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michael hollett, who the hell do you think you are? If Mayor Rob Ford doesn’t want to attend the Pride parade (NOW, June 30-July 6), then his wishes should be respected. Who would want to participate in a parade where men wear skimpy pink shorts and wiggle their asses on a float? How would it be if I thought you should cut your hair? How can you put yourself out as a man and run a magazine looking like a woman? Leave Rob Ford alone. Butt out. It is none of your business. B. Fearon Bass River, NB
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i do not like the way mayor ford made such a ridiculous excuse for not attending Pride, but aside from that, I sympathize with him. If Ford did attend the parade, he would probably be violently assaulted, and the same persons who invited him would stand by and do nothing to defend him. Paul Cerar Toronto
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what a generous offer, to pay for a flight to get Mayor Ford back into the city for the Pride parade! Clearly, he did not take you up on the offer, so why not put the money to good use and donate it to an LGBTQ organization in Ford’s name? Maybe he will show up next year. Meike vanGerwen Toronto
Pride a tawdry sleazefest
how refreshing to read that in our current climate of austerity, NOW Magazine has offered to pick up the $4,000 tab for Mayor Ford to charter a flight from his cottage to make an appearance at Pride. Yeah, I get the sarcasm, but Michael Hollett needs to step out of the 1980s with his petulant gay activist rhetoric. We are entering the dawn of a new gay in 2011, and tawdry sleazefests of promiscuity and exhibitionism only reinforce public prejudice against the LGBT. John McKellar Toronto
Fun not on right’s agenda
cynics might say there is a profound right-wing agenda to marginalize the LBGT community. Why else would Rob Ford duck out of Pride? Furthermore, why would the PCs [avoid] any participation? Let’s be real: the Greens, the NDP and even the Liberals had some fun. Maybe during these tough economic times, fun isn’t in the Conservative credo? Bob Botkin Toronto
Love for Kristyn Wong-Tam
i just wanted to put something on the record that Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam was too humble to talk about in her Love Letter To My Community (NOW, June 30-July 6). When I came out back in the day, Councillor Wong-Tam was the coordinator of my lesbian youth support group at the 519. She was very concerned about ensuring that youth got peer support. She got me signed up as a phone councillor and went from high school to high school talking about the challenges young people face in coming out. She was very focused on ensuring that LGBT youth knew we were not alone. Thanks, Kristyn. We love you, too. Katheryne Schulz Toronto
Cyclists Union’s naive no-no
i read it’s hurry up & stop on bike Plan (NOW, June 23-29) with great interest. Overall, however, it [takes] a depressing view of the state of cycling in the city. Not that there aren’t things to be depressed about. Amalgamation reared its ugly head at the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee meeting as PWIC approved the removal of bike lanes on Birchmount, Pharmacy and Jarvis. I was mad as hell. It’s crazy. And yet there are reasons to be optimistic. Denzil Minnan-Wong’s motion to study protected bikeways on Richmond and Sherbourne was passed. While the article slams the routes chosen for separated bike lanes, there is method to those choices. They continued on page 9 œ
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soldiers, you’re making 20-yearolds, barely out of their teens, seem like monsters from some video game. My god. Why don’t you tell the real story, about how the soldiers stand on guard against the violence initiated and committed by the Palestinians you’re so keen on defending? Or would that be too much honesty all at once for you? Grey Lok
Tar sands tipping point
regarding adria vasil’s advice on what to do to push for change in the tar sands (NOW, June 16-22). Environmentalists are up against the largest energy project in the world. The 24/7 operations are demolishing the boreal forest, contributing to skyrocketing cancer rates and killing our climate. Canada’s doctors are calling for a moratorium on dirty oil, and we all need to keep up consistent pressure for the government to put an end to tar sands production and invest in clean energy now. Farrah Khan Toronto
G20 coincidences? Methadone dispenser
on methadone and nimbyism (NOW, June 30-July 6). Get your facts straight, NOW. If we in Parkdale didn’t support drug addicts, the mentally challenged and people in need, we wouldn’t live here. NIMBYism? No way! Parkdale is home to a host of social service agencies, 11 on a 1.5-kilometre stretch of Queen between Dufferin and Roncesvalles alone. We’re not trying to kick anyone out or not help support our residents in need, but we shouldn’t be asked to be a central support hub for the GTA’s addicts, especially on a residential street. Jahma
Fine strokes on art history
in reply to the art of too easy (NOW, June 9-15). I sigh with regret when someone says that compared to some talented old dead New Yorkbased artists, our new artists just aren’t good enough. This is really missing the point. When the abstract expressionists were first showing, critics complained that it wasn’t great art like what Michelangelo did (who was also very talented, in his own way). Von Bark Toronto
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jesse rosenfeld, you little shit-disturbing liar. Will you please get off your high fucking horse and stop trying to portray yourself as a hero of the masses (NOW Daily, July 4). The way you’re describing Israeli
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[Frontlines] Glenn Sumi on looking for love in Manhattan NEW YORK CITY – It’s a few days after New York’s historic same-sex marriage ruling and I’m here for the long weekend, mostly going to the theatre but also seeing my friend Michael, a Canadian who’s lived here for years. We keep in constant text, but there’s nothing like catching up over a drink or two. Neither of us is in the mood for throbbing music or pumped-up Chelsea boys, so we decide on the Townhouse, a bar in the upper 50s that caters to, as the website puts it, “NYC’s upscale professional gay clientele.” I cringe at the elitism of that phrase but have to admit there’s a touch of old New York elegance about the place: understated furnishings, tasteful lighting. It’s easy to imagine Henry James walking up the carpeted stairs and tipping his top hat to the doorman. Project Runway’s silver fox fashion guru, Tim
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Gunn, allegedly frequents the place. We’ve been joking about the Townhouse for years – the same way we’ll often muse about one day reaching our twilight years and finding ourselves still single. “We can have our own table at the Townhouse. Keep a tab. Request show tunes at the piano bar.” “Room together, like the Golden Girls.” We laugh, but there’s a bit of truth to it, as if we’re testing a flame. We’re both single again. Michael’s currently discussing a 23-year-old he met online who’s looking for something serious. “We have lots to talk about, but where’s it going to go? He’s half my age.”
“Well,” I say, “you never know.” I keep checking my phone. The day before, I had a date and he’s only texted me once since. Then the pianist starts a song that sounds familiar. “When I fall in love, it will be forever,” begins the singer in a lovely lilting tenor that causes the room to quiet down. “... or I’ll never fall in love.” There’s something incongruous about hearing this romantic ballad sung so beautifully by a little guy who’s obviously seen his 70th birthday. Conversations have stopped. You can only hear the clink of ice cubes melting in glasses, the piano, and his voice singing hopefully about restless worlds, moonlight kisses and holding out for that one, true love.
We joke about reaching our twilight years still single.
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12 years Length of contract TTC staff are proposing with Pattison Outdoor for advertising rights on the TTC $324 million Revenue TTC says it will receive under the deal New advertising that will be allowed under the TTC-Pattison deal 3-D LCD screens, information kiosks, subway line naming rights, subway station naming rights, subway car video screens, ads on the ceilings of buses, sales people inside stations promoting products
What the Toronto Public Space Committee says The high-tech overload will make the TTC less enjoyable for riders.
War Games The war in Afghanistan may be officially over for Canadian troops (well, mostly anyway), but Ottawa remains on a war footing, going ahead with plans to purchase 65 brand-spanking-new F-35 Lightning II fighter jets despite their $29.3 billion price tag. The Council on Hemispheric Affairs is the latest to join the chorus of critics. In a new report, it calls the purchase “an expensive mistake for Canadian Forces… and marks an unfortunate shift in Canadian foreign policy toward single-mindedly backing the U.S. military.”
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Getting crushed in two federal elections teaches the leaders of the Third Party nothing. First Stéphane Dion and Michael Ignatieff toured the country desperately trying to reach out to “real folks”; now it’s Bob Rae’s turn for “therapy,” a national bus tour reminding people the Liberal party isn’t dead yet. X-Rae (ex-NDPer) and the Grits don’t get it. Nobody wants to see private school boys like them in ill-fitting cowboy hats flippin’ burgers. Liberal leaders can’t do man of the people.
The Yonge Street Planning Framework pitches a plan to remake the city’s longest, and most tired, street between Dundas and Gerrard. Envisioned: two fewer car lanes, wider sidewalks and preservation of heritage buildings.
Israel-pandering The Canadian Jewish Congress, a long-time voice of moderation in the Jewish community, signals an Israel-first shift in its advocacy with a name change: the Canadian Council For Israel and Jewish Advocacy.
Canadian economic sovereignty The London Stock Exhange’s proposed merger (takeover?) with the TSX goes bust. Free market capitalists shed a tear, and Canuck nationalists rejoice.
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Environmental Defence jumps on Will and Kate’s royal visit to Canuckistan with a selection of hats for the princess to remind us of our eco sins. The collection includes Bully the Beaver, which sums up the Harper government’s attitude to the world: no longer cute and cuddly, but nasty and does not play well with others.
from the archive July 9, 1992
ON THE COVER
There was a time when Jian Ghomeshi, now host of CBC Radio’s Q, had rock star aspirations as a member of local band Moxy Früvous. Read all about it in NOW’s cover story. But if you run into Ghomeshi, even if you get a whiff of this from the feature, don’t ever refer to his former band as a novelty act. Whatever you do. (Page 22 of the issue) nowtoronto.com/archive
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Political consistency CFRB loudmouth and sometime Sun columnist Jerry Agar, one of many in the right-wing media offended by NOW’s semi-nude front cover of Mayor Rob Ford a few months back, defends Ford’s decision not to attend Pride by joking that if the mayor might look like that NOW Photoshop image, he should stay at the cottage. More on Ford’s Pride snub starting on page 12.
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t’s a twisty drive in to fawn lake, across a narrow steel bridge that spans the Muskoka River, over crests in the road too steep to see the other side and past neatly kept cottages on what used to be farmland. Here, near the end of an old logging road that runs along the north shore, on what’s known as Stephenson’s Point, is where Mayor Rob Ford comes when he doesn’t want to be found, to the cottage that’s been in the Ford family since the late 1960s, when the mayor was knee-high. The place can be tricky to find, since Fawn is also known to locals as Deer Lake, and there are at least three Deer Lakes within 100 kilometres. Fawn is tiny, taking a mere 20 minutes to paddle from end to end – less with the wind at your back. Which makes the Fords’ brown Viceroy in a clearing stand out all the more from the other cottages. There are a couple of bigger ones. Two of them, brand new, are being built on 40 hectares further up the road, but a few properties have little more on them than a trailer or hunting cabin. The lake is inhabited by a handful of locals yearround. While the local municipality picks up garbage, the narrow road leading to the Fords’ place isn’t plowed in winter. A sign advises motorists to use the road at their own risk. The cottage a few doors up from the Fords’ is on the market for half a million. But none have anywhere near the beach frontage of the Fords’ (looks like sand was trucked in) or the number of water toys tied to the dock. There’s a volleyball net and play sets for the kids, and a big name to go with the spread – El Rancho Grande. Beauty. I think the name was big brother Doug’s idea, since he’s listed as the owner of the place on records kept at the Muskoka District land registry office. Yep, it’s the party place to be for frolics in the sun, and gives the impression that the Fords are a fun-loving family. I can almost see Rob now, chillin’ on one of the two family motorboats, soaking up his fave tunes, maybe some Supertramp or a little Zeppelin. Who needs the Pride parade when you’ve got this?
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The Ford compound in Muskoka is where the mayor goes not to be found.
Who could have foreseen the mayor taking his biggest licks to date on the gay thing? In one way the push-back is karmic. What was Ford’s unlikely election victory, after all, if not the defeat of the “gay elites” (embodied by his chief rival, George Smitherman) that supposedly used to run this town, right? Check the vitriol spewed by Ford symps online over criticism by both the left and right in the media of the mayor’s Pride rebuff for proof of that outthere mindset.
Some among the mayor’s staff wish big brother Doug would “just shut the fuck up.” about his intentions. But he’s still a work in progress on the PR front, and that’s putting it mildly. You never know what Rob might say after he offers up the ex pected sound bite. He’s got flat feet. It’s Doug who’s seen as the brains in the family, the engine that drives the Ford machine at City Hall. But it’s Doug who’s the political neophyte, as anyone who’s heard him speak at council can attest. The words “train” and “wreck” come to mind. There’s no disputing that the bro thers Ford are close. They’re in near
constant communication. But there’s a family dynamic at play between the two, maybe even a hint of sibling rivalry. And the Ford brothers couldn’t be more different. Doug’s got the big car, the big house, the big money from the family biz, the big ideas: Ferris wheels on the waterfront, tun nels under the Gardiner, NFL foot ball. The mayor drives a minivan and lives in a modest bungalow. He man ages the books for the family’s multi milliondollar labelling business, but it’s unclear how much of the family fortune Rob’s been cut. What’s clear from the Pride fiasco is that fatigue is setting in. The cumu lative effect of the Fords’ bullying has come home to roost over Pride. Those on council willing to give the mayor the benefit of the doubt in the past will have a harder time aligning themselves with him now. That group would include those in the inner circle perhaps contemplat ing mayoral runs of their own in the
Mammoliti’s Pride threat just a lot of hot air Giorgio Mammoliti plan to withhold Pride money is a legal no-no.
By BEN SPURR Less than 24 hours after the Pride parade wrapped up, Councillor Giorgio Mammoliti began hitting the local media circuit vowing to have funding for this year’s festival withheld because he videotaped a small contingent at the Dyke March using the words “Israeli apartheid.” The media played along. The city’s biggest paper ran a front-page story about how Pride’s promised funding for this year is in jeopardy, and the national broadcaster declared the
future. Here’s looking at you, Karen Stintz and Michael Thompson. The doubts are beginning to set in right at the top, among the mayor’s political staff, about whether Ford will be able to carry the vote on the bigmoney items coming up for
council’s consideration, not the least of which is the Core Services Review. The Pride wrangle has caused his allies to have a few second thoughts about their affiliation with the brand. The honeymoon may be over. 3 enzom@nowtoronto.com
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In politics it’s usually the unex pected that kills. After an audacious sevenplus months at the helm hammering out an ambitious – some would say ruth less – agenda, the unlikeliest slight, one of many, has become a defining, if not the defining, moment in Ford’s tenure. Many of his usual friends in the conservative media have deserted him. They’ve been a little too quick, however, to chalk up this shemozzle to bad communications. They don’t know the half of it. Truth is, Ford’s political staff have been trying for two months to get the boss to agree to attend at least one Pride event. But he flatout re fused. He was going to spend the weekend at the cottage with his fam ily, and that was that. There was no budging from that position. Right up to the last moment, the mayor’s spokespeople left the door open to a surprise appearance at the parade. But it was all a ruse, for damage control purposes. If memory serves, he was unequivocal about the matter of his Pride nonparticipation when asked about it during the election, too. Enter big brother Doug, the coun cillor from Ward 2, to muck up the waters. When asked about Rob’s de cision, he at first said he’d see what he could do to change his mind. Doug was singing a different tune 24 hours later, defending the mayor for want ing to spend time at the cottage. Mom was brought out to a ribbon cutting to tug the public heartstrings. All that was missing was a doctor’s note. Controversy had turned to spectacle. And inside the mayor’s office, some were putting the blame on Doug for sowing doubt about the mayor’s Pride intentions. Holy Moses! Doug a political liability? But it’s not the first time he’s spoken out of turn. Indeed, some among the mayor’s staff wish Doug would “just shut the fuck up,” as one put it. The media have been accustomed to think pro tector Doug’s speaking for the mayor, but that’s not always true. Maybe if the mayor made himself more available to the press corps there’d be less room for confusion
festival had been “rocked” by a fresh scandal. But before Toronto’s queer communities get drawn into another bitter struggle to defend the enormous cultural and financial benefits of Pride, it’s worth considering that Mammoliti doesn’t have a hope in hell of reneging on the city’s $130,00 grant to Pride this year. In fact, he has neither the support at City Hall nor the legal tools to touch Pride’s money. continued on page 14 œ
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ON THE scene Gaza Freedom flotilla
JESSE ROSENFELD
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Canadian activists tried to make a break for it and head into the open seas for Gaza.
Raid on the Tahrir
Activists thought their non-violence techniques were meant for Israeli soldiers, not Greeks By JESSE ROSENFELD aboard the tahrir, agios niko laos, Crete – Activists aboard the Ca nadian boat bound for Gaza spent weeks readying themselves for the drama that unfolded July 4 when coast guard blasted the side of their vessel with water cannons, boarded and charged through protester lines to take the wheelhouse. They just didn’t know their antago nists were going to be Greek. In the week before, organizers held mara thon non-violence sessions at the port’s Coral Hotel that covered every thing from arm-linking as mock Is raeli soldiers charged to non-violent philosophy. The workshops were based on what linguistics professor David Heap called “the red lines” – rules the participants had to sign onto committing them to pacifist action, the first of which is a prohibition against “initiating physical contact with soldiers” in the event of an en counter. As it turned out, there were no Is raeli soldiers in sight. Instead, Israel’s blockade of Gaza extended to this picturesque port, as local authorities moved decisively to block all Free dom Flotilla craft. The Canadian boat, the Tahrir, loaded with $30,000 of medical sup plies, was overrun just four nautical miles from international waters after it attempted a surprise getaway. It was a crushing disappointment to solidarity activists, who nevertheless were buoyed by the fact that they’ve
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gotten international media attention for their attempts to break the siege of occupied Gaza. “They took the wheelhouse at gun point,” said Tahrir organizer Stephan Corriveau as protesters onboard stood in front of windows trying to obstruct the view of authorities taking the ship back to shore. “You are working for Is rael – the Greek people don’t support this,” they chanted while clinging to the front of the ship. Although some soldiers hit and tore at protesters, trying to loosen their interlocked limbs, others ap peared genuinely regretful for stop ping the sea convoy. Greece has a long tradition of sid ing with the Arab world and support ing Palestinian liberation. But the Greek government, facing massive social upheaval over austerity cuts, seems to be the target of an Israeli diplomatic offensive based on using economic leverage to stop the flo tilla. The ministry of civil defence warned that no boats bound for Gaza would leave Greek ports, and three days earlier, the American boat the Audacity of Hope was forced to re turn to shore. “I’m only following orders,” one commando who was recognizable from his surveillance of the ship in previous days told Heap as the pro fessor was forcefully pushed from the door of the wheelhouse. “This is a violation of international law,” he retorted, referring to Greece’s blocking of an internationally flag
ged ship approved to sail by the Inter national Nautical Service Bureau, and also to the argument that Israel as an occupying power is illegally us ing siege measures against an occu pied population. Canadian activists aren’t just defy ing Greek authorities, but also their own government. Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird referred to the mission as “provocative and ultimate ly unhelpful to the people of Gaza.” The Canada-Israel Committee has been following every move of the flo tilla, calling it “a political stunt.” It argues that Hamas has launched “thousands of missiles at Israeli towns’’ and “continues to smuggle large amounts of advanced weapons into Gaza” – the key rationale for maintaining the blockade. Calling the crisis in Gaza a “myth,” the CIC says, “Israel delivers massive quantities of aid to Gaza on an ongo ing basis. In May of 2011, this amount ed to 127,353 tons in supplies.” However, for flotilla activists, aid is a secondary and symptomatic issue; they focus on Israel’s forced isolation of Gaza and draw attention to the impact of political and mili tary conditions imposed by Israel. As for The Tahrir’s cargo – it has been open to international and media in spection; I myself have checked it. The window for supporters to free ly reach the region, it appears, is clos ing. “There will be a time when the people of Gaza will be free and this blockade will be over,” Corriveau said
as the collective adrenalin rush from the raid dissipated and activists re mained on board while negotiations with the port authority took place. “You lose the battle but you win the war, and that is exactly what we’re doing,” he added in a tone of re flection and defiance. On shore, union activists and local Communist party members brought pizza and chanted “Free Palestine, free the flotilla.” Confined to the boat for the next 24 hours, flotilla mem bers heard news of a French boat that had quietly made it out of Greece. Then word broke that activists from the blocked Spanish boat, Guernica, occupied their embassy in Athens, hanging a Palestinian flag from the roof. Meanwhile, Canadian Sandra Ruch, the Tahrir’s on-paper owner, was taken from the dock into Greek custody and charged with three felo nies. The prosecution targeted Ruch, who wasn’t on board when the boat set sail, because the activists insisted on taking collective responsibility as the ship’s captain, causing huge bur eaucratic headaches. Two other activ ists, Canadian Suha Kneen and Aus tralian Michael Coleman, were charged with obstruction when they blocked the coast guard boat from exiting the port, giving the Tahrir a jump-start in the race to internation al waters. All were fined 80 euros and given 30-day suspended jail sentences. 3 news@nowtoronto.com
Despite Doug Ford and Deputy Mayor Doug Holyday’s public musings, no councillor besides Mammoliti has committed to withholding Pride’s grant this year. Holyday is skeptical that Mammoliti has any evidence for doing so. “I’m not gung-ho on pulling Pride funding,” Holyday told me. “When you’re dealing with Councillor Mammoliti, it’s best to see everything for yourself.” Mammoliti’s allies have deserted him. Even Councillor James Pasternak, who wants to change city bylaws to declare “Israeli apartheid” hate speech, said he believes Pride made progress this year. While Mammoliti claims to be speaking for the Jewish community, the Council for Israel and Jewish Advocacy (formerly the Canadian Jewish Congress) has politely declined to back his crusade. CIJA’s Len Rudner said in a statement that he’s satisfied Queers Against Israeli Apartheid didn’t march this year. Even if he had the support, there is no current legislative justification Mammoliti could use to withhold Pride’s money. Last term, council passed a motion declaring the city would not deliver Pride funding until it was clear the festival had complied with Toronto’s antidiscrimination policy. But before the march even took place, the city manager released a report declaring that the term “Israeli apartheid” is not discriminatory. Even if all 1 million people at the Pride parade had carried banners emblazoned with those words, Pride would be in compliance and entitled to funding. That the phrase was removed from all official proceedings is testament to Pride meeting City Hall more than halfway on this. Mammoliti, Rob Ford and others at City Hall spent the run-up to Pride rattling their sabres and threatening to cripple the festival. But what’s generally overlooked is that whenever the issue goes to a vote, suddenly those sabres get very dull. Since Ford took office, only one councillor has voted against Pride funding, and he later said it was an accident. Some sabre-rattling councillors are genuinely offended by the term “Israeli apartheid.” Some may be attempting to curry favour with suburban voters by thumbing their noses at queer downtowners. But few councillors are dumb enough to vote against the $136 million Pride injects into the local economy each year. Threats to defund Pride at City Hall have been all show. Mammoliti is the only one who doesn’t know the show is over. Rumour has it that the councillor will soon abandon his efforts to defund Pride 2011 and set his sights on wrecking it in 2012 instead. Torontonians can spend the next year as captive participants in his cynical charade or they can ignore him and start getting ready for the next parade. 3 bens@nowtoronto.com
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NDP leader Andrea Horwath is under mining conservation with plan to ditch HST.
HST tangle
Why the NDP should can its promise to phase out the harmonized sales tax on energy By WAYNE ROBERTS one nice thing about early posting of the fixed date for Ontario’s upcoming election (October 6, don’t you know?) is that the delay offers
lots of time to dump stupidities without too many people noticing. The NDP would be smart to use the head start to bury their promise to
phase out the harmonized sales tax on car fuel, home heating and electricity. The small change at stake – less than $10 a week for a typical car-owning family in a poorly insulated home, by my calculations – is too paltry to inspire hope in the electorate that an NDP government would introduce meaningful change. But it’s also too high-profile to ignore the way it suggests the NDP is wandering from it’s commitment to equity, environment and positive government. Released late in June, the NDP platform, Change That Puts People First, starts by saying Ontario’s sluggish economic recovery is squeezing families, “especially middle-income families.” This identification of the MVD (most valued demographic) to receive party favours will surprise many in social and public health movements, who usually see the NDP as prioritizing the needs of lower-income working people and the poor. Both have actually suffered more grievously, absolutely and relatively, than middle-income earners in the recession and in recent years. The only difference is that mid-earners have become an easily triggered voting bloc, a fact that’s proving just too tempting for political strategists of all parties. In the NDP plan, Ontario residents would pay $1 billion less in energy taxes by 2015. Since the tax cut isn’t
targeted, that annual billion-dollar windfall would apply equally to rich and poor – with one difference. The rich plug in more appliances, fill more tanks of oversized SUVs and heat more spacious and luxurious homes, and therefore would bag a bigger tax cut than the middle class. By contrast, the NDP pledge to freeze public transit fares and top up public transit operating costs – matters of greatest relevance to those facing inequity in travel costs and transit subsidies – gets budgeted little more than a third, $375 million, of the money lost to taxes on energy consumption. The “you deserve a tax break today” approach to government bor rows too much from ultra- conservative theory and practice. Traditionally, New Democrats identified a positive role for government, doing things for communities that individuals can’t do alone, like pooling the costs of health care, using public purchasing to encourage local sustainable farming or installing energy conservation equipment in seniors’ homes to reduce their energy bills. Government by tax cut reduces the power of government to fund programs in the public interest. Yet NDP tax cutters claim that an NDP government will be able to cap fuel prices set by the biggest companies in the world. Realistically, oil prices will only be capped when demand shrinks significantly thanks to either
conservation or renewable fuels. Energy tax cuts give no break whatsoever to those who conserve, and no premium to those who use renewable fuels. In this way, they indirectly support the high demand that keeps prices up. Pure pipe dream is the NDP promise to make up for revenue lost from energy tax cuts by blocking a Conservative and Liberal tax cut for corporations. Given the vulnerability of the Ontario economy, this would be unrealistically brave. If the party spends so much energy pandering to middle-class angst, how is it going to take on global corporations? In their dreams. One green advocate working for the government ranted at me recently that there’s a green energy revolution going on to promote conservation and renewables, “and the NDP is not on side.” The fact is, pollution reduction is a sure path to job creation. This is crystal clear in Ontario, where coal is imported from the U.S. and oil and uranium from outside the province. Why would the NDP give a tax break to imported job killers while imposing full taxes on energy conservation that creates homegrown jobs? Owning up to an obvious mistake may be momentarily embarrassing, but it would be easier to take than the humiliation from failing to make a correction. My advice to Andrea Horwath: time for a rethink. 3 news@nowtoronto.com
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A few tools to make summer trips smoother By nowtoronto.com editor JOSHUA ERRETT Once upon a time, travelling was probably a romantic, glamorous activity. Clinking champagne glasses in first class and all. Anyone who’s set foot in an airport recently knows this is not the case any more. Travelling is one security check away from unbearable. To help us through to the departure gate, there’s technology. In the iTunes App store, there are currently 4,678 iPad apps and a whopping 21,864 iPhone apps dedicated to a smoother trip. That’s more travel apps than news and social media apps combined. (In case you’re counting, in the Android Market there about 1,200 travelthemed apps compared to less than 1,000 news apps.) And that’s not even including websites. The fact of the matter is, none of these will ever solve any of the world’s mobility problems. The conspiracy theorist in me believes there
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is a cure for the hassles of travel: the all-encompassing, user-focused travel tool. But if it’s released, all the lucrative sites, apps and deal-finders will be obsolete. With that in mind, here are my
favourite tools. For flight and hotel, nothing beats HipMunk. Built by the brains behind Reddit, HipMunk makes good on its claim to “take the agony out of travel.” (It’s sort of unclear which “agony” they’re referring to, but in fact it’s a search parameter that takes out stopovers.) HipMunk is powerful because it doesn’t just aggregate Expedia, Orbitz and all the rest of the early dot-com travel agencies. It pulls from airlines, which you can simply go to and book your ticket, no third-party sign-up required. It also doesn’t sell you any ungodly packages, which inevitably include a casino or a Hard Rock Café. If packages make things easier, LivingSocial’s Escapes version of the travel package is decent. LivingSocial is one of those group-buy sites typically associated with electrolysis and spa deals, but here there are genuinely interesting travel destinations across North
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somewhere in North America – try Eat Street, the Food Network’s Canadian-made street food finder. Taco trucks, grilled cheeses and all kinds of other finds in every city make for cheap tourist-trap-proof grub on the road. Besides eating, tourism usually involves a taxi ride or two. For that, download Taxi Magic, which grabs the nearest cab to you. All this goes a long way toward easier trips, but it’s still very far from fixing travel. Where to next? joshuae@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/joshuaerrett
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When you’re addicted to the planet Are plastic sandals leaching chemicals into my feet?
If I had to have just one pair of shoes for the rest of my life, I’d pick flipflops. Of course, that would necessitate a change in fall/winter/spring address and inevitable podiatrist visits, but a girl has a right to unworkable fantasies. And I don’t think I’m alone in finding the ultimate symbol of summer liberation not in a far-flung cottage or polluting jet skis, but in simple slipon sandals. Too bad your feet are probably yelling back, particularly if you’re wearing plastic. It seems plastic sandals and rubber clogs may not be as benign as they seem. A 2009 report by the Danish Environmental Protection Agency found wearing them with bare feet is definitely a bad idea. The study, which looked at exposure of two-year-olds to chemical substances in all sorts of consumer products, discovered four types of phthalates in a variety of children’s rubber/plastic footwear (DBP, DIBP, DEHP and BBP). The report concludes: exposures to “a high content of an endocrine-disruptor, such as that of DBP in rubber clogs, may result in a critical risk for the two-year-old.” A follow-up investigation released in 2010 tested 60 kids’ and adults’ sandals/clogs made of plastic and “foam” (i.e. vulcanized rubber or
“cross-linked” plastic). Without naming brands, it reports that most of the sandals contained one or more phthalates, and in particular “the majority” of plastic straps and soles in kids shoes contained anywhere from 10 to 46 per cent phthalates. On the bright side, it notes that kids’ shoes seemed to have fewer of them than adult shoes. Still, the overall conclusion is disturbing: phthalates leaching from such sandals are a “significant” source of reproductive toxins for consumers wearing them barefoot. And by the way, the leaching increases if you’ve got sunscreen or lotion on your feet. The feds here in Canada are restricting the DEHP, DBP and four other phthalates in kids’ toys and some childcare items, but shoes, unfortunately, aren’t affected by the ban. Health Canada’s perspective on phthalates is that they’re mostly a concern if they’re being sucked on by young children. Clearly, Denmark disagrees. In May, the Danish enviro minister announced plans to ban several phthalates from all items that come in direct contact with all consumers or are just plain destined for indoor use (e.g. vinyl flooring). Best to stay one step ahead and stick to sandals that aren’t made of softened mystery plastics. Crocs
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Plastic flip-flops are the ultimate symbol of summer. Too bad they’re full of reproductive toxins.
By ADRIA VASIL won’t tell us what their shoes are made of, just that they’re a “cross-link closed-cell resin.” But customer service reps did tell me they’re free of plasticizers such as phthalates, as well as flame retardants. Keen, Teva and iPlay kids’ sandals tell you the parts in contact with bare feet are made of what is widely assumed is safer EVA (also used in baby pacificers). I say “assume” because while the Danish government tested sandals made of EVA and other materials, it never revealed the types of plastic responsible for the leaching. Just that most of the 60 sandals did so. The only plastic sandals recognized to contain high levels of phthalates were made of PVC/vinyl. To avoid the whole petro/plastic scene altogether, look for sandals with fabric, cork or (if you’re not vegan) leather insoles/footbeds. Keep in mind that fake leather is often made of vinyl. You’ll be totally safe with basic Birks or hemp sandals from rawganique.com, but what if you’re looking for something funkier? My funky faves are El Naturalista sandals made of veggie-dyed leather and natural or recycled latex soles (elnaturalista. ca). Think! is the German-made equivalent, with natural tannins from ground bark extracts of plantation trees and mostly cork/natural latex footbeds (carried by Walking on a Cloud stores). For a chunky, cool Canadian-designed shoe, check out Ontario-based Groundhogs. These guys use semivegetable-tanned leathers, natural
latex, recycled rubber and cork soles with coconut and tree resin buttons and buckles (groundhogshoes.com), all with bamboo or leather insoles. Men’s and women’s sandals from Timberland’s Earthkeepers have either leather or EVA insoles with partly recycled rubber outer soles and, depending on the shoe, organic cotton, recycled PET or leather from “environmentally responsible” tan-
neries (timberland.com). Simple Shoes sometimes has basic flip-flopstyle sandals with recycled/natural latex outer soles, all with biodegradable EVA topsoles (simpleshoes.com). Choose one of the above and you should be cruising through summer with happy feet.
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BreAking Muse (Friends of Music Therapy) Performances by Mrs Johnston, the Ascot Royals and Will Conquer. 8 pm. $5. Hideout, 484 Queen W. 647-438-7664. CoMiC vision: lAst CAll (Foundation Fighting Blindness) Evening of comedy with Graham Chittenden, Erica Sigurdson and Arthur Simeon plus dancing. 7 pm. $65. Steam Whistle Brewing, 255 Bremner. ffb.ca. insiDe riDe (support for children and families with cancer) Indoor/outdoor cycling celebration. 11 am-1 pm. Free. Yonge-Dundas Square. Pre-register igtoronto.theinsideride.com. stAMpeDe BreAkfAst (Derek Flores) Variety and improv show w/ the Rumoli Brothers, Chris Gibbs, Megan Fraser and others. 10 pm. $15. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. comedybar.ca. two CoMiCs, one voiCe (comic Bob Smith, suffering from ALS) The comedy of Bob Smith and Eddie Sarfaty performed by Sarfaty plus Smith signing his novel Remembrance Of Things I Forgot. 8 pm. $20-$25. Flying Beaver, 488 Parliament. 647-3476567, pubaret.com.
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the AMAzing BrAin! Exploration of brain functions from the viewpoint of an intuitive healer. 7:30 pm. $25 or pwyc. Alternative Thinking Bookstore, 758 Bathurst. 647-6251711, thetimeoflove.com. BuilDing on the ‘orAnge surge’ Reports on the federal NDP convention and a look ahead to the provincial election with Cathy Crowe and Barry Weisleder. 7 pm. $4 donation. OISE, 252 Bloor W, rm 2-212. ndpsocialists.ca.
