces are fun, and in between there’s lots of running and gunning. They almost distract you from noticing how bland Vin Diesel has become. 130 min. NNN (AD) 401 & Morningside, Canada Square, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Queensway, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity

The FirsT Grader (Justin Chadwick) was the runner-up for the People’s Choice Award at TIFF last year, which suggests that P.T. Barnum’s apocryphal dictum is as valid now as it was a century ago. Based on the story of Kenya’s Kimani N’gan’ga Maruge, a former Mau Mau rebel who attended a children’s school at the age of 84 in order to learn to read and write, it’s a groaningly obvious inspirational drama, told in the most condescending, triumphant manner imaginable. The First Grader feels like it fell through a wormhole from 1986, when movies like The Color Purple and Cry Freedom imposed a condescending colonial perspective on Africa. Back then, filmmakers hadn’t learned they didn’t need to pander; now it’s the way to an award. Some subtitles. 103 min. NN (NW) Canada Square, Cumberland 4 Forks over kNives (Lee Fulkerson) is an advocacy documentary dedicated to the argument that a “whole foods, plantbased diet” is better for your health than a diet based on animal protein and highfructose corn syrup. It’s basically macrobiotics all over again, but director Fulkerson does such a shoddy job of making his case – using questionable statistics and throwing every conceivable argument at the screen in the hope that something will stick – that you’ll end up wondering whether he has anything of substance to say. You may also wonder why the only place we see people shop for produce is Whole Foods. 96 min. NN (NW) Canada Square, Kennedy Commons 20 Good NeiGhbours (Jacob Tierney) has characters that are hard to swallow, impossible to like, but still amusing to watch. Emily Hampshire stars as Louise, a standoffish cat-lover who’s obsessed with a local serial killer. She frequently has dinner with Spencer (Scott Speedman), a wheelchair-bound smartass with a sinister grin. Their routine is disrupted by Victor (Jay Baruchel), the desperate new guy in their Montreal apartment building who falls hard for Louise. The awkward yet fascinating chemistry between the three carries the movie past its sometimes silly plot turns and has far more appeal than the murder mystery itself. But the film’s best moment is a cameo by Xavier Dolan, who graciously pokes fun at those blasted Buddy Holly glasses he never takes off. 98 min. NNN (RS) TIFF Bell Lightbox The haNGover ParT ii (Todd Phillips) solves the problem of following what should have been a unrepeatable phenomenon by repeating it exactly all over again, as the traumatized trio of Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms and Zach Galifianakis try to reconstruct a disastrous night and find a missing friend. This time they’re in Bangkok, so the stakes are higher and weirder. It’ a substantially darker movie, in which director Phillips slowly nudges the absurd farce of The Hangover to an angri-

er, meaner place. The comedy’s still sharp, and the writers haven’t tried to make our heroes any more likeable than they were the first time around: Cooper’s Phil is still a swaggering dolt, Galifianakis’s Alan remains a borderline sociopath, and Helms’s Stu is an affable doofus with a hidden reservoir of rage. Once again we somehow end up rooting for these idiots to solve their mysteries and stay alive, just so we can see what happens next. 102 min. NNN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Docks Lakeview Drive-In, 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

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) Carlton Cinema, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Mt Pleasant, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Mississauga hoodwiNked Too! hood vs. evil

(Michael D’Isa-Hogan) is faster, funnier, more polished and adult-friendly than the original Hoodwinked’s riff on Little Red Riding Hood. This time, a wicked witch kidnaps Hansel and Gretel and Granny.

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rent’s mausoleum, where the artifacts say very little about their owner besides his blatant self-indulgence. The auction may have netted millions, but Bergé says it best when he describes these objects as soulless. He could be speaking about the film, too. Subtitled. 98 min. NN (RS) Carlton Cinema, Cumberland 4

LAST NIGHT (Massy Tadjedin) follows a

New York couple contemplating separate infidelities after a fight: he (Sam Worthington) thinks about boffing a flirtatious colleague (Eva Mendes) on an overnight trip to Philadelphia, while she (Keira Knightley) spends the day in the company of an ex-lover (Guillaume Canet). It’s very nicely shot and everyone wears lovely clothes, but there’s not a lot going on emotionally – neither of the leads is developed enough to bother caring about, and writer/director Tadjedin’s elliptical approach to their crises just diffuses the emotional content even further. Canet is quietly excellent as a man who knows he’s lost out on the love of his life; perhaps Tadjedin should have told his story instead. 90 min. NN (NW) Interchange 30, Scotiabank Theatre

LE QUATTRO VOLTE (Michelangelo

Frammartino) is an odd and beautiful thing, a philosophical drama about a soul moving through four different incarnations – first, as a human, specifically an ailing Calabrian goatherd (Giuseppe Fuda) – and then through three other forms best left unspecified. It’s a lovely piece of cinema with a striking visual sensibility, a sly sense of humour and a terrific cast of human and animal actors. Seriously, Fuda’s border collie deserves his own feature. Subtitled. 88 min. NNNN (NW) Cumberland 4

Red, the Wolf and the over-caffeinated squirrel pursue. The animation and jokes are lively, but the 3-D adds little. 82 min. NNN (AD) Colossus, SilverCity Mississauga

ñIN A BETTER WORLD

(Susanne Bier) follows two families coping with matters of morality and vengeance. Mikael Persbrandt gives a superb performance as a doctor who has to decide whether to treat a brutal warlord. Winner of the 2011 Oscar for best foreign-language film. Subtitled. 113 min. NNNN (SGC) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema

ñINCENDIES

(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) Mt Pleasant

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. 118 min. NNN (GS) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Kingsway Theatre

JUDY MOODY AND THE NOT BUMMER SUMMER (John Schultz) 91 min. See re-

view, page 78. NN (RS) Opens Jun 10 at 401 & Morningside, Canada Square, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24.

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. The situation would be more compelling if we knew something about the central couple, but they’re cardboard characters, given little life by actors Paula Patton and Laz Alonso. 108 min. NN (GS) Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Interchange 30, Rainbow Woodbine

KUNG FU PANDA 2 (Jennifer Yuh

Nelson) chalks up another win for DreamWorks’ unlikely martial arts franchise, expanding the gorgeous (if somewhat ridiculous) universe with terrific action sequences and welcome character development. The plot finds Po (voiced once again by Jack Black) and the Furious Five trekking to a distant city in order to stop a warlord (Gary Oldman) who threatens all of China – and who provides an unexpected connection to Po’s shrouded past. Once again, the fight choreography is exceptional, the animation exquisite and the voice cast in fine form, particularly Angelina Jolie and Dustin Hoffman. It’s everything the new Pirates Of The Caribbean isn’t – and with talking animals no less. 90 min. NNNN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

L’AMOUR FOU (Pierre Thoretton) is an overly deterministic requiem for late designer Yves Saint Laurent that hinges completely on the selective recollections of Pierre Bergé, its subject’s life and business partner. Bergé elliptically talks about the couturier’s work, substance abuse and depression in asides while cataloguing their luxurious homes and ridiculously vast art collection, which takes on increasing significance as the film pivots around the auction of these same objects. It all feels like a detached tour through Saint Lau-

ñMEEK’S CUTOFF

(Kelly Reichardt) tells the story of a small wagon train lost in the badlands of the American West, circa 1845. It’s a film about process – about how long it takes to cross a river, reload a rifle or put out a fire. 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 (the marvellous Bruce Greenwood) deeper and deeper into an unknowable quagmire, you could draw parallels to the American adventure in Iraq, but only if you wanted to be simplistic about it. Moody and sharply observed, this is one of the finest American films of the last year. 101 min. NNNNN (NW) Carlton Cinema

The Tree Of Life

THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: LE COMTE ORY ENCORE is an encore screening in

high-def of the Met’s production of the Rossini comedy, starring tenor Juan Diego Flórez. 200 min. Jun 13, 6:30 pm, at Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Yonge, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Mississauga

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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) Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Kingsway Theatre, 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, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Kingsway Theatre, SilverCity Mississauga LITTLE WHITE LIES (Guillaume Canet) fol-

lows a close-knit group of Paris friends in their 30s and 40s on their annual seaside vacation. This trip is tinged with tragedy – one of their number has just been hospitalized after a bad motorcycle accident – but everyone’s decided to soldier on and enjoy the time away. The film’s first half is pleasant enough, as the cast (including François Cluzet, Marion Cotillard, Laurent Lafitte and Benoît Magimel) establish their characters against a series of gorgeous locations. But as the movie rolls on, it becomes clear it got away from Canet in the editing room: subplots shift around awkwardly, the pacing slackens, and the movie seems to lose its sense of who the characters are, indicting them as narcissistic petit bourgeoisie and then deciding they’re just lovable scamps. What started out as a charming diversion turns into a bloated exercise in empty charm. Subtitled. 154 min. NN (NW) Carlton Cinema, Varsity

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stroll the romantic City of Light; she wants to shop. He’s trying to finish his novel; she’s wishing he’d just stick to writing schlocky film scripts. He starts roaming the streets at night, and when the clock strikes 12, a vintage cab takes him back in time to the 1920s, where he learns life lessons from Gertrude Stein (Kathy Bates), Pablo Picasso (Marcial Di Fonzo Bo), Picasso’s mistress (Marion Cotillard) and other major figures of the era. For every good performance (a slimy Michael Sheen as McAdams’s ex, for example), there’s a dreadful one (Adrien Brody as Dali). But either way, the message that life is best lived in the present tense is too banal to make us care. 94 min. NN (SGC) Grande - Yonge, Queensway, SilverCity 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) Carlton Cinema

Pirates Of the CaribbeaN: ON straNGer tides (Rob Marshall) finds Johnny

Depp’s Cap’n Jack Sparrow swept up in the race to find the fountain of youth alongside the unkillable Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush), Jack’s old flame Angelica (Penélope Cruz), the fearsome pirate Blackbeard (Ian McShane) and a flotilla of Spaniards. Swords clash, barrels roll, coal wagons rain fire on cobblestone streets, pirates swing through a forest of coconut trees. It’s all very busy, and the 3-D makes every stunt look like a badly processed visual effect even when it isn’t. Replacing Gore Verbinski at the helm of the series, director Marshall (Chicago, Nine) has absolutely no feel for the material; his

primary innovation is cutting the sword fights so rapidly we can’t follow the action. Pirate movies demand a stylist, not a journeyman. 137 min. NN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Humber Cinema, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Varsity

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(François Ozon) stars Catherine Deneuve as a woman who, in the late 70s, comes into her own when her reactionary, philandering husband falls ill and she takes over the family factory. One big gobsmacking pleasure. Subtitled. 103 min. NNNN (SGC) Cumberland 4, Grande - Yonge, Kingsway Theatre

Priest 3d (Scott Stewart) is a run-of-the-

mill CGI and wirework actioner with mediocre 3-D. It pits a renegade priest against the gang of vampires who’ve stolen his niece. The movie looks and plays like a comic book take on a spaghetti western, with motorcycles standing in for horses and scrawny eyeless creatures for outlaws. There’s a not-bad climax aboard

a speeding train. 87 min. NN (AD) Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Interchange 30, Queensway, Rainbow Woodbine, Yonge & Dundas 24

the PriNCess Of MONtPeNsier (Bertrand Tavernier) takes place during a lull in hostilities between Catholics and Huguenots in 16th century France, where the strong-willed Marie (Mélanie Thierry) is betrothed against her will to royal scion Philippe (Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet) rather than to the man she desires, Henri de Guise (Gaspard Ulliel). It’s an eminently respectable literary adaptation offering the same combination of costume drama, none-too-subtle gender politics and fleeting female nudity that made Dangerous Liaisons a crowd-pleaser in 1988. Some might wonder whether director Tavernier, fresh from the disaster that was his Tommy Lee Jones mystery In The Electric Mist, saw this as a way to recover his footing without doing anything too taxing. Subtitled. 139 min. NNN (NW) TIFF Bell Lightbox riO (Carlos Saldanha) moves along briskly and brings out the beauty of Rio de Janeiro with a happy combination of aerial photography, animation and 3-D. But the story and voice acting are no more than adequate. 96 min. NNN (AD) Canada Square, Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Kingsway Theatre, Queensway, Yonge & Dundas 24 sCreaM 4 (Wes Craven) reassembles

survivors of the self-reflexive series so screenwriter Kevin Williamson and director Craven can make the same movie all over again. This time, though, the frame of reference is shockingly limited, as are the scares. 112 min. NN (NW) Scotiabank Theatre

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sOMethiNG bOrrOwed (Luke Greenfield) is an appallingly apathetic chick-lit adaptation about a Manhattan singleton (Ginnifer Goodwin) who drunkenly falls into bed with her best friend’s fiancé (Colin Egglesfield), then spends a summer continuing the fling while feeling really bad about it. At least Kate Hudson is perfectly cast as the spoiled, flighty, grasping Bridezilla. 110 min. N (NW) Canada Square, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Yonge, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre

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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) Interchange 30

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) Carlton Cinema, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Regent Theatre, Scotiabank Theatre

stePheN sONdheiM’s COMPaNy is a star-

studded revival from Lincoln Center of Sondheim’s groundbreaking 1970 musical about a single man (Neil Patrick Harris) who’s unable to commit to a relationship, much to the disappointment of his married friends and his three girlfriends. Backed by the New York Philharmonic. 150 min. Jun 15, 7 pm, at Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Grande - Yonge, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, Varsity.

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(J.J. Abrams) 112 min. See review, page 80. NNNN (NW) Opens Jun 10 at 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Docks Lakeview Drive-In, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Varsity.

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, Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Docks Lakeview Drive-In, 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

ñthe tree Of life

(Terrence Malick) 138 min. See review, page 78. NNNNN (NW) Opens Jun 10 at Varsity.

water fOr elePhaNts (Francis Lawrence) has a timid approach to sex, violence and strong emotion, which sabotages this tale of a young man who joins the circus and falls for the cruel owner’s wife. Robert Pattinson makes cow eyes at Reese Witherspoon, but they both save their best moments for the scenes with Rosie the elephant. 121 min. NN (AD) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Kennedy Commons 20, Kingsway Theatre

ñwiN wiN

(Tom McCarthy) grows in stature while you watch, starting out as a lightweight dramedy about a struggling lawyer and wrestling coach (Paul Giamatti) and slowly accruing detail and emotional heft. Writer-director McCarthy lets the story develop naturalistically, which means the first half risks 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

ñX-MeN: first Class

(Matthew Vaughn) finds the same balance of gravitas and knowing camp that powered Bryan Singer’s first two X-films. The inconsistent characterization and wobbly rhythms of Brett Ratner’s regrettable Last Stand are politely ignored. It’s a proper origin story for the characters, filling us in on the bond between Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr (played in the previous films by Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen, and here by James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender). Having toyed with costumed heroes in last year’s Kick-Ass, director Vaughn gets to play on a much larger scale, and he’s pretty good at it. Here’s hoping he sticks around; for the first time in a while, the prospect of another Xmovie doesn’t make me uneasy. Some subtitles. NNNN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Docks Lakeview Drive-In, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24 3

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BRIDESMAIDS (14A) Thu 3:50, 6:45, 9:30 Fri-Wed 12:55, 3:50, 6:45, 9:30 THE HANGOVER PART II (18A) Thu 12:50, 3:05, 5:15, 7:30, 9:40 Fri-Wed 12:50, 3:05, 5:15, 7:30, 9:40, 11:55 KUNG FU PANDA 2 (PG) Thu 12:30, 2:50, 5:05, 7:10, 9:15 Fri-Wed 12:30, 2:50, 5:05, 7:10, 9:15, 11:15 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES (PG) 12:35, 3:35, 6:35, 9:20 SUPER 8 (PG) 1:05, 3:55, 7:00, 9:35 Fri-Sat 11:45 late THOR (PG) Thu 1:05, 3:55, 7:00, 9:25 X-MEN: FIRST CLASS (PG) 12:40, 3:30, 6:40, 9:25

Thu 1:30, 5:00, 8:15 Fri 2:10, 5:45, 9:10 Sat-Wed 2:15, 5:45, 9:10 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES 3D (PG) Thu 12:45, 2:15, 2:45, 4:10, 5:30, 6:00, 7:30, 9:00, 10:10 Fri, Sun, Tue 1:10, 3:30, 4:30, 6:50, 8:00, 10:20 Sat 11:45, 1:10, 3:30, 4:30, 6:50, 8:00, 10:20 Mon 1:10, 3:00, 4:30, 8:00, 10:20 Wed 1:10, 3:30, 4:30, 8:00, 10:20 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES: AN IMAX 3D EXPERIENCE (PG) Thu 12:15, 3:30, 6:45, 9:45 SCREAM 4 (14A) Thu 1:40, 4:30, 10:30 Fri-Sun, Tue 2:00, 4:40, 7:30, 10:15 Mon 2:00, 4:40, 10:40 Wed 1:00, 3:50, 10:15 SOMETHING BORROWED (PG) Thu 1:00 3:50 6:40 9:30 Fri-Wed 12:50, 3:50, 6:40, 9:30 SOURCE CODE (PG) Thu 2:30, 5:15, 8:00, 10:20 Fri-Wed 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 9:15 STEPHEN SONDHEIM’S COMPANY Wed 7:00 SUPER 8 (PG) 12:30, 1:45, 2:30, 3:15, 4:45, 5:30, 6:15, 7:40, 8:30, 9:00, 10:30 Sat 11:30 mat SUPER 8: THE IMAX EXPERIENCE (PG) Fri-Wed 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:45 THOR (PG) Thu 12:30, 3:20, 6:10, 8:50 Fri-Wed 12:40, 3:40, 6:30, 9:20 THOR 3D (PG) Thu 1:10, 1:50, 4:00, 4:50, 7:50, 9:50, 10:35 Fri, Sun-Wed 1:30, 4:20, 7:20, 10:10 Sat 10:45, 1:30, 4:20, 7:20, 10:10

TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX (I) 350 KING ST W, 416-599-8433

BOBBY FISCHER AGAINST THE WORLD (PG) Thu-Sat, Mon-Wed 8:30 GOOD NEIGHBOURS (14A) Thu-Sun, Tue-Wed 2:30, 4:50, 7:10, 9:30 Mon 7:10, 9:30 THE PRINCESS OF MONTPENSIER (14A) Thu-Sun, Tue-Wed 12:15, 3:15, 6:30, 9:30 Mon 6:30, 9:30

VARSITY (CE)

55 BLOOR ST W, 416-961-6304 BILL CUNNINGHAM NEW YORK (PG) Thu 12:50, 3:10 BRIDESMAIDS (14A) Thu 1:00, 4:10, 7:10, 10:20 Fri-Tue 12:10, 3:10, 6:40, 9:40 Wed 12:10, 3:20, 6:40, 9:40 THE HANGOVER PART II (18A) Thu 12:30, 1:20, 3:40, 4:20, 6:30, 7:20, 9:30, 10:00 Fri-Wed 12:50, 4:00, 6:50, 9:30 LITTLE WHITE LIES Thu 2:00, 5:40, 9:10 MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (PG) Thu 12:00, 1:30, 2:30, 4:00, 5:00, 6:40, 7:30, 9:20, 10:10 Fri-Tue 12:00, 1:10, 2:30, 3:50, 5:00, 6:20, 7:30, 9:10, 10:10 Wed 12:00, 1:10, 2:30, 3:50, 5:00, 7:30, 10:10 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES 3D (PG) Thu 12:10, 3:30, 6:50, 10:15 Fri 6:45, 10:05 Sat-Wed 12:15, 3:30, 6:45, 10:05 STEPHEN SONDHEIM’S COMPANY Wed 7:00 SUPER 8 (PG) Fri-Wed 1:00, 4:00, 7:10, 10:00 THE TREE OF LIFE (PG) Fri-Wed 11:50, 12:20, 3:10, 3:40, 6:30, 7:00, 9:50, 10:20

VIP SCREENINGS

BRIDESMAIDS (14A) Thu 12:35, 3:25, 6:45, 9:35 Fri-Wed 12:55, 4:05, 7:15, 10:05 THE HANGOVER PART II (18A) Thu 12:55, 3:45, 6:25, 9:15 MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (PG) Thu 1:15 4:15 7:15 9:45 Fri-Wed 1:15, 4:25, 7:05, 9:35 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES (PG) Thu 12:25, 3:55, 7:05, 10:05 SUPER 8 (PG) Fri-Wed 12:35, 3:25, 6:25, 9:15 THE TREE OF LIFE (PG) Fri-Wed 12:25, 3:35, 6:45, 9:55

YONGE & DUNDAS 24 (AMC) 10 DUNDAS ST E, 416-335-5323

THE BEAVER (PG) Thu 3:25, 8:25 BRIDESMAIDS (14A) Thu, Mon-Tue 12:20, 1:20, 2:20, 3:15, 4:15, 5:15, 6:25, 7:25, 8:25, 9:25, 10:25, 11:15 Fri-Sun 11:25, 12:20, 1:20, 2:20, 3:15, 4:15, 5:15, 6:25, 7:25, 8:25, 9:25, 10:25, 11:15 Wed 12:20, 1:20, 2:20, 3:15, 4:15, 6:25, 7:25, 9:25, 10:25, 11:15 CELL 213 (14A) Fri-Wed 12:10, 2:50, 5:25, 8:05, 10:40

EMPIRE OF SILVER Thu, Mon, Wed 1:40, 4:20, 7:05, 9:40 Fri-Sun 10:55, 1:40, 4:20, 7:05, 9:40 Tue 1:40 FAST FIVE (PG) Thu 12:40, 1:00, 4:10, 5:35, 7:15, 10:30 FriWed 1:10, 4:10, 7:15, 10:30 THE HANGOVER PART II (18A) Thu 12:30, 1:15, 1:45, 2:00, 2:45, 3:30, 4:00, 4:30, 5:00, 5:45, 6:15, 6:45, 7:15, 7:45, 8:30, 9:15, 9:45, 10:15, 10:45, 11:15 Fri-Sun 10:45, 11:45, 12:00, 12:30, 1:00, 1:45, 2:15, 2:45, 3:15, 4:00, 4:30, 5:15, 5:45, 6:00, 6:45, 7:15, 8:00, 8:30, 9:00, 9:45, 10:15, 10:45, 11:15 Mon-Wed 12:30, 1:00, 1:45, 2:15, 2:45, 3:15, 4:00, 4:30, 5:15, 5:45, 6:00, 6:45, 7:15, 8:00, 8:30, 9:00, 9:45, 10:15, 10:45, 11:15 JUDY MOODY AND THE NOT BUMMER SUMMER (G) 12:25, 1:40, 2:40, 4:10, 5:10, 6:40, 7:40, 9:05, 10:05 Fri-Sun 11:20 mat KUNG FU PANDA 2 (PG) Thu 12:30, 1:30, 2:45, 4:15, 5:15, 7:00, 8:00, 9:15, 10:30 Fri-Sun 11:00, 1:15, 3:30, 5:45, 8:00, 10:15 Mon-Wed 1:15, 3:30, 5:45, 8:00, 10:15 KUNG FU PANDA 2 3D (PG) Thu 1:00, 2:00, 3:30, 4:45, 6:30, 7:30, 8:45, 9:45, 11:00 Fri-Sun 10:45, 1:05, 2:05, 3:30, 4:45, 6:30, 7:30, 8:45, 9:45, 11:00 Mon-Wed 1:05, 2:05, 3:30, 4:45, 6:30, 7:30, 8:45, 9:45, 11:00 PRIEST 3D (14A) Thu 1:55, 4:05, 6:15, 8:25, 10:35 Fri-Sun 11:25, 1:55, 4:05, 6:15 Mon 1:55, 4:05, 6:15 Tue 1:55, 4:05 Wed 1:55 READY (PG) Thu 2:50, 6:10, 9:25 Fri-Sun 11:20, 2:50, 6:15, 9:30 Mon-Wed 2:50, 6:15, 9:30 RIO (G) Thu 12:55, 3:10 SUBMARINE Fri-Sun 11:40, 2:10, 4:50, 7:20, 9:30 MonWed 2:10, 4:50, 7:20, 9:55 X-MEN: FIRST CLASS (PG) Thu, Mon-Wed 12:15, 12:45, 1:30, 2:15, 2:45, 3:15, 4:00, 4:45, 5:30, 6:00, 6:45, 7:30, 8:15, 9:00, 9:30, 10:15, 11:00, 11:15 Fri-Sat 10:30, 11:00, 11:30, 12:15, 12:45, 1:30, 2:15, 2:45, 3:15, 4:00, 4:45, 5:30, 6:00, 6:45, 7:30, 8:15, 9:00, 9:30, 10:15, 11:00, 11:30 Sun 10:30, 11:00, 11:30, 12:15, 12:45, 1:30, 2:15, 2:45, 3:15, 4:00, 4:45, 5:30, 6:00, 6:45, 7:30, 8:15, 9:00, 9:30, 10:15, 11:00, 11:15

Midtown CANADA SQUARE (CE) 2200 YONGE ST, 416-646-0444

BILL CUNNINGHAM NEW YORK (PG) Fri 4:50, 7:15, 9:25 Sat-Sun 2:20, 4:50, 7:15, 9:25 Mon-Wed 5:00, 7:15 THE CONSPIRATOR (PG) Thu 4:15, 7:00 FAST FIVE (PG) Thu 7:15 THE FIRST GRADER (PG) 4:15, 6:40 Fri 9:10 Sat-Sun 1:40 mat, 9:10 FORKS OVER KNIVES Thu 4:40, 7:10 IN A BETTER WORLD Thu 4:00, 6:40 JANE EYRE (PG) Thu 4:05, 6:45 Fri 4:30, 7:10, 9:50 Sat-Sun 1:50, 4:30, 7:10, 9:50 Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:10 JUDY MOODY AND THE NOT BUMMER SUMMER (G) Fri 4:20, 6:30, 9:00 Sat-Sun 2:10, 4:20, 6:30, 9:00 Mon-Wed 4:10, 6:30 THE LINCOLN LAWYER (14A) Thu 4:50, 7:30 Fri 4:40, 7:20, 10:00 Sat-Sun 2:00, 4:40, 7:20, 10:00 Mon-Wed 4:40, 7:20 RIO (G) Thu 4:20 SOMETHING BORROWED (PG) Thu 4:30, 7:20 Fri 4:25, 7:00, 9:40 Sat-Sun 1:30, 4:25, 7:00, 9:40 Mon-Wed 4:50, 7:30 THOR (PG) Fri 4:00, 6:45, 9:20 Sat-Sun 1:20, 4:00, 6:45, 9:20 Mon-Wed 4:20, 7:00 WATER FOR ELEPHANTS (PG) Thu 4:10, 6:50 Fri 4:10, 6:50, 9:30 Sat-Sun 1:15, 4:10, 6:50, 9:30 Mon-Wed 4:00, 6:50

MT PLEASANT (I)

675 MT PLEASANT RD, 416-489-8484 HANNA (PG) Fri-Sat 9:30 Sun, Tue 7:00 INCENDIES (14A) Thu, Wed 7:00 Fri-Sat 6:50 Sun 4:15

REGENT THEATRE (I) 551 MT PLEASANT RD, 416-480-9884

BARNEY’S VERSION (14A) Thu 7:00 Fri-Sat 8:50 Sun 4:15 SOURCE CODE (PG) Fri-Sun, Tue-Wed 7:00

SILVERCITY YONGE (CE) 2300 YONGE ST, 416-544-1236

BRIDESMAIDS (14A) Thu 12:50, 3:40, 6:30, 9:10, 9:40 FriWed 12:30, 3:30, 6:40, 9:45 THE HANGOVER PART II (18A) Thu 1:10, 2:15, 4:00, 4:50, 7:00, 7:30, 9:30, 10:10 Fri-Sun, Tue 2:00, 4:45, 6:30, 7:40, 9:20, 10:30 Mon 2:00, 4:45, 6:30, 7:40, 10:00, 10:30 Wed

1:30, 4:10, 6:30, 7:00, 9:20, 10:30 HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN (PG) Sat 10:30 Mon 7:00 KUNG FU PANDA 2 (PG) Thu 1:50, 4:20, 6:50 Fri, Sun-Wed 1:10, 3:50 Sat 10:40, 1:10, 3:50 KUNG FU PANDA 2 3D (PG) Thu 1:20, 4:40, 7:40, 10:00 Fri-Wed 12:00, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (PG) Fri, Sun-Tue 1:40, 4:20, 7:00, 9:40 Sat 11:00, 1:35, 4:20, 7:00, 9:50 Wed 4:20, 7:00, 9:40 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES 3D (PG) Thu 12:40, 3:45, 6:45, 10:15 Fri-Sun, Tue-Wed 12:20, 3:40, 6:50, 9:50 Mon 12:20, 3:40, 6:45, 9:50 STEPHEN SONDHEIM’S COMPANY Wed 7:00 SUPER 8 (PG) Fri, Sun-Tue 1:30, 4:30, 7:20, 10:10 Sat 10:50, 1:30, 4:30, 7:20, 10:10 Wed 4:30, 7:20, 10:10 THOR 3D (PG) Thu 1:40, 4:30, 7:50, 10:30 X-MEN: FIRST CLASS (PG) Thu 12:30, 1:00, 3:30, 4:10, 6:40, 7:10, 9:50, 10:20 Fri-Sat, Tue 12:10, 12:50, 3:10, 4:00, 6:20, 7:10, 9:30, 10:20 Sun 12:10, 12:50, 3:10, 4:00, 6:20, 7:10, 9:25, 10:20 Mon 12:10, 12:50, 3:10, 4:00, 7:10, 9:30, 10:20 Wed 12:10, 12:50, 3:10, 4:00, 7:10, 9:40, 10:20

Metro

West End HUMBER CINEMA (I) 2442 BLOOR ST. WEST, 416-232-1939

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES (PG) 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:45

KINGSWAY THEATRE (I) 3030 BLOOR ST W, 416-232-1939

AFRICAN CATS Thu 12:45 Fri-Wed 11:30 JANE EYRE (PG) Thu 2:30 LIMITLESS (14A) 9:15 THE LINCOLN LAWYER (14A) Thu 7:00 Fri-Wed 5:00 POTICHE (14A) Fri-Wed 7:15 RIO (G) Fri-Wed 1:00 WATER FOR ELEPHANTS (PG) Thu 4:45 Fri-Wed 2:45

QUEENSWAY (CE)

1025 THE QUEENSWAY, QEW & ISLINGTON, 416-503-0424 BRIDESMAIDS (14A) Thu 12:05, 12:50, 3:10, 4:10, 6:15, 7:25, 9:25, 10:35 Fri-Sat 11:50, 2:35, 4:20, 5:20, 7:15, 8:10, 10:05, 11:00 Sun 11:50, 2:25, 4:20, 5:20, 7:15, 8:10, 10:05, 11:00 Mon 1:00, 3:25, 4:05, 6:40, 7:10, 9:30, 10:20 Tue 1:10, 3:35, 4:10, 7:05, 7:40, 10:05, 10:40 Wed 12:55, 3:35, 4:10, 6:40, 7:10, 9:30, 10:05 BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID Wed 7:00 FAST FIVE (PG) Thu 12:30, 3:30, 6:35, 9:55 Fri, Sun 1:50, 4:50, 7:55, 10:55 Sat 10:50, 1:50, 4:50, 7:55, 10:55 Mon, Wed 1:10, 4:20, 7:15, 10:10 Tue 1:20, 4:15, 7:25, 10:30 THE HANGOVER PART II (18A) Thu 12:00, 1:15, 1:55, 2:40, 4:00, 4:40, 5:20, 6:40, 7:20, 8:00, 9:20, 10:00, 10:40 Fri, Sun 12:20, 1:20, 2:45, 3:40, 5:05, 6:10, 7:50, 8:45, 10:20, 11:10 Sat 11:00, 1:20, 2:45, 3:40, 5:05, 6:10, 7:50, 8:45, 10:20, 11:10 Mon 1:15, 2:10, 3:55, 4:40, 7:05, 7:25, 9:45, 10:05 Tue 12:30, 2:20, 3:00, 4:55, 5:35, 7:35, 8:10, 10:10, 10:45 Wed 1:15, 2:10, 3:55, 4:40, 6:55, 7:25, 9:20, 9:55 HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN (PG)

Sat 10:30 Mon 7:00 JUDY MOODY AND THE NOT BUMMER SUMMER (G) Fri 1:45, 4:00, 6:15, 8:35, 10:45 Sat-Sun 11:30, 1:45, 4:00, 6:15, 8:35, 10:45 Mon, Wed 1:40, 4:00, 6:30, 8:50 Tue 1:55, 4:25, 6:45, 9:10 KUNG FU PANDA 2 (PG) Thu 12:00, 1:10, 2:45, 3:45, 5:15, 6:10, 7:50, 9:10 Fri 1:15, 2:00, 3:50, 6:30, 8:50 Sat 11:00, 11:45, 1:15, 2:00, 3:50, 6:30, 8:50 Sun 11:45, 1:15, 2:00, 3:50, 6:30, 8:50 Mon, Wed 1:10, 2:30, 5:00, 7:35, 9:50 Tue 12:45, 1:15, 3:40, 6:35, 8:50 KUNG FU PANDA 2 3D (PG) Thu 1:50, 4:25, 7:05, 9:35 FriSun 12:25, 2:40, 5:00, 7:25, 9:45 Mon, Wed 1:50, 4:35, 7:00, 9:20 Tue 12:10, 2:30, 5:00, 7:20, 9:40 THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: LE COMTE ORY ENCORE Mon 6:30 MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (PG) Fri-Sun, Tue 11:55, 2:15, 4:35, 7:10, 9:40 Mon 1:20, 4:15, 7:05, 9:35 Wed 4:15, 7:05, 9:35 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES (PG) Thu 12:20, 3:00, 3:40, 6:20, 7:10, 9:50, 10:30 Fri-Sun 12:15, 3:30, 7:05, 10:10 Mon 1:00, 4:00, 10:15 Tue 11:55, 3:10, 6:40, 9:50 Wed 1:00, 4:05, 10:15 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES 3D (PG) Thu 1:05, 4:20, 7:45 Fri-Sat 1:30, 4:30, 7:40, 10:45 Sun 1:30, 4:40, 7:40, 10:45 Mon, Wed 2:00, 5:15, 8:30 Tue 12:40, 3:50, 7:15, 10:35 PRIEST (14A) Thu 7:30, 10:05 RIO (G) Thu 2:05, 4:45 SOMETHING BORROWED (PG) Thu 1:00, 4:15, 7:35, 10:45 Fri-Sun 12:05, 2:50, 5:30, 8:20, 11:05 Mon, Wed 1:05, 3:40, 6:50, 9:40 Tue 1:25, 4:20, 7:45, 10:25 STEPHEN SONDHEIM’S COMPANY Wed 7:00 SUPER 8 (PG) Fri 12:00, 2:10, 2:35, 4:45, 5:15, 7:30, 8:00, 10:20, 10:50 Sat 11:40, 12:00, 2:10, 2:35, 4:45, 5:15, 7:30, 8:00, 10:20, 10:50 Sun 11:30, 12:00, 2:05, 2:35, 4:45, 5:15, 7:30, 8:00, 10:20, 10:50 Mon 1:15, 2:00, 3:55, 4:45, 6:50, 7:30, 9:30, 10:10 Tue 12:00, 2:05, 2:35, 4:45, 5:15, 7:30, 8:00, 10:20, 10:45 Wed 2:00, 3:55, 4:45, 6:50, 7:30, 9:30, 10:10 THOR (PG) Thu 10:15 THOR 3D (PG) Thu 12:15, 3:15, 6:50, 9:45 Fri-Sun 12:35, 3:10, 5:50, 8:30, 11:10 Mon, Wed 1:35, 4:15, 7:00, 10:00 Tue 12:50, 3:45, 7:00, 9:55 X-MEN: FIRST CLASS (PG) Thu 12:10, 12:40, 1:20, 3:20, 3:50, 4:30, 6:30, 7:00, 7:40, 9:40, 10:10, 10:45 Fri, Sun 12:20, 1:10, 2:10, 3:20, 4:25, 5:15, 7:00, 7:35, 8:10, 10:05, 10:35, 11:05 Sat 11:15, 12:20, 1:10, 2:10, 3:20, 4:25, 5:15, 7:00, 7:35, 8:10, 10:05, 10:35, 11:05 Mon 12:55, 1:25, 2:45, 3:45, 4:20, 6:15, 7:20, 9:15, 10:00, 10:15 Tue 12:20, 1:00, 3:30, 4:00, 4:30, 6:30, 7:00, 7:30, 9:30, 10:00, 10:30 Wed 12:55, 1:25, 2:45, 3:45, 4:20, 6:45, 7:20, 9:15, 9:45, 10:15

RAINBOW WOODBINE (I)

WOODBINE CENTRE, 500 REXDALE BLVD, 416-213-1998 BRIDESMAIDS (14A) Thu 1:15 4:00 6:50 9:25 Fri-Wed 1:10, 3:45, 6:50, 9:25 FAST FIVE (PG) 12:55, 4:10, 6:45, 9:35 THE HANGOVER PART II (18A) Thu 1:05 4:00 7:15 9:45 Fri-Wed 1:05, 4:05, 7:15, 9:45 JUDY MOODY AND THE NOT BUMMER SUMMER (G) FriWed 1:20, 4:15, 7:05, 9:30 JUMPING THE BROOM (PG) Thu 4:20, 9:30 KUNG FU PANDA 2 3D (PG) 12:40, 2:55, 5:00, 7:10, 9:20 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES (PG) 12:45, 3:55, 6:45, 9:35 PRIEST (14A) Thu 1:10, 7:20 SUPER 8 (PG) Fri-Wed 1:15, 4:00, 7:00, 9:50 THOR (PG) Thu 1:00, 4:05, 7:05, 9:50 X-MEN: FIRST CLASS (PG) 1:00, 3:50, 6:55, 9:40 continued on page 86 œ

SCOTIABANK THEATRE (CE) 259 RICHMOND ST W, 416-368-5600

BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID Wed 7:00 HANNA (PG) Thu 12:50, 3:40, 7:40, 9:50 Fri-Wed 1:20, 4:10, 7:15, 10:00 HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN (PG) Sat 10:30 Mon 7:30 LAST NIGHT (PG) Thu 12:20, 3:10, 6:20, 9:10 LIMITLESS (14A) Thu 2:00, 4:40, 7:15, 10:00 Fri-Wed 1:15, 4:15, 7:10, 9:50 THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: LE COMTE ORY ENCORE Mon 6:30 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES (PG)

NOW JUNE 9-15 2011

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East End

3:20 Wed 3:20 Kung Fu Panda 2 3d (PG) thu 12:15, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:10 Fri-sun, tue 12:00, 2:20, 5:00, 7:30, 9:50 mon, Wed 12:00, 2:20, 5:00, 7:30, 9:45 PiraTes oF The CariBBean: on sTranger Tides 3d (PG) thu 12:30, 3:40, 6:45, 10:00 Fri-sun, tue 12:30, 3:40, 6:45, 9:55 mon, Wed 12:30, 3:40, 6:45, 9:50 suPer 8 (PG) Fri-sun, tue 12:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:10 mon 12:20, 4:15, 7:20, 10:10 Wed 4:15, 7:20, 10:10 Thor 3d (PG) thu 12:20, 3:50, 6:30, 9:20 X-men: FirsT Class (PG) thu 12:10, 12:50, 3:20, 4:00, 6:40, 7:20, 9:50, 10:30 Fri-sun, tue 12:10, 12:50, 3:10, 4:00, 6:40, 7:10, 10:00, 10:30 mon 12:10, 12:50, 3:15, 4:00, 6:40, 7:10, 9:35, 10:20 Wed 12:15, 12:50, 3:15, 4:00, 6:30, 7:10, 9:35, 10:20

BEach cinEmas (aa)

silvErcitY YorkdalE (cE)

1651 QuEEn st E, 416-699-5971

3401 duFFErin st, 416-787-4432

Bridesmaids (14A) 7:20, 10:20 Fri 4:20 sat-sun 1:15 mat, 4:20 The hangover ParT ii (18A) thu 7:30, 10:30 Fri 4:40, 7:30, 10:10 sat-sun 1:30, 4:40, 7:30, 10:10 mon-Wed 7:30, 10:10 Kung Fu Panda 2 3d (PG) thu 7:10, 9:30 Fri 4:10, 6:40, 9:00 sat-sun 1:45, 4:10, 6:40, 9:00 mon-Wed 6:40, 9:00 PiraTes oF The CariBBean: on sTranger Tides 3d (PG) thu 6:45, 10:00 Fri 3:40, 6:50, 10:00 sat-sun 12:30, 3:40, 6:50, 10:00 mon-Wed 6:50, 10:00 suPer 8 (PG) 7:00, 9:50 Fri 4:00 mat sat-sun 1:00, 4:00 mat Thor (PG) thu 7:40, 10:40 X-men: FirsT Class (PG) thu 7:00, 10:10 Fri 3:50, 7:10, 10:30 sat-sun 12:45, 3:50, 7:10, 10:30 mon-Wed 7:10, 10:30

Bridesmaids (14A) thu 12:40, 3:45, 6:50, 9:50 Fri-sun 12:10, 3:30, 6:45, 10:00 mon-Wed 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 10:00 FasT Five (PG) thu 1:20, 4:15, 7:20, 10:15 The hangover ParT ii (18A) 1:10, 2:15, 3:50, 4:50, 6:40, 7:30, 9:20, 10:10 sat-sun 11:40 mat harry PoTTer and The Prisoner oF azKaBan (PG) sat 10:30 mon 7:00 Judy moody and The noT Bummer summer (G) Fri 12:15, 3:20, 6:15, 9:00 sat-sun 11:50, 2:20, 5:00, 7:40, 10:15 mon-Wed 1:00, 3:30, 6:15, 9:00 Kung Fu Panda 2 (PG) thu 1:00, 3:30, 6:20 Fri-sun, tueWed 12:30, 3:00, 6:20 mon 12:30, 3:00 Kung Fu Panda 2 3d (PG) 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30 sat-sun 11:30 mat PiraTes oF The CariBBean: on sTranger Tides (PG) thu 9:00 PiraTes oF The CariBBean: on sTranger Tides 3d (PG) thu 12:30, 3:40, 6:45, 10:00 Fri-sun 12:20, 3:45, 7:15, 10:30 mon-Wed 12:40, 3:50, 7:15, 10:30 suPer 8 (PG) Fri-Wed 12:50, 3:40, 6:50, 9:50 Thor (PG) thu 1:45, 4:40, 7:40, 10:30 X-men: FirsT Class (PG) thu 12:50, 3:10, 4:00, 6:30, 7:10, 9:40, 10:20 Fri-sun 12:00, 12:40, 3:10, 4:00, 6:30, 7:10, 9:40, 10:20 mon-Wed 12:40, 3:10, 4:00, 6:30, 7:10, 9:40, 10:20

north York EmpirE thEatrEs at EmprEss Walk (Et) 5095 YongE st, 416-223-9550

Judy moody and The noT Bummer summer (G) FriWed 2:00, 4:45, 7:10, 9:45 PiraTes oF The CariBBean: on sTranger Tides (PG) thu 2:20, 3:50, 5:30, 7:00, 8:40, 10:10 Fri-sat 1:00, 1:40, 4:00, 4:40, 7:00, 7:40, 10:10, 10:45 sun-Wed 1:00, 1:40, 4:00, 4:40, 7:00, 7:40, 10:10, 10:30 PiraTes oF The CariBBean: on sTranger Tides 3d (PG) thu 1:20, 4:30, 7:40 Fri-sat 2:20, 5:30, 8:40, 11:45 sun-Wed 2:20, 5:30, 8:40 PriesT 3d (14A) thu 2:10, 5:00, 7:10, 9:20 sourCe Code (PG) thu 1:50, 4:20, 6:45, 9:10 Fri-sat 1:50, 4:10, 6:45, 9:20, 11:40 sun-Wed 1:50, 4:10, 6:45, 9:20 Thor 3d (PG) thu 1:40 4:45 7:20 10:00 Fri-Wed 1:30, 4:30, 7:20, 10:00 X-men: FirsT Class (PG) thu 1:10, 2:00, 3:30, 4:10, 5:15, 6:30, 7:30, 8:30, 9:30, 10:20 Fri-sat 1:10, 2:10, 3:30, 4:20, 5:20, 6:30, 7:30, 8:30, 9:30, 10:30, 11:30 sun-Wed 1:10, 2:10, 3:30, 4:20, 5:20, 6:30, 7:30, 8:30, 9:30, 10:20

grandE - YongE (cE) 4861 YongE st, 416-590-9974

Bridesmaids (14A) thu 3:40, 7:00, 10:10 Fri 3:40, 7:00, 10:15 sat-sun 12:30, 3:40, 7:00, 10:15 mon-Wed 3:40, 7:00, 9:55 FasT Five (PG) thu 4:00, 6:55, 10:05 Fri 4:15, 7:15, 10:10 sat-sun 1:00, 4:15, 7:15, 10:10 mon 4:00, 10:05 tue 4:15, 7:15, 10:05 Wed 4:15, 10:05 The hangover ParT ii (18A) thu 4:10, 5:00, 6:50, 7:40, 9:40, 10:15 Fri 4:10, 4:50, 6:55, 7:40, 9:30, 10:30 sat-sun 1:20, 2:00, 4:10, 4:50, 6:55, 7:40, 9:30, 10:30 mon-Wed 4:10, 4:50, 6:55, 7:40, 9:30, 10:15 Kung Fu Panda 2 (PG) thu 3:50, 6:20, 9:10 Fri, monWed 3:45, 6:20 sat-sun 1:10, 3:45, 6:20 Kung Fu Panda 2 3d (PG) 4:40, 7:20, 9:50 sat-sun 2:10 mat The meTroPoliTan oPera: le ComTe ory enCore mon 6:30 midnighT in Paris (PG) thu-Fri, tue-Wed 3:20, 4:20, 6:30, 7:10, 9:20, 10:00 sat-sun 12:40, 1:50, 3:20, 4:20, 6:30, 7:10, 9:20, 10:00 mon 3:20, 4:20, 7:10, 9:20, 10:00 PoTiChe (14A) thu 4:15, 6:45, 9:30 someThing Borrowed (PG) thu 3:30, 6:40, 9:55 Fri-Wed 9:10 sTePhen sondheim’s ComPany Wed 7:00 suPer 8 (PG) Fri 3:50, 4:30, 6:50, 7:30, 9:40, 10:20 satsun 12:50, 1:30, 3:50, 4:30, 6:50, 7:30, 9:40, 10:20 monWed 3:50, 4:30, 6:50, 7:30, 9:40, 10:10

silvErcitY FairviEW (cE)

FairviEW mall, 1800 shEppard avE E, 416-644-7746 Bridesmaids (14A) thu-sun, tue 12:40, 3:30, 6:50, 9:40 mon, Wed 12:40, 3:30, 6:50, 10:00 BuTCh Cassidy and The sundanCe Kid Wed 7:00 FasT Five (PG) thu 12:00, 3:45, 7:10, 10:15 The hangover ParT ii (18A) thu 11:45, 2:15, 4:45, 7:00, 7:40, 9:30, 10:20 Fri-sun, tue 1:30, 4:40, 7:00, 7:40, 9:30, 10:20 mon 1:30, 4:30, 7:00, 7:40, 9:25, 10:15 Wed 1:30, 4:30, 7:00, 9:25, 9:55 Judy moody and The noT Bummer summer (G) Frisun, tue 1:15, 3:50, 6:30, 9:20 mon 1:15, 3:50, 6:30, 9:15 Wed 1:15, 3:50, 6:40, 9:15 Kung Fu Panda 2 (PG) thu 11:45, 2:00, 4:30 Fri-tue 1:00,

june 9-15 2011 NOW

scarborough 401 & morningsidE (cE) 785 milnEr avE, scarBorough, 416-281-2226

Bridesmaids (14A) thu 4:50, 7:50, 10:35 Fri-sun 12:50, 4:00, 7:40, 10:25 mon-Wed 4:00, 7:40, 10:25 FasT Five (PG) thu 8:50 The hangover ParT ii (18A) thu 3:30, 4:20, 5:00, 6:10, 7:00, 7:40, 9:00, 9:55, 10:20 Fri-sat 1:50, 4:45, 7:20, 8:00, 9:45, 10:35 sun 1:50, 4:45, 7:20, 7:55, 9:45, 10:20 monWed 4:45, 7:20, 7:55, 9:45, 10:20 Judy moody and The noT Bummer summer (G) 3:50, 6:30, 8:50 Fri-sun 1:10 mat Kung Fu Panda 2 (PG) thu 3:45, 6:20 Fri-sun 12:30, 3:10 mon-Wed 3:45 Kung Fu Panda 2 3d (PG) thu 4:30, 6:50, 9:15 Fri-sun 1:30, 4:20, 6:50, 9:00 mon-Wed 4:20, 6:50, 9:00 PiraTes oF The CariBBean: on sTranger Tides (PG) thu 3:15, 6:30, 9:30 PiraTes oF The CariBBean: on sTranger Tides 3d (PG) thu 4:00, 7:25, 10:25 Fri-sun 12:15, 3:40, 7:00, 10:00 mon-Wed 3:40, 7:00, 10:00 suPer 8 (PG) Fri-sat 12:40, 1:40, 3:30, 4:30, 6:40, 7:30, 9:30, 10:20 sun 12:40, 1:40, 3:30, 4:30, 6:40, 7:30, 9:30, 10:15 mon-Wed 3:35, 4:30, 6:40, 7:30, 9:30, 10:15 Thor 3d (PG) thu 4:40, 7:55, 10:30 Fri-sun 1:20, 5:00, 7:50, 10:30 mon-Wed 5:00, 7:50, 10:30 X-men: FirsT Class (PG) thu 3:20, 4:10, 6:40, 7:15, 9:40, 10:10 Fri-sat 12:20, 1:00, 3:20, 4:10, 6:20, 7:10, 9:15, 10:10 sun 12:20, 1:00, 3:20, 4:10, 6:20, 7:10, 9:15, 10:05 monWed 3:30, 4:10, 6:20, 7:10, 9:15, 10:05

colisEum scarBorough (cE) scarBorough toWn cEntrE, 416-290-5217

FasT Five (PG) 1:35, 4:35, 7:35, 10:35 in The name oF love (14A) thu-sun 12:45, 3:30, 6:50, 9:55 Judy moody and The noT Bummer summer (G) Fritue 12:15, 3:10, 6:25, 9:15 Wed 12:15, 3:10, 6:25, 10:15 JumPing The Broom (PG) 12:35, 3:35, 6:45, 9:50 Kung Fu Panda 2 (PG) 12:40, 3:00, 6:00, 8:30 Kung Fu Panda 2 3d (PG) 12:10, 1:20, 2:30, 3:40, 5:00, 6:40, 7:25, 10:00 thu 9:10 PriesT 3d (14A) thu 1:40, 4:00, 6:50, 9:30 Fri-Wed 9:10 sTePhen sondheim’s ComPany Wed 7:00 Thor 3d (PG) 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:20 X-men: FirsT Class (PG) 12:00, 12:30, 1:00, 3:20, 3:50, 4:20, 6:30, 7:00, 7:30, 9:40, 10:10, 10:40 Wed no 6:30

Eglinton toWn cEntrE (cE) 1901 Eglinton avE E, 416-752-4494

Bridesmaids (14A) thu 4:15, 7:15, 10:20 Fri-sun 12:00, 3:10, 6:30, 9:45 mon 3:35, 6:30, 9:45 tue 3:10, 6:30, 9:45 Wed 3:10, 6:30, 9:25

BuTCh Cassidy and The sundanCe Kid Wed 7:00 FasT Five (PG) thu 4:50, 7:45, 10:40 Fri-sun 1:10, 4:15, 7:25, 10:45 mon-tue 4:15, 7:25, 10:45 Wed 4:15, 7:25, 10:20 The hangover ParT ii (18A) thu 3:45, 4:25, 5:10, 6:40, 7:20, 8:00, 9:30, 10:00, 10:35 Fri-sun 11:50, 1:30, 2:30, 4:20, 5:10, 7:15, 7:45, 10:10, 10:40 mon-tue 4:20, 5:10, 7:15, 7:45, 10:10, 10:40 Wed 4:20, 5:10, 7:15, 7:45, 9:45, 10:15 harry PoTTer and The Prisoner oF azKaBan (PG) sat 10:30 mon 7:00 Judy moody and The noT Bummer summer (G) Fri 1:50, 4:30, 6:55, 9:20 sat-sun 11:20, 1:50, 4:30, 6:55, 9:20 mon-tue 4:30, 6:55, 9:20 Wed 4:30, 6:55, 9:15 Kung Fu Panda 2 (PG) thu 3:40, 4:40, 6:20, 7:10, 8:50 Fri-sun 11:40, 12:40, 2:20, 3:30, 5:00, 6:15, 7:40, 9:10 monWed 3:30, 5:00, 6:15, 7:40, 9:10 Kung Fu Panda 2 3d (PG) thu 5:10, 7:50, 10:15 Fri 1:40, 4:25, 7:10, 9:50 sat-sun 11:10, 1:40, 4:25, 7:10, 9:50 montue 4:25, 7:10, 9:50 Wed 4:25, 7:10, 9:35 The meTroPoliTan oPera: le ComTe ory enCore mon 6:30 PiraTes oF The CariBBean: on sTranger Tides (PG) thu 3:30, 6:10, 6:50, 9:20, 10:05 Fri-sun 12:10, 3:20, 6:45, 10:05 mon 3:20, 10:05 tue 3:20, 6:45, 10:05 Wed 6:45, 9:50 PiraTes oF The CariBBean: on sTranger Tides 3d (PG) thu 4:10, 7:30, 10:30 Fri-sun 1:20, 4:40, 7:35, 10:35 mon-tue 4:40, 7:35, 10:35 Wed 4:40, 7:35, 10:30 PriesT (14A) thu 9:50 rio (G) thu 4:00 someThing Borrowed (PG) thu 6:45, 9:10 Fri-Wed 9:55 suPer 8 (PG) Fri-sun 11:30, 12:20, 2:10, 3:50, 4:50, 6:40, 7:30, 9:40, 10:20 mon-tue 3:50, 4:50, 6:40, 7:30, 9:40, 10:20 Wed 3:50, 4:50, 6:40, 7:30, 9:30, 10:10 Thor 3d (PG) thu 4:35, 7:35, 10:25 Fri-sun 12:50, 4:00, 7:00, 10:15 mon-tue 4:00, 7:00, 10:15 Wed 4:00, 9:40 X-men: FirsT Class (PG) thu 3:50, 4:30, 6:30, 7:00, 7:40, 9:40, 10:10, 10:45 Fri-sun 11:45, 12:30, 1:00, 3:00, 3:40, 4:10, 6:20, 6:50, 7:20, 9:30, 10:00, 10:30 mon 3:40, 4:10, 6:20, 7:20, 9:30, 10:00, 10:30 tue 3:00, 3:40, 4:10, 6:20, 6:50, 7:20, 9:30, 10:00, 10:30 Wed 3:40, 4:10, 6:20, 6:50, 7:20, 9:20, 10:00, 10:25

kEnnEdY commons 20 (amc) kEnnEdY rd & 401, 416-335-5323

aFriCan CaTs thu 12:35, 2:50, 5:05 a BeauTiFul liFe thu 1:35, 4:25, 7:30, 10:25 Bridesmaids (14A) thu 12:30, 1:15, 3:30, 4:15, 6:30, 7:15, 9:30, 10:15 Fri-sun 10:30, 12:30, 1:25, 3:30, 4:15, 6:30, 7:15, 9:30, 10:15 mon-Wed 1:25, 3:30, 4:15, 6:30, 7:15, 9:30, 10:15 Cell 213 (14A) 2:05, 4:45, 7:25, 10:05 Fri-sun 11:25 mat emPire oF silver thu 1:20, 4:10, 7:00, 9:55 Fri-sun 10:40, 1:20, 4:10, 7:00, 9:40 mon-Wed 1:20, 4:10, 7:00, 9:40 ForKs over Knives thu 2:35, 5:05, 7:35, 10:05 The hangover ParT ii (18A) thu 1:00, 1:45, 2:15, 3:00, 3:45, 4:30, 5:00, 5:45, 6:30, 7:15, 7:45, 8:30, 9:15, 10:00, 10:30, 11:15 Fri-sat 11:30, 12:15, 1:00, 1:45, 2:15, 3:00, 3:45, 4:30, 5:00, 5:45, 6:30, 7:15, 7:45, 8:30, 9:15, 10:00, 10:30, 11:10 sun 11:30, 12:15, 1:00, 1:45, 2:15, 3:00, 3:45, 4:30, 5:00, 5:45, 6:30, 7:15, 7:45, 8:30, 9:15, 10:00, 10:30 monWed 1:00, 1:45, 2:15, 3:00, 3:45, 4:30, 5:00, 5:45, 6:30, 7:15, 7:45, 8:30, 9:15, 10:00, 10:30 hanna (PG) 2:05, 4:40, 7:20, 9:55 Fri-sun 11:20 mat limiTless (14A) 2:00, 4:35, 7:10, 9:45 Fri-sun 11:25 mat The linColn lawyer (14A) 1:40, 4:30, 7:20, 10:10 Fri-sun 11:00 mat PiraTes oF The CariBBean: on sTranger Tides (PG) 1:45, 5:00, 8:15 Fri-sat 10:45 mat, 11:15 late sun 10:45 mat PiraTes oF The CariBBean: on sTranger Tides 3d (PG) thu 12:45, 2:45, 4:00, 6:15, 7:10, 9:30, 10:30 Fri-sun 11:30, 12:45, 2:45, 4:00, 6:15, 7:10, 9:30, 10:30 mon-Wed 2:45, 4:00, 6:15, 7:10, 9:30, 10:30 ready (PG) 2:25, 5:40, 9:00 Fri-sun 11:15 mat someThing Borrowed (PG) 2:10, 4:50, 7:40, 10:20 Fri-sun 11:45 mat sourCe Code (PG) thu 7:25, 9:45 suPer 8 (PG) thu 12:01 Fri-sat 10:30, 11:00, 11:45, 1:10, 1:55, 2:40, 4:05, 4:50, 5:35, 7:00, 7:45, 8:30, 9:55, 10:40, 11:15 sun 10:30, 11:00, 11:45, 1:10, 1:55, 2:40, 4:05, 4:50, 5:35, 7:00, 7:45, 8:30, 9:55, 10:40 mon-Wed 1:10, 1:55, 2:40, 4:05, 4:50, 5:35, 7:00, 7:45, 8:30, 9:55, 10:40 waTer For elePhanTs (PG) 1:35, 4:20, 7:05, 9:50 Fri-sun 10:55 mat win win (14A) thu 4:55, 7:35, 10:10

GTA Regions mississauga

colisEum mississauga (cE) sQuarE onE, 309 rathBurn rd W, 905-275-3456

BuTCh Cassidy and The sundanCe Kid Wed 7:00 FasT Five (PG) thu 12:50, 4:15, 6:45, 7:30, 9:50, 10:35 Fri-Wed 12:50, 4:15, 7:30, 10:40 harry PoTTer and The Prisoner oF azKaBan (PG) sat 10:30 mon 7:00

Judy moody and The noT Bummer summer (G) 12:45, 3:40, 6:15, 9:00 sat 10:50 mat JumPing The Broom (PG) thu 12:45, 3:40, 7:10, 10:20 Fri-sun, tue-Wed 6:50, 9:50 mon 10:05 PiraTes oF The CariBBean: on sTranger Tides (PG) 1:40, 5:00, 8:30 thu 1:00 mat, 4:20, 7:45, 10:45 sat 10:40 mat PiraTes oF The CariBBean: on sTranger Tides 3d (PG) thu 12:00 3:10 6:40 10:00 Fri-Wed 12:00, 3:20, 6:40, 10:00 PiraTes oF The CariBBean: on sTranger Tides: an imaX 3d eXPerienCe (PG) 12:30, 3:45, 7:00, 10:15 PriesT 3d (14A) thu 1:50, 4:40, 7:50, 10:25 Fri-tue 1:50, 4:40, 7:45, 10:25 Wed 1:50, 4:40, 10:25 rio (G) 1:30, 4:00 sat 11:00 mat suPer 8 (PG) 12:20, 1:00, 3:30, 4:20, 6:30, 7:20, 9:40, 10:30 Wed no 1:00 Thor (PG) thu 12:20, 3:30, 6:20, 9:30 Thor 3d (PG) thu 1:10 4:10 7:20 10:30 Fri-Wed 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10:20 X-men: FirsT Class (PG) thu 12:10, 12:40, 1:20, 3:20, 3:50, 4:30, 6:30, 7:00, 7:40, 9:40, 10:10, 10:40 Fri-tue 12:10, 12:30, 1:20, 3:10, 3:45, 4:30, 6:20, 7:00, 7:40, 9:30, 10:10, 10:45 Wed 12:10, 12:30, 3:10, 3:45, 4:30, 6:20, 7:00, 7:40, 9:30, 10:10, 10:45

courtnEY park 16 (amc)

110 courtnEY park E at hurontario, 888-262-4386 Bridesmaids (14A) thu 1:35, 2:30, 4:35, 7:20, 7:50, 10:20, 10:45 Fri-sun 11:35, 2:15, 5:00, 7:50, 10:45 mon-Wed 2:15, 5:00, 7:50, 10:45 FasT Five (PG) thu 2:05, 5:00, 8:00, 10:55 Fri-Wed 10:00 The hangover ParT ii (18A) thu 2:00, 2:45, 3:30, 4:30, 5:15, 6:00, 7:00, 7:45, 8:30, 9:30, 10:30, 11:00 Fri-sat 10:30, 11:30, 12:05, 1:00, 2:00, 2:30, 3:30, 4:30, 5:30, 6:00, 7:00, 7:55, 8:30, 9:30, 10:35, 11:15, 12:00 sun 10:30, 11:30, 12:05, 1:00, 2:00, 2:30, 3:30, 4:30, 5:30, 6:00, 7:00, 7:55, 8:30, 9:30, 10:35, 11:00 mon-Wed 2:00, 2:30, 3:30, 4:30, 5:30, 6:00, 7:00, 7:55, 8:30, 9:30, 10:35, 11:00 Judy moody and The noT Bummer summer (G) 2:35, 4:50, 7:30, 9:45 Fri-sun 10:00, 12:30 mat Kung Fu Panda 2 (PG) thu 3:00, 5:15, 7:30, 9:45 Fri-sun 12:45, 3:00, 5:15, 7:40 mon-Wed 3:00, 5:15, 7:40 Kung Fu Panda 2 3d (PG) thu 1:30, 2:30, 3:45, 4:45, 6:00, 7:00, 8:15, 9:15, 10:35 Fri-sat 11:55, 2:10, 4:35, 7:05, 9:15, 11:30 sun 11:55, 2:10, 4:35, 7:05, 9:15 mon-Wed 2:10, 4:35, 7:05, 9:15 PiraTes oF The CariBBean: on sTranger Tides (PG) 2:45, 5:45, 8:45 Fri-sat 11:45 mat, 11:45 late sun 11:45 mat PiraTes oF The CariBBean: on sTranger Tides 3d (PG) thu 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 Fri 10:10, 1:00, 4:00, 7:10, 10:10 sat-sun 10:00, 1:00, 4:00, 7:10, 10:10 mon-Wed 4:00, 7:10, 10:10 PriesT (14A) thu 5:30 suPer 8 (PG) Fri-sat 11:45, 12:40, 2:30, 3:15, 5:10, 5:55, 7:45, 8:30, 10:30, 11:15 sun 11:45, 12:40, 2:30, 3:15, 5:10, 5:55, 7:45, 8:30, 10:30, 11:00 mon-Wed 2:30, 3:15, 5:10, 5:55, 7:45, 8:30, 10:30, 11:00 suPer 8: The imaX eXPerienCe (PG) 1:30, 4:15, 7:00, 9:45 Fri-sat 10:45 mat, 12:15 late sun 11:00 mat Thor 3d (PG) thu 7:20, 10:05 Fri-sun 11:00, 1:55, 4:40, 7:20, 10:05 mon-Wed 1:55, 4:40, 7:20, 10:05 X-men: FirsT Class (PG) thu 2:00, 2:45, 4:15, 5:00, 5:45, 7:15, 8:00, 8:45, 10:30, 11:00 Fri-sat 10:15, 11:00, 11:45, 1:15, 2:00, 2:45, 4:15, 5:00, 5:45, 7:15, 8:00, 8:45, 10:30, 11:05, 11:50 sun 11:10, 11:55, 2:00, 2:45, 4:15, 5:00, 5:45, 7:15, 8:00, 8:45, 10:30, 10:55 mon-Wed 1:30, 2:00, 2:45, 4:15, 5:00, 5:45, 7:15, 8:00, 8:45, 10:30, 10:55

silvErcitY mississauga (cE) hWY 5, East oF hWY 403, 905-569-3373

Bridesmaids (14A) thu 3:20, 4:10, 6:20, 7:10, 9:10, 10:20 Fri-sun 12:50, 3:30, 4:10, 6:30, 7:10, 9:30, 10:10 mon-Wed 3:30, 4:10, 6:30, 7:10, 9:30, 10:05 The hangover ParT ii (18A) thu 3:30, 4:00, 4:40, 6:40, 7:20, 7:50, 9:20, 10:00, 10:30 Fri-sun 12:40, 1:50, 4:00, 4:50, 6:40, 7:40, 9:20, 10:20 mon-Wed 4:00, 4:50, 6:40, 7:40, 9:20, 10:10 hanna (PG) thu 6:50, 9:50 hoodwinKed Too! hood vs. evil (G) thu 4:20 Judy moody and The noT Bummer summer (G) 3:50, 6:20, 9:10 Fri-sun 1:20 mat Kung Fu Panda 2 (PG) thu 3:40, 6:30, 9:00 Fri-sun 12:20, 3:20, 6:15, 9:00 mon-Wed 3:20, 6:15, 9:00 Kung Fu Panda 2 3d (PG) thu 4:30, 5:00, 7:00, 7:30, 9:30, 10:10 Fri-sun 1:00, 1:40, 4:40, 7:20, 9:40 mon-Wed 4:40, 7:20, 9:40 The linColn lawyer (14A) thu 3:50, 6:45, 9:40 Fri-sun 1:10, 4:20, 7:00, 10:00 mon, Wed 3:45, 10:00 tue 4:20, 7:00, 10:00 The meTroPoliTan oPera: le ComTe ory enCore mon 6:30 sTePhen sondheim’s ComPany Wed 7:00 suPer 8 (PG) Fri-sun 12:30, 1:30, 3:40, 4:30, 6:50, 7:30, 9:50, 10:30 mon-Wed 3:40, 4:30, 6:50, 7:30, 9:50, 10:15

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Bridesmaids (14A) 12:45, 1:25, 3:40, 4:20, 6:50, 7:30,

9:50, 10:30 FasT Five (PG) 12:40, 3:55, 6:55, 9:55 thu 7:40, 10:45 The hangover ParT ii (18A) thu 12:00, 1:20, 2:00, 2:40, 4:00, 4:40, 5:20, 6:40, 7:20, 8:00, 9:20, 10:00, 10:40 Frisun, tue 12:00, 1:20, 2:40, 4:00, 5:20, 6:40, 7:20, 8:00, 9:20, 10:10, 10:50 mon, Wed 12:00, 1:20, 2:40, 4:00, 5:20, 6:40, 8:00, 9:20, 10:10, 10:50 harry PoTTer and The Prisoner oF azKaBan (PG) sat 10:30 mon 7:00 hoodwinKed Too! hood vs. evil (G) thu 11:50, 2:20, 4:50 Judy moody and The noT Bummer summer (G) FriWed 12:15, 2:45, 5:10, 7:35, 10:00 Kung Fu Panda 2 (PG) thu 12:20, 1:10, 2:45, 3:40, 5:15, 6:20, 7:45, 8:50 Fri, sun 11:50, 1:10, 2:15, 3:45, 4:50, 6:25, 8:50 sat 11:30, 1:10, 2:15, 3:45, 4:50, 6:25, 8:50 mon, Wed 12:35, 1:10, 3:15, 3:45, 6:25, 8:50 tue 12:30, 1:10, 3:15, 3:45, 6:25, 8:50 Kung Fu Panda 2 3d (PG) thu 11:30, 1:50, 4:30, 7:05, 9:45 Fri, sun 11:30, 1:50, 4:30, 7:05, 9:30 sat 11:00, 1:50, 4:30, 7:05, 9:30 mon-Wed 12:15, 3:00, 7:00, 9:20 PiraTes oF The CariBBean: on sTranger Tides (PG) thu 12:05, 3:10, 6:25, 9:30 Fri-Wed 12:30, 3:35, 6:45, 10:05 PiraTes oF The CariBBean: on sTranger Tides 3d (PG) thu 1:00 4:15 7:25 10:50 Fri-Wed 1:05, 4:15, 7:25, 10:45 PriesT 3d (14A) thu 1:40, 5:00, 7:35, 10:25 rio 3d (G) thu-Fri, sun 11:40, 2:10, 4:35, 7:10, 9:35 sat 2:10, 4:35, 7:10, 9:35 mon 12:25, 3:25, 6:35, 9:15 tue 12:25, 3:25, 6:35, 9:10 Wed 12:20, 3:25, 6:35, 9:10 sTePhen sondheim’s ComPany Wed 7:00 suPer 8 (PG) Fri-Wed 12:20, 1:40, 3:30, 4:40, 6:20, 7:40, 9:00, 10:40 suPer 8: The imaX eXPerienCe (PG) Fri-Wed 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:45 Thor (PG) thu 10:55 Thor 3d (PG) thu 1:15 4:10 7:15 10:10 Fri-Wed 1:15, 4:10, 7:15, 10:15 X-men: FirsT Class (PG) 12:10, 12:50, 1:30, 3:20, 4:05, 4:45, 6:30, 7:10, 7:50, 9:40, 10:20, 11:00

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

cBc museum, cBc BroaDcast ceNtre, 250 froNt w, 416-205-5574. cBc.ca

THU 9-wEd 15 – Continuous screenings Mon to Fri 9 am to 5 pm. Free. THU 9-fRI 10 – Doc Zone: Guilty Pleasures. MON 13-wEd 15 – Doc Zone: Magical Mystery Cures.

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All listings are free. Send to: movies@nowtoronto.com, fax to 416-3641166 or mail to Rep Cinemas, NOW Magazine, 189 Church, Toronto M5B 1Y7. Include film title, year of release, names of director(s), language and subtitle info, venue, address, time, cost and advance ticket sales if any, phone number for reservations/info or website address. Deadline is the Thursday before publication at 5 pm.

festivals Doc Now festival

tiff Bell lightBox, 350 KiNg w (tBl); eatoN theatre, 80 goulD (et). DocNow.ca

THU 9-sUN 12 – Media arts festival showcasing the work of graduates from Ryerson University’s MFA documentary media program. Film festival to Jun 12, other events to Jun 25. Free, email tickets@docnow.ca to reserve. THU 9 – Divinely Inspired: In God’s Keeping D: Elizabeth Moore, House Of God D: Layal Al-Haidari, The Flood And The Mountain D: Joel Elliott, and This Is Just Batting Practice D: Ben Lenzner. 6 pm (TBL). Shorts: In The Absence Of Memory D: Paula John, and Postcards From Utila D: Maja Zonjic. 6 pm (TBL). sAT 11 – Testaments: Miguel’s Battlefield D: Elisa Gonzalez, The Last Dance? D: Drew Ferguson, Humpries Road: A Story Of Farm Succession D: Scott Humphries, and Little Castle D: Daniel Froidevaux. Noon (ET). Fissures: How They See Me D: Erin McMichael, The Portrait Of David D: Tanja Grinberg. 2:15 pm (ET). sUN 12 – Our Town: Talk Like Yourself D: Marco Avolio, Spoke D: Lulu Wei, and Art Works D: Julie Pasila. Noon (ET). Shorts: In The Absence Of Memory, and Postcards From Utila. 1:30 pm (ET). Divinely Inspired: In God’s Keeping, The Flood And The Mountain, House Of God, and This Is Just Batting Practice. 1:40 pm (ET).

lumiNato festival

metro square, 55 johN (ms), tiff Bell lightBox, reitmaN square, 350 KiNg w (tBl). lumiNato.com/2011/reel.

fRI 10-jUN 19 – Festival of arts and creativity.

Free (Egypt Rising series $12; luminato.com/ 2011/egyptrising). fRI 10-jUN 19 – My Name Is Raj, An installation celebrating Indian film pioneer Raj Kapoor examines the moviemaker’s interactive relationship with his audiences. TueSat noon to 7 pm, Sun noon to 6 pm (TBL). Reserve tickets luminato.com/raj. sUN 12-wEd 15 – The Luminato Reel: Iconic Arabic Films. Short and feature-length films related to Luminato artists and programming. All at TBL. Sun: Lawrence Of Arabia (1962) D: David Lean. 7:30 pm. Wed: Indigenes/Days Of Glory (2006) D: Rachid Bouchareb. 7:30 pm. MON 13-jUN 16 – The Luminato Reel: Outdoor screenings. Short and featurelength films related to Luminato artists and programming. All films at 12:30 pm at MS. Mon: L’Infini, a documentary about choreographers Akram Khan and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui. Tue: Music of Central Asia Volume 8:Kronos Quartet with Alim and Fargana Qasimov, Spiritual Music of Azerbaijan musical documentary. Wed: Bahok, a documentary about choreographers Akram Khan’s Company’s production featuring the National Ballet of China. wEd 15 – Egypt Rising: Portents Of Revolution In Recent Egyptian Cinema: The Aquarium (2008) D: Yousry Nasrallah. 6:30 pm (TBL).

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NatioNal film BoarD 150 johN. 416-973-3012. NfB.ca/meDiatheque

THU 9-wEd 15 – More than 5,000 NFB films available at digital viewing stations. TueWed noon-7 pm, Thu-Sat noon-10 pm, Sun noon-5 pm. Free.

See Omar Sharif (left) and Peter O’Toole in a free screening of the classic Lawrence Of Arabia.

oNtario place ciNesphere 955 laKe shore w. 416-314-9900. oNtarioplace.com

THU 9 – Hubble. 10:15 am, 1:30 & 4 pm.

Bugs! 11:20 am & 2:45 pm. Avatar 3D. 7 pm.

fRI 10 – Hubble. 10:15 am, 1:30 & 4 pm.

Arabic life lit up by Luminato THE LUMINATO REEL presents indoor and outdoor screenings from Friday (June 10) to June 19, at various locations. Free. luminato.com.

Luminato’s free film festival fractures along several different lines this year. One stream looks at artists’ process; another focuses on Arabic culture and creativity. And then there’s one that just wants to dance. The TIFF Bell Lightbox plays host to two of these three streams.

Darren Aronofsky’s surrealistic addiction nightmare Requiem For A Dream screens Friday at 7 pm, preceded by Chandler Tuttle’s 2081, a dance-inflected adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s short story Harrison Bergeron scored by this year’s featured artists, Kronos Quartet. Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Arabian Nights screens Saturday at 7:30 pm; curiously, it’s not included in the other stream, Iconic Arabic Films. That section kicks off Sunday at 7:30 pm with one of my favourite films, David Lean’s Lawrence Of

Arabia, and continues with Days Of Glory (Wednesday, 7:30 pm), The Battle Of Algiers (June 16, 7:30 pm), The Mummy/Night Of Counting The Years (June 17, 7:30 pm) and Incendies (June 18, 7:30 pm). A few steps southeast in David Pecaut Square, the noontime outdoor program offers a selection of artistically inclined documentaries, including three chapters of the Aga Khan Music Initiative’s Music Of Central Asia series, from Monday to Thursday, June 16, in the shadow NORMAN wILNER of Metro Hall.

Bugs! 11:20 am & 2:45 pm. sAT 11-sUN 12 – Hubble. 11 am, 1:35 & 4:10 pm. Bugs! 12:20, 2:55 & 5:30 pm. Avatar 3D. 7 pm. MON 13 – Bugs! 10:30 am. Hubble. 11:45 am.

oNtario scieNce ceNtre

770 DoN mills. 416-696-3127. oNtarioscieNceceNtre.ca

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

Under The Sea. Noon. IMAX Hubble. 1 pm.

fRI 10 – Tornado Alley. 11 am, 2, 3 & 9 pm.

Under The Sea. Noon & 8 pm. IMAX Hubble. 1 pm. sAT 11 – Tornado Alley. 11 am, 1, 3 & 9 pm. Under The Sea. Noon, 4 & 8 pm. IMAX Hubble. 2 pm. sUN 12– Tornado Alley. 11 am, 1 & 3 pm. IMAX Under The Sea. Noon & 4 pm. Hubble. 2 pm. MON 13-wEd 15 – Tornado Alley. 11 am, 2 & 3 pm. Under The Sea. Noon. IMAX Hubble. 1 pm.

reg hartt’s ciNeforum 463 Bathurst. 416-603-6643.

THU 9 – Kid Dracula: Nosferatu (1922) D: FW

NxNe film festival

hyatt regeNcy toroNto, 370 KiNg w (hyr); NatioNal film BoarD, 150 johN (NfB); toroNto uNDergrouND ciNema, 186 spaDiNa ave, BasemeNt (tuc). NxNe.com

MON 13-jUN 19 – Tenth anniversary of

NXNE film, including local and international films exploring music of all genres. $10/ screening, film-festival-only wristband $25, five-day wristband (access to all music and film) $50. MON 13 – Shakespeare Was A Big George Jones Fan: ‘Cowboy’ Jack Clement’s Home Movies (2005) D: Robert Gordon and Morgan Neville. 7 pm. The Last Pogo (1978) D: Colin Brunton, and Kurt Cobain: About A Son (2007) D: AJ Schnack. 9 pm. All at TUC. TUE 14 – Jandek On Corwood (2003) D: Chad Friedrichs. 7 pm. Disposable Film Festival, a screening of the Competitive Shorts Collection (2011). 9 pm. All at TUC. wEd 15 – NXNE 10-Year Hall Of Fame Retrospective: Los Zafiros: Music From The Edge Of Time (2004) D: Lorenzo De Stefano. 12:30 pm. Unfinished Symphony: Democracy & Dissent (2001) D: Bestor Cram and Mike Majoras. 2:30 pm. Superstonic Sound The Rebel Dread (2009) D: Raphael Erichsen, Edward Dallal. 3 pm. But We Have The Music (2008) D: Shanti Masud. 4 pm. Rolling Like A Stone D: Stefan Berg and Magnus Gertten. 5:30 pm. All above at HYR. You Can’t Sing It For Them (2010) D: Jacqueline Richard and Margot Fassler, and Protect The Nation (2010) D: CR Reisser. Noon (NFB). Upside Down – The Creation Records Story (2010) D: Danny O’Connor. 2 pm (NFB). Made In Birmingham: Reggae Punk Bhangra (2010) D: Deborah Aston, and Matatu Express (2010) D: Colm Hogan. 5 pm (NFB). Hori Smoku Sailor Jerry: The Life Of Norman K Collins (2008) D: Erich Weiss. 6:30 pm (TUC). Mutual Appreciation (2005) D: Andrew Bujalski. 8:30 pm (TUC).

ciNemas Bloor ciNema

506 Bloor w. 416-516-2330. BloorciNema.com

THU 9 – Delicatessen (1991) Jean-Pierre

Jeunet and Marc Caro. 7 pm. The Shining (1980) D: Stanley Kubrick. 9:05 pm. fRI 10 – Certified Copy (2010) D: Abas Kiarostami. 4:30 pm. Source Code (2011) D: Duncan Jones. 7 pm. Hanna (2011) D: Joe Wright. 9 pm. sAT 11 – Hanna. 4:30 pm. Certified Copy. 7 pm. Source Code. 9:15 pm. sUN 12 – Certified Copy. 4:30 pm. Source Code. 7 pm. The Shining. 9 pm. MON 13 – Source Code. 4:30 pm. Rear Window (1954) D: Alfred Hitchcock. 7 pm. Hanna. 9:20 pm. TUE 14 – Rear Window. 4:30 pm. Certified Copy. 7 pm. Source Code. 9:15 pm. wEd 15 – The Conformist (1969) D: Bernardo Bertolucci. 7 pm. Hanna. 9:20 pm.

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camera Bar 1028 queeN w. 416-530-0011. cameraBar.ca

sAT 11 – The King’s Speech (2010) D:

ñTom Hooper. 3 pm. Free.

ciNematheque tiff Bell lightBox

reitmaN square, 350 KiNg w. 416-599-tiff (8433). tiff.Net

THU 9 – In Conversation With... film-

maker Thom Andersen introduces his ñ film Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003). 6:30 pm.

fRI 10 – In Conversation With... film-

maker Thom Andersen joins Jesse Wente for an onstage conversation and screening of short works. 7 pm. sAT 11 – The Shaggy Dog (1959) D: Charles Barton. 2 pm. Days Of Heaven (1978) D: Terrence Malick. 5 pm. Brain Damage (1988) D: Frank Henenloter. 11 pm. sUN 12 – Red River (1948) D: Howard Hawks. 1 pm. In Conversation With... film scholar Steve Loft introduces Stage Coach (1939) D: John Ford. 4 pm. The New World (2005) D: Terrence Malick. 7:30 pm. MON 13 – The Thin Red Line (1998) D: Terrence Malick. 3:30 pm. TUE 14 – Luminato Festival. See listings this page. 6:30 pm. Red River. 6:30 pm. Badlands (1973) D: Terrence Malick. 9:30 pm. wEd 15 – Luminato: see listings, this page. 6:30 pm. Days Of Heaven. 9 pm.

fox theatre

2236 queeN e. 416-691-7330. foxtheatre.ca

THU 9 – Source Code (2011) D: Duncan Jones.

7 pm. Water For Elephants (2011) D: Francis Lawrence. 9 pm. fRI 10 – Bill Cunningham New York (2010) D: Richard Press. 7 pm. Hanna (2011) D: Joe Wright. 8:45 pm. sAT 11 – Hop (2011) D: Tim Hill. 2 pm. Hanna. 4 & 8:45 pm. Bill Cunningham New York. 7 pm. sUN 12 – Hop. 2 pm. Bill Cunningham New York. 4 & 7 pm. Hanna. 8:45 pm. MON 13 – Hanna. 7 pm. Incendies (2010) D: Denis Villeneuve. 9:15 pm. TUE 14 – Incendies. 6:45 pm. Hanna. 9:15 pm. wEd 15 – Jane Eyre (2011) D: Cory Fukunaga. 1:30 pm. The Lincoln Lawyer (2011) D: Brad Furman. 7 pm. Bill Cunningham New York. 9:15 pm.

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THU 9 – Of Gods & Men (2010) D: Xavier Beauvois. 7 pm. Lincoln Lawyer ñ (2011) D: Neil Burger. 9:15 pm. fRI 10 – Win Win (2011) D: Thomas McCarthy. 7 pm. Certified Copy (2010) D: ñ Abas Kiarostami. 9:05 pm. sAT 11 – The Muppet Movie (1979) D: James

Frawley. 2 pm. Win Win. 4:15 & 9:05 pm. Certified Copy. 7 pm. sUN 12 – The Muppet Movie. 2 pm. Win Win. 4:15 & 7 pm. Certified Copy. 9:05 pm.

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MON 13 – Win Win. 1 pm. Bleacher Features – Movies About Baseball: Sugar ñ (2008) D: Anne Boder and Ryan Fleck. 6:45

pm. Barney’s Version (2010) D: Richard J Lewis. 9 pm. TuE 14 – Barney’s Version. 6:45 pm. Win Win. 9:10 pm. WED 15 – The Epicures’ Revue: Kings Of Pastry (2009) D: Chris Hedegres and DA Pennebaker. 6:45 pm. Even The Rain (2010) D: Icíar Bollaín. 9 pm.

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THu 9 – Incendies (2010) D: Denis Villeneuve. 7 pm. Hobo With A Shotgun ñ (2011) D: Jason Eisener. 9:30 pm. FRI 10 – Incendies. 7 pm. Hobo With A Shotgun. 9:30 pm. The Room (2003) D: Tommy Wiseau. 11:30 pm. SAT 11-SuN 12 – The Greatest Movie Ever Sold (2011) D: Morgan Spurlock. 7 pm. Jane Eyre (2011) D: Cory Fukunaga. 9 pm. MON 13-WED 15 – Check website for schedule. FUCKED UP Watch a

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THu 9 – Jaws (1975) D: Steven Spielberg. 7 pm. Exploitation Ally presents Grizzly (1976) D: William Girdler. 9:30 pm. FRI 10 – Blue Velvet (1986) D: David Lynch. 7 pm. Dion Conflict Presents Trailer Trash! 9:30 pm. SuN 12 – Tintorera (1977) D: Rene Cardona Jr. 7 pm Jaws. 9:30 pm. MON 13-WED 15 – NXNE Film Festival. See listings, this page.

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The alt-country outfit packed ‘em into Soundscapes on College for an intimate show. 3:34 DRAG QUEENS INVADE CITY HALL The alt-country outfit

packed ‘em into Soundscapes on College for an intimate show. 3:34 YUCK See some fuzzy UK college rock in the vein of Dinosaur Jr. 3:47 RON SEXSMITH The stalwart

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.

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Beit Zatoun presents The Silences Of The Palace (1994) D: Moufida Tiatli, the first feature film directed by a woman in the Arab world. 6:30 pm. By donation. 612 Markham. beitzatoun.org. The Centre for Inquiry Ontario presents In The Loop (2009) D: Armando Iannucci, a British black comedy satirizing 21st-century Anglo-American politics and the invasion of Iraq. 7 to 9 pm. Free. 216 Beverley. cficanada.ca/ontario/even ts.

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Toronto roots rocker is back with what could be his most radio-friendly material. See him play it live.

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BATTLES The NYC experimental rock band play single Ice Cream in Toronto, and release NSFW video for the same song (involves girl eating ice cream). Watch it. 3:19

Trash Palace presents 16mm Fridays: Mother, Jugs And Speed (1976) D: Peter Yates. 9:30 pm (doors 8:30 pm) $5 adv only, at Eyesore Cinema (801 Queen W, 2nd floor). Screening location revealed w/ ticket purchase. trashpalace.ca.

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MON 13 – Short & Sweet, a weekly short film

evening, presents new work from Martin De Thurah, Big Red Button, Jesse Ewles and others. 8 to 10 pm. Free. No One Writes to the Colonel, 460 College. shortandsweet.tv.

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True Grit (Paramount, 2010) D: Joel and Ethan Coen, w/ Jeff Bridges, Hailee Steinfeld. Rating: NNNNN; DVD package: NN

killed her father. She insists on going along. So does a Texas Ranger (Matt Damon) – a possible ally and rival for the bounty. All the performances are believable and intimate, a remarkable feat considering that the actors are using antique speech rhythms that at first distance us from the characters, then lend them weight. This approach to the dialogue never gets mentioned in the extras, which are confined to costume and production design. EXTRAS Cast interviews, costume doc, production design doc. Widescreen. English, French, Spanish audio and subtitles.

True Grit, the Coen brothers’ adaptation of the Charles Portis novel earlier adapted for a John Wayne movie in 1969, is a contender for genuine classic status. It has a strong story, engaging, flawed characters and, as always with the Coens, it’s flawlessly delivered, with understated humour and without sentimentality. In 1888, a 14-year-old (Hailee Steinfeld) hires a U.S. marshal (Jeff Bridges) to track down the man who

Duck Soup (Universal, 1933) D: Leo McCarey, w/ Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Zeppo Marx. Rating: NNNN; DVD package: none

The disc comes without extras, but look around – there’s a ton of material out there. EXTRAS Full-frame, b&w. English, Spanish audio. English, French, Spanish subtitles.

The production is a bit stagey and the print slightly scratched, but Groucho, Harpo and Chico still deliver the big laughs after all these years. Apart from Monty Python, there isn’t a comedy troupe to match them. The nominal plot has Rufus T. Firefly (Groucho) leading some comic-opera principality into war with its neighbour. Chico and Harpo play spies for the other side. Some critics have called this an anti-war satire, but Groucho denied it, and he has a point. The brothers do what they do in every movie: Groucho makes wisecracks, Chico displays indomitable stupidity, and Harpo makes mischief. The mirror gag and Harpo’s war with the lemonade seller are classic bits, but even in lesser moments the brothers improve the material with the kind of timing only cartoon characters can achieve, an art they picked up from a decade of 10 shows a day in vaudeville. Their other four movies for Paramount – Animal Crackers, Horse Feathers, Monkey Business and The Cocoanuts – also hit the street June 6. They’re worth a look. If you already know these movies inside and out, hunt up Brain Donors, an odd, funny attempt to channel the Marx Brothers’ spirit without resorting to imitation.

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I Saw The Devil (Maple, 2010) D: Kim Ji-woon, w/ Choi Min-sik, Lee Byung-hun. Rating: NN; DVD package: NNN Kim Ji-woon’s I Saw The Devil has none of the visual elegance or emotional depth of Park Chan-wook’s revenge trilogy, Mr. Vengeance, Old Boy and Lady Vengeance, and none of the stylish glee of his own The Good, The Bad, The Weird. In their place is a plodding look at hideous revenge exacted on a thoroughly de-glamourized serial killer. Kyung-chul (Old Boy star Choi Minsik) abducts random women, rapes and kills them. One of them is the fiancée of a cop (Lee Byung-hun) who finds Kyung-chul, beats him badly, then returns to do it again. Resentful, self-pitying loser Kyungchul commits his gruesome crimes with the bored disengagement of a man taking out the trash. He gets energized in the second hour, and Choi gives a good performance, but the character remains a bore, as I suspect such people are in real life. As the cop, Lee conveys little but stonefaced determination, which makes it hard to care that he’s becoming the monster he’s punishing. The making-of doc includes an informative look at the Korean approach to fights and stunt work, some of which aren’t bad in their own right. EXTRAS Making-of doc, deleted scenes. Widescreen. Korean, English audio. English, Spanish subtitles.

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(Criterion/eOne, 1983) Sibling rivalry, class conflict, arranged marriages and the erosion of tradition fuel Kon Ichikawa’s tale of four wealthy sisters.

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