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Taylor SWiFT Hopefully, the young country-pop star recovers from bronchitis in time for her ACC shows. $35-$99.50.

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Canada Centre to catch the operatic pop singer in action.

Doors 6:30 pm. $25-$99.50. LN, TM. +huSBandS John Cassavetes’s classic comedy about three married, middle-aged men screens as part of the TIFF Cinematheque retrospective.

6:30 pm. $9.50-$12. 416-599TIFF.

pepper’s production of the Tennessee Williams play continues at the Young Centre. 7:30 pm. $5-$65. 416-866-8666. doCS aT duSK The End Of Suburbia by Gregory Greene screens, plus discussion on peak oil. 9 pm. London Tap House. Free. Pre-register architextfilmsuburbia.eventbrite.com.

Beaches Intl Jazz Festival focuses on big band, swing, Dixieland and more, w/ Tanika Charles, Dr Draw, Sambacana and others. Queen east of Woodbine. 7-11 pm. To Jul 24.

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RT, SS, TM. laneWay BiKe Tour Check out secret corners of Riverdale and Queen E. 1 pm. NE corner Withrow Park. Free. info@ graemeparry.com.

by Ranked Ballot Initiative of Toronto, with Dave Meslin and Amanda Klein. 7 pm. Paupers Pub. Free. Pre-register wsicjuly2011.eventbrite.com. gillian WelCh The critically acclaimed Americana singer/ songwriter hits the Phoenix. 7 pm. $25. RT, SS, TM.

winning musical about warring gangs screens as part of Yonge-Dundas Square’s free Dancing In The Dark series. At sunset. ydsquare.ca.

The WinTer’S Tale Canadian Stage’s production of Shakespeare’s lesser-known romantic comedy continues at High Park Amphitheatre until Sep 4.

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3 and 8 pm. $39.50-$49.50.

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and reactionary agenda as mayor.

Please refrain from hacking his phone or else we are gonna lose you, too, NOW, and then where the fuck would we be?

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Pride bygones

i have to ask, did now honestly feel that antagonizing Mayor Ford and extending a faux “olive branch” to fly the mayor to Pride would accomplish anything (NOW, June 30July 6)? Do you honestly expect to be taken seriously?

Michael Hollett’s column goes out of its way to belittle Rob Ford, yet he expects the mayor to “respect” his offer?

If Rob Ford did attend the Pride parade, which of these two possible outcomes would be more likely?

1.) Everyone puts the issue of Ford’s attendance behind them, letting bygones be bygones.

2.) Everyone makes a point of saying Ford had to be shamed into coming.

J.A. Boyce Toronto

Politics of shaming Mayor’s cottage cheese

come on. taking pictures of rob Ford’s cottage just because he didn’t go to Pride (NOW, July 7-13)? Give me a break!

Pride is about freedom, but the parade has become nothing more than a freak show, debauchery at its disgusting best! I respect Rob Ford for having the balls to say no.

Can you imagine for a minute what this great country would be like if more people spent quality time with their families?

None of my gay friends would be caught dead at the parade because it in no way represents the real gay community who just want a life, which is every person’s right, regardless of race, colour, religion or sexual orientation. Give yourself a shake.

J.Rockov Toronto

Hacking Ford’s phone next?

i am no lover of rob ford, but this intrusive fluff piece on Ford’s cottage undermines all your good articles exposing in detail his arrogant

it is interesting to see who now Magazine is willing to shame for its politics. While it’s indeed unfortunate that the mayor of Toronto refuses to be seen publicly supporting Pride activities, I wonder why there hasn’t been a similar sense of outrage that the Orange Wave of new NDP members, some of whom are former peacenik punk rockers, voted unanimously to continue bombing the hell out of the people of Libya.

Perhaps the money you were going to spend flying Ford to Toronto could be spent on a human rights fact-finding mission for NDPers to see first-

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The Jarvis bike lane effect

all right, so rob ford has finally done it. His lack of concern for cyclists’ needs on the streets of Toronto (see Jarvis Street bike lanes) has trickled down to auto drivers (NOW Daily, July 6). A driver felt that my wife was taking up too much of the lane, told her so, then hit her with his car, breaking her wrist. Sounds like assault with a weapon? Wrong.

According to 52 Division, this is merely an accident.

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i’m not so much offended that i received a robo-reply from the mayor’s office after I took the time to write. I foolishly believed that the mayor actually listened to Toronto residents and considered their input.

But shame on you, Mayor Ford, for not taking the time to listen to the “pinkos” who choose to live and/or cycle downtown. You’d rather focus on the wishes of your business buddies in Rosedale who want to get home three minutes faster.

There is only a three-minute increase in the time it takes to drive from Queens Quay to Bloor on Jarvis and as a result of the bike lanes.

The lanes have actually calmed the street that thousands of people live on. (Jarvis is not a highway, Mayor Ford.) There is less speeding and dangerous zig-zagging in and out of traffic than when there were three lanes going in the same direction.

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the bloor cinema is becoming a documentary theatre for Hot Docs (NOW Daily, July 5)? This is fantastic news for the 50-something BMWdriving “literati” crowd, who can now settle their brittle genitals into the newly plushed seats and marvel at how the Bloor is just like the Royal, looking equally like a hotel lobby.

Isn’t it wonderful to know that there are now two rep theatres that won’t be playing anything worth watching?

I live one block away from the Royal and have only set foot into it twice in the last three years, both times to watch The Room. You know, the one entertaining movie they play (monthly) in order to cover most of their rent.

The other part is paid by renting out the theatre’s edit suites to films in post-production, a business plan you can be sure the Bloor will mimic.

I say fuck you to the owners for turning this fun trashy rep cinema into a mausoleum, soon to be haunted by the dusty, pseudo-intellectual, RRSP-savvy living dead.

Sean Stanley Toronto

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caved to big corporate interests at every single opportunity, giving away the farm while getting little in return.

That $2.4 billion in corporate tax cuts isn’t coming home any time soon. At least the NDP is making a stand for ordinary Ontarians, while the Liberals and PCs wait with bated breath for their next orders from Bay Street.

At least Roberts got one thing right: “Government by tax cut reduces the power of government to fund programs in the public interest.”

Perhaps he might be interested in telling McGuinty that, next time the Grits decide to forgo $2.4 billion.

Edmund O’Connor North York

Flotilla of falsehoods

i hear that now is spending money to promote the humanitarian flotilla to Gaza (NOW, July 7-13). I

say “promote,” since the only reason it’s sailing is to create media hype – there is no humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

Luxury hotels are going up in Gaza and upscale malls are already open. There is poverty, but no different than in any other Arab country where the few suppress the many.

There is no embargo as there’s free access through Egypt, and Israel allows goods (not bombs, sorry bleeding-heart liberals) into Gaza every day.

Just imagine an army storming your locked back door to supply food to the residents.

All the while, the front door is wide open. If this isn’t another Palestinian prank, what is?

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i saw kim’s convenience tonight at the Fringe (NOW, July 7-13).

It was funny and engaging. The characters were likeable and believable, the acting was excellent, and the current and local references drew me into the story. I think it will appeal to people of all ages and backgrounds.

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michael hughes, the writer and star of the one-man show Mickey & Judy, is a revelation (NOW Daily, July 9). This show is full of heart. Michael presents situations like getting psychiatric testing for cross-dressing at age six with humour and without self-pity. It’s the feel-good show of the Fringe.

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i wrote the music and the (unfortunately unmentioned) monologues for The Last Rock N’ Roll Show at the Fringe (NOW Daily, July 10). I’m not sure what I did to reviewer Jordan Bimm to incur his attacks. To clarify, the band in the play is a creation for the show and not an existing band, and the songs are way better than a Semisonic B-side.

I’m sorry that Bimm did not enjoy himself at our show and that the irony of his attempt at wit in light of the show’s message escaped him. Hootie forever!

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people are probably too tired from watching so many shows, but I must say, go see A Gentleman’s Club Fringe Show (NOW Daily, July 10). Carolyn Williamson is probably Toronto’s most talented improviser you’ve never heard of. If you haven’t had the pleasure of watching her perform, do it now before some network snatches her up and gives her her own (richly deserved) TV show. You will laugh, you will gasp, you will shake your head in amazement wondering, “How did they think of that?”

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Is it plausible that the mayor and his 17-person staff have spent a measly $1,718.46 on expenses in the first three months of 2011? Judith Ann MacDonald thinks not. She’s filed a formal complaint claiming the mayor has “improperly disclosed” his office expenses, which breakdown thusly: $722.57 for photocopying, $264.82 for unspecified “maintenance and fuel charges for the mayor’s vehicle,” $106.26 in postage and courier costs and $624.81 for smartphone services. How to read the numbers? Maybe he’s not hiding anything and he’s just not that busy.

Graffiti gobbledegook Rocket Rewind Quotable ironies from the mayor during this week’s council debate on the graffiti management plan.

“Private property shouldn’t be used for political slogans,” unless a guy wants to paint Ford For Mayor on his garage door. Corporate logos? They’re okay, too.

“It’s a priority to keep the city clean and safe,” unless you’re a cyclist, in which case say bye-bye to bike lanes.

“I just want to make sure taxpayers are treated equally and fairly.” Except if you happen to be one of the 13,000 who called for tax hikes to keep services at the Core Service Review public consultations.

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As the Toronto Rocket goes through its final training runs, transit riders have noticed something curious when the trains pull into certain stations: the subway vehicles seem to sit a little higher than the platform at some stations, posing a potential obstacle to wheelchair or scooter users. TTC spokesperson Brad Ross assures, “At this point, we have no indication from all of our testing that the gap will be an issue,” he says. Phew. Sixteen of the 31 stations on the Yonge-Spadina-University line, however, are not equipped with elevators and not fully accessible in any event.

[Frontlines] Ellie Kirzner on Muslim school prayer I’ve always been charmed by Judaism’s alignment with the phases of the moon and how the sabbath ends with the appearance of the first three stars in the sky.

Now I discover, thanks to last week’s fracas over Muslim prayer in school, that Islam prays attuned to the particular angle and light of the sun. Also lovely.

The celestial aside, the Valley Park Middle School prayer dust-up is a stunner and scarily shows it’s suddenly permissible for xenophobes to be out and about on the public stage. Since when do Islam-haters get treated as if they are making a legitimate contribution to policy discussions?

Canadian Hindu Advocacy and sidekick the Jewish Defense League are taking on the school board’s 11-year-old promise to “take reasonable steps” in accommodating those who believe schools “interfere” with their religious rituals.

Canadian Hindu Advocacy claims its interests are the separation of church and state, and while the group is being portrayed as secularly noble, the ugly truth is that it just doesn’t like Islam.

Why did the press underplay this disturbing fact? Tapping the CHA’s mindset isn’t exactly an ordeal. Just check out the org’s director, Ron Banerjee, holding forth at a support meeting for Geert Wilders

(the Dutch pol who wants to ban the Koran and the construction of new mosques).

“In its entire history,” says Banerjee, “Islamic civilization has contributed less to human advancement than a pack of donkeys.”

Islam, he says, isn’t a religion at all, but an “ideology’’ – and too many Muslims are being born. I’ll spare you his insulting diatribe against Muhammad. This is who gets to lecture the school board on church and state?

Sure, it’s a marginal perspective, but it has the power to pollute, as this school skirmish shows. It feeds that nasty undertow that keeps tugging at the city, all the

It’s suddenly permissible for xenophobes to be on the public stage. more so when the media don’t name and decode its full expression. The only real headline here is: Islamophobe Outed Fomenting Education Controversy.

Tell the board of ed you approve of their tiny and sensible room-allocation compromise. Flood the bad air with reason and good grace.

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food for thought The most interesting tidbit to come out of the “buy local” food fight at City Hall this week: the Holland Marsh produces enough carrots to supply every Canadian with a 2-kilogram bag annually. The number of people who signed a petition encouraging council to continue its commitment to “buy local”: 1,652.

cityscape InfoToGo pillars, some 120 of which are supposed to go up around town under the street furniture contract signed with Astral in 2007, are being redesigned. A city report to council says the interactive LCD touch screens on the old pillars have been a dud – “not well utilized” in bureaucratese – “problematic” to operate, and the electronics “less than reliable.” Can you say obsolete? Who needs a pillar when you’ve got a smartphone? Enter a new design with more space for advertising. Coming this fall to corner near you.

from the archives July 12, 1984

Just as Montreal synth-pop purveyors Men Without Hats were set to release their second album – their first copped a Grammy nom and its single The Safety Dance was a millionseller – NOW talked to lead singer Ivan Doroschuk and his guitarist brother Stefan about media image and the sweet smell of success. Though they dropped out of sight after releasing No Hats Beyond This Point in 2003, last month Ivan reformed the band and played a kick-ass show at NXNE before heading out on tour. They return to T.O. September 18 to open for the Human League at the Guvernment. (Page 7 of the issue.)

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In Rob’s dreams The mayor’s parallel reality takes a hit – a river of gravy does not run through City Hall

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rick question: what’s the connection between a TTC supervisor (allegedly) urinating in a bush in front of paying customers and the mayor’s office offering buyouts to thousands of city employees in his never-ending quest to save money?

It may require a bit of imagination to tie the two together, but stay with me. At City Hall, that hilarious house of horrors, nothing ever happens in a vacuum. A strange synchronicity is always at play.

And the way the mayor has been pissing on the city bureaucracy since he took office (so much garbage, etc), a little more wet discharge on the subject of T.O.’s $774 million deficit seems an appropriate metaphor to go out on before council’s long-awaited summer break.

It’s no coincidence the talk now of offering buyouts to city employees as a way to cut the deficit was leaked on the same day as KPMG released the first report on its review of city services, or Core Service Review. Surprise (not so much to lefties, though): KPMG found little wriggle room for savings in public works and infrastructure, the water department, technical and transportation services.

It’s no shocker that vats of gravy weren’t found around every corner, really. The vast majority of services offered by those departments, some 96 per cent, are mandatory, either required by provincial legislation or essential to operations of the city. A lot of departments are already very lean.

KPMG’s report is just the prelude, however, to the big kiss-off coming when the Core Service Review looks at the Community Development departments and Parks and Rec, where workers are already bracing for a lockout. Will we see community centres run by private fitness clubs?

Reducing clearing of windrows (snow piles left by plows) and removing fluoride from water, two cost-saving “opportunities” identified by KPMG, are not exactly gimmes among suburbanites who voted for Ford. Suburban soccer moms are just as concerned about their kids’ dental health as everyone else. And Ford ally Denzil Minnan-Wong has already said the windrow plan is a non-starter.

Truth is, the mayor’s office needed to offer up something to blunt the message implicit in the KPMG report that maybe there’s not that much gravy floating around City Hall after all.

The added blow to the mayor, the wake-up call if you will, is what the city’s own consultations on the Core Service Review found – the majority of the 13,000 residents who took part want city-delivered public services and are willing to pay higher property taxes for them.

The mayor’s office was in full spin mode on

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that one, leaking details of its plan to buy out employees to the press even before the city manager, Joe Pennachetti, the guy at whose desk the buck supposedly stops on the buyouts, had a chance to formally tell city employees the news. He apologized to the good men and women of the public service for that. Sometimes it’s hard not to be left with the distinct feeling that the folks in charge at City Hall are flying by the seat of their pants, but that’s a tangent for another day.

No matter. The news of the employee buyout had the desired effect – creating the alternate reality that the Fordists were continuing the good work they’ve started to whip city government into financial shape.

The wheels were in motion to deflect attention from the KPMG report and onto the buyout just in time for council’s regular monthly

of the Eglinton Crosstown. $3 million On consultants to provide political cover for his Core Services Review $410,000 To remove bike lanes from

meeting Tuesday.

The buzz at 100 Queen West Monday was that something “apocalyptic” was coming down the pipe. At least that’s what the mayor’s strategic planning guy, Mark Towhey, was overheard telling one councillor. A press conference was scheduled for 10 am, presumably to offer details on the rumoured buyout plan, but there was some sort of mix-up, and reporters were told to come back at 1:30 pm, where MinnanWong appeared to answer questions about the KPMG report instead.

Then the Globe got hold of an internal memo that it quoted saying buyouts would be offered to all 50,000 city employees. Pennachetti would say later that the number of employees eligible for the so-called “voluntary separation” is closer to 17,000.

To add to the maelstrom, Councillor Giorgio

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Mammoliti was ushered before the assembled media, with the mayor in tow, to announce the formation of three separate task forces to study homelessness, ice rinks and daycare. The Respect for Taxpayers sign so familiar during the election was pulled from the closet for the cameras to drive the message home that taxfighter Ford and friends are hard at work for you. Mammo talked P3s. Old news. The mayor finally fielded a few questions on the KPMG report and buyouts business, though it would be more accurate to say he danced around both, not saying what cuts he’s prepared to make. He stumbled through, almost tripping over the flag in the backdrop at one point. This gravy train thing is starting to look more like what weapons of mass destruction were for Bush.

How many will opt for the proposed buyout is another question. If Pennachetti has a number in mind, he’s not divulging it. These are tough economic times, and what’s been offered – a maximum six months’ pay – doesn’t exactly equal a soft landing. Which raises the spectre of layoffs sometime down the road for those who don’t opt for a buyout.

But layoffs are more complicated. There is a collective bargaining agreement to stickhandle around, and right now it says temporary employees have to go before permanent staff can be laid off.

In any event, it’s unclear what savings will accrue from any exodus. Some of those who go will have to be replaced. Their jobs are essential to the operation of the city.

The savings that can be achieved through normal attrition are perhaps in the tens of millions. The city’s union estimates that some 1,200 employees are approaching retirement in the next five years. Some 1,900 employees took buyouts during amalgamation, but they were offered a year’s pay then.

Some in the city’s employ would no doubt be happy to take their services elsewhere and not have their jobs held over their heads in the “do this or else” culture now pervading 100 Queen West.

In that sense, the proposed buyout is a brilliant move from the point of view of changing the culture in the professional ranks continuing to show signs of bucking the Ford agenda.

On the other hand, it looks like a desperate move to create the grand illusion that there is a plan to slay the deficit, which was created in large part, it should be noted, by blowing the surplus left by the previous administration. Indeed, some on the left think the mayor has seen the other KPMG reports and knows full well that the hoped-for river of gravy running through City Hall just doesn’t exist.

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vatization of the TTC Untold millions Getting rid of city advisory committees, thereby trashing the collective smarts of Toronto residents.

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My school prayer

How my Friday ritual made me a Muslim feminist By FATHIMA CADER during the ramadan of my final year at Marc Garneau Collegiate Institute – across the street from Valley Park Middle School, the scene of much media scrutiny last week – things suddenly changed.

Unlike Valley Park, Marc Garneau 10 years ago did not have on-site prayer spaces. Instead, come Friday, students who had the school’s permission would go the nearby mosque, about a 20-minute walk away.

Some of those students, as many have noted, didn’t always make it back to school – dictionary behaviour from teenagers on Friday afternoons.

According to Islamic custom, congregational Friday prayers are compulsory for men and recommended for women. That norm became informal community and school policy. A lack of interest from parents and teachers’ belief that women don’t have to pray meant few female students sought permission and none received it. Only male students went to Friday prayers.

One month in my final year, things were different. After requests from parents and students, the school agreed to let students pray on site during Ramadan, the month Mus-

lims traditionally observe with intensified spiritual activity.

Previously we had to sneak into stairwells to pray surreptitiously.

Now we had access during specified hours to an empty room where we could pray daily. Some prayed individually, others organized themselves into ad hoc congregations they led themselves. Since the room was in the school, no permission was needed, and as many female students used the room as male.

Those of us fasting that month were hungry. All of us were stressed.

Yes, despite all this and a healthy serving of adolescent angst, an unmistakable current of celebration ran through the month. For the first time we had an opportunity to share with our non-Muslim friends a part of our daily activities that, until then, had been relegated to the realm of the alien and threatening.

As important was the fact that the school recognized Muslim women on the same terms as male Muslim students.

Women and men prayed separately in the rooms. In the furor over Valley Park, some commentators, including the allegedly progressive

Muslim Canadian Congress, have argued that the board of education is perpetuating sexism by allowing these students prayer space. Yet returning to the old system would mean only male students prayed.

I remember that Ramadan as an important step toward my commitment to feminist politics. During those short weeks of communal prayer, I interacted with Muslim students who I wouldn’t otherwise have met. I saw that I was a member of a diverse community of intelligent, stubborn and brave women who were sensitive to the complexities and contradictions of their lives.

A decade later, I continue to take strength from these women as we mobilize to confront the many inequities in our lives.

I wonder now how I and the school might have grown had we all along had the chance to share openly in a process, without fear or paranoia, whereby students could decide for themselves how their prayers should be arranged. God knows, teenagers hate being told what to do. Trust that Muslim women hate it no less.

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first thing I learn – a mere 5,000 years after ancient Sumerians invented brewing – is that beer is a terrific icebreaker. Phillippi starts off asking participants to share early beer memories.

James remembers sitting on his late dad’s lap on the back porch of a summer evening and being initiated into male bonding with a spoonful of beer.

David recalls his summer job working in the hop fields of southern England.

John was a bartender during Kitchener’s famous beer fest and pukathon.

This taught me how easy it is for entertainers to get people to cry in their beer. After all, it’s a coming-of-age as well as a social and alcoholic comfort food, so casting back to special moments opens the tear ducts.

Phillippi sees beer’s evocative powers broadly. “Beer has the power to connect people to history, water, farming, community, economy and friends,” she says, which is why this cofounder of the world’s first Youth Food Policy Council is in the beer ed biz.

Our job as dinner guests is to drink five courses of different beers from some of Ontario’s 30 craft breweries – Hockley Stout, Black Creek Porter, Beau’s Lug-Tread, Mill Street Wit and Creemore Kellerbier. Each course is followed by a variety of breads and crackers, a range of local, sustainable, artisanal cheeses and two Mexico-sourced chocolate pieces made by T.O.’s ChocoSol. Phillippi insists we sip from wide-mouthed wine glasses, the best way to assess beer for appearance, aroma, flavour and mouth-feel.

The big pint glasses at taverns cue people to knock the stuff back, while German-style mugs prevent spills when swaying to beer hall songs.

With few exceptions, craft beers obey the German Reinheitsgebot law of 1516, the oldest food regulation on any government’s books. It permits four ingredients: barley malt, yeast, water and hops. Some craft and traditional European beers are allowed to include wheat, spice and a little fruit.

It doesn’t take long for the carbonated Phillippi to present beer as the world’s quintessential food of geographic, technical, as well as cultural “terroir.” Wine grapes grow in warm climates, while beer comes from colder areas where hardy barley grows. Some beers use soft water from the River Plzen, where sweet and flowery pilsner beer originated, while stout beers are made with hard water. Roasting the barley can produce light or dark beers. Hops are a natural preservative that can be hopped-up or not.

Still other beer styles were preferred by working stiffs, like the por-

ters, thought to be rich in iron, protein and B vitamins. (Guinness was marketed as a health drink to nursing mothers during World War II.) And of course, beer has always been part of a good time with friends in public spaces or pubs.

My inner Michel Foucault tells me that prohibitionists were as much against public watering holes as beer and hated pubs because they had too many nooks, crannies and dark hideaways – the opposite of bright-lit open spaces amenable to easy supervision in industrial design.

Before the rise of industrial beer, lager (introduced by German immigrants) was the drink of Americans, and ale (introduced by Brits) the

drink of most Canucks, save for western Canada, where German-born brewer Fritz Sick introduced commercial lager during the late 1800s.

Just as beer belongs with wine in terms of terroir, it matches wine in enhancing food. Sommeliers pair wine with the perfect foods; cicerones – a career of the future – do the same for beer. The general rule, says Phillippi, is that the beer should be a bit more intense than the food it’s paired with – dark, bitter beer for dark bitter chocolate or floral beer with herbal cheeses.

In the U.S., craft beer hails mainly from Vermont and Oregon, two leading foodie states. In Ontario, brewers such as Beau’s and Mill Street are prominent funders of organic, environmental and sustainable causes.

Who knows? The drinking of craft beer may even mesh with the theme of the future – less is beautiful, or what Welsh food analyst Kevin Morgan calls the coming quality revolution.

There’s an opportunity here – as there is for wine, wheat, coffee, meat, cheese and scores of everyday food products – to use the savings from reduced quantity to increase quality, a benefit to human health, the environment and local employment.

Fifth Town Cheese, whose products we sampled between beers, has adapted Michael Pollan’s famous haiku, urging customers to “eat cheese, mostly artisanal, not too much.”

I’ll toast to that thought for the future of beer.

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At Leslie Street preserve, spontaneous art installation faces off with nature

By SHEILA GOSTICK

down the leslie spit, just east of Checkpoint Charlie, where the dump trucks sign in, there’s a place as haunting and beautiful as a dream.

Forgotten rubble worn smooth by 60 years of storms has risen to express itself in little Italianate towers of exquisite elegance that lean lakeward, blue water and sky breathing through shapely apertures.

The hands of artist Brian Pace, along with hundreds of other people, most of whom he has never met, have guided the flowering of this Zen healing garden he calls the Sacred Edge.

Problem is, the sculpture fantasy sits in the centre of competing agendas – so the lovely creation has been bulldozed into the lake.

Grief over the death of more than 100 friends from AIDS and other tragedies drove Pace away from Toronto for 18 years. When he returned, he found ghosts and painful memories at every turn. Three years ago, he came to sit by the lake and write out his mourning. There he discovered a comfrey plant, used for its healing properties wherever it grows, and knew this was a special spot.

Eventually he began to pick up and play with the irresistibly evocative remnants of great buildings dumped here in the 1950s. He built a “grief playground,” a holistic drug-free approach to feeling better that struck a chord of sympathy with the public.

Shrines and drawings by those who sense the nature of the place appear spontaneously. Pace considers music integral to the work, so he set up sticks in a cast iron pedestal. He once arrived to the beautiful sight and sound of eight little girls banging out a symphony.

On Canada Day weekend, he intended to hang hundreds of found gloves and mittens adorned with

buttons, prayer flags for the deceased, to sing in the wind. But here’s the thing: he was informed by Ralph Toninger of the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, acting manager of Tommy Thompson Park, that he would be arrested if he did so.

Toninger has a strong argument.

There’s informal art all over the Spit that appears and disappears, he says.

But Pace’s installation is persistent.

“It’s growing and it’s being advertised,’’ says Toninger.

“This is an area for wildlife, and the installation is in the footprint of our landscaping piece,” a berm to act as a barrier insulating wildlife from the staff booth being constructed nearby.

People gathering at the art, says the Conservation Authority rep, are walking over newly planted plants, and too much trampling discourages ground-nesting birds. “We have an existing plan; a park can’t be planned by individual user groups. The place is a globally recognized birding area.

This is the poorest location for an installation.”

But Pace, who learned the proper way to lift the heavy weight of bricks when he trained as a palliative caregiver, thinks the environment he’s creating shelters vulnerable souls.

After the first few art knockdowns, he began to work hundreds of fine mellowed bricks into a mosaic path and organic shapes on the ground. So far, these have been left intact.

Pace is moving on. He knows that life is change. Rigidity and rules crack under pressure. Meanwhile, over at Cherry Beach, all the beautiful-looking, law-abiding people enjoying a long-weekend trip to our open-air cottage find the doors to the bathrooms locked long before the sun has set.

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Decline of the RIMpire Troubled BlackBerry-maker needs to be more location-aware By nowtoronto.com editor JOSHUA ERRETT What’s so great about Waterloo?

That’s what I would’ve asked at Research in Motion’s annual shareholder meeting, held Tuesday, July 12, in the company’s aforementioned hometown.

Instead, there were questions about RIM’s faltering market performance against Apple and Google, its falling stock prices, corporate governance and the future of its popular line of BlackBerry smartphones.

“We’ve faced some challenges,” was

all co-CEO Mike Lazaridis would admit.

You can make a laundry list of all of RIM’s woes – there are many – and each one can be attributed to its location in that small Ontario town.

Lazaridis and his partner Jim Balsillie are under the gun to turn the company around. Shareholders, analysts and media are all aspiring to come up with ideas to do the same.

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But the root cause of RIM’s problems is the sorry destination it chose for its headquarters. The first order of business for Lazaridis and Balsillie is to move the HQ to downtown Toronto.

It starts with corporate culture. The RIM parking lot is a vast, empty space on weekends. Employees get in at 9 and leave at 5 on the dot.

No one in Waterloo would know any different, though, because it’s a place where everyone leaves when the whistle blows and takes weekends off.

But global innovation doesn’t just happen between 9 and 5, even if small towns do. RIM needs to work at a bigcity pace. The easiest way to do that is to move to one.

Then there’s talent. Look, Waterloo is a lovely place, I’m sure. But who would want to relocate there? Especially when the world’s other big firms are in places like San Francisco and New York.

For RIM or any technology company, acquiring and retaining talent is everything. You can’t do that in the midst of rural Ontario.

Look at the position of chief marketing officer – the most recent CMO bounced over to Samsung, so Balsillie has had to step into that role.

Now, no coincidence, RIM’s having a wretched time selling itself.

For marketing recruiting alone, Toronto is major league. RIM needs to get in the game here.

Appearance is something. Google’s offices are a “campus.” Apple is building amazing, cutting-edge buildings in California. RIM, meanwhile, lives in the home of the Ice Dogs Festival.

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FarmVille maker Zynga, for instance – now have full Toronto divisions. RIM, a Canadian company, should live here outright.

Balsillie, of course, has strong ties to the western Ontario region. He tried to bring a hockey team there, remember.

But RIM’s time in Waterloo has met its Waterloo. Its headquarters are now an albatross holding back the company.

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Leather may not be the first fabric you envision for an environmentalist’s living room, so why are hide couches turning up in a number of conscientious households? Easy: allergies. Yes, it seems allergy docs are recommending leather sofas as the cleanable, dust-mite-minimizing solution. But while they may be better for your lungs, are they good for the planet?

Furniture and car upholstery just so happens to be the second­largest

use of leather in the world after footwear. Now, the question of whether leather can be green is a tough one, because while the factory meat­ raising sector is one of the cruellest and most ener­ gy­intensive industries around, many would point out that leather itself is a waste product that would otherwise be tossed, so we may as well put it to use.

But you also have to consider where the funds from that leather are going. If they’re supporting cattle ranchers responsible for tearing down the rainforest to make way for more cattle, that leather looks significantly less sensible. In a 2009 investigative report by Greenpeace International called Slaughtering The Amazon, the world’s largest leather supplier, Brazilian cattle giant Bertin, was called out for il­ legal Amazon­clearing practices.

And guess who was buying from Bertin? Running-shoe giants like Nike, Adidas and Timberland got all the flak in the press, but Bertin’s leather didn’t just go into shoes. Honda, Ford, Walmart, Gucci and, yes, furniture maven Ikea were all caught sourcing the dodgy leather.

The report prompted Timberland, Adidas/Reebok, Nike and Clarks to demand an immediate moratorium on Amazon destruction from its suppliers. Bertin (now owned by JBS) eventually backed the moratorium as well. By 2011, the company’s supposed to be tracing its skins from ranch to slaughterhouse to process-

ing facility to help guarantee its leather isn’t tied to rainforest clearing or slave labour.

Even if your leather no longer comes from illegally cleared rainforests, the industry still uses a lot of horrifyingly toxic tanning and dying chemicals. This is especially true if the processing is done in countries like India and China that have few enviro standards.

At least 80 per cent of the world’s leather is tanned with chromium.

Not all forms of chromium are readily toxic, but the Danish EPA tested 43 leather products back in 2001 (including pants, watch bands, gloves and shoes) and found over a third contained the worst kind, hex­ avalent chromium, a known carcinogen made famous by Erin Brockovich.

But even when HC wasn’t detected, a 2009 report by the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation found extremely high levels of what’s considered safer trivalent chromium in leather shoes.

What’s the problem? When incinerated or dumped in landfills, the org says, the compound can oxidize into the highly toxic hexavalent form. The enviro group suggested that because of that risk, leather products should be designated hazardous waste and be managed accordingly.

The org also happened upon some pretty toxic metals like arsenic, lead and mercury (all used as leather preservatives) in some leather foot­ wear, as well formaldehyde.

And keep in mind that these compounds were found on the surface of the leather, which is why the Danish government has told doctors to take note that the hexavalent chromium found on leather is a contact allergen that can cause rashes.

Speaking of contact allergens, in 2009 the antifungal compound di­ methyl fumarate was discovered on leather couches from China sold in the UK after 1,600 consumers reported serious rashes from sitting on their hide chesterfields. The products were recalled. There was no indication they came to Canada, but it’s still enough to make you give leather couches a second thought.

Yes, leather furnishings may be pretty durable and low on dust, but they’re certainly not headache-free.

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By ADRIA VASIL ask questions about whether it’s chrome­, heavy­metal­ and rain­ forest­free. Eco-safe fabric supplier Q Collection out of the U.S. offers some heavy-metal-free, veggie-dyed leather upholstery for custom jobs, but it’ll cost you an arm and a sofa leg.

Ikea’s leather-upholstered furniture isn’t chrome-free, but it’s free of hexavalent chromium, formaldehyde and other restricted chems.

Ikea gets most of its hides from Brazil, and a call to Greenpeace Brazil confirms its Brazilian leather’s in the clear. Much better than being in the clear-cut.

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Thursday, July 14

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Festivals this week

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rColombian Colours Performances by

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.

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art and arChiteCture in rome Lecture by art historian Francis Broun. 1 & 6:30 pm. $25, stu/ first-timers $10. Women’s Art Assoc, 23 Prince Arthur. 647-343-1411. beYond bullYing Support, self-help and mutual coaching group for people impacted by bullying. 7 pm. $10 or pwyc. Metropolitan United Church, 115 Simpson. 416-893-9539.

rClose enCounters oF the reptile kind

Learn about Ontario’s native reptiles. Today and tomorrow 11 am and 1:30 pm. Free w/ admission. Ontario Science Centre, 770 Don Mills. 416-696-1000.