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BlACkCreek suMMer MusiC festivAl
Symphonic, pop, opera, Broadway, country, jazz and world music concerts with Placido Domingo, James Taylor, John Fogerty, Diana Krall and others. Various prices. Rexall Centre, 1 Shoreham (Jane S of Steeles, York University campus). blackcreekfestival.com. To Aug 30 the fringe Toronto’s theatre festival features plays by local and international companies selected by lottery. $10, passes $41-$95. Various venues. fringetoronto. com. To Jul 17 rJ’ADore festivAl Musical performances by Medicine Man, eLman and others, an art exhibition by Noah Gano, an art market, fashion, family walks, food and more. Various prices and venues, some events free. jadorefestival.com. To Jul 30 rMosAiC festivAl Multidisciplinary outdoor arts festival featuring films, music by Desi’s Rock, Bollywood dance, fashions, a Nachan ge sari raat dance competition and more. Free. Celebration Square, 300 City Centre, Mississauga. mosaicfest.com. To Jul 10 open roof festivAl Outdoor film and music festival with Canadian and international films and performances by the Darcys, Lynn Miles, Liam Titcomb and others. $15. Amsterdam Brewery, 21 Bathurst. openrooffestival.com. To Sep 1
rAfrofest Music Africa’s outdoor music
and culture festival features performances by Thomas Mapfumo, Femi Abosede & Culture Force, Dizu Plaatjies and others, plus an African marketplace, food and craft vendors, artistic displays, music workshops and activities for youth and children. Free. Queen’s Park. musicafrica.org. Jul 9 to 10 Bite Me! filM festivAl International body image film and arts festival with screenings and talks. $20, stu $15; pass $40, stu $25. NFB Mediatheque, 150 John. bitemefilmfest.com. Jul 8 to 10 CrCAriBBeAn CArnivAl toronto Annual summer celebration of all things Caribbean, featuring calypso and soca music, the King and Queen of the Bands competition, Junior Carnival, live music and the annual parade along the lakeshore. Various prices, many events free. torontocaribbeancarnival.com. Jul 12 to Aug 1 rCorAzon De MexiCo Traditional and contemporary Mexican arts fiesta with performances by Bostich & Fussible, Mariontas de Esquina and others, cuisine and more. Free. Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000, harbourfrontcentre.com. Jul 8 to 10 rinDy toronto World-class auto racing, concerts, exhibits, interactive games, kids’ activities, food and more. $15 and up. Ex-
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Learn about Ontario’s native reptiles. Thursdays and Fridays, 11 am and 1:30 pm. To Sep 2. Free w/ admission. Ontario Science Centre, 770 Don Mills. 416-696-1000.
CoMMitMent to CoMMunity: wArD orgAnizers Meeting Join community leaders
in educating residents on the value of cityfunded programs and services. 7-9 pm. Free. 519 Church Comm Centre. 416-351-0095 ext 256. rCsi: live! A stage performance allows the audience to be witnesses, suspects and CSI recruits. Free w/ admission. Ontario Science Centre, 770 Don Mills. 416-696-1000. hellenistiC sCulpture Art history lecture with art historian Francis Broun. 1 & 6:30 pm. $25, stu/first-timers $10. Women’s Art Assoc, 23 Prince Arthur. 647-343-1411.
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hibition Place. hondaindytoronto.com. Jul 8 to 10 rsAlsA on st ClAir Latin-themed street festival with music, dance, food and more. Free. St Clair West between Christie and Winona. tlntv.com/salsa. Jul 9 to 10 suMMerliCious Restaurants throughout the city offer special 3-course prix-fixe menus. Lunch $15-$25, dinner $25-$45. toronto.ca/special_events. Jul 8 to 24
rAfriCAn Arts & Culture festivAl An African savannah, performances, visual art and African vendors. Free w/ admission.
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thAt’s so gAy: the new Queer Opening re-
production. 7 pm. $15. NFB Mediatheque, 150 John. Pre-register transitiontoronto. ning.com. huBBle, BuBBle, Boil & trouBle Observing session and lecture w/ Elizabeth HarperClark. 9:10 pm. Free. McLennan Physical Labs, 60 St George. astro.utoronto.ca. living without religion Discussion on living a positive life free of guilt, fear and shame. 7 pm. Free. Centre for Inquiry, 216 Beverley. cficanada.ca/ontario/events. MeDitAtion Introductory class. 7 pm. Free. Eastminster United Church, 310 Danforth. 416-538-0006, meditationtoronto.com. strong BoDies, strong MinDs Health workshops in Mandarin about bone health, fall prevention and houseplants. 9:30 am. Bridlewood Library, 2900 Warden. 416-3968960.
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ception with works by Sholem Krishtalka, Fastwurms and Team Macho. Jun 24, 7-10 pm. To Jul 10. No cover. Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen W. gladstonehotel.com.
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itiative and Canadian Urban Institute present a seminar on electoral reform. 7:30 am. $40. Metro Hall, 55 John. Pre-register canurb.org.
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Friday, July 8
Benefits
ADopt-A-thon (Toronto Animal Svs) Adopt a homeless cat, dog, rat, hamster or rabbit. Today noon-4 pm; tomorrow 10 am-6 pm; Jul 10, 11 am-5 pm. Adoption fee. Kennel Cafe, 295 Roncesvalles. friendlyfeathers. blogspot.com.
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free friDAy (Make-a-Wish Canada) Access to Indy grandstands and IZOD IndyCar Paddock. By donation. Exhibition Place, 200 Princes’ Blvd. hondaindytoronto.com. speCtACle to fight CAnCer Music, dance, improv and more with Odd Opera, Jasmyn Fyffe and others. 8:30 pm. $12, adv $10. El Mocambo, 464 Spadina. 647-836-4132.
show their skills. 2 pm. Free. Ontario Place, 955 Lake Shore W. 416-314-9900. Distillery Art MArket Outdoor market of artists, carftspeople and food artisans plus Artscape studio tours. Fri to Sun. 11 am-6 pm. Free. 55 Mill. torontoartscape.on.ca. rDog show Canine walk-off. 11 am, 12:30 and 2 pm. Today and tomorrow. Free. Ontario Place, 955 Lake Shore W. 416-314-9900.
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The knitting community meets the women’s movement at Knitalong, an all-day funder for Sistering, the indispensable organization serving homeless, marginalized and lowincome women. Knitters contribute $10 for the opportunity to gather and travel via TTC to knitting shops for some yarn-tasting and shopping on Saturday (July 9), 11 am to 7 pm. Pre-register at ttcknitalong. blogspot.com.
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With Ford’s exec ready to balance the budget not by increasing taxes (which would be logical) but by chopping services, a group called Commitment to Community is stepping up its ward-by-ward organizing efforts. Come learn how to lobby rExtrEmE WakE SEriES Wakeboarding show. 2:30, 4:30 and 6:30 pm. Today, tomorrow, Jul 10, Jul 12 and Jul 13. $16.90, srs/ child under five $11.19, three and under free. Ontario Place, 955 Lake Shore W. 416314-9900. rForEnSic FridayS Investigators share how science helps them solve crimes. Fri afternoons. Free w/ admission. Ontario Science Centre, 770 Don Mills. 416-696-1000. rLivE LocaL markEtpLacE An outdoor stage, movie screening, art, kids’ activities, food and more. 6 pm. Free. Scadding Court Community Centre, 707 Dundas W. scaddingcourt.org. rStar party Telescope viewing, games, a lecture by Michael Reid, a film and more outside the main entrance. 8-11 pm. Free. Ontario Science Centre, 770 Don Mills. 416696-1000. toronto outdoor art Exhibition Painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, ceramics, glass art, jewellery and more from 500+ artists plus artist talks. Today and tomorrow 10:30 am-7:30 pm; Jul 10, 10:30 am-6:30 pm. Free. Nathan Phillips Square, Queen and Bay. torontooutdoorart.org. WatEr, poWEr & GovErnancE Lecture on collaborative water governance by Marie Claire Brisbois. 7 pm. $5. Centre for Inquiry, 216 Beverley. cficanada.ca/ontario/events.
Saturday, July 9
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thE GrEat ttc knitaLonG (Sistering) Knit-
ters get around via TTC visiting knitting stores, yarn tasting and shopping. 11 am-7 pm. $10. Pre-register ttcknitalong.blogspot. com. hEatWavE bEach voLLEybaLL (SickKids Fdn) Two days of corporate team volleyball games and more to help find a cure for childhood cancer. 9 am-5 pm. Today and to-
mushy-middle councillors and educate residents on the threat to the fabric of our city if the right whittles down our responsibilities to each other. Today (Thursday, July 7), 7 pm. Free. 519 Church Community Centre. 416-351-0095 ext 256.
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Get to know the secrets of Toronto’s back alleys, the amazing graffiti (find out why the Fordist attack on it sucks), laneway homes and all our architectural oddities and treasures. Join a bike or walking tour of TrinityBellwoods, Little Italy, Queen West and Little Portugal and get your laneway consciousness lifted by learning to appreciate the chaos and diversity of city life. Sunday (July 10) at 11 am for bikes and 1 pm for walking. Free. graemeparry.com. morrow. Pledges, spectating free. Ashbridges Bay, foot of Coxwell. 416-237-0123.
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drop-in diy bikE rEpair Bring your bike and they’ll provide the space and tools. Pwyc plus parts (sugg $7/hr). Evergreen at the Brick Works, 550 Bayview. ebw.evergreen. ca. EtobicokE FarmErS markEt Saturdays to Nov. 8 am-2 pm. Etobicoke Civic Centre, 399 the West Mall. toronto.ca. rhorS d’oEuvrE cat ShoW Show of purebred prize cats. 11 am-5 pm. Free. PawsWays, 245 Queens Quay W. pawsway. ca. mEEt thE prESSES Indie literary market. Noon-5 pm. Free. Clinton’s, 693 Bloor W. meetthepresses.wordpress.com. north St LaWrEncE markEt FarmErS markEt 5 am-5 pm. North St Lawrence Market, 92 Front E. stlawrencemarket.com.
SmythE park: thE EvoLution oF a crEEk vaLLEy Heritage Toronto walking tour. 1:30
pm. Free. Jane and Alliance btwn St Clair and Eglinton. 416-338-1338. SummEr WEEkEnd markEt Jewellery, vintage clothing, tarot card readings and more, 10 am-6 pm. Free. 1273 Queen W, at Elm Grove. madeyoulook.ca. rtELEtoon dayS Meet Scooby Doo, Bugs Bunny and more. Today and tomorrow 10 am-4 pm. Free w/ admission. Toronto Zoo, Meadowvale N of 401. 416-392-5929. toronto SaLSa practicE No lesson, beginners to pros, no partner required. 3:30-5:30 or 5:30-8 pm. $5. Trinity-St. Paul’s Church, 427 Bloor W. torontosalsapractice.com. toronto WhirLinG dErviShES Seminar on Sufi mindfulness in action and remembrance of the heart. 10 am-5 pm. By donation. U of T’s Multifaith Centre, 569 Spadina. 416-533-3505.
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basic course for women and girls age 10 and up. Today and tomorrow 9:30 am-5 pm. $100. Esplanade area, Parliament and Front. Pre-register 416-289-3129. WithroW Park farmers market Saturdays through the fall. 9 am-1 pm. Withrow Park, S of Danforth at Logan. withrowpark. ca.
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Cat and Denise Benson spin for the Cherry Beach party. 3 to 11 pm. $5 donation. Foot of Cherry by the Old Hydro Plant Smokestacks. an enchanteD evening Group meditation, live music and a vegetarian meal. 6-8 pm. Free w/donation for meal. Trinity-St Paul’s Church, 427 Bloor W. 416-539-0234.
green roof WorkshoP anD installation
Learn about green roofs and watch as one is installed. 11 am-1 pm. Free. Ben Nobleman Park Community Orchard, Eglinton W at Everden (across from Eglinton West subway). communityorchard.ca.
investing in chilD health to transform gloBal health International Health Eco-
Mexican culture in all its vibrancy! HIGHLIGHTS Nortec Collective Presents: Bostich & Fusssible A musical fusion of tradition and techno Tequila & Mescal Tastings Experts explore the taste and history Marionetas de la Esquina Incredible Mexican puppetry
nomic Assoc Conference with presentations by Lisa Gold and others. 1-5 pm. $50-$100, stu free. Sheraton Centre, 123 Queen W. Pre-register childhealth2011.abstractbook. org.
laneWay tours – trinity-BellWooDs, little italy, Queen West Bike tour (11 am) and
walking tour (1 pm). Free. Queen W and Bathurst area. info@graemeparry.com. more than metal Sale and trunk show of artisan jewellery. 11 am-4 pm. Free. Women’s Art Association Gallery, 23 Prince Arthur. morethanmetalshow.com. PoP his rocket All-genders workshop. 5:307:30 pm. $35 sliding scale. Come as You Are, 701 Queen W. Pre-register 416-504-7934. sunDay antiQue market An outdoor market with vintage jewellery, Victorian sterling, furniture, architectural salvage and more. Every Sun. Dawn to 5 pm. Free. St Lawrence Market, 92 Front E. sundayantiquemarket.com. thistletoWn Heritage Toronto walking tour. 1:30 pm. Free. Thistletown Multi-Service Centre, 925 Albion. 416-338-1338.
toronto islanD family fishing festival
Games, face painting and lots of fishing. 10:30 am-2:30 pm. Free. Toronto Island. Whisky, Wharf & WinDmill Guided ROM walk. 2 pm. Free. King and Trinity. rom.on.ca. Women anD 18th-century Botany Ulyssean Soc lecture. 2 pm. Free. Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil. ulyssean.on.ca.
Monday, July 11
Events
art & nature of Being sexy All-genders
workshop. 7:30-9:30 pm. $35 sliding scale. Come as You Are, 701 Queen W. Pre-register 416-504-7934, comeasyouare.com. caregiver Discussion grouP Support group for people caring for an elderly parent, spouse or relative. Free. Family Svs Toronto, 355 Church. Pre-register 416-5959618. DraWing from the moDel Life drawing session, no instruction. 6:30-9 pm. $5. Ralph Thornton Centre, 765 Queen E. 416-3926810. introDuctory meDitation Class. Free. College/Shaw Library, 766 College. 416-5380006. love ‘em or hate ‘em Lars Von Trier is the first subject in a four-part lecture series by Adam Nayman about controversial directors. 7-9 pm. $12, stu $6. Miles Nadal JCC, 750 Spadina. 416-924-6211 ext 606, mnjcc.org. rmagic Pony suPer camP Kids 11 to 14 create their own superhero at a week-long artist-run day camp. $400, adv $350. Magic Pony, 680 Queen W. Pre-register magic-pony.com. sorauren Park farmers market 3-7 pm. Sorauren S of Dundas. westendfood.coop. sounD as art New Adventures in Sound Art summer camp for youth 13 to 18, on working with sound, radio, electronics and performance. To Jul 15. 9 am-3 pm. $75. NAISA Space #252, 601 Christie. Pre-register naisa. ca/. youth fooD Policy council Meeting to discuss urban agriculture, farmland preservation, food literacy and hunger. 6 m. Free. Metro Hall, rm 308, 55 John. tyfpc.ca.
Tuesday, July 12
Events
the art of the female orgasm All-genders
workshop. 7:30-9:30 pm. $35 sliding scale. Come as You Are, 701 Queen W. Pre-register 416-504-7934, comeasyouare.com. canning straWBerries Workshop. 6-9 pm. $50. Parkdale Neighbourhood Church, 201 Cowan. Pre-register westendfood.coop.
CrcariBBean carnival toronto launch Free. David Pecaut Square, behind
Metro Hall (55 John). torontocaribbeancarnival.com. Dirty Dancing Outdoor film screening. Dusk. Free. Yonge-Dundas Square. ydsquare. ca. east york farmers market 9 am-2 pm. East York Civic Centre, 850 Coxwell. tfm.ca. memoir Writing for seniors Share, discuss and write. 1 pm. Free. Cliffrest Library, 3017 Kingston. 416-396-8916. 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. Preregister 416-535-8501 ext 2189.
sickkiDs farmers market 9 am-2 pm. Sick-
Kids Hospital, 555 University. my-market.ca.
toP-DoWn localism David Tittle discusses
English planning laws. 6 pm. Free. Urbanspace, 401 Richmond W, 1st fl. cityecology.net. trinity BellWooDs farmers market 3-7 pm. Dundas btwn Shaw and Crawford. tbfm.ca.
Wednesday, July 13
Events
amP it uP: imaginative Ways to keeP sParks flying in your sex Play All-genders workshop. 7:30-9:30 pm. $35 sliding scale. Come as You Are, 701 Queen W. Pre-register 416-504-7934, comeasyouare.com. city hall farmers market Wednesdays. 8 am-2 pm. Nathan Phillips Square, Queen and Bay. toronto.ca/special_events/wednesdays.
heart of toronto: BuilDers of the city Guided ROM walk. 6 pm. New City Hall, Queen and Bay. rom.on.ca.
hyPeractive Dreamers: creative or aDhD?! Presentation by Marko Ferek. 6-7:30
pm. Free. Metropolitan Community Church, 115 Simpson. hyperactivedreamers.com. Pleasing the Pharaoh PePi ii Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities lecture with the ROM’s Zoe McQuinn. 7 pm. $5. 5 Bancroft, rm 142. 647-520-4339, thessea.org. the PoWer of maPPing Harvey Low discusses a new web tool. 6 pm. Free. Urbanspace, 401 Richmond W, 1st fl. cityecology.net. the umBrellas of cherBourg Outdoor film screening. 9 pm. Free. David Pecaut Square (behind Metro Hall), 55 John. tiff.net. rWalk With WilDlife Learn about critters in your area. 6:30-8 pm. Free. Cedarbrook Community Centre, 91 Eastpark. trca.on.ca.
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Benefits
art fights hunger (Daily Bread Food Bank) Performances by Peter the Apostle, Trevor James, Ages and Lee Serviss. 8 pm. $10. El Mocambo, 464 Spadina. 416-777-1777.
Events
art anD architecture in rome Art history
lecture with art historian Francis Broun. 1 & 6:30 pm. $25, stu/first-timers $10. Women’s Art Assoc, 23 Prince Arthur. 647-343-1411. Best in shoW Outdoor film screening. Dusk. Free. Riverdale Park E, 550 Broadview. moviesinthepark.wordpress.com. Ccarnival art An exhibition of Caribbean art opens today and runs to Jul 31. Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park. 416-5868000, torontocaribbeancarnival.com. herBal remeDies WorkshoP Learn to ID and use medicinal plants. 6-8 pm. $20 sliding scale. Eglinton Park Community Centre, 200 Eglinton W. torontogreen.ca. 3
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ortolan’s damon clements and Daniel Usher consider themselves purveyors of fine taste. To prove their claim, the two former chefs de cuisine – Clements most recently at Delux, Usher at Pizzeria Libretto – launched a pint-sized bistro in Bloordale last April. “We’ve spent a lot of time drinking wine on each other’s back porches,” explains Clements. “We’ve spent
freshdish Rhino’s seeks downtown site When Darryl Koster of Buster Rhino’s (7-2001 Thickson Road South, at Wentworth, 905-4366986, busterrhinos.com) rib pit in Whitby placed near the top of NOW’s ultimate BBQ smackdown last summer, he made no secret of the fact that he had his eye on opening a full-service resto somewhat closer to the downtown core in the not too distant future. Now
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enough time working for other people. Now’s the time to do it for ourselves.” Ortolan has been worth the wait. All of 26 seats (eight of them at the bar), the claustrophobic space seems packed even when there are only six customers and two more-than-affable servers in the joint, one of them ex-Brockton General chef Guy Rawlings. From the large chalkboard menu that looms over the room, we start our light summer supper with pâtélike rabbit rillettes spread on chewy slices of Thuet baguette, a handful of mild Taggiasche olives on the side. A half-dozen grilled green onions – and one organic purple spring onion – come with a bowl of garlicky Catalan almond chili sauce (both $8), while a surprisingly tasty red radish and kohlrabi salad ($7) in lemony cumin
yogurt dressing gets finished with freshly snipped dill and slivered scallion tops. Polishing off the last of our housemade rhubarb sodas ($3), we move on to the shareable mains. Clements and Usher hop on the rustic Italian bandwagon with beautifully executed gnocchi in a rich mascarpone cream thick with foraged Hen-of-the-Woods mushrooms and a final shaving of parmigiano ($14). Yes, it’s half the size of a plate of something similar at Sugo, but for the same price it packs twice the wallop. A good 8 ounces of gorgeously rare skirt steak ($18) arrives pre-sliced in a pool of spicy house-made harissa and piled with wilted ribbons of raw celery stalk marinated in olive oil. We side the bordering-on-sweet beef with a tasty stir-fried side of bitter dandelion greens, pine nuts and
that he’s officially announced his expansion into hog-wild Hogtown, he still hasn’t said where or when. Some suggest Kensington Market and Leslieville are contenders for the ’cue. “We have a huge cheering section of customers all screaming for their neighbourhood,” says Koster. What are the must-haves? “An existing liquor licence is top of my list,” says Koster, “and a patio would be awesome, though finding one isn’t easy. I’d be grateful if you know or hear of places that are available.”
Contact Koster at info@busterrhinos.com.
Pop-up stops The Drake BBQ (1150 Queen West, at Beaconsfield, 416-531-5042, thedrakehotel.ca) pulled its last South Carolina-style Perth County smoked pork shoulder sandwich on Saturday (July 2). It was never intended to be a permanent venture, but the late-night pop-up op will be greatly missed, especially after last call. Chef Anthony Rose now turns his
raisins ($7) in yet more olive oil and garlic. They say the perfect panna cotta wobbles like a woman’s breast. If so, Ortolan’s lavender-scented custard confection strewn with stewed strawberries ($8, all tax-inclusive) is an unqualified success, seeing as it jiggles like one of Simon Cowell’s manboobs. Now for the bad news. Ortolan
doesn’t have air-conditioning, so if the temperature’s soaring outside, it’s a Swedish sauna in here. And they don’t take reservations, so scoring even a two-top on a slow Tuesday night without a wait on the sidewalk is a bit of a gamble. But for a meal of this quality for less than 75 bucks a couple (not including drinks), it’s a risk many will be willing to take. 3
gaze to a summer series of themed suppers the trendy boutique hotel has dubbed The Dining Roadshow – first stop, Summer School Dining Hall. Think kitschy classroom decor, servers in school uniforms and dinner dished up on cafeteria trays. Sound familiar? “I give them F+ for originality,” quips nearby School’s (70 Fraser, at Liberty, 416-588-0005, schooltoronto.com) principal principal, Brad Moore, whose Liberty Village all-day brunch spot also sports an academically inspired motif. “And A+ for lameness.”
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25 Dockside, at Queens Quay E, 647344-1562, atgurbantavern.ca. With rare exceptions, dining by the lake is strictly for tourists. But this swanky resto lounge – ahem, gastropub – at the foot of Jarvis next to Sugar Beach breaks that rule with a spectacular patio on the water and a moderately priced nouveau comfort food card that even locals can appreciate. Best: to share, pulled pork tacos dressed with smoked Gouda, watermelon salsa and avocado crème fraîche; mains like pan-seared duck breast glazed with Frambozenbier over marinated mushrooms and organic mesclun dressed with amaranth sprouts and five-spiced wonton wrapper; thincrusted Libretto-style pizza topped with prosciutto, Gorgonzola and arugula; 8-ounce Ontario Angus burgers finished with beer-braised short ribs, blue cheese, house-smoked bacon and onion rings; for dessert, banana cream pie. Complete dinners for $50 per person (lunches $35/brunches $30), including tax, tip and a pint. Average main $20/$15/$12. Open for dinner Saturday 5 pm to 1 am. Reservations accepted. Licensed. Rating: NNNz 3
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While events like this weekend’s Toronto Outdoor Art Fair (torontooutdoorart.org) temporarily fill spots like Nathan Phillips Square with canvases, sculpture and snaps, artist Daniel Cohen has been craving a permanent home for creative work outside the gallery system. So he’s created the yearround Arts Market, opening Saturday (July 9) in Leslieville. The communal retail space features the work of 30 artists, designers and craftspeople including Corey Smith, Vicki Kavaitri and Boris Melev (pictured), with pieces priced between $5 and $700. 1114 Queen East, 647-997-7616, artsmarket.ca. 3
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West, 416-534-7467,shopgirls.ca) and $1-aminute massages from the Well of Alternative Medicine (1344 Queen West, 647-344-9355, thewellofam.com). For foodies, the Rustic Cosmo Café (1278 Queen West, 416-531-4924) and its homemade jam are on hand, and Café Taste (1330 Queen West, 416-536-7748, cafetaste.ca) offers locally sourced cheeses. The market runs from 10 am to 6 pm.
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Across town on King East, Fiber Living (58 Berkeley, 416-628-9966, fiberliving.com) has opened its doors. The new decor spot sells furniture and accessories including its in-house Viva Designs collection of indoor and outdoor pieces. There’s also lighting by Slide Design, Magnificô Innovation fireplaces, Capel carpets and Fatboy’s oversized beanbag chairs.
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There’s a rack of vintage clothing in colourful geometric prints standing behind a cutting table at the back of new Queen and Parliament decor shop Free My Interior. On a person, the retro frocks and flowing blouses might read “fashion victim,” but sliced, diced and accessorized into covers for the store’s signature line of cushions, they take on a clever new look. Owners Aaron Furfaro and Zina Nelku spent four years stitching up pillows, upholstering headboards and refinishing found furniture for their design clients before realizing the projects would work well in retail, too. After stumbling
upon a storefront while hunting for a new studio, they decided to open the shop on evenings and weekends. In addition to upcycled buys, the store also displays a rotating selection of paintings and photography by local artists. Free My Interior picks: A pleated, butter-yellow silk dress becomes a chic throw cushion cinched with a thin black belt, $70; the duo also create a collection of light fixtures, including a black drum shade draped in fine silver chain, $240; the price is right on an irregularly shaped solid walnut coffee table inset with smoked glass, $350. Look for: Ask-a-designer days, when Furfaro and Nelku dish out free interior advice. Summer dates will be posted on the store’s website. Hours: Wednesday to Friday 4:30 pm to 9 pm, Saturday 10 am to 7 pm, Sunday 11 am to 6 pm. 3
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Aries Mar 21 | Apr 19 It’s my observa-
tion that women find it easier than men to tune into their natural rhythms. The menstrual cycle helps cultivate that ability. We men experience less dramatic physical shifts, and that seems to give us licence to override messages from our bodies for the sake of ambition, laziness or convenience. Having acknowledged that, I must say that I know men who are highly sensitive and responsive to somatic cues, and women who aren’t. Whatever gender you are, I believe that in the coming weeks it’s cru-
cial for you to be acutely aware of what’s going on inside your beloved flesh-and-blood vehicle. This is one time when you need to be intimately aligned with its needs.
TAurus Apr 20 | May 20 One of the
greatest kings of the ancient Persian Sassanid Empire was Shapur II (309379). Shortly after his father died, he was made king while still in his mother’s womb. Since he could not yet wear his crown, officials set it upon his mother’s pregnant belly. He ruled from then
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until the day he died, 70 years later. I’m naming him your patron saint for the second half of 2011, Taurus. My sense is that the seed of some great accomplishment is already germinating within you. It may take a while to be fully born, but I suggest we consecrate its bright future now.
GeMini May 21 | Jun 20 I’ve got no problem with the real world. I spend a lot of time there, enjoy its chewy riddles and take it quite seriously. But I also consider myself a militant lobbyist for all the Other Worlds – the domain of everything that’s invisible to the naked eye and irrelevant to the schemes of the rational ego. These alternate realities consist of the unconscious, the dreamtime, the spiritual sphere, the intelligence of nature and the realm of the ancestors. In my astrological opinion, you’re due for a major upgrade in your relationship with these dimensions in the next 12 months. Now would be a good time to get started. CAnCer Jun 21 | Jul 22 While listening
to the sound collage radio program Over The Edge on KPFA, I learned that a new primary colour has been detected. Quite different from red, yellow, or blue, it has its own distinct hue that’s impossible to describe. You really have to see it to appreciate its essence. The discoverer of this marvel is Dr. Wohan Squant, who has named the colour “squant.” (Full details here: bit.ly/ Squant.) I wish I could predict that you’re about to create or find something equally revolutionary, Cancerian, but I can’t go quite that far. Nevertheless, you’ve entered a phase when you have the power to tinker with and even transform fundamental laws of your universe. So who knows? Maybe you’re on the verge of a shift almost as revolu-
tionary as the discovery of squant.
Leo Jul 23 | Aug 22 Are you feeling the
sting of disappointment, railing at life for reneging on one of its promises to you? Are you in the throes of unleashing a great accusation, suffering the twisty ache that comes from having your pet theories disproved? Maybe you should consider the possibility that you are simply getting an opportunity to correct a misunderstanding – that life isn’t being mean to you and you’re not being punished. I’d like to propose that you are, in fact, in the first phase of your healing. Listen to Bengali writer Rabindranath Tagore: “We read the world wrong and say that it deceives us.”
VirGo Aug 23 | sep 22 “The more one
dwells on oneself,” says psychoanalyst Adam Phillips in his book Going Sane, “the more one is likely to suffer.” He thinks people need encouragement to avoid excessive introspection. “My project as a psychoanalyst,” he writes, “is to free them to not have to think about their lives so much.” While I feel he overstates the case, I do suspect his message would be good for you to heed in the coming weeks. For maximum success and robust mental health, take a generous portion of your attention off yourself and focus it on living your life with compassion, curiosity and concern for others.
LibrA sep 23 | oct 22“One must choose
in life between boredom and suffering,” proclaimed author Madame de Staël (1766-1817). I beg to differ with her, however. As evidence, I present the by rating, price course of yourSearch life during the next few weeks. After analyzing the astrological neighbourhood, genre, omens, I expect you will review andconsistently more! steer a middle course between boredom and suffering, being able to enjoy some interesting departures from the routine that don’t hurt a bit. There may even be pain-free excursions into high adventure mixed in, along with a fascinating riddle that taxes your imagination innowtoronto.com/food rather pleasurable ways.
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always needful for truth to take a definite shape,” wrote Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. “It is enough if it hovers about us like a spirit and produces harmony; if it is wafted through the air like the sound of a bell, grave and kindly.” With this quote, I’m alerting you to the fact that a new truth is now floating into your world, Sagittarius. It’ll be misty and sparkly, yet somehow also decisive and lucid. It will comfort you and yours but also be a bit shocking. It will be sharply tonic, like good, strong medicine that has a pungent yet oddly delicious flavour you’ve never tasted before.
CApriCorn Dec 22 | Jan 19 If there
were a useful website with the domain name AmIAGoodPersonOrNot.com, I would advise you to go check it out. The same is true if there were websites like AmIAuthenticOrNot.com, AmIYummyOrNot.com, AmIEnlightenedOrNot.com, or AmIAGorgeousGeniusOrNot.com. What I’m trying to tell you, Capricorn, is that this would be an excellent time for you to find out more about yourself from objective sources – or any other kind of sources, for that matter. Solicit feedback, my beautiful darling. Ask for updates on how you’re doing.
AquArius Jan 20 | Feb 18 Ninety-six
per cent of all adults say they would change something about their appearance if they could. That statistic is one factor that leads philosopher Jonathan Zap to make this observation: “Suffering associated with body image has reached such epidemic proportions in our culture that it must be counted as one of the greatest spiritual plagues ever to be visited upon mankind.” That’s the bad news, Aquarius. The good news is that the coming months will be an excellent time for learning to be at more peace with how you look. I invite you to formulate a three-point plan that will help you come to a perspective in which you will love your body exactly the way it is.
pisCes Feb 19| Mar 20 On her website Reuniting.info, Marnia Robinson reported on a discovery she made that may sCorpio oct 23 | nov 21 I accompanied be useful to you. Wandering around a a friend and his family to a small faircounty fair, she went to a reptile exhibit ground where a local school was having where she encountered an animal traina fundraiser. There were rides and er who had an alligator resting serenely games for younger kids. Right away we on his lap. She asked him why the creacame to a challenging activity that inture was so well-behaved. “I pet it daily,” volved climbing a ladder made out of he said. “If I didn’t, it would quickly be rubber and coated with some slippery wild again, and wouldn’t allow this.” substance. One girl, about seven years Apply that lesson in your own life, Pisces. old, was having a moment of rowdy Bestow regular tenderness and loving bliss as she tried to ascend. “It’s impostouch to the feral, untamed, primitive sible – but fun!” she cried out to her influences in your life – including any mom. Your assignment in the coming Online RestauRant guide that may nowtoronto.com/food reside within you. week is to find an adventure like that: one that’s impossible but fun. Homework: Say “I love you” at least 15 times a day
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the scene Shows that rocked Toronto last week SADE at the Air Canada Tuesday, June 28. ñCentre,
Rating: NNNN Sade is so ageless it’s almost creepy. Not only does the 52-year-old singer look as stunning as she did in 1984, but her voice is unchanged and her minimalist ice-queen R&B stylings barely deviate from the original blueprint. Usually it’s a bad sign when an artist shows so little interest in changing up her sound and image, but in Sade’s case we wouldn’t have it any other way. The main reason she and her large band can get away with this timecapsule act is because they only record and tour when feeling inspired. That same restraint is what makes Sade’s singing style so distinct. Instead of vocal acrobatics and histrionics, she approaches soul with a reserved, distant attitude, like a regal R&B robot. And yet she commands more attention standing perfectly still and softly crooning than her younger competition manage with fleets of backup dancers and pyrotechnics. BENJAMIN BOLES
MOTLEY CRUE at Molson Amphitheatre, Tuesday, June 28. Rating: NNN Mötley Crüe epitomize glam rock spectacle. Heavy on older tunes, their Molson Amphitheatre set offered sensory overload, with fireworks, background films and nameless strippers-cumbacking-singers hitting the high notes Vince Neil can no longer reach. The L.A. fourpiece looked happy as they plowed through vintage hits like Girls Girls Girls, Live Wire and Looks That Kill. Breaking from the expected, they wove a good chunk of Cee Lo’s Fuck You into the similarly themed Don’t Go Away Mad (Just Go Away) and bookended Smokin’ In The Boys Room with a few bars of Gary Glitter’s Rock And Roll (Part 2). Bassist Nikki Sixx got serious and took a few moments to talk to fans, but drummer Tommy Lee went for the more-is-more approach. His mid-set solo saw him hooked up to a roller coaster track that had him drumming in circles and reaching new levels of JOANNE HUFFA flamboyance.
KATY PERRY at Air Canada Centre, Thursday, June 30.
Rating: NNN On the subway ride home from Katy Perry’s concert, a father giddily showed his elementary-school-age daughter the photos he’d taken of the 26-year-old pop star, whose California Dreams tour packed the Air Canada Centre over two nights. Perry is the pop world equivalent to Robin Williams in an animated Disney movie. As kids marvel at the magic tricks, dangling sausages and whipped-cream-shooting cannons, parents roll their eyes (and wag their tongues) at the innuendo. Enjoying a Katy Perry concert depends largely on one’s ability to stomach her cutesy unctuousness. She’s a natural onstage, singing without the aid of backing tracks, occasionally playing guitar and bantering with young fans. Her backing band kept the arenarock histrionics to a minimum in favour of a girlie electro-pop dance party vibe. The cartoonish act grew thin during the acoustic moments. Perry has a fine sense of camp theatricality, but strip away the eye candy and her angst is KEVIN RITCHIE hardly convincing.
= Critics’ Pick NNNNN = Freakin’ transcendental NNNN = Roof-raising NNN = Some kicks NN = Tedious N = Two hours of my life I’ll never get back
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SOUNDGARDEN at the Molson Amphitheñ atre, Saturday, July 2.
Rating: NNNN Saturday night in Toronto marked a return to active duty for Soundgarden – the band’s first show of their first tour in 14 years. It’d be easy to dismiss the reunion as a nostalgia-fed cash grab, especially on the heels of a widespread 90s revival. But the fact that they’ve reportedly been working on a new album suggests it’s at least partially creatively motivated. Alternating between sludgy, down-tuned stoner metal and slightly more polished radio-grunge, the far-reaching two-hour set showed the band’s still adept at both. Chris Cornell has re-adopted his long-haired 90s look and hasn’t lost his banshee vocal register, while underrated guitar hero Kim Thayil showed off his chops. Judging by the number of vintage Soundgarden T-shirts in the audience, fans have been waiting patiently for this reunion. It didn’t disRICHARD TRAPUNSKI appoint. NOW JULY 7-13 2011
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It’s been almost 10 years since Girl Talk released Secret Diary, an album based on samples that were never cleared or paid for. But unlike other artists who have taken samples without clearance, Gregg Gillis – the man behind the twee band name – has never faced legal action. Today, five albums in and steadily touring, Gillis is on an endless search for material to chop, splice and reconfigure into songs he can call his own. Over the years, he’s moved from artier, more cerebral creations to records that echo the party atmosphere of his live performances. His last two albums, Feed The Animals and 2010’s All Day (Illegal Art), layered samples on top of samples, making it near-impossible to figure out everything you were hearing. “When you’re dealing with other people’s music, it works best when it sounds like a whole,” Gillis says from his home in Pittsburgh. “You’re not thinking, ‘Oh that’s that song and that song and that song.’ There’s no formula for it.” Although making his own songs is his primary interest, a recent publicity event suggested the possibility of making music in a more traditional way. Asked by Pitchfork to provide the beats for Jim Jones to rap over as part of the website’s Selector series, Gillis used beats from soul trio the Honey Cone’s
1971 hit Want Ads as the base for the song now known as Believe In Magic. “It turned into something more than I thought it was going to be,” he says. “I was under the impression that we were gonna go in there, Jim Jones was going to freestyle over it, have a quick interview… 15 minutes in and out. But we showed up and he just kind of took to the beat and we ended up hanging out for six or eight hours. “I’d never been in a traditional studio like that; all the music that I make is in my home studio in my attic or my bedroom. I’m a big fan of Jim Jones, and it was cool to see his creative process, see his entourage, all that.” While the Pitchfork footage shows Jones in an extremely relaxed state, Gillis says Jones worked hard for a long time before enjoying all the refreshments available. That hard work paid off in ways Gillis didn’t anticipate. “Once it was done, that was supposed to be the end of it,” he continues. “Then they hit us up a couple weeks later and said, ‘Oh, we got R&B artist Lloyd to sing the hook on it,’ and they were pushing it on Hot 97 and hip-hop radio. It’s taken on a life of its own. “It started as a press-related, fun little project but turned into more of a songwriting process. I’ve been sampling elements of it at Girl Talk shows, and people have been responding. It’s been an eye-opening experience and it got me excited to do more of that in the future.” 3 music@nowtoronto.com
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URGE OVERKILL, BELLACLAVA
Horseshoe (370 Queen West), tonight (Thursday, July 7) Reunited 90s alt-rockers.
THE BLACK KEYS, CAGE THE ELEPHANT Molson Amphitheatre (909 Lake Shore), tonight (Thursday, July 7) Garage-blues superstar duo.
FEAST IN THE EAST III
w/ FoxFire, Entire Cities, Polynesian Bride, Black Walls Dickens Street Theatre (35 Dickens), Friday (July 8) East-end music/food/art happening.
DENNIS COFFEY, THE MERCY NOW MARK COATSWORTH
Horseshoe (370 Queen West), Friday (July 8) Legendary Motown guitar hero.
JAZZ FUNK
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble Eight of the nine members of Chicago’s Hypnotic Brass Ensemble are the sons of Sun Ra Arkestra’s Phil Cohran, so you know they’ve got some seriously deep jazz roots for a bunch of young horn players. However, expect more sweaty dancing than chin-stroking from the crowd, because the band’s just as influenced by hip-hop, funk and rock. They’re an amazing live act, and you’ve probably never heard a tuba sound this delightfully raw and dirty before. At the Great Hall (1087 Queen West), tonight (Thursday, July 7), 9 pm. $20. worldfamousmusic.net.
JUST ANNOUNCED SKYDIGGERS, SERENA RYDER, SARAH HARMER Parks Canada’s Centennial Centre Island 4 pm, free. parkscanada. gc.ca/celebrations. July 16.
LIONESS, BONJAY, GREAT BLOOMERS, JENNIFER CASTLE, POWERS, RUBY COAST, BRUCE PENINSULA, GREEN GO, MIRACLE FORTRESS, HOUSE LEAGUE, STEVEN McKAY, HOODED FANG SummerWorks Music Series Lower Ossington Theatre 10:30 pm, $10. RT, SS. summerworks.ca. August 5 to 13.
STEVEN PAGE What Is Classical? Harbour-
front Centre 8 pm, free. August 7.
GLENN MILLER ORCHESTRA Moonlight Serenade: A Red Carpet Affair Benefit Concert For Epilepsy Palais Royale doors 7:30 pm, $88.50-$177. TWIN. 647-892-7799. August 9. JULIE DOIRON, THE WOODEN SKY, MONOGRENADE, STEAMBOAT, MUSKOX, RICH AUCOIN, DOG BUS, MORE OR LES, EVENING HYMNS, MOON KING, JENN CASTLE, DD/ MM/YYYY The ALL CAPS! Island Festival Art-
scape Gibraltar Point wavelengthtoronto.com. August 13 and 14.
SCATTERED TREES Drake Hotel doors 7:30 pm, $11.50. RT, SS. August 20.
VREID, KAMPFAR, NECRONOMICON Annex Wreckroom doors 7 pm, all ages,
$20. RT, TM. August 25.
GRAVE, BLOOD RED THRONE, PATHOLOGY, GIGAN Mod Club doors 7 pm, all ages, $20. RT, TM. September 5.
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THESE UNITED STATES Drake Hotel doors 8 pm, $10. RT, SS. September 17. MATES OF STATE, YAWN, SUCKERS
Phoenix Concert Theatre doors 8 pm, $15. HS, RT, SS, TM. September 28.
WILD BEASTS Mod Club. September 29. ENSLAVED, GHOST, ALCEST Opera
House doors 7 pm, all ages, $20. RT, TM. September 30.
BOB LOG III Horseshoe doors 8 pm, $12. HS, RT, SS. October 2.
ADRIAN BELEW POWER TRIO, THE STICKMEN Mod Club doors 7 pm, alla ges,
$39.50-$93.50. TM. October 4.
AWOLNATION Sound Academy doors 7 pm, all ages, $24.50. RT, SS, TM. October 6.
RA RA RIOT, DINOSAUR BONES Lee’s Palace doors 8:30 pm, $17.50. HS, RT, SS, TM. October 6. THE BESNARD LAKES, MALAJUBE
Lee’s Palace doors 8:30 pm, $20. HS, RT, SS, TM. October 13.
JIMMY WEBB Hugh’s Room $45-$50. Oc-
tober 15.
AGNOSTIC FRONT, MONGOLOIDS
Lee’s Palace doors 8 pm, $18.50. HS, RT, SS, TM. October 19.
DRAGONFORCE Mod Club doors 7:30 pm, all ages, $25. RT, TM. October 20. DAR WILLIAMS Hugh’s Room $32.50-$35.
November 17.
CHOCLAIR, BISHOP BRIGANTE, BRANDON DRAMATIC, SPEK WON, PG, JAMES REDI
Rivoli (332 Queen West), Friday (July 8) Big Toronto rapper on a small stage.
GIRL TALK
Sound Academy (11 Polson), Friday and Saturday (July 8 and 9) See preview, page 29.
EDGEFEST
w/ Rise Against, A Perfect Circle, the Weakerthans, Tokyo Police Club, Arkells and more Downsview Park (35 Carl Hall), Saturday (July 9) Long-running alt-rock festival.
AFROFEST
w/ Thomas Mapfumo, Femi Abosede & Culture Force, the Tich Maredza Band and more Queen’s Park, Saturday and Sunday (July 9 and 10) Free outdoor African music.
GANG GANG DANCE, NGUZUNGUZU & TOTAL FREEDOM
Horseshoe (370 Queen West), Sunday (July 10) NYC experimental rock freakout.
MY MORNING JACKET
Kool Haus (132 Queens Quay East), Monday (July 11) See preview, page 33.
U2, INTERPOL
Rogers Centre (1 Blue Jays Way), Monday (July 11) Stadium rock extravaganza.
KURT VILE & THE VIOLATORS, WOODS, ARC & ROUND
Lee’s Palace (529 Bloor West), Wednesday (July 12) See Woods preview, page 32.
this week in the clubs How to find a listing
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Thursday, July 7 POP/ROCK/HIP-HOP/SOUL
ALLEYCATZ Lady Kane. AMSTERDAM BREWERY Open Roof Festival
Movie Series Betty Burke 7:30 pm. ANNEX WRECKROOM Hate Eternal, Origin, Vital Remains, Abysmal Dawn doors 7 pm, all ages. AREPA CAFÉ Thelonious Thursdays Vibonics, Lara Martin (hip-hop, singer/songwriter) 7 to 10 pm. BAR ITALIA Music For The Soul Chicken & Waffles (rock) 9:30 pm. BOVINE SEX CLUB Fizztastique Skaface, Frankie Foo, Ramiro & the Monsters, DJs George N’ Nikki. CADILLAC LOUNGE Deuce Springsteen 9 pm. CAMERON HOUSE Fedora Upside Down Thursdays Freeman Dre & the Kitchen Party, Ada, Nick Teehan 9 pm. DOUBLE DOUBLE LAND Extra Life, Sam Mickens, Pants & Tie, VoidFolk 9 pm, all ages. DRAKE HOTEL LOUNGE 3 Strike Series Nights & Weekends (pop/rock) doors 10 pm. EL MOCAMBO All Star Summer Bash Valerie Shearman doors 8 pm.
ELEVEN SUPERIOR PRESENTATION CENTRE
Mimico By The Lake Summer Music Kitchen Party Virgil Scott 7 to 10 pm.
FOUR SEASONS CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS Donny & Marie Live Donny & Marie
Osmond 7:30 pm. THE GARRISON Blue King Brown, High Plains Drifter, David Assad doors 9:30 pm. GRAFFITI’S Keith Rich & the Po’ Boys 5 to 8 pm. GRAFFITI’S Dennis Clarke & the Morning Thieves evening. THE GREAT HALL Hypnotic Brass Ensemble (hip-hop/jazz/soul) 9 pm. HARD ROCK CAFE Battala Rockstars III doors 8 pm. THE HIDEOUT Breaking Muse: A Musical Art Auction For Friends Of Music Therapy Charity Event Mrs Johnston, the Ascot Royals, Will Conquer. HORSESHOE Urge Overkill, Bellaclava doors 8:30 pm. LEE’S PALACE Amour, Shivers, In Severance, Cinema 9 pm. THE LOCAL Michael Keith Duo. LULA LOUNGE The Arsenals (ska/reggae) 8:30pm. MITZI’S SISTER 1951, Broken Bricks, Distance Between Stars. MOLSON AMPHITHEATRE The Black Keys, Cage the Elephant doors 6:30 pm. THE OSSINGTON 88 Days of Fortune (hiphop/soul/R&B).
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LEE’S PALACE Avery Island, Fires Of, Tin Star
The Black Keys
Orphans, Dave Borins 9 pm.
ONTARIO PLACE SOAK CITY STAGE Electric
Blonde Band 11:30 am. PARTS & LABOUR Dangerous Boys Club, DJ Nightschool doors 10 pm. PAUPER’S PUB Mike Barnes (rock). RIVOLI Dropping Knowledge Choclair, Bishop Brigante, Brandon Dramatic, Spek Won, PG, James Redi (hip-hop) 9:30 pm. SILVER DOLLAR Planet Creature, the Holiday Crowd, Grounders, the Spoofs, the Paper Makers doors 8:15 pm. SOUND ACADEMY Girl Talk doors 8 pm, all ages. See preview, page 29. SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY’S The Lineup (rock) 10 pm. SUPERMARKET The Box Tiger, Parks and Rec, Casino doors 9 pm. TATTOO ROCK PARLOUR CD release party Polarity, Left Turn City (alt rock) doors 8:30 pm.
WHEN Tonight (Thursday, July 7) WHERE Molson Amphitheatre
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FOLK/BLUES/COUNTRY/WORLD
CADILLAC LOUNGE The Mashmen (folk/pop) 10
pm.
CENTRE ISLAND OUTDOOR LAGOON THEATRE SP
Simms & Maya’s Caravan Of Song 6:30 & 8 pm. DRAKE HOTEL UNDERGROUND Mark Kozelek (folk rock) doors 8 pm. GATE 403 Heather Luckhart Band (blues/ roots/jazz) 9 pm. GLADSTONE HOTEL MELODY BAR 24th Street Wailers (blues) 7 pm.
HARBOURFRONT CENTRE REDPATH SUGAR STAGE Corazón De México Festival Sugar Heat
Band, Hamilton Trading Company 9 pm.
REPOSADO The Reposadists (Gypsy-bop jazz). REX Benny Sharoni Quartet (tenor sax) 9:30
pm.
RIVOLI Where Does The Music Go? Maja Ban-
REX Kevin Quain 6:30 pm. SOMEWHERE THERE STUDIO Avesta Nakhaei
HARBOURFRONT CENTRE WESTJET STAGE Cora-
PAUPER’S PUB Mike Barnes (rock). THE PISTON Tropicalia, Maria Bonita & the nerman, David Prentice 9 pm. SILVER DOLLAR Thomas Aston, No Breakup, Olaroks, Orchard (Montreal tekno-pop) 9 pm. SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY’S Skip Tracer (rock/top 40) 9:30 pm. SUPERMARKET Pat Robitaille Band. WHITE SWAN Jam Section 8 7 pm. WINCHESTER KITCHEN & BAR Jumple 10 pm.
FOLK/BLUES/COUNTRY/WORLD
ASPETTA CAFFE Open Mic Nite 7 to 10 pm. CENTRE ISLAND OUTDOOR LAGOON THEATRE SP
Simms & Maya’s Caravan Of Song 6:30 & 8 pm. CLOAK & DAGGER PUB Darin Yorston (bluegrass/folk) 10 pm. DAVE’S... ON ST CLAIR Uncle Herb’s Open Mic (folk/blues/country) 8:30 pm. FREE TIMES CAFE Yiddish Vinkl Jerry Gray noon. GLADSTONE HOTEL MELODY BAR Carlos del Junco & Ken Whiteley 8 pm. THE HARP PUB David Leask (blues/roots) 8 pm. HOLY OAK CAFE Lisa Bozikovic & the Cry Break (folk) 10 pm. HUGH’S ROOM Gabriel Yacoub 8:30 pm. LOU DAWG’S Call In Sick Friday Mike C (acoustic) 9:30 pm. REXALL CENTRE BlackCreek Summer Music Festival Brad Paisley, Eric Church 8 pm. ROSE THEATRE GARDEN SQUARE Moira Nelson & Elena Jubinville (harp/cello) noon to 2 pm. SLACK’S Banded Stilts (alt-folk).
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TORONTO BOTANICAL GARDEN Gardens Of Song Ladies of the Canyon 7 to 8:30 pm. UNDERDOWN PUB Jeff Barnes & Noah Zacharin (roots) 9 pm.
JAZZ/CLASSICAL/EXPERIMENTAL
BLU RISTORANTE & LOUNGE Acoustic & Jazz
Sentiments @ Blu Christopher Barton (guitar/ singer) 6:30 pm. BLU RISTORANTE & LOUNGE Acoustic & Jazz Sentiments @ Blu John Campbell (piano/singer) 9 pm. DOMINION ON QUEEN John T Davis (organist) 5:30 to 8 pm. EMMET RAY BAR The John Wayne Swingtet (gypsy jazz) 9 pm. GATE 403 Will Fisher Jazz Band 5 to 8 pm. GATE 403 Roberta Hunt Jazz & Blues Band 9 pm. HARLEM UNDERGROUND Carl Bray (jazz) 8 pm. LA PERLA Quique Escamilla (Latin jazz). PRINCESS OF WALES THEATRE Hugh Jackman 8 pm.
(jazz/improv) 8 pm. TEN FEET TALL East End Jazz Jam Session 8 pm. TORONTO MUSIC GARDEN Summer Music In The Garden: Maya Subhajyoti Guha, Jayadevan (South Asian percussion & violin) 7 pm.
DANCE MUSIC/DJ/LOUNGE
GOODHANDY’S Ladyplus Parties DJ Todd Klinck doors 9 pm.5 HARLEM G5 Canadian Urban Anniversary Party DJ Carl Allen doors 9 pm. INSOMNIA DJ Ron Jon (funk/soul/house). LULA LOUNGE Frekuensia Dubmatix, Systema Solar DJ Corpas, Dos Mundos DJs (cumbia/ reggae) 10 pm. NACO GALLERY CAFE Mediciine DJ Ricky 10 pm. PARTS & LABOUR No Flow DJs Matias, Matt & Casey (open format). RIVOLI SECOND FLOOR DJs the Dirty Frenchman, Plan B (hip-hop/dancehall/b-more/ bass) 10 pm. TRYST Guti. VELVET UNDERGROUND DJ Ozaze (industrial/ goth) 10 pm. XS NIGHTCLUB Get Wild Thursdays DJ Couture 10 pm.
Friday, July 8 POP/ROCK/HIP-HOP/SOUL
ALLEYCATZ Lady Kane. ASPETTA CAFFE Meaghan Morrison (alt pop/ rock) 7 pm to midnight.
BOVINE SEX CLUB Album release Today I
Caught the Plague, Odium, Speak of the Devil, DJ Vania. DICKENS STREET THEATRE Feast In The East III FoxFire, Entire Cities, Polynesian Bride, Black Walls 9 pm, all ages. EL MOCAMBO Spectacle To Fight Cancer Odd Opera, Graven, CalmOcean, DJ Matt Gracie 8:30 pm. EL MOCAMBO Black Devils Brigade, Different Skeletons, Petty Victories, Danny Gorman 9 pm.
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FOUR SEASONS CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS Donny & Marie Live Donny & Marie
Osmond 7:30 pm. THE GARRISON Hate Gang, Prosimii 9 pm. GRAFFITI’S Rocking For Sick Kids Hospital Paul Martin (classic covers) 5 to 7 pm. THE GREAT HALL The Big Sound Chris & Aaron (Motown celebration) 10 pm. HORSESHOE Dennis Coffey, the Mercy Now doors 10 pm.
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zón De México Festival Celso Piña the Accordion Rebel 8:30 pm. HIGHWAY 61 SOUTHERN BARBEQUE Dylan Wickens & the Little Naturals (blues) 8 pm. LOU DAWG’S It’s Gotta Groove Friday Jeff Eager 9:30 pm.
MISSISSAUGA CIVIC CENTRE CELEBRATION SQUARE MOSAIC South Asian Heritage Festival
Desi Rocks Concert 3 to 11 pm. MITZI’S SISTER Beth Moore (Americana/folk). SKÅL BAR Andrea Wappel (singer/songwriter) 7:30 pm. TRANZAC Banded Stilts (alt-folk).
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SQUARE Indie Fridays Sweet Thing, the Treasures 8-10 pm. ñYONGE-DUNDAS
JAZZ/CLASSICAL/EXPERIMENTAL
BLU RISTORANTE & LOUNGE Acoustic & Jazz Sentiments @ Blu John Campbell (piano/singer) 7:30 pm. CENO Sarah Hobbs & Neil Hendry 7:30 pm. GATE 403 Bobby Hsu Jazz Band 5 to 8 pm. HARLEM Cecillia Monete (jazz/bossa nova) 7:30 to 11 pm. HARLEM UNDERGROUND Chris Weatherstone Trio (jazz) 8 pm. LULA LOUNGE Alithea Cameron w/ Sam Heineman and Max Heineman (jazz) 8 pm. OLD MILL INN HOME SMITH BAR John MacLeod, Mark Eisenman, Pat Collins (trumpet/ flugelhorn, piano, bass) 7:30 pm. PRINCESS OF WALES THEATRE Hugh Jackman 8 pm. REPOSADO The Reposadists (Gypsy-bop jazz). REX Hogtown Syncopators 4 pm, Artie Roth Trio 6:30 pm, Angela Scappatura (vocal jazz) 9:45 pm. WATERFALLS Jim Heineman Trio (jazz) 6:30 to 10:30 pm.
DANCE MUSIC/DJ/LOUNGE
ANNEX WRECKROOM 90s Party Fawn BC, Caff (alt rock/pop/hip-hop) 10 pm.
AUGUSTA HOUSE Showdown Downtown Guid-
ing Star, Rootsman, DJ T-Ace, Master Cuest (hip-hop/dancehall/reggae/Caribbean). CLINTON’S Fuck It Dance Party. DRAKE HOTEL UNDERGROUND Never Forgive Action DJ Agile, DJ Numeric & Ted Dancin’ (hip-hop/R&B) doors 11 pm. EMMET RAY BAR DJ Chill 2 Party (funk/soul/ hip-hop) 10 pm. FLY Rocket! DJ Sumation 10 pm.5
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Woods
The cover art for Woods’ new Find Them Empty single is a faded Polaroid of a gaunt hippy proudly holding his newborn son close to a healthy clump of marijuana plants. Considering the New York four-piece’s bare-bones blend of psychedelia, classic rock and folk leanings, you assume it’s a family album snapshot of one of the members. Not so. “No hippy parents here. My dad is a Tea Party supporter, just like Moe Tucker,” says multi-instrumentalist Jarvis Taveniere, referring to the former Velvet Underground drummer. The photo is of Sacred Bones label owner Caleb Braaten and his dad, though you could be forgiven for jumping to conclusions. Although Woods is a NYC band, their aesthetic is very much backcountry. Sun And Shade, their catchy new album, was recorded near a state park for their own Woodsist imprint, a hot label that’s gaining the group more attention than they’re comfortable with. “We’ve definitely found ourselves in really awkward photo shoots,” he says, “where they try to dress you and get some product placement going – pretty much the least enjoyable way to spend an afternoon. “Our feelings haven’t changed about that stuff. We find the promotion game embarrassing.” At Lee’s Palace (529 Bloor West), Wednesday (July 13), 8:30 pm. $16.50-$18. HS, Jason keller RT, SS, TM.
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The Flying Beaver PuBareT Asia Majora Kate Rigg (music & comedy revue) 10 pm. FooTwork Luv This City Fridays doors 10 pm. Fox & Fiddle wellesley DJ Shaq-T (salsa/ merengue/reggaeton/house/dance). goodhandy’s Queer Idol 2011 DJ Todd Klinck doors 9 pm.5 holy oak CaFe Get It Got It Good 10 pm.5 hoT Box CaFe Big Spliff (ital reggae). insomnia Funkn’ Fresh Fridays Ghaleion (house/breaks). loT 16 The Last Absinthe Night Positronics, Bro’ Wayne. lula lounge Ladies Night DJ Gio, DJ Kruz (salsa/bachata/reggaeton/top 40). margreT Young Offender 10 pm. naCo gallery CaFe Criminals Of America DJ Frey (Brazilian music/world music) 10 pm. 99 sudBury Speakeasy Fridays DJ Medicineman, Foxtrot Holmes (electro swing/swinghop) 9 pm. The ossingTon 95 Live DJ Brett Leonhardt. The PainTed lady DJ Chocolate, Patrick Roots, Honey B Hind (ol’ school reggae) 10 pm. la Perla Butch- HER Edition DJs Kris Steeves, Cozmic Cat, OMGBLOG.COM doors 10 pm.5 The PisTon Soulskank DJs Gramera, Dennis P (funk/soul/ska/reggae) 10 pm. smiling Buddha Seven Inch Samurai DJs Natto Rocker, Ginger Sting, Sumo Kai Sumo, King Magic Sparky, Tako, Brown Bastard, Ian (mod/soul/ska/funk) 9:30 pm. velveT underground DJ Hanna (alt rock) 10 pm. vogue suPPer CluB The Social Network Omar lunan, Sweet Touch Foundtion, DJ Smartiez 8 pm. PwaylaBar Anthem DJ Craig Dominic (R&B/hip-hop/dancecall).5 woo’s lounge Heart Of The City DJs J-Class, Kariz (hip-hop/R&B/reggae/old school) doors 10:30 pm. wrongBar Sbtrkt doors 10 pm.
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xs nighTCluB Summer Session Fridays DJ Couture (top 40/house/hip-hop) 10 pm.
Saturday, July 9 PoP/Rock/HiP-HoP/Soul
alleyCaTz James King Band (funk/disco). asPeTTa CaFFe Mike Lindberg, Apollo, Christ
vs Krishna, Sleeping Tom, James Faulkner, Ben de Boer, Ciaran O’Shea, Vic Garden 2 to 10 pm. Bovine sex CluB The Sheepdogs, Monster Truck, DJ Priya. CadillaC lounge Double O Soul 10 pm. CadillaC lounge Bob McGiven Band 4 pm. CenTre island shoPsy’s PaTio Reggae In Paradise Diaspra, Jah International 4 to 9 pm. dominion on Queen Ronnie Hayward (rockabilly) 3 to 7 pm. dominion on Queen Firecrackers Burlesque: Christmas In July 9 pm. downsview Park Edgefest Rise Against, a Perfect Circle, the Weakerthans, Tokyo Police Club, Arkells, the Reason, Dinosaur Bones, Hollerado, Ko, Gentlemen Husbands, Harlan Pepper & more noon. el moCamBo Dancing Through Disaster Charity Fundraiser 6 pm. el moCamBo Romeo Liquor Store, Kill Matilda, Jefferson Deathstar 9 pm.
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Four seasons CenTre For The PerForming
arTs Donny & Marie Live Donny & Marie Osmond 2 & 7:30 pm. graFFiTi’s The Melting Pot. The greaT hall Court Yard Hounds, the Treasures doors 8 pm.
harBourFronT CenTre redPaTh sugar sTage Corazón De México Festival Dirty Maria 7:30 pm.
hard luCk Bar The Wrecking Ball: Scream Un-
Festival Sylvus, Vilipend, Ein Traum doors 8 pm. harlem Gibran (soul/funk/blues/reggae/ pop) 7:30 to 11 pm. lee’s PalaCe Cool Man Cool, Bare Minimum Tracking Nicely 9:30 pm. The loCal Pilgrims of Brock. miTzi’s sisTer Finnegan’s Playhouse. mod CluB 100 Monkeys, Bleeding Horse Express, the Ruby Spirit doors 6 pm, all ages.
Cheap ThriLL$ Great GiGs for $5 or less Ladies Of The CanyOn The Toronto Botanical Garden (777 Lawrence East) is hosting a series of Thursday evening concerts all summer long. Tonight (Thursday, July 7) features Montreal country quartet Ladies of the Canyon, who’ll be showing off their sparkling big harmonies and jangly guitars. Free.
molson amPhiTheaTre Frampton Comes Alive! 35th Anniversary Tour Peter Frampton doors 6:30 pm. PauPer’s PuB Mike Barnes (rock). The PisTon Hot to the Touch, Good Times Running, the Sphinxs (rock/pop) 10 pm. rivoli The Hellions 8 pm. silver dollar Eric Tessmer Band. silver dollar Ryan Warner Band, Frankie Foo & the Yo Yo Smugglers, the Cowgirl Choir 10:30 pm. sneaky dee’s Matadors. sound aCademy Girl Talk doors 8 pm, all ages. See preview, page 29. souThside Johnny’s Full Tilt (rock) 10 pm. sPorTsTer’s Nicola Vaughan (pop rock) 10 pm. T.s.T’s launCh Pad Chill With Pill Mad Ill the Pill (rap) 9 pm, all ages.
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Folk/BlueS/countRy/WoRld
CadillaC lounge Mary & Micky (country)
3:30 pm.
Cameron house Conconquidore Truidore,
Good Clean Feeling, Terell Jervis doors 9 pm.
CenTre island ouTdoor lagoon TheaTre SP
Simms & Maya’s Caravan Of Song 6:30 & 8 pm. dakoTa Tavern Big Tobacco & the Pickers, Ray Harris & the BSOB’s (country) 10 pm. dave’s... on sT Clair Ken Yoshioka and Dave McManus 9:30 pm. drake hoTel underground Mark Kozelek (folk rock) doors 8 pm. gaTe 403 Roger Dorey (acoustic blues) noon to 3 pm, Joanna Moon (flamenco-Latino/Quebec edge quartet) 5 to 8 pm. gladsTone hoTel melody Bar Whoa Nellie! (bluegrass) 7 pm. graFFiTi’s The John Borra Band 4 to 7 pm.
harBourFronT CenTre Boulevard TenT
Corazón De México Festival: El Fandanguito (Musical Bingo) Alec Dempster 4:30 pm. horseshoe Jolie Holland, Sally Ford & the Sound Outside doors 9 pm. lou dawg’s Melting Pot (Nelson) 10 pm. lula lounge Salsa Dance Party Cafe Cubano, DJ Jimmy Suave 10 pm. onTario PlaCe soak CiTy sTage Starlite Steelband (calypso/reggae/gospel) 11 am to 5 pm. oPera BoB’s The Cameron Brothers Band 10 pm. ñQueen’s Park Afrofest Cheick Hamala Diabate, Femi Abosede & Culture Force, Afrafranto, Atna Njock, Anastasio & Zalang, Rumba Iyambo, Beyond Sound, DJ Apollo 1 to 10 pm. reBas CaFé Open Mic Saturdays 1 to 4 pm. rex Summer Blues Conor Gains Band 3:30 pm.
(electronic dance) 9 pm. HOlY OAK CAfE Soft Focus (post punk/ shoegaze) 10 pm. HOT BOx CAfE Wild Style (dubstep/hip-hop/ reggae). INsOMNIA Sense Saturdays DJ Charles (deep house). lIVE TORONTO Ladies VIP Indulgence DJ Couture (top 40/house/mashups) 10 pm. lIVINROOM lOuNGE Purple Reign DJ Flashmaddik (hip-hop/Euro/techno/house/R&B) 8 pm. NACO GAllERY CAfE Sugar Bush DJ Home Rekha 10 pm. THE OssINGTON Lucky Bitches (glam positive dance party). THE PAINTEd lAdY DJ Salazar (funk/soul) 10 pm. PARTs & lABOuR The Parkdale Soul Revue DJs Mark Pesci, Kristal Kent 10 pm. lA PERlA Eclectic City DJ Noloves. THE REd lIGHT Doing The Same Ghetto Gold Matt (electro/boogie/jheri curl funk/gfunk/ rap/R&B) 4 to 8 pm. ROCKWOOd Girls Night Out Maura 10 pm. sTEllA BOREAlIs Box Of Kittens On A Boat Hali, Jamie Kidd, Mike Gibbs, Fabio Palermo, Gazmel boarding 9:30 pm, departs 10:15 sharp. sTONE lOuNGE The Main Ingredient DJ Soul DJ Mensa, Agile, DJ Sean Sax. suPERMARKET Do Right Saturdays! DJs John Kong & MC Abs. suTRA The Bridge DJ Triplet (old skool hiphop). TRANE sTudIO Greenlaw (dub soul electronic duo). VElVET uNdERGROuNd DJ Joe (alt rock) 10 pm.
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carlos Del Junco Cuban-Canadian award-winning harmonica master Carlos del Junco is playing an intimate show at the Gladstone Melody Bar (1214 Queen West) tonight (Thursday, July 7) alongside roots music legend Ken Whiteley. Free.
Sunday, July 10 VIllAGE Of YORKVIllE PARK Summer Music In The Park Marty Oaks Trio 2 to 5 pm.
Jazz/ClassiCal/ExpErimEntal
ARRAYMusIC sTudIO soundspoetic#3 Anne
Bourne, Broulala, Test Their Logik (cello, a cappella balkan/jazz/anarchist hip-hop) 8 pm. Blu RIsTORANTE & lOuNGE Acoustic & Jazz Sentiments @ Blu Christopher Barton (guitar/ singer) 7:30 pm. CENO Myrrhine Faller and Neil Hendry 7:30 pm. GATE 403 Patrick Tevlin’s New Orleans Rhythm 9 pm.
HARBOuRfRONT CENTRE REdPATH suGAR sTAGE Corazón De México Festival Quique Escamilla (Latin jazz) 5 pm.
HARlEM uNdERGROuNd Carl Bray (jazz) 8 pm. HOlY OAK CAfE Ben Burke Trio (jazz) 7 pm. Old MIll INN HOME sMITH BAR Dave Young,
Brian Dickinson, Reg Schwager (bass, piano, guitar). PRINCEss Of WAlEs THEATRE Hugh Jackman 8 pm. REx Laura Marks (vocal jazz) noon, Elena Kapeleris (swing) 7 pm, Hotfoot Orhestra 9:45 pm. RExAll CENTRE RExAll CENTRE The Very, Very Best Of Broadway Audra McDonald, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Martin Short, Black Creek Festival Orchestra & Chorus 8 pm. sOMEWHERE THERE sTudIO Holger Schoorl and Tomasz Krakowisk (guitar/percussion) 8 pm. TEN fEET TAll Countermeasure (a cappella group) 8 pm. uPsTAIRs@111 Opening of Steve Hazard exhibition Reg Schwager (jazz guitar) 1 to 4 pm.
DanCE musiC/DJ/loungE
ANNEx WRECKROOM See You Saturdays DJs
Lexx Decibel & Rick Toxic (hot 100/electro/ party anthems) 10 pm. AuGusTA HOusE Business Woman’s Special.5 ClINTON’s Shake, Rattle & Roll Bangs & Blush (Motown/Britpop) $5. dRAKE HOTEl uNdERGROuNd Broken English Scott Seewhale, Lucy Lo doors 11 pm. EMMET RAY BAR DJ Funky Flavours (funk/soul) 10 pm. flY Our City Beats DJs Jeremy Khamkeo, Kevin Bailey 10 pm.5 THE flYING BEAVER PuBARET DJ Garrick 9 pm. fOMO Studio+ Justin Shaw LSW, Roland Gonzales (deep house) 10 pm. fOOTWORK Noir, Mikel Curcio, Anthony D’Amico doors 10 pm. GOOdHANdY’s Jock DJ Geoff Kelleway doors 10:30 pm.5 HARBOuRfRONT CENTRE WEsTJET sTAGE Corazón De México Festival Bostich & Fussible
pop/roCk/Hip-Hop/soul
AsPETTA CAffE Dakota Starr, Black Mink, Kurt
Singer, Lindsay Jones 2 to 6 pm. ClINTON’s Home & Native Sound Series Craig Smith, Jacelyn Homes, Sohayla Smith, Leyland Gordon, Naria doors 7:30 pm. dAVE’s... ON sT ClAIR John Campbell (pop/ jazz) 6 pm. dOMINION ON QuEEN Rockabilly Brunch 11 am to 3 pm. dRAKE HOTEl uNdERGROuNd The Wooden Birds, Heartbeat Hotel 8 pm.
ñ fOuR sEAsONs CENTRE fOR THE PERfORMING
ARTs Donny & Marie Osmond 2 pm. GRAffITI’s Blackmetal Brunch 11 am to 5 pm. GRAffITI’s Vezi. HORsEsHOE Gang Gang Dance, Nguz& Total Freedom doors 8 pm. ñunguzu MOlsON AMPHITHEATRE IceCream ñSummer Fest Machel Montano, Ciara, Ludacris doors 3 pm.
ORBIT ROOM Horshack (rock/blues) 10:30 pm. THE PIsTON Rocky Roberts, Emily Fennel 9 pm.
PROHIBITION The Tom Waits Appreciation
Congregation 4 to 7 pm. sOuTHsIdE JOHNNY’s Jam Rebecca Matiesen & Phoenix Band 9:30 pm. suPERMARKET Kamilah Gibson 6:30 pm.
Folk/BluEs/Country/WorlD
CENTRE IslANd OuTdOOR lAGOON THEATRE SP
Simms & Maya’s Caravan Of Song 6:30 & 8 pm. ClOAK & dAGGER PuB Blair Harvey (folk/pop) 9 pm. duffY’s TAVERN Ken Yoshioka (blues). GlAdsTONE HOTEl MElOdY BAR White Squirrel Sinners (bluegrass) 5 to 8 pm.
southern rock
My Morning Jacket Is it okay to like both the Grateful Dead and the Velvet Underground? By RICHARD TRAPUNSKI
My Morning Jacket’s early reverbladen sound pegged them as Southern rock revivalists, and they’ve spent every album since breaking out of that mould. There are always some fans, though, who wish they’d stand still. “Every time we put out a record, some fan will say, ‘I hate this shit. I wish they’d make records like they used to make,’” drawls singer/songwriter/guitarist Jim James over the phone from a tour stop in Oregon. “But then there’s another who’ll say, ‘There’s too much reverb on their old records; I only like their new ones.’” James follows his muse wherever it takes him: gentle folk balladry, Skynyrd-style guitar jams, progressive Thai funk. Those who once pegged the band as burly, bearded jam rock purists now have to consider James’s capewielding, name-changing eccentricity. (He also goes by Yim Yames.) “I’m not the same person I was when I made those early records, so it would be strange to keep making the same sounds,” he says. “I get interested in different kinds of music and
things in life, and it all informs what I write.” That hasn’t stopped many critics from hyping the quintet’s recently released sixth album, Circuital (ATO, 2011), as a return to form. The reason is partially superficial. Like their early albums, which were self-recorded in a converted grain silo (for the sake of natural reverb), Circuital was tracked in an unconventional location: a converted church gymnasium in their hometown of Louisville, Kentucky. “Geographically, I guess it is a return home,” admits James. “But I hate the term ‘return to your roots’ or ‘back to basics,’ because I don’t feel like we’re chasing the same thing [that we were back then]. I prefer guerrilla-style recording because it makes the sounds more unique. You’re dealing with variables you wouldn’t get in a normal studio.” But at least one variable was selfimposed. For the first time, the band recorded everything together in the same room, including vocals, and only added a few overdubs. According to James, they were attempting to capture their onstage chemistry, a quality that’s earned them a reputation as one of this era’s best live bands.
They cemented their rep with an epic, myth-making four-hour performance at 2008’s Bonnaroo, but it took them till this year to finally move to the fest’s mainstage. Since My Morning Jacket perfectly reflect Bonnaroo’s split identity as a festival for both jam band and indie rock fans, that graduation was long overdue. “All those [genre] barriers and rules and regulations are so funny to me,” says James. “If you’re an indie rocker, you’re supposed to hate hippies and the Grateful Dead and worship at the altar of the Velvet Underground, right? “Well, if you really listen to both bands, you’ll find they have songs that sound alike, harmonies that sound alike, recordings that sound alike. There are beautiful things to be found in both.” You’d think disregard for genre limitations would mean James could fulfill his creative urges in MMJ. Instead, he has a number of side projects, including the high-profile supergroup Monsters of Folk, and he’s working on a solo LP. “I’m about 80 per cent done,” he reveals. “It’s a fun project because I love being at home in the studio. Next time we have a chunk of time off from the road, I’ll hopefully finish it up.” 3
sTOuT IRIsH PuB Ceili 3 to 6 pm. suPERMARKET Freefall Sundays Open Mic 8
pm.
GATE 403 John Wayne Swing Quartet 5 to 8
DanCE musiC/DJ/loungE
MY MORNING JACKET at Kool Haus (132 Queens Quay East), Monday (July 11), doors 7 pm. $40.50. RT, SS, TM.
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HARBOuRfRONT CENTRE REdPATH suGAR sTAGE Corazón De México Festival Cecilia Guerrero 12:30 pm.
HARBOuRfRONT CENTRE BOulEVARd TENT
Corazón De México Festival Café Con Pan 1 pm. HIGHWAY 61 sOuTHERN BARBEQuE Sean Pinchin 1 pm. HOlY OAK CAfE John Southworth & Bernice 9 pm. THE lOCAl Hot Wax (bluegrass/folk) 5 pm. THE lOCAl Gord Zubrecki Band 10 pm. lOu dAWG’s Blues Brunch Mark Bird Stafford & Darran Poole noon to 3 pm. NOT MY dOG Cowan House Ramblers (old time). QuEEN’s PARK Afrofest Thomas Mapfumo & the Blacks Unlimited, Dizu Plaatjies & Ibuyambo, JP Buse, Ruth Mathiang & Waleed Kush, Tich Maredza Band, Amadou Kienou, Symphonyx Steel Orchestra, DJ Biggy 1 to 10 pm.
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pm.
VIllAGE Of YORKVIllE PARK Summer Music In The Park Christopher Plock Duo 2 to 5 pm.
Jazz/ClassiCal/ExpErimEntal
AMAdEus Rick Donaldson & the Jazz Cats
6:30 to 10:30 pm. EMMET RAY BAR One Day Music Festival Carlie Howell & the Deharms, Mikko Hilden Group, Myke Mazzei & the Mod Villains, Parket Abbott Piano Duo, the Jessica Stewart Few, the CNE Quintet and others 1 pm. ETON HOusE The A.M. Band (jazz/rhythm & blues) 7 to 11 pm. GATE 403 Jazz Brunch Joel Diamond Jazz Duo noon to 3 pm.
GATE 403 Juliann Kuchocki Jazz Band 9 pm. HOT BOx CAfE Tigorangutan (jazz). MEl lAsTMAN sQuARE Sunday Serenades June Garber 7:30 to 9 pm. NACO GAllERY CAfE Michelle Bellerose 8 pm. OPTICIANAdO Chris Cawthray & Denis Keldie (drums, Hammond B3 organ) 1 to 4 pm. PRINCEss Of WAlEs THEATRE Hugh Jackman 8 pm. REx Excelsior Dixieland Jazz noon. REx Bohemian Swing 3:30 pm. REx Vern Dorge Trio 7 pm. REx Angela Morris 9:30 pm. TEN fEET TAll Jazz Matinee Ilana Waldston 3:30 pm.
BOVINE sEx CluB DJ Robb. CHERRY BEACH Old HYdRO PlANT sMOKEsTACKs Cherry Bomb DJs Cozmic
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INsOMNIA DJ LK (old school hip-hop/disco/
funk).
THE lOCAl Dan Boniferro noon. THE OssINGTON Unlimited Sundays Hajah Bug & Mantis (hip-hop).
THE PAINTEd lAdY El Blanco 9 pm. RIVER GAMBlER The Modern Love Affair Lee
Foss, Nitin, Jeff Button, Baby Joel, Aaron Santos, Rich Hope, Irgo 11:30 am boarding. sTEllA BOREAlIs Nima Gorji On A Yacht Nima Gorji, Addy, Maziar & Kian, Rafwat & Chorniy, Amir boarding at noon, departs at 12:30 pm sharp.
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new show added!
tuesday
august 2
horseshoe tavern
$ 15.00
with special guest
advance • 8:30pm doors • sub pop
frightened rabbit
friday july 29
molson canadian ampitheatre tickets available at ticketmaster outlets. call 1-855-985-5000. order online 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.
tues august 2
lee’s palace • $ 17.50 advance
secret
the mod club
(hamburg • 80s industrial legends)
tuesday
august 16 the phoenix $25.00
advance 8:30pm doors • 19+
san Fran • ex-mr. bunGle & FaIth no more
wild flag $ 20.00
advance • doors 8:00pm
tim
7:00pm doors • 19+ • ga tickets @ tm, ss & rt
chiefs 3
tuesday october 11 lee’s palace
wIth
deathcabforcutie.com
thurs september 1
tuesday
september 27 lee’s palace
$ 20.00
advance • doors 8:00pm
the
robbins
blake
wed september 21 @ the phoenIx
sun september 18 opera house
stephen toro
$ 22.50
advance • 8:00pm doors • matador
$20.00 advance • carpark records
malkmus y moi
tues october 4
wednesday september 28 @ the phoenix
the phoenIx 8:00pm doors • 19+
boyce avenue cold war kids
mates of state $ 15.00
$18.50 advance
advance • all-aGes • 7:00pm doors
w i t h wye oak
friday october 7 @ sound academy
tickets $25.50 advance Ga & $35.50 advance ViP
FrIday october 28 the phoenIx $16.50 advance • all-aGes • 8:00pm doors
FrIday november 4 @ the phoenIx advance • 8:30pm doors • soulFul IndIe rock
july 7-13 2011 NOW
lee’s palace • $20.00 advance • 9:00pm doors
and the jicks
wednesday october 19 @ sound academy
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FrIday september 2 & saturday september 3
the phoenix • $ 27.50 advance
lee’s palace • $ 17.50 advance
$ 20.50
all aGes • doors 8:00pm • $ 30.00 Ga
peter bjorn james & john
thursday october 6
$ 23.50
FrIday july 8 new tIckets released saturday july 9 @ sound academy
friday september 30
FeaturInG ex-members oF
riot
young empires
& the rogues gallery band
sleater kinney • helium • the minders
ra ra
girl talk
new antI-epItaph recordInG “enGland keep my bones”
andrew jackson jihad & into it over it
advance • 8:00pm doors • san FrancIsco
sunday october 16 the phoenix $ 17.50 advance • 8:00pm doors
dum dum
thursday
september 29 the mod club
wild girls w/ crocodiles
$18.50
advance • 7:00pm early show
beasts
advance ticketS @ ticketmaster.ca or 1-855-985-5000 • HorSeSHoe Front Bar • SoundScapeS • rotate tHiS tueSday july 19 the garriSon
real dennis urge coffey estate overkill $18.50 advance • brooklyn
tHurSday july 7
$15.50
Friday july 8 / $22.50 adv
advance - 90S alt rock
PulP Fiction’s “girl you’ll be a woman soon”
detroit motoWn Funk leGend
tueSday augusT 2 & Wed augusT 3 @ the dakota
Sunday augusT 7 lee’S Palace $15.00 advance • 8:00PM doorS
me joseph without arthur you $ 22.50
advance • brooklyn ny
Wed august 3 @ tHe HorSeSHoe
tueSday augusT 9 lee’S Palace
naked & imelda may gaNg FaMoUs jolie
Bellaclava the mercy Now Saturday july 9 $17.00
adv • anti-ePitaPh
Sunday july 10
holland DaNce nguzunguzu and ToTal Freedom
monday july 11 / no cover
Wed july 13 / $15.00 adv Montreal • JagJagJuar
Sunday augusT 14 Friday augusT 26 horSeShoe tavern
$ 15.50 adv • BloodSHot recordS
wiNter gloves
Friday augusT 26 the drake / $12.00 advance
stetsoN earle jim jones
Bear hands revue low level Flight kid congo powers ambisonic Sat september 17 the hamptons
Amour ShiverS in severance CinemA Saturday july 9 / $ 7.00
The PosTal service
horSeShoe - $11.50 advance little ricHard meets mc5 meets SprinGSteen
tueSday july 12
tHurSday july 7 / $6.00
dntel justin townes coliN cool Man cool the horSeShoe — $11.50 advance
tueSday september 13
shoeless mondays
NothiNgbox The heels Dry river caravaN
$15.00 advance • new zealand
$10.00 advance • new york • 4ad
gaNg
sally ForD & the souND outsiDe
$ 18.50 advance - jeFF Beck vocaliSt & rockaBilly SenSation
with
Wed september 14 the garriSon / $12.00 adv
Friday october 14
active child nekromantix
avery island Fires oF tiN star orphan dave Borins
Bare MiniMUM tracking nicely oli BroWn will conqUor holly andruchuk tueSday july 12 / $ 6.00 uk blueS SenSation
Braids kurt horSeShoe / $12.00 advance
Friday july 8 / $ 7.00
moonface karkwa hanniBal Bloody five vile cold BUress laugh at & the violators the Fakes cave blue king the wooden king creosote woods possessed steel arc and round QuiTues brown lee’S Palace — $ 12.00 advance
tHurSday july 14
monday july 18
$15.00 advance • neW york
$13.50 advance • neW york
With
The Brains
high Plains drifter
Birds jon hopkins
cult oF youth mark heath
Saturday
july 16
tHe drake $12.00 advance
drake underground | $12.00 adv
Saturday july 16
tueSday july 19 el MocaMbo -
$20.00 advance • new york ny
$10.00 adv
Thomas DybDahl marrisa sister matto tony castles tommy the stanfields youNgsteeN the resignators nadler ema haliFaX celtic Punk SPirited FaveS!
$12.00 adv
Sat july 23 @ tHe GarriSon / $10 adv
$12.00 @ door only • all-aGeS • 8:00pm
& the millioN Dollar baND
WedneSday july 27 / $13.50 advance • neW york
jesse malin SPringSteen-eSque Punk rootS
tueSday july 19
WedneSday july 20 @ Hard luck
W/ The BiTers
artist bookings: craig@horseshoetavern.com or 416-598-0720
horseshoetavern.com 370 Queen St. WeSt / Spadina 416-598-4226 • 1947 to 2010
tueSday august 2
With
tHurS july 28 @ el mocamBo / $10.00 adv
faces on film
tueS august 2 @ tHe drake / $9.00 adv
tueS august 23 @ partS & laBour / $11.50 adv
With
tHurS september 22 @ rivoli / $13.50 adv
Sun october 2 @ HorSeSHoe / $12.00 adv
the globes
Fri september 9 @ tHe drake / $15.00 adv
Sat september 17 @ drake / $10.00 adv
tHurS sept 22 @ Sneaky dee’S / $12 adv
Fri october 21 @ GarriSon / $14 adv
chris taylor oF grizzly bear
Wed july 20 / $ 10.00 door
memphis TorQuil campBell oF sTars tHurSday july 21
olee iniTiaTive BeneFit monday august 8
is an eels asTronauT $ 35.50
and the pizzas garDens & villa personal two gallants hack & a hacksaw bob logg iii These uniTeD sTaTes japandroids cant
el ten eleven
Friday july 15 / $ 7.00 door
drake hotel / $15.00 advance
W/ hearTBeaT hoTel
SuPerMarket -
no cover! Friday july 22 / $1o.00 Saturday july 23 / $12.00
calrizians Citizen hollow hard rock cd releaSe
tristeN Twin cibo
tueS july 19 @ tHe drake | $9.00 adv
tHurSday july 14 / $ 6.00
Monday july 11
Sunday july 10
Saturday night live 30 rock Writer
mooN pool & DeaD baND + speakiNg toNgues
Mo n t r eal • Fl eMiS h e y e
thurSday$ july 7 the garriSon / 10.00 advance
the dirtbombs
$16.50 advance • indie Psych Folk
Sat sepTemBer 17 @ the horSeShoe / $13.50 advance
2010 PolariS Prize Winner
Friday july 15 / $15.00 advance • detroit rock & roll
WedneSday july 13
advance • 8:00pm • 19+
$13.50 advance • ireland
goD
With
the submarines
artiSt bookingS: 416-598-0720 or ben@leespalace.com
leespalace.com 529 bloor Street WeSt / bathurSt
NOW july 7-13 2011
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ulTra PaTio Ultra Chill Sundays DJs Mike Tull &
Paul E Lopes 3 to 9 pm.
VelVeT underGround DJ Hanna (retro 80s)
10 pm.
Monday, July 11 PoP/Rock/HiP-HoP/souL
drake hoTel underGround King Creosote, John Hopkins (rock) doors 8 pm, Elvis Monday doors 9 pm. drake hoTel lounGe Late Night Mondays Boot Knives (rock) doors 10 pm. harlem Open Jam Night CarolynT (R&B/soul/ jazz/pop/funk) 8 pm to midnight. harlem underGround Daniel Gagnon (pop/ folk/rock) 8 pm. horseshoe Shoeless Monday Nothingbox, the Heels, Dry River Caravan 9 pm. kool haus My Morning Jacket doors 7 pm, all ages. See preview, page 33. miTzi’s sisTer LIPP. mod club Parachute, Michou doors 7 pm, all ages. orbiT room The Lion’s Den (reggae).
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roGers cenTre
U2, Interpol. ñ silVer dollar John Wesley Coleman, Rayon Beach, Odonis Odonis, B17 doors 9 pm.
FoLk/BLues/countRy/WoRLD
cloak & daGGer Pub This Is a Parade! (folk/
pop) 9 pm. GaTe 403 Jorge Gavidia Blues Band 9 pm. hiGhWay 61 souThern barbeque Chris Chambers (blues) 7 pm. The local The Hamstrung Stringband (bluegrass) 9:30 pm. lula lounGe Afrofest Afterfest Thomas Mapfumo & the Blacks Unlimited 9 pm. The PainTed lady Open Mic Mondays 9 pm.
Jazz/cLassicaL/exPeRiMentaL
dominion on queen Prud’homme 6:30 to
9:30 pm.
emmeT ray bar Vaughan Misener 9 pm.
GaTe 403 Denis Schingh 5 to 8 pm. GladsTone hoTel River City, The Reading by
John Farrow David Gossage (flute) 6:30 pm. GraffiTi’s Kevin Quain’s Gutbucket Lounge (piano jazz/blues) 5 to 8 pm. rex Peter Hill Quintet 6:30 pm, Dave Young’s Charles Mingus Workshop 9:30 pm.
Dance Music/DJ/Lounge
boVine sex club Moody Mondays Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
insomnia DJs Topher & Orang (rock). The ossinGTon Ice & Yolanda. ParTs & labour Beatface (electro) 9 pm. The PisTon Junk Shop DJs Jorge & Jared (pre- to
post- punk/new wave/garage/indie) 10 pm.
Tuesday, July 12 PoP/Rock/HiP-HoP/souL
annex Wreckroom MyChildren Mybride, Impending Doom, A Bullet for A Pretty Boy, the Crimson Armada doors 7 pm, all ages. drake hoTel lounGe Memphis Tuesdays: The Treasures, Grand Canyon (pop/rock) doors 10 pm.
four seasons cenTre for The PerforminG arTs Donny & Marie Osmond 7:30 pm. GraffiTi’s Marcus Walker 6 to 8 pm. harlem underGround John Campbell (jazz/ pop/soul/R&B) 8:30 pm. horseshoe Nu Music Nites Low Level Flight, Atomic Cosmonauts, the Hamptons, Bear Hands 9 pm. lee’s Palace Oli Brown, Holly Anderchuck 8:30 pm. The PainTed lady Darren Eedens (rock & roll) 9 pm. The PisTon The Dead Tuesdays, Mercy Flight 10 pm.
FoLk/BLues/countRy/WoRLD
cadillac lounGe Draw the Outs (country/ roots) 8:30 pm.
cloak & daGGer Pub Slocan Ramblers (bluegrass) 10 pm.
earl bales Park barry zukerman amPhiTheaTre Tuesday Night Live! Garrison Creek (bluegrass) 7 pm.
holy oak cafe Tracy McNeal, Saturday Saints,
Badly Bent, Idle Hoes (bluegrass/country) 9 pm. huGh’s room Pacifika (Latin rhythms/dubwise grooves) 8:30 pm. liberTy bisTro Kim Jarrett (folk rock) 8 pm.
The local
Ben Sures. ñ lula lounGe Bombino, Eon (DJ set) (African
blues) 8 pm, all ages.
WinchesTer kiTchen & bar Open Mic Night 9
pm.
Jazz/cLassicaL/exPeRiMentaL
chalkers Pub Espresso Manifesto Daniela Nardi’s 7 to 9 pm.
dominion on queen Wayne Nakamura’s
Django Jam 8:30 pm. GaTe 403 Donné Roberts Band 5 to 8 pm, Richard Whiteman & James Thompson Jazz Band 9 pm.
venue index
alleycaTz 2409 yonge. 416-481-6865. amadeus 184 augusta. 416-591-1245. amsTerdam breWery 21 Bathurst. 416-504-6882. annex Wreckroom 794 Bathurst. 416-536-0346. arePa café 490 Queen W. 416-362-4111. arraymusic sTudio 60 atlantic. 416-769-2841. asPeTTa caffe 207 augusta. 416-725-0693. auGusTa house 152 augusta. 416-977-8881. bar iTalia 582 college. 416-535-3621. blu risToranTe & lounGe 17 yorkville. 416-9211471. boVine sex club 542 Queen W. 416-504-4239. cadillac lounGe 1296 Queen W. 416-536-7717. cameron house 408 Queen W. 416-703-0811. ceno 137 avenue Rd. 647-352-8822. cenTre island toronto islands. chalkers Pub 247 Marlee. 416-789-2531. cherry beach foot of cherry street. clinTon’s 693 Bloor W. 416-535-9541. cloak & daGGer Pub 394 college. 647-436-0228. dakoTa TaVern 249 ossington. 416-850-4579. daVe’s... on sT clair 730 st clair W. 416-657-3283. dickens sTreeT TheaTre 35 Dickens. dominion on queen 500 Queen e. 416-368-6893. double double land 209 augusta. doWnsVieW Park 35 carl Hall. 416-954-0544. drake hoTel 1150 Queen W. 416-531-5042. duffy’s TaVern 1238 Bloor W. 416-628-0330. earl bales Park 4169 Bathurst. 416-395-7873. el mocambo 464 spadina. 416-777-1777. eleVen suPerior PresenTaTion cenTre 2398 Lake shore W. emmeT ray bar 924 college. 416-792-4497. eTon house 710 Danforth. 416-466-6161. 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. four seasons cenTre for The PerforminG arTs 145 Queen W. 416-363-8231.
fox & fiddle Wellesley 27 Wellesley e. 416-9449369. free Times cafe 320 college. 416-967-1078. The Garrison 1197 Dundas W. GaTe 403 403 Roncesvalles. 416-588-2930. GladsTone hoTel 1214 Queen W. 416-531-4635. Goodhandy’s 120 church. 416-760-6514. GraffiTi’s 170 Baldwin. 416-506-6699. The GreaT hall 1087 Queen W. 416-826-3330. Grossman’s 379 spadina. 416-977-7000. harbourfronT cenTre 235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000. hard luck bar 812 Dundas W. hard rock cafe 279 yonge. 416-362-3636. harlem 67 Richmond e. 416-368-1920. harlem underGround 745 Queen W. 416-3664743. The harP Pub 55 Lakeshore e (Mississauga). 905274-3277. The hideouT 484 Queen W. 647-438-7664. hiGhWay 61 souThern barbeque 1620 Bayview. 416-489-7427. holy oak cafe 1241 Bloor W. 647-345-2803. horseshoe 370 Queen W. 416-598-4753. hoT box cafe 191a Baldwin. 416-203-6990. huGh’s room 2261 Dundas W. 416-531-6604. insomnia 563 Bloor W. 416-588-3907. kool haus 132 Queens Quay e. 416-869-0045. lee’s Palace 529 Bloor W. 416-532-1598. liberTy bisTro 25 Liberty. 416-533-8828. liVe ToronTo 332 Richmond W. 416-599-5332. liVinroom lounGe 1504 Danforth. The local 396 Roncesvalles. 416-535-6225. loT 16 1136 Queen W. 416-531-6556. lou daWG’s 589 king W. 647-347-3294. lula lounGe 1585 Dundas W. 416-588-0307. mana bar 722 college. 416-537-9292. marGreT 2952 Dundas W. 416-762-3373. mel lasTman square 5100 yonge. 416-395-7582. mississauGa ciVic cenTre 300 city centre (Mississauga). 905-896-5088. miTzi’s sisTer 1554 Queen W. 416-532-2570.
Princess of Wales TheaTre Hugh Jackman 8 pm.
rex Alison Au Quartet 6:30 pm, Rex Jazz Jam Terra Hazelton 9:30 pm.
someWhere There sTudio Alan Bloor, Aaron
Lumley, Dan Friedman (bass/sax/violin) 8 pm. suPermarkeT THE AMBiENT PiNG: Mystery Moon Of Mars Spacenoiz, Amoeba Starfish, Stillcoiled doors 8 pm.
Dance Music/DJ/Lounge
Goodhandy’s Ladyplus Parties DJ Cesar doors 9 pm.5
insomnia Soulful Tuesdays D-Jay (soul). moTel Big Lebowski Tuesdays DJ Knox Harrington (live screening with sound) 9 to 11 pm. The ossinGTon Take It Easy.
Wednesday, July 13 PoP/Rock/HiP-HoP/souL
cadillac lounGe The Neil Young’uns 9 pm. criminal records
Lou Canon 7 pm. ñ drake hoTel underGround Ron Hawkins &
the Do Good Assassins w/ Stephen Prickett (rock) doors 8 pm. el mocambo Caught Off Guard. horseshoe Moonface doors 8:30 pm. lee’s Palace Kurt Vile & the Violators, Woods, Arc & Round (indie psych folk) doors 8 pm. See Woods preview, page 32. The local Make Out Wednesdays The Ron Leary Quintet.
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mod club 722 college. 416-588-4663. molson amPhiTheaTre 909 Lake shore W. moTel 1235 Queen W. naco Gallery cafe 1665 Dundas W. 647-347-6499. naThan PhilliPs square 100 Queen W. naWlins Jazz bar 299 king W. 416-595-1958. 99 sudbury 99 sudbury. noT my doG 1510 Queen W. 416-532-2397. old mill inn 21 old Mill Rd. 416-236-2641. onTario Place 955 Lake shore W. 416-314-9900. oPera bob’s 1112 Dundas W. 416-536-5585. oPTicianado 2919 Dundas W. 416-604-2020. orbiT room 580a college. 416-535-0613. The ossinGTon 61 ossington. 416-850-0161. 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. The PisTon 937 Bloor W. 416-532-3989. Princess of Wales TheaTre 300 king W. ProhibiTion 696 Queen e. 416-406-2669. queen’s Park university north of college. rancho relaxo 300 college. 416-920-0366. rebas café 3289 Dundas W. 416-626-7372. The red liGhT 1185 Dundas W. 416-533-6667. rePosado 136 ossington. 416-532-6474. rex 194 Queen W. 416-598-2475. rexall cenTre 1 shoreham. 416-665-9777. riVer Gambler 261 Queen Quay e, Pier 29. riVoli 332 Queen W. 416-596-1908. rockWood 31 Mercer. 416-979-7373. roGers cenTre 1 Blue Jays Way. 416-341-3000. rose TheaTre 1 theatre Lane (Brampton). 905-8742800. silVer dollar 486 spadina. 416-763-9139. skål bar 474 adelaide e. 416-603-7525. slack’s 562 church. 416-928-2151. smilinG buddha 961 college. 416-516-2531. sneaky dee’s 431 college. 416-603-3090. someWhere There sTudio 227 sterling, unit 112. sony cenTre for The PerforminG arTs 1 Front e. 416-872-2262.
sound academy 11 Polson. 416-461-3625. souThside Johnny’s 3653 Lake shore W. 416-5216302. sPorTsTer’s 1430 Danforth. 416-778-0258. sTella borealis Pier 27, yonge & Queens Quay. sTone lounGe 783 college. 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. 416-7035488. Ten feeT Tall 1381 Danforth. 416-778-7333. Terri o’s sPorTs bar 185 Danforth. ToronTo boTanical Garden 777 Lawrence e. 416-397-1340. ToronTo music Garden 475 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000. ToTa lounGe 592 Queen W. Trane sTudio 964 Bathurst. 416-913-8197. Tranzac 292 Brunswick. 416-923-8137. TrysT 82 Peter. 416-588-7978. T.s.T’s launch Pad 46 Hyde. ulTra 314 Queen W. 416-263-0330. underdoWn Pub 263 gerrard e. 416-927-0815. uPsTairs@111 111 Bathurst. 416-596-6822. VelVeT underGround 510 Queen W. 416-5046688. VillaGe of yorkVille Park cumberland and Bellair. VoGue suPPer club 42 Mowat. WaTerfalls 303 augusta. 416-927-9666. Waylabar 996 Queen e. 416-901-5570. WhiTe sWan 836 Danforth. 416-463-8089. WinchesTer kiTchen & bar 51a Winchester. 416-323-0051. Woo’s lounGe 10 Dundas e, 4th floor. 416-9779966. WronGbar 1279 Queen W. 416-516-8677. xs niGhTclub 261 Richmond W. yonGe-dundas square
lula lounGe Juvon Taylor, Soul Patrol, Down by Riverside 8 pm. ParTs & labour Ashes (punk) 9 pm. rancho relaxo Gt. Dane & Co. sound academy Leon Russell doors 8 pm. suPermarkeT Wednesdays Go Pop! Alysha Brillinger, Lou Canon, Heart and Sounds 9:45 pm. VelVeT underGround Burning Love, the Blind Shake, Greys, Ultimatemost High doors 8:30 pm.
(blues/jazz) 8 pm.
FoLk/BLues/countRy/WoRLD
naWlins Jazz bar Jim Heineman Trio (jazz) 7
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cenTre island ouTdoor laGoon TheaTre SP Simms & Maya’s Caravan Of Song 6:30 & 8 pm. dakoTa TaVern The Dardanelles, Duane Andrews & Dwayne Cote 7 pm. emmeT ray bar Peter Boyd (blues) 9 pm. GaTe 403 Brian Cober & Aslan Gotov Blues Duo 9 pm. GraffiTi’s Kitgut Oldtime Stringband 7 to 10 pm. Grossman’s Rockin’ Blues Jam Ernest Lee & Cotton Traffic 9 pm. huGh’s room Justin Rutledge, Jadea Kelly (Americana country) 8:30 pm. naThan PhilliPs square Fresh Wednesdays Suzie Vinnick noon to 2 pm. rePosado Sol Wednesdays Spy Vs Sly Vs Spy. riVoli Song Circle Emma-Lee, Rob Szabo, Carleton Stone, Karen Kosowski 8:30 pm. silVer dollar High Lonesome Wednesday: Big City Bluegrass Crazy Strings 9 pm.
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souThside Johnny’s Junior Open Stage For
Kids 7 pm.
Terri o’s sPorTs bar Gary 17’s Acoustic Open Stage The Dock Spiders 8 pm.
underdoWn Pub Rita’s Parlour Rita Di Ghent
Jazz/cLassicaL/exPeRiMentaL
cloak & daGGer Pub Kristen Au (jazz) 10 pm. dominion on queen Corktown Uke Jam 8 pm. GaTe 403 Joshua Goodman Jazz Band 5 to 8 pm.
to 10 pm.
Princess of Wales TheaTre Hugh Jackman 8 pm.
rex Trikonasana 6:30 pm, Turtleboy 9:30 pm. someWhere There sTudio Starfires (psyche-
delic improvisers) 8 pm.
Dance Music/DJ/Lounge
boVine sex club Subculture DJ Tresor (Voodoo Bunny).
Goodhandy’s Ladyplus Parties DJ Todd Klinck doors 9 pm.5
hoT box cafe Hump Day Uncut The Man
(stoner gay- positive night).5 insomnia DJ O-God (house/reggae/mashups). naco Gallery cafe Gloryhole Stephanie & Baller 10 pm.5 The ossinGTon HumbleMania. suTra House Party Cozmic Cat (house) 10 pm. ToTa lounGe DJs gaDJet, Nikola. 3
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suggests she’s got broader pop appeal. MacLellan also finally includes a cover of her father, Gene MacLellan’s, Snowbird, sung with Blue Rodeo’s Jim Cuddy. No doubt she was waiting for the right moment for that tribute. Top track: Now And Then SARAH GREENE
sage, unfussy meditations on life and love add welcome weight. Top track: Baby Jeans The Wooden Birds play the Drake Sunday (July 10). CARLA GILLIS
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(Souterrain Transmissions) Rating: NNNN The debut solo album by ex-Gowns singer EMA (aka Erika M. Anderson) is already being called one of the best releases of the year, and it’s easy to see why. To put it mildly, Past Life Martyred Saints is a very intense record, but incredibly rewarding. There are the urgent, raw emotions of early PJ Harvey and Patti Smith, but also traces of Fever Ray’s synthetic otherworldliness, wrapped around a sonic palette of screaming guitar feedback, acoustic strumming and digital distortion that’s all her own.
EMA’s not the first to play with combining folk, noise, electronics and pop. In her case, though, the songs don’t come across as tentative experiments, but rather as fully formed, confident artistic statements. When she strips everything down to just layers of her own voice on Coda, you realize her appeal comes more from the heartwrenching songwriting and delivery than from any clever studio wizardry. It’s not always the most comfortable thing to listen to, but like the proverbial car crash, it’s hard to tear yourself away. Top track: Marked EMA plays the Garrison July 23. BENJAMIN BOLES cer JD Twitch from Optimo Music. Twitch’s attempt to increase the band’s dramatic flair should work but in the end comes up short. Neither as playful as previous efforts nor as spooky as it wants to be, Mirror Mirror is a middling effort by a good band. Top track: Rose Red JOANNE HUFFA
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Two Matchsticks (Barsuk) Rating: NNNN The second effort by the Wooden Birds – essentially American Analog Set’s Andrew Kenny, though Leslie Sisson adds backup vocals to most of the 12 songs – is an ideal lazy summer album. Lie in the grass with SONS AND DAUGHTERS Mirror Mirror it. Take it to the park. Its soothing, bob(Domino) Rating: NNN bing melodies are meant for sunshine. Its Treading darker territory than in the past, spare instrumentation – voices, meanderGlasgow’s Sons and Daughters have made ing guitar and bare-bones percussion – a curious album that never quite hits the keeps things refreshingly uncluttered. mark. When lead singer Adele Bethel is Interestingly, Kenny’s soft singing and given the spotlight – as on Rose Red, a distinct delivery bring female singers to song where she takes on the persona of a mind: Forest City Lovers’ Kat Burns and serial killer – things work best. UnfortuFiery Furnaces’ Eleanor Friedberger, specifnately, both she and singer/guitarist Scott ically. Sisson offers complementary Paterson take a back seat to the heavily counterpoint, and her lead duties on Baby percussive backing tracks. Jeans make it a standout. Less so is Death While producer Bernard Butler (Suede, Cab’s Ben Gibbard’s harmonic turn on Duffy) gave their last album, This Gift, a Warm To The Blade; his voice blurs too 60s classic pop direction, Mirror Mirror’s Ad_Now_1-5 010711.ai 1 7/1/11 6:44 PM easily with Kenny’s. moody 80s vibe comes courtesy of produThough the music is breezy, Kenny’s
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From Sting to Sleigh Bells’ Alexis Krauss, there’s a long line of schoolteachers who’ve become musicians, and Toronto’s Lou Canon adds her name to the list with this Hayden-produced debut album. Her profession could also account for the naive, childlike quality in the 10 tracks. Canon coos sweetly over staccato keys, horns, strings and delicate percussion. Credit Hayden for the production, which allows subtle depth to creep through the instrumental sparseness. The short run time and easy-listening melodies make the album feel slight. But that’s made up for with warmth, especially on a cover of the Cure’s Close To Me that retains all the atypical breeziness of the original. Hayden’s vocals are a nice foil to Canon’s on In Fall, though had the song come later in the sequence it would’ve broken up some of the album’s monotony. Top track: Close To Me Lou Canon plays Criminal Records and Supermarket on Wednesday (July 13). RICHARD TRAPUNSKI
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Place To Place (A440/ Universal) Rating: NNNN Named best jazz artist in 2007 by NOW, Robi Botos has seemingly played on everyone else’s records over the last decade, while racking up domestic and international awards and winning the 2004 Montreux Jazz Festival solo piano competition. He’s been hesitant to take the spotlight in the studio, reasoning that the timing needed to be right. Long touted as the heir to Oscar Peterson’s Canadian jazz pianist throne, Botos might finally be ready for the succession now that this overdue debut album is in the can. Flanked by his brother Frank on drums and bassist Attila Darvas, Botos loads this 14-song slab with standards like What Is This Thing Called Love and Wayne Shorter’s classic Footprints, as well as original joints like Emmanuel, a tribute to his late mentor, Dr. Peterson. The Hungarian-born local also dips into his heritage on First Love, which has traces of Gypsy clarinet, and there’s a jazz fusion tune, the title track, that he first began tinkering with when he was 13, which tells you just how long this album’s been percolating. Top track: Emmanuel Robi Botos plays the Rex on July 28. JASON KELLER
JOHN MAUS We Must Become The
Pitiless Censors Of Ourselves (Ribbon) Rating: NNN For the quintessential music nerd, John Maus is prime underground-idol material. He’s a political philosophy professor with a love of existential pop, an icy Ian Curtisesque baritone and an impassioned stage presence. In contrast to his shrieking live show, his recordings are introverted, muffled and moody. On his third full-length, he buries unintelligibly reverbed vocals beneath a feverish atmosphere of romantic analog synth-pop. The result has a charming, if inscrutable, rough-around-the-edges quality reminiscent of early new wave. The 80s pop influence is most apparent in Quantum Leap’s snappy post-punk kick; Head For The Country pairs a low-budget disco beat with ominous observations on urbanity; and Believer ends things in a dreamy haze of glittering synths. His attempts at humour (and clarity), however, are less effective. Maus sounds as pretentious as his album title when he’s at his least self-censorious, delivering empty, eye-rolling provocations on Cop Killer and Matter Of Fact. Top track: Quantum Leap KEVIN RITCHIE
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By The Back Stair (independent) Rating: NNNN It’s not often you hear of bands hailing from Amherst, a town barely on the Nova Scotia side of the New Brunswick border and close to Springhill, aka Anne Murray country. Steve Haley lives there now, but it’s actually his Newfoundland roots that seem to inform his five-piece Banded Stilts. On this six-song EP, Haley employs the robust melodic baritone, full-band energy and folk instrumentation – mandolin, banjo, violin, etc – of Great Big Sea. But he combines it with an introspective edge, Neil Young straightforwardness (and harp) and woodsy imagery that indicates time spent with Bon Iver and Great Lake Swimmers albums. It’s an effective sound that adds muscle – and great songs – to the genre without ever spinning off into a mindless, drunken kitchen party. Top track: Flee Into The Autumn Dark Banded Stilts play Slack’s tonight (Thursday, July 7) and the Tranzac Friday (July 8). CG
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Silhouette (True North) Rating: PEI songwriter Catherine MacLellan is a subtle wonder. On her mellow fourth album, she occasionally stretches her gentle voice into the realm of rock on a few songs at the beginning and in the middle. Her themes are still predominantly breakups and loneliness, and her melodies still meander. But years of honing her craft have paid off: MacLellan’s songwriting is more confident and diverse now, and she adds death, war and homesickness into her subject matter. The band is low-key through most of the album, almost in reverence to her effortless vocals. This works especially well on weepers like Now And Then. But Stealin’, co-written with producer David Baxter,
Gone To Bolivia (independent) Rating: NNNN There’s a freshness to award-winning songwriter Ben Sures’s new album that belies his 20 years of making records. The Edmonton-based singer/guitarist sounds like he’s discovering new things on these simple, inviting songs about revolutionaries, American shantytowns, cruise ship work and residential school survival. Producer Don Kerr is sympathetic to Sures’s warm and wordy delivery, embellishing it with playful touches of percussion, strings, pedal steel and piano that never overpower the songs. Backup vocals by Rhonda Stakich, Kathryn Rose, Michelle Rumball and the Good Lovelies add a breathy lightness to the otherwise political material – a good trick. The album has personal touches, too. High School Steps is as much an ode to early friendships and the Kinks as it is to a high school sweetheart, while Everybody Matters is an unabashed feel-good group hug of an anthem. Top track: Gone To Bolivia Ben Sures plays the Local Tuesday (July 12). SG 3
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Carrie Fisher chronicles her life story – warts and all – in solo show By GLENN SUMI WISHFUL DRINKING created and performed by Carrie Fisher, directed by Tony Taccone. Presented by Mirvish Productions at the Royal Alexandra Theatre (260 King West). Previews from Tuesday (July 12), opens July 15 and runs to August 21, Tuesday-Saturday 8 pm, matinees Wednesday and Saturday-Sunday 2 pm. $35$99. 416-872-1212.
a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, Carrie Fisher was involved in one of the most successful movie franchises of all time. We’re talking about the original Star Wars trilogy, of course, in which the then teenage Fisher, spunky and stubborn, her hair coiled into one of cinema’s most famous hairdos, galloped across the screen and right into pop culture history. “There’s a Princess Leia soap, a cookie jar, shampoo, a stamp,” says Fisher from L.A., a bit of incredulity seeping into her gritty and familiar husky voice. “Of course, we don’t get any money from any of it,” she deadpans, “but now at least [George Lucas] has started sending me the stuff. He didn’t before. But I complained about it on Oprah.” She pauses and says, “George is fantastic.”
In her acclaimed show Wishful Drinking, she deals with her Star Wars notoriety and early fame, as well as her famous parents (Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher), parents’ friends and lovers (Elizabeth Taylor) and her own struggles with substance abuse and mental illness. She’s especially candid about the latter, describing her bipolar disorder and her treatment regimen, which includes medication and electroconvulsive therapy, or ECT. When I ask about Catherine ZetaJones’s recent revelation that she’s bipolar, Fisher says she doesn’t quite understand it. “Usually you don’t get it late in life, and it’s not induced by anything,” she says. “It’s chemical. I know Catherine a bit, but I haven’t spoken to her about it. But, hey, if she’s getting help for it, that’s good.” She’s less impressed with Charlie Sheen’s antics, however. “I think the most harmful thing he’s done is lash out at AA,” says Fisher, who still attends 12-step meetings. “He gave out statistics that weren’t true and thinks of himself as so special that he doesn’t have to do what other people do. AA does a lot of good for a lot of people.” Fisher has performed the show on and off for several years now, and
confesses she initially gained a lot of weight on the road. “I’d do the show, then give myself a treat,” she laughs. “I stopped exercising, which I’d done since my late 30s, and all the weight that had been waiting in the wings crashed in on me. I was Jabba the Hut.” She’s recently become a spokesperson for Jenny Craig, however, and has lost more than 30 pounds. “I’ve got obsessive compulsive disorder, so I love rituals,” she laughs. “The program’s very structured and works in a way like 12-step stuff – you even have a sponsor you’re accountable to.” And how does she stay grounded? “I don’t take anything for granted,” she says. “My daughter, Billie, is fantastic. I go to meetings, take my medication, have the ECT. I have a great sense of humour.” Even though the ECT can cause memory loss? “Hey, everything has a price,” she says. “And anyway, who knows if my memory’s bad because of LSD, ECT or” (and here she pauses and spells out) “A-G-E? All I know is it’s one of those.” 3 glenns@nowtoronto.com
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THE ADMIRABLE CRICHTON by JM Barrie (Shaw Festival). A British aristocratic family and their butler are shipwrecked on a desert island in this social satire. Previews to Jul 8. Opens Jul 9 and runs in rep to Oct 29. $24$106. Festival Theatre, Niagara-on-theLake. 1-800-511-7429, shawfest.com. BELL, BOOK AND CANDLE by John van Druten (Classic Theatre Festival). A witch meets a man in 1950s NYC in this romantic comedy. Previews Jul 8-9. Opens Jul 9 and runs to Jul 31, Wed-Sat 8 pm, mats Sat-Sun and Wed 2 pm. $21-$30. Mason Theatre, 13 Victoria, Perth. 1-877-283-1283, classictheatre.ca. BLOOD BROTHERS by Willy Russell (Drayton Entertainment). Separated at birth, twins with opposite backgrounds fall for the same girl in this musical. Opens Jul 7 and runs to Jul 23, see website for schedule. $42, stu $21.50. Huron Country Playhouse, 70689 B Line, Grand Bend. 1-888-449-4463, draytonentertainment.com. THE CHERRY ORCHARD by Anton Chekhov (Guildwood Festival Theatre). Chekhov’s play about an aristocratic family in financial trouble is presented outdoors. Opens Jul 7 and runs to Jul 31, Wed-Sun 8 pm, mat Sun 2 pm. $20, kids under 12 free. Guild Inn Gardens, 201 Guildwood Pkwy, Greek Theatre. 416-392-1421, guildfestivaltheatre.ca. CORAZON DE MEXICO (Harbourfront Centre). This festival of Mexican culture features the Mexican Folkloric Dance Company, Marionetas de la Esquina puppet theatre and more. Jul 8-10, see website for schedule. Free. 235 Queens Quay W. harbourfrontcentre.com. EDGE OF THE WOODS THEATRE FESTIVAL (Edge of the Woods Theatre). Circus acts, theatre, comedy, dance and more are featured in this travelling outdoor festival. Opens Jul 8 and runs to Jul 16. Pwyc ($10 sugg). Huntsville/ Bracebridge/Burks Falls/Port Carling, see website for location details and schedule. edgeofthewoodstheatre.com. AN EVENING WITH TAMMY FAYE by Shannon McDonough (The Flying Beaver Pubaret). McDonough performs her solo show from last year’s Fringe about the flamboyant evangelist. Jul 8-10, Fri-Sat 8 pm, Sun 7 pm. $10. 488 Parliament. 647-347-6567, pubaret.com. HOW THE OTHER HALF LOVES by Alan Ayckbourn (Drayton Entertainment). To mislead their spouses, cheating lovers implicate an innocent couple in this comedy. Opens Jul 13 and runs to Jul 23, see website for schedule. $42, stu $22. Playhouse II, 70689 B Line, Grand Bend. 1-888-449-4463, draytonentertainment.com.
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ITALIAN FUNERALS & OTHER FESTIVE OCCASIONS by John Miranda (Drayton Entertain-
ment). A young man clings to memories as he loses his mother to dementia. Previews to Jul 9. Opens Jul 10 and runs to Jul 23, see website for schedule. $42, previews $36, stu $22. Drayton Festival Theatre, 33 Wellington S, Drayton. 1-888-449-4463, draytonentertainment.com. JENNY’S HOUSE OF JOY by Norm Foster (Scarborough Players). A Wild West brothel is the scene for catfights, comedy and a lesson about friendship. Opens Jul 7 and runs to Jul 23, Thu-Sat 8 pm, mats Jul 17, 23 at 2 pm. $17. Scarborough Village Theatre, 3600 Kingston. 416-267-9292, theatrescarborough.com. THE LITTLE YEARS by John Mighton (Stratford Festival). Growing up in the 50s, a young woman’s budding interest in science is dismissed by her family. Previews to Jul 12. Opens Jul 13 and runs in rep to Sep 24. $25-$70. Studio Theatre, Stratford. 1-800567-1600, stratfordfestival.ca. THE LOVE LIST by Norm Foster (Globus Theatre). A man questions what he wants after meeting his perfect match. Opens Jul 13 and runs to Jul 23, Tue-Sat 8 pm, see website for mats. $26.50, stu $20. Lakeview Arts Barn, 2300 Pigeon Lake, Bobcaygeon. 1-800-3047897, globustheatre.com. MACBETH by William Shakespeare (Driftwood Theatre Bard’s Bus Tour). The classic tragedy about power and murder is presented outdoors in this touring production.
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dance listings Opening CORAZON DE MEXICO Harbourfront Centre and the Consulate General of Mexico present a festival of Mexican culture with dance by Mexican Folkloric Dance Company, Mariachi Fashion Dance Fiesta, Ballet Folklorico Puro Mexico and more. Jul 8-10, see website for schedule. Free. 235 Queens Quay W. 416-9734000, harbourfrontcentre.com.
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Bonne Compagnie, Catalyst, metamorphosis dance theatre, Christine Birch, Limitless Productions and others (See the special pullout feature in this issue, and the online guide at nowtoronto.com/fringe.). Runs to Jul 17, various venues, days and times, see website for details. $10 (adv $11), kids $5, passes $45-$91. 416-966-1062, fringetoronto.com. 3
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Previews Jul 7-8. Opens Jul 9 and runs to Jul 10, Thu-Sun 7:30 pm. Pwyc ($15 adv reserve). Todmorden Mills, 67 Pottery. (Also runs Jul 12-20 in Oshawa, Pickering, Mississauga, Ajax, Burlington, Port Colborne and St. Catharines, see website for location details; tour continues to Aug 14.) 905-576-2396, driftwoodtheatre.com. MaMa’s Country reCord ColleCtion by Thom Currie (Stirling Festival Theatre). A father and daughter bond while sorting through old vinyl in this musical. Opens Jul 12 and runs to Jul 16, Thu-Sat and Tue 8 pm, mats Tue-Thu 2 pm. $29. 41 West Front, Stirling. 1-877-3121162, stirlingfestivaltheatre.com. a MidsuMMer night’s dreaM by William Shakespeare (Shakespeare in the Vineyard). Lovers and actors meet and mingle in an enchanted forest. Opens Jul 7 and runs to Jul 16, Thu-Sat 7 pm. $25 (proceeds to Niagara Peninsula Children’s Centre). Henry of Pelham Winery, 1469 Pelham Rd, RR1, St Catharines. shakespeareinthevineyard.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 to Jul 7. Opens Jul 8 and runs in rep to Oct 8. $24-$106. Court House Theatre, Niagara-on-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 taxi driver 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, Niagara-on-the-Lake. 1-800-5117429, shawfest.com. seParate Beds by Mary Jane Cruise (Theatre Collingwood). Couples on a cruise deal with marriage woes in this comedy. Opens Jul 11 and runs to Jul 16, nightly at 8 pm, mats Tue and Thu at 2 pm. $18-$35. Gayety Theatre, Collingwood. theatrecollingwood.com. shakesPeare’s Will by Vern Thiessen (Stratford Festival). Shakespeare’s widow recalls her life with and without her famous husband in this solo show. Previews to Jul 12. Opens Jul 13 and runs in rep to Sep 2. $25-$70. Studio Theatre, Stratford. 1-800567-1600, stratfordfestival.ca. the 39 stePs adapted by Patrick Barlow (Rose Theatre). This comedy whodunit is based on the novel by John Buchan and the 1935 Alfred Hitchcock film. Opens Jul 8 and runs to Jul 30, Tue-Sat 7:30 pm, Sun 2 pm. $27. 1 Theatre Lane, Brampton.
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Performing Arts, 55 Mill. 416-866-8666, soulpepper.ca. titus androniCus by William Shakespeare (Stratford Festival). A Roman general sacrifices a captive’s son, setting off a horrific cycle of revenge. Previews to Jul 13. Opens Jul 14 and runs in rep to Sep 24. $50-$106, stu/srs $25-$66. Tom Patterson Theatre, Stratford. 1-800-567-1600, stratfordfestival.ca. tWelfth night by William Shakespeare (Stratford Festival). The classic comedy about love and mistaken identity gets a staging. Previews to Jul 14. Opens Jul 15 and runs in rep to Oct 28. $50-$106, stu/srs $25$66. Festival Theatre, Stratford. stratfordfestival.ca.
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(BlackCreek Summer Music Festival). Raúl Esparza, Jane Krakowski, Martin Short, Audra McDonald, Marvin Hamlisch and others perform musical theatre hits. Jul 9 at 8 pm. $56-$170. Rexall Centre, 1 Shoreham. 1-888-860-7888, blackcreekfestival.com.
905-874-2800, rosetheatre.ca. Wishful drinking by Carrie Fisher (Mirvish). Fisher recalls the true tale of her life in Hollywood in this solo show (see story, page 39). Opens Jul 12 and runs to Aug 21, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mats Wed and Sat-Sun 2 pm. $35-$99. Royal Alexandra Theatre, 260 King W. 416-872-1212, mirvish.com.
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John Gray (Festival Players of Prince Edward County). This musical re-imagines the life of the first aviatrix. Runs to Jul 8, see website for schedule. $15-$30. Fields on West Lake, Bloomfield. festivalplayers.ca. the Berlin Blues by Drew Hayden Taylor (4th Line Theatre). German developers want to build a First Nations theme park in Ontario. Runs to Jul 23, Tue-Sat 6 pm (and Jul 18). $26$30, preview $20, opening night $40. Winslow Farm, 779 Zion Line, Millbrook. 1-800814-0055, 4thlinetheatre.on.ca. Breaking and entering by Vin Morreale Jr (Lakeside Players). A mysterious woman foils a thief’s plans in this comedy. Runs to Jul 10, Thu-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2:30 pm. $25-$55.95. Port Mansion Theatre and Restaurant, 12 Lakeport, St Catharines. portmansion.com. CaMelot by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe (Stratford Festival). King Arthur’s wife betrays him with his most trusted knight in this musical. Runs in rep to Oct 30. $50-$106, stu/srs $25-$66. Festival Theatre, Stratford. 1-800-567-1600, stratfordfestival.ca. Candida by Bernard Shaw (Shaw Festival). A woman must choose between her preacher husband and her poet lover. Runs in rep to Oct 30. $24-$106. Royal George Theatre, Niagara-on-the-Lake. 1-800-511-7429, shawfest.com. a hot tin roof by Tennessee CheckCat outonour Employment Williams (Shaw Festival). ASection bad mara looming inheritance create teninriage thisand week’s Classifieds. sions at a Southern patriarch’s birthday dinner. Runs in rep to Oct 23. $24-$106. Royal George Theatre, Niagara-on-the-Lake. 1-800-511-7429, shawfest.com. the CoMedy of errors by William Shakespeare (Humber River Shakespeare Co). Mistaken identities lead to trouble in this comedy presented outdoors. Runs to Jul 17, Tue-Sat 7 pm, Sun 2 pm (GTA shows Jul 19-Aug 1, see separate listings). Pwyc. Bolton, Schomberg, Kettlby, King City, Kleinburg, Alton Mills and Aurora, see website for details. 416-209-2026, humberrivershakespeare.ca. draMa at inish – a CoMedy by Lennox Robinson (Shaw Festival). A company performing serious plays changes the mood of an Irish town used to light comedies. Runs in rep to Oct 1. $24-$106. Court House Theatre, Niagara-on-the-Lake. 1-800-511-7429, shawfest.com. the droWning girls by Daniela Vlaskalic, Charlie Tomlinson and Beth Graham (Thousand Islands Playhouse). Three women murdered by the same husband tell their stories.
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Runs to Jul 30, Tue-Sun 8 pm, mats Fri-Sat 2:30 pm. $16-$32. Firehall Theatre, Gananoque. 1-866-382-7020, 1000islandsplayhouse.com. THE GRApES Of WRATH by John Steinbeck, adapted by Frank Galati (Stratford Festival). Ruined by the Depression, an Oklahoma farming family travels to California to seek a new life. Runs in rep to Oct 29. $50$106, stu/srs $25-$66. Avon Theatre, Stratford. 1-800-567-1600, stratfordfestival.ca. HARvEST by Ken Cameron (Globus Theatre). A rural couple move to the city and unwittingly rent their farm to marijuana growers. Runs to Jul 9, Tue-Sat 8 pm, see website for mats. $26.50, stu $20. Lakeview Arts Barn, 2300 Pigeon Lake, Bobcaygeon. 1-800-3047897, globustheatre.com. HEARTbREAk HOuSE by Bernard Shaw (Shaw Festival). Debates and deceptions play out at a British dinner party on the eve of World War I. Runs in rep to Oct 7. $24$106. Festival Theatre, Niagara-on-the-Lake. 1-800-511-7429, shawfest.com. HOmETOWN by Jean Marc Dalpé, Mieko Ouchi, Mansel Robinson, Peter Smith, Martha Ross, Des Walsh and David Archibald (Blyth Festival). Six short plays look at whether ‘hometown’ is a place or state of mind. Runs to Aug 7, see website for schedule. $28-$32, stu $15. Blyth Memorial Hall, 431 Queen, Blyth. 1-877-862-5984, blythfestival.com.
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by Joe DiPietro and Jimmy Roberts (Laughoutloud Association). This musical comedy looks at dating, mating and romance. Runs to Jul 28, see website for schedule. $34, child $28. Orillia Opera House, 20 Mississaga W, Orillia. 705-326-8011, orilliaoperahouse.ca. JESuS cHRIST SupERSTAR by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber (Stratford Festival). Judas must make a choice between Jesus and the Roman rulers in this musical. Runs in rep to Oct 29. $50-$106, stu/srs $25-$66. Avon Theatre, Stratford. 1-800-567-1600, stratfordfestival.ca. THE mERRY WIvES Of WINdSOR by William Shakespeare (Stratford Festival). Two married women turn the tables on their wouldbe seducer in this comedy. Runs in rep to Oct 14. $50-$106, stu/srs $25-$66. Festival Theatre, Stratford. 1-800-567-1600, stratfordfestival.ca. mY fAIR LAdY by Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner (Shaw Festival). This musical is based on Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion. Runs in rep to Oct 30. $24-$106. Festival Theatre, Niagara-on-the-Lake. 1-800-511-7429, shawfest.com. RIcHARd III by William Shakespeare (Stratford Festival). A ruthless Duke marries and murders his way to the English throne. Runs in rep to Sep 25. $50-$106, stu/ srs $25-$66. Tom Patterson Theatre, Strat-
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ford. 1-800-567-1600, stratfordfestival.ca. 7-10 SpLIT by Michael Wilmot (Port Stanley Festival Theatre). A bowler looks to the internet to solve money troubles. Runs to Jul 23, see website for schedule. $25-$28. 6-302 Bridge, Port Stanley. 1-855-782-4353, portstanleytheatre.ca. THE TEmpEST by William Shakespeare (Theatre by the Bay). Love and revenge collide in this classic play. Runs to Jul 16, Mon-Sat 8 pm, mats Wed (and Jul 11) 2 pm. $25, stu/srs $22. Downtown Community Theatre, 1 Dunlop W, Barrie. 705-735-9243, theatrebythebay.com. TREASuRE ISLANd by Clark Harris (Theatre by the Bay). The Young Company present this pirate musical. Runs to Jul 16, see website for schedule. $12. Downtown Community Theatre, 1 Dunlop W, Barrie. 705-735-9243, theatrebythebay.com. vImY by Vern Thiessen (Blyth Festival). Four soldiers in a field hospital reflect on the 1917 battle at Vimy Ridge. Runs to Aug 6, see website for schedule. $28-$32, previews $22-$26, stu $15. Blyth Memorial Hall, 431 Queen, Blyth. 1-877-862-5984, blythfestival.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. Runs to Jul 16, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mats Sat-Sun and Wed 2:30 pm. $16-$32. Springer Theatre, Gananoque. 1-866-3827020, 1000islandsplayhouse.com. 3
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Bear with the Bard Designs don’t add up in outdoor staging of the winter’s tale By JORDAN BIMM
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THE WINTER’S TALE by William Shakespeare, directed by Estelle Shook (High Park Dream Site). To September 4. Pwyc ($20 sugg), under 14 free. 416-367-1652. See Continuing, page 40. Rating: NNN this year’s dream in high park is better than the last few simply be cause director Estelle Shook resists a wholesale reframing or modernizing of the Bard’s work. However, lack lustre design choices result in an un even rendition of one of Shakespeare’s lesserknown comedies. The Winter’s Tale starts off as a psychological drama in which Leon tes, the King of Sicily (David Jansen), believes his queen, Hermione (Kelly McIntosh), is having an affair with his childhood friend Polixenes (Sanjay Talwar), the King of Bohemia. Ignor ing all evidence to the contrary, Leon tes rashly instructs one of his nobles to abandon Hermione’s newborn daughter in the woods. In the lighter second half, the child is adopted by a shepherd (George Masswohl) and eventually catches the eye of Polix enes’ son, Florizel (Thomas Olajide). Costume designer Denyse Karn dresses everyone like it’s the late 19th or early 20th century, complete with Britishstyle Bobby hats and newsboy caps. This repeatedly clashes with the premodern storyline without deliv ering thematic insights. Additionally, the set for the first half is disappointingly sparse, espe cially given the lush, inspiring sur roundings of High Park. Things im prove once the action shifts to the countryside and some colourful leafy ornaments adorn the stage. Of the performers, Jansen seems bland and unsteady in the opening court scene, but once Leontes’s jeal ous suspicion takes hold – during a welldone bit where he speaks his fears directly to the audience – his
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Thursday, July 7 ABSOLUTE COMEDY presents Jesse Joyce, Jono Zalay and host Fraser Young. To Jul 10, Thu 8:30 pm, Fri 9 pm, Sat 8 & 10:45 pm, Sun 8 pm. $10-$15. 2335 Yonge. 416-4867700, absolutecomedy.ca. THE ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY COMPLETELY MADE
UP SHOW Second City presents interactive, family-friendly improv and sketch. To Jul 30, Thu-Sat 1 pm. $12. 51 Mercer. 416-343-0011, secondcity.com.
COMIC VISION: LAST CALL The Foundation Fighting Blindness presents a comedy ñ fundraiser w/ Graham Chittenden, Erica Sig-
urdson and Arthur Simeon, plus a DJ dance party and more. 7 pm. $65. Steam Whistle Brewing, 255 Bremner. comicvision.ca. GAME PLAYA THURSDAYS John Candy Box Theatre presents The Young And The Guestlist, an improvised puppet soap opera, followed by longform improv by the 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.
STAMPEDE BREAKFAST: ALL-STAR VARIETY & IMPROV SHOW Comedy Bar presents a bene-
fit for Derek Flores’s legal fees, w/ Matt Baram and Ron Pederson, Chris Craddock, the Rumoli Brothers, Nile Seguin and others. 10 pm. $15. 945 Bloor W. 416-551-6540, comedybar.ca. THIS PARTY’S A RIOT! Second City’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. The writing needs
sharpening, but the ballsy, improv-based finale – if it works – will generate lots of postshow buzz. Wed-Sat 8 pm (plus Sat 10:30 pm), Sun 7 pm. $24-$29, stu $15. 51 Mercer. 416343-0011, secondcity.com. NNN (GS) TWO COMICS, ONE VOICE Flying Beaver Pubaret presents a fundraiser for Bob Smith, featuring Eddie Sarfaty performing stand-up he wrote with Smith. 8 pm. $20-$25. 488 Parliament. 647-347-6567, brownpapertickets.com. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN presents Christophe Davidson. To Jul 10, Wed-Sun 8 pm (and FriSat 10:30 pm). $12-$20. 224 Richmond W. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com. YUK YUK’S VAUGHAN presents Double Feature Night w/ two new comics. 8 pm. $13. 70 Interchange Way. yukyuks.com. YUK YUK’S WEST presents Double Feature Night w/ two new comics. 8 pm. $13. 5165 Dixie, Mississauga. yukyuks.com.
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Pubaret presents comedy, music and spoken word by Rigg. 10 pm. $10-$15. 488 Parliament. 647-347-6567, pubaret.com. 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. A NIGHT OF COMEDY Drake Hotel presents Tyler Morrison, Adrian Sawyer, Patrick Haye and host Gilson Lubin. Doors 8 pm. $15. 1150 Queen W, Underground. thedrakehotel.ca. THIS PARTY’S A RIOT! See Thu 7. 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 7. YUK YUK’S VAUGHAN presents Rob Pue. To Jul 9, Fri-Sat 9 pm. $20. 70 Interchange Way. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com. YUK YUK’S WEST presents Derek Seguin. To Jul 9, Fri-Sat 9 pm. $20. 5165 Dixie, Mississauga. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com.
Saturday, July 9 ABSOLUTE COMEDY See Thu 7. THE ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY COMPLETELY MADE UP SHOW See Thu 7. BYE BYE LIVER: THE TORONTO DRINKING PLAY
The Pub Theatre Company presents interactive sketch comedy about drinking culture. 9 pm. $15. Hard Rock Cafe, 279 Yonge. byebyeliver.com. DOUG STANHOPE Toronto Underground Cinema present the abrasive comedian in a live show. 8 pm. $30. 186 Spadina. torontoundergroundcinema.com. SPILLIN’ THE BEANS COMEDY Full of Beans Coffee presents a show w/ host Rene Payes. 7 pm. Pwyc. 1348 Dundas W. 647-347-4161. THE SUPERSTARS OF COMEDY Comedy Bar presents Danny Polishchuk, Pat MacDonald, Mike Rita, Ron Josol and host Ali Hassan. 9:30 pm. $10. 945 Bloor W. comedybar.ca. THEATRESPORTS Bad Dog Theatre presents fast and furious improv matches. 8 pm. $12, stu $10. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. 416-5516540, baddogtheatre.com. THIS PARTY’S A RIOT! See Thu 7. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN See Thu 7. YUK YUK’S VAUGHAN See Fri 8. YUK YUK’S WEST See Fri 8.
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ABSOLUTE COMEDY See Thu 7. THE BENCH John Candy Box Theatre presents
upcoming improvisers picked by the Second City. 9 pm. Pwyc. 70 Peter. 416-340-7270. LEGENDS OF ZELDA’S presents weekly improv w/ the Eleventh Commandment and guests. 8 pm. $5. Zelda’s, 692 Yonge. zeldas.ca. SUDDENLY SUNDAY Pantages Martini Bar presents a weekly comedy night w/ hosts Melissa Story and Jeff Clark plus musical guests. 9 pm. Free. 200 Victoria. 416-362-1777. SUNDAY NIGHT LIVE The Sketchersons present a new sketch show every week w/ guest hosts. 9:30 pm. $8. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. thesketchersons.com. THIS PARTY’S A RIOT! See Thu 7. 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 7.
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Monday, July 11 ALT.COMEDY LOUNGE Rivoli presents Rob Pue, Chuck Byrn, John Hastings, Kathleen ñ Magee, Allison Dore, Matt Shury, Richard Lett, MC Gilson Lubin and others. 9 pm. Pwyc. 332 Queen W. altdotcomedylounge.com. 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. 416343-0011, 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.
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Imperial Pub presents a weekly show with cash prizes w/ host Eric Bud. 9:30 pm. $5. 54 Dundas E. imperialcomedy.com. SAVED BY THE JOKES Fox & Fiddle presents weekly comedy w/ hosts Evan Desmarais and Chris Robinson. 8 pm. Pwyc. 27 Wellesley E. wellesleyfox.com. WHEEL OF IMPROV John Candy Box Theatre presents an interactive improv show. 9 pm. Pwyc. 70 Peter. 416-340-7270.
Tuesday, July 12 FAT KAT$ COMEDY Nola Belle and Joey Harlem
present a show w/ host Harlem. 9 pm. Free. Axis Gastropub, 585 Bloor W. 416-539-9009. IMPATIENT THEATRE CO presents improv by its students. 7 pm. Free. Harold Night. 8 pm. $5. The Incubator, up and coming improv teams. 9:30 pm. $5. Late Night Menu, new and developing acts. 10:30 pm. Free. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. 416-238-7337, impatient.ca. IMPROV ALL-STARS Second City presents a fast-paced, improvised show. 8 pm. $20. 51 Mercer. 416-343-0011, secondcity.com. IMPROV NIGHT IN CANADA John Candy Box Theatre presents the ultimate improv faceoff. 9 pm. Pwyc. 70 Peter. 416-340-7270. SKETCHCOMEDY LOUNGE Rivoli presents British Teeth, Statutory Jape, Newsdesk with Ron Sparks, Shelley Kidwell, MC Mike Rita and others. 9 pm. Pwyc. 332 Queen W. sketchcomedylounge.com. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN presents the Humber School of Comedy at 7:30 pm, and stand-up Amateur Night at 9:30 pm. $4. 224 Richmond W. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com.
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Wednesday, July 13 ABSOLUTE COMEDY presents Pro-Am Night w/ Brian Stollery, Bev Ellis, Blair Streeter, Joel Buxton, Kenny Molotov, Richard Steudle and host Trent McClellan. 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. IMPATIENT THEATRE CO presents improv by its students. 7 pm. Free. House Party, scenes by ITC teams. 8 pm. $10. Munchausen, improv based on true stories. 10 pm. Free. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. 416-238-7337, impatient.ca.
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MAE MARTIN AND OTHER FUNNY FEMALES Granny Boots presents its All Girl ñ Comedy Edition w/ Dawn Whitwell, Debra
DiGiovanni, Sandra Battaglini, Zoe Whittall, host Mae Martin and others. 7:30 pm. Free. Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen W, Melody Bar. gladstonehotel.com. STUDENTS ROCK THE NITE John Candy Box Theatre presents improv by SC Training Centre students. 9 pm. Pwyc. 70 Peter. 416-340-7270. THIS PARTY’S A RIOT! See Thu 7. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN presents Andrew Johnston. To Jul 17, Wed-Sun 8 pm (and Fri-Sat 10:30 pm). $12-$20. 224 Richmond W. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com. 3
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Inside Fellini’s mind tiFF show uncovers iconic filmmaker’s major obsessions By DAVID JAGER Fellini: Spectacular ObSeSSiOnS
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how to encapsulate a director like Federico Fellini? This giant of 20th century cinema had an enormous range of interests and appetites. This exhibit succeeds in charting the many facets of a director as
enigmatic as he was excessive, from his early days as a pioneer of Italian neo-realism to his mature, dreamlike style. Exhibition curators Barr Gilmore and Laurel MacMillan build the exhibit around a recreation of Rome’s Via Veneto, the epicentre of a sizzling celebrity culture that emerged in the late 50s. A room is devoted to largely unknown early photographer Marcello Geppetti, who invented the on-
the-scene celebrity snapshot and inspired La Dolce Vita character Paparazzo, who gave his name to the profession. There is also ample footage and photographs of Anita Ekberg, the Swedish bombshell immortalized by Fellini in La Dolce Vita. Video and archival interviews document Fellini’s famous casting process through open calls that allowed aspiring actors and extras to walk in off the street. Anyone wondering
Dream Of April 1st, 1975 is part of Fellini’s Book Of Dreams, at the TIFF exhibit.
how he found La Volpina, the iconic sexual aggressor in Amarcord, can find out here. The show also sheds light on his long relationship with cinematic alter ego Marcello Mastroianni.
Fellini’s obsession with early rock ’n’ roll and the circus are highlighted, and his strained relationship with the Catholic Church is illustrated by his infamous Vatican fashion show from the movie Roma, one of his most deliciously absurd pieces of satire. A room is devoted to his dream journals. Impressed by the work of Carl Jung, Fellini was encouraged by Jungian psychoanalyst Ernst Bernhard to write down and illustrate his dreams, which he did with his usual gusto, filling over 350 pages with scenarios, most of them brimming with enormous women. His narratives, however, do also include moments of keen, self-deprecating insight. The Fellini who emerges from the show is a joyous and self-indulgent man-child, enormously talented and driven, who ultimately comes across as generous and wise. 3 art@nowtoronto.com
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suri and Renay Egamy, to Jul 30. Prints: Derek Caines, to Aug 31. 401 Richmond W #110. 416-979-9633. BAU-XI PHOTO Adam Makarenko, Jul 9-23, reception 2-4 pm Jul 9. 324 Dundas W. 416977-0400. CLINT ROENISCH If The Sun Had A Sound It Would Sound Like This group show, to Jul 15. 944 Queen W. 416-516-8593. DE LUCA FINE ART Collage: Steve Rockwell, Jul 7-30, reception 6-10 pm Jul 7. 1153-A Queen W #203. 416-537-4699. FEMINIST ART GALLERY Fuse magazine launch, 6-10 pm Jul 7. Installation/video: Alison SM Kobayshi, to Jul 27 (Sat-Sun). 25 Seaforth. GALLERY 1313 Photos/mixed media/installation: Stephan Briones, Chris Shoust and Anna May Henry, to Jul 17, reception 7-10 pm Jul 7. 1313 Queen W. 416-536-6778. GALLERY TPW The Normal Condition Of Any Communication group show, to Jul 30. 56 Ossington. 416-645-1066. HARBOURFRONT CENTRE Day Of The Dead sculptures (Corazón De México): Linares Family, Jul 8-10. Azure Magazine AZ Awards; DodoLab: Ideas Of Canada; Bring To Mind; First Hand group shows; installation/photos Lorène Bourgeois, Bozica Radjenovic and Chao-Liang Shen, to Sep 25. 235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000.
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Rodman Flender documents his anxious friend’s life in celebrity free fall By NORMAN WILNER CONAN O’BRIEN CAN’T STOP directed by Rodman Flender. A filmswelike release. 89 minutes. Advance screening tonight (Thursday, July 7) across Canada before Toronto release Friday (July 8). For venues and times, see Movies, page 49. documentary filmmakers aren’t supposed to get close to their subjects. Rodman Flender broke that rule the moment he decided to make a movie about his old college buddy Conan O’Brien. But he’s okay with it. “I do really like him as a friend, [and maybe] that seeped into the movie in the editing,” Flender says. “As a filmmaker, that was kind of my struggle, to remain objective.” Flender’s movie, Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop, captures the talk show host as he gives up his dream job hosting The Tonight Show. NBC had tried to shift O’Brien to a 12:05 am slot so Jay Leno could return to his 11:30 pm playground; O’Brien wound up walking away and launching the Legally Prohibited From Appearing On Television concert tour, which forms the spine of Flender’s film.
“It was hard to see him go through such a difficult time,” Flender says. “As his friend, I wanted to be there for him. But as a filmmaker, I wanted to disappear. I wanted to detach myself and not be there at all.” Just focusing on the filmmaking kept him busy enough. “There are all kinds of other inherent challenges when making a documentary,” he says. “When do I turn on the camera, when do I turn off the camera, how do I keep my batteries charged, how do I keep everyone focused? How do I keep up with Conan O’Brien, who is a man constantly on the move? That’s a challenge in and of itself.” Flender’s been trying to keep up with O’Brien for three decades, since they met as undergraduates at Harvard. “We were both on the Harvard Lampoon,” Flender says. “Right from the start, he was an incredibly gifted writer; the eyes through which he views the world were already set at that time. People have asked me how he’s changed or evolved over the years, and I think the only way he’s changed is that his confidence as a
REVIEW CONAN O’BRIEN CAN’T STOP (Rodman Flender) Rating: NNNNN This account of the live concert tour O’Brien launched after walking away from The Tonight Show is the most purely entertaining documentary I’ve seen all year – as well as a surprisingly acute study of a celebrity in free-fall. O’Brien’s college pal, filmmaker Rodman Flender, tagged along on the tour with a camera, and what results is a portrait of the comic as an irrepressible performer and compulsive glad-hander – terrified of alienating his fan base to the point of never refusing anyone a photo or autograph, even when he’s clearly on the verge of collapse. O’Brien is totally honest whether onstage or off-, copping to fits of rage over losing his dream job and engaging in endless passive-aggressive sniping with his staff. But it’s not all misery; the shows themselves are tremendous fun, and Flender crams in so much backstage detail, you’ll be swept up in the whirlwind of manic action along with everyone else. NW
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performer has gotten stronger.” After Harvard, Flender went to work for Roger Corman – “his reputation for giving inexperienced people their first break is legendary” – and eventually found himself directing movies like The Unborn and In The Heat Of Passion. Moving on to projects like Leprechaun 2 and the horror-comedy Idle Hands, he eventually ended up directing episodic television. “I wanted the opportunity to work with actors on
material where I didn’t have to wait for prosthetics to dry on their faces,” he says, laughing. “And that’s what TV afforded me. You know, I’d direct an episode of Chicago Hope – you can’t really get a better cast than that ensemble. But, yeah, it’s a pretty mixed-up resumé.” Flender sees the Conan doc as his next logical step. “I’d love to have Michael Apted’s career, or Werner Herzog’s,” he says. “They bounce back and forth between narrative fiction and documentaries. That is a strange deal, to make 28 Up and also make a James Bond movie.” 3 normw@nowtoronto.com
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(Werner Herzog). 95 minutes. Some subtitles. Opens Friday (July 8) at the TIFF Bell Lightbox. See Times, page 49. Rating:
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umph of 2009’s Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans is enough to make a cinephile salivate; that he’d choose to employ a stereoscopic camera to document 33,000-year-old cave paintings in southern France was, in hindsight, inevitable. The result is Cave Of Forgotten Dreams, a hypnotic documentary that brings the incredible walls of the Chauvet Pont d’Arc cave to us as if we were standing 4 feet away from them. The 3-D is less a gimmick than an observational tool; we can see how the images wrap around the stone, curling around stalactites and recesses, and imagine the effort it took to create them. Experts explain the historical value of the cave, but Herzog’s contemplative narration is all we really need. That, and some closing footage of mutant albino crocodiles. NORMAN WILNER
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Appearing in Page One: A Year Inside The New York Times Andrew Rossi’s documentary Page One goes behind the scenes to look at life at the most prestigious daily newspaper in America as the economic prospects for print journalism are dimming. A key player at the NYT is media editor Bruce Headlam, who features prominently in the film as he works on important articles with his writing team. Headlam spoke to NOW – while simultaneously posting – about the future of print media and what it was like to be filmed. How hard was it to decide to let the cameras into the Times back rooms? [Publisher] Bill Keller thought it might be a good idea. It wasn’t a long discussion, honestly – I work for them, so they don’t have to have a long discussion with me. I wasn’t all that comfortable with it, so I let my writers decide. I said, “If enough of you want to do it, we’ll do it, but no one will be forced to participate.” Did the film crew get in the way of your work? If there were things we couldn’t discuss, we simply said so. But we got accustomed to having the cameras there very quickly – unnervingly quickly. I saw an early cut just to make sure our journalism wasn’t compromised. For example, we made sure [Wikileaks’] Julian Assange’s phone number was blocked and that we didn’t say anything we couldn’t say in print. But I was amazed at conversations I saw on film that I don’t remember being shot. Your media writer, David Carr, is quite the character. He was dialing it back for the film, actually. A lot of people are taken aback by the scene at Vice when he tells them all off, but reporters have different ways of disarming their subjects. He shows up as David Carr in his wool cap – it’s his version of the Tom Wolfe white suit That’s how he is. He wasn’t acting. Let’s talk about the changing news scene. When false reports were tweeted that Gordon Lightfoot had died, NOW put the story to rest by phoning up his manager, who assured us Lightfoot was just fine... ... but to pick up the phone you need someone on staff who knows how to reach Gordon Lightfoot’s people quickly, and that costs money.
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REVIEW PAGE ONE: A YEAR INSIDE THE NEW YORK TIMES (Andrew Rossi) Rating: NN Andrew Rossi got unprecedented access to the back room at the New York Times in 2009, but he’s come out with little that’s new. Ironically, his documentary suffers from the same syndrome that afflicts many news dailies that lag behind their online competitors: it’s already stale. At America’s most prestigious daily, advertising revenue is tanking in an environment where a new generation of newshounds gets its information online and the future looks dim. This would be interesting if the Times were actually on the verge of collapse – better still for the movie if it had died during filming. But as neither is the case, the film lacks tension. What it does have is a great character in the person of David Carr, a one-time crack addict and now Times media columnist who’s made a personal crusade of promoting traditional print journalism wherever he goes. Anyone who’s given any thought to the issues (unless you’re the type to be surprised at the lily-whiteness of the Times editorial team) will find Page One snoozeworthy. SGC
There are so many things flying around on Twitter – just reporting the rumours can send things skyrocketing. We may be slower off the mark because we have to make the phone call, but the advantage to that is that if there is news, if we’ve been making other phone calls we can get there first because we could see that news coming. Are the dailies the only news source that can keep good journalism alive? I don’t want people coming away from this film thinking good journalism exists only in the New York Times or in newspapers. A few years ago, Josh Marshall won a Polk Award for his dogged reporting on the firings of attorneys by the Bush administration. Marshall was engaging in exactly the same process as we do but he published it online. I’m uncomfortable with the idea that newspapers do this and bloggers do that and they’re two completely different things. They’re not. How is the Times thinking of creating new revenue streams? If newspapers are going to survive, they’re going to have to strike up a different relationship with consumers. It’s happened in the past. I remember when cable television came in and people said, “Why would I pay for that? I buy my TV and I get three networks for free.” Now, 95 per cent of those who have TVs get cable TV. So it’s not impossible for people to become paying consumers for something that was once free. There was a decade-long hallucination that quality journalism had to be free or you couldn’t compete. That’s not proven to be true.
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Weak Tree THE TREE (Julie Bertuccelli). 100 minutes. Opens Friday (July 8). For venues and times, see Movies, page 49. Rating: NN
Sometimes a great performance by a child actor is simply not enough. That’s what happens in The Tree, the story of a mother and her four children struggling in the aftermath of Dad’s fatal heart attack. Mum (Charlotte Gainsbourg) sinks into a profound depression until she discovers the secret to her eight-yearold daughter Simone’s (Morgana Davies) near-happy mood. The young girl has discovered that her dad’s presence still emanates from the fig tree outside their house in the outback. Sounds hokey, but ironically, the problem with The Tree is that it needs
even more contrivance. As the fig tree’s branches break off and tear through the roof, and its mammoth roots start messing with the plumbing, director Julie Bertuccelli has a chance to create a powerful sense of menace. CGI’s not required – just some sound techniques would suffice. Instead, she sticks with scenes of sad people interspersed with static shots of Oz’s arid landscape. Gainsbourg lends a nice twitchy touch to the role of a woman both overwhelmed by loss and sensing that there may be joy in her future. And Davies is riveting as the young girl who goes to great lengths to prevent the tree from being destroyed. She’s a star in the making. But except for a rockin’ sequence in which a cyclone hits, The Tree never branches out into much of anything. SUSAN G. COLE
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Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis and Charlie Day are Nick, Kurt and Dale, put-upon wage slaves fed up with the constant abuse and harassment of their repugnant employers (Kevin Spacey, Colin Farrell and Jennifer Aniston). Finally pushed past their breaking points, they decide to off them all, swapping the murders to avoid suspicion. It’s a pretty clever plan until one of their targets does something unexpected, sending everything into a panicked spiral. And once everything goes sideways, Horrible Bosses spins its characters into a series of increasingly insane situations where acting logically just makes everything much, much worse. It’s a devilishly smart farce disguised as a really, really dumb one. Bateman once again mines laughs from his fussy overthinker persona, and Sudeikis and Day refine their Going The Distance buddy act into a perpetual joke machine. And the horrible bosses have a fine old time: Aniston invests her one-note sexual predator with a degree of self-awareness; Spacey revives the spirit of his Swimming With Sharks monster, Buddy Ackerman; and Farrell has an almost shameful amount of fun with the role of a cokehead sex fiend, wearing a prosthetic comb-over that makes him look like a pissed-off light bulb. I kind of want to see his spinoff prequel. 3 normw@nowtoronto.com
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(D: Frank Coraci, 104 min) Kevin James has quietly emerged as one of the most bankable comedy stars around – especially when there’s slapstick involved (Hitch, Grown Ups). In Zookeeper, he plays the title character, whose charges try to get him to find love with characters played by Rosario Dawson and Leslie Bibb. You can bet there’ll be some horsing around. Opens Friday (July 8). Screened after press time – see review July 8 at nowtoronto.com/movies. KevinJamesdeliversa matingcallinZookeeper.
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BEAUTIFUL BOY (Shawn Ku) is a drama
about an unassuming suburban couple (played by Maria Bello and Michael Sheen) who learn their son (Kyle Gallner) has gone on a shooting spree at his school. Bello and Sheen shine in this actor’s showcase. The problem’s in the script, which is mired in predictable plot points. 100 min. NNN (NW) Carlton Cinema, Cumberland 4
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Oliver (Ewan McGregor), who’s still getting over the death of his father, Hal (Christopher Plummer). Grief is making it hard for Oliver to connect emotionally with anything but his dog. And even the arrival of a smart and sexy actor (Mélanie Laurent) can’t get him charged up. Flashbacks in which Hal, who’s come out of the closet since his wife passed away, shows a lust for life, gay politics and creativity even as he’s dying contrast cleverly with present-day scenes in which Oliver struggles in his heavy funk. McGregor and Laurent are terrific, but the real marvel here is Plummer, who plunges gleefully into the role of gay rogue. You’ve never seen him like this. 105 min. NNNN (SGC) Grande - Yonge, Varsity
BEGINNING OF THE GREAT REVIVAL (Han
Sanping, Huang Jianxin) is a Chinese propaganda flick that trumpets the red flag, though not in a way that feels remotely rousing. This blatantly biased and utterly boring account of the formation of the Chinese Communist Party begins with the 1911 revolution that overthrew the Qing Dynasty. A scattering of inconsequential battles, sensational assassination attempts, political uprisings and soapbox speeches from a wide assortment of key figures who are impossible to
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BAD TEACHER (Jake Kasdan) stars Cameron Diaz as a high-functioning sociopath teaching seventh grade at a dinky Illinois middle school and chasing the new substitute teacher (Justin Timberlake), who smells like old money and innocence. It’s pretty much Bad Santa with a teacher, but director Kasdan (Orange County, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story) has made a considerable effort to bring this movie to comic life, embracing his adult rating and indulging his actors to swear, screw, smoke up and generally trash the place. The energy Diaz shows here more than makes up for her bland appearance in The Green Hornet, and Timberlake is scarily convincing as someone who’s grown used to having his looks compensate for his vapidity. But it’s Jason Segel who walks off with the picture as an affable, unassuming gym teacher who’s hip to Diaz’s game but attracted to her anyway. He bobs and weaves through formulaic scenes like a jazz performer riffing on an old standard. 92 min. NNN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town
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keep track of, it feels like someone used pages ripped out of the encyclopedia as a screenplay. The film’s marketing boasts “150 top actors” in the various historical roles, though none (Chow Yun-Fat and Andy Lau among them) register since their characters fall off the radar soon after they first appear. The closest thing to a protagonist is Liu Ye’s romanticized incarnation of the young Chairman Mao, who comes across as a sweetheart. Subtitled. 124 min. N (RS) Kennedy Commons 20, Yonge & Dundas 24
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) Carlton Cinema
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(Paul Feig) is a broad farce starring Kristen Wiig as a Milwaukee baker whose emotional equilibrium is in no state to cope with the impending marriage of best friend Lillian (Maya Rudolph). Even as the situations grow increasingly cartoonish, Bridesmaids paints a credible portrait of a woman in crisis, with Wiig giving a nicely considered performance in her first leading role. 124 min. NNNN (NW) Canada Square, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yorkdale, Varsity, Yonge & Dundas 24
British operatives (voiced by Michael Caine and Emily Mortimer) while his best pal Lightning (Owen Wilson) ka-chows obliviously along. The animation is up to Pixar’s high standards – even in 3-D, the film looks terrific – but the story is a hollow, unpleasant mess. The slack pacing also gives us plenty of time to pick holes in the movie’s ill-conceived world, which makes even less sense than the original did. 120 min. NN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Humber Cinema, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24
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natural prison thriller with a metaphysical premise that delivers a few imaginative moments and some creepy atmosphere, but isn’t particularly scary. 109 min. NN (AD) Carlton Cinema
CoNaN o’BrieN CaN’t stop (Rodman Flender) 89 min. See interview and review, page 45. NNNNN (NW) Opens Jul 8 at Coliseum Scarborough, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga.
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the first graDer (Justin Chadwick) is based on the true 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. Some subtitles. 103 min. NN (NW) Carlton Cinema forks over kNives (Lee Fulkerson) is an advocacy documentary dedicated to the argument that a “whole foods, plantbased diet” is better than a diet based on animal protein and high-fructose corn syrup. It’s basically macrobiotics all over again, but director Fulkerson does such a shoddy job of making his case that you’ll end up wondering whether he has anything of substance to say. 96 min. NN (NW) Carlton Cinema greeN laNterN (Martin Campbell) lets
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Ryan Reynolds play the roguish rookie Hal Jordan, a test pilot recruited into the universe-policing Green Lantern Corps. There’s enough story for a trilogy here, and without a singular vision to drive it, Green Lantern quickly deteriorates into a jumble of storylines, characters, exposition and explosions. 114 min. NN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale
the haNgover part ii (Todd Phillips) repeats the original 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. The movie’s substantially darker, but the comedy’s still sharp. 102 min. NNN (NW) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Docks Lakeview Drive-In, Grande - Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, SilverCity Mississauga, 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
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(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) Carlton Cinema, Kingsway Theatre, Regent Theatre
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) Mt Pleasant JuDY mooDY aND the Not Bummer summer (John Schultz) is as manic as kids on a sugar rush and just as exhausting for adults. Jordana Beatty stars as the titular preteen on a slapstick mission to salvage her summer while her best friend’s away. Though Beatty’s as expressive, wild and colourful as Judy’s bedroom decor, the role doesn’t give her much to work with. 91 min. NN (RS) Canada Square, Interchange 30, Kingsway Theatre
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(Jennifer Yuh Nelson) chalks up another win for DreamWorks’ unlikely martial arts franchise, with 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. The fight choreography is exceptional, the animation exquisite and the voice cast in
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to hold our interest. 119 min. NNN (NW) Interchange 30, Mt Pleasant
LOOSE CANNONS (Ferzan Ozpetek) covers
some well-trod ground with style, even if it takes a while to find its footing. The closeted younger son (Riccardo Scamarcio) of an Italian family’s pasta empire finds his career and relationship plans disrupted. Director Ozpetek’s attempts to mix comedy and drama aren’t always successful, but the film gains in complexity in the second half. Subtitled. 110 min. NNN (GS) Carlton Cinema
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(Kelly Reichardt) tells the story of a small wagon train lost in the badlands of the American West, circa 1845. Three families (including Michelle Williams and Will Patton) follow their blustering but clearly incompetent guide (the marvellous Bruce Greenwood) deeper and deeper into an unknowable quagmire. Moody and sharply observed, this is one of the finest American films of the last year. 101 min. NNNNN (NW) Carlton Cinema
THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: DIE WALKÜRE ENCORE is an encore presentation of the
high-def broadcast from the Met of the second instalment of Robert Lepage’s new production of Wagner’s Ring Cycle, starring Bryn Terfel as Wotan and Deborah Voigt as Brünnhilde. 330 min. Jul 11, 6 pm, at Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Yonge, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Mississauga
MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (Woody Allen) casts fine form. 90 min. NNNN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Canada Square, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Yonge, Queensway, Rainbow Promenade, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24
LARRY CROWNE (Tom Hanks) is a lazy, sitcommy construction that takes a potentially rich idea – a middle-aged Californian becomes a casualty of the Great Recession and goes back to school to reinvent himself – and does absolutely nothing with it. Instead, we get a millionaire’s view of “regular people” as adorably scrappy bags of quirk – most likely thanks to co-writer Nia Vardalos, whose simplistic sense of character and TV-scale plotting seem to override every directorial flourish that star and co-writer Hanks brought to That Thing You Do! His generosity with actors, attention to subtle detail, sense of time and place are entirely absent. There’s nothing here that Dan Harmon’s Community doesn’t do faster, funnier and with far more intelligence every Thursday night. 98 min. NN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Canada Square, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, Varsity 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 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
Owen Wilson and Rachel McAdams as an engaged couple vacationing in Paris, where at midnight, a vintage cab picks up a wandering Wilson and takes him back in time to meet the great artists of the 20s. It’s a pleasurable narrative hook, but the message that life is best lived in the present tense is too banal to make us care. 94 min. NN (SGC) Coliseum Mississauga, Grande - Yonge, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Yonge, Varsity
MONTE CARLO (Thomas Bezucha) gives a
bad name to its titular locale. With Disney starlet Selena Gomez as tour guide, the luxurious Côte d’Azur town has never seemed so dull. Best known as the china doll attached to Justin Bieber’s tonsils, Gomez turns in a monotonous performance as Grace, a Texan teen celebrating her high school graduation in France with her best friend (Katie Cassidy, a delight) and standoffish step-sister (Gossip Girl’s Leighton Meester). A case of mistaken identity (already sounds cliché?) leads Grace to impersonate a Paris Hilton-like socialite (Gomez again), landing the trio a dream vacation in Monte Carlo’s famous Hotel de Paris. Loosely based on a novel (Jules Bass’s Headhunters) that could have become a classic screwball comedy, Monte Carlo instead offers generic tween fare with zero laughs, little charm and actors (with the exception of Cassidy) who don’t do much more than make cute faces. 109 min. N (RS) 401 & Morningside, Canada Square, Coliseum Scarborough, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Interchange 30, Queensway, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24
THE MOUNTIE (S. Wyeth Clarkson) is a meticulously made Canadian feature with a good cast, beautiful music and a gorgeous look. But it’s missing the central requirement of a great movie – a decent script. In the late 19th century, a lawman with a past (Andrew Walker) has the lowly assignment of cleaning up a tiny town in the Yukon so the RCMP can build a fort. Cossacks now rule the roost and are running opium while waiting for the corrupt town priest (Earl Pastko) to tell them where a mysterious gold mine is located. The Cossacks come across as parodies, Jessica Paré, as their house slave, is another twodimensional figure, and there isn’t a line of believable dialogue or a piece of the
action you can’t predict. I’d say pity poor director Clarkson, but he co-wrote the damn thing. 83 min. NN (SGC) Yonge & Dundas 24
MR. POPPER’S PENGUINS (Mark Waters) is
a positively pleasant adaptation of Richard and Florence Atwater’s slender picture book about a New Yorker who winds up with half a dozen flightless waterfowl in his Park Avenue penthouse. Jim Carrey’s scenes with his alliteratively inclined assistant Pippi (Ophelia Lovibond) border on the joyful. The penguins are fun, too. 94 min. NNN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Canada Square, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24
THE NAMES OF LOVE (Michel Leclerc) is a
frequently earnest and cloying rom-com that still proves the French often do Hollywood genre film better than the Americans. Sara Forestier stars as the sexually radical Baya Benmahmoud, the daughter of a French hippie mother and Algerian refugee father. Quick to call anyone a fascist who steers slightly away from her farleft-leaning politics, Baya takes it upon herself to sleep with the enemy. Apparently she’s discovered a way to convert racists and Muslim extremists before they climax. She’s the cartoonish antidote to Arthur Martin (Jacques Gamblin), whose typical French name and square looks disguise the fact that his mother’s a Holocaust survivor. Their liasion opens the door to debates on contemporary relationships between the French, Algerians and Jews. While the film lightly satirizes obsessive nonconformists like Baya, it ends up being just as resolutely unconventional, using direct address and other gimmicks to distinguish itself as something other than a rom-com. Subtitled. 99 min. NNN (RS) Cumberland 4
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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. 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. 137 min. NN (NW) Canada Square, Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre
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. Jul 9, 1 pm, at Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Grande - Yonge, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, Varsity
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SUBMARINE (Richard Ayoade) is a meticulously constructed coming-of-age tale about a maladjusted teenager (Craig Roberts) bent on bedding a surly schoolmate (Yasmin Paige) and keeping his mother (Sally Hawkins) from leaving his father (Noah Taylor). Ayoade juggles laughs and poignancy very well, but the momentum flags midway through. 94 min. NNN (NW) Yonge & Dundas 24
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(J.J. Abrams) finds writer/ director Abrams building a rousing new movie out of the suburban adventure genre claimed by Steven Spielberg in the late 70s and early 80s. It follows a bunch of small-town kids in 1979 Ohio who stumble upon a military conspiracy while shooting a Super 8 movie about zombies. Nostalgic and novel in equal amounts. 112 min. NNNN (NW)
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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) Canada Square, Cumberland 4, Kingsway Theatre
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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) Interchange 30
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) Kingsway Theatre STEPHEN SONDHEIM’S COMPANY is a starstudded revival from Lincoln Center of
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Thor (Kenneth Branagh) slots the comicbook God of Thunder nicely into the ongoing cinematic version of the Marvel Comics universe, thanks to a light-hearted script that finds the angry young god (Chris Hemsworth) forced to knock around New Mexico with skeptical mortals Natalie Portman, Kat Dennings and Stellan Skarsgård. The post-production 3-D adds nothing; try to see it flat. 113 min. NNN (NW) Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Kingsway Theatre, Yonge & Dundas 24 TraNsformers: Dark of The mooN
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(Michael Bay) is, against all odds and the evidence of Bay’s first two kicks at the can, a giant-robot punch-up that’s visually inventive, spatially coherent and occasionally even funny. It’s still way too long. Bay remains distressingly indifferent to the body count, and the plot is kind of ridiculous, with Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) and his new girlfriend (Rosie HuntingtonWhiteley, replacing Megan Fox) trying to save the Earth from the mother of all Decepticon schemes. But the action sequences are impressively assembled – the multi-stage free fall through a teetering skyscraper is genuine thrilling – and John Turturro, Frances McDormand, John Malkovich, Ken Jeong and the invaluable Alan Tudyk get to goof around in the margins of the frame, making this the first Trans-
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formers movie that gets laughs on purpose. Fair is fair: this one’s not bad. 157 min. NNN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, 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
The Tree of Life (Terrence Malick)
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perfects the intuitive approach to cinema Malick has been developing for nearly four decades, and it affected me more profoundly than any of his earlier films. It’s beautiful in its inelegance and confusion, embracing 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. 138 min. NNNNN (NW) Grande - Yonge, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, SilverCity Mississauga, TIFF Bell Lightbox, Varsity
The Tree (Julie Bertuccelli) 100 min. See review, page 46. NN (SGC) Opens Jul 8 at Cumberland 4.
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(Michael Winterbottom) is exclusively aimed at people who can’t wait to see Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon reprise the slightly exaggerated versions of themselves they played in director Winterbottom’s Tristram Shandy: A Cock And Bull Story. The insecure, statuschasing Coogan invites oblivious git Brydon on a weeklong tour of restaurants in the north of England. You could describe it as Sideways with the alcoholism replaced
by duelling Michael Caine impressions, but that doesn’t really do justice to what Coogan and Brydon achieve here. The Trip is transcendent, the comedy of the year. 107 min. NNNNN (NW) Cumberland 4
The UNLeasheD (Manuel H. DaSilva) 106 min. See review, page 55. N (NW) Opens Jul 8 at Regent Theatre.
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) Kingsway Theatre
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(Matthew Vaughn) is a proper origin story for the mutant characters that strikes the same balance of gravitas and knowing camp that powered Bryan Singer’s first two X-films. Having toyed with costumed heroes in last year’s Kick-Ass, director Vaughn gets to play on a much larger scale here, and he’s pretty good at it. Some subtitles. NNNN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24
Zookeeper (Frank Coraci) 104 min. See
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BEAUTIFUL BOY (14A) Thu 1:20, 4:00, 6:45, 9:15 THE NAMES OF LOVE Thu 1:40, 4:30, 7:15, 9:50 Fri-Wed 1:30, 4:15, 7:00, 9:30 PAGE ONE: A YEAR INSIDE THE NEW YORK TIMES Fri-Wed 2:20, 4:45, 7:30, 10:00 POTICHE (14A) Thu 1:10, 3:50, 6:30, 9:00 THE TREE Fri-Wed 2:00, 4:30, 7:15, 9:45 THE TRIP Thu 1:30, 4:15, 7:00, 9:40 Fri-Wed 1:20, 4:00, 6:45, 9:20
(PG) Sat 10:30 Mon 7:30 LARRY CROWNE (PG) Thu 1:10, 3:50, 6:50, 9:30 Fri-Wed 12:20, 2:45, 5:15, 7:50, 10:20 THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: DIE WALKÜRE ENCORE Mon 6:00 MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (PG) Thu 12:50 3:10 6:20 9:15 Fri-Wed 1:40, 4:10, 6:40, 9:15 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES 3D (PG) Thu 12:20 3:20 6:40 10:10 Fri-Wed 12:40, 3:40, 6:50, 10:10 SPARTACUS Wed 6:30 STEPHEN SONDHEIM’S COMPANY Sat 1:00 SUPER 8 (PG) Thu 12:40, 1:40, 5:10, 8:15, 10:50 Fri, Sun, Tue-Wed 1:20, 4:20, 7:10, 9:50 Sat 1:40, 4:20, 7:10, 9:50 Mon 1:20, 3:50, 7:10, 10:40 TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON (PG) Thu-Fri, Sun 1:30, 3:00, 5:00, 6:30, 8:30, 10:00 Sat 1:30, 5:00, 6:30, 8:30, 10:00 Mon-Tue 1:30, 3:00, 5:00, 8:30, 10:00 Wed 1:30, 3:00, 6:30, 10:00 TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON -- AN IMAX 3D EXPERIENCE (PG) 12:00, 3:30, 7:00, 10:30 TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON 3D (PG) Thu, Sun, Wed 12:30, 1:00, 2:00, 4:00, 4:30, 5:30, 7:30, 8:00, 9:00, 11:00 Fri 12:30, 1:00, 2:00, 4:00, 4:30, 5:30, 7:30, 8:00, 9:00, 11:00, 11:30 Sat 12:30, 1:00, 2:00, 4:00, 4:30, 5:30, 7:30, 8:00, 9:00, 11:00, 11:20 Mon 12:30, 1:00, 2:00, 4:00, 5:30, 7:30, 9:00, 11:00 Tue 12:30, 1:00, 2:00, 4:00, 4:30, 7:30, 8:00, 9:30, 11:00
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1:35, 3:55, 6:20, 8:50 Mon-Wed 1:35, 3:55, 6:20, 8:50 FAST FIVE (PG) Thu 9:40 THE HANGOVER PART II (18A) Thu 12:30, 1:45, 3:10, 4:30, 7:15, 10:05 Fri-Sun 11:20, 1:55, 4:20, 7:10, 9:35 Mon-Wed 11:40, 1:55, 4:20, 7:10, 9:35 HORRIBLE BOSSES (14A) Fri-Sun 11:00, 11:30, 12:05, 12:30, 1:30, 2:00, 2:30, 3:00, 4:00, 4:30, 5:00, 5:30, 6:30, 7:00, 7:30, 8:00, 8:30, 9:00, 9:30, 10:00, 10:30, 11:00 Mon-Wed 11:45, 12:05, 12:30, 1:30, 2:00, 2:30, 3:00, 4:00, 4:30, 5:00, 5:30, 6:30, 7:00, 7:30, 8:00, 8:30, 9:00, 9:30, 10:00, 10:30, 11:00 KUNG FU PANDA 2 (PG) Thu 1:15, 3:30, 5:45, 8:00, 10:15 FriSun 11:15, 1:25, 3:45, 6:00 Mon-Wed 11:45, 1:55, 4:10, 6:15 KUNG FU PANDA 2 3D (PG) Thu 1:05, 3:45, 6:30, 8:45, 10:55 MONTE CARLO (G) Thu 11:45, 12:15, 2:15, 3:00, 4:45, 5:45, 7:30, 8:30, 10:15, 11:00 Fri-Sun 11:15, 12:15, 2:00, 3:00, 4:45, 5:45, 7:30, 8:30, 10:15, 11:00 Mon-Wed 11:40, 12:15, 2:00, 3:00, 4:45, 5:45, 7:30, 8:30, 10:15, 11:00 THE MOUNTIE 12:20, 2:35, 4:40, 7:10, 9:50 MR. POPPER’S PENGUINS (G) Thu 11:40, 1:50 SUBMARINE Thu 11:45, 2:10, 4:50, 7:20, 9:55 Fri-Mon, Wed 11:40, 2:10, 4:50, 7:20, 9:55 Tue 4:50, 7:20, 9:55 THOR (PG) Thu, Mon 1:50, 4:35, 7:20, 10:10 Fri-Sun 11:10, 1:50, 4:35, 7:20, 10:10 Tue-Wed 12:50 X-MEN: FIRST CLASS (PG) Thu 12:15, 1:30, 2:15, 3:15, 4:00, 4:45, 6:45, 7:35, 7:55, 10:00, 10:30, 10:50 Fri-Sun 10:45, 11:40, 12:40, 1:40, 2:40, 3:40, 4:40, 5:40, 6:40, 7:40, 8:40, 10:40 Mon-Wed 11:40, 12:40, 2:40, 3:40, 4:40, 5:40, 6:40, 7:40, 8:40, 10:40 ZOOKEEPER (G) 11:45, 12:45, 1:45, 2:45, 3:30, 4:45, 5:45, 6:15, 7:15, 8:15, 8:45, 9:45, 10:45 Fri-Sun 10:45 mat
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BRIDESMAIDS (14A) Thu 4:05 6:55 9:45 Fri-Wed 4:15, 6:55, 9:40 Sat-Sun 1:20 mat GREEN LANTERN (PG) 4:20, 7:10, 9:45 Sat-Sun 1:40 mat THE HANGOVER PART II (18A) Thu 4:50, 7:30, 9:50 FriSun, Tue-Wed 7:00, 9:30 Mon 9:30 JUDY MOODY AND THE NOT BUMMER SUMMER (G) Thu 4:10, 6:30, 9:00 Fri, Mon-Wed 4:40 Sat-Sun 2:30, 4:40 KUNG FU PANDA 2 (PG) Thu 4:30 7:10 9:20 Fri-Wed 4:00, 6:45, 9:20 Sat-Sun 1:15 mat LARRY CROWNE (PG) Thu 4:40, 7:20, 9:40 Fri, Mon-Wed 4:55, 7:15, 9:55 Sat-Sun 2:15, 4:55, 7:15, 9:55 MONTE CARLO (G) Thu 4:20, 6:50, 9:30 Fri, Mon-Wed 4:35, 7:20, 9:50 Sat-Sun 2:00, 4:35, 7:20, 9:50 MR. POPPER’S PENGUINS (G) Thu 4:15, 6:40, 9:10 Fri, Mon-Wed 4:10, 6:30, 9:00 Sat-Sun 1:30, 4:10, 6:30, 9:00 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES (PG) Thu 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 POTICHE (14A) 4:45, 7:30, 10:00 Sat-Sun 2:20 mat
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176 CHERRY ST, 416-469-5655
10 DUNDAS ST E, 416-335-5323
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THE HANGOVER PART II (18A) Fri-Sun 10:35 HORRIBLE BOSSES (14A) Fri-Sun 9:00 SUPER 8 (PG) Fri-Sun 11:50 TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON (PG) Fri-Sun 9:05
BBUDDAH... HOGA TERA BAAP (14A) Thu 12:40, 3:40, 6:50, 10:05 BEGINNING OF THE GREAT REVIVAL 12:35, 3:35, 6:35, 9:35 BRIDESMAIDS (14A) Thu 11:50, 12:20, 1:20, 2:35, 3:15, 4:15, 5:15, 6:25, 7:25, 8:10, 9:25, 10:25, 10:55 Fri-Sun 10:40, 12:20, 1:25, 3:15, 4:15, 6:25, 7:25, 9:25, 10:25 Mon-Wed 12:20, 1:25, 3:15, 4:15, 6:25, 7:25, 9:25, 10:25 CARS 2 (G) Thu 11:40, 1:30, 2:00, 4:00, 4:30, 6:30, 7:00, 9:00 Fri-Sun 11:05, 1:35, 4:05, 6:40, 9:10 Mon-Wed 1:35, 4:05, 6:40, 9:10 CARS 2 3D (G) Thu 12:05, 12:30, 2:30, 3:00, 5:00, 5:30, 7:30, 8:00, 10:00, 10:30 Fri-Wed 12:05, 2:35, 5:05, 7:40, 10:10 CARS 2: AN IMAX 3D EXPERIENCE (G) Thu 1:00, 3:30, 6:00, 8:30, 11:00 Fri-Sun 10:40, 1:05, 3:35, 6:05, 8:35 Mon-Wed 1:05, 3:35, 6:05, 8:35 DELHI BELLY (14A) Thu 1:25, 3:50, 6:20, 8:50 Fri-Sun 11:05,
BAD TEACHER (14A) Thu 12:25 2:45 5:10 7:45 10:30 FriWed 12:30, 2:45, 5:10, 7:40, 10:05 CARS 2 (G) Thu 12:50, 4:00, 7:05, 9:50 Fri-Tue 12:50, 3:50, 6:50, 9:40 Wed 3:50, 6:50, 9:40 CARS 2 3D (G) Thu 1:20, 4:30, 7:25, 10:05 GREEN LANTERN 3D (PG) Thu 1:10, 4:40, 7:35, 10:25 HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS – PART 1 (PG) Sat 10:30 Mon 7:00 HORRIBLE BOSSES (14A) Fri, Sun-Wed 1:10, 4:10, 7:30, 10:20 Sat 10:40, 1:40, 4:10, 7:30, 10:20 MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (PG) Thu 1:00, 4:10, 6:35, 9:30 Fri, Sun-Wed 1:20, 4:00, 7:20, 9:55 Sat 12:20, 4:00, 7:20, 9:55 STEPHEN SONDHEIM’S COMPANY Sat 1:00 SUPER 8 (PG) Thu 1:30, 4:50, 7:55, 10:40 Fri-Wed 12:40, 3:40, 6:30, 9:20
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1025 THE QUEENSWAY, QEW & ISLINGTON, 416-503-0424 BAD TEACHER (14A) Thu 1:45, 4:10, 6:30, 8:50, 11:05 FriWed 1:50, 4:05, 6:20, 8:40, 11:10 BRIDESMAIDS (14A) 2:20, 5:10, 8:05, 10:55 Sat 11:25 mat CARS 2 (G) Thu 12:50, 3:50, 6:50, 9:40 Fri, Sun-Tue 12:40, 3:25 Sat 12:50, 3:25 Wed 12:40, 3:25, 7:40 CARS 2 3D (G) Thu 2:00, 4:45, 7:40, 10:20 Fri, Mon-Tue 2:20, 5:00, 7:40, 10:15 Sat-Sun 11:35, 2:20, 5:00, 7:40, 10:15 Wed 12:10, 3:50, 10:15 CONAN O’BRIEN CAN’T STOP Thu 7:00 GREEN LANTERN 3D (PG) Thu 12:25, 3:10, 5:55, 8:40 Fri, Sun-Wed 2:15, 5:10, 7:55, 10:45 Sat 5:10, 7:55, 10:45 THE HANGOVER PART II (18A) Thu 1:20, 3:45, 10:45 FriSun, Tue-Wed 9:20 Mon 10:10 HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS – PART 1 (PG) Sat 10:30 Mon 7:00 HORRIBLE BOSSES (14A) Fri 12:05, 1:30, 2:35, 4:05, 5:10, 6:30, 7:45, 8:55, 10:20, 11:20 Sat 11:00, 12:05, 1:30, 2:35, 4:05, 5:10, 6:30, 7:45, 8:55, 10:20, 11:20 Sun 12:05, 1:30, 2:35, 4:10, 5:10, 6:30, 7:45, 8:55, 10:20, 11:20 Mon-Wed 12:05, 1:30, 2:35, 4:05, 5:10, 6:30, 7:45, 8:55, 10:20 KUNG FU PANDA 2 3D (PG) Thu 12:15, 2:40, 5:05, 7:25, 9:50 Fri, Tue 12:15, 2:20, 5:05, 7:25 Sat-Mon, Wed 12:15, 2:40, 5:05, 7:25 LARRY CROWNE (PG) Thu 12:45, 3:20, 6:00, 8:30, 11:00 Fri-Tue 12:45, 3:20, 6:00, 8:25, 11:05 Wed 12:45, 3:20, 6:00, 8:25, 10:45 THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: DIE WALKÜRE ENCORE Mon 6:00 MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (PG) Thu 2:10, 4:35, 7:15, 9:45 FriWed 11:50, 2:10, 4:35, 7:05, 9:35 MONTE CARLO (G) 2:30, 5:15, 7:50, 10:40 Sat-Sun 11:45 mat Mon only 2:30 5:15 7:55 10:40 MR. POPPER’S PENGUINS (G) Thu 1:50, 4:20, 6:45, 9:15 Fri, Tue 2:00, 4:25, 6:50 Sat-Sun 11:40, 2:00, 4:25, 6:50
Mon 2:00, 4:25 Wed 4:25, 6:50 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES (PG) Thu 12:25, 3:45, 7:20, 10:35 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES 3D (PG) Fri-Wed 9:50 SPARTACUS Wed 6:30 STEPHEN SONDHEIM’S COMPANY Sat 1:00 SUPER 8 (PG) Thu 12:10, 2:50, 5:30, 8:10, 10:50 Fri-Sun, TueWed 11:55, 2:45, 5:30, 8:10, 10:50 Mon 11:55, 2:45, 10:50 TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON (PG) Thu 12:00, 2:15, 3:30, 6:10, 7:00, 9:30, 10:30 Fri, Sun-Wed 12:00, 3:30, 6:15, 7:00, 9:40, 10:30 Sat 12:00, 3:30, 6:25, 7:00, 9:40, 10:30 TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON 3D (PG) Thu 12:30 1:00 4:00 4:30 7:30 8:00 11:00 Fri-Wed 12:30, 1:00, 4:00, 4:50, 7:30, 8:45, 11:00 X-MEN: FIRST CLASS (PG) Thu 2:15, 5:20, 8:20, 11:15 FriSun, Tue 1:20, 4:15, 7:20, 10:25 Mon 1:20, 4:15, 7:20 Wed 1:20, 4:15, 10:25 ZOOKEEPER (G) Fri-Sun, Tue-Wed 12:25, 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:30 Mon 12:25, 3:00, 7:20, 10:30
RAINBOW WOODBINE (I)
WOODBINE CENTRE, 500 REXDALE BLVD, 416-213-1998 BAD TEACHER (14A) Thu 1:20 4:15 7:05 9:15 Fri-Wed 1:20, 4:15, 7:10, 9:30 CARS 2 (G) 1:10, 3:45, 7:00, 9:25 GREEN LANTERN (PG) Thu 12:55, 3:55, 7:10, 9:30 HORRIBLE BOSSES (14A) Fri-Wed 12:45, 2:50, 5:00, 7:20, 9:35 LARRY CROWNE (PG) 1:05, 4:05, 7:15, 9:45 MONTE CARLO (G) 1:15, 4:00, 6:55, 9:20 MR. POPPER’S PENGUINS (G) Thu 12:35, 2:50, 5:05, 7:20 TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON (PG) Thu 12:30 3:40 6:45 9:50 Fri-Wed 12:35, 3:40, 6:45, 9:50 TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON 3D (PG) Thu 12:30 3:40 6:45 9:50 Fri-Wed 12:35, 3:40, 6:45, 9:50 X-MEN: FIRST CLASS (PG) Thu 9:35 ZOOKEEPER (G) Fri-Wed 12:30, 2:40, 4:50, 7:00, 9:15
East End BEACH CINEMAS (AA) 1651 QUEEN ST E, 416-699-5971
BAD TEACHER (14A) Thu 12:30 3:00 5:25 7:50 10:20 FriWed 12:30, 2:50, 5:15, 7:40, 10:10 CARS 2 3D (G) Thu 1:00 4:00 6:50 9:40 Fri-Wed 1:00, 4:00, 6:50, 9:30 GREEN LANTERN (PG) Thu 1:15, 4:30, 7:30, 10:30 HORRIBLE BOSSES (14A) Fri-Wed 2:00, 5:00, 7:50, 10:20 LARRY CROWNE (PG) Thu 1:30 4:45 7:20 9:50 Fri-Wed 1:30, 4:45, 7:20, 9:45 SUPER 8 (PG) Thu 12:50, 3:50, 6:40 TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON 3D (PG) Thu 12:15 3:40 7:10 10:45 Fri-Wed 12:15, 3:40, 7:10, 10:30 X-MEN: FIRST CLASS (PG) Thu 9:30 ZOOKEEPER (G) Fri-Wed 1:40, 4:10, 6:40, 9:10
North York EMPIRE THEATRES AT EMPRESS WALK (ET) 5095 YONGE ST, 416-223-9550
CARS 2 (G) Thu-Sat, Mon-Wed 1:10, 4:10, 7:00, 9:35 Sun continued on page 54 œ
SCOTIABANK THEATRE (CE) 259 RICHMOND ST W, 416-368-5600
BAD TEACHER (14A) Thu 12:10, 1:20, 2:20, 3:40, 4:40, 6:10, 7:10, 8:45, 9:40 Fri-Sat, Mon 12:10, 1:10, 2:20, 3:50, 4:40, 6:15, 7:20, 8:45, 9:40, 11:10 Sun, Tue-Wed 12:10, 1:10, 2:20, 3:50, 4:40, 6:15, 7:20, 8:45, 9:40 CONAN O’BRIEN CAN’T STOP Thu 7:00 Fri-Wed 12:50, 3:15, 5:45, 8:15, 10:50 GREEN LANTERN (PG) Thu 4:10, 10:20 GREEN LANTERN 3D (PG) 1:50, 4:50, 7:40, 10:40 HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS – PART 1
NOW
JULY 7-13 2011
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12:05, 2:30, 5:10, 7:50, 10:30 CARS 2 3D (G) Thu 2:40, 5:20, 8:00, 10:35 Fri-Sat 12:05, 2:30, 5:10, 7:50, 10:30 Sun 1:10, 4:10, 7:00, 9:35 Mon-Wed 2:30, 5:10, 7:50, 10:30 GREEN LANTERN (PG) Thu 2:50, 5:30, 8:10, 10:50 Fri-Wed 2:40, 5:20, 8:00, 10:40 GREEN LANTERN 3D (PG) Thu 1:50, 4:30, 7:10, 9:45 Fri-Sat 1:40, 4:30, 7:10, 9:45, 11:59 Sun, Tue 1:40, 4:30, 7:10, 9:45 Mon 4:30, 7:10, 9:45 Wed 1:40, 4:30, 9:45 MR. POPPER’S PENGUINS (G) Thu 2:00, 4:20, 6:40, 9:00 Fri-Wed 2:10, 4:40 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES (PG) Thu 12:50, 3:50, 6:50, 9:50 TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON (PG) 3:15, 6:30, 10:00 Fri-Sun 12:00 mat TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON 3D (PG) Thu 12:30, 1:30, 4:00, 5:00, 7:30, 8:30, 11:00 Fri-Sat 12:40, 1:20, 4:00, 4:50, 7:30, 8:30, 10:50, 11:50 Sun-Wed 12:40, 1:20, 4:00, 4:50, 7:30, 8:30, 10:50 X-MEN: FIRST CLASS (PG) Thu 1:40, 4:40, 7:50, 10:45 FriWed 7:20, 10:20 ZOOKEEPER (G) 1:00, 2:20, 4:20, 5:00, 6:45, 7:40, 9:25, 10:10 Fri-Sat 11:45 late
GRANDE - YONGE (CE) 4861 YONGE ST, 416-590-9974
BAD TEACHER (14A) Thu 12:00, 2:30, 5:00, 7:40, 10:20 Fri-Wed 12:20, 2:50, 5:20, 7:50, 10:40 BEGINNERS (14A) 12:30, 3:40, 6:30, 9:30 BRIDESMAIDS (14A) 1:00, 4:10, 7:20, 10:15 THE HANGOVER PART II (18A) Thu 4:40, 7:50, 10:30 Fri, Sun, Tue-Wed 2:20, 4:55, 7:25, 10:05 Sat 4:55, 7:25, 10:05 Mon 2:20 HORRIBLE BOSSES (14A) Fri-Wed 12:00, 2:30, 5:00, 7:40, 10:20 KUNG FU PANDA 2 3D (PG) Thu 1:50, 4:25, 7:05, 9:45 FriWed 1:50, 4:30 LARRY CROWNE (PG) 1:20, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: DIE WALKÜRE ENCORE Mon 6:00 MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (PG) 1:40, 4:20, 7:10, 9:50 MONTE CARLO (G) Thu-Sun, Tue-Wed 12:50, 3:50, 6:40, 9:40 Mon 12:50, 3:50, 9:40 STEPHEN SONDHEIM’S COMPANY Sat 1:00 SUPER 8 (PG) Thu 2:00, 4:50, 7:30, 10:25 Fri-Wed 7:30, 10:30 THE TREE OF LIFE (PG) Thu-Sun, Tue-Wed 12:10, 3:30, 6:50, 10:10 Mon 12:10, 3:00, 6:50
SILVERCITY FAIRVIEW (CE)
FAIRVIEW MALL, 1800 SHEPPARD AVE E, 416-644-7746 BAD TEACHER (14A) Thu 12:25, 2:45, 5:00, 7:45, 10:40 Fri-Tue 12:15, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:10 Wed 4:20, 7:30, 10:10 CARS 2 3D (G) Thu 12:45 3:30 6:50 9:40 Fri-Wed 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 9:30 CONAN O’BRIEN CAN’T STOP Thu 7:00 GREEN LANTERN 3D (PG) Thu 1:05, 4:15, 7:00, 10:00 FriWed 6:25, 9:50 HORRIBLE BOSSES (14A) Fri-Wed 1:45, 4:45, 7:20, 10:00 KUNG FU PANDA 2 (PG) Thu 1:15 LARRY CROWNE (PG) Thu 12:35, 3:15, 6:30, 9:30 Fri-Tue 1:15, 4:15, 6:50, 9:20 Wed 1:15, 4:10, 6:35, 9:20 MR. POPPER’S PENGUINS (G) Thu 1:25, 4:30, 9:50 Fri-Wed 1:30, 4:30 SPARTACUS Wed 6:30 SUPER 8 (PG) Thu 4:45, 7:30, 10:20 Fri-Wed 1:00, 4:00 TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON (PG) Thu 3:00, 6:40, 10:10 Fri-Wed 2:40, 6:15, 9:45 TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON 3D (PG) Thu 12:15, 3:45, 7:15, 10:45 Fri-Sun, Tue 12:00, 3:30, 7:00, 10:30 Mon 12:15, 3:30, 7:00, 10:30 Wed 12:15, 3:30, 7:00, 10:20 X-MEN: FIRST CLASS (PG) Thu 12:55, 4:00, 7:10, 10:30 Fri-Tue 7:10, 10:20 Wed 10:30 ZOOKEEPER (G) Fri-Tue 12:30, 3:15, 6:35, 9:40 Wed 12:30, 3:15, 6:50, 9:40
SILVERCITY YORKDALE (CE) 3401 DUFFERIN ST, 416-787-4432
BAD TEACHER (14A) Thu 12:20 2:45 5:15 7:50 10:20 FriWed 12:20, 2:40, 5:10, 7:40, 10:10 BRIDESMAIDS (14A) Thu 7:00, 10:00 Fri-Sun, Tue-Wed 6:30, 9:50 Mon 10:00 CARS 2 (G) Thu 12:45, 3:30, 6:30, 9:15 Fri, Sun-Wed 12:15, 3:10 Sat 12:10, 3:10 CARS 2 3D (G) Thu 1:30, 4:30, 7:20, 10:10 Fri-Wed 1:00, 4:00, 6:50, 9:40 GREEN LANTERN 3D (PG) Thu 1:45, 4:45, 7:40, 10:30 FriWed 1:30, 4:40, 7:30, 10:20 HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS – PART 1
(PG) Sat 10:30 Mon 7:00 HORRIBLE BOSSES (14A) 1:50, 4:30, 7:20, 10:00 Sat 11:15 mat KUNG FU PANDA 2 (PG) Thu 12:30, 3:15 MONTE CARLO (G) Thu 1:00, 3:50, 6:40, 9:30 Fri 12:20, 3:20, 6:20, 9:15 Sat-Wed 12:30, 3:20, 6:20, 9:15 MR. POPPER’S PENGUINS (G) Thu 1:20, 4:00 Fri-Wed 1:10 SUPER 8 (PG) Thu 9:45 TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON 3D (PG) Thu 12:15, 3:00, 3:45, 6:45, 7:15, 10:15, 10:45 Fri, Sun-Wed 12:15, 2:30, 3:30, 6:10, 7:00, 9:45, 10:30 Sat 12:00, 2:30, 3:30, 6:10, 7:00, 9:45, 10:30 X-MEN: FIRST CLASS (PG) Thu 1:10, 4:15, 7:30, 10:40 FriSun, Tue-Wed 3:40, 7:10, 10:15 Mon 3:40, 10:15 ZOOKEEPER (G) Fri-Wed 12:45, 3:50, 6:40, 9:30
SUPER 8 (PG) Thu 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:10 Fri-Wed 12:20, 3:30, 6:55, 10:15 TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON (PG) Thu 1:00, 3:00, 4:30, 6:30, 8:00, 10:00 Fri 1:10, 2:30, 4:40, 6:10, 8:00, 9:40, 11:20 Sat 10:40, 1:10, 2:30, 4:40, 6:10, 8:00, 9:40, 11:20 Sun-Wed 1:10, 2:30, 4:40, 6:10, 8:00, 9:40 TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON 3D (PG) Thu 12:00, 12:30, 3:30, 4:00, 7:00, 7:30, 10:30, 11:00 Fri-Sat 12:00, 12:30, 3:20, 4:00, 6:50, 7:30, 10:20, 11:00 Sun-Wed 12:00, 12:30, 3:20, 4:00, 6:50, 7:30, 10:20, 10:50 X-MEN: FIRST CLASS (PG) Thu 12:15, 3:40, 7:05, 10:40 FriSun, Tue-Wed 12:10, 3:10, 6:15, 9:45 Mon 12:10, 3:10, 9:45 ZOOKEEPER (G) 1:30, 4:20, 7:00, 9:50 Sat 10:50 mat
Scarborough
KENNEDY COMMONS 20 (AMC)
401 & MORNINGSIDE (CE) 785 MILNER AVE, SCARBOROUGH, 416-281-2226
BAD TEACHER (14A) Thu 1:50, 4:55, 7:50, 10:15 Fri, Mon, Wed 2:30, 5:00, 7:55, 10:35 Sat-Sun, Tue 12:10, 2:30, 5:00, 7:55, 10:35 CARS 2 (G) Thu 12:15, 3:00, 6:30, 9:15 CARS 2 3D (G) Thu 11:30, 2:00, 4:45, 7:25, 10:05 Fri-Wed 1:15, 4:10, 6:50, 9:45 GREEN LANTERN 3D (PG) Thu 1:15, 4:10, 7:55, 10:40 FriWed 1:00, 3:40, 6:15, 9:10 HORRIBLE BOSSES (14A) Fri-Wed 2:00, 4:45, 7:25, 10:20 KUNG FU PANDA 2 (PG) Thu 11:50, 2:15, 4:30, 7:00 Fri, Mon, Wed 2:15, 4:30, 6:40 Sat-Sun, Tue 12:05, 2:15, 4:30, 6:40 LARRY CROWNE (PG) Thu 1:30 4:20 7:35 10:00 Fri-Wed 1:45, 4:20, 7:00, 9:30 MONTE CARLO (G) Thu 12:45 3:35 6:10 9:00 Fri-Wed 12:45, 3:30, 6:10, 8:45 MR. POPPER’S PENGUINS (G) Thu 1:00 4:00 Fri-Wed 1:30, 4:00 SUPER 8 (PG) Thu 10:45 TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON (PG) Thu 12:30, 2:30, 3:50, 6:00, 7:10, 9:30, 10:35 Fri, Mon, Wed 3:15, 6:30, 9:00, 10:00 Sat-Sun, Tue 12:00, 3:15, 6:30, 9:00, 10:00 TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON 3D (PG) Thu 12:00, 3:20, 6:45, 10:15 Fri-Wed 12:30, 3:50, 7:10, 10:30 X-MEN: FIRST CLASS (PG) Thu 6:20 9:40 Fri-Wed 6:20, 9:20 ZOOKEEPER (G) 2:45, 5:10, 7:40, 10:10 Sat-Sun, Tue 12:15 mat
COLISEUM SCARBOROUGH (CE) SCARBOROUGH TOWN CENTRE, 416-290-5217
CARS 2 (G) Thu 12:35, 3:35, 6:45, 9:30 CARS 2 3D (G) Thu-Sun 11:30, 2:05, 4:40, 7:20, 9:55 MonWed 12:40, 3:40, 6:50, 9:45 CONAN O’BRIEN CAN’T STOP Thu 7:00 GREEN LANTERN (PG) Thu 12:20, 3:30, 9:35 GREEN LANTERN 3D (PG) Thu 1:00, 4:00, 7:05, 10:00 FriWed 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:15 HORRIBLE BOSSES (14A) Fri-Wed 12:35, 1:00, 3:35, 4:00, 6:35, 7:00, 9:35, 10:00 KUNG FU PANDA 2 3D (PG) Thu 1:20, 4:40, 7:00, 9:25 FriWed 12:20, 3:00, 6:20 MONTE CARLO (G) 12:45, 3:45, 6:30, 9:10 Sat only 12:45 4:05 6:50 9:20 STEPHEN SONDHEIM’S COMPANY Sat 1:00 TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON (PG) Thu 11:40, 2:00, 3:00, 6:00, 6:20, 9:40, 10:45 Fri-Wed 2:00, 6:00, 9:00, 9:40 TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON 3D (PG) 12:00, 12:30, 3:20, 3:50, 6:40, 7:10, 10:10, 10:30 X-MEN: FIRST CLASS (PG) Thu 1:15, 4:20, 7:25, 10:40 Fri, Sun-Wed 12:10, 3:25, 6:45, 9:50 Sat 3:25, 6:45, 9:50 ZOOKEEPER (G) Fri-Sun 11:40, 2:15, 4:50, 7:30, 10:05 MonWed 1:05, 4:05, 7:05, 9:55
EGLINTON TOWN CENTRE (CE) 1901 EGLINTON AVE E, 416-752-4494
BAD TEACHER (14A) Thu 5:20, 8:10, 10:50 Fri-Sat 12:05, 2:25, 5:00, 7:40, 10:50 Sun-Wed 12:05, 2:25, 5:00, 7:40, 10:45 BRIDESMAIDS (14A) Thu 6:15, 9:30 Fri-Sun, Tue-Wed 7:20, 10:30 Mon 10:30 CARS 2 (G) Thu 12:20, 1:10, 3:20, 4:15, 6:40, 7:10, 9:20, 9:50 Fri-Wed 1:00, 3:50, 6:30 CARS 2 3D (G) Thu 1:50, 4:50, 7:40, 10:20 Fri-Wed 1:40, 4:30, 7:15, 10:10 GREEN LANTERN 3D (PG) Thu 1:40, 4:45, 7:50, 10:45 FriTue 12:40, 3:45, 6:40, 9:30 Wed 12:40, 3:45, 10:25 HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS – PART 1 (PG) Sat 10:30 Mon 7:00 HORRIBLE BOSSES (14A) Fri-Wed 1:50, 4:50, 7:50, 10:40 KUNG FU PANDA 2 (PG) Thu 12:50, 3:15 Fri, Sun, Tue-Wed 1:45, 4:45 Sat 11:00, 1:45, 4:45 Mon 1:45, 4:15 LARRY CROWNE (PG) Thu 1:45, 4:40, 7:15, 9:45 Fri-Wed 12:45, 3:15, 6:20, 9:10 THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: DIE WALKÜRE ENCORE Mon 6:00 MONTE CARLO (G) Thu 1:30 4:10 6:55 9:40 Fri-Wed 1:20, 4:10, 7:10, 10:00 MR. POPPER’S PENGUINS (G) Thu 12:40, 3:50, 6:20, 9:10 FriSun, Tue-Wed 12:50, 3:40, 6:45, 9:15 Mon 12:50, 3:30, 6:45 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES (PG) Thu 12:05, 3:10, 6:50, 10:15 Fri-Wed 9:20 SPARTACUS Wed 6:30
KENNEDY RD & 401, 416-335-5323
BAD TEACHER (14A) 1:00, 2:35, 3:20, 4:55, 5:40, 7:15, 8:00, 9:35, 10:20 Sat-Sun 10:45, 12:15 mat BBUDDAH... HOGA TERA BAAP (14A) 2:00, 5:15, 8:35 SatSun 10:40 mat BEGINNING OF THE GREAT REVIVAL 12:45, 1:35, 3:45, 4:30, 6:45, 7:30, 9:45, 10:25 Sat-Sun 10:35 mat BRIDESMAIDS (14A) 1:30, 4:15, 7:05, 10:00 Sat-Sun 10:40 mat DELHI BELLY (14A) 2:15, 5:30, 9:00 Sat-Sun 11:00 mat DOUBLE DHAMAAL (PG) 2:25, 5:45, 9:15 Sat-Sun 11:05 mat FAST FIVE (PG) 1:25, 4:25, 7:25, 10:25 Sat-Sun 10:30 mat THE HANGOVER PART II (18A) 2:25, 5:00, 7:35, 10:10 SatSun 11:50 mat LARRY CROWNE (PG) 2:00, 2:45, 4:30, 7:00, 7:45, 9:30, 10:15 Sat-Sun 11:30, 12:15 mat MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (PG) 12:35, 1:05, 2:50, 3:20, 5:10, 5:50, 7:30, 8:15, 9:45, 10:30 Sat-Sun 10:50 mat MR. POPPER’S PENGUINS (G) 2:20, 4:50, 7:15, 9:40 SatSun 11:45 mat PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES 3D (PG) 2:10, 5:20, 8:30 Sat-Sun 11:10 mat SUPER 8 (PG) 1:30, 4:10, 7:10, 9:55 Sat-Sun 10:55 mat THOR 3D (PG) 2:15, 5:00, 7:50, 10:35 Sat-Sun 11:25 mat THE TREE OF LIFE (PG) 12:40, 2:30, 3:55, 5:35, 7:00, 8:45, 10:05 Sat-Sun 11:15 mat
GTA Regions Mississauga
COLISEUM MISSISSAUGA (CE) SQUARE ONE, 309 RATHBURN RD W, 905-275-3456
CARS 2 (G) Thu 2:00, 4:50, 7:40, 10:40 Fri, Mon-Wed 2:00, 4:50, 7:45, 10:40 Sat 10:45, 1:30, 4:50, 7:45, 10:40 Sun 1:30, 4:50, 7:45, 10:40 CARS 2 3D (G) Thu 12:15, 3:20, 7:10, 9:55 Fri, Mon-Wed 12:10, 3:30, 7:10, 10:10 Sat-Sun 12:15, 3:15, 6:35, 9:20 CARS 2: AN IMAX 3D EXPERIENCE (G) Thu-Fri, Mon-Wed 1:20, 4:00, 6:40, 9:15 Sat-Sun 11:30, 2:05, 4:35, 7:10, 9:45 GREEN LANTERN (PG) Thu 12:50, 3:45, 10:10 GREEN LANTERN 3D (PG) Thu 1:40, 4:40, 7:50, 10:50 FriTue 1:40, 4:30, 7:50, 10:45 Wed 12:50, 3:45, 10:45 HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS – PART 1 (PG) Sat 10:30 Mon 7:00 Wed 6:10 MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (PG) Thu 1:15 4:10 6:50 9:40 Fri-Wed 12:50, 4:10, 7:00, 9:50 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES (PG) Thu 12:20 3:40 6:45 10:20 Fri-Wed 12:20, 3:40, 6:45, 10:30 SPARTACUS Wed 6:30 SUPER 8 (PG) Thu 12:10 3:10 6:20 9:30 Fri-Wed 12:25, 3:10, 6:20, 9:30 TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON (PG) Thu 1:00, 2:30, 4:30, 6:30, 8:00, 10:00 Fri 1:10, 2:30, 4:40, 6:10, 8:10, 9:40 Sat 11:00, 1:10, 2:30, 4:40, 6:10, 8:10, 9:40 Sun, Tue 1:10, 2:30, 4:40, 6:10, 8:30, 9:40 Mon 12:00, 1:10, 3:20, 4:40, 8:30, 10:20 Wed 1:10, 2:30, 4:40, 8:30, 9:40 TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON 3D (PG) Thu 12:00, 12:30, 3:30, 4:00, 7:00, 7:30, 10:30, 11:00 Fri-Sun, TueWed 12:00, 12:30, 3:20, 4:00, 6:50, 7:30, 10:20, 11:00 Mon 12:30, 2:30, 4:00, 6:10, 7:30, 9:40, 11:00 X-MEN: FIRST CLASS (PG) Thu 12:40 3:50 7:15 10:45 FriWed 12:40, 3:50, 7:40, 10:50 ZOOKEEPER (G) Fri-Tue 1:00, 4:20, 7:20, 10:15 Wed 4:20, 7:20, 10:15
COURTNEY PARK 16 (AMC)
110 COURTNEY PARK E AT HURONTARIO, 888-262-4386 BAD TEACHER (14A) Thu 12:00, 2:20, 4:40, 7:10, 8:05, 9:30, 10:20 Fri-Sat 11:40, 2:05, 4:25, 7:00, 9:20, 11:40 Sun 11:40, 2:05, 4:25, 7:00, 9:20 Mon-Wed 11:50, 2:05, 4:25, 7:00, 9:20 BRIDESMAIDS (14A) Thu 1:45, 4:50, 7:50, 10:45 Fri-Sun 10:50, 1:45, 4:50, 7:50, 10:40 Mon-Wed 1:45, 4:50, 7:50, 10:40
CARS 2 (G) 11:45, 12:30, 2:30, 3:15, 5:00, 5:45, 7:30, 8:15, 10:05, 10:55 Fri-Sun 10:00 mat CARS 2 3D (G) Thu 2:00, 4:30, 7:05, 9:40 Fri-Sun 11:15, 2:00, 4:25, 6:55, 9:40 Mon-Wed 2:00, 4:25, 6:55, 9:40 GREEN LANTERN (PG) Thu 2:35, 7:55 GREEN LANTERN 3D (PG) Thu 1:15, 4:00, 7:00, 9:50 Fri-Sun 10:25, 1:15, 4:00, 7:10, 9:50 Mon-Wed 1:15, 4:00, 7:10, 9:50 THE HANGOVER PART II (18A) Thu 11:50, 5:15, 10:40 HORRIBLE BOSSES (14A) 11:50, 2:20, 4:40, 7:05, 9:30 FriSat 12:00 late KUNG FU PANDA 2 (PG) Thu 12:55, 5:45 LARRY CROWNE (PG) 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:15 Thu 12:20 mat Fri-Sat 10:00, 12:20 mat MONTE CARLO (G) Thu 1:50, 4:20, 7:05, 9:45 Fri-Sun 11:10, 1:50, 4:20, 7:15, 9:50 Mon-Wed 1:50, 4:20, 7:15, 9:50 MR. POPPER’S PENGUINS (G) Thu 3:15 SUPER 8 (PG) Thu 11:55, 2:40, 5:30, 8:15, 10:55 Fri-Sat 10:05, 12:40, 3:20, 5:55, 8:35, 11:15 Sun 10:05, 12:40, 3:20, 5:55, 8:35 Mon-Wed 12:40, 3:20, 5:55, 8:35 TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON (PG) Thu 1:40, 5:00, 8:30 Fri-Wed 1:00, 4:15, 7:30, 11:00 TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON -- AN IMAX 3D EXPERIENCE (PG) Thu 1:00, 4:15, 7:30, 11:00 Fri-Sat 10:15, 1:40, 5:00, 8:30, 12:00 Sun 10:15, 1:40, 5:00, 8:30 MonWed 1:40, 5:00, 8:30 TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON 3D (PG) 11:55, 12:45, 3:30, 4:30, 7:00, 8:00, 10:30 Fri-Sat 11:25 late X-MEN: FIRST CLASS (PG) Thu 1:45, 4:45, 7:50, 11:00 FriSat 11:35, 2:40, 5:35, 8:30, 11:25 Sun 11:35, 2:40, 5:35, 8:30 Mon-Wed 11:45, 2:40, 5:35, 8:30 ZOOKEEPER (G) 12:45, 3:15, 5:45, 8:15, 10:45 Fri-Sun 10:20 mat
SILVERCITY MISSISSAUGA (CE) HWY 5, EAST OF HWY 403, 905-569-3373
BRIDESMAIDS (14A) Thu 1:10 4:10 7:10 10:10 Fri-Wed 12:50, 3:50, 6:50, 10:10 CARS 2 (G) Thu 12:40 3:40 6:40 9:30 Fri-Wed 12:45, 3:40, 6:40, 9:20 CARS 2 3D (G) Thu 1:30 4:30 7:20 10:00 Fri-Wed 1:30, 4:20, 7:20, 10:00 CONAN O’BRIEN CAN’T STOP Thu 7:00 THE HANGOVER PART II (18A) Thu 1:00, 4:00, 10:20 HORRIBLE BOSSES (14A) Fri-Wed 1:40, 4:40, 7:10, 7:50, 9:40, 10:30 KUNG FU PANDA 2 3D (PG) Thu 1:50, 4:20, 6:50, 9:15 FriWed 1:20, 3:30 LARRY CROWNE (PG) Thu 2:00, 4:50, 7:40, 10:30 Fri-Wed 1:50, 4:30, 7:30, 10:05 THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: DIE WALKÜRE ENCORE Mon 6:00 MONTE CARLO (G) Thu 1:20, 3:50, 7:00, 9:50 Fri-Wed 12:40, 3:20, 6:45, 9:35 MR. POPPER’S PENGUINS (G) Thu 12:50, 3:20, 6:20, 9:00 STEPHEN SONDHEIM’S COMPANY Sat 1:00 SUPER 8 (PG) Thu 1:40, 4:40, 7:30, 10:15 Fri, Sun, Tue-Wed 1:10, 4:10, 7:40, 10:20 Sat 4:10, 7:40, 10:20 Mon 1:00, 3:30, 10:20 THE TREE OF LIFE (PG) Thu 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:40 Fri-Sun, Tue-Wed 12:30, 3:25, 6:30, 9:30 Mon 12:30, 3:25, 6:30 ZOOKEEPER (G) Fri-Wed 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:50
North COLOSSUS (CE) HWY 400 & 7, 905-851-1001
BAD TEACHER (14A) Thu 11:55, 12:40, 2:10, 3:10, 4:40, 5:40, 7:10, 8:10, 9:40, 10:40 Fri-Wed 12:20, 2:35, 4:50, 7:05, 9:50 BRIDESMAIDS (14A) 1:15, 4:15, 7:25, 10:20 CARS 2 (G) Thu 11:45, 1:30, 2:20, 4:30, 5:00, 7:20, 7:50, 10:00, 10:30 Fri, Sun-Wed 1:30, 4:25, 7:20, 9:55 Sat 10:45, 1:30, 4:25, 7:20, 9:55 CARS 2 3D (G) 12:50, 3:50, 6:50, 9:30 GREEN LANTERN (PG) Thu 12:45, 3:40, 7:00, 9:50 GREEN LANTERN 3D (PG) 1:20, 4:20, 7:40, 10:50 THE HANGOVER PART II (18A) Thu 12:10, 2:40, 5:30, 8:20, 11:00 Fri, Tue 12:10, 2:40, 5:10, 8:10, 11:20 Sat 5:00, 8:10, 11:20 Sun, Wed 12:10, 2:40, 5:10, 8:10, 11:00 Mon 1:25, 3:55, 10:55 HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS – PART 1 (PG) Sat 10:30 Mon 7:00 HORRIBLE BOSSES (14A) Fri-Wed 1:05, 1:40, 4:05, 4:40, 7:10, 7:50, 10:00, 10:40 KUNG FU PANDA 2 3D (PG) Thu 11:50, 1:55, 4:35, 7:05, 9:25 Fri-Wed 12:35, 3:25, 6:20, 8:45 LARRY CROWNE (PG) Thu 1:10 4:10 7:15 10:00 Fri-Wed 1:10, 4:10, 7:15, 10:30 MR. POPPER’S PENGUINS (G) Thu 12:00, 2:20, 4:45, 7:10, 9:35 Fri, Sun-Wed 12:55, 3:35 Sat 12:55, 4:10 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES 3D (PG) Thu-Fri, Sun-Wed 12:15, 3:20, 6:40, 10:10 Sat 1:45, 4:50, 7:55, 11:00 STEPHEN SONDHEIM’S COMPANY Sat 1:00 SUPER 8 (PG) 6:30, 9:15 Thu 12:30, 3:30 mat Mon only 6:30 10:10 TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON (PG) 2:30, 6:15, 9:45 TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON -- AN IMAX 3D EXPERIENCE (PG) 11:45, 3:15, 6:45, 10:15
TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON 3D (PG) Thu 12:30, 1:00, 4:00, 4:30, 7:30, 8:00, 11:00 Fri-Sat, Tue 12:30, 1:05, 4:00, 4:30, 7:30, 8:00, 11:00, 11:30 Sun 12:30, 1:05, 4:00, 4:30, 7:30, 8:00, 11:00 Mon, Wed 12:30, 1:05, 4:00, 4:30, 7:30, 8:30, 11:00 X-MEN: FIRST CLASS (PG) Thu 1:50, 4:50, 7:45, 10:50 FriSat, Tue 1:50, 4:45, 7:45, 11:10 Sun 1:50, 4:45, 7:45, 10:50 Mon, Wed 1:50, 4:45, 7:45, 10:45 ZOOKEEPER (G) Fri, Sun-Wed 12:00, 12:45, 3:00, 3:40, 6:10, 7:00, 8:50, 9:40 Sat 11:00, 12:00, 1:30, 3:00, 4:10, 6:10, 6:50, 8:50, 9:30
INTERCHANGE 30 (AMC)
30 INTERCHANGE WAY, HWY 400 & HWY 7, 416-335-5323 THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU (PG) 2:05, 4:40, 7:20, 9:55 Sat-Sun 11:30 mat DELHI BELLY (14A) 2:10, 4:50, 7:30, 10:00 Sat-Sun 11:40 mat FAST FIVE (PG) Thu 4:10 7:10 10:10 Fri-Wed 4:10, 7:00, 9:45 Sat-Sun 1:05 mat JUDY MOODY AND THE NOT BUMMER SUMMER (G) 2:30, 4:55, 7:30, 9:50 Sat-Sun 11:55 mat LIMITLESS (14A) 2:10, 4:45, 7:25, 10:00 Sat-Sun 11:40 mat THE LINCOLN LAWYER (14A) 4:10, 7:10, 10:10 Sat-Sun 1:20 mat MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (PG) 3:00, 5:20, 7:45, 10:05 Sat-Sun 12:40 mat MONTE CARLO (G) 2:05, 4:40, 7:20, 9:55 Sat-Sun 11:30 mat PRIEST 3D (14A) 2:45, 5:00, 7:35, 10:15 Sat-Sun 12:25 mat SOMETHING BORROWED (PG) 2:00, 4:30, 7:05, 9:40 SOURCE CODE (PG) 2:15, 4:35, 7:05, 9:40 THOR 3D (PG) 4:20, 7:15, 10:05 Sat-Sun 1:30 mat THE TREE OF LIFE (PG) 3:45, 6:45, 9:45 Sat-Sun 12:35 mat
RAINBOW PROMENADE (I)
PROMENADE MALL, HWY 7 & BATHURST, 905-764-3247 BAD TEACHER (14A) Thu 1:00 3:00 5:00 7:15 9:30 Fri-Wed 1:00, 3:00, 5:00, 7:10, 9:35 CARS 2 (G) Thu 1:15, 4:10, 7:00, 9:20 GREEN LANTERN 3D (PG) Thu 6:45, 9:10 HORRIBLE BOSSES (14A) Fri-Wed 12:45, 2:55, 5:10, 7:15, 9:25 KUNG FU PANDA 2 3D (PG) Thu 1:05, 4:00 LARRY CROWNE (PG) Thu 4:15, 6:50, 9:15 Fri-Wed 1:20, 4:15, 6:50, 9:15 MR. POPPER’S PENGUINS (G) Thu 12:50 2:50 4:55 7:05 9:05 Fri-Wed 12:50, 2:50, 5:05, 7:05, 9:05 TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON 3D (PG) Thu 12:40, 3:40, 6:40, 9:40 Fri-Wed 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 ZOOKEEPER (G) Fri-Wed 12:30, 2:45, 4:55, 7:00, 9:20
West GRANDE - STEELES (CE) HWY 410 & STEELES, 905-455-1590
BAD TEACHER (14A) Thu 12:20 2:45 5:15 7:50 10:40 FriWed 12:30, 2:50, 5:15, 7:45, 10:10 CARS 2 (G) Thu 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:20 Fri-Tue 1:00, 4:00 Wed 4:00 CARS 2 3D (G) Thu 1:10, 4:15, 7:00, 10:00 Fri-Sun, Tue 12:15, 3:20, 6:45, 9:30 Mon, Wed 12:20, 3:20, 6:45, 9:30 GREEN LANTERN (PG) Thu 2:00, 4:45, 7:40, 10:30 Fri-Wed 6:35, 9:35 HORRIBLE BOSSES (14A) Fri-Wed 1:45, 4:20, 7:35, 10:20 LARRY CROWNE (PG) Thu 1:20 4:00 7:10 9:50 Fri-Wed 1:30, 4:40, 7:10, 9:50 MONTE CARLO (G) Thu 1:30, 4:10, 6:50, 9:40 Fri-Wed 12:45, 3:45, 6:25, 9:20 MR. POPPER’S PENGUINS (G) Thu 12:45, 3:20, 6:20, 9:10 Fri-Wed 2:00, 4:30, 7:25 SUPER 8 (PG) Thu 1:45 TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON (PG) Thu 3:00, 6:40, 10:10 Fri-Wed 2:30, 6:15, 9:45 TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON 3D (PG) Thu 12:15, 3:45, 7:15, 10:45 Fri-Sun, Tue 12:00, 3:30, 7:00, 10:30 Mon, Wed 12:15, 3:30, 7:00, 10:30 X-MEN: FIRST CLASS (PG) Thu 4:30, 10:20 Fri-Wed 10:25 ZOOKEEPER (G) Fri-Wed 1:15, 4:10, 7:20, 10:00 3
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The horror, the horror THE UNLEASHED (Manuel H. DaSilva) Rating: N Here are some of the elements that appear in the new horror movie The Unleashed, screening at the Revue, the Regent and the Toronto Underground Cinema this weekend in an attempt to attract a distributor’s attention: a wizened old fortuneteller lady, a Ouija board, scary glowing eyes, a dark family secret and the menacing voice of Malcolm McDowell. Any one of those things could give audiences the creeps if used correctly. But in the hands of director and co-writer Manuel H. DaSilva, they’re just genre tropes that he doesn’t fully understand or exploit. How to find a listing
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festival bite me! toronto international body image film and arts festival
national film board, 150 john. 416-540-6659, bitemefilmfest.com.
fri 8-suN 10 – Festival of films exploring social justice issues surrounding identity and body image.$20 per day, stu $15; $40 three-day festival pass, stu pass $25. fri 8 – Opening night: Amazon Falls (2010) D: Katrin Bowen, and short film Gorgeous (1994) D: Kaz Cooke. Filmmaker Katrin Bowen in attendance. 8 pm. sat 9 – Flawed (2010) D: Andrea Dorfman. Noon. Made Over In America (2007) D: Bernadette Wegenstein & Geoffrey Alan Rhodes. 12:15 pm. Africa Rising (2009) D: Paula Heredia. 1:30 pm. Beauty Mark (2009) D: Diane Israel, Carla Precht & Kathleen Man. 2:45 pm. Asian American Beauty: A Discourse On Female Body Image (2007) D: Calvin Sun. 4 pm. Inside Out (2006) D: Zohreh Shayesteh. 4:20 pm. Weightless (2010) D: Faith Pennick. 5 pm. Arresting Ana (2008) D: Lucie Schwartz. 6 pm. Confessions Of A Superhero (2007) D: Matthew Ogens. 6:30 pm. Orgasm Inc. The Strange Science Of Female Pleasure (2009) D: Liz Canner. 8 pm. suN 10 – Beauty Does Lie: The Untold Stories Of Autoimmune Diseases (2006) D: Courtney G Smith. Noon. Wedding Night (2010) D: Sabina England. 1 pm. Pink Saris (2010) D: Kim Longinotto. 1:30 pm. Gen Silent (2010) D: Stu Maddux. 3:30 pm. Fat Chance (2007) D: Yuka Sekiguchi. 5:30 pm. Teeth (2007) D: Alice Arnold. 6:30 pm. Penis Dementia: The Search For The Perfect Penis (2005) D: Michael McNamara. 7 pm. Say My Name (2009) D: Mamamess. 8:15 pm.
After a prologue that includes most of the above elements (the scary glowing eyes are saved for later), The Unleashed tells the boring story of Madison Kennard, a young woman (Trisha Echeverria) who comes home for her mother’s funeral and quickly finds herself and her friends menaced by a malevolent force. Does it have something to do with the dusty old Ouija board they found in the basement next to the pentagram on the laundry room wall? What are the odds? Not only is The Unleashed the sort of movie where none of the characters has ever seen a horror film (and thus spend all their time lifelessly trading expository dialogue about restless spirits and mystical
conduits), but it also presumes its audience is equally ignorant and thus won’t be insulted by spookhouse gimmicks that were tuckered out back in the day of Night Of The Demons and Witchboard. It’s possible to make a brilliant horror movie on a nonexistent budget.
But The Unleashed is not that movie. It doesn’t even know what the brilliant ones are. Screens Friday (June 8) at the Regent, the Revue and the Toronto Underground Cinema, with repeat shows Saturday at the Regent and NormaN wilNer Revue.
thu 7-aug 31 – Closed for renovations.
The New Majority, and The Summer Way.
camera bar
national film board
panied by Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite Of Spring music. 7 pm. Kid Dracula: Nosferatu (1922) D: FW Murnau, accompanied by Radiohead’s Kid A and OK Computer albums. 9 pm.
1028 Queen W. 416-530-0011. camerabar.ca
150 john. 416-973-3012. nfb.ca/mediatheQue
sat 9 – Insomnia (2002) D: Christopher Nolan. 3 pm. Free.
thu 7-wed 13 – More than 5,000 NFB films available at digital viewing stations. Tue-Wed noon-7 pm, Thu-Sat noon-10 pm, Sun noon-5 pm. Free. fri 8-suN 10 – Bite Me! Toronto International Body Image Film & Arts Festival. See listings, this page. wed 13 – Billy The Kid Unmasked (2004). 4 pm. Free.
cinematheQue tiff bell lightbox
reitman sQuare, 350 king W. 416-599-tiff (8433). tiff.net
thu 7 – Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai (1951) D: Radhu Karmakar. 6:30 pm. fri 8 – Awaara (1951) D: Raj Kapoor. 3 pm. Andaz (1949) D: Mehboob Khan. 7:15 pm. sat 9 – That Darn Cat (1965) D: Robert Stevenson. 2 pm. La Strada (1954) D: Federico Fellini. 5 pm. Limelight (1952) D: Charles Chaplin. 8 pm. Heaven (1998) D: Scott Reynolds. 11 pm. suN 10 – Judgment At Nuremburg (1961) D: Stanley Kramer. 1 pm. Madhumati (1958) D: Bimal Roy. 5 pm. moN 11 – Mughal-E-Azam (1960) D: K. Asif. 6:30 pm. tue 12 – Judgment at Nuremburg. 6:30 pm. wed 13 – Juliet Of The Spirits (1965) D: Federico Fellini. 6:30 pm. The Images Festival presents Arcade Fire: Neon Bible Archives (2009) D: Vincent Morisset. 7:30 pm. $10-$12. Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (2004) D: Michel Gondry. 9:30 pm.
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fox theatre
2236 Queen e. 416-691-7330. foxtheatre.ca
thu 7 – Water For Elephants (2011) D: Francis Lawrence. 7 pm. Bridesmaids (2011) D: Paul Feig. 9:15 pm. fri 8 – Win Win (2011) D: Thomas McCarthy. 7 pm. Bridesmaids. 9:15 pm. sat 9 – Muppets Take Manhattan (1984) D: Frank Oz. 2 pm. Bridesmaids. 4 & 7 pm. Win Win. 9:30 pm. suN 10 – Muppets Take Manhattan. 2 pm. Bridesmaids. 4 & 6:45 pm. Win Win. 9:15 pm. moN 11-tue 12 – Bridesmaids. 6:45 pm. The Greatest Movie Ever Sold (2011) D: Morgan Spurlock. 9:15 pm. wed 13 – Bridesmaids. 1:30 pm. Win Win. 7 pm. Conspirator (2010) D: Robert Redford. 9:15 pm.
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cbc museum, cbc broadcast centre, 250 front W, 416-205-5574. cbc.ca
cinemas
thu 7-wed 13 – Continuous screenings Mon to
506 bloor W. 416-516-2330. bloorcinema.com
moN 11-wed 13 – Marshall McLuhan At 100:
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Trisha Echeverria (left) and Jessica Salgueiro help unleash a dud.
Fri 9 am to 5 pm. Free.
thu 7-fri 8 – Marshall McLuhan At 100: The Man And His Message.
revue cinema
400 roncesvalles. 416-531-9959. revuecinema.ca
thu 7 – The Bang Bang Club (2010) D: Steven Silver. 7 pm. The Rendezvous (2010) D: Curt Truninger. 9 pm.
fri 8 – Jane Eyre (2011) D: Cary Fukunaga. 7 pm. Dark House Films presents The Unleashed (2011) D: Manuel H DaSilva. 9:30 pm. sat 9 – Labyrinth (1986) D: Jim Henson. 2 pm. Ghostbusters (1984) D: Ivan Reitman. 4:15 pm. Hanna (2011) D: Joe Wright. 7 pm. Dark House Films presents The Unleashed. 9:30 pm. suN 10 – Labyrinth. 2 pm. Ghostbusters. 4:15 pm. Win Win (2011) D: Tom McCarthy. 7 pm. Jane Eyre. 9 pm. moN 11 – Ghostbusters. 1 pm. Labyrinth. 3:15 pm. Kevin Courrier Lecture: Forbidden Desires: The films of Hitchcock and DePalma. 7 pm. Hanna. 9:10 pm. tue 12 – Win Win. 7 pm. Jane Eyre. 9 pm. wed 13 – L’Amour Fou (2010) D: Neel Eargood. 7 pm. Breakfast At Tiffany’s (1961) D: Blake Edwards. 9 pm.
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the royal
608 college. 416-534-5252. theroyal.to
thu 7 – The Beaver (2011) D: Jodie Foster. 7 pm. Meek’s Cutoff (2010) D: Kelly Reichardt. 9 pm. fri 8-wed 13 – Check website for schedule.
toronto underground cinema
186 sPadina ave, basement. 647-992-4335, torontoundergroundcinema.com
thu 7 – Mean Girls (2004) D: Mark Waters. 7 pm. The Godfather (1972) D: ñ Francis Ford Coppola. 9 pm. fri 8 – The Unleashed (2011) D: Manuel H DaSilva. 9:30 pm. suN 10 – Mean Girls. 7 pm. moN 11-wed 13 – Check website for schedule.
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ontario Place cinesPhere 955 lake shore W. 416-314-9900. ontarioPlace.com
thu 7– Bugs! 10:30 am, 1, 3:30 & 6 pm. Hubble
3D. 11:45 am, 2:15 & 4:45 pm. U2 3D. 7 & 9 pm.
fri 8-sat 9 – Bugs! 11 am, 1:30 & 4 pm. Hubble
3D. 12:15, 2:45 & 5:30 pm. U2 3D. 7 & 9 pm. suN 10 – Bugs! 10:30 am, 1, 3:30 & 6 pm. Hubble 3D. 11:45 am, 2:15 & 4:45 pm. U2 3D. 7 & 9 pm. moN 11-wed 13 – Bugs! 11 am, 1:30 & 4 pm. Hubble 3D. 12:15 pm, 2:45 & 5:30 pm. U2 3D. 7 & 9 pm.
ontario science centre
770 don mills. 416-696-3127. ontariosciencecentre.ca
thu 7 – Tornado Alley. 11 am, 2 & 3 pm. Under The Sea. Noon. IMAX Hubble. 1 pm.
fri 8 – Tornado Alley. 11 am, 1, 3, 5 & 9 pm.
Under The Sea. Noon, 4 & 8 pm. IMAX Hubble. 2 pm. sat 9 – Tornado Alley. 11 am, 1, 3, 5 & 9 pm. Under The Sea. Noon, 4 & 8 pm. IMAX Hubble. 2 pm. suN 10-wed 13 – Tornado Alley. 11 am, 1, 3 & 5 pm. Under The Sea. Noon & 4 pm. IMAX Hubble. 2 pm.
reg hartt’s cineforum 463 bathurst. 416-603-6643.
thu 7 – The Blind Samurai Film Fest. 7 pm. The 3D Film Festival. 9 pm. sat 9 – Mae West: The Wickedest Woman Of The Movies. 7 pm. Metropolis (1927) D: Fritz Lang. 9 pm. suN 10 – The Power Of Faith At The Movies. 2 pm. Dark Age Ahead: Jane Jacobs. 5 pm. Who Censored Bugs Bunny? 7 pm. moN 11 – The Anarchist, Hallucinatory, Surrealist Film Fest. 7 pm. What I Learned With LSD (2010). D: Reg Hartt. tue 12 – Alice In The Wall: Alice In Wonderland, accompanied by Pink Floyd’s The Wall album. 7 pm. Oz Darkside: The Wizard Of Oz (1939) D: Victor Fleming, accompanied by Pink Floyd’s Dark Side Of The Moon album. 8:30 pm. wed 13 – The Rite Of Dr. Caligari: The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari (1920) D: Robert Wiene, accom-
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THu 7-WED 13 – The CN Tower presents The Ultimate Wave Tahiti 3D. Continuous screenings daily 10 am to 8 pm. 301 Front W. 416868-6937, cntower.ca. THu 7-WED 13 – Casa Loma presents The Pellatt Newsreel (2006) D: Barbra Cooper, a film and permanent exhibit on the history of Casa Loma and Henry Pellatt. Daily screenings 10 am to 4:30 pm. Included w/ admission. 1 Austin Terrace. 416-923-1171, casaloma.org. THu 7 – Open Roof Festival presents Trigger (2010) D: Bruce McDonald. Local band Betty Burke open at 7:30 pm, film at dusk. $15. Amsterdam Brewery, 21 Bathurst. openrooffilms.com. FRI 8 – Trash Palace presents 16mm Fridays: Survival Run (1979) D: Larry Spiegel. 9:30 pm (doors 8:30 pm). $5 adv only, at Eyesore Cinema (801 Queen W, 2nd flr). Screening location revealed w/ ticket purchase. trashpalace.ca. Downsview Park’s Movies Under The Stars presents Shrek Forever After (2010) D: Mike Mitchell. Outdoors at dusk (approx 9 pm). Free. Bring blanket/chair. Indoor rain location. 35 Carl Hall. downsviewpark.ca. SAT 9 – Pleasure Dome presents an outdoor screening of Transformation In the Land Of Enchantment, a program of works by Isabell Spengler. 9 pm. $8. CineCycle, 129 Spadina. 416-656-5577, pdome.org. mON 11 –Short & Sweet, a weekly short film evening, presents new work by David Wilson, Mikey Please, CANADA and others. 8 pm. Free. No One Writes to the Colonel, 460 College. shortandsweet.tv. TuE 12 – Yonge-Dundas Square presents Dancing In The Dark outdoor film screening: Dirty Dancing (1987) D: Emile Ardolino. Screening at sunset. Free. ydsquare.ca. Harbourfront Centre presents Free Flicks outdoors: Annie Hall (1977) D: Woody Allen. 9 pm. Free. WestJet Stage, 235 Queens Quay W. harbourfrontcentre.com. WED 13 – TIFF and the Toronto Entertainment District BIA present an outdoor screening of The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg (1964) D: Jacques Demy. 9 pm. Free. Metro Hall, David Pecaut Square. tiff.net. 3
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three monthS ago, i met a woman
hom I’m really into physically, emow tionally and mentally. She’s someone I could see myself with. Problem is, when we started having sex, she insisted on a condom for birth control. I haven’t worn one in probably eight or nine years. (I’m 33 now.) I would be hard, then put on the condom and start having sex, and go limp because of the feel. This happened many times over the first couple of months, leading to frustration on both our parts. She went on the pill a couple of weeks ago to deal with the issue, but now I’ve got a mental issue going on and still go limp once we start having sex. As soon as I get inside her, it’s all I think about, and things turn to shit. I feel like it’s not a physical problem, as it hasn’t happened before, so I’m not sure that drugs would even work. I don’t know what to do. It’s at the point of ruining this relationship. Futile Limp-Ass Cock Is Dreadful Before I get to your question, FLACID, I wanna pull rank – it’s my column, people – and briefly mention the staggeringly amazing thing that happened two weekends ago while I was in New York: the 8 pm performance of The Book Of Mormon at the Eugene O’Neill Theater on the Saturday of Pride weekend. I didn’t think it was possible, but Trey Parker, Robert Lopez, and Matt Stone’s brilliant new musical about well-intentioned Mormons on a mission exceeds the hype. It’s the funniest, dirtiest, smartest thing this showqueen
has ever seen on Broadway. Yeah, yeah, something else happened in New York while I was in town: a bill legalizing same-sex marriage was approved by the state legislature and signed by Governor Andrew Cuomo the night before we saw The Book Of Mormon. And, hey, being in New York for the marriage-equality victory was nice. It was great. But The Book Of Mormon – holy shit! Okay, FLACID, if your dick goes limp once you put it inside her, stop putting it inside her. Just for now. Have oral sex, masturbate together, have lots of imaginative, non-penetrative sex, all the while paying careful attention to her vulva, clit, orgasms, etc. A few dozen successful, low-stress sexual encounters with your girlfriend should help break the association your dick has made with her and failure. Good luck.
yay, we won gay marriage in new
ork. I’m so happy I could cry. But not Y tears of joy. Here’s the deal: I support gay marriage. I’m a freakin’ lesbian. I’ve been with my partner for 10 years. We live together. We’re the proud parents of the two cutest dogs ever. We suffer through each other’s families and we’re treated as a married couple for all intents and purposes by everyone in our lives. I’ve made passionate speeches to friends and family members about the importance of gay marriage. So in 30 days, we can get married in New York. Everyone will expect us to get married.
But I don’t want to. I’m happy in my relationship, I have no plans to leave, but I don’t want to be married. I think part of the strength of our relationship comes from being together because we want to in the moment, not because we promised to in a moment that has long passed. How do I tell my partner and everyone else that I love her with all my heart but don’t want to marry her? Or anyone else, ever? Defense Of Marriagephobic Asshole Same-sex marriage is legal in New York, DOMA, not compulsory. But instead of telling your partner you don’t want to marry her, or anyone else, ever, tell her you need time. This freedom is new, hard won and not going anywhere. There’s no rush to commit to committing, DOMA, and no rush to commit to never committing. And you might want to ask your girlfriend how she feels. If she hasn’t been dropping hints, picking out china or proposing, it’s possible that she feels just as conflicted or ambivalent about marriage as you do.
i’ve juSt ended a Four-year reLation ship with a great man who didn’t lay his kink cards on the table until way too late. He’s your typical straight guy with a she-male fetish. Apparently, the dom pegging I provided wasn’t enough, because I found a secret e-mail account where he was soliciting she-male escorts. I’m genuinely more pissed that he didn’t tell me he wanted to explore
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this – real cock – and didn’t give me the opportunity to make his fantasy fit into our life together. I can’t tell if any of these escorts ever met with him, and in usual hetero-male fashion, he is mortified that I know about his darkest cockfetish secret at all. So my question is this: As a GGG girlfriend who would honour just about any fantasy, is this secret search for a stranger the betrayal I think it is? I get it that our play isn’t the same as the real thing, but isn’t cheating cheating? Willing But Not Enough The snooping-is-wrong absolutists will shit themselves if “snooping is wrong” doesn’t appear somewhere in this response. So here it is, gang, right at the top. Heck, I’ll toss it out again – ”snooping is wrong” – even though I disagree. No long-term relationship is snoop-free, just as no long-term relationship is liefree, porn-free or thinking-about-fucking-someone-else-while-I’m-fuckingyou free. And when a little snooping uncovers something like this, well, it’s retroactively self-justifying. On to your question, WBNE: Your ex’s secret search is the betrayal you think it is. No question. Cheating is cheating, and the kind of cheating your ex was engaged in or contemplating amounts to a Very Serious Betrayal. He put you at risk of acquiring a sexually transmitted infection*, assuming he saw a sex worker, or he was thinking about putting you at risk, assuming he was about to. And it was all so unnecessary: He had a GGG girlfriend he could’ve opened up to about his secret kink. He could’ve negotiated a deal that allowed him to explore this without betraying you or putting you at risk. But he didn’t ask for permission because he was deeply ashamed, first, and terrified of losing you, second. And now he’s really got something to be ashamed of – the lying and sneaking around – and he’s lost you. Unless… Unless you can find it in your heart to forgive him. His kink cards are face up on the table now; you know his deepest, darkest sexual fantasies, and, more importantly, he knows you know. Yes, he betrayed you, but forgiveness is meaningless if it’s limited to trifles and never comes after a Very Serious Betrayal. If his kink is something you would’ve signed off on had he gone about things differently, perhaps you could take him back on the condition that he go about things – finding things, sucking things, getting fucked by things** – very, very differently from now on. *I’m not saying that a man who visits a sex worker is automatically going to get a sexually transmitted infection; a good sex worker is typically more thoughtful about sexual safety than your average freebie slut. But outside sexual contact is outside sexual contact. Whoever it involves, it involves risk for the insider back at home, and it should be disclosed and discussed in advance.
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