CommunitY meeting to stop the Ford Cuts

Open meeting with on-site childcare and transit tokens available. 6 pm. Free. Central Neighbourhood House, 349 Ontario. ocap.ca/ node/960. the end oF oil MINT Film Festival presents a screening of the documentaries The End Of Suburbia and Petropolis, live music and a postscreening Q&A with filmmaker Gregory Greene. 6 pm. $8-$12. Rainbow Cinema, Market Sq, 80 Front E. mintff.org. rextreme Wake series Wakeboarding show.

2:30, 4:30 and 6:30 pm. $16.90, srs/child under five $11.19, three and under free. Ontario Place, 955 Lake Shore W. 416-314-9900. herbal remedies Workshop Learn to ID and use medicinal plants. 6 pm. $20 sliding scale.

Eglinton Park Community Centre, 200 Eglinton W. torontogreen.ca. labour Walks: st laWrenCe market David

Colombian diaspora artists including Alfredo de la Fe and NVOZ plus an art exhibition. Free. Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000, harbourfrontcentre.com.

Jul 15 to 17 rFestival oF india/ratha-Yatra A parade down Yonge Street is followed by music, dance, vegetarian food, yoga and more at Centre Island. Free except for ferry. feedyoursoul.to.

Jul 16 and 17 rFestival oF south asia Music, dance, food, fashion and more plus South Asia’s Got Talent show (Sat 6 pm). Noon-11 pm.

Free. Gerrard between Greenwood and Coxwell. festivalofsouthasia.com.

Jul 16 and 17 sound travels Festival of sound art with a soundwalk, performances, installations and a symposium. Concerts $10-$15, symposium $35-$70, intensive $175. Artscape

Wychwood Barns and other venues. soundtravels.ca.

Jul 16 to Sep 3 taste oF thailand Thai food tastings, a fashion show, kick-boxing demos, dance and more.

Free. Nathan Philips Square, Queen and Bay. tasteofthailand.ca.

Jul 16 and 17 toronto summer musiC Festival Performances by Kirill Gerstein, Vienna Piano Trio, Leipzig Quartet and others plus masterclasses. $16.50 and up, passes $50-$400. Edward Johnson Bldg (80 Queen’s Park), Koerner Hall (273 Bloor W). torontosummermusic.com.

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can savannah, performances, visual art and vendors. Free w/ admission. Toronto Zoo, Meadowvale N of 401. 416-392-5929.

To Sep 5 blaCkCreek summer musiC Festival Concerts

by James Taylor, Placido Domingo, Diana Krall and others. Various prices. Rexall Centre, 1 Shoreham. blackcreekfestival.com.

To Aug 30 Crtoronto Caribbean Carnival Calypso

Kidd leads a walking tour and discusses trade union struggles of the 1800s. 7 pm. Free. NE corner Toronto and King. catalystcentre.ca.

Harbord. facingout.ca.

mYthtv: building Your oWn personal video reCorder Talk on building your own

a theatrical walking tour of the CAMH patientbuilt wall as part of Mad Pride 2011. 6 pm.

Free. SW corner Queen and Shaw. friendlyspike@primus.ca.

PVR. 6:30 pm. Free (materials extra). Free Geek Toronto, 51 Vine, unit B. Pre-register learn@ freegeektoronto.org. pop his roCket All-genders workshop. 7:309:30 pm. $35 sliding scale. Come as You Are, 701 Queen W. Pre-register 416-504-7934, comeasyouare.com. treY anthonY The playwright talks about the upcoming production of Da Kink In My Hair. 7 pm. Free. Toronto Women’s Bookstore, 73

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summerWorks Festival Fundraiser (SummerWorks) Staged reading of Catherine Frid’s play Homegrown. 8 pm. Pwyc. Berkeley Street Theatre, 26 Berkeley. summerworks.ca.

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and soca music, 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.

To Aug 1 the Fringe Plays, dance works, sketch comedy, solo shows and more by local and international companies. $10, passes $45-$91.

Various venues. fringetoronto.com.

To Jul 17 rJ’adore Festival Music by Medicine Man, eLman and others, art, fashion, family walks, food and more. Various prices and venues, some events free. jadorefestival. com.

To Jul 30 open rooF Festival Outdoor film and music festival with performances by the Darcys, Lynn Miles, Liam Titcomb and others. $15.

Amsterdam Brewery, 21 Bathurst. openrooffestival.com.

To Sep 1 summerliCious Restaurants throughout the city offer special 3-course prix-fixe menus. Lunch $15-$25, dinner $25-$45. toronto.ca/special_events.

To Jul 24

Events

Fame – turn up the lights Ray Robinson and others perform at this urban fashion show hosted by Nicole Holness and Kidkut. Doors 9:30 pm. $15. The Vue, 195 Galaxy Blvd. kidkut.com.

FridaY night rides With CYClops Bike rides with performances by Cycling Oriented Puppet Squad. 6:30 pm. Free. Various locations. clayandpapertheatre.org/cyclops/category/ group-rides. lavender Fair and lunCh Learn to grow, harvest, use and preserve lavender. 11 am-2 pm. $40. Toronto Botanical Garden, 777 Lawrence

E. Pre-register 416-397-1341. 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. rpolaris 25 Sci-fi and fantasy convention with apperances by actors and authors including Meaghan Rath, Armin Shimerman and Adam Bladwin. Today 5-9 pm; tomorrow 10 am-7 pm; Jul 17, 10 am-5 pm. $25. Sheraton Parkway North Toronto, 600 Hwy 7 East (Richmond Hill). tcon.ca/polaris.

CrastaFest launCh Launch party for the August festival with Tonya P, House of David Gang and others 9 pm. $10. El Mocambo, 464 Spadina. rastafest.com.

Wine and Food tasting Joel Peterson presents wines paired with grilled creations by chef Rob Rainford. 4 pm. Free. LCBO Summerhill (Yonge & Summerhill) and LCBO Bayview (2901 Bayview). 416 922-0403.

Saturday, July 16

Benefits

Car Wash garage sale (Army, Navy & Air-

force Veterans Club) A car wash, sale, barbecue and more. 8 am-2 pm. Free admission. 765 Third (Mississauga). 905-274-8892. rpaint-a-thon (Free the Children) Real-time painting, live entertainment and more. 1-6 pm. $25, spectating free. Markham Town Centre, 101 Town Ctr. paintathon.com. rpaWs parkliFe (Paws for the Cause) A day in the park for dogs and their owners features a charity dog wash. 11:30 am-5:30 pm. Free, dog wash $10 sugg. Trinity Bellwoods Park, 1053 Dundas W. pawsforthecause.ca. rrise up basketball tournament (Community R.I.S.E. U.P. Collective) Adult and youth games followed by a barbecue. 8 am-8 pm. $75-$150/team, free to watch. Coxwell Courts, 431 Coxwell. 647-808-8406. sWing For suCCess (L2L) Golf tournament to support children with learning disabilities.

6:30 am. $199. Angus Glen South Golf Course 10080 Kennedy, Markham. idrf.ca.

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raround the World in 80 paWs Meet dog

breeds from around the world. Today 11 am-5 pm; tomorrow 11 am-3 pm. Free. PawsWays, 245 Queens Quay W. pawsway.ca. rart in the park Outdoor art show and sale with painting, photography, jewellery, kids’ activities and more. 11 am-4 pm. Free. Harrison Estate Parkland, 1859 Kingston. 416698-7322, scarborougharts.com.

CaFe skeptique Open discussion on effective arguing. 5 pm. Free. Free Times Cafe, 320 College. cficanada.ca/ontario/events.

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.

For The Love oF FooD Workshop with vegetarian chef and cookbook author Denis Cotter.

11 am. Free. Evergreen Brick Works, 550 Bayview. evergreen.ca.

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Bedbugs information session. 2 pm. Free. Lillian H Smith Library, 239 College. 647-4048857.

CrJunIor CarnIvaL Toronto Caribbean Carnival presents a parade of child masqueraders.

Free. Yorkgate Mall, 1 Yorkgate. torontocaribbeancarnival.com.

LIve Green ToronTo FesTIvaL Outdoor green fest with live music by Classified, Crash Test Dummies and others, a movie, music eco swap, green products, a kids’ zone and more.

11 am-10 pm. Free. Yonge-Dundas Square. livegreentoronto.ca.

MaD prIDe BeD push Mad Pride march and parade with a bed push, speakers and music.

Noon. Free. Queen and Shaw. madpridetoronto.com. rparks DaY Parks Canada 100th-anniversary celebration with live reptiles, info on beaver spotting, and music by Serena Ryder, Skydiggers and Sarah Harmer. Noon. Free. Centre Island. parkscanada.gc.ca.

The Queen’s park sTroLL Heritage Toronto walking tour. 1:30 pm. Free. Front steps of the Legislative Bldg, N of Queen’s Park subway. heritagetoronto.org. sWansea anD LM MonTGoMerY WaLk Trace the steps of the famous author. 3 pm. $25, stu/srs $18, child $15. Runnymede subway.

Pre-register 416-923-6813.

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Three-hour tour of heritage buildings with Kay Matthews. 10 am. Free. Streetsville Florist, 265 Queen S. 905-858-5974.

rWorLD oF neIGhBours: CeLeBraTInG 100 Years! Central Neighbourhood House cele-

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1-7 pm. Free. Allen Gardens, Sherbourne and Gerrard. cnh.on.ca.

Sunday, July 17

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MeLoDIes oF The hearT (Sickle Cell Assoc of Ont/SickKids Hospital) Music by Korexion, Jessica Sheppard and others. 9 pm. $20, adv $15.

El Mocambo, 464 Spadina. marziagianna@ hotmail.com. onTarIo oYsTer FesTIvaL (Environmental Defence Fund) Oyster-shucking competition and live music. 2 pm. $30. Alley just E of Rodney’s Oyster House, 469 King W. Reserve 416-3638105 ext 0.

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BeLLWooDs neIGhBourhooD Heritage Toronto walking tour. 1:30 pm. Free. NW corner Queen W and Gore Vale. heritagetoronto.org. easT sIDe BIke rIDe Ride to Cherry Beach and the Leslie Spit. 4 pm. Free. Meet at the Avro, 750 Queen E. theavro.com. an enChanTeD evenInG Group meditation, live music and a vegetarian meal. 6 pm. Free w/donation for meal. Trinity-St Paul’s Church, 427 Bloor W. 416-539-0234.

The FIve Creeks Lost rivers walk. 2 pm. Free.

York Civic Centre, 2700 Eglinton W. lostrivers. ca. psYChIC BrunCh Brunch and a reading. $45.

Clinton’s, 693 Bloor W. 416-535-9541. raCk To raCk FashIon Funshops Learn how to put together outfits that work for your body. Today 2:30 pm; Jul 19, 11 am; Jul 20, 7 pm. $40-$50. Foundry Lofts, 1100 Lansdowne.

Pre-register info@racktorack.com. roM anD ITs neIGhBours Guided ROM walk.

2 pm. Free. ROM’s Michael Lee-Chin Crystal, Boor and University. rom.on.ca. sunDaY sCene Tour the current exhibitions with Bojana Videkanic. 2 pm. Free. Power Plant, 231 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4949.

TheaTres In oLD ToronTo Heritage Toronto walking tour. 1:30 pm. Free. Bay and Adelaide. heritagetoronto.org.

ToronTo sTop The CuTs: Mass ouTreaCh DaYs Stop the Cuts Network meeting for Park-

dale residents and workers on proposed cuts to community services. 11 am-4 pm. Free.

Masaryk-Cowan Community Centre, 220 Cowan. nooneisillegal@riseup.net.

TsMG sCreenInG anD soCIaL Toronto Screenwriters Meetup Group presents a showcase.

1:30-3 pm. $5. NFB Mediatheque, 150 John.

Pre-register meetup.com/screenwriters-240.

YoGa MeLTDoWn Outdoor yoga classes, yogainspired art and performances. Noon-5 pm.

Free. Centre Island Park. Pre-register yogameltdown.com.

Monday, July 18 rCaMp LuLa Week-long world arts camp for

kids six to 12 with music, storytelling, Latin dance and more. 8:30 am-4 pm. $250. Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas W. Pre-register info at lula.ca.

DoWnToWn ToronTo GhosT Tour Guided walking tour. Mondays and Wednesdays 7 pm. $10. E side of Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park. Pre-register richard@ muddyyorktours.com.

DraWInG FroM The MoDeL Life drawing session, no instruction. 6:30-9 pm. $5. Ralph Thornton Centre, 765 Queen E. 416-392-6810.

FILMMakInG CaMp For Teens Week-long hands-on day camp for students 12 to 15. Call for details. Pre-register 416-978-3436.

MCLuhan100: The CITY ThaT MaDe MCLuhan

Seminar on Marshall McLuhan and his legacy.

7 pm. Free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. 416395-5577.

MeDIa MonDaYs: ConTroversIaL DIreCTors

Film critic Adam Nayman examines the career of Michael Haneke with a lecture and film clips. 7 pm. $12, stu $6. Miles Nadal JCC, 750 Spadina. 416-924-6211 ext 606. u oF T hIsTorICaL WaLkInG Tours Guided tours of the St George campus. Weekdays at 2:30 pm. Free. Nona Macdonald Visitors Centre, 25 King’s College Circle. 416-978-5000.

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The curator discusses the new exhibition Rearview Mirror. 7 pm. $6. Power Plant, 231 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4949.

DoCs aT Dusk: The enD oF suBurBIa Panel discussion and screening of Gregory Greene’s film about the shrinking supply of cheap fossil fuel energy. 7 pm. Free. London Tap House, 250 Adelaide W. Pre-register architextfilmsuburbia.eventbrite.com.

FeMInIsT Book DIsCussIon Group Discussion of Rosemary Sullivan’s Shadow Maker. 2 pm.

Free. Northern District Library, 40 Orchard View. 416-393-7610. hanseL anD GreTeL Watch a rehearsal of the upcoming Shadowland Theatre production. 7 pm. Free. Ward’s Island Association, 18 Wyandot, Toronto Islands. shadowlandtheatre.ca.

CrheaDDress MakInG Costume workshop.

2 pm. Free. Dufferin/St. Clair Library, 1625 Dufferin. 416-393-7712. kensInGTon MarkeT Heritage Toronto walking tour. 7 pm. Free. Al Waxman statue, Bellevue Square Park, Augusta and Wales. heritagetoronto.org. rkIDs’ sCavenGer hunT Kids six to 12 explore the historic grounds of the Legislative Assembly through an outdoor scavenger hunt every Wed to Aug 31. 10:30 am. Free. Queen’s Park. Pre-register 416-325-7500. norMan harDIe Dinner, wine tasting and a talk by vintner Norman Hardie. 7 pm. $75.

Café Taste, 1330 Queen W. 416-536-7748.

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LIVE GREEN

You can never own too many green products or get rid of too much waste. That’s why you should know about the Live Green Toronto Festival, happening at Yonge-Dundas Square on Saturday (July 16). Over 100 vendors sell their wares, alongside community animators who will help you green your neighbourhood, an inorganic market where you can get rid of your e-waste and tons more. Entertainment comes courtesy of Classified, Crash Test Dummies and others. 11 am to 10 pm.

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QuEEN’S PARk CIRCLE: PoLITICS, PRofS AND PuNDITS Guided ROM walk. 6 pm. Queen’s Park. rom.on.ca.

rRACEfEST 2011 See the cars and stars of the

American Le Mans series at pit stop demos, an exotic race car display and more. Noon-2 pm.

Free. Yonge-Dundas Square. ydsquare.ca.

RoMANCE oN ThE hARBouR CRuISE Dinner, music and a cruise aboard the Mariposa Belle.

6:30 pm. $73. Queens Quay Terminal 207 Queens Quay W. mariposacruises.com. rRouGE PARk GuIDED WALkS Explore the park’s trails Wednesdays and weekends.

tival devoted to ending the stigma and isolation of psychiatric survivors.

Events include theatre, poetry, knowyour-rights sessions, the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party and more. But the highlight is the Mad Pride Bed Push, a parade led by a bed symbolizing a safe place beyond forced treatment. Join the march of survivors and allies and help promote mental health reform. Saturday (July 16). Noon. Free. Queen and Shaw. madpridenetwork.com.

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There’s lots of organizing against the core service review and looming cuts.

Community Meeting To Stop The Ford Cuts is a grassroots response hosted by OCAP, CUPE 4308, a local representing Free. rougepark.com/hike.

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STRIkE ouT huNGER (Daily Bread) Fundraising bowlathon. 6:30 pm. $300/team of 6. Bowlerama West, 5429 Dundas W. dailybread.ca.

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7 pm. $15. NFB Mediatheque, 150 John. Preregister transitiontoronto.ning.com.

MEDITATIoN Introductory class. 7 pm. Free.

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workers at Central Neighbourhood House, Street Health and other frontline groups, and the Toronto Stop the Cuts committee. Discussion focuses on the loss of funding for community centres, the sell-off of Toronto Community Housing and the broader move for privatization.

Thursday (July 14). 6 pm. Free. Central Neighbourhood House, 349 Ontario. ocap.ca. ture with Francis Broun. 1 & 6:30 pm. $25, stu/first-timers $10. Women’s Art Association, 23 Prince Arthur. 647-343-1411.

SAY ChEESE! AND ChEERS! Craft beer and cheese samplings and a tour of the brewery with Julia Rogers. 7 pm. $30. Black Creek Pioneer Village, 1000 Murray Ross. 416-6676284.

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Kensington Market’s Hotshot Gallery (181 Augusta) is becoming the SUPAFRIK pop-up shop this weekend. Launching tomorrow (Friday, July 15) and continuing until July 31, the store features contemporary African design including clothing by Chinedesign, home buys and fabric from Shine Shine, SAWA sneakers, JunkPrints graphic T-shirts and books curated by A Different Booklist. Check out supafrik.com for info on more designers and Friday night’s opening party featuring afrobeats

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Style Exchange on Queen

Style Exchange has opened up on the Queen and Spadina shopping strip. The new 7,000-square-foot store (326 Queen West, 416-9012224, styleexchange.com) stands apart from the retailer’s 13 other locations with a special shoe shop-inshop where you can score Little Burgundy footwear. Other brands on offer include Miss Sixty, J. Lindeberg, Mackage and Canada Goose.

Double Take vintage

The Yonge Street Mission’s Double Take store (310 Gerrard East, 416925-7198, ysm.ca) has opened a new room stocked with vintage clothing and furniture. The SHOW[Case] space is full of frugally priced buys including retro teapots, wooden trunks, amber glasses and designer clothing. The shop is open Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday from 2 to 6 pm, Thursday and Friday 2 to 8 pm.

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The Arthur goes to College Industrial curiosities and other retro oddities are best sourced on Queen East, in Parkdale or the Junction, but the arrival of The Arthur (550 College, 416-972-0725, thearthur.co) means Little Italy is giving those other nabes a run for their vintage money. Launched in June, the store has a carefully curated selection of nostalgic finds from cloth-and-metal grocery store baskets perfect for picnic duty to needlepoint art and tarnished gooseneck lamps. Stop by Wednesday to Saturday 11 am to 7 pm, Sunday noon to 5 pm.

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1. Want Les Essentials De La Vie navy canvas tote ($395, Holt Renfrew, 50 Bloor West, 416-922-2333, and others, holtrenfrew.com).

2. Gap dip-dye tote ($44.95 on sale, Gap, 60 Bloor West, 416-921-2225, and others, gapcanada.ca).

5 3. HBC Collection striped bag ($10, The Bay, 176 Yonge, 416-861-9111, and others, thebay.com).

4. M0851 small shopper ($295, 23 St. Thomas, 416-9204001, m0851.com).

5. Ela Handbags leather tote ($580, Chasse Gardée, 1084 Queen West, 416-901-9613, elahandbags.com).

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Toronto’s DaLish cosmetics, founded by former NOW marketing exec Melanie Cruickshank, has built a beautifully loyal following since it launched four years ago, and that can only mean one thing: it’s time to test out retail. The first DaLish PopUp Shop is open at the Burroughes Building (639 Queen West) today (Thursday, July 14) until Sunday (July 17) between 11 am and 7 pm. Look for all-in-one travel kits, classic lipstick shades, body buys and Cruickshank’s new Chubby Cheeks line of baby creams. Dead Sea Salts, $14.95, dalishcosmetics.com.

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V, the newest addition to the 69 Vintage stable of retro clothing stores, is best described as something between a pop-up shop and a concept boutique. every month or so, Kealan Sullivan and Maggie Groat reinvent the space with a new theme, clothing and a curated collection of curiosities in mind. “all of my stores are trend-conscious and eclectic,” says sullivan, “but the difference at V is that the clothing and accessories are selected with a very specific focus.” in May, for its first incarnation, the Victory gardens, they filled the shop with bleached flor-

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V picks: Max out in crocheted cotton with a floorlength cardigan, $375; a pair of 60s-era highwaisted denim booty shorts do up with leather laces, $95; start thinking ahead to fall with a fringed suede cape, $350.

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Running wild All those jogger scare stories don’t amount to much — just keep inner quads strong By elizaBeth Bromstein i recently took up running after months of telling my jogging friends I never would. And I quite like it, though it took a while to get to that point. I hated it for weeks.

Interestingly, many people think running’s a terrible thing to do.

“Isn’t that really bad for you?” one asked. “I hear it’s nasty for your back.”

“My sister blew out her knee running,” another told me.

There are many stories about jog-

gers who “can’t run any more” because of some injury or another. Is it too hard on the joints? Can the right shoes make things better?

Are runners safer bumping along on dirt or grass rather than concrete? What about all those droppeddead-while-jogging tales?

And will I get addicted to the burn?

In short, am I doing a nice thing for my body or just creating future problems?

What the experts say “Individuals who haven’t exercised need to make sure they don’t have any underlying conditions. Answer the questions to the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire used by the YMCA to screen for conditions like high blood pressure or heart disease.

If your running shoes are six months old and used for walking, they can have lost cushioning. Running on concrete can be traumatic. The goal is to run at a sustainable effort level.

Pick a pace at which you can go for 20 to 25 minutes. It takes eight to 12 weeks to get over the hump. If you stick with it three or four times a week for eight to 12 weeks, you will notice a difference. But you have to

get past the point where it’s terrible.”

MARK BAYLEY, medical director, Neuro Rehabilitation program, Toronto Rehab

run into problems like type 2 diabetes.”

SCOTT HOWITT, chiropractor, director, Sports Performance Centres Ltd, Toronto

“During the time you’re out running, your chance of dropping dead is higher than if you were sitting. However, for people who run regularly, the risk is substantially lower over the total 24 hours than for those who don’t run. By exercising, you lower your overall risk.

Is there a greater risk of sudden death when you’re excited at a football game or having sex? Yes. The notion that running wears out your joints is not supported by the evidence. If you’re running 20 miles a day for 50 years, that might be too much. But in general, running is good for your joints. A caveat: if you have a prior traumatic injury, later on you are more likely to develop osteoarthritis.”

STEVEN BLAIR, professor, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia

“For some, running becomes a way of life. If they don’t run, they feel bad, depressed, guilty. Usually it’s people who start running 3 miles, then 5, then marathons, and then marathons aren’t enough. There is a group for whom running becomes addictive. Two things may be going on. The body’s endorphins may be released, which act like morphine and have pain-relieving and euphoric results. The other neurotransmitter, dopamine, is involved in addictive behaviour. When people take drugs, there’s an increase in dopamine. But there’s almost no research on exercise and dopamine in humans.”

ROBIN KANAREK, interim dean of the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Boston

“It has not been established that running leads to degeneration of cartilage, which is the hallmark of osteoarthritis. If you have pre-existing trauma or injury to the joint, it might become a problem. People who get injured are often doing too much or at too great an intensity. Research says that if the shoe is comfortable, you’re good to go. Try on 10 different shoes and leave with the one that feels best.

There’s nothing I know of in the literature that shows you’re better off running on one type of surface. Running is fantastic cardiovascular exercise, and by doing it you’re not likely to

“Stretching is important, but it’s more important for runners to ensure their muscles are balanced. Running doesn’t work the inner and outer quads evenly, so a common issue is that outer quads become tight and overused while inner quads remain weak. These imbalances can lead to knee problems. You don’t use your gluteal muscles when you run. The gluteus medius is a hip stabilizer, and weak glutes can lead to injuries.

Running compresses the spine. Yoga decompresses the spine. Runners’ hamstrings can be tight, which is connected to lower back pain.”

CHRISTINE FELSTEAD, director, Yoga for Runners, Toronto

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At Le Canard Mort, chef Craig Madore tends to his dishes, including Yorkshire pudding stuffed with shaved strip loin, arugula and Béarnaise (left), while Stella Antonio and fiancé Andrew Durnford raise a toast.

Canard Mort lives Rustic French dining makes an impression in Leslieville By STEVEN DAVEY Value Village five years ago.

A spinoff of nearby Riverside’s très petite Le Rossignol, the stylish 55-seat room doesn’t officially launch until tonight, but the joint was already packed a week earlier. The locals know what to expect: solid French cooking of a rustic bent, personable service and the kind of prices that make dinner out on a Tuesday night seem the sensible thing to do.

Since the Duck fancies itself a gastropub, the booze is as much the focus as the food. We’re almost too embarrassed to order a Skip And Go Naked beer cocktail – a refreshing shandy-like mix of lager, gin, grenadine and lemon juice – because it’s been decades since we’ve done either.

And we’d gladly sip Beer Royals (Belgian strawberry beer and Prosecco, both $11) all summer long if both coolers were properly chilled instead of lukewarm.

Escargots vol-au-vents – aka snails à la king ($9) – find a remarkably light retro puff pastry shell swimming with tender, plump mollusks and garden-fresh peas ’n’ carrots in a classic

LE CANARD MORT (896 Queen East, at Logan, 416-625-2653) Complete dinners for $45 per person, including tax, tip and a beer cocktail. Average main $18. Open Monday and Tuesday 5 pm to midnight, Wednesday and Thursday 11 am to midnight, Friday 11 am to 2 am, Saturday 9 am to 2 am, Sunday 9 am to midnight.

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hot on the heels of our review of Ortolan, for the second week in a row we’re recommending a bistro named for a deceased French bird.

The latest resto to get Leslieville in a lather is Le Canard Mort. No dead duck this resto. It’s the biggest thing to hit Queen and Logan since Starbucks opened down the block from

cream sauce, a tangle of mesclun and strips of sweet red pepper in a white balsamic vinaigrette on the side. Another starter of sirloin-stuffed Yorkshire pudding ($10) isn’t something you see every day.

“I used to make roast beef and Yorkshire pudding all the time when I cooked at the RCYC,” says Le Canard chef Craig Madore, who also worked under recently departed Le Rossignol toque Jeremie Seguinot. “I never understood why no one else has it on the menu.”

We do. Though the concept deserves an A for originality, the results don’t quite pull together, as witness a trio of hollow, slightly burnt gougèrestyle puddings layered with tough, stringy steak and tarragon Béarnaise.

But who would ever have guessed that what Madore describes as “crispyfried sweetbreads, house-made hot sauce, Asian cucumber slaw and blue cheese aioli, $11” would translate into Buffalo chicken wings, only with super-delish thymus? Genius stuff – you’ll shovel it by the bucket.

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dressed with caramelized shallots ($21) comes not only double-smoked but frenched as well, over creamy mashed potatoes goosed with grainy Dijon, skinny al dente string beans and a puddle of apple-bacon jus.

Your everyday macaroni and cheese gets a substantial upgrade with a rich blend of sharp cheddar, mellow Swiss and tangy Parmesan, a toasted brioche-crumb crust and a French kiss of fresh black truffles ($14 with house greens).

That same puff pastry shows up as the flaky lid of Canard’s lobster pot pie ($18) thick with succulent pink crustacean and baby seasonal veg in a textbook Béchamel. A order of frites ($4) arrives perfectly crisp in the chunky Pommes Pont-Neuf style à la Batifole, a major improvement on the regrettably inedible matchsticks they

serve at sister Le Rossignol.

A 30-minute wait for a “made-toorder” coconut cream pie ($9) doesn’t warrant the bother, turning out to be coconut whipped cream topped with ribbons of chocolate in a stone-cold shortbread shell that’s nigh on impossible to cut without the chainsaw steak knife that came with the Yorkshire pud. But it’s really no big deal when the house burger sided with those fab frites goes for 10 bucks and a pint of Beau’s all-natural Lug-Tread Lagered Ale another $6.

Throw in lunch every day from noon and a new late-night lineup, both starting Wednesday (July 20), as well as weekend brunch beginning July 23 and the former Barrio puts the nearby competition to shame, Jim’s Best Western excepted.

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Brunch Liberty beLLe bistro 133 Jefferson, at King W, 647-352ñ 3553, libertybellebistro.com. Not to be

confused with the nearby Liberty Bistro, ex-Le Select chef Aidan Pascoe’s 30-seat postcard-perfect French café brings Gallic je ne sais quoi to the warehouse district. Unswervingly attentive service and value-minded mains guarantee lineups.

Best: to start, oversized baked-to-order croissants; follow with Crepe Quebecoise stuffed with Westphalian ham, scrambled free-range Mennonite eggs and aged Gruyère in maple syrup, sided with organic greens and grease-free potato rosti; meaty house burgers of veal, lamb and pork sided with fabulously crisp frites; to finish, house-baked cinnamon French toast in sticky pecan sauce. for brunch Saturday and Sunday 11 am to 3 pm, lunch Tuesday to Friday 11 am to 3 pm, 6 and 8 pm dinner seatings Wednesday to Sunday. $$ Rating: NNNN✺

Contemporary ortoLaN 1211 Bloor W, at Margueretta, 647ñ 348-4500, littledrunkbird.com. Although they don’t serve the illegal roasted French bird drowned in Armagnac that gives this Bloordale bistro its name, owner/chefs Damon Clements and Daniel Usher’s unusually short contemporary

card is just as extraordinary. Low tax-inclusive prices, only 26 seats and a no-reservation policy mean the chances of snagging one of them is nigh on impossible come prime time. Warning: no air conditioning. Best: rabbit rillettes spread on chewy Thuet baguette; grilled spring onions with garlicky Catalan almond-chili sauce; red radish and kohlrabi salad in

freshdish sloppy seconds

The Scadding Court Community Centre (707 Dundas West, at Bathurst, 416-392-0335, scaddingcourt. org) has some of the most innovative food programs in town. Why, just the other week, they filled their indoor swimming pool with trout and invited locals to fish for their supper for three bucks a pop.

Their most recent effort is a street market set up in a row of winterized shipping containers that runs along the north wall of the library directly across from Toronto Western Hospital and close to

lemony cumin yogurt dressing; housemade gnocchi in mascarpone cream, wild mushrooms and shaved parmigiano; sliced skirt steak in spicy harissa with wilted celery; lavender panna cotta with stewed strawberries; rhubarb spritzers.

Complete dinners for $45 per person, including tax, tip and a glass of wine. Average main $16. Open Tuesday to Saturday

trendy Kensington. The economic development initiative allows vendors to set up business for as little as $350 a month. And it’s all city-approved!

Best of the bunch is Sloppy Bunjo (416-462-0333), a mostly vegan Indian take-away run by Magic Oven’s Tony Sabherwal specializing in the northern street food that gives the stall its name. Think veggie hamburgers stuffed with curried yellow peas and dressed with diced onion, fresh coriander and explosive tamarind sauce ($3), plump vegan samosas ($1.25) and grilled Indo-style corn on the cob washed down with iced genmaicha green tea (both $2).

A few doors over, Monforte Dairy (1-877-437-5553) has set-up a yearround outpost. Stock up on preservative-free goat cheese and summer

5 to 10:30 pm. Closed Sunday, Monday, holidays. No reservations. Licensed. Cash only. Access: slight bump at door, tight tables, washrooms in basement. Rating:

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950 Eglinton W, at Rostrevor, 416-7877423, stonebowl.ca. Bibimbap can be found at most Seoul food restaurants, but only Sam Lee and Janet Yun’s casual Korean cantina is dedicated to this mealin-one rice casserole. And while Seoul food isn’t generally very veggie-friendly, this often innovative kitchen has much for even vegans to enjoy. Best: seven dif-

sausage or stick around for a snack at a curbside table for two. Fancy chilled watermelon soup tossed with squeaky-fresh cheese curds and grilled asparagus tips ($4) followed by grilled white cheddar and organic local tomato sandwiches ($5 with dill pickle) made on honey multigrain bread from Scadding Café ($4 loaf) and rich vanilla water-buffalo ice cream ($4)?

The Scadding Court Marketplace runs Monday to Thursday 11 am to 7 pm, Friday 11 am to 10 pm and Saturday 11 am to 7 pm, except Monforte Dairy, closed Monday. Hours approximate.

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ferent versions all told, the traditional a bowl of short-grain white rice garnished with seared sirloin, veggies – raw, wilted or slightly pickled spinach, carrot, cucumber, zucchini, burdock, daikon and seaweed – and a runny fried egg; the Seed, a dairy-free take with black sesame, sunflower, pumpkin and poppy seeds and grilled portobello over mirin-marinated brown rice, both in sweet house-made red pepper ’n’ apple gochujang hot sauce.

Complete meals for $18 per person, including tax, tip and a mug of barley tea.

Average main $11. Open Tuesday to Saturday 11 am to 10 pm, Sunday 11 am to 8 pm. Closed Monday, some holidays. Licensed. Access: barrier-free, washrooms in basement. Rating: NNN✺ 3

(leslievillemarket.com). Located in John Ashbridge Park at the corner of Eastern and Woodward, the Sunday market runs from 9 am to 2 pm and features many of the nabe’s top food shops. Look to Hooked for sustainable seafood, J.P. Challet of Ici Bistro’s Le Matin Bakery for straight-from-the-oven croissants and the Waffle Bar for made-toorder beignets.

No longer found in bucolic Eglinton Park, uptown’s AppleTree farmers’ market (appletreemarkets.ca) makes it debut July 14 on the newly designated Orchard View Boulevard pedestrian mall just north of Yonge and Eglinton.

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by Rob Brezsny

Aries Mar 21 | Apr 19 In the coming days you have permission from the universe to dwell less on what needs to be resisted, protested, flushed out and overcome. Instead you have licence to concentrate on what deserves to be fostered, encouraged, bolstered and invited in. Sound like fun? It will be if you can do it, but it may not be as easy to accomplish as it sounds. There are many influences around you that are tempting you to draw your energy from knee-jerk oppositionalism and cynical naysaying. So in order to take full advantage of what life is offering you, you will have to figure out how to rebel in a spirit of joy and celebration.

energy behave itself; you’re the crafty coordinator of the splashy, flashy kundalini; you’re the dazzling wizard of the dizzy whirling whooshes. Here’s a tip to help you soothe the savage rhythms with maximum aplomb: mix a dash of harmonious trickery in with your charismatic bravado.

VirGo Aug 23 | sep 22 You have maybe 10 more days left to locate the healthiest possible gamble for the second half of 2011. I’m referring to a smart risk that will bring out the best in you, expand the hell out of your mind and inspire you to shed at least 10 per cent of your narcissism and 15 per cent of your pessimism. Trust your gut as much as your brain, Virgo. It will be important to have them both fully engaged as you make your foray all the way out there to the edge of your understanding.

TAurus Apr 20 | May 20 “Dreams are today’s answers to tomorrow’s questions,” said the seer Edgar Cayce. That’s your thought for the week, Taurus. Not just in dreams, but in your waking life as well, you will be experiencing insights, hearing stories and getting messages that provide useful information for the crucial questions you have not yet framed, let alone posed. I hope that by telling you this, I will expedite your work on formulating those pertinent questions.

LibrA sep 23 | oct 22 “He got a big ego,

such a huge ego,” sings Beyoncé in her song Ego. “It’s too big, it’s too wide / It’s too strong, it won’t fit / It’s too much, it’s too tough / He talk like this ’cause he can back it up.” I would love to be able to address that same message to you in the coming days, Libra. I’m serious. I’d love to admire and marvel at your big, strong ego. This is one of those rare times when the cosmic powersthat-be are giving you clearance to display your beautiful, glorious self in its full radiance. Extra bragging is most definitely allowed, especially if it’s done with humour and wit. A bit of preening, mugging and swaggering is permissible as well.

GeMini May 21 | Jun 20 “The most important thing in acting is honesty,” said Hollywood actor George Burns. “If you can fake that, you’ve got it made.” The same thing is true about life itself in the coming weeks, Gemini. The more you dispense the raw truth – even if you have to push yourself to do it – the more successful you’ll be.

Being a fount of radical authenticity might feel like a performance at first, but it’ll eventually get easier, more natural.

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Brezsny: Please, sir, if you could do me a cost-free favour and tell me something special about my upcoming future, I would be amazingly glad and would spread good will about you everywhere. My age is 34 and I am sharply eager to know in detail about my next five years at least – any big good or bad predictions. Kindly be very specific, no cloudy generalizations. Fayyaz Umair Aziz, First-Degree Scorpio.” Dear Fayyaz: I’m happy to inform you that your future is not set in stone; you have the power to carve out the destiny you prefer.

And it so happens that the next four weeks will be prime time for you Scorpios to formulate a clear master plan (or reformulate your existing one) and take a vow to carry it out with impeccability.

CAnCer Jun 21 | Jul 22 The great-grandson of a slave, Cancerian Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993) was America’s first AfricanAmerican Supreme Court Justice. According to Thurgood, a play about his life that appeared on HBO, his unruly behaviour as a school kid played a role in launching him toward his vocation. As punishment for his bad behaviour, his teacher exiled him to a storage room where he was instructed to study the U.S. Constitution – a document he would later be called on to interpret during his service on the high court. I foresee a version of this scenario playing out in your immediate future, Cancerian. Mischief could lead to opportunity. Blessings might evolve out of shenanigans. Bending the rules may bring rewards.

sAGiTTArius nov 22 | Dec 21 One of my

readers sent me an interesting tale. He said the teacher Rudolf Steiner “once had a devotee who complained that after years of meditating and studying sacred texts he had not yet had a spiritual experience.

Steiner asked him if he’d noticed the face of the conductor on the train on which they were riding. The man said no. Steiner replied, ‘Then you just missed a spiritual experience.’” This is a good tip for you to keep

Leo Jul 23 | Aug 22 Do you mind if I call you “The Original Liontamer”? I know it sounds a bit extravagant, maybe even pretentious, but it really fits you right now. More than any other sign of the zodiac, you have the power to control the wild, ferocious forces of the unconscious. You’re the fluid flowmaster in charge of making the beastly

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in mind in the coming weeks, Sagittarius.

It’ll be a time when you could dramatically expedite and intensify your education about spiritual matters by noticing the beauty and holiness in the most mundane things.

CApriCorn Dec 22 | Jan 19 I’ve got two bits of information for you late bloomers out there; two inspirational messages to quell your worry about how long everything seems to be taking to unfold for you.

First comes this fact: While some oak trees begin growing acorns after two decades, many don’t produce a single acorn until they’re 40 or even 50 years old. Your second message is from poet Robert Bly: “I know a lot of men who are healthier at age 50 than they’ve ever been before, because a lot of their fear is gone.” Keep the faith, Capricorn – and continue your persistent efforts.

AquArius Jan 20 | Feb 18 Russia has

more psychic healers than medical doctors.

Research done by the World Health Organization says so. While licensed physicians number around 640,000, there are 800,000 witches and wizards who use occult means to perform their cures. Personally, I prefer a more balanced ratio. I feel most comfortable when there are equal amounts of officially sanctioned practitioners and supernaturally inspired mavericks. In fact, that’s my guiding principle in pretty much every situation. I want as many unorthodox rebels who mess with the proven formulas as serious professionals who are highly skilled at playing by the rules. That helps keep both sides honest and allows me to avoid being led astray by the excesses and distortions of each. May I recommend a similar approach for you in the coming week?

pisCes Feb 19| Mar 20 “The most frequently levelled criticism of Jimmy Fallon is that he laughs too much.” So begins a New York magazine profile of the latenight talk show host. “He laughs before jokes, after jokes, during jokes.” He is “TV’s most inveterate cracker-upper.” Cynics point to this as proof that he’s suffering from a profound character defect. But there is another possibility, says New York: “Fallon laughs so much because he’s just having a really good time.” According to my reading of the astrological omens, Pisces, you’re primed to have a Fallon-like week – a period when the fun is so liberating and the play is so cathartic and the good times are so abundant that you’ll be in a chronic state of amusement. In response, people addicted to their gloom and doom might try to shame you. I say: Don’t you dare let them inhibit your rightful relief and release.

Homework: Even if you don’t send it, write a letter to the person you admire most. Share it with me at freewillastrology.com.

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URGE OVERKILL at the Horseshoe, Thursday, July 7. Rating: NN When Urge Overkill guitarist/singer Nash Kato towels off after songs, he really towels off. We’re talking the way someone gets out of the shower and wraps their whole head.

Perplexing, since the band wasn’t putting out that much onstage effort, certainly not enough to sweat over.

The Chicagoans are touring Rock & Roll Submarine, their first record since 1995’s Exit The Dragon, a fine piece of alt rock that sent them into a career tailspin. Drugs, label expectations and changing tastes added to their temporary demise. Considering the underwhelming attendance at the Horseshoe, this comeback is anything but triumphant.

That doesn’t change the fact that Urge wrote some outstanding tunes on Exit and its

predecessor, Saturation, a 90s classic that their set featured heavily, with Bottle Of Fur, Sister Havana, Erica Kane and almost-hit Positive Bleeding. Too bad they played them with little enthusiasm and looked as though they JASON KELLER might retire after the gig.

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Rating: NNNN Most acts would have had a rough time overcoming the incredibly muddy sound mix that Hypnotic Brass Ensemble were confronted with at the Great Hall, so it’s a testament to their strength as performers that they were able to power through the problems and turn in a great show.

Instead of whining about the drums being barely audible, they used the opportunity to let their drummer pound out a funky beat solo

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ñSBTRKT at Wrongbar, Friday, July 8.

Rating: NNNN About a third of the Wrongbar crowd were likely only there because of the rumour that hometown hip-hop superstar Drake was stopping by to deliver his verse from his remix of SBTRKT’s Wildfire. But even if it hadn’t had a celebrity guest appearance, the show would’ve been impressive on its own.

The hyped-up R&B-influenced post-dubstep producer is on a major roll, and with help from vocalist collaborator Sampha, SBTRKT easily won over the room long before his famous friend took the stage to deafening applause. Often compared to James Blake, SBTRKT is less electronic-piano-ballad and more futuristic deconstructions of soul music, although both acts share a knack for reconfiguring the less abrasive elements of dubstep into a sound that bridges pop, experimental and dance music.

Drake’s injection of hip-hop rounded out the vibes nicely. Between this collaboration, the one with Jamie Smith of The xx and his early endorsement of the Weeknd, we’re getting curious to hear what BB Drizzy’s got up his sleeve for his upcoming album.

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while cheerfully urging the sound tech to crank it up, making a mid-set sound check just another part of their highenergy jazz-hip-hop party.

If you’ve caught the nine-piece funky horn band before, their set might have seemed familiar, including the audience participation routines. With such a well-oiled production, though, who cares if they reuse the best bits? And even with the disappointing sound system, those booming tuba bass Benjamin Boles lines still hit us in the chest.

U2 at Rogers Centre, Monday, July 11. Rating: NNN As big as Bono is in pop culture, he’s a diminutive – though not exactly humble – figure standing beneath U2’s sevenstorey mega-structure The Claw in a stadium of 60,000 fans.

To simultaneously overcome and emphasize the enormity of their undertaking, the Irish rockers brought an intimidating

the

wall of sound, a set list heavy on hits and a theme of global connectedness.

This was the second coming of the band’s 360° Tour, delayed two years by Bono’s back surgery. The foursome didn’t recreate their recordings; instead The Edge’s chiming guitar squall and Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr.’s thundering rhythm section launched lofty hits, including five from Achtung Baby, toward the open roof.

The centrepiece was an impressive transformable video screen, but despite its imposing stature, the stage seemed more smart design (sightlines were great) than high concept. Bono’s still a belter, though he sang newer material with less conviction. He dazzled during pivotal moments but limped to the finish line with middling renditions of With Or KeVin RiTCHie Without You and Moment Of Surrender.

TEA PARTY

SUMMER TOUR

2011…

The first Canadian tour from The Tea Party since 2005!

TOUR DATES July 15 - The Roxx Concert Hall / Barrie, ON July 21 - Sound Academy / Toronto, ON www.teaparty.com

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Parody rock

Weird Al Yankovic Satire-pop king thrilled that nerds are winning for a change By RICHARD TRAPUNSKI WEIRD AL YANKOVIC at Massey Hall (178 Victoria), Saturday (July 16), 3 and 8 pm. $39.50-$49.50. RTH, TM. Usually I try not to get too personal with my interview subjects, but I can’t help telling Weird Al Yankovic about the one time I saw him in concert, at a state fair in Ventura, California, when I was 11. He was ecstatic about performing next to the pig races.

Nowadays, as indicated by his same-day two-show stand at Massey Hall (to be filmed by director Wayne Isham for an upcoming TV special), he’s more accustomed to playing bigger theatres. “…and bigger pig races!” he interjects.

He’s amused by the anecdote, but Yankovic has likely heard similar ones many times before. After all, he was not only my and so many other entertainment-obsessives’ introduction to popular music, but to popular culture as a whole.

The influence he has on youth is not lost on him. In February, the comedy musician published his first children’s book, a life-affirming tale called When I Grow Up (Harper-Collins). Written in his unmistakable voice, the story revolves around a kid named Billy and his inability to decide between a score of increasingly bizarre and whimsical adult occupations, among them tarantula shaver and gorilla masseuse.

“I think you need to follow your muse and your passions,” instructs Yankovic over the phone from California. “Otherwise you’ll wind up later in life bitter and resentful of the fact that you didn’t try to do the thing that made you happy.”

Yankovic’s career is a testament to sticking to your dream, no matter how unlikely. While his subject matter, pop culture, is fleeting and ephemeral, Weird Al has been one of its few constants.

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“That’s the great irony of my life,” he says. “Nobody wanted to sign me back when I was first starting up because they figured, ‘Oh, you do novelty music. You’ll be lucky to be around six months from now.’”

Nearly three decades later, he’s not only still around but in the midst of a career peak. His just-released 13th album, Alpocalypse (Sony), is his highestcharting ever, and his video for the Lady Gaga-skewering Perform This Way attracted over 6 million YouTube views in the span of a week.

He’s even approaching something close to hipness. Last year, Montreal post-rockers Godspeed You! Black Emperor invited him to play the All Tomorrow’s Parties festival in London.

“That festival has very hip, very alternative, very indie kinds of bands, so I thought it had to be some kind of hipster-like ironic booking,” he admits.

“The word I got back was, ‘It’s for a very personal, beautiful reason but not at all ironic. We actually really, really like you.’”

If the accordion-wielding prince of parody performing alongside coolerthan-thou outfits like Deerhoof and Thee Oh Sees strikes you as strange, well, maybe it shouldn’t.

Although Weird Al’s approach hasn’t changed much since he started out, a recent shift in the zeitgeist has rendered the fringes of culture cool. It’s no coincidence that his biggest hit yet is called White And Nerdy.

“I’ve always flown my nerd flag high. That’s who I am and that’s the persona I’ve always put out there,” says Yankovic. “But something happened in the last decade or so where all of a sudden it isn’t so uncool or unhip to be a nerd any more. It’s actually celebrated in pop culture. Now even the cool kids are saying, ‘No, really, I’m a nerd!’”

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Gomez pop rock

What happens when the world catches up to your weirdness? By BENJAMIN BOLES GomEz at the Phoenix (410 Sherbourne), Sunday (July 17), doors 8 pm. $26. RT, SS, TM.

When Gomez won the coveted Mercury Prize in 1998 after a furious record label bidding war, the UK band’s genrehopping multiple-vocalist approach was considered pretty daring.

In the years since, it’s become so normal that the alternative world has largely forgotten Gomez, though they’ve maintained a solid following.

Makes you wonder whether it’s easier to be on the vanguard of new ideas or to have those ideas accepted by critics and the public.

“Strangely, people don’t even question the mixing of genres any more,” drummer/electronics whiz Olly Peacock says from a tour stop in Minneap-

olis. “Sometimes even we wonder if an idea is too fucked up, but people just dive right into it now without batting an eyelid. Does it make is easier for us?

I don’t really know. We’ve always crossed genres on each album, and hopefully that’s still entertaining and surprising to some people.”

Their newest album, Whatever’s On Your Mind (ATO/MapleMusic), is their solidest yet, even if they’re no longer the buzz band of the moment. Back when they were on everyone’s lips, though, they were mystified and overwhelmed by the hype.

“The formation of the band was kind of accidental, and we’ve had to grow and develop in front of everyone. We just made demos for ourselves and friends, and then suddenly there were shitloads of record labels that were somehow con-

vinced we could play our instruments well enough to get signed. It felt like some kind of joke for a long time.”

While other hot bands of the minute often implode before ever making a second album, Gomez have kept the original lineup intact – Peacock, Ian Ball, Ben Ottewell, Tom Gray and Paul Blackburn – which Peacock credits to their close friendships. He says it’s hard to imagine what they’d sound like if one member left, but he’s intrigued by another possibility.

“I really don’t know if we would continue if someone left the band, but it would actually be interesting if we could afford to have a few more members. Maybe someone who was shithot on keys, and maybe a couple horn players, too.”

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Dream pop

Twin Sister Compared to the two EPs and several demos Twin Sister have released, their debut LP, In Heaven, is an assured step forward in the young band’s sprightly dream-pop sound.

Due in September on Domino, it promises new electronic instrumental flourishes and more ambitious harmonies from ethereal singer Andrea Estella, who took charge during the recording process earlier this year.

“There’s a lot more of Andrea’s spirit in it,” says guitarist/singer Eric Cardona. “Certain songs she just took ownership of and directed. She’s very, very sure of herself, and that’s good because the other four of us can be very

unsure and a little indecisive at times.”

Formed in 2008, Twin Sister are long-time friends Estella, Cardona, keyboardist Dev Gupta, bassist Gabe D’Amico and drummer Bryan Ujueta. They initially met through the teenage hardcore scene in Long Island.

“We want to keep learning new things and challenging ourselves with the types of singing we do,” says Cardona.

“There’s gonna be a lot of variety in Twin Sister’s future, I promise you that.”

At El Mocambo (464 Spadina), Tuesday (July 19), 8 pm. $10.

KEVIN RITCHIE RT, SS.

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COLD CAVE, CULT OF YOUTH Horseshoe (370 Queen West), tonight (Thursday, July 14) Gloomy experimental synth pop.

FLEET FOXES

Massey Hall (178 Victoria), tonight (Thursday, July 14) Pastoral psychedelic folk.

VANS WARPED TOUR

w/ 3OH!3, Less than Jake, the Devil Wears Prada, IllScarlett and more Arrow Hall (6900 Airport, Mississauga), Friday (July 15) Alt rock and extreme sports.

QUEST FOR FIRE, HOLY MOUNT, THE SHOOTING GUNS Silver Dollar (486 Spadina), Friday (July 15) Delightfully sludgy stoner rock.

UMA NOTA 4TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY w/ Maracatu Mar Aberto, DJ Andy Williams, DJ General Eclectic Gladstone Hotel Ballroom (1214 Queen West), Friday (July 15) Afro-Brazilian dance party.

BEACHES INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL

w/ the Mighty Popo, Carole Pope, Raoul & the Big Time Big Band, Braithwaite & Whiteley and more Woodbine Park (Coxwell and Lake Shore East), Friday (July 15) to July 24.

Long-running east-end music festival.

WEIRD AL YANKOVIC

Massey Hall (178 Victoria), Saturday (July 16), 3 and 8 pm.

See preview, page 34.

If you claim to like garage rock but have never experienced the intense dual-drum and dual-bass live fury of Detroit legends the Dirtbombs, what the hell are you waiting for? Expect a rowdy, sweaty, loud-as-fuck garage rock dance party from one of the best live acts in their scene.

At the Horseshoe (370 Queen West), Friday (July 15), 9 pm. $15-$18. HS, RT, SS, TM.

JUST ANNOUNCED

PLATINUM BLONDE Echo Beach doors 7 pm, free. July 23.

THIRD EYE BLIND Echo Beach doors 7 pm, free.

July 28.

CLUKIE D/THRILLER U/SINGING MELODY/TONY CURTIS (LUST), DJ CARL ALLEN & MISTAH BLACKZ

IRIE Music Awards Phoenix Concert Theatre doors 8 pm, $25-$35. iriemusicfestival.com.

July 29.

CHOUSE OF DAVID GANG, ERROL BLACKWOOD, BUSHMAN Irie Music Festival Queen’s

Park 6 to 10 pm, free. iriemusicfestival.com.

July 31.

CFAB 5, TRUTHS & RIGHTS BAND IRIE Music Festival Queen’s Park 1 to 3 pm, free. iriemusicfestival.com. August 1.

SLOAN Echo Beach doors 7 pm, free. August 5.

MACHINE GUN KELLY Mod Club doors 7 pm, all ages, $19.50. PDR, RT, SS, TM, UE. August 6.

STIFF LITTLE FINGERS Lee’s Palace doors 8 pm, $29.50. RT, SS, TM, UE. August 16.

DUB FX, FLOWER FAIRY, CADE, DJ CZECH, MARCUS VISIONARY, FARBSIE FUNK Pacha Lounge

$20-$25. PDR, RT, SS. makeitfunky.ca. August 20.

HOODIE ALLEN Wrongbar doors 8 pm, all ages, $18. PDR, RT, SS, TM. August 20.

COLIN STETSON Drake Hotel doors 8 pm, $12.

RT, SS. August 26.

PARKWAY DRIVE, ARCHITECTS, WHILE SHE

SLEEPS, DEEZ NUTS Echo Beach doors 5 pm, all ages, $25. RT, SS, TM. September 16.

THE HUMAN LEAGUE, MEN WITHOUT HATS

Credo Tour Guvernment doors 7:30 pm, $40.

416-597-1687, humanleague.isnradio.com.

September 18.

LIAM FINN Lee’s Palace. September 22.

MARNIE STERN, NO JOY Wrongbar 10 pm, $14.

TW. September 23.

THE VACCINES, TENNIS, YOUNG BUFFALO Phoenix Concert Theatre doors 7 pm, all ages, $15.

RT, SS, TW. September 27.

DUM DUM GIRLS, CROCODILES Lee’s Palace doors 8 pm, $17.50. HS, RT, SS, TM. October 16.

CHAD VANGAALEN Mod Club 7 pm, $20. RT, SS, TW. October 28.

CHROMEO, MAYER HAWTHORNE, BREAKBOT

Sound Academy doors 8 pm, all ages, $30-$50.

PDR, RT, SS, TM, UE. November 2.

MATTHEW GOOD Queen Elizabeth Theatre doors 7 pm, all ages, $39.50-$55. TM. November 3 and 4.

COLD WAR KIDS Phoenix Concert Theatre doors 8:30 pm, $20.50. HS, RT, SS, TM.

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C = Toronto Caribbean Carnival event How to place a listing

All listings are free. Send to: music@nowtoronto.com, fax to 416-364-1166 or mail to Music, NOW Magazine, 189 Church, Toronto M5B 1Y7. Include artist(s), genre of music, event name (if any), venue name and address, time, ticket price and phone number or website.

Deadline is the Thursday before publication at 5 pm. Weekly events must confirm their listing once a month.

Thursday, July 14 POP/ROCK/HIP-HOP/SOUL

w/ John Fogerty, the Levon Helm Band Rexall Centre (1 Shoreham), Saturday (July 16) Two legends of 60s rock.

AMSTERDAM BREWERY Open Roof Festival catl 7:30 pm. ñ BAR ITALIA Music For The Soul Chicken &

GOMEZ, ZEUS

BOVINE SEX CLUB Crookedhook, Dani Jean, the

Waffles (rock) 9:30 pm.

Old Wives, the Weekend Kids, DJ Misty.

CADILLAC LOUNGE Kyp Harness & Dave Pico 9

TWIN SISTER

pm.

ELEANOR FRIEDBERGER, VAS VEGA, SLEEPER AGENT, DAVEY PARKER RADIO SOUND

CLINTON’S CD release The Kerchiefs, the Bad

El Mocambo (464 Spadina), Tuesday (July 19) See preview, page 35.

The Dirtbombs

How to find a listing

BLACKCREEK SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL

Phoenix (410 Sherbourne), Sunday (July 17) See preview, page 35.

GARAGE ROCK

this week in the clubs

Horseshoe (370 Queen West), Tuesday (July 19) See preview, page 37.

MEMPHIS

Lee’s Palace (529 Bloor West), Wednesday (July 20) Side project of Stars’ Torquil Campbell.

CAMERON Fedora Upside Down Thursdays Lemon Bucket Orkestra 9 pm.

Dreams.

DAKOTA TAVERN The Unsettlers, Jack Marks & the Lost Wages, the Weekend Kids.

DRAKE HOTEL LOUNGE 3 Strike Series Nights & Weekends doors 10 pm.

EL MOCAMBO Art Fights Hunger: Benefit For Daily Bread Food Bank Peter the Apostle, Trevor James, Ages, Lee Serviss 9 pm.

FOUR SEASONS CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS Donny & Marie Osmond 7:30 pm.

GLADSTONE HOTEL MELODY BAR Indie Love

Radio Beartrees, the Hamptons, Danny De Poe, Alissa Vox Raw 8 pm.

HARD LUCK BAR Final Thought, Tonight’s the Night, We’re Doomed, the Wet Bandits, Leaving on Tuesday doors 7 pm, all ages.

HORSESHOE Cold Cave, Cult of Youth doors 8:30 pm.

LEE’S PALACE Calrizians, Citizen Hollow, Ordain 9 pm.

MASSEY HALL Fleet Foxes doors 7:15 pm, all ages.

MITZI’S SISTER Ronnie Hayward Trio.

ONTARIO PLACE SOAK CITY STAGE Michael White Duo (rock) noon.

PARTS & LABOUR The Coppertone, Beliefs (rock).

PAUPER’S PUB Mike Barnes (rock).

RAINBOW MARKET SQUARE MINT Film Festival Double Feature Film Screenings Mark Cassidy, Glen Alan, Jessica Speziale, No Nonsense A Cappella 6 pm.

RIVOLI The Idlers (NFLD reggae) 10 pm.

SILVER DOLLAR I Can’t Believe It’s Not Nirvana Live! (performance of Nevermind) doors 9 pm.

SUPERMARKET Dylan Murray, Philip Da Silva 9 pm.

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ALLEYCATZ Summer Salsa New R Band (salsa)

9:30 pm.

CAMERON HOUSE Notre Dame de Grass (bluegrass) 9 pm.

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BIG CHOCOLATE THE CENTRAL Alex Bien 9 pm.

EARL BALES PARK BARRY ZUKERMAN AMPHITHEATRE Family Fun Summer Festival Funky

Mamas 7 pm.

FREE TIMES CAFE Lynn Jackson & the Billie Hollies.

HOLY OAK CAFE Eons & Alex Lukashevsky

(folk) 10 pm.

THE LOCAL Tiffany Hanus.

NATHAN PHILLIPS SQUARE Tasty Thursdays The

Abrams Brothers (bluesgrass/folk/rock) noon.

THE PAINTED LADY Gospel of Marmalade w/ Steve Gleason (folk rock/indie) 9 pm.

TORONTO BOTANICAL GARDEN Gardens Of Song Justin Rutledge (alt country) 7 to 8:30 pm.

TRANZAC SOUTHERN CROSS Songs by Bert 6 pm.

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BLU RISTORANTE & LOUNGE Acoustic & Jazz

Sentiments @ Blu Christopher Barton, John Campbell 6:30 pm.

DOMINION ON QUEEN John T Davis (organist) 5:30 to 8 pm.

EMMET RAY BAR Jeff Spec (jazz/hip-hop) 9 pm.

GATE 403 Alex Samaras Jazz Band 5 to 8 pm.

GATE 403 Kevin Laliberté Jazz & Flamenco Trio 9 pm.

HARLEM UNDERGROUND Carl Bray (jazz) 8 pm.

PRINCESS OF WALES THEATRE Hugh Jackman In Concert Hugh Jackman 8 pm.

REPOSADO The Reposadists (Gypsy-bop jazz).

REX Jaclyn Guillou Quintet 9:30 pm.

SOMEWHERE THERE STUDIO Avesta Nakhaei (jazz/improv) 8 pm.

TORONTO MUSIC GARDEN Summer Music In The Garden: Labours Of Love Cecllia String Quartet 7 pm.

TRANZAC SOUTHERN CROSS The Roofhoppers (Dixieland jazz) 10 pm.

DANCE MUSIC/DJ/LOUNGE

GOODHANDY’S Ladyplus Parties DJ Todd

FOUR SEASONS CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS Donny & Marie Osmond 7:30 pm.

THE GARRISON BA Johnston, the Pine

Cones, Cam Malcolm, Hamilton Trading ñ Co.

GRAFFITI’S Rocking For Sick Kids Hospital Paul Martin (classic covers) 5 to 7 pm.

HARD LUCK BAR Hellbros, I, Emperor, Archers.

HARLEM CarolynT (jazz/soul/R&B) 7:30 pm.

THE HIDEOUT Robb Hill and Brave by Numbers, Rockyard.

HOLY OAK CAFE A Soul (soul) 10 pm.

HORSESHOE The Dirtbombs, Moon Pool & Dead Band, Speaking Tongues doors 9 pm.

LEE’S PALACE The Bloody Five, Laugh at the Fakes, Possessed Steel, Quietus 9:30 pm.

LULA LOUNGE The McFlies (pop/rock) 9 pm.

MASONIC TEMPLE FLOW 93.5 Summer Jam Kardinal Offishall, Melanie Fiona,

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KOOL HAUS ALL AGES ON SALE NOW

CHROMEO

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AIR CANADA CENTRE Taylor Swift, Needto-

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ASPETTA CAFFE Dan Bear, Kaya, Krystal King,

SOUND ACADEMY

the Moby D.I.C.s 7 pm to midnight.

BREAD & CIRCUS Conconquidore Truidore,

ON SALE NOW

Good Clean Feeling doors 9 pm.

THE CENTRAL Stefi Beck 9:30 pm.

FREE TIMES CAFE Shawn Clarke (folk).

GLADSTONE HOTEL MELODY BAR Cross Eyed

Cat (Chicago blues) 7 pm.

GLADSTONE HOTEL BALLROOM Uma Nota 4 Year Anniversary Party Maracatu Mar ñ Aberto, DJ Andy Williams, DJ General Eclectic (Afro-Brazilian ensemble, percussion/song/ raw heavy grooves) 10 pm.

HARBOURFRONT CENTRE REDPATH SUGAR STAGE Colombian Colours – II Diaspora Festival Caché, DJ Wayuu (Latin) 7:30 pm.

7 pm.

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SoundClash Music Award Competition The Worst Pop Band Ever 7 pm.

HIGHWAY 61 SOUTHERN BARBEQUE Dylan Wickens & the Little Naturals (blues) 8 pm.

LOLA Yasgurs Farm 8 pm.

LOU DAWG’S It’s Gotta Groove Friday Jeff Eager 9:30 pm.

ARROW HALL Vans Warped Tour 3OH!3, Less Than Jake, Relient K, the Devil Wears Prada, IllScarlett an others doors 11 am.

BLUE MOON Insurrection, Korpius, Spewgore, Xyphos doors 8 pm.

BOVINE SEX CLUB Warped Tour After-Party Junior Battles, Chris Cresswell, Like Rivals, DJ Vania.

CADILLAC LOUNGE Dodge Fiasco (rock) 10 pm.

ECHO BEACH Through The Decades 1970s Andy Kim doors 7 pm.

EL MOCAMBO Rastafest 2011 Launch House of David Gang, Truths & Rights, Tonya P, Petra, Richard Forrest, Orthodox Issachar and others 9 pm.

FROH FRIDAY AUG 26

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Klinck doors 9 pm.5 INSOMNIA DJ Ron Jon (funk/soul/house).

LA PERLA Parkdale Beach Party Basic Soul Unit.

LA PERLA MILAGRO Alec Dempster (Latin funk).

RIVOLI SECOND FLOOR DJs the Dirty Frenchman, Plan B (hip-hop/dancehall/bass) 10 pm.

VELVET UNDERGROUND DJ Ozaze (industrial/ goth) 10 pm.

XS NIGHTCLUB Get Wild Thursdays DJ Couture 10 pm.

POP/ROCK/HIP-HOP/SOUL

W/ MICHAEL

Shawn Desman, A-Game, Belly.

MITZI’S SISTER The Cosmic Eye, Heartbeat Hotel, the Elwins.

OPERA HOUSE Soulnidus.

THE PORT The Commandeers, DJ Gidget (garage glam rock/dub step/hip-hop/rock) doors 9 pm.

REVIVAL Hip-Hop Karaoke: Round 54 Abdominal & More or Les, DJ Numeric, Ted Dancin’ 10 pm.

SILVER DOLLAR Quest for Fire, Holy Mount, the Shooting Guns doors 9 pm.

SNEAKY DEE’S Hotkid, the Cheap Speakers, Dilly Dally, Alex Pulec (DJ set) doors 9 pm.

SOUND ACADEMY Girls With Guitars Dani Wilde, Samantha Fish & Cassie Taylor doors 8 pm.

SOUND ACADEMY Toots & the Maytals, the Pocket Dwellers, Rebel Emergency doors 8 pm.

SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY’S Hot House 10 pm.

TAPS & TALES Paris Black and Denis Martel 10 pm.

YONGE-DUNDAS SQUARE Indie Fridays Treasa Levasseur & the Daily Special 8-10 pm.

HARBOURFRONT CENTRE WESTJET STAGE

MARKHAM THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS Yakudo (traditional Japanese drummers) PJ O’BRIENS IRISH PUB Fiddlestix (Celtic rock) 9:30 pm.

TRANZAC SOUTHERN CROSS My Home the

Stars 10 pm.

WISE GUYS Swingin’ Blackjacks (blues).

JAZZ/CLASSICAL/EXPERIMENTAL

BLU RISTORANTE & LOUNGE Acoustic & Jazz

Sentiments @ Blu John Campbell (piano/singer) 7:30 pm.

CENO Rhonda Stakich and Neil Hendry 7:30 pm.

GATE 403 Elizabeth Martins Jazz Trio 5 to 8 pm.

GATE 403 Wendy Weiler Jazz Band 9 pm.

GLENN GOULD STUDIO Jan Lisiecki (piano) 8 pm.

HARLEM UNDERGROUND Chris Weatherstone Trio 8 pm.

MEL LASTMAN SQUARE Cultura 2011 Amanda Martinez (soulful Latin jazz) 7:30 pm.

OLD MILL INN HOME SMITH BAR Barry Elmes, Perry White, Steve Wallace (drums, saxophone, bass) 7:30 pm.

PRINCESS OF WALES THEATRE Hugh Jackman 8 pm.

REPOSADO The Reposadists (Gypsy-bop jazz).

REX Vaughan Misener (jazz) 9:45 pm.

REX Hogtown Syncopators 4 pm.

REX Artie Roth Trio 6:30 pm.

TRANZAC SOUTHERN CROSS The Foolish Things (jazz) 5 pm.

WATERFALLS Jim Heineman Trio (jazz) 6:30 to 10:30 pm.

WOODBINE PARK MAIN STAGE Beaches International Jazz Festival The Mighty Popo, Fergus Hambleton & Elisa Gold 6 pm, Carole Pope 7:30 pm, Luis Mario Ochoa & Cimarrón 9 pm, 6 to 10:30 pm.

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FINGERS TUESDAY AUG 16

FOLK ROCK

Eleanor Friedberger Eleanor Friedberger is finally climbing out from under her big brother’s shadow.

As the Fiery Furnaces, she and Matthew Friedberger have released eight albums in as many years, becoming known for a frenetic prog-rock style that abruptly switches genres multiple times over the course of a song. Last Summer, sister Friedberger’s solo debut (which came out Tuesday on Merge), is different.

The nostalgic, 70s-folk-rock-influenced album is more relaxed and coherent than her band’s work. The Oak Park, Illinois-born artist attributes that to being apart from her mad genius brother, who now lives in France.

“He’s the great musician of the two

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of us,” she says from her apartment in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. “I’m limited in what I can do. One of my songs will only have three, four chords and very few changes because that’s how I know how to write. I like that simplicity.”

Last Summer was recorded, yes, last summer, and she’s already tired of its songs and raring to play a few new ones at her free Horseshoe gig. This is typical of the prolific siblings.

“We have a good work ethic, I guess,” she says. “I actually don’t understand how people do so little sometimes.”

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friday july 29

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fri september 16 lee’s palace

$17.50 advance • 9:00pm doors

deathcabforcutie.com

friday september 2 & sat september 3 lee’s palace

oliVia peter tremor $20.00 advance • 9:00pm doors

Musictapes

bjorn & john

wed september 21

tues september 27

control athens, elephant 6 90’s indie rock

w/

@ the phoenix

$ 16.50

$ 12.50

advance • 8:00pm doors • 19+

thursday

september 29 the mod club

wild boris sunday october 23

$18.50

advance • 7:00pm early show

lee’s palace • $ 18.00 advance

asobi seksu

beasts

wednesday september 28 @ the phoenix advance • 8:00pm doors • san francisco

advance • all-ages • 5:30 doors

friday july 15 16 the mod club

la dispute

$13.50 advance • all-aGes • 6:00pm

anarbor Valencia

tues august 2

friday july 22 @ sound academy

the mod club

$ 23.50

Balance and composure • make do and mend

advance • all-ages • 6:30pm

ska punk

tiM reel big fish robbins 7:00pm doors • 19+ • ga tickets @ tm, ss & rt

& the rogues gallery band

friday

september 16 opera house

7:30pm doors • all-ages • $17.50 advance

streetlight

manifesto

saturday september 24 @ the horseshoe $25.00 advance • 9:00pm doors • winnipeG alt rockers

the watchmen performing “silent radar” in it’s entirety

monday october 3 mod club • $ 15.00 advance

twin shadow diamond rings

thurs october 13 lee’s palace • $ 20.00 advance

besnard

lakes mates of state $ 15.00

annex wreckroom

the pains of Being pure at heart craft spells & the paint movement

advance • 8:00pm doors • matador

malkmus & the jicks w/

saturday july 30

opera house

mod club • $ 16.50 advance

stephen girls

$ 22.50

tuesday august 2

w/ malajube

friday november 4 @ the phoenix $ 20.50

advance • 8:30pm doors • soulful indie rock

cold war kids

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wed october 19 $ lee’s palace • 18.50 advance

agnostic

front mongoloids w/

w/ Marketa Irglova of tHE sWELL sEasON

saturday october 15 sound academy

$ 27.00

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adv Ga • $ 37 adv VIP • 8pm doors • all-ages the new album KIss eacH oTHeR cLean

advance ticketS @ ticketmaster.ca or 1-855-985-5000 • HorSeSHoe Front Bar • SoundScapeS • rotate tHiS tueSday july 19 the garriSon

tHurSday july 14

Saturday july 16

$15.00 advance • neW york

$7.00 • energetic indie rock!

cold cave cult of youth

modeRn boys modeRn GiRls cd releaSe @ 12:30am

teenage kicks Freedom or death mad oNes

Friday july 15 / $15.00 advance • detroit rock & roll

the diRtbombs mooN pool & dead baNd + speakiNg toNgues

Wed august 3 @ tHe HorSeSHoe

real imelda may $18.50 advance • brooklyn

$ 18.50 advance - jeFF Beck vocaliSt & rockaBilly SenSation

esTaTe dntel jusTin Sunday auGust 14 Friday auGust 26 the horSeShoe — $11.50 advance

horSeShoe tavern

$ 15.50 adv • BloodSHot recordS

dent may & rat tail

The PosTal service

Townes

gutteRmouth earle male bonDing tueSday auGust 23 @ Sneaky dee’S / $15.00 advance

Friday auGust 26

Friday sePtember 2 @ the horSeShoe / $10.50 advance

coliN hannibal The DisTillery stetsoN

london uk Sub pop grunge punk!

Sunday july 17 / no cover

jd & the

straightshot

tueSday july 19

monday july 18

$13.50 advance • neW york

buress Saturday night live 30 rock Writer

maRk heath

Vas VeGa sleepeR ageNt Wed july 20 / no cover davey paRkeR sam Ferguson banD Radio souNd look here junior eleanoR FRiedbeRGeR naTural born Tellers (fiery furnaces) saRah cRipps tHurSday july 21 / $6.00

biRthday boys lovely killboTs Huddle skiRt chaseRs Saturday july 16 $12.00 • tom petty / neil young

Bruce SpringSteen coverS

tommy youNgsteeN & the millioN dollaR baNd featuring members of

StarS • tHe StillS Sam roBertS Band

Friday july 22 / $1o.00

the stanFields Brett casWell & haliFaX celtic punk Spirited FaveS!

the marquee rose beRNadette aveRy islaNd monday july 25 / $10.00

graveYard train kim churchhill eli Wolfe no cover!

WedneSday july 27 / $13.50 advance • neW york

jesse malin

the biters & reCovery Child tueSday august 2 / $15.00 advance • SuB pop

handsome furs

the drake / $12.00 advance

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

tHurSday july 14 / $ 6.00

Calrizians ciTizen hollow luau or die

starfucker cibo karkwa tueS sePtember 20 @ lee’S palace / $13.50 advance

Saturday july 16 $20.00 advance • new york ny

Sat septembeR 17 lee’S palace — $ 12.00 advance

tHurS septembeR 22 lee’S palace / $15.00 advance

Friday octobeR 14

liam braids matto samiam Finn cant tWo croWn horSeShoe / $12.00 advance

Friday july 15 / $ 7.00 door hard rock cd releaSe

BloodY Five laugh at the fakes Possessed steel Quitues Wed july 20 / $ 10.00 door

memphis toRquil campbell oF staRs

2010 polariS prize Winner

paper lions + Freedom or death

Wed septembeR 21

olee initiative beneFit

tHe HorSeSHoe / $15.50 advance

mo n t r eal • Fl emiS h e y e

Fri octobeR 21 @ garriSon / $14 adv

neW zealand • yep roc

Saturday

july 16

tHe drake

$12.00 advance

chRis tayloR oF gRizzly beaR

thurSday july 21

tony castles

evenings and Weekends Graydon james rob lamothe

Friday july 22 / $ 10.00 door

Sat july 23 / $ 10.00 door

maGnolious sCenario girls can’t hear us

buRninG candy deadtime alter kakers Drop DeaD piN-ups

tHurSday july 28 / $ 6.00

Friday july 29 / $ 7.00

tueSday august 2

GRuVe shoot the imaGe uNkNoWN culpRits

indie hip-hop cd releaSe

tRisteN twin KinG Thomas DybDahl sisteR organic Funk tueSday july 19 el mocambo -

tueSday july 19 Supermarket -

$10.00 adv

wiTh allie HuGHes

tueS july 19 @ tHe drake

| $9.00 adv

marrisa the resignators bomb The music inDusTry $12.00 adv

wiTh

naDler W/ faces oN film

Sunday july 31 @ Sneaky dee’S

Good Rats + small town Getup

riot before + sideKiCKs

$12.00 @ door only • all-ageS • 8:00pm

Friday

july 22

Sneaky dee’S $11.00 advance

advance • aLL-aGeS

disappears

july 23

eels cass god

monday july 25 the drake — $12.00 advance

mccombs

sonny & lost in joan oF arc Friday august 5 / tHe garriSon • $12.50 adv

lia ices

advance • 8:00pm • 19+

monday august 8 $13.50 advance • ireland

With

$10.00 adv - SoutH dakota

tueS august 9 @ rivoli / $12.00 adv

$ 35.50

the rivoli / $13.50 advance

tHe garriSon

Sneaky dee’S / 10.50 advance

$12.00

CRutCH tiGeR suit dean ProjeCt ceRamic floWeRs

Saturday july 23

Saturday

Sunday july 24 $

lost boys

WedneSday july 20 @ Hard luck

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

with

tueSday

august 9

tHe garriSon

$12.00 adv - aStralWerkS

W/

ryan masters

The submarines

Sunday august 7 / $ 15 adv

me without you

is an asTronauT

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

leespalace.com 529 bloor Street WeSt / bathurSt

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Woodbine Park neW Generation StaGe

Beaches International Jazz Festival Quincy Bullen Band 6 pm.

Woodbine Park Youth StaGe Beaches International Jazz Festival Generation J(azz) 6 pm.

Dance Music/DJ/Lounge

annex Wreckroom Yes Yes Y’All! DJ Blackcat (R&B/reggae/house/hip-hop/ ñ soca/old&new school) 10 pm.5

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brant houSe Girls Night Out Maura 10 pm. courthouSe YOB, Dark Castle, Sons of Otis doors 8:30 pm.

drake hotel underGround House Party Skratch Bastid doors 11 pm.

emmet raY bar DJ Juice Box Jam 10 pm.

FaceS niGhtclub liFt Patio DJs BeeBee, Chris

Bosno, Dirty Mexxx, Wes Bonaventure.

FlY Grapefruit: Club M! DJ Aural, DJ Alessandro (Madonna madness) 10 pm.5 the FlYinG beaver Pubaret Retro Fridays DJ Carol.

Fox & Fiddle WelleSleY DJ Shaq-T (salsa/merengue/reggaeton/house/dance).

GoodhandY’S Femme 2 DJ Todd Klinck doors 10 pm.5 Guvernment Redemption Past Vs Present DJ Starting from Scratch, Mr Presto, D’Bandit. inSomnia Funkn’ Fresh Friday Smut Pushers (house/breaks). lula lounGe DJ Jimmy Suave 11 pm. mana bar Unity Fridays: European Nights DJ T-Ace (hip-hop/reggae/dancehall/mashup). mod club Arcade Meati, Meech, Poupon. naco GallerY caFe Fancy Pants 10 pm.5 the oSSinGton Get By Fridays DJ Pangea Delphi, Soundbwoy. the Painted ladY DJ Frank ‘Mr Phantastik’ Johnson (ol’ skool hip-hop/reggae/80s) 10 pm.

PartS & labour Transmission DJs Scott Wade, Scott Waring (Britpop/punk) 10 pm. la Perla Eclectic City DJ Noloves. the PiSton Ryan Gavel (soul/funk/rare groove/ reggae) 10 pm.

Stone lounGe Fabricated 2-Year Anniversary The Timewriter, Matt Coleridge doors 10 pm.

SuPermarket Market Fresh DJ Yo Ev 10 pm. velvet underGround DJ Davy Love’s Madchester Party 10 pm. voGue SuPPer club The Social Network Omar lunan, Sweet Touch Foundtion, DJ Smartiez 8 pm. the vue Fame: Turn Up The Lights Freeon, Lissa Monet, Jester, Ray Robinson doors 9:30 pm.

Woo’S lounGe Heart Of The City DJs J-Class, Kariz (hip-hop/R&B/reggae/old school) doors 10:30 pm. xS niGhtclub Summer Session Fridays DJ Couture (top 40/house/hip-hop) 10 pm.

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+ DJ Misty

thu july 14

Crookedhook w/The OlD Wives,

Dani Jean, The WeekenD kiDs fri july 15 + DJ vania

Warped Tour afTer-parTy

Saturday, July 16

w/JuniOR BaTTles, chRis cRessWell (OF The FlaTlineRs), & like Rivals

PoP/Rock/HiP-HoP/souL

Sat july 16 + DJ ian Blurton

Sun july 17 school For Band aids

Wet Dirt, DJ Ian Blurton. ñcentre iSland Parks Canada’s Centennial Skydiggers, Serena Ryder, Sarah Harmer 4 ñ pm.

dJ Candy-o

drake hotel underGround Tristen doors 8

mon july 18 w/Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

el mocambo CD release Steve Lewin, 20 Amp

The Bon

w/The WeiRDies & WeT DiRT

Moody Mondays

+ sleeping TOM w/RunaR (icelanD) Wed july 20

Gloryhound

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alleYcatz Lady Kane (R&B/soul/funk). bovine Sex club The Bon, the Weirdies,

pm.

CD release Modernboys Moderngirls, Teenage Kicks, Freedom or Death, Mad Ones 9:30 pm. huGh’S room McKenna Gibson Band Mike McKenna & Luke Gibson 8:30 pm. kool hauS Mac Miller, TFHOUSE (rap) doors 8 pm, all ages. lee’S Palace Cibo Matto, Tony Castles doors 9 pm. maSSeY hall Weird Al Yankovic 3 and 8 pm. See preview, page 34. mitzi’S SiSter Katrina James, Mark Martyre, mByronic Heroes. mod club CD Launch Urban Preacher (soul/ rock). mod club La Dispute, Balance & Composure, Make Do & Mend (post hardcore punk) doors 6 pm, all ages. molSon amPhitheatre Welcome To Fin Land Tour Jimmy Buffett & the Coral Reefer Band 8 pm. onlY caFé The Gardeners (pop folk) 8 pm. the oSSinGton Wildhearts CD release Purple Hearts, Phantom Signal, Jah Grey, DJ Sean Sax. PauPer’S Pub Mike Barnes (rock).

PreSS club CD release Vanessa’s Entire Heart, Jordaan Mason, Willow Rutherford, Copstalker 10 pm. rancho relaxo Nitemarket 12, the Nancy Boys, Battleplan (indie/garage rock) doors 9 pm. rexall centre BlackCreek Summer Music Festival John Fogerty, the Levon Helm Band 8 pm. rivoli CD release The Sweetness, Sacred Balance, Tropicallia 9 pm.

Silver dollar Scott Holt.

Silver dollar The High Dials, Medallions, the Cautioneers (psych pop) 10:30 pm.

Sound academY John Butler Trio, Mama Kin, Chris Velan doors 7:30 pm, all ages.

SouthSide JohnnY’S Rainey & the Mannequins (rock) 10 pm.

SPortSter’S Nicola Vaughan 10 pm.

YonGe-dundaS Square Live Green Toronto Festival Classified, Lowest of the Low, Crash Test Dummies, Done with Dolls and others 11 am to 10 pm.

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air canada centre Taylor Swift, Needtobreathe. aquila Ken Yoshioka Blues Band 9 pm. aSPetta caFFe Spence Vader, Jordo & Eric, Marko Ferek, Krystal King, Harrison Fine 2 pm to midnight. cadillac lounGe CD release KC & the Moonshine Band. the central Candace Lovett, Mark Martyre 7:30 pm. c’eSt What Song Studio Workshop Blair Packham (alt folk) 8 pm. the dannY Roadhouse w/ Earl Johnson (blues/ rock).

Failte iriSh Pub Julian Taylor Band 10 pm.

Gate 403 Ben McConchie (folk/jazz) 5 to 8 pm.

GladStone hotel melodY bar Big Tobacco & the Pickers w/ Steve Piticco 7 to 10 pm. harbourFront centre WeStJet StaGe Colombian Colours – II Diaspora Festival Alfredo de la Fe (salsa & Latin violin) 9:30 pm. harbourFront centre redPath SuGar StaGe

Colombian Colours – II Diaspora Festival NVOZ (a cappella Colombian music), José Ortega, DJ Gury Gury, Folklore Urbano, KAFFE Rock 3:30 pm.

harbourFront centre briGantine room & tent Colombian Colours – II Diaspora Festival:

Four SeaSonS centre For the PerForminG artS Donny & Marie Osmond 7:30 pm. the GarriSon CD release You Handsome

Devil, the Delinquents, Skullians, Bourbon ñ DK.

Funkété Late Night Party DJ eLman, Linterna, DJ Uproot Andy 11 pm. the local The Pinecones. lola Awakening w/ Trevor Jones. lou daWG’S Don Campbell 9:30 pm. lula lounGe Lady Son y Articulo Veinte 10 pm.

hard luck bar Bad Blood. harlem SoJay (soul/R&B/jazz/) 7:30 pm.

Rob Tardik, Johnny Max Band 7 pm.

Soundchild, Keith Rich & Po Boys 8:30 pm.

miSSiSSauGa civic centre celebration Square

t.o. music notes end of an era for toronto radio

After almost 25 years at the station, iconic radio host Alan Cross is no longer an employee of CFNY (otherwise known as the Edge) due to sudden corporate restructuring. He may continue to contribute as a freelancer, but his days of being intimately involved with the pioneering alternative station are over. Cross knew he’d had an impressive run and that his popular documentary show, The Ongoing History Of New Music, had a dedicated following, but even he’s surprised at the passionate response the news has provoked.

“Radio is weird in that you spend all your time not seeing your audience, kind of like a writer, I guess,” Cross says from his Oakville home. “I wasn’t expecting anything, but, wow, it’s been really humbling and flattering.”

Sure, music snobs might turn up their noses at the alt rock station these days, but even the snootiest would agree that Cross’s documentary shows, which give historical context behind new music and make connections that weren’t always easily uncovered in the pre-internet era, have had a positive impact. Strangely, though, Cross wasn’t terribly receptive to the idea when it was first suggested.

“By the end of 92, I was doing afternoons and very happy doing that. But then they told me they were going to terminate me and hire me back part-time to do Saturday PJ o’brienS iriSh Pub The J Breen Dream (Celtic/ covers) 9:30 pm.

roSe theatre Brampton Arts & Crafts Festival JP

Greco (singer/songwriter) 10:45 am. villaGe oF Yorkville Park Summer Music In The Park Johnson Chung Trio 2 to 5 pm.

Jazz/cLassicaL/exPeRiMentaL

blu riStorante & lounGe Acoustic & Jazz Sentiments @ Blu Christopher Barton (guitar/singer) 7:30 pm. ceno Sophia Perlman and Neil Hendry 7:30 pm.

Gate 403 Sandy Blakeley Duo noon to 3 pm.

Gate 403 Real Time Jazz Ensemble 9 pm. harlem underGround Carl Bray (jazz) 8 pm. naiSa SPace SOUNDwalk & Soundscape Concert 1 pm. old mill inn home Smith bar Terry Promane Trio 6:30 pm.

PrinceSS oF WaleS theatre Hugh Jackman In Concert Hugh Jackman 8 pm. rex CD release Jamie Ruben 9:45 pm, Elena Kapeleris (swing) 7 pm, George Lake Big Band 3:30 pm, Sarah Dell (vocal jazz) noon. ten Feet tall Jazz Cabaret Tracey Dey 8 pm. tranzac Southern croSS Michael Davidson (jazz) 6:30 pm.

Woodbine Park main StaGe Beaches International Jazz Festival Braithwaite & Whiteley, Anne Lindsay, Yoel Diaz Quartet, Raoul & the Big Time Big Band, Planet Earth, Big Sam’s Funky Nation noon to 10 pm.

Woodbine Park neW Generation StaGe Beaches International Jazz Festival Vanessa Marie Carter, Countermeasure, Michael Schatte Band, JP Saxe Band 1 to 6 pm.

Woodbine Park Youth StaGe Beaches International Jazz Festival Guelph Youth Jazz Ensemble, Jazz In The City Workshop Combos noon to 10 pm.

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annex Wreckroom See You Saturdays DJs Lexx Decibel & Rick Toxic 10 pm. the ballroom boWl bar biStro Girls Night Out Maura 8 pm. clinton’S Shake, Rattle & Roll Bangs & Blush (Motown/Britpop) $5.

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and Sunday mornings, as well as pay me as a freelancer to do this documentary program they’d thought up.

“I thought the show was a good idea but I didn’t want to do it. I was happy doing afternoons and didn’t want to wake up early on the weekends, and while I was the only one on staff with a history degree, I didn’t want to spend my time doing a documentary program.

“They said the program is going to be called The Ongoing History Of New Music, which I said was a terrible title. They said fine, and that if I didn’t want to do it I wouldn’t have a job. I’d recently gotten married and bought my first house, so I didn’t really have a choice.”

Call this the first episode of The Ongoing History Of The Ongoing History Of New Music. benJamin boleS

devil’S cellar doWnStairS Dracula’s Daughter DJ Darkness Visible (post punk/gothic rock/alternative) 10 pm. drake hotel underGround Evening Standard Todd Terje, Membersonly doors 11 pm. drake hotel lounGe Jeff Hayward doors 10 pm. emmet raY bar DJs Liem & Tophey (soul/ol’ skool/classics) 10 pm. the enField Fox Big Jacks, DJ Seven.

FlY Our City Beats DJ Addy, DJ Shawn Riker, DJ Matty Ryce 10 pm.5 the FlYinG beaver Pubaret DJ Garrick 9 pm.

GoodhandY’S Pirates Of Sodom DJ Sumation doors 10 pm.5 harlem DJ Black Cat (house/reggae/R&B/hiphop) 11 pm. holY oak caFe DJ Craig Dunsmuir 10 pm. inSomnia Sense Saturdays DJ Charles. live toronto Ladies VIP Indulgence DJ Couture (top 40/house/mashups) 10 pm. maGPie caFe Big Toe’s Hi Fi Meets Pressure Drop (reggae rub/dancehall dub) 10 pm. naco GallerY Alimaña DJ NoLoves 10 pm.5 the Painted ladY DJ Salazar (funk) 10 pm.

PartS & labour Religious Material DJ Scott Cudmore (rock/soul) 10 pm. la Perla DJ Anzola (funk/Latin). the PiSton Disco DJs Dylan Thomas Childs & John Michael McLeod 10 pm. the red liGht Doing The Same Ghetto Gold Matt (electro/boogie/funk/rap) 4 to 8 pm. the red liGht Strictly Business DJ Serious & DJ Numeric (hip-hop) 10 pm.

SneakY dee’S Shake A Tail (60s pop) 11 pm.

SuPermarket Do Right Saturdays! DJs John Kong & MC Abs. Sutra The Bridge DJ Triplet (ol’ skool hip-hop). toika Fusion Agile, Tricky Moreira doors 10 pm. velvet underGround DJ Joe (alt rock) 11 pm. vola Worldwide! Matrix & Futurebound (d&B/ dubstep) doors 10 pm.

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Tues July 19 Wed July 20

NIRVANA LIVE!

10pm

BRUNCH

Margarita and Traditional Mexican Food Specials

SHRIMP DADDY & THE SHARPSHOOTERS I Can’t Believe It’s Not...

& THE HAGGARD

11-3pm BLUEGRASS

MARIACHI MONDAYS Mon July 18 feat6-9pm music by: Mariachi Fuego

★★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ THU JULY 14 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Performance of “Nevermind” ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ FRI JULY 15 Stoner-Psych Overdose ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ (Saskatoon) ★ ★ ★ ★ 10:30pm Montreal Pysch Pop ★ ★ SAT ★ ★ JULY ★ ★ 16 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ HIGH LONESOME WEDNESDAY • 9:30PM ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ BIG CITY BLUEGRASS ★ ★ FEATURING MEMBERS OF ★ ★ ★ THE FOGGY HOGTOWN BOYS ★ ★ & THE CREAKING TREE ★ ★ STRING QUARTET ★ ★ ★ ★ THU ★ ★ ★ ★ JULY 21 ★ ★ (Brooklyn) ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ FRI JULY 22 Arish “King” Khan’s Sister... ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ (Mtl) ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ @ 9:30pm ★ ★ ★ ★ SAT JULY 23 ★ ★ ★ ★ Chicago Garage-Punk ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Advance Tickets @ Rotate This, Soundscapes ★ ★ FRI JULY 29 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Advance Tickets @ Rotate Th is, Soundscapes ★ ★ ★ SAT JULY 30 Late Night Live!!! 10:30pm ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ (Montreal) ★ ★ plus! ★ THU AUG 4 Daps-Buzz presents ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ FRI ★ ★ AUG ★ ★5 ★ ★ ★ SAT AUG 6 Late Night Live!!! ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Montreal Tech-Pop ★ ★ ★ THU AUG 11 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ FRI AUG 12 ★ ★ ★ ★ and ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ @9:30pm ★ ★ plus! ★★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

JULY 28

DWAYNE GRETZKY

10pm 10pm Dance to save your soul Stax and Motown Hits by

HOT WAX MELTDOWN 249 OSSINGTON AVE (just north of Dundas) 416-850-4579 · thedakotatavern.com

QUEST FOR FIRE

HOT ROCK

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

Holy Mount THE SHOOTING GUNS

THE HIGH DIALS

Medallions The Cautioneers

CRAZY STRINGS THE ELWINS

Wild International CIGARETTES, TONKA & PUMA

COCOBEURRE

The Taste, Persian Rugs

JF ROBITAILLE

WHITE MYSTERY

Pkew (Gunshots), Spitfist

JAPANTHER

THE OSSINGTON

Sun July 17

Neon W’breaker, Boys Who Say...

DIRTY MAGS, HOTKID KILL SQUARES

Hut, Odonis Odonis Dope Body, Hume

THE UNSEEN STRANGERS

thurs july 14 | 10pm | $10

EaST CoaST MUSiC aWard WiNNErS (2011)

ThE idlErS w/Special guests fri july 15 | 8pm | $10

paradise now (mocca presentation)

JUliUS PoNCElET MaNaPUl aNd NaTaliE viECili present

FaShioN-arT-FUSioN CoNSPiCUoUS CoUTUrE, fashion by natalie viecili created from highly consumed products. sat july 16 | 9pm | $10 ($8 with costume)

ThE SWEETNESS Cd Release Tickets are available at the door only. suN july 17 | drs 8:30pm | $5

laUgh SabbaTh: EvENiNg JiM JaM! Hosted by Bob kerr

eveRy sUnday aT THe Rivoli

www.laUGHsaBBaTH.Com

mON july 18 | drs 8:30pm | pWyC ($5)

MC Mark dEboNiS

Gavin sTepHens winsTon speaR sTeve dylan & moRe! alTdoTCoMEdyloUNgE.CoM BrOadCast live ON FaCEbook.CoM/alTdoTCoMEdyloUNgE tue july 19 | drs 8:30pm | pWyC ($5)

MC ToNy PaUliNo

Ryan Belleville Two weiRd ladies Ted HollisTeR’s Cow newsdesk wiTH Ron spaRks and moRe! SkETChCoMEdyloUNgE.CoM Wed july 20 | 8pm | $10

blair PaCkhaM

SoNgWriTEr WorkShoP suN july 24 | 7pm & 9:30pm | $10 adv

ARMEN AT THE BAZAAR w/ Heartbeat Hotel, Gay

Co-Creator & Co-Writer for THE CHAPPELLE SHOW!!

Also seen on: Lopez Tonight, Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, And writer for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards. Tickets – www.brownpapertickets.com

and STILL LIFE STILL

THE NORTH

Littlefoot Longfoot SHOTGUN WEDDING Erika Werry

TRiSTEN

DOORS @8Pm_$12 EVENiNG STANDARD w/ TODD TERJE + mEmBERSONLY DOORS @11Pm_$10

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CRIMES IN PARIS

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NOW july 14-20 2011

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WRONGBAR My Night Train Soul Clap &

Dance Off DJ Jonathan Toubin, Ride the ñ Tiger doors 10 pm.

Sunday, July 17 POP/ROCK/HIP-HOP/SOUL

CLINTON’S Erin Pim, Morning Whiskey.

DC MUSIC THEATRE Metal As F#$% Fest Today I

Caught The Plague doors 3 pm, all ages.

EL MOCAMBO Melodies Of The Heart: SickKids Foundation & Sickle Cell Assoc of Ontario Korexion, Humble, Jessica Sheppard, Kwarg, Tonya P and others doors 8:30 pm.

FOUR SEASONS CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS Donny & Marie Osmond 7:30 pm.

GRAFFITI’S Blackmetal Brunch 11 am to 5 pm.

KOOL HAUS Mac Miller, TFHouse (rap)

doors 8 pm, all ages. ñ ORBIT ROOM Horshack (rock/blues) 10:30 pm.

PHOENIX CONCERT THEATRE Gomez, Zeus 8 pm. See preview, page 35. ñdoors

FOLK/BLUES/COUNTRY/WORLD

AQUILA Blues Brunch Ken Yoshioka & James Thomson noon.

ASPETTA CAFFE Dakota Star, Krystal King, Uku-

lele Gaga, Lindsay Jones, Roger Chong 2 to 7 pm.

CAMERON HOUSE The Cameron Brothers Band 9 pm.

THE CENTRAL Markham Manor 9 pm.

C’EST WHAT Song Studio Workshop Blair Packham (alt folk) 9:30 pm.

DUFFY’S TAVERN Ken Yoshioka (blues) 9:30 pm.

GLADSTONE HOTEL MELODY BAR Makita Hack (bluegrass) 5 to 8 pm.

HARBOURFRONT CENTRE REDPATH SUGAR STAGE

Colombian Colours – II Diaspora Festival Carlos Bastidas 1:30 pm, NVOZ (a cappella) 4 pm.

HARBOURFRONT CENTRE WESTJET STAGE Colombian Colours – II Diaspora Festival Diego Marulanda Quintet 2 pm, Baru-Vibes 4:45 pm.

HIGHWAY 61 SOUTHERN BARBEQUE Sean Pinchin 1 pm.

HUGH’S ROOM Paul Thorn Band 8:30 pm.

THE LOCAL Gord Zubrecki Band 10 pm, Hannah Naiman 5 pm.

LOU DAWG’S Blues Brunch Mark Bird Stafford & Darran Poole noon to 3 pm.

MEL LASTMAN SQUARE Sunday Serenades National Band of the Naval Reserve 7:30 to 9 pm.

NOT MY DOG Cowan House Ramblers.

THE PAINTED LADY Combo Royale (bluegrass/ jazz/ska) 9 pm.

REBAS CAFÉ The Wander Man Revisits 2011 Tour Tim Harwill (12-string troubadour) 1 to 4 pm.

REX Dr Nick & the Rollercoasters (blues) 3 pm.

VILLAGE OF YORKVILLE PARK Summer Music In The Park Chris Robinson Trio 2 to 5 pm.

JAZZ/CLASSICAL/EXPERIMENTAL

AMADEUS Rick Donaldson & the Jazz Cats 6:30 to 10:30 pm.

EMMET RAY BAR Angela Sande Group 9 pm.

ETON HOUSE The A.M. Band (jazz/rhythm & blues) 7 to 11 pm.

GATE 403 Jaclyn Guillou Jazz Band 9 pm, Grayceful Daddies 5 to 8 pm, Olga: The Gimlets noon to 3 pm.

HOT BOX CAFE Tigorangutan (jazz).

NACO GALLERY CAFE Michelle Bellerose 8 pm.

PORT CREDIT MEMORIAL PARK Sunset Concert Series Mississauga Big Band 6:30 pm.

PRINCESS OF WALES THEATRE Hugh Jackman In Concert Hugh Jackman 8 pm.

REX New & Used 9:30 pm, Vern Dorge Trio 7 pm, Excelsior Dixieland Jazz noon.

TEN FEET TALL Jazz Matinee Norman Marshall Villeneuve 3:30 pm.

TORONTO MUSIC GARDEN Summer Music In The Garden: With Joy & Light Encircled Kevin Skelton (chamber music) 4 pm.

TRANZAC SOUTHERN CROSS Morning Bell & Katie DuTemple (trip-hop/jazz) 7:30 pm.

WOODBINE PARK MAIN STAGE Beaches International Jazz Festival Yiannis Kapoulas, Terry Gillespie, Kal David & the Real Deal w/ Lauri Bono, Andy Kim noon to 6 pm.

WOODBINE PARK NEW GENERATION STAGE Beaches International Jazz Festival Larra Skye, Emerson Street Rhythm Band, the Heavyweight Brass Band 1 to 5 pm.

WOODBINE PARK Beaches International Jazz Festival Elevated Grounds, GTA Honour Combos 11:45 am to 2 pm.

DANCE MUSIC/DJ/LOUNGE

BOVINE SEX CLUB DJ Rob. FUZION HEAD: Patrio Pre-Launch DJ Denise Ben-

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JULY 14-20 2011 NOW

POP/ROCK/HIP-HOP/SOUL

BOVINE SEX CLUB Hot Krissy.

CADILLAC LOUNGE The Neil Young’uns 9 pm.

CLINTON’S Jamie’s Cover Band.

HARD LUCK BAR The Resignators (ska/punk)

doors 8 pm, all ages.

LEE’S PALACE Memphis doors 8 pm.

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THE LOCAL Make Out Wednesdays The Ron Leary Quintet.

MOD CLUB Young the Giant, Wildlife doors 8 pm, all ages.

THE PISTON CD release hue (pop rock).

REXALL CENTRE BlackCreek Summer Music Festival

CHEAP THRILL$

Pink Martini, Chris Botti, Jesse Cook 8 pm.

SUPERMARKET Wednesdays Go Pop! Alanna Clark, Jenn Mierau, David Fisher 9:30 pm.

WRONGBAR Knight Riderz doors 10 pm.

FOLK/BLUES/COUNTRY/WORLD

THE CENTRAL Righteous Nation 10 pm.

EMMET RAY BAR El Blanco (Spanish reggae) 9

GREAT GIGS FOR $5 OR LESS

pm.

son 3 to 8 pm.

INSOMNIA DJ LK (ol’ skool hip-hop/disco/funk).

THE LOCAL Dan Boniferro noon.

THE OSSINGTON Unlimited Sundays Hajah Bug &

Mantis (hip-hop).

TRANZAC SOUTHERN CROSS Monk’s Music (jazz) 5 pm.

ULTRA PATIO Ultra Chill Sundays DJs Mike Tull & Paul E Lopes 3 to 9 pm.

VELVET UNDERGROUND DJ Hanna (80s) 10 pm.

Monday, July 18

PARKS CANADA’S CENTENNIAL As part of the ongoing celebration of the 100th anniversary of Parks Canada, you can catch a triple-bill of quality roots music at Centre Island (Toronto Islands), Saturday (July 16), starting at 4 pm. The show kicks off with Skydiggers, followed by Serena Ryder, and closes with Sarah Harmer. Free.

SUNBEAR The spacey country rock of Sunbear gets lots of love from critics and musicians but has yet to get the wider recognition it deserves.

Judge for yourself when Kate Boothman and friends play the Holy Oak Café (1241 Bloor West), Wednesday (July 20). Pwyc.

POP/ROCK/HIP-HOP/SOUL

AIR CANADA CENTRE Straight To You Tour Josh Groban doors 6:30 pm.

DRAKE HOTEL UNDERGROUND Elvis Monday The Consonance doors 9 pm.

HARLEM Open Jam Night CarolynT 8 pm.

HARLEM UNDERGROUND Daniel Gagnon (pop/ folk/rock) 8 pm.

HORSESHOE Hannibal Buress, Mark Heath doors 8 pm.

MITZI’S SISTER The Goodtimes (pop/trash).

FOLK/BLUES/COUNTRY/WORLD

CADILLAC LOUNGE The Cliff Divers.

THE CENTRAL Yma Ronsi 8:30 pm, State of Us 6 pm.

FREE TIMES CAFE Open Stage Jeff Kahl.

GATE 403 Jorge Gavidia Blues Band 9 pm, Havana Blues Trio 5 pm.

GLADSTONE HOTEL MELODY BAR Studio Songwriting Showcase 7 pm.

HIGHWAY 61 SOUTHERN BARBEQUE Chris Chambers (blues) 7 pm.

THE LOCAL The Hamstrung Stringband (bluegrass) 9:30 pm.

LULA LOUNGE Aline Morales.

NACO GALLERY CAFE Alex Rodriguez Trio (boleros/

sones/rancheras) 8 pm.

THE PAINTED LADY Open Mic Mondays 9 pm.

TRANZAC SOUTHERN CROSS This Is Awesome 7 pm, Open Stage 10 pm.

JAZZ/CLASSICAL/EXPERIMENTAL

EMMET RAY BAR Michael Davidson & David

French 9 pm.

GRAFFITI’S Kevin Quain’s Gutbucket Lounge (piano jazz/blues) 5 to 8 pm.

REX The Cookers (jazz) 9:30 pm, Peter Hill Quintet 6:30 pm.

DANCE MUSIC/DJ/LOUNGE

BOVINE SEX CLUB Moody Mondays Douglas Fairbanks Jr, Sleeping Tom, Runar.

VENUE INDEX AIR CANADA CENTRE 40 Bay. 416-815-5500.

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.

AQUILA 347 Keele. 416-761-7474.

ARROW HALL 6900 Airport (Mississauga).

ARTISTS’ GARDEN COOPERATIVE 345 Balliol.

ASPETTA CAFFE 207 Augusta. 416-725-0693.

THE BALLROOM BOWL BAR BISTRO 145 John. 416-597-2695.

BAR ITALIA 582 College. 416-535-3621.

BLU RISTORANTE & LOUNGE 17 Yorkville. 416-921-1471.

BLUE MOON 725 Queen E. 416-463-8868.

BOVINE SEX CLUB 542 Queen W. 416-504-4239.

BRANT HOUSE 522 King W. 416-703-2800.

BREAD & CIRCUS 299 Augusta. 416-336-3399.

CADILLAC LOUNGE 1296 Queen W. 416-536-7717.

CANADA’S WONDERLAND 9580 Jane.

CAMERON HOUSE 408 Queen W. 416-703-0811.

CENO 137 Avenue Rd. 647-352-8822.

THE CENTRAL 603 Markham. 416-913-4586.

CENTRE ISLAND Toronto Islands.

C’EST WHAT 67 Front E. 416-867-9499.

CHALKERS PUB 247 Marlee. 416-789-2531.

CLINTON’S 693 Bloor W. 416-535-9541.

COURTHOUSE 57 Adelaide E. 416-214-9379.

DAKOTA TAVERN 249 Ossington. 416-850-4579.

Wednesday, July 20

THE DANNY 2183 Danforth. 416-686-1705.

DAVE’S... ON ST CLAIR 730 St Clair W. 416-657-3283.

DC MUSIC THEATRE 360 Munster. 416-234-0222.

DEVIL’S CELLAR 2872 Dundas W. DOMINION ON QUEEN 500 Queen E. 416-368-6893.

DOUBLE DEUCE SALOON 1168 Queen W. 416-537-1313.

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.

ECHO BEACH 909 Lakeshore W. EL MOCAMBO 464 Spadina. 416-777-1777.

EMMET RAY BAR 924 College. 416-792-4497.

THE ENFIELD FOX 285 Enfield Place (Mississauga). 905566-1355.

ETON HOUSE 710 Danforth. 416-466-6161.

FACES NIGHTCLUB 224 Richmond W. FAILTE IRISH PUB 201 City Centre Dr (Mississauga). 905276-2212.

FLY 8 Gloucester. 416-410-5426.

THE FLYING BEAVER PUBARET 488 Parliament. 647-347-6567.

FOUR SEASONS CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS 145 Queen W. 416-363-8231.

FOX & FIDDLE WELLESLEY 27 Wellesley E. 416-944-9369.

FREE TIMES CAFE 320 College. 416-967-1078.

FUZION 580 Church. 416-944-9888.

THE GARRISON 1197 Dundas W. GATE 403 403 Roncesvalles. 416-588-2930.

GLADSTONE HOTEL 1214 Queen W. 416-531-4635.

DRAKE HOTEL LOUNGE Late Night Mondays Boot Knives (rock) doors 10 pm.

GOODHANDY’S Pirates Of Sodom DJ Sumation doors 10 pm.5 INSOMNIA DJs Topher & Orang (rock).

THE OSSINGTON Geek Love Mark Sheppard.

THE PISTON Junk Shop DJs Jorge & Jared (pre- to post- punk/new wave/garage/indie) 10 pm.

GLADSTONE HOTEL MELODY BAR Colorblind Brian’s Blues Campfire 7 pm.

HOLY OAK CAFE Carnival Moon (folk) 9 pm.

LIBERTY BISTRO Kim Jarrett (folk rock) 8 pm.

TRANZAC SOUTHERN CROSS Geordie’s Meeting 5:15 pm.

JAZZ/CLASSICAL/EXPERIMENTAL

CHALKERS PUB Espresso Manifesto Daniela Nardi’s 7 to 9 pm.

Tuesday, July 19 POP/ROCK/HIP-HOP/SOUL

BOVINE SEX CLUB Pink & Black Attack Central

Blvd, Drive Chimes, Toxic Deathula.

CANADA’S WONDERLAND Summer Bling Birthday Bash Reema Major 4 pm.

DRAKE HOTEL UNDERGROUND Thomas Dybdahl, Nina Nielson (Norway indie) doors 8:30 pm.

EL MOCAMBO Twin Sister doors 8 pm. See preview, page 35.

THE GARRISON Real Estate, Dent May (indie pop) doors 8:30 pm.

HORSESHOE Vas Vega, Eleanor Friedberger, Sleeper Agent, Davey Parker Radio Sound. See preview, page 37.

THE PISTON The Dead Tuesdays, Mercy Flight 10 pm.

SUPERMARKET Marissa Nadler, Faces on Film doors 8 pm.

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FOLK/BLUES/COUNTRY/WORLD

EARL BALES PARK BARRY ZUKERMAN AMPHITHEATRE Tuesday Night Live!

The Weston Jazz/Swing Ensemble 7 pm.

GATE 403 Alex Coleman Jazz Band 5 pm, Richard Whiteman & James Thompson Jazz Band 9 pm.

GATE 403 Nicaragua Solidarity Film Fest & Music

Night Benefit For Casa Canadiense films at 7 pm, music from 9 pm.

HARLEM UNDERGROUND John Campbell (jazz/ pop/soul/R&B) 8:30 pm.

REX Rex Jazz Jam Alison Au Quartet 6:30 pm, Terra Hazelton 9:30 pm.

ROYAL CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC KOERNER HALL Toronto Summer Music Fes-

tival Gala Opening Concert Kirill Gerstein (piano) 7:30 pm.

TEN FEET TALL Toronto FingerstyleGuitar open Stage 8 pm.

TRANZAC SOUTHERN CROSS Mazinani, Kuota, Martynec, Lumley (avant-garde jazz) 7:30 pm.

FREE TIMES CAFE The Free Whiskey String Band,

the Roofhoppers.

GATE 403 Gypsy Rebels (world) 8 pm.

GLADSTONE HOTEL MELODY BAR Granny Boots Queer Cabaret 7:30 pm.

GROSSMAN’S Rockin’ Blues Jam Ernest Lee & Cotton Traffic 9 pm.

HOLY OAK CAFE Sunbear (country) 10 pm.

REPOSADO Sol Wednesdays Spy Vs Sly Vs Spy. RIVOLI Songwriter Workshop Blair Packham (alt folk) 8 pm.

SILVER DOLLAR High Lonesome Wednesday: Big City Bluegrass Crazy Strings doors 9 pm.

TERRI O’S SPORTS BAR Gary 17’s Acoustic Open Stage Bruce Jones 8 pm.

TRANZAC SOUTHERN CROSS St Dirt Elementary School (indie folk) 10 pm.

JAZZ/CLASSICAL/EXPERIMENTAL

ARTISTS’ GARDEN CO-OPERATIVE Jazz In The Garden Julie McGregor, Norm Amadio, Ken Foster, Coleman Tinsley 7:30 to 9 pm.

BLU RISTORANTE & LOUNGE Acoustic & Jazz Sentiments John Campbell (piano) 7:30 pm.

CHALKERS PUB Girls’ Night Out Jazz Lisa Particelli (jazz) 8 pm.

DOMINION ON QUEEN Corktown Uke Jam 8 pm.

GATE 403 Jeff Peacock Jazz Band 5 to 8 pm.

HUGH’S ROOM CD release Jane Bunnett, Hilario Duran 8:30 pm.

NATHAN PHILLIPS SQUARE Fresh Wednesdays Elizabeth Shepherd noon to 2 pm.

NAWLINS JAZZ BAR Jim Heineman Trio 7 pm.

REX Trikonasana 6:30 pm.

REX Leyland Gordon 9:30 pm.

SOMEWHERE THERE STUDIO Starfires (psychedelic improvisation) 8 pm.

TRANZAC SOUTHERN CROSS David Prentice & Aaron Lumley (experimental) 7 pm.

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DANCE MUSIC/DJ/LOUNGE

GOODHANDY’S Ladyplus Parties DJ Todd Klinck doors 9 pm.5

DANCE MUSIC/DJ/LOUNGE

HOT BOX CAFE Hump Day Uncut The Man (ston-

THE CENTRAL Michael Lake 9:30 pm.

C’EST WHAT Song Studio Workshop Blair Pack-

pm.5

INSOMNIA DJ O-God (house/reggae).

INSOMNIA Parro (house).

NACO GALLERY CAFE Local Fuzz DJ Eugenio S 8

DRAKE HOTEL UNDERGROUND Memphis Tues-

ton (live screening with sound) 9 to 11 pm.

WRONGBAR The Soft Moon doors 9 pm.

CADILLAC LOUNGE Draw the Outs (country/ roots) 8:30 pm.

ham (alt folk) 9:30 pm.

days The Sure Things, DJ Ebony Roberts (country) doors 10 pm.

GLENN GOULD STUDIO 250 Front W. 416-205-5555.

GOODHANDY’S 120 Church. 416-760-6514.

GRAFFITI’S 170 Baldwin. 416-506-6699.

GROSSMAN’S 379 Spadina. 416-977-7000.

GUVERNMENT 132 Queens Quay E. 416-869-0045.

HARBOURFRONT CENTRE 235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000.

HARD LUCK BAR 812 Dundas W. HARLEM 67 Richmond E. 416-368-1920.

HARLEM UNDERGROUND 745 Queen W. 416-366-4743.

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.

HOTSHOT 181 Augusta. 416-979-7574.

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.

THE LOCAL 396 Roncesvalles. 416-535-6225.

LOLA 40 Kensington. 416-348-8645.

LOU DAWG’S 589 King W. 647-347-3294.

LULA LOUNGE 1585 Dundas W. 416-588-0307.

MAGPIE CAFE 831 Dundas W. 416-916-6499.

GOODHANDY’S Ladyplus Parties DJ Cesar doors 9 INSOMNIA Soulful Tuesdays D-Jay (soul).

MOTEL Big Lebowski Tuesdays DJ Knox Harring-

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MANA BAR 722 College. 416-537-9292.

MARKHAM THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS 171 Town Centre Blvd (Markham). 905-305-7469.

MASONIC TEMPLE 888 Yonge.

MASSEY HALL 178 Victoria. 416-872-4255.

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.

MOD CLUB 722 College. 416-588-4663.

MOLSON AMPHITHEATRE 909 Lake Shore W. MONARCHS PUB 33 Gerrard W. 416-585-4352.

MOTEL 1235 Queen W. NACO GALLERY CAFE 1665 Dundas W. 647-347-6499.

NAISA SPACE 601 Christie, studio 252. 416-652-5115.

NATHAN PHILLIPS SQUARE 100 Queen W. NAWLINS JAZZ BAR 299 King W. 416-595-1958.

NOT MY DOG 1510 Queen W. 416-532-2397.

OLD MILL INN 21 Old Mill Rd. 416-236-2641.

ONLY CAFÉ 972 Danforth. 416-463-7843.

ONTARIO PLACE 955 Lake Shore W. 416-314-9900.

OPERA HOUSE 735 Queen E. 416-466-0313.

ORBIT ROOM 580A College. 416-535-0613.

THE OSSINGTON 61 Ossington. 416-850-0161.

THE PAINTED LADY 218 Ossington. 647-213-5239.

PARTS & LABOUR 1566 Queen W. 416-588-7750.

PAUPER’S PUB 539 Bloor W. 416-530-1331.

er gay- positive night).5

pm.5

TOTA LOUNGE DJs gaDJet, Nikola (deep soulful house).

LA PERLA 783 Queen W. 416-366-2855.

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from Peterborough to St. John’s) beefs up the arrangements with upbeat horns, violins and percussion. It all amounts to a skewed cabaret-pop escapade as fun as it is sad. Not an easy balance to pull off.

Top track: Nostalgia The Burning Hell play the Tranzac July 29.

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The Harrow & The Harvest (Acony) Rating:

It took Nashville’s Gillian Welch and musical partner Dave Rawlings eight years to make their deeply rewarding fifth album, yet it sounds anything but laboured, fussy or obsessed over. That’s likely because, after years of unsatisfying results, most of the 10 songs came in a welcome creative burst that began just this past October.

Welch uniquely updates Appalachian folk, bluegrass and early country to make sparse, dark, intimate Americana that’s like the sonic equivalent of Flannery O’Connor stories.

Her imagery is rural and religious, her accent and language Southern and her

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Emergencys, False Alarms, Shipwrecks, Castaways, Fragile Creatures, Special Features, Demons And Demonstrations (New Scotland) Rating: NNNN Like your Joel Plaskett witty? Prefer him goofy? How about folkie Joel? Or what about rock ’n’ roll (my personal fave)? His new rarities disc shows all these sides and more, and continues his generous streak.

In 2009 he delivered his triple-album opus, Three; last year we got an eight-disc box set from Thrush Hermit, his old band; and here we have 20 tracks of previously unreleased gems, demos and B-sides.

Notable moments include unheard tunes like the Springsteenish lead track On The Rail, 2006’s Blood In My Veins and 2005’s A Million Dollars, while early demos of Nothing More To Say, Clueless Wonder, Drunk Teenagers and Waiting To Be Discovered, tracked in 1999 and featuring a terrific wide-eyed vocal delivery, shed light on his creative process. We also see which lyrics he loves best; “It isn’t how you drive the car, it’s how you look behind the wheel,” he croons in both Snowed In and Money In The Bank. Oops.

Top track: Waiting To Be Discovered CG

GOLD-BEARS Are You Falling In Love? (Slumberland) Rating: NNNN More muscular than labelmates the Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Gold-Bears are just as adept at writing sublimely catchy

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three-minute pop songs. Fuzzy distortion, frantically strummed guitars and melodic bass lines create a sound that’s equal parts dreamy and powerful, appropriate for both solo listening sessions and impromptu dance parties.

While the songs tend to be short bursts of jangle and noise, that doesn’t stop singer Jeremy Underwood from cramming a ton of lyrics into each one. He paints vivid pictures of friendship and the drama of young relationships. Mixing punk rock with cute pop, the Atlanta, Georgia, quartet are a fine addition to Slumberland’s near-flawless roster.

Top track: So Natural JOANNE HUFFA

DIGITALISM I Love You Dude (V2)

Rating: NN German electro rock duo Digitalism commit two unforgivable dance music sins on their second full-length album, the kind that make us question what we saw in them in the first place. The first (and biggest) is their failed attempts at pop-crossover. As often happens when producer/ DJs go this route, they lack both the songwriting chops and a decent vocalist to pull it off. Even bringing in the Strokes’ Julian Casablancas to co-write a song doesn’t accomplish anything.

The other huge mistake is that it all sounds dated. Sure, they’ve been touring constantly since their last record, but you’d think they’d have some idea that dance floor trends have evolved in the last five years. Nu-metal electro? Really? The only tracks that don’t make us cringe are the back-to-basics club bangers likely added to pad out the album, and even those don’t contain anything to get excited about. Someone needs to explain to Digitalism that it’s way too soon for mid00s retro.

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Flux Capacitor (weewerk) Rating: Mathias Kom is one of Canada’s most underrated lyricists. Even the Burning Hell’s most celebratory songs are infused with a caustic, bittersweet wit that makes you smirk. Flux Capacitor is his first overtly autobiographical album (the first song, in fact, is called My Name Is Mathias) and features deadpan, conversational tales about early development, false moralizing and the perils of nostalgia.

Sounds like heavy material, but it’s deployed with a light touch. Even introspective ukulele ballads like the delicate Report Card are undercut by lyrical winks: “Here is my sensitive side / this is my underbelly.” Elsewhere, Kom’s newly assembled band (he recently relocated

voice sound more classical as he sings over slow fingerpicked guitar. (Great Lake Swimmers are not a bad comparison.)

Themes are both personal and religious: laments over lost love mingle with speculations about representations of Christ and descriptions of Italy.

Thankfully, the disc is not sonically homogenous. Swallow It Whole is youthful and poppy, Scaffold Christ is full of digital sounds and samples, and the sleigh bells, strumming and falsetto vocals on Oh Rodeo! make it a wintery standout.

Top track: Scaffold Christ SARAH GREENE

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Hymns (Shameless) Rating: Edmonton’s Mike Angus steps out from alt-countryish group the Wheat Pool (which he’s in with his brother Robb) for a solo album written over a couple weeks in Italy. Hymns is an accurate description for the collection, which has a spacious, prayer-like quality and would sound beautiful performed in a church.

This is presumably Angus showcasing his softer side, and reverb does make his

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Sprinkler, I Wonder? (independent) Rating: NN Toronto songwriter Chloe Charles and bassist Sam McLellan recently teamed up with Austin’s Aly Tadros and Douglas Jay Boyd for a stairwell jam at a Folk Alliance conference in Memphis, where they were named the Sweetness by an audience member. Their debut EP sounds like a lo-fi demo, even though producer Gordon Raphael (the Strokes, Regina Spektor) recorded it.

All members contribute songs, with the theatrical Charles and the gentler Tadros each taking lead twice, while McLellan’s bow work and Boyd’s light drumming add support. None of the writing is particularly strong, and Boyd’s condescending Little Girl, with its sippy-cups references, makes for an awkward listen. The group harmonies are the sweetest part, and it’d be nice to hear more from McLellan, whose First Bird evokes Tasseomancy.

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characters lonesome. She’s unapologetically languid and bleak, though here her yearning contralto resolves on major notes more often than it did in the past.

The choruses are stronger, the harmonies, guitar and banjo lines as tasteful as ever, and the brittle edge that crept into 2003’s Soul Journey is nowhere to be found.

While opener Scarlet Town recycles familiar Welchian melodies and phrasings, more often she breaks new ground, melodically and lyrically, like on the upbeat The Way It Goes, the revelatory Tennessee and final tune The Way The Whole Thing Ends.

Top track: Tennessee Gillian Welch plays the Phoenix July 25.

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WASHED OUT Within And Without (Sub Pop) Rating: NNN If the cover image of a naked couple frozen mid-coitus is any indication, the debut LP from Washed Out finds Atlanta-based musician Ernest Greene in a baby-making mood. Lately it seems like the sensual, slowed-down pleasures of R&B have overtaken the indie world, though Greene’s been on the love train since 2009’s Life Of Leisure EP. Opener Eyes Be Closed eases listeners into his somnambulistic haze of vocal delays, drum loops and shimmering synths.

What follows is a slightly more assertive take on this, with driving dance beats and percussion reminiscent of his juiced-up live show. Things turn positively loungey (and cringe-worthy) on You And I, as Chairlift’s Caroline Polachek does her best Princess Stephanie impression on a spoken word interlude.

The album drowns in atmospherics to the point where it could be entirely instrumental. Greene casts an enjoyably suggestive spell but it wafts right through you.

Top track: Echoes KEVIN RITCHIE

You could call it experimental pop, but that doesn’t say much. There’s definitely a strong classical music influence, but also nods to cutting-edge electronic music, avant-garde hip-hop, country and folk. It doesn’t come across as a collage of contrasting ideas, but rather as an arresting cohesive sound all its own. Lott’s singing voice has a plaintive, frail quality that might sound precious over acoustic guitar.

In this context, though, it’s the perfect foil to the muscular arrangements.

Top track: Leave The Riches BB

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Rating: NNNN The newest album by Son Lux (aka Ryan Lott) came about when NPR talked him into writing and recording an entire record from scratch during the station’s annual month-long RPM Challenge in February.

But this doesn’t sound like a rush job. It’s one of the most creatively dense and sonically rich albums you’ll hear this year, which makes you wonder what the hell he’d get up to if he actually took his time.

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it’s been one of the hott scorching dramas, musi nowtoronto.com/fring The focused dancers revel in the synchronized, super-energized choreography created by Janet L. Castillo, Natasha Powell and Tiff Mak. The costumes help set the mood and move gracefully with the dancers’ bodies.

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tHe FrinGe: tOrOntO’s tHeatre FestiVaL featuring 143 local, national and international companies at 27 venues. Runs to Sunday (July 17). $10 or less, surcharge on advance sales, discount passes. Advance tickets sold up to three hours prior to showtime online, by phone or at the festival box office at the Fringe Club (581 Bloor West). At least half of all tickets go on sale at the venue one hour before showtime.

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tHe Last rOCk n’ rOLL sHOw by Jeff Jones. Jul 15 at 1:45 pm, Jul 16 at 9:15 pm. Rating: nn See review at nowtoronto.com/fringe mOnarita by Shannon Bramer. Jul 14 at 11 pm, Jul 16 at 5:45 pm, Jul 17 at 1:45 pm. Rating: nnn Shannon Bramer’s play about the interdependent friendship of Mona (Sara Tilley) and Rita (Ruth Lawrence) takes a fresh look at the challenge of retaining identity in the face of motherhood and relationships.

The quirky dialogue includes some honest observations on the topic of beauty and aging. Both actors create nuanced characters, and Tilley earns huge applause with her delivery of a monologue describing Mona’s annoyance at hanging out at drop-in centres with other new moms. Amy Anthony’s set and prop design is colourful and functional but leaves the play’s location a mystery. The show also reveals many truths about nurturing female bonds – and, in a humorous highlight, the importance of finding a great hair stylist (Mark White).

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CanuCk Cabaret by Paul Hutcheson

and Sharon Nowlan. Jul 14 at 2:15 pm, Jul 15 at 11 pm, Jul 16 at 4 pm. Rating: nnn Hosted by Paul Hutcheson and Sharon Nowlan, this show originally premiered as a collaboration celebrating Canadians at the New York Frigid Festival. Wanting to showcase other Fringe talent, on Sunday night they invited Christel Bartelse, Jason Morrow and Allan Girod to perform.

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eLLamentary: a One PersOn musiCaL abOut FiLLinG Out anD FittinG in by Christine Aziz and Steve

Raiman. Jul 14 at noon, Jul 16 at 7:30 pm.

Rating: nnn In this cute solo about the challenges of hitting puberty, Christine Aziz plays Ella Salmon, a young girl trying to gain popularity at school while struggling with her inner geek.

Shaista Latif’s staging keeps Aziz moving gracefully between scenes set at summer camp, school and home. Aziz excels at voices, and her impressions of Tallulah Bankhead giving Ella advice provide some of the strongest moments. The show mostly references music and pop culture from the early 1990s, but Aziz’s energetic performance and the funny original songs

by Ben Pelchat, Liam Pelchat and Steve Raiman make the material work for all ages.

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Gametes anD GOnaDs by Jeff Leard.

Jul 15 at 5:45 pm, Jul 16 at 11:30 pm. Rating: nnn Jeff Leard’s solo comic sketch is Woody Allen’s sex-as-space-launch scene from Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex mixed with imagery from Star Wars and Star Trek.

Where Allen’s view remained male-centred, Leard takes us inside Ovaria, where a high priestess is preparing one of her sister eggs for monthly sacrifice. Leard is adept at keeping his 20 or more characters distinct, often using acrobatic moves to change from one to another. It’s too bad Leard’s frenzied scene-shifting between male and female genitalia doesn’t result in a stronger climax. Leard is certainly talented enough to take on the challenge of depicting fertilization and cell division.

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17 at 7 pm. Bathurst Street Theatre. Rating: nnnnn A street-savvy Korean immigrant (Paul Sun-Hyung Lee) runs his convenience store in Regent Park with his wife (Jean Yoon) while coping with neighbourhood gentrification, his unmarried daughter (Esther Jun) and the estrangement of his son (Ins Choi).

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at 5:45 pm, Jul 15 at 2:15 pm, Jul 17 at 5:15 pm. Rating: nnnn Infinitum consists of excerpts of a larger dance work to be presented this fall. Even in its unfinished state, it’s fantastic. The show blends modern dance, spoken word, clown, song and circus skills like contortion, acrobatics and aerial silks to create a fascinating exploration of the idea of infinity.

The action proceeds from the statement “According to the laws of infinity, anything you can imagine is there.” Five of the six performers enact the evolution of single cells to human beings in a rapid Escheresque pattern. A sixth sphinx-like performer leads the other five to find separate identities. The performers’ depiction of the universe’s progress from uniformity to unlimited differentiation dazzles.

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PaDre X by Marc A Moir. Jul 15 at noon, Jul 17 at 7 pm. Rating: nnnn This solo show is based on the life John Weir Foote (1904-88), a Canadian chaplain awarded the Victoria Cross for bravery at Dieppe. Marc A. Moir creates a sensitive portrait of an unswervingly good man and devout Christian who viewed his heroic actions simply as part of his duty.

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Choi also directs and wrote the script, which is rich with historical facts and even dares to poke fun at cultural stereotypes.

Set entirely in the store – Ken Mackenzie’s design serves as a functional backdrop – the play begins cleverly with the flip of an open/closed sign and ends poignantly with the clicking sounds of a pricing gun. The strong cast, rounded out by Andre Sills in three supporting roles, has great range, ensuring the intergenerational dialogue is sometimes intense, often humorous and very authentic.

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soldiers who speak little or no English. As Foote, Moir shines with a quiet inner strength, tried but not broken by the horrors he’s witnessed. It a powerful performance of a fascinating story.

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by Jose Rivera. Jul 14 at 11 pm, Jul 15 at 4 pm, Jul 16 at 5:45 pm. Rating: nnnn Written in the year 2000, this unusual play is not a conventional drama but a series of monologues for 17 actors. A group waits in an antechamber to the afterlife; they need only sum up their life in words in order to depart.

The play has no plot, but rather surveys this microcosm of humanity both as a reminder of the injustices of the previous century and as a tonic to brace us for the shocks of the present. Gradually, recurring themes of anger, loss and regret build to a moving conclusion in which we realize that we must accept life’s manifold contradictions – including death.

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tOtaL VerrüCkt! by Joanna Caplan. Jul 14 at 7:30 pm, Jul 16 at 9:45 pm. Rating:

nnn In this 30-minute solo, Joanna Caplan blends movement and text in a striking tribute to Jews in the Westerbork concentration camp during WWII, where numerous cabaret performers were interned before their deaths.

Caplan has carefully chosen the props, and her use of two small wooden tracks to

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symbolize transport trains have a very powerful effect, echoing as they bang on the floor. After the performance, Caplan re-emerges for a discussion and requests audience feedback. The work already creates a strong emotional impact; future incarnations hold much promise.

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chael Lista. Jul 14 at noon, Jul 15 at 9:15 pm, Jul 17 at 3:30 pm. Rating: nn See review at nowtoronto.com/fringe

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Vince and Alan J Nash. Jul 14 at 5:15 pm, Jul 16 at 11 pm. Rating: nn See review at nowtoronto.com/fringe

tHe 5tH eLement Jul 14 at 1:45 pm, Jul 15 at noon, Jul 16 at 7:30 pm.

Rating: nnnn This breathtaking show blends urban, classical and cultural dance forms with live drummers and a diverse soundtrack ranging from k-os to the Vitamin String Quartet. Based on the elements of earth, water, fire and air, each component begins with a powerful spoken word segment delivered by the very poised Conely de Leon.

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sHe saiD wHat HaPPeneD by Carly Heffernan, Emma Hunter, Marni Van Dyk and Megan MacKeigan.

Jul 14 at 3:30 pm, Jul 15 at 11 pm, Jul 16 at 12:30 pm. Rating: nnnn Sketch troupe She Said What goes beyond funny, offering thoughtful takes on the issues affecting women today, like their approach to birth control (Plans C through E), which falls just shy of Casey Anthony territory.

Performers Emma Hunter, Marni Van Dyk and Meg Mack have a hilarious aggressive/gentle dynamic, best demonstrated in their sketch about a ballet class that culminates in a surprising request from one of the tutu- clad girls. Perfectly timed delivery, smart costumes and smooth transitions lend real polish, although a Dolly Parton sketch feels like an SNL leftover.

Hunter is particularly sharp as a petulant Napoleon, but it’s the intense, catty chemistry between the three performers and co- writer Carly Heffernan that bumps up the sketches to fully drawn, hilarious studies of the dark side of being a lady. ns

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This improvised soap opera, a fictional behind-the-scenes look at a play in rehearsals, showcases the skills of some of Toronto’s wittiest talent. Narrator Matt Baram introduces the characters, sets up the story and throws challenges at the cast.

Highlights from Saturday night’s instalment included an “act-off” dual between Ron Pederson and Sandy JobinBevans, and Baram commanding Albert Howell to play out a scene with Aurora Browne all in double-entendres. In less capable hands, 11 improvisers onstage would be disastrous, but this group is as good at putting one another on the spot as at helping one another out of one.

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test fringes in years (and we’re not talking about the temperatures), with icals and a hilarious clown show topping the list of must-sees. check out more at ge. reviews By jon kaplan, glenn sumi, deBBie fein-goldBach, jordan Bimm, naomi skwarna & christopher hoile.

The Sparrow and The MouSe: CreaTing The MuSiC of ediTh piaf by

Melanie Gall. Jul 14 at 9:15 pm, Jul 16 at 2:15 pm, Jul 17 at 5:15 pm. Rating: nnn In this biographical look at the famous Parisian singer Edith Piaf, Melanie Gall plays Piaf’s half-sister, Simone. Although Gall has paid close attention to details like costumes and props to set the mood, the script relies mostly on the recitation of facts to tell the story, and the use of voice-over during costume changes is jarring.

But while Piaf’s colourful life requires a more engaging script, the musical numbers revitalize the show. Accompanied on a keyboard by Erin Craig, Gall’s beautiful soprano gives life to at least a dozen Piaf songs. Her vocal interpretations range from dulcet to powerful, and her duet with a Piaf recording makes a poignant finale.

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pm, Jul 15 at 3:30 pm. Rating: nnnn This madcap four-handed sketch show builds momentum as it progresses, presenting some very original material on the theme of dreams. Matt Goldberg, Dan Jeannotte, Colin Munch and Anders Yates also include a humorous visual element by making themselves almost indistinguishable, uniformly dressed in khaki shorts, white T-shirts and red life vests.

Staging is particularly strong, and scenes progress fluidly, with many clever comedic call-backs. Highlights include a dictionary preacher and a wine tasting lesson.

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one good Marriage by Sean Reycraft. Jul 15 at 5:45 pm, Jul 16 at 11:30 pm.

Rating: nnn This cute show takes the form of a folksy tag-team monologue in which Manitoba’s Mel Marginet and Matthew TenBruggencate fall over each other to explain the mysterious circumstances that killed every guest at their wedding.

The writing and pacing are snappy, and the actors share lots of chemistry, but with no set and a stand-and-deliver approach to blocking, their incessant back and forth gets tiresome approaching the 60-minute run time. Also, the eventual reveal of what actually caused the wedding catastrophe is a little mundane considering how long they hold the audience in suspense.

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Jul 14 at 7:30 pm, Jul 17 at 5:15 pm. Rating: nnnn RDQ3000 may be a fruity cocktail of campy costumes and sharp jokes, but there’s a heart of gold under those fake boobs.

Celeste (Nicole Fairbairn) and Blip (AnnMarie Krytiuk) – two queens from the future – crash into a tired drag bar and its equally exhausted mistress, Doug (George Bertwell), seeking out the act that will change history.

Especially interesting with respect to the “post-homo” maelstrom of a few

weeks ago, Jon Hoss’s script thoughtfully considers what it means to be gay, trans or dragged out (the future queens are both played by women).

Funny and tender, this standout production (less a drag show than a show about drag) is worth its weight in plutonium. What a delight. nS

Swoon! by Jordan Tannahill, Jason Maghanoy, Haley McGee, Ryan Griffith, Darrah Teitel and Alisa Palmer. Jul 14 at 9:15 pm, Jul 15 at 2:15 pm, Jul 16 at 9:45 pm. Rating: nnn Like many shows dealing with a specific theme and created and performed by many people, this piece about falling madly in love is fine in bits and pieces – a touching monologue here, a wrenchingly honest performance there.

Director Jason Maghanoy stages some scenes effectively, and the young cast displays lots of energy. The female actors are more effective than their male counterparts, especially Jessica Moss as a woman who reluctantly falls in love and then is devastated by a breakup.

The show needs more shape and a sturdier structure to become something more than a series of moments. gS

we few They Many by Kat Edwards.

Jul 15 at noon, Jul 17 at 7 pm. Rating: nnn This naturalistic ensemble piece tells the story of last year’s chaotic G20 protests from the perspective of young political organizers. As their weekend unfolds, we watch them plan demos, explain their cause to an unfriendly journalist, expose an informant in their ranks and deal with emotional strain.

Writer/director Kat Edwards should cut about 30 minutes of dialogue and spend more time fixing the awkward blocking and rushed reactions. One important dramatic outburst comes out of nowhere and feels jarring rather than shocking. But because the play gathers up and presents real memories and experiences of mistreated protesters, it remains an important piece of political story-keeping.

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Double) takes us through an editing session of a story he’s writing about a romantic encounter. Later on we learn the work is autobiographical, as he relives and changes key details involving his relationship with Sophie (Madison Walsh).

Jonathan Kline, obviously a Woody Allen fan, is a talented writer, and what begins as a mildly self-indulgent exercise soon becomes a poignant look at love and loss. A few sections, like the repetitive opening and a movement- based scene, need editing, but the actors warmly embrace their challenging roles – Walsh in particular is a talent to watch. Director Coleen MacPherson makes some savvy choices, like blasting Shostakovich during a dramatic turning point. gS

a genTleMan’S CluB fringe Show Jul 14 at 11:15 pm, Jul 15 at 3:45 pm, Jul 16 at 3:30 pm. Rating: nn See review at nowtoronto.com/fringe

huShaBye by Anna Standish. Jul 14 at 7:45 pm, Jul 16 at 5:15 pm. Rating: nnn A math prof literally moonlights at a bureaucratic Ministry of Dreams in Anna Standish’s fantastical, intermittently clever script about guilt, vengeance and the secret world of dreams.

Director Sarah Miller-Garvin applies a striking, graphic-novelesque style to the heightened material, putting Josh Korngut’s densely illustrated projections to evocative use.

While the three actors work hard

around the sensationalist plot points (abuse, student-teacher affairs, gunplay), the narration-heavy text stifles the connections among the characters. nS

Saved by Edward Bond. Jul 14 at 12:15 pm, Jul 16 at 10:30 pm. Rating: nnn This updated remount of British playwright Edward Bond’s controversial 1965 play graphically depicts the culture of callousness among London’s lower classes.

Jack Grinhaus’s directing is sharp, intense and evocative in bringing to life Bond’s group of constantly bickering, volatile youth. (He should take it as a compliment that one audience member walked out during the play’s most infamous and disturbing scene. This isn’t a show for the faint of heart.) The show’s one weakness is its inconsistent British accents, which hamper the opening scenes but become less of an issue once the compelling story is set in motion.

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The Cage by Valerie Zawilski. Jul 14 at 11:30 pm, Jul 15 at 7 pm, Jul 17 at 1:45 pm. Rating: nn See review at nowtoronto.com/fringe

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Rhonda Baker, Christine Birch and Tara Gaucher. Jul 14 at 2:15 pm, Jul 16 at 9:45 pm. Rating: nnnn

Bordeaux by Alex Kentris. Jul 15 at 7:15 pm, Jul 17 at 4:30 pm. Rating: nn See review at nowtoronto.com/fringe

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Rating: nnn Neurotic aspiring writer Arthur (Eric

This show consists of two athletic dance pieces for two performers. Set to music by M.I.A., the Books and Sleepover, the first presents the complex situation of two women so involved in their own fantasies that each tries to impose her view on the other. The exciting choreography combines modern dance with street dance and punishing floor dives.

The short second work, set to self-help texts by Brian Tracy, comically explores competitive self-affirmation among kickboxing and yoga enthusiasts and cleverly integrates boxercise, stretching and general calisthenics with dance movements.

Rhonda Baker and Christine Birch are both tremendously agile and engaging dancers.

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faTaSTrophe by Alexandra Hurley and Laura Bonang. Jul 15 at 3:30 pm, Jul 16 at 8 pm. Rating: nnn Winningly performed by the unabashedly husky Alexandra Hurley and Laura Bonang, Fatastrophe, oddly, is a little on the slim side.

Staged as a variety act complete with fat-inspired songs and sketches, the piece is really an extended comic expression of what it’s like to not physically fit – in a group or in skinny jeans. The premise that being fat limits their lives is interesting, but the punchline-heavy scenes fail to work toward a more developed argument.

Still, many jokes – like depressed caped crusader Supercidal, and a ukulele tune called I’d Be Hot In The Renaissance – suggest that this funny show could flourish with a little more meat on its bones. nS The gianT’S garden by Peter Fenton and Scott White. Jul 14 at noon, Jul 15 at 8:45 pm, Jul 16 at 4 pm.

Rating: nnnn A giant returns from an extended vacation to find his garden isn’t how he left it: children have moved in, and he’s not happy. This highly engaging 90-minute musical brings together all the best elements of the genre, with production values beyond many Fringe musicals and delightful technicolour costumes.

The cast is sizable and so is the talent, with many standout performers. Michael MacLennan’s Giant is ferocious but not too scary for kids, Jeff Schissler as Bird and Dale Miller as Flower get their vaudevillian patter just right, and Paula Wolfson as Winter delivers the totally cool showstopper, Winter’s Here. Although it’s a children’s show on many levels, adults will enjoy the wry humour and catchy songs. df-g

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BoyfriendS by Alexander Carson and Nick Martin. Jul 14 at 6 pm, Jul 16 at 7 pm.

Rating: nnn This fascinating play imagines a night in 1958 Manhattan when friends and hungry young actors John Cassavetes (Edward Charette), Peter Falk (Johnathan Sousa) and Ben Gazzara (Nadeem UmarKhitab) drink, argue and later engage in a pissing contest involving a woman (Katerina Georgieva).

The fine young actors evoke their famous characters without resorting to impressions, their seemingly casual banter full of subtext and anticipating the dialogue rhythms in future Cassavetes films.

The ending needs tweaking, though, and a few sound design glitches mar an otherwise pleasant Fringe surprise. gS

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Mary’S wedding by Stephen Massicotte. Jul 14 at noon, Jul 16 at 7:30 pm.

Factory Mainspace. Rating: nnnn Stephen Massicotte’s drama about a pair of mismatched lovers (she’s a well-to-do English immigrant, he’s a modest prairie farm boy) in 1920 gets a fine production that beautifully captures the work’s bittersweet, dreamlike quality.

Massicotte plays ambitiously with time and place – it’s partly set in the trenches at Ypres – but director Blair Haynes and actors Jesse Nerenberg and Blythe Haynes make the transitions seamless, the performers adding lots of warmth and passion (Haynes also doubles as a stiff-upper-lip sergeant).

The show’s design (lighting and sound by Jonathan Epstein, set and costumes by Liam Hanebury) help a lot in establishing mood. And you can tell from the audience’s rapt silence that this is a special show, not to be missed. gS

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Jul 14 at 4 pm, Jul 15 at 5:15 pm, Jul 16 at 6:15 pm. Rating: nnn Zed Headscarf (Zehra Fazal) hails from North Carolina, but that doesn’t make it any easier for her to fly domestically.

Invited to lecture at an Islamic centre in New Jersey, Zed spreads the word by strumming a folk guitar and recounting the occasional vagina monologue. Her individual desires are often at odds with her life as a Muslim woman, revelling as she does in all things forbidden – like her Hindu boyfriend or (even more haaram) her blond girlfriend.

Charismatic writer/performer Fazal is very likeable, buzzing around the stage like a hijab-wearing bumblebee. But by leaning hard on the jocular side of things, Zed’s anger never fully registers, making the Lady Gaga/Hedwig-inspired ending seem like a bit of pandering. nS continued on page 46 œ

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by Vincenzo Aliberti. Jul 15 at 11:15 am, Jul 16 at 7:30 pm. Rating: NNNN The titular scamming salesman is out for all the loot he can get from a gullible town of commedia dell’arte figures in this zestful, laugh-filled production.

The large cast, working in an appropriately broad, cartoon-like style under director Teodoro Dragonieri, throw themselves into their roles, with Marcel Dragonieri perfect as the manipulative, rapid-spieling con artist.

You’ll also find lots of humour in Joanne D’Angelo’s Tartaglia, who’s outwitted by a shovel, Indrit Kasapi’s smart-ass Dottore and Rob Renda’s bossy Capitano.

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and Carlynn Reed. Jul 16 at 12:30 pm, Jul 17 at 7:30 pm. Rating: NNN This piece is a brave attempt to combine theatre and dance to lend hope to caregivers. Based on their real life experiences, Jonathon Neville and Carlynn Reed play both themselves and their suffering family members – he caring for his mother with Alzheimer’s, she for her son paralyzed through somatoform disorder.

Both realize that accepting rather than struggling against the disease is the best solution. The spoken sections can be dull, but the emotion-laden, highly imaginative dance sequences give the show its power.

The pairing of Neville with the much older Reed in all the movement sequences makes the positive statement that age should be no barrier to self-expression through dance.

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Carlone. Jul 15 at 11 pm, Jul 16 at 2:15 pm.

Rating: NNNN BC comedy duo Chris Wilson and Peter Carlone have created a hysterically funny show in which Pete looks for meaning in his young life. Inspired by Sarah McLachlan, he thinks he’s found it in composting.

Meanwhile, he peers into Chris’s troubled mind to find his heroic neurons literally battling his inner demons.

The action takes one unexpected twist after the next, involving an egotistical life coach and his “truth-bombs” and an evil composter bent on world domination. The endlessly inventive duo are expert at mime, dance and improv.

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at 12:15 pm, Jul 16 at 11 pm. Rating: NNN John the Divine and his Four Horsepeople of the Apocalypse descend on Toronto to expedite their thang, stopping to make a short but punchy appearance on a public access talk show.

Roger Beck has written a smart and caustic script that’s almost a little too heady. It has all the trappings of a tight religious satire, but mannered acting and chaotic direction keep everybody winking when teeth should be flashing.

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a dePPer KiNd of Love by Kat Leonard.

Jul 15 at 11 pm, Jul 16 at 5:15 pm, Jul 17 at noon. Rating: NN See review at nowtoronto.com/fringe

fiNaLLy: aN ePiC CyCLe by Sarah Cody.

Jul 14 at 9:30 pm, Jul 15 at 5:15 pm, Jul 16 at 1:45 pm. Rating: NNN It’s 2013 and the Leafs, unbelievably, are in the Stanley Cup finals. Gen had tickets to the game but lost them. Now she and her nerdy flatmate race through Toronto to track them down so Gen’s boyfriend won’t dump her yet again.

The play spends so much time on the characters’ various relationships that the dramatic tension fizzles and we nearly forget about the tickets. The clever story needs tighter editing. Given the chase around the city, a bike messenger as narrator and the bike-riding bounty hunter trying to trace her, the action would suit the screen much better than the stage.

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Get HaPPy by Nicholas Power and Alisha Ruiss. Jul 14 at 7:45 pm, Jul 15 at 1:45 pm, Jul 16 at 3:30 pm. Rating: N See review at nowtoronto.com/fringe

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7:30 pm, Jul 17 at 5:15 pm. George Ignatieff Theatre.

Rating: NNNNN This fully staged chamber musical, imaginatively directed by Donna Marie Baratta, seems primed for a professional run.

The once carefree Michael Ryan Kelly must learn to come to terms with living with HIV, cleverly personified as Henry, a jeal-

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Nikki Payne. Jul 14 at 4:15 pm, Jul 15 at 9:15 pm, Jul 16 at noon. Rating: NNN Under the moniker of Ted Hollister’s Cow, comedians Nikki Payne and Terry Clement assault the audience with dirty songs, a commercial for “gunt cream,” and a reboot of the Superman history minute that we’re damn lucky isn’t A Part of Our Heritage. While a few of their sketches don’t quite work, this profane duo succeeds with their belligerence (see title) and vanity-free kibitzing.

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Here you are by Natalia Goodwin. Jul 14 at 2 pm, Jul 16 at 8:45 pm, Jul 17 at 1:45 pm. Rating: NN See review at nowtoronto.com/fringe JaPe PreseNts: tHe GraPes of KHaN

Jul 14 at 6 pm, Jul 16 at 7 pm, Jul 17 at 4 pm. Rating: NNN Local sketch troupe Jape should gain new fans thanks to their funny mix of cerebral and stupid humour. Kinda like Kids in the Hall for the Family Guy generation, these four dudes consider homoerotic undertones in Sherlock Holmes, what the prom might be like at Franz Kafka High and how a choose-your-own-adventure novel about the Holocaust might go.

Their funniest bit lampoons Just For Laughs gags by imagining a team of French-Canadian writers feverishly brainstorming ways to startle pedestrians. Hilarious.

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MisPriNt (1st issue) by Lauren Toffan and Yan Li. Jul 15 at 3:30 pm, Jul 17 at 7:30 pm. Rating: NNN Imagine Archie and the gang with a Truman Show concept, performed as a campy musical and you’ve got the gist of Misprint.

Elly – a sweet-voiced Lauren Toffan doing triple duty as writer, director and star – begins to question what’s going on behind the panels after finding a mysterious paper in her poodle skirt.

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ous tough guy who haunts Michael and his relationships. The story, told primarily through song with little dialogue, feels authentic. Christopher Wilson’s music ranges from a comic bathhouse tango to the tearful song Michael’s mother sings to her comatose son. The piece might be stronger if the characters avoided psychobabble when analyzing their relationships, but this is a quibble given the committed, passionate performances from the entire six person cast.

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The relentlessly peppy score and candycoated design could benefit from some modulation. While the ensemble really brings it – especially the trio of sassy chorines – only a few of the numbers stand out in this charming if trifling show.

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The Travelling Salesman & His Magical Suitcase Of Desires! delights family audiences at FringeKids.

tHe BriGHt idea by Jillian Larkin. Jul 14 at 4 pm, Jul 16 at 1 pm, Jul 17 at 7 pm. Rating: NN See review at nowtoronto. com/fringe oH, raveN! by Allen Hughes. Jul 14 at 12:45 pm, Jul 15 at 2:45 pm, Jul 17 at 3:30 pm. Rating: NN See review at nowtoronto.com/ fringe

New York-based comic Martin Dockery, who scored a Fringe hit with Wanderlust in 2009, is back with another standout solo show. This time his character is a dude-like guy who communicates with us from heaven to describe the many perks he’s discovered beyond the grave. Resembling a hippie raconteur on crack, Dockery is a master of smooth, rapid-fire delivery and rich, descriptive, over-the-top comedic storytelling.

Never missing a beat, he energetically weaves multiple narratives about the weird culture of heaven, the fantastic deaths of others he’s met there and the terrors he’s learned exist in hell. It’s all very tongue-in-cheek, but surprisingly ends up hitting something real.

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tHe deMoNstrator by Grayson R Moore. Jul 14 at 10:30 pm, Jul 17 at 4:30 pm. Rating: NN See review at nowtoronto.com/fringe

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disCHarGe by Paul Charbonneau and Tyson James. Jul 15 at 9:45 pm, Jul 17 at 2:45 pm. Rating: NNN Combining live dance and text (some of it pre-recorded), performers Tyson James and Paul Charbonneau explore the intimate corners of their sexuality in this brave, occasionally distressing show.

The performers act as both foreground and background, gracefully connecting their audio selves to their dancing bodies, participating and commenting in perfect balance.

While most of the dance segments stand alone beautifully and James’s monologue about high school enthralls, the four separate characters are indistinct, the overall arc dissolving instead of discharging.

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by Tom McGee and Megan Miles. Jul 14 at 2:30 pm, Jul 15 at 6:15 pm, Jul 16 at 11:30 am.

Rating: NNNN In this Muppet-style puppet show, Shakey-Shake (read Shakespeare) helps a boy named Zip understand first love by telling him the R-and-J story, set in a Verona where just about everyone are cousins.

Adaptor/performer Tom McGee mixes bits of the Bard with some contemporary references and sly laughs (puppets like these have trouble biting their thumbs in the opening scene). He and his energetic cast create an entertaining production that’ll satisfy both youngsters and their parents.

If there’s a flaw in the show, it’s that the too-brief frame with Zip could use a more substantial link to the famous love story. JK

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15 at 7:45 pm, Jul 16 at 2:15 pm, Jul 17 at 5:15 pm. Rating: NNN Toronto kid detective Wanda T. Grimsby’s latest case involves keeping two weird animals apart so they don’t cause havoc.

Wanda has the best of reasons to be successful: she’s paid in candy.

Emily Andrews brings the right amount of audience-involving energy to the show, and Justin Bott’s sound effects are winners in this youngster-pleasing production.

Too bad playwright Melissa Major, playing Wanda’s boss, uses an accent so thick JK that it’s largely unintelligible.

oPeratioN iMPervious by Bil Antoniou. Jul 15 at 2:15 pm, Jul 16 at 10:30 pm.

Rating: NN See review at nowtoronto.com/fringe NNN = Recommended, memorable scenes

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Up-to-the-minute reviews and reports at nowtoronto.com/fringe Suicide(S) in VegaS by Evan Placey. Jul 14 at 1:45 pm, Jul 16 at 5:15 pm, Jul 17 at 9 pm. Rating: nn See review at nowtoronto.com/fringe

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wood. Jul 14 at 7 pm, Jul 15 at 6:15 pm, Jul 16 at 1:45 pm. Rating: nnnn This hilarious new absurdist comedy from writer Adam Underwood imagines two Soviet soldiers tasked with guarding a boxcar containing Lenin’s embalmed corpse as it’s transported away from Moscow during the Nazi invasion of Russia.

The two are trapped inside the boxcar when the train mysteriously stops, the stress of isolation amplifying their neurotic and psychotic tendencies.

Andrea Donaldson helms a strong cast, keeping the unpredictable action rolling through shocking twists and disturbing turns. A simple set, realistic costumes (augmented by a few trippy choices) and echoheavy sound design contribute to creating JB a hellish, dreamlike world.

Village Of idiOTS by Dan Bell, Craig Dean and Mark McIntyre. Jul 14 at 3:30 pm, Jul 16 at 7 pm, Jul 17 at 1 pm. Rating: nn See review at nowtoronto.com/fringe

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The Billy Willy ShOW Jul 15 at 10:30

pm, Jul 16 at 8 pm. Rating: nnn Speaking with a subdued late-night Southern drawl while hosting his country-andwestern internet radio program, Billy Willy shares anecdotes about his career and failed relationships. Unlike many monologists, Billy does not shy away from finding strength in moments of onstage silence.

Some of the subversive and sexual humour won’t be every theatregoer’s bottle of moonshine, but the use of voice and detailed character work in this avant-garde show keeps you hooked. df-g

excuSe me, WOuld yOu like TO Buy a Bar? by Wesley J Colford. Jul 14 at 9:45 pm, Jul 15 at 5:15 pm, Jul 17 at 5:45 pm.

Rating: nnn Friends in their 20s struggle to find direction and explore the impact of art on their lives while asserting independence from parents and classrooms. The strongest scenes occur when playwright/actor Wesley J. Colford stays true to these themes, especially when struggling young artist Cathy (Kate Etienne) feels let down after her art exhibition. But Colford also incorporates teen pregnancy, homosexuality and emotional binge eating, subjects that overpower the script and evade indepth explorations.

The eager cast embrace their roles, and Celine Peel Michaud gives a particularly grounded performance as Cathy’s lover, Crystal. The addition of a wandering stranger (Kent Nolan) offering guidance prodf-g vides a quirky twist.

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Jul 17 at 12:30 pm. Rating: nnn Andrew Bailey cleverly captures the audience’s attention by claiming he can solve the meaning of life in the show’s first minute. What follows is a fascinating and sometimes horrifying monologue about the challenges of coping with religion, mental illness and the struggle for social acceptance while growing up in B.C. Bailey talks about meeting junkies, hearing voices and feeling possessed by demons, but shrewdly offsets the bleaker moments with humorous asides. df-g

PaT BurTScher’S Waffle hOuSe by

Pat Burtscher. Jul 14 at 8 pm, Jul 15 at 8:45 pm, Jul 16 at 4:30 pm. Rating: n See review at nowtoronto.com/fringe

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Breaking neWS by Brett Haynes.

Jul 14 at 3:30 pm, Jul 16 at 3:30 pm.

Rating: nnnn This intense and very funny show imagines a fictional Illinois town reacting to the famous 1938 War Of The Worlds radio broadcast, which fooled many Americans into believing an actual alien invasion was under way.

A fiery and fanatical mayor is pressured by a group of scared townspeople and his greedy wife into promoting human sacrifice as the only way to appease their apparent Martian overlords. A creative fracturing of the fourth wall and inventive use of the theatre space make this a unique and gripping experience. My only quibble is with a few anachronisms in some of the costumes.

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Jim Annan, Brian Froud, Scott Montgomery and Eric Toth. Jul 14 at 5:15 pm, Jul 16 at 8:45 pm. Rating: nnn If you like celebrity impressions, comedian Brian Froud’s rapid-fire solo show about a telethon to help rebuild Hamilton (it gets crushed by a meteorite) has got your number.

raTOn laVeur by A Crawley, D Flemming and C Stewart. Jul 15 at 9:45 pm, Jul 17 at 2:45 pm. St. Vladimir’s Theatre. Rating: nnnnn This tar-black comedic two-hander will work you over in about eight different ways. David Patrick Flemming and Caitlin Stewart (who also co-wrote with director Amos Crawley) give knockout performances as a deceptively comfortable young couple dealing with the aftermath of a raccoon attack.

The horrifically gored apartment and Crawley’s sensitive direction smartly draw out the ways that individual anxieties can bludgeon a relationship. The text is as natural-sounding as it is hilarious.

But this is more than just a play about pest control gone deeply wrong. The psychological subtext and committed, intelligent acting keep this show lingering in your imagination long after both pest and control have flown the coop. nS

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fringe festival reviews Writer/performer Jenna Turk provides lots of energy and drolly communicates Parker’s sometimes self-deprecating humour, and Laura Storey’s design is a clever one. Still, the production, directed by Maya Rabinovitch, needs more quiet, reflective moments and a better sense in the writing of why Parker’s determined to do herself in.

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AuSten for the Attention-impAireD by Tali Brady. Jul 14 at 3:30 pm,

Jul 15 at 1:45 pm, Jul 16 at 7 pm, Jul 17 at 7:30 pm. Rating: nnn The idea of presenting all six of Jane Austen’s novels in only an hour with just two actors has lots of comic potential. Unfortunately, playwright Tali Brady has the mistaken notion that including the fictional backstories of the actors and stage manager will somehow make the show more amusing. It doesn’t.

The Star Wars, Seinfeld and CSI versions of the novels are very funny, but it seems a waste of precious minutes to shift the focus even momentarily away from Austen.

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Brother AnDre’S heArt by Linda Griffiths. Jul 15 at 11 pm, Jul 17 at 5:15 pm. Rating: nn See review at nowtoronto.com/fringe ChAotiCA by Christel Bartelse. Jul 14 at 7 pm. Rating: nnnn Caught in an existential board game that reflects her history and desires, a woman plays to win back control of her life and make her innermost wishes come true.

Christel Bartelse’s high-intensity, clown-tinged performance under Diana Kolpak’s direction is always winning, and the box-filled design holds surprises not only for the character but also for the audience. If you’re a tall guy, expect to be part of the audience participation.

An added plus is the droll, controlling voice of Alex Dallas as the game-master, which adds a note of Queen-of-Hearts menace to the show.

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ragon Extra Space. Rating: nnnnn Say hello to the next Michael Bublé. Michael Hughes’s show is a well-honed cabaret act with Hughes’s life story linking his tremendous performances of 15 famous show tunes. With much humour he tells how his parents tried to cure him of crossdressing and his obsession with Judy Garland by sending him to the Clarke Institute.

Only when he engineers a trip to New York City does he discover there are other people as mad about musicals as he is.

Hughes has a unique combination of charisma and complete lack of pretence. He makes each song, no matter how well known, into a personal expression of emotion. His passion makes all the old standards sound brand new.

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Performing more than 40 characters in 50 minutes, Froud cycles through stars from film (John Travolta, Matthew McConaughey, Sylvester Stallone) and TV (Dr. Phil, Ricky Gervais, Snooki) as each makes self-deprecating remarks or recites catchphrases.

Froud struggles with his Christopher Walken (the telethon’s host) and Arnold Schwarzenegger, especially when saying words the actors have not themselves spoken on film. But there are more hits than misses; his Russell Oliver, Gordon Ramsay and Dr. Oz impressions absolutely JB kill.

A Different WomAn: A true Story of A texAS ChilDhooD by Veronica Russell. Jul 15 at 4 pm, Jul 16 at 10:30 pm.

Rating: nnn In this solo piece of social history brought to life, Veronica Russell plays E. Gertrude Beasley, a Texas schoolteacher who wrote a controversial autobiography in 1925.

Addressing the audience in a convincing Southern drawl, Russell matter-of-factly tells the tales of family strife and sexual violence Beasley endured as she searched for a way to escape rural poverty and cope with her large and dysfunctional family.

The show’s weakness is its limited dynamics. Russell sits in a single wooden chair and occasionally slowly walks around it, making the 90-minute show feel a little tedious at times. But she’s a talented performer, and this is an important window into American history.

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Abaire. Jul 14 at 7 pm, Jul 17 at 4:30 pm. Rating: nnnn This well-crafted remount of the 2007 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for drama pairs award-winning director Rick Rose with a strong ensemble cast. Rose’s approach to the hard-hitting emotional story – about a family in suburban New York struggling with the accidental death of their young son – bubbles with realism.

Standout performances by Linda A. Palmieri and Marco Timpano mean the play holds your attention for its full 90 minutes. David Lindsay-Abaire’s strong script strategically tempers the heart-rending tragedy with well-placed comedy underlining everyday foibles, which the cast plays just right.

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Dario Fo, adapted by Matt Jones. Jul 14 at noon, Jul 15 at 8 pm, Jul 16 at 1:45 pm.

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noon, Jul 16 at 8:45 pm. Rating: nnn Century-old author, critic and satirist Dorothy Parker can’t commit suicide, try as she might, so she enlists the audience to help her in this sometimes witty play set in a graveyard.

Dubbed “the defier of death,” Parker toys with hemlock, electrocution, hanging, sleeping pills and other means but remains steadfastly suicidally challenged.

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CAnCer CAn’t DAnCe liKe thiS by Daniel Stolfi. Jul 15 at 3:30 pm, Jul 16 at 8 pm. Rating: nnn Stolfi turns his two-year battle with cancer into a show that combines some moving journal entries with stand-up comedy.

In the comedy segments, he personifies not only the tricky illness but also his own sex drive, appetite, hair and strength, all of which are initially beaten down by the lymphoma but, like Stolfi himself, refuse to give up.

And that dance idea from the title resonates throughout the show. At first, it’s reflected in the rhythm of his heartbeat, to which the tumour sways. By the end, it’s Stolfi who parades jubilantly in a Michael JK Jackson turn.

CenDrillon by Patricia Allison and Kevin Michael Shea. Jul 14 at 11:30 pm, Jul 15 at noon, Jul 16 at 6:15 pm. Rating: nnn A mostly dance version of Cinderella has the shy title figure and her two nasty stepsisters vying for the affections of a bar mitzvah boy.

No glass slipper here but rather a pair of high-top sneakers, and some final thoughts about growing up.

Patricia Allison’s choreography (she also plays Cendrillon) better defines the characters than director Kevin Michael Shea’s text, especially in the party scene, where the stepsisters become frantic, angry wallflowers as the central couple slow-dances.

There are a few other notable dance moments, such as the sisters vying before the dance, while Scott Christian’s score JK helps define the characters.

Don Quixote by Ryan M Sero and Aaron Joel Craig. Jul 14 at 7:30 pm, Jul 16 at 4 pm. Rating: nn See review at nowtoronto.com/fringe

GrounDeD in fAntASy by PJ Elwood. Jul 15 at 11 pm, Jul 16 at 2:15 pm. Rating: nn See review at nowtoronto.com/fringe

love, virtuAlly by Chloe Whitehorn.

rememBer, mAGGy? by Carol Anne Murray and Matt Murray. Jul 15 at 5:15 pm, Jul 16 at 10:30 pm. Rating: nnn Two sisters, one a shy housewife and the other a liquor-loving actor, deal with a troubled family history and their mother, whose Alzheimer’s advances during the show’s action.

The script is sometimes moving but also occasionally melodramatic. There are some laughs here, too, though often of the sitcom variety, but the shift in tone between humour and seriousness doesn’t always succeed.

Matt Murray, who wrote the script with his mother Carol Anne Murray, gets good performances from his actors, especially Alanis Peart as an over-eager neighbour. JK

Jul 14 at noon, Jul 15 at 8:45 pm, Jul 17 at 5:15 pm. Rating: nnn This show is like random episodes of a Sex And The City knock-off. The exposition is poor, the conclusion unclear, the direction unimaginative and the satire of online dating stale.

Yet the seven-member cast is clearly talented and has so much presence, it makes the dialogue actually sound witty. As Laurel, the central character, Bunmi Adeoye glows with warmth, humour and sympathy. The cast later delivers three short songs with such panache you wish someone had taken the play and completely reworked it for them as a musical.

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Looking like a rangy Spalding Gray, solo performer Allan Girod radiates likeability as the anxious paper pusher forced to reevaluate his life. His Rodney is slightly less appealing, with his puerile interpersonal activities, but that makes Harry’s eventual redemption all the more satisfying.

While the plot is as thin as the paper Harry supplies, Girod’s elastic physicality and heartfelt presence make him utterly watchable right to the optimistic end. nS

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Jul 14 at 9:45 pm, Jul 16 at 9:45 pm, Jul 17 at 3:30 pm. Rating: nnnn Writer/actor Laura Anne Harris, a warm and engaging performer, looks at the life and career of Broadway and Hollywood star Judy Holliday in this marvellous blend of comedy and poignancy.

Harris has Holliday’s voice down pat, and, under the direction of Judith McDowell, the show’s highlights are the scenes in which the super-bright Holliday uses her ditzy blond persona from Born Yesterday to ward off charges of Communism.

There are lots of other memorable moments, including Holliday auditioning for the Mercury Theatre with a piece from Aristophanes’s The Frogs and her association with musical theatre legends Betty Comden and Adolph Green.

JK A winning Fringe production.

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Jul 14 at 4 pm, Jul 15 at 7 pm, Jul 17 at 1:45 pm. Rating: nnnnn Teens romp on a Hawaiian beach and fall in love in this affectionate send-up of 60s Frankie Avalon/Annette Funicello movies.

Performed with great energy, hula hoops, surfboards and a live band (the von Drats), the production features imaginative choreography by writer/director Allison Beula.

The songs are both new (by Jeffery Straker) and period pieces like How To Stuff A Wild Bikini.

The blend of 60s surfing language and contemporary references– who knew that a woody would come to mean something other than a surfboard? – resonates with audiences of various ages.

Fluff, but really entertaining, outtasight fluff.

JK

viDeo-GAmeS: the muSiCAl by Noah Langer and Jon Adediji. Jul 14 at 2:15 pm, Jul 15 at 1:45 pm. Rating: nnn Three friends are flung into a video game fantasy world, where they have to fight a bully to return home and save the future of video games.

Full of clever visuals (designed by Andy Kirkness) and narrative ideas that aren’t always realized in this overambitious production, the show still has its laughs, though the musical numbers are often flatly performed. Keep an eye out for all The Wizard Of Oz echoes.

With its references to Tomb Raider, Super Mario, Mortal Kombat and other popular games, inveterate gamers will love this show.

JK

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Kovac. Jul 14 at 8 pm, Jul 15 at 3:30 pm, Jul 16 at 2:45 pm. Rating: n See review at nowtoronto.com/fringe

So i mArrieD A muSlim by Sandra Pascuzzi. Jul 14 at 2:45 pm, Jul 16 at 6:15 pm, Jul 17 at 5:45 pm. Rating: nnn Sandra Pascuzzi’s autobiographical solo show contains a rich premise about crosscultural love, but it could use a better structure and a stronger emotional palette.

Italo-Australian Sandra meets her future fiancé, an Indian-Canadian, while travelling, and the two correspond before getting engaged. The problem is, we know so little about her, him or what they see in each other that we don’t care about the various roadblocks to marital bliss.

Directed by Sandra Battaglini, Pascuzzi uses puppets (with varying degrees of success) to tell the story, and she’s an appealing, modest performer, at her most entertaining when evoking her critical, old-school Italian parents.

GS the SoDS by Jason Thompson. Jul 14 at 4:30 pm, Jul 15 at 10:30 pm, Jul 16 at 8 pm, Jul 17 at 12:30 pm. Rating: nn See review at nowtoronto.com/fringe viSA CAlleD thiS morninG by Jen Gallant. Jul 14 at 9:45 pm, Jul 17 at 4 pm.

Rating: nnn Credit card stress induces a state of serious paranoia in Jen Gallant’s solo show about the interest you don’t want. Gallant charms as the feckless debtee, juxtaposing childhood flashbacks with various silly-voiced characters in the present. Too many musical interludes and a lack of development in the otherwise likeable main character means this Visa doesn’t always pay off. nS nn = Seriously flawed

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Keep TighTly Closed in A Cool dry plACe by Megan Terry. Jul 15 at 9:45 pm,

Jul 17 at 2:45 pm. Rating: nn See review at nowtoronto.com/ fringe

The loVe oCTAgon by Chris Craddock and Ron Pederson. Jul 15 at 2:15 pm, Jul 16 at 10:30 pm. Rating: nnnn After seeking recent relationship stories from four audience members, Chris Craddock and Ron Pederson improvise a show, interweaving the tales so the eight characters (4 x 2 = an octagon, get it?) intersect in imaginative, funny and often surreal ways.

The concept shows off the pair’s chemistry as they set up challenges (sometimes the two alternate as the same character), hold mini-conferences to monitor the show’s direction and one-up each other, getting laughs from their focus, strong sense of place and balls-to-the-walls chutzpah.

Keyboardist Waylen Miki helps enhance the scenes with his improvised music. Note: the more people attend, the better the show. gs

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MisTer BAxTer by Kate Fenton. Jul 14 at 3:30 pm, Jul 16 at 7 pm, Jul 17 at 1 pm.

Rating: nnn Kate Fenton’s structurally fascinating play shifts continually among three sets of two characters, all with stories related to the TTC. Set in the present, not the 1950s or 60s, the play’s main flaw is the stereotyped title character, a closeted, self-loathing gay man, distraught that he has been found out.

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by James M Gangl. Jul 15 at 7 pm, Jul 17 at 2:15 pm. Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace. Rating: nnnn James Gangl’s unforgettable autobiographical show deals with all of those catchy things in the title, which variously affect his relationship with a smart, gorgeous model he meets while shooting a TV commercial.

A noted improviser, Gangl has always been a likeable, charming comic, but his emotional honesty here, especially in the second half, deepens the humour. His use of poetry – as confession or even impassioned rap – is especially revealing.

Here’s hoping for a remount in which Gangl, ably directed

by Chris Gibbs, will be able to slow down and not have to keep saying, “There’s no time for laughs!” (which ironically gets more laughs). gs

Baxter’s actions have something to do with one couple’s marital breakup and the spat between a high school guy and his possessive girlfriend. Fenton keeps us guessing what the links are while she plays with our assumptions in creating possible scenarios. Gradually, the underground connections come to light to show how a single act can have repercussions far beyond what the doer can imagine.

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p-dAle by Luis Fernandes. Jul 14 at 7 pm, Jul 15 at 6:15 pm, Jul 16 at 1:45 pm. Rating: nnn

There’s lots of potential in Luis Fernandes’s funny, gritty script about a ragtag group of losers planning a convenience store heist in Parkdale.

It’d be nice to know a bit more about the group – how they know each other, what’s at stake for them – without resorting to the occasional disruptive monologue. But most of the performers generate a lot of energy, and there are some great one-liners and visual jokes, including one where the author himself, playing a Richmond Hill-born rapper, straps on a dildo as a mask. gs

Queer BAThrooM Monologues by

Sheila L Cavanagh. Jul 14 at 10:30 pm, Jul 17 at 4:30 pm. Rating: nnn Inspired by a series of interviews, York prof Sheila L. Cavanagh’s entertaining and thoughtful show flushes out many mysteries about public washrooms, from the origin of the word “toilet” to the downlow on public sex.

She’s especially sensitive to transphobia and gender-specific washrooms. One of the most gripping sequences involves a recent story about a lesbian York U worker who was beaten in April at a campus pub.

Episodic by nature and featuring some uneven performances (people: sometimes less really is more), the show is energetically staged and always fun to watch.

Jacqueline Comor’s set and props are especially effective, with bathroom paraphernalia (toilet brushes, rolls of toilet paper) used in clever and theatrical ways. gs

TheMe pArK by David Jacobson. Jul 14 at noon, Jul 15 at 11:30 pm. Rating: nnn After a tragicomic accident involving a roller coaster and killer whales, a gunman takes hostages while a seen-it-all amusement park detective and his assistant try to talk him down.

David Jacobson’s script is filled with imaginative details and characters; wait till you hear Sid the Squid’s costume regimen or the story of a particularly gruesome decapitation. But the show could use a firmer structure and more vivid sense of place, and Jacobson’s performance might benefit from more shading and better pacing. Still, give the guy points for chutzpah; he clearly loves being onstage, and his spirit’s infectious. gs

WilliAM shAKespeAre’s BeAuTy And The BeAsT by Matt McCready. Jul 14 at 5:15 pm, Jul 15 at 8 pm, Jul 16 at noon. Rating: n See review at nowtoronto.com/fringe

Wishes Are horses by Peter BlochHansen. Jul 14 at 1:45 pm, Jul 16 at 5:15 pm, Jul 17 at 9 pm. Rating: nn See review at nowtoronto.com/fringe

siTe-sPecific venues AWAKe by Laura Mullin and Chris Tolley. Walmer Baptist Church (188 Lowther). Jul 14 at 8 pm, Jul 15 at 8 pm, Jul 16 at 8 pm, Jul 17 at 8 pm. Rating: nnnn Presented in a church, part memorial service and part celebration of life, Awake explores the causes of gun violence and the effects on all involved.

The kaleidoscopic narrative, drawn partly from interviews, doesn’t always give the story the moving effect it might have, but the committed cast, playing multiple characters, sing, dance and act powerfully in a well-staged production that draws on hymns and hip-hop numbers.

Standouts in the cast are Quancetia Hamilton and Beryl Bain as mothers who lose sons to the violence that’s bubbling in their community.

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In this funny solo show, gifted character actor Diane L. Johnstone brings to life a range of churchgoing folks, from a wisecracking granny to an ex-stripper with attitude.

The story is an update of the Biblical tale of Hosea – a prophet who marries a prostitute on God’s command – set within the microcosm of a church meeting. Johnstone uses the action to tease out important issues like abortion, infidelity and how people get defined by their past. She might have enlisted a few actors to play supporting characters, but the experience, set in the church and accompanied by juice, cookies, singing and clapping, alJB ready feels very real.

La Duchesse De Langeais by Michel Tremblay. The Central (603 Markham). Jul 14 at 8:30 pm, Jul 15 at 8:30 pm, Jul 16 at 8:30 pm, Jul 17 at 8 pm.

Rating: nnnn After years of attracting hearts and cocks, an old queen discovers the pain of lost love in this rarely performed Michel Tremblay monologue.

Director Natalie Feheregyhazi has cleverly divided the lines among three characters (two men and a woman), providing a moving and kaleidoscopic look at a character whose attempts to drown herself in booze only rekindle further upsetting memories.

There’s fine chemistry among the trio of actors, (Robert Godin, Amelia Sargisson and Lawrence Cotton), all of whom offer different aspects of la Duchesse’s personality. The intimate bar setting, though steamy at times, helps to heat up the pressure in the script.

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Dungeons & Dragons, (not) the MusicaL Snakes and Lattes (600 Bloor West). Jul 14 at 7 pm, Jul 16 at 5 pm. Rating: n See review at nowtoronto.com/fringe

euripiDes’ cycLops Honest Ed’s Parking Lot (581 Bloor West). Jul 14 at 7:30 pm, Jul 15 at 7:30 pm, Jul 16 at 7:30 pm, Jul 17 at 7:30 pm. Rating: nnn Think classical Greek drama is only a serious examination of humankind’s place in the universe?

Check out this irreverent, raunchy songfilled satyr play, directed by Jessie Fraser, in which the hungry, one-eyed, giant Cyclops

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(Kiersten Tough) captures the brave but dumb Odysseus (Dan Leberg) and his men.

The show’s most entertaining characters are Silenus and his offspring, the priapic, wine-loving satyrs. Don’t miss the satyrs’ pre-show in Honest Ed’s alleyway, in which they use their jumbo penises to engage people walking by.

Phallic fun.

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the goDot cycLe Honest Ed’s Underground Parking (581 Bloor West). Jul 15 at 6 pm. Rating: nnn Repeating Beckett’s Waiting For Godot for 54 hours is a pointless exercise, since the play itself already contains enough repetition to suggest Beckett’s meaning that life is hell without making actors literally endure it.

Under director Rona Waddington the cast speaks Beckett’s words as ordinary prose rather than the bleak poetry it is. But staging the play on an impromptu stage in an underground parking lot has two unexpected benefits. The resounding echoes reinforce the imagery of the world as a void, and the lack of offstage space, with the actors always in view, underscores the theme of life as theatrical performance.

It’s an experiment worth seeing primarily for the discussions it will provoke. ch gravestone posse CIUT Radio (7 Hart House Circle). Jul 14 at 8 pm, Jul 15 at 8 pm, Jul 16 at 1 pm, Jul 17 at 8 pm. Rating:

nn See review at nowtoronto.com/fringe

haLcyon youth by Michael Orlando and G/SJPS students. Givins-Shaw Public School (180 Shaw). Jul 14 at 6 pm, Jul 15 at 6 pm, Jul 16 at 6 pm. Rating: nnn Pitting audience members against the kids of Givins/Shaw JPS in three lawless rounds of ball hockey, Variation Theatre glories in the unbridled joy of getting your game on.

While there’s no script or overt theatricality, referee Omar Hady’s spirited commentary highlights the drama in the relationships and personalities of the kids at play. Being asked to compete against people half your age (and height) is intense.

Featuring a nightly guest from the arts community, Halcyon Youth is only missing one thing: a sense of purpose. Playing like a kid is fun, but it’s neither theatre nor installation. Think of it as a seventh-inning stretch between all those sit-down shows. ns

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JCC (750 Spadina). Jul 14 at 9:30 pm, Jul 15 at 9:30 pm, Jul 16 at 9:30 pm. Rating: nnnnn A pair of clowns in 17th-century Switzerland have to defend their profession and their lives against a number of forces, including a clownophobic military man.

This exhilarating site-specific show, played outdoors by an energetic cast and directed by Sue Miner, makes great use of

JungLe 1 Central Technical School (725

Bathurst). Jul 14 at 7 pm, Jul 15 at 7 pm, Jul 16 at 7 pm, Jul 17 at 7 pm. Rating: nn See review at nowtoronto.com/fringe

the Man on My Face by Neil Cameron.

Studio 976 Hair Salon (976 Bathurst). Jul 14 at 7 pm, Jul 14 at 8:15 pm, Jul 15 at 7 pm, Jul 15 at 8:15 pm, Jul 16 at 7 pm, Jul 16 at 8:15 pm, Jul 17 at 2 pm, Jul 17 at 3:30 pm. Rating: nnn An insecure, indecisive man named Stuart goes to an Italian barber to be taught the secret of machismo and finds himself in an unintended therapy session.

the trees, bushes and woodsy path of the JCC playground. If you listen carefully, you’ll hear some points about the value of the artist and the disrespect to which performers are often subjected.

Its combination of puppets, court jesters, booable villains and street performers makes this show one of the Fringe’s most entertaining productions.

JK

Neil Cameron’s script has some sharp, self-deprecating laughs, and he plays Stuart with a nicely understated style opposite Torquil Colbo’s seemingly more together barber.

The intimacy of performing in a real stylist’s salon adds a sense of confidentialJK ity to the production.

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Jul 14 at 8 pm, Jul 15 at 8 pm, Jul 16 at 8 pm, Jul 17 at 8 pm. Rating: nnnn Leonard Cervantes puts all those 90s TV tropes to glorious use in his musical tribute to the traditional Filipina debut.

When Veronica (Belinda Corpuz), the debutante in question, reveals she’s pregnant, it draws out the loyalty and jealousy in her tight circle of friends.

Perfectly shaded renditions of Boyz II Men, Salt-N-Pepa and Mariah punctuate Cervantes’s clever dialogue, which also has moments of seriousness. Tony Ofori’s arresting as Jerome, Veronica’s black boyfriend who thoughtfully calls out her Filipino friends on their assumptions about him.

What’s particularly impressive is how immersive the debut (pronounced “dayboo”) experience is, guided by the ensemble, in Jodinand Aguillon’s shrewd costumes, and their fly dance moves. ns 3

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

The rating system is as follows: NNNNN Standing ovation NNNN Sustained applause NNN Recommended, memorable scenes NN Seriously flawed N Get out the hook

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All listings are free. Send to: stage@nowtoronto.com, fax to 416-364-1166 or mail to Theatre, NOW Magazine, 189 Church, Toronto M5B 1Y7. Include title, author, producer, brief synopsis, times, range of ticket prices (include stu/srs discounts and PWYC days), venue name and address and box office/info phone number. Listings may be edited for space. Deadline is the Thursday before publication at 5 pm.

Opening BLUE MAN GROUP (Mirvish). The multimedia theatrical troupe presents its ñ latest creation. Opens Jul 19 and runs to Jul

30, Mon-Sat 8 pm, mats Thu and Sat-Sun 2 pm. $40-$99. Princess of Wales Theatre, 300 King W. 416-872-1212, mirvish.com.

COLOMBIAN COLOURS – IL DIASPORA FESTIVAL

(Harbourfront Centre). This cultural festival features Ballet Raices de Colombia, sketches

by Crisalida arts group and more. Jul 15-17, see website for schedule. Free. 235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000, harbourfrontcentre.com.

THE COMEDY OF ERRORS by William Shakespeare (Humber River Shakespeare Co). Mis-

NEXT TO NORMAL by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey (Dancap Productions). A woman ñ struggles with bipolar disorder and the effect

taken identities lead to trouble in this comedy presented outdoors. Pwyc. Jul 19, 7 pm, at Humber Bay Shores (15 Marine Parade Drive); Jul 20-22, Wed-Fri 7 pm, at Thornlodge Park (Thorn Lodge and Winthrop, Mississauga).

Runs to Aug 1, see website for other dates and locations around Ontario. 416-209-2026, humberrivershakespeare.ca.

HAMILTON FRINGE FESTIVAL (Hamilton Fringe Festival). Works by Puppets Who Kill Productions, Nicholas Wallace, Corktown Players and others are presented. Opens Jul 14 and runs to Jul 24, see website for details. $9, pass $48.

Downtown Arts Centre, 22 Rebecca, and Theatre Aquarius, 190 King William, Hamilton. hamiltonfringe.ca.

THE KREUTZER SONATA adapted by Ted Dykstra (Soulpepper). Dykstra performs his adaptation of Tolstoy’s novella inspired by Beethoven’s sonata. Previews to Jul 14. Opens Jul 15 and runs to Aug 11, see website for schedule. $25-$35, rush $5-$22. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 55 Mill. 416-8668666, soulpepper.ca.

LYSISTRATA – THE SEX STRIKE adapted by Germaine Greer (Hart House Theatre/Canopy Theatre). Aristophanes’s Greek comedy about women who withhold sex until the men end the wars gets an outdoor staging. Opens Jul 20 and runs to Aug 6, Wed-Sat 8 pm. $10, stu/srs $8, Wed pwyc. Philosopher’s Walk, 80 Queen’s Park. 416-978-8849, canopytheatre.ca.

MARAT/SADE by Peter Weiss (Soup Can Theatre). The Marquis de Sade stages a drama about the French Revolution inside a mental institution. Opens Jul 19 and runs to Jul 24, Tue-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $15. Alumnae Theatre, 70 Berkeley. maratsade.ca.

MY BROTHER’S KEEPER by Cheryl Nembhard (Exousia Media Group). A pastor deals with kids from a tough neighbourhood and his troubled brother. Jul 14-17, Thu and Sat-Sun 7 pm, Fri 7:30 pm, mats Sat-Sun 2 pm. $40-$75.

Music Hall, 147 Danforth. 647-955-2108, mybrotherskeeperplay.com.

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THE ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY COMPLETELY MADE UP SHOW See Thu 14.

ADAM CAROLLA The Union and 102.1 the

How to place a listing

All listings are free. Send to: stage@nowtoronto.com, fax 416-364-1166 or mail to Comedy, NOW Magazine, 189 Church, Toronto M5B 1Y7. Include title, producer, comics, brief synopsis, days and times, range of ticket prices, venue name and address and box office/ info phone number/website. Listings may be edited for space. Deadline is the Thursday before publication at 5 pm.

Thursday, July 14 ABSOLUTE COMEDY presents Brian Stollery,

Anthony Ciardulli, Pat MacDonald and host Trent McClellan. To Jul 17, Thu 8:30 pm, 9 pm, Sat 8 & 10:45 pm, Sun 8 pm. $10-$15. 2335 Yonge. 416-486-7700, 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. secondcity.com.

BLACK SWAN COMEDY presents Duos, improv duos with host Adam Ward. 8 pm. Comedy At The Swan w/ Jane Luk, Chris Leveille, Jackie Fleming and others. 10 pm. Pwyc. Black Swan, 154 Danforth, 2nd fl. blackswancomedy.com.

MATT O’BRIEN Comedy Bar presents the stand-up comic in a live show w/ Julia Hladkowicz and Alex Pavone. 8 pm. $10. 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) YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN presents Andrew Johnston. To Jul 17, Thu-Sun 8 pm (and Fri-Sat 10:30 pm). $12-$20. 224 Richmond W. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com.

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Edge present the comic/TV/radio personality in a live show. Doors 7 pm. $39.50$49.50. Queen Elizabeth Theatre, 190 Princes’ Blvd. 416-870-8000, ticketmaster.ca.

NAKED FRIDAYS presents music, improv and sketch inspired by 50s variety shows w/ host Ben Johnson. 9 pm. Pwyc. John Candy Box Theatre, 70 Peter. 416-340-7270.

NEIL HAMBURGER Comedy Bar presents the stand-up comic in a live show. To Jul 16, Fri-Sat 10:30 pm. $13-$15. 945 Bloor W. comedybar.ca.

TEXAS COMEDY MASSACRE 2 Fox & Fiddle presents stand-up with Bobby Mair, Kathleen McGee, Steve Scholtz, Danish Anwar, host Xerxes Cortez and others. 8:30 pm. Pwyc. 27 Wellesley E. texascomedymassacre2.com.

THIS PARTY’S A RIOT! See Thu 14.

YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN See Thu 14.

YUK YUK’S VAUGHAN presents Dirty Chix featuring Shannon Laverty. To Jul 16, Fri-Sat 9 pm. $20. 70 Interchange Way. yukyuks.com.

YUK YUK’S WEST presents Scott Faulconbridge.

To Jul 16, Fri-Sat 9 pm. $20. 5165 Dixie, Mississauga. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com.

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Saturday, July 16 ABSOLUTE COMEDY See Thu 14.

THE ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY COMPLETELY MADE UP SHOW See Thu 14.

BLACK SWAN COMEDY presents an Improv

Drop In workshop w/ Ralph MacLeod. 6 pm.

Fingers On Buzzards, an improv trivia show. 8 pm. The Ladder, competitive comedy. 10 pm. $5 per show. Black Swan, 154 Danforth, 2nd floor. 416-903-5388, blackswancomedy.com.

NEIL HAMBURGER See Fri 15.

SPILLIN’ THE BEANS COMEDY Full of Beans Coffee presents a show w/ host Rene Payes. 7 pm. Pwyc. 1348 Dundas W. fullofbeans.ca.

THEATRESPORTS Bad Dog Theatre presents fast improv matches. 8 pm. $12, stu $10. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. baddogtheatre.com.

THIS PARTY’S A RIOT! See Thu 14.

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Previewing

Parade). On her release from prison, a woman seeks out her former cellmate but finds the friendship has changed. Previews Jul 20-21.

Opens Jul 22 and runs to Jul 31, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mats Sun (and Jul 30) 2 pm. $25-$50, stu/srs $20, mat pwyc. Theatre Passe Muraille, 16 Ryerson, Backspace. 416-504-7529, thiswidenight.com.

TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING OR THE GOLFER’S CURE AT THE SEX CLINIC (Harvey Markowitz). A rich golfer struggles with his game and his marriage in this farce. Previews Jul 20 at 8 pm (dress rehearsal). Opens Jul 21 and runs to Jul 23, Wed-Sat 8 pm. Free. Solar Stage Theatre, 4950 Yonge. 416-368-8031.

One-Nighters

SUMMERWORKS FESTIVAL FUNDRAISER (Summerworks). Catherine Frid’s play ñ Homegrown gets a staged reading. Jul 15 at 8 pm. Pwyc. Berkeley Street Theatre, 26 Berkeley. summerworks.ca.

Massey Hall, 178 Victoria. 416-872-4255, masseyhall.com.

WEST END GIRLS Poor John’s Café presents allgirl stand-up w/ Becky Bays, Martha Chaves, Precious Chong, Erica Scott, Daniela Saioni and others. 8:30 pm. Pwyc. 1610 Queen W. 647-435-2688.

YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN See Thu 14.

YUK YUK’S VAUGHAN See Fri 15.

YUK YUK’S WEST See Fri 15.

Sunday, July 17 ABSOLUTE COMEDY See Thu 14.

LAUGH SABBATH presents Evening Jim

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Jam w/ Sara Hennessey, Fraser Young, Rebecca Kohler, Steve Scholtz, Darryl Orr, host Bob Kerr and others. Doors 8:30 pm. $5. Rivoli, 332 Queen W. laughsabbath.com.

PAUL BELLINI’S FLATUS MAXIMUS The Flying Beaver Pubaret presents songs and stories by Bellini, with guests Shannon McDonough and Andrew Johnston. 6 pm. $10-$15. 488 Parliament. pubaret.com.

RON SPARKS CELEBRITY ROASTS: DAN REDICAN Drake Hotel presents Winston ñ Spear, Sean Cullen, Paul Bates, the Frantics,

Brigitte Kingsley, Sparks and others. 8 pm. $10.

1150 Queen W, Underground. 416-531-5042.

STAND-UP CLUB: THE SHOW Crown & Tiger presents Bob Banks, Helder Brum, Pat Thornton, Bryan O’Gorman and others. 9 pm. Pwyc.

414 College. 416-920-3115.

SUNDAY NIGHT IMPROV JAM Black Swan Comedy presents the Infamous Water Cannons and host Ralph MacLeod. 8 pm. Pwyc. Black Swan, 154 Danforth, 2nd floor. 416-9035388, blackswancomedy.com.

SUNDAY NIGHT LIVE The Sketchersons present a new sketch show every week w/ guest hosts and music. 9:30 pm. $8. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. thesketchersons.com.

THIS PARTY’S A RIOT! See Thu 14.

YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN See Thu 14.

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Monday, July 18 ALT.COMEDY LOUNGE Rivoli presents

ñGavin Stephens, Steve Dylan, Winston Spear, Rebecca Kohler, Dave Martin, Steve

Scholtz and MC Mark DeBonis. 9 pm. Pwyc.

332 Queen W. altdotcomedylounge.com.

BEST. MONDAY. EVER. Second City presents a weekly show featuring sketch, songs and

NNN = Recommended, memorable scenes

The company presents a theatrical tour of the CAMH patient-built wall as part of Mad Pride 2011. Jul 14 at 6 pm. Free. SW Corner, Queen W at Shaw Street. friendlyspike@primus.ca.

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BILLY BISHOP GOES TO WAR by Eric Peterson and John Gray (Soulpepper Theatre Company). Soulpepper remounts its hit production. This revival of Gray and Peterson’s chronicle of the life of the Owen Sound boy turned First World War flying ace simply soars.

The two artists’ age (they performed it three decades ago in their early 30s) adds poignancy to the show, and they know how to savour each word and note for maximum resonance.

Ted Dykstra and a fine design give the production the intimacy, clarity and emotional heft it deserves. Don’t miss it. Runs to Aug 4, see website for schedule. $45-$65, stu $28, rush $22 (stu $5). Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 55 Mill. 416-866-8666, soulpepper.ca.

NNNNN (GS) BILLY ELLIOT THE MUSICAL by Lee Hall and Elton John (Mirvish). One of the best new musicals of the millennium, Billy Elliot is based on the 2000 film about a working-class boy whose dreams of becoming a ballet dancer are set against the grim reality of his 1984 northern England mining community. The characters are richly detailed, the conflicts believable and complex, and the dialogue raw, crudely funny and uncompromising. The songs, while not exactly hummable, serve the story and characters, and the performances (four boys alternate in the demanding lead role) grounded and deeply felt. Bring tissues. Runs to Sep 3, Tue 7 pm, Wed-Sat 7:30 pm, mats Sat-Sun and Wed 1:30 pm. $36-$130. Canon Theatre, 244 Victoria. 416-872-1212, mirvish.com.

NNNNN (GS) THE CHERRY ORCHARD by Anton Chekhov (Guildwood Festival Theatre). Chekhov’s play about an aristocratic family in financial trouble is presented outdoors. Runs to Jul 31, Wed-Sun 8 pm, mat Sun 2 pm. $20, kids under 12 free. Guild Inn Gardens, 201 Guildwood

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of her illness on her family in this musical. Previews Jul 19. Opens Jul 20 and runs to Jul 31, Tue-Sat 7:30 pm, mats Sat-Sun and Wed 2 pm. $34-$129. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen W. 416-644-3665, dancaptickets.com.

OVA MI DEAD BODY by Paul O Beale (Lolita Entertainment). A single mother seeks money for her daughter’s eye surgery in this comedy. $25-$45. Jul 15, 8 pm, at Ellas Banquet Hall, (35 Danforth Rd). Jul 16, 8 pm, at Don Bosco CSS (2 Saint Andrews Blvd). Jul 17, 4 and 7:30 pm, at Speranza Banquet Hall (510 Deerhurst, Brampton). 647-854-5554, lolitaevents.com.

THE PEDALER’S WAGER (Clay & Paper Theatre).

The theatre and CYCLOPS troupes present a production featuring puppets and bicycles.

Opens Jul 20 and runs to Aug 14, Wed-Sun 7 pm, mat Fri 2 pm (weekend mobile matinees at 2 pm; see website for details). Pwyc ($10 suggested). Dufferin Grove Park, Dufferin S of Bloor. clayandpapertheatre.org/cyclops.

THE WALLS ARE ALIVE WITH THE SOUNDS OF MAD PEOPLE (Friendly Spike Theatre Band).

improvisation. 8 pm. $12. 51 Mercer. 416-3430011, secondcity.com.

CHEAP LAUGHS MONDAY PJ O’Briens Irish Pub presents a show w/ Russell Roy and guests. 8 pm. Free. 39 Colborne. 416-815-7562.

WHEEL OF IMPROV John Candy Box Theatre presents an interactive improv show. 9 pm.

Pwyc. 70 Peter. 416-340-7270.

Tuesday, July 19 AQUILA SLAMMERS Aquila Restaurant pre-

sents Rocket Hotdog, Pondward Bound, John Hastings and Pat Thornton. 8:30 pm. Pwyc.

347 Keele, upstairs. 416-761-7474.

I HEART JOKES presents Mattimae Tuesday w/ John Hastings, Sandra Battglini and Chris Locke. 8 pm. $8. The Central, 603 Markham.

416-913-4586.

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, completely improvised weekly show. 8 pm. $20. 51 Mercer. secondcity.com.

SKETCHCOMEDYLOUNGE Rivoli presents Ryan Belleville, Plum Thunder, Ted Hollister’s Cow,

Pkwy. 416-392-1421, guildfestivaltheatre.ca.

FRINGE TORONTO FESTIVAL (Fringe Toronto). The annual festival offers more than 150 shows featuring plays, dance, comedy and multimedia performances, kids’ shows, art, music and more. (See reviews, starting on page 44.) Runs to Jul 17, various venues, dates and times, see website for details. $10 (adv $11), kids $5, passes $45-$91.

416-966-1062, fringetoronto.com.

THE GLASS MENAGERIE by Tennessee Williams (Soulpepper). A broken family struggles to fulfill their dreams in this memory play. Runs to Sep 10, see website for schedule. $45-$65, rush $5-$22. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 55 Mill. 416-866-8666, soulpepper.ca.

HUGH JACKMAN IN CONCERT (Mirvish). Way before he was Wolverine in X-Men, Jackman was a musical theatre star. Here the genial, engaging performer offers a nightclub-style show with an 18-piece orchestra that features his favourite songs from Broadway and Hollywood classics. Runs to Jul 17, Thu-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat-Sun 2 pm. $49-$130. Princess of Wales Theatre, 300 King W. mirvish.com.

NNN (JK) THE WINTER’S TALE by William Shakespeare (Canadian Stage Dream in High Park). This generally faithful rendition of one of the Bard’s lesser-known comedies is hampered by a bland set and odd costume choices. However, a strong dramatic performance by David Jansen (Leontes), and funny comic turns by John Blackwood (Autolycus) salvage an otherwise ho-hum production. Runs to Sep 4, TueSun 8 pm. Pwyc ($20 sugg); under 14 free.

High Park Amphitheatre, Bloor W and Parkside. canadianstage.com/dream. NNN (Jordan Bimm) WISHFUL DRINKING by Carrie Fisher (Mirvish). Fisher recalls the true tale of her life in Hollywood in this solo show. Runs to Aug 21, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mats Sat-Sun and Wed 2 pm. $35-$99. Royal Alexandra Theatre, 260 King W. 416-872-1212, mirvish.com. 3

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SUPER LUCKY IMPROV SHOW Black Swan presents Sandy Jobin- Bevans, Dave Pearce, Amy Zuch and Gary Chan. 8 pm. $7 or less (dice roll). 154 Danforth. superluckyimprov.com.

Wednesday, July 20 ABSOLUTE COMEDY presents Pro-Am Night w/

Trent McClellan, Diana Love, James Kersley, JP Hodgkinson, Shawn Chahar, Tom Mes and host Scott White. 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.

SIREN’S COMEDY Celt’s Pub presents stand-up w/ Andrew Barr and host Carolyn Nesling.

8:30 pm. Free. 2872 Dundas W. 416-767-3339.

THIS PARTY’S A RIOT! See Thu 14.

YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN presents Ari Shaffir.

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15 belly dancers performing in an Arabian tent. Jul 16 at 8 pm. $15-$20. 1 Gloucester.

416-920-5593, arabesquedance.ca.

CARMEN Xing Dance Theatre presents the ballet suite choreographed by Simon Sylvain Lalonde, and works by Xing Bang Fu. Jul 15-16 at 8 pm. $20. 452 College. 416-515-1869.

COLOMBIAN COLOURS – IL DIASPORA FESTIVAL

Harbourfront Centre presents a cultural festival with Ballet Raíces de Colombia and Margarita María Rigó, a cumbia class and more.

Jul 15-17, see website for schedule. Free. 235 Queens Quay W. harbourfrontcentre.com.

DUSK DANCES 2011 presents outdoor dance by Santee Smith, Jenn Goodwin, Raw Energy and Tamla Matthews. Opens Jul 20 and runs to Jul

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SWEET AND SALTY NewFoundDance presents new works by Mariève Aubé, Robyn Breen, Emma Kerson and Stéfanie Théroux. Jul 16-17 at 8 pm. $12. Pia Bouman School for Ballet, 6 Noble. newfounddance@yahoo.ca.

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morphosis dance theatre, Bonne Compagnie, A.H. Dance Company, Limitless Productions and others. (See reviews, starting on page 44.) Runs to Jul 17, various venues, days and times, see website for details. $10, passes $45-$91. 416-966-1062, fringetoronto.com.

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Reza Haeri’s All Restrictions End, examining dress codes in Iran, is part of TPW’s The Normal Condition Of Any Communication.

CHRISTOPHER CUTTS Painting: Dennis

Burton, to Jul 30. 21 Morrow. 416-5325566.

CONSULATE GENERAL OF ITALY Photos: Giorgio Barrera, to Jul 17. ñ 136 Beverley. 416-977-1566.

Videos probe ways to connect By FRAN SCHECHTER THE NORMAL CONDITION OF ANY COMMUNICATION at Gallery TPW

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(56 Ossington), to July 30. 416-645-1066.

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cheyanne turions brings together contemporary works that speak across boundaries of nationality and language, fiction and documentary in a show whose title comes from French philosopher Jacques Rancière: “Distance is not an evil to be abolished, but the normal condition of any communication.”

The heart of the show is an officecubicle-like enclosure where three videos are screened.

Reza Haeri mashes up images from Iran on the loaded issue of clothing in All Restrictions End. Intercutting a tailor at work with miniature paintings, news footage of CIA-ousted PM Mohammad Mossadegh, the last two shahs and the recent election protests, he delivers a wealth of informative detail in a nonlinear style. Women were forbidden,

then required to wear veils. A cleanly pressed line in a man’s pants could indicate that he didn’t kneel for prayers.

In The Hottest Day Of The Year, Keren Cytter undercuts any attempt at coherent narrative. Weaving together two odd stories – a pseudo-documentary about a French nurse who went to South Africa during the second world war and an Israel Defense Forces office where three women soldiers are at work – she confounds our sense of place and expectations about “helping” or “fighting” women.

Neil Beloufa’s Untitled takes place in a shadowy tropical villa. Though constructed mostly out of paper, the set is remarkably convincing as a house abandoned by terrorists, where characters with their backs to the camera – a French businessman, an African cleaning lady – give contradictory accounts of the cell’s activities in a variety of languages. We’re so conditioned by media representations of terrorism that his cheap set-

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DIAZ CONTEMPORARY Painting/video:

Stephen Andrews, Pierre Dorion and Dara Gellman, Jul 14-Aug 27, reception 6-8 pm Jul 14. 100 Niagara. 416-3612972.

DRAKE HOTEL Painting: Maya Hayuk, ongoing. Installation: Gary Taxali, to Aug 29, reception/artist Q&A/ book signing 8 pm Jul 14. 1150 Queen W. 416-531-5042.

ENGINE GALLERY Painting: Jeffrey Wang, Jul 14-Aug 7, reception 7-10 pm Jul 14.

37 Mill, bldg 37. 416-531-9905.

ESP/ERIN STUMP PROJECTS Painting: Vanessa Maltese, to Jul 31. 1086 1/2 Queen W. 416-834-0005.

G GALLERY The Fox group show, Jul 14Aug 20, reception 7-10 pm Jul 14. 234 Queen E. GLADSTONE HOTEL The Art Of Carnival, Jul 20-31. Painting: Laura Payne and Jenna Faye Powell, to Jul 18, reception 7-10 pm Jul 15. Painting: Sophie Moisson, Jul 14-25, reception 7-10 pm Jul 14.

Being She: The Culture Of Women’s Health And Health Care Through The Lens Of Wholeness, to Aug 1. Textiles: Kerry Croghan, to Nov 1. 1214 Queen W. 416-531-4635.

KWT CONTEMPORARY Summer group show; Paola Savasta, to Jul 30. 624 Richmond W. 416-646-2706.

LISS GALLERY Photos: Harry Benson, to Jul 30. 140 Yorkville. 416-787-9872.

NICHOLAS METIVIER Painting: Peter Hoffer, to Jul 30. 451 King W. 416-205-9000.

OLGA KORPER Installation (Koffler offsite): Lyla Rye, Jul 14-Aug 20. 17 Morrow.

416-538-8220.

OPEN STUDIO GALLERY Prints: Jennie Suddick, Meredith Setser and Jenn Law, to Jul 23. 401 Richmond W #104. 416504-8238.

PAUL PETRO Andrew Harwood and Keith Cole, Jul 15-Aug 13, reception 7-10 pm Jul 15. 980 Queen W. 416-979-7874.

PREFIX Photos/installation: MarieJeanne Musiol, to Jul 23. 401 Richmond W. 416-591-0357.

RED HEAD GALLERY Henrjeta Mece, Jul 18-Aug 8. Painting: Teri Donovan, to Jul 16. 401 Richmond W #115. 416-5045654.

STEPHEN BULGER Photos: Sarah Anne Johnson, to Jul 16. 1026 Queen W. 416504-0575.

TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX Fellini: Spectacular Obsessions, to Sep 18 ($9.25-$12). Installation: Srinivas Krishna, to Aug 14. 350 King W. 416-5998433.

XPACE What Goes Around Comes Around group show, to Aug 19. 58 Ossington. 416-849-2864.

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Two non-video installations – notebook collaborations in tiny text about the economic meltdown by Ayreen Anastas and Rene Gabri, and a neon sign in Ojibway by French duo

Claire Fontaine, part of a series that translates “Foreigners Everywhere” into non-English languages – round out a show that proves that the space between is a very thought-provoking place to be.

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ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO Abel Boulineau, to Aug 21. Abstract Expressionist ñ New York, to Sep 4 ($25, stu $16.50, Wed after

7 pm $10). Midi Onodera, screening/discussion 7-10 pm Jul 15. Brian Jungen, to Aug 7.

Kathleen Munn, to Aug 28, curator’s tour 2 pm Jul 17. The JUNO Tour Of Canadian Art, to Aug 31. Libby Hague, to Sep 11 (free). Inuit Modern, to Oct 16. Robert Motherwell, to Dec 11. Lucy Tasseor Tutsweetok, to Apr 1, 2012. $18, srs $15, stu $10, free Wed 6-8:30 pm. 317 Dundas W. 416-979-6648.

BATA SHOE MUSEUM Art In Shoes – Shoes In Art; The Roaring 20s: Heels, Hemlines And High Spirits, ongoing. $14, srs $12, stu $8. 327 Bloor W. 416-979-7799.

BURLINGTON ART CENTRE Tactile: From The Collection Of Ann Mortimer, to Jul 24. Nora Hutchinson, to Aug 9. Steve Hudak and Steve Mazza, to Aug 28. Sunmi Jung, to Sep 18.

1333 Lakeshore (Burlington). 905-632-7796.

CAMPBELL HOUSE MUSEUM Pat Dumas-Hudecki, to Aug 31. 160 Queen W. 416-597-0227.

DESIGN EXCHANGE Out Of Sorts: Print Culture And Book Design, to Aug 21 (free). Play > Nation, to Oct 10. $10, stu/srs $8. 234 Bay. 416363-6121.

GARDINER MUSEUM OF CERAMIC ART Jun Kaneko, to Sep 18. Lesley McInally, to Sep 19 (free). Creamware, to Dec 4. $12, stu $6, srs $8; Fri 4-9 pm half-price, 30 and under free.

111 Queen’s Park. 416-586-8080.

JUSTINA M. BARNICKE Kevin Schmidt, to Aug 20. 7 Hart House. 416-978-8398.

McMICHAEL CANADIAN ART COLLECTION Ivan Eyre, to Aug 14. Marc-Aurèle Fortin, to Sep 11.

Steeling The Gaze: Portraits By Aboriginal Artists, to Sep 11. $15, stu/srs $12. 10365 Islington (Kleinburg). 905-893-1121.

MOCCA This Is Paradise group show, to Aug 21. Photos (outdoor installation): Elle Flanders

and Tamira Sawatzky, to Aug 31. 952 Queen W. 416-395-0067.

MUSEUM OF INUIT ART Sculpture/prints/drawing from the collection, ongoing. $6, stu/srs $5. 207 Queens Quay W. 416-603-7591.

OAKVILLE GALLERIES Sobey Art Award Ontario Long List, to Sep 3. Centennial, 120 Navy; Gairloch, 1306 Lakeshore W (Oakville). 905844-4402.

ONTARIO SCIENCE CENTRE Super Cells: The Wonder Of Stem Cells, to Oct 2. $20, stu/srs $16. 770 Don Mills. 416-696-1000.

THE POWER PLANT Kevin Schmidt, to Sep 5.

Rearview Mirror: New Art From Central And Eastern Europe, to Sep 5. 231 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4949.

ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM Edward Burtynsky, to Aug 21. Nation Cheong, Jul 16-Aug 1. Mark Nowaczynski, to Jul 17.

Jane Ash Poitras, to Sep 1. Water: The Exhibition, to Sep 5 ($31, stu/srs $28). Riotous Colour, Daring Patterns: Fashions + Textiles 18th To 21st Centuries, to Oct 16. The Archaeology Of Godin Tepe, Iran, to Jan 31, 2012. $24, stu/ srs $21; half-price Fri 4:30-8:30 pm; free Wed 3:30-5:30 pm. 100 Queen’s Park. 416-5868000.

TEXTILE MUSEUM OF CANADA Cold Comfort: New And Improved Souvenirs Of Canada, to Sep 18. Silk Oasis On The Silk Road: Bukhara, to Sep 25. Magic Squares: The Patterned Imagination Of Muslim Africa In Contemporary Culture, to Nov 20. $15, srs $10, stu $6; pwyc Wed 5-8 pm. 55 Centre. 416-599-5321.

VARLEY ART GALLERY Cul-de-sac, to Aug 28. $5, stu/srs $4. 216 Main (Unionville). 905-4779511.

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will self is out of control.

That’s a good or a bad thing, depending on whether you appreciate his ludicrous wordplay, often obscure cinematic allusions and hallucinatory style.

The UK author is a skilled exponent of psychogeography, a practice that seeks to learn about locations – and to disrupt conventional perceptions of them – by walking through them.

When he arrived in Toronto for the 2009 Author’s Festival, for example, he famously walked from Pearson Airport to the Harbour Castle Hotel.

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maniacal sculptor Sherman Oaks, a dwarf who makes gargantuan works mostly of his own image. Self, on the other hand, lives in a perpetual state of insecurity, even though he’s a successful writer.

In the middle section, Self walks through Hollywood trying to solve the mystery of who murdered the movies. Followed by a film crew, he’s played alternately by Pete Postlethwaite and, yes, David Thewlis. In fact, as he wanders in what reads like a dream state, all the people he meets are played by actors, successful rap artists drop rhymes in Latin, and in one sequence, he turns into the Incredible Hulk.

In the third episode, Self, believing that early Alzheimer’s is setting in, walks along the English coastline.

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when harry potter and the Philosopher’s Stone first brought J.K. Rowling’s young wizard and his convoluted mythology to the screen in the fall of 2001, did anyone expect the series to grow into a mature, emotionally complex drama that just happens to be about people who cast spells?

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Yates directed, and the first one that moves with the confidence and resolve – the seriousness, for lack of a better word – that’s defined the franchise ever since.

Yates wraps it all up in Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2, which picks up at the very moment Part 1 ended and just keeps rolling forward, as Harry (Daniel Radcliffe), Ron (Rupert Grint) and Hermione (Emma Watson) work their way back to Hogwarts for a final battle with the forces of the evil Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes). This last edition serves not just as the second half of the Deathly Hallows movie, but as the climax to the entire Harry Potter saga – and it delivers.

There’s spectacle, if that’s what you’re after, with dragons and death traps and angry trolls and a full-on assault on Hogwarts involving virtually every surviving character, good or evil. Answers to various mysteries

emerge, including the true allegiance of Severus Snape (Alan Rickman) and the reason for Harry’s supernatural status as the Chosen One. But mostly there’s proper drama, as Harry finally becomes as active and dynamic as Radcliffe’s been itching to make him ever since the fifth or sixth picture. The movies have matured faster than the characters, echoing the way Harry’s been thrust unwillingly into adulthood. He’s finally a leader rather than a passive hostage to fate, and in Deathly Hallows Part 2 Radcliffe shows us the man Harry’s been forced to become.

It’s a real performance, layered and even moving.

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weird kids he befriended turn out to be among his most resourceful allies.

Not a bad lesson to pass along to any kids in the audience.

I throw in my usual caution about 3-D. The post-production conversion adds nothing, and indeed proves more distracting than usual by making Radcliffe seem a head shorter than his co-stars in a few shots. I suspect a busted algorithm – see it flat if you can. 3

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Winnie wins WINNIE THE POOH (Stephen J. Anderson, Don Hall). 73 minutes.

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The children’s books of A.A. Milne occupy a special place in my cold, cynical heart, so I admit it – I went into the new Winnie The Pooh movie expecting to be disappointed.

Instead, I was delighted. The film works as a lovely update of Disney’s 1977 feature The Many Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh, adding a tender undercurrent of nostalgia for the adults in the audience, subtly encouraging us to remember how it felt to discover Milne’s stories for the first time.

The new cast is impeccable. Jim Cummings does his best approximations of Sterling Holloway and Paul Winchell as Pooh and Tigger, respectively. Craig Ferguson gives the supercilious Owl a brittle edge, and Pixar animator Bud Luckey channels a particularly weary Scott Glenn as Eeyore.

And whoever snagged John Cleese for the narration deserves a promotion.

Stephen J. Anderson and Don Hall’s defiantly hand-drawn production finds a way to honour the delicacy and sweetness at the heart of Milne’s text while subtly bringing the characters into a contemporary plane. I never thought I’d see a Pooh movie that addresses Eeyore’s depressive tendencies head-on, but this one does, and it’s hysterical.

The only real misstep was picking Zooey Deschanel to sing the songs. Her grinningon-Zoloft delivery made my teeth ache. Just plug your ears when she starts up.

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Fan fares well SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN (Wayne Wang). 102 minutes. Opens Friday (July 15). For venues and times, see Movies, page 59. Rating: NNN

Snow Flower And The Secret Fan is an unabashed hymn to women’s abiding friendships, and, like many hymns, its tone is subdued and pace not exactly lively. But there’s no shortage of heart.

In 19th-century China, Snow Flower and Lily are formally bonded in childhood and taught to communicate in secret writing on silk fans. In contemporary Shanghai, Nina and Sophia, in possession of those fans, also swear everlasting commitment. The two sets of friends maintain their bond through

everyday trials – foot-binding, school, parents, marriage, deaths – and catastrophes, including an epidemic and a rebel raid, until the inevitable fallingout.

Though Li Bingbing and Gianna Jun, who play both sets of friends, are almost constantly on screen, they don’t get many big moments. They sustain our interest with their understated and thoroughly believable affection and reactions to disappointments.

Lots of persuasive detail around foot-binding, communal singing and a culture of strict obedience brings the period segments vividly to life. More of these would have been welcome, but the movie is busy with the present, where Nina lies in a coma and Sophia recalls their shared past and investigates what happened to her estranged ANDREW DOWLER friend.

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Li Bingbing (left) and Gianna Jun share a touching friendship.

Actor talks about late husband John Cassavetes’s legacy By NORMAN WILNER MASKS AND FACES: THE FILMS OF JOHN CASSAVETES at TIFF Cinematheque (TIFF Bell Lightbox, 350 King West), tonight (Thursday, July 14) to July 31. tiff.net. See Indie & Rep listings, page 67.

here’s a secret about gena rowlands: she’s not nearly as intimidating as she seems.

Her history is formidable, without a doubt. She’s the godmother of American independent cinema, thanks to her stunning performances in movies like Faces, A Woman Under The Influence and Opening Night, all of which were directed by her late husband, John Cassavetes.

But when I met her at a 1992 event in Los Angeles celebrating Disney’s home-video release of those films as well as Shadows and The Killing Of A Chinese Bookie, I was struck by her boundless warmth and her clear affection for Peter Falk, Seymour Cassel and producer Al Ruban, who’d arrived to celebrate Cassavetes’s legacy. It felt more like a gathering of old friends than a formal press day.

In conversation nearly two decades later, Rowlands is just as engaged and just as warm. She’s coming to TIFF Bell Lightbox to launch its Cassavetes retrospective, Masks And Faces, with three appearances: introducing A Woman Under The Influence tonight (July 14) at 8:45 pm and

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Faces Friday at 6:30 pm. But it’s the long-form interview (tonight at 6:30 pm) with Jesse Wente, TIFF’s head of film programming, that she’s really excited about.

“I’m actually more comfortable with questions and answers,” she says, “because then you know what people are thinking about, what they’re worried about and what they’re guarded about. It’s a wonderful way of dealing with a film; the film’s in the middle, and you have people discussing and revealing what they think about things. I love that.”

Since Cassavetes’s untimely death in 1989 at the age of 59, Rowlands has been the keeper of his cinematic legacy. It’s a duty she undertakes with some reluctance.

“I don’t spend a lot of time going over them, because I have mixed feelings,” she says. “I miss him and the people who are in them, and yet I loved [the films] so much that they give me great happiness when they are shown. And, you know, they have some significance to other people.”

That’s putting it mildly. Cassavetes’s films are genuinely revolutionary works – ragged, vital dramas that practically rearranged the DNA of American cinema. They’re a oneman new wave, and I’ve always wondered if Rowlands and her husband understood the importance of what they were doing at the time.

“Well, we just wanted to do it, and nobody else did,” she says. “It’s not like we were against studio films – which a lot of people assume. It’s not true. We just thought there was plenty of space for any kind of film in the world. And we were lucky in that we’d been working in television at that great time in New York, in the 50s. Everyone was so excited about it. It was live, and kinda dangerous. You felt like you could do anything. So we did.”

She laughs. “We did what we wanted to. And it was almost more pleasure than a human being deserved.”

It’s impossible to talk about these films without touching on the recent death of Peter Falk, a long-time friend of Cassavetes and Rowlands who matched Rowlands moment for moment as her negligent husband in A Woman Under The Influence.

“Yeah,” Rowlands says, exhaling audibly. “It’s very hard. But what can you do? You have to go through it. I can’t think of anything else – there’s nothing you can do except to just keep doin’ what you’ve been doin’.”

I only met Falk once, I say, but seeing him now in Woman and Husbands and Mikey And Nicky? It hurts.

“Yes, it does,” Rowlands says. “It does indeed.”

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Some subtitles. Opens Friday (July 15). For venues and times, see Movies, page 59.

Rating: NN After the grandiose fantasy of The Golden Compass and the tween-pandering Twilight sequel New Moon, director Chris Weitz tries to reinvent himself as his generation’s Stanley Kramer with A Better Life. Stranger things have happened.

Echoing Kramer’s moralistic 60s dramas, A Better Life is an unapologetically melodramatic look at Los Angeles’s immigrant culture as seen through the eyes of middle-aged, undocumented Mexican Carlos Galindo (Demián Bichir).

Carlos – whose eyes shine with the goodness in his soul – works as a landscaper so that his American-born teenage son Luis (José Julián) might have, well, a better life. Finally able to afford his own truck, Carlos immediately loses it to a shifty worker, sending father and son through the underworld of immigrant

culture to find the thief and retrieve the vehicle.

I had the feeling I was supposed to marvel at the authenticity with which Weitz constructs his mawkish Bicycle Thieves update, but instead I kept noticing how utterly one-dimensional all the characters are, including the noble Carlos and the resentful Luis, who slowly grows to appreciate his father’s constant sacrifices.

Not that there’s anything wrong with that; it’s just that Weitz insists on highlighting the process, the better to make sure we don’t miss it. It’s as though he’s suddenly realized that the people who mow his lawn have inner NORMAN WILNER lives, too.

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oliver schmitz likes to make movies in a language that’s not his own. The South African-born, Berlinbased director’s contribution to Paris, Je T’Aime was in French. And now he’s releasing Life, Above All, his story about AIDS in a small South African town. It’s the first film to be shot in Sepedi, a language spoken by 4 million South Africans – but not by him.

“I’ve always worked like this,” he says on the phone from Berlin. “I have a hearing impediment, so spoken language is not the primary experience for me. The silences in the film are just as important, and the actors’ faces. It’s about trust and instinct.” nowtoronto.com/newsletters His actors, especially lead Khomotso Manyaka – a first-time film performer – are superb in this story of Chandra (Manyaka), who’s taking care of her younger brother and sister and hiding the fact that her mother is dying of AIDS. An essential element of the story is its location, not a poverty-stricken gritty village, but, rather, a middle-class neighbourhood.

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also a first-time performer), who’s forced into prostitution and completely shunned by the people around her. Schmitz says she’s everything that Chanda is terrified of becoming.

“Chanda fears being abandoned, ostracized, of having her brother and sister taken away from her, of not caring any more what anybody thinks. Esther is the extreme of what can happen when nobody helps and everybody says no.”

Schmitz admits it’s hard to strike an emotional balance when making REVIEW a film about AIDS. You want to tell LIFE, ABOVE ALL the truth, but you don’t want to alien(Oliver Schmitz) ate an audience, and you definitely Rating: NNN don’t want to do anything that’s exAllan Stratton’s source novel was ploitive. written for young adults, and “I don’t want to sensationalize the screenwriter Dennis Foon is known issue – it’s dramatic enough,” he says. as an accomplished author of stage “Yes, Allan Stratton wrote the book plays for young audiences, but [Chanda’s Secrets] more than six viewers of all ages will be moved by years ago based on the South Africa the powerful Life, Above All. of the late 1990s. It’s set in the middle Chanda and her two younger of the [president Thabo] Mbeki era, siblings live with her mother, who is when the government had a terrible dying of AIDS, in a South African AIDS policy. town. The 13-year-old can’t even “So Chanda’s Secrets is a combinautter the name of the disease in her tion of everything that went wrong, community. The stigma is too great, and the stigma is very much of that the collective fear overwhelming. time. Seven years ago, a woman was First-time actors Khomotso killed when she disclosed that she Manyaka and Keaobaka Makanwas HIV-positive. Whether that yane are superb as Chanda and her would still happen today I don’t best friend Esther, and as the deeply know.” conflicted neighbour, veteran Not that the issue has gone away.

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community where the sense is that everything’s okay,” Schmitz explains.

“They all have the same values and they all go to church together. I wanted to stay away from a story that lumps all the ills of Africa in one basket – misery, poverty, AIDS – to steer away from that vision of Africa and portray a community where everything’s pretty good except for this one big secret.”

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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

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Sanping, Huang Jianxin) is a blatantly biased and utterly boring propaganda flick that chronicles the formation of the Chinese Communist Party. Beginning with the 1911 revolution that overthrew the Qing Dynasty, the film features scatterings of inconsequential battles, assassination attempts, political uprisings and soapbox speeches from a wide assort-

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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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, Carlton Cinema, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

Cars 2 (John Lasseter) is the first Pixar movie that feels utterly dead inside. Bigger, shinier and far, far busier than the first film, it’s all for naught. The elaborate spy parody focuses on tow truck Mater (redneck comic Larry the Cable Guy) who’s mistaken for an American agent and caught up in an espionage caper alongside 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, Canada Square, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Humber Cinema, Queensway, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

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ago. The stereoscopic presentation is less a gimmick than an observational tool; we 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 director Herzog’s contemplative narration is all we really need. That, and some closing footage of mutant albino crocodiles. Some subtitles.

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(Rodman Flender) is the most purely entertaining documentary you’ll see all year – as well as a surprisingly acute study of a celebrity in free fall. Charting the live concert tour O’Brien launched after walking away from The Tonight Show, director Flender builds a portrait of 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. 89 min. NNNNN (NW) Scotiabank Theatre

the CoNspirator (Robert Redford) painstakingly dramatizes the trial of Mary Surratt (Robin Wright), the only woman indicted in the conspiracy to assassinate Abraham Lincoln. (James McAvoy plays her attorney.) Directed by Redford in a stiff, almost frumpy manner that can best be described as Period Respectability, this is an awfully dull movie about a terrible time in American history. 121 min. NN (NW) Regent Theatre 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, Interchange 30 greeN LaNterN (Martin Campbell) lets

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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, Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, 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, Colossus, Grande - Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, Kingsway Theatre, Queensway, Yonge & Dundas 24 haNNa (Joe Wright) is an entertaining

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Coco gets serious about comedy in the brutally honest doc Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop. actioner starring Saoirse Ronan as a teen trained from birth to assassinate meanie spy operative Cate Blanchett. Blanchett’s brilliantly bad. 111 min. NNN (SGC) Carlton Cinema

potter aND the DeathLy haLLows part 2 ñharry

(David Yates) 130 min. See review, page 54, and Q&A at nowtoronto.com/daily. NNNN (NW) Opens Jul 15 at 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Docks Lakeview Drive-In, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Humber Cinema, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Varsity.

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(Seth Gordon) casts Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis and Charlie Day as put-upon wage slaves who decide to murder their repugnant employers (Kevin Spacey, Colin Farrell and Jennifer Aniston), swapping the killings in order to avoid suspicion. After setting up that clockwork premise, the movie takes obscene pleasure in having everything go sideways almost immediately, sending the characters off into increasingly insane situations. It’s a devilishly smart farce disguised as a really, really dumb one, with Sudeikis and Day turning their Going The Distance buddy act into a perpetual joke machine. 97 min. NNNN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Docks Lakeview Drive-In, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Varsity, Yonge & Dundas 24

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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.

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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 fine form. 90 min. NNNN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Canada Square, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Yonge, Queensway, SilverCity Mississauga, 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, Carlton Cinema, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, Varsity Life, aBove aLL (Oliver Schmitz) 102 min.

See interview and review, page 58. NNN (SGC) Opens Jul 15 at Cumberland 4. the LiNCoLN Lawyer (Brad Furman) is the cinematic equivalent of a decent airplane read; Michael Connelly’s novel about a wheeler-dealer defence attorney pulled into an increasingly nasty assault case gives Matthew McConaughey a role ideally suited to his laid-back, Southernfried vibe. It’s entirely predictable, which becomes a bit of an issue in the second half, but McConaughey works pretty hard to hold our interest. 119 min. NNN (NW)

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the Mountie (S. Wyeth Clarkson) is a

meticulously made Canadian feature about a lawman with a past trying to clean up a tiny town in late 19th-century Yukon. There’s a good cast, beautiful music and a gorgeous look. But it’s missing the central requirement of a great movie – a decent script. 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, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Kingsway Theatre, Queensway, Rainbow Promenade, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yorkdale

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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, with three families (including Michelle Williams and Will Patton) following 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: iL trovatore enCore is a repeat broadcast of the

Met’s production of the Verdi opera, starring Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Sondra Radvanovsky. 196 min.

Jul 18, 6:30 pm, at Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Yonge, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Mississauga

Midnight in paris (Woody Allen) casts

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) stars

the monotonous Selena Gomez as a Texan teen who impersonates a Paris Hilton-like socialite, landing her and her friends a dream vacation in Monte Carlo’s famous Hotel de Paris. Although 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 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

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) Canada Square, Cumberland 4

page one: a Year inside the new York tiMes (Andrew Rossi) goes inside Amer-

ica’s most prestigious daily, where advertising revenue is tanking. A new generation of newshounds gets its information online, and the future looks dim, all of which would be interesting were the Times 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. It does have 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. But, ironically, this documentary suffers from the same syndrome that afflicts many news dailies that lag behind their online competitors: it’s already stale. 88 min. nn (SGC) Cumberland 4

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) Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, Yonge & Dundas 24

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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) continued on page 62 œ

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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

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(Wayne Wang) 102 min. See review, page 56. NNN (AD) Opens Jul 15 at Grande - Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, Varsity.

SouRce code (Duncan Jones) casts Jake Gyllenhaal as a soldier whose consciousness is injected into a “quantum rendering” of a terrorist attack, with eight minutes to figure out who planted the bomb in order to stop a second, larger strike.

Watchable, but not nearly as clever as it thinks it is. 93 min. NNN (NW) Interchange 30

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 SupeR 8 (J.J. Abrams) finds writer/

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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) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Courtney Park 16,

Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Yonge, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge

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

(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 Transformers 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

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(Terrence Malick) 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) follows a

family struggling in the aftermath of Dad’s fatal heart attack. Mum (Charlotte Gainsbourg) sinks into a profound depression until her eight-year-old daughter (Morgana Davies) convinces her that Dad’s presence still emanates from the fig tree outside their house in the outback.

Sounds hokey, but ironically, The Tree needs even more contrivance. As the fig tree threatens to bring down the house – literally – director Bertuccelli has a chance to create a powerful sense of menace. Instead, she sticks with scenes of sad people interspersed with static shots of Oz’s arid landscape. Gainsbourg lends a nice twitchy touch to her role and Davies is riveting as the young girl – 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. 100 min. NN (SGC) Carlton Cinema, Cumberland 4

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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, Grande - Yonge

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)

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(Stephen Anderson, Don Hall) 73 min. See review, page 54.

(NW) Opens Jul 15 at 401 & Morningside, Coliseum Scarborough, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Interchange 30, Queensway, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24.

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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, Canada Square, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

ZookeepeR (Frank Coraci) stars Kevin

James as a Boston zookeeper who discovers that his animals not only talk, but keep a watchful eye on his love life. When his shallow, manipulative ex (Leslie Bibb) reenters his life, they decide to help him win her over by unleashing his inner alpha male. Rosario Dawson is in there, too, as a comely veterinarian who becomes part of his plan to win back his ex. She’s swell, in an effortless sort of way that nicely matches James’s easy appeal, and they have one lovely scene together at a wedding reception – far away from any animals, digital or otherwise – that made me wish I were watching them in a proper movie instead of one where Adam Sandler voices a monkey with a Yiddish accent.

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ARMADILLO (14A) Thu 7:10, 9:35 CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS (G) Thu 2:00, 4:15, 7:00, 9:15 Fri-Sun, Wed 2:00, 4:15, 7:00, 7:30, 9:15, 9:45 Mon 7:00, 7:30, 9:15, 9:45 Tue 2:00, 4:15, 7:00, 9:15, 9:45 THE TREE OF LIFE (PG) Thu 12:00, 3:00, 6:00, 9:00, 9:45 Fri-Sun, Tue-Wed 12:00, 3:00, 6:00, 9:00 Mon 6:00, 9:00

VARSITY (CE)

55 BLOOR ST W, 416-961-6304 BAD TEACHER (14A) Thu 12:10, 2:40, 5:10, 7:40, 10:20 FriSun, Tue-Wed 12:10, 3:20, 7:10, 10:20 BEGINNERS (14A) Thu 1:10, 4:00, 6:40, 9:30 HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2 (PG) Fri-Wed 12:30, 3:40, 6:50, 10:00 HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2: 3D (PG) Thu 12:01, 12:15 Fri-Wed 12:00, 1:00, 3:10, 4:10, 6:20, 7:20, 9:30, 10:30 HORRIBLE BOSSES (14A) Thu 12:50 4:20 7:20 10:10 FriWed 12:50, 4:30, 7:30, 10:10 LARRY CROWNE (PG) Thu 12:15, 3:50, 7:00, 9:50 MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (PG) Thu 12:00, 1:00, 2:30, 3:40, 6:20, 9:10 Fri-Wed 1:10, 3:50, 6:30, 9:10 SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN (PG) Fri-Wed 1:20, 4:00, 7:00, 9:40 THE TREE OF LIFE (PG) Thu 12:20 3:30 6:50 10:05 Fri-Wed 12:20, 3:30, 6:40, 9:50

VIP SCREENINGS

BEGINNERS (14A) Fri-Wed 12:25, 3:05, 6:05, 8:35 HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2 (PG) Fri-Wed 12:45, 3:55, 6:55, 9:55 LARRY CROWNE (PG) Thu 12:55, 3:45, 6:35, 9:15 MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (PG) Thu 1:15, 4:05, 7:05, 9:35 FriWed 1:25, 3:45, 6:15, 8:55 SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN (PG) Fri-Wed 1:05, 3:35, 6:35, 9:15 THE TREE OF LIFE (PG) Thu 12:25, 3:35, 6:45, 9:55

& DUNDAS 24 (AMC) RAINBOW MARKET SQUARE (I) YONGE 10 DUNDAS ST E, 416-335-5323 MARKET SQUARE, 80 FRONT ST E, 416-494-9371

BAD TEACHER (14A) 12:50, 3:05, 5:15, 7:30, 9:40 Fri, Tue 11:30 late HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2 (PG) Fri-Wed 1:00, 3:40, 6:45, 9:45 HORRIBLE BOSSES (14A) Thu 2:50, 5:05, 7:10, 9:35 Fri, Tue 12:35, 2:50, 5:05, 7:10, 9:35, 11:35 Sat-Mon, Wed 12:35, 2:50, 5:05, 7:10, 9:35 LARRY CROWNE (PG) Thu 1:00, 3:00, 5:00, 7:05, 9:20 Fri, Tue 3:25, 5:20, 9:45, 11:40 Sat-Mon, Wed 3:25, 5:20, 9:45 SUPER 8 (PG) Thu 1:05, 3:55, 7:00, 9:15 Fri-Wed 1:05, 7:20 TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON (PG) 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 ZOOKEEPER (G) 12:45, 2:55, 5:10, 7:15, 9:25 Fri, Tue 11:25 late

BEGINNING OF THE GREAT REVIVAL Thu 12:35, 3:35, 6:35, 9:35 BRIDESMAIDS (14A) 12:20, 1:25, 3:15, 4:15, 6:25, 7:25, 9:25, 10:25 CARS 2 (G) 1:35, 4:05, 6:40, 9:10 Fri-Sun 11:05 mat CARS 2 3D (G) Thu 12:05, 2:35, 5:05, 7:40, 10:10 CARS 2: AN IMAX 3D EXPERIENCE (G) 1:05, 3:35, 6:05, 8:35 DELHI BELLY (14A) 1:35, 3:55, 6:20, 8:50 Fri-Sun 11:05 mat THE HANGOVER PART II (18A) Thu 11:40, 1:55, 4:20, 7:10, 9:35 Fri-Sun 11:20, 2:00, 4:20, 7:10, 9:35 Mon-Wed 11:45, 2:00, 4:20, 7:10, 9:35 HORRIBLE BOSSES (14A) Thu 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 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 11:40, 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 11:45, 1:55, 4:10, 6:15 Fri-Sun 11:15, 1:25, 3:45, 6:00 Mon-Wed 1:25, 3:45, 6:00 MONTE CARLO (G) Thu 11:40, 12:15, 2:00, 3:00, 4:45, 5:45, 7:30, 8:30, 10:15, 11:00 Fri-Sun 11:15, 2:00, 4:45, 7:30, 10:15 Mon-Wed 11:40, 2:00, 4:45, 7:30, 10:15 THE MOUNTIE Thu 12:20, 2:35, 4:40, 7:10, 9:50 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES (PG) Fri-Wed 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:15 SUBMARINE Thu 11:40, 2:10, 4:50, 7:20, 9:55 Fri-Wed 11:45, 2:10, 4:50, 7:10 THOR (PG) Thu 12:50 Fri-Sun 11:10, 1:50, 4:35, 7:20, 10:10 Mon-Wed 1:50, 4:35, 7:20, 10:10 WINNIE THE POOH (G) 11:45, 1:00, 1:45, 3:00, 3:45, 5:00, 5:45, 6:45, 7:45, 8:35, 9:45 Fri-Sun 11:00 mat X-MEN: FIRST CLASS (PG) Thu 11:40 12:40 1:40 2:40 3:40 4:40 5:40 6:40 7:40 8:40 9:40 10:40 Fri-Wed 11:40, 12:40, 1:40, 2:40, 3:40, 4:40, 5:40, 6:40, 7:40, 8:40, 9:40, 10:30 ZINDAGI NA MILEGI DOBARA Fri-Sun 11:25, 2:50, 6:10, 9:35 Mon-Wed 11:40, 2:50, 6:10, 9:35 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 11:00 mat

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

BAD TEACHER (14A) 5:10, 7:45, 10:00 Sat-Sun 2:10 mat BRIDESMAIDS (14A) Thu 4:15 6:55 9:40 Fri-Wed 4:10, 6:55, 9:45 Sat-Sun 1:15 mat CARS 2 (G) 4:05, 6:50, 9:15 Sat-Sun 1:10 mat GREEN LANTERN (PG) Thu 4:20, 7:10, 9:45 THE HANGOVER PART II (18A) Thu 7:00, 9:30 JUDY MOODY AND THE NOT BUMMER SUMMER (G) Thu 4:40 KUNG FU PANDA 2 (PG) Thu 4:00, 6:45, 9:20 LARRY CROWNE (PG) Thu 4:55 7:15 9:55 Fri-Wed 4:50, 7:25, 9:55 Sat-Sun 1:55 mat MONTE CARLO (G) Thu 4:35, 7:20, 9:50 MR. POPPER’S PENGUINS (G) Thu 4:10, 6:30, 9:00 Fri, Mon-Wed 4:45 Sat-Sun 1:50, 4:45 THE NAMES OF LOVE 4:40, 7:05, 9:30 Sat-Sun 1:40 mat POTICHE (14A) Thu 4:45, 7:30, 10:00 Fri-Wed 7:10, 9:35 SUPER 8 (PG) 4:15, 7:20, 9:50 Sat-Sun 1:25 mat X-MEN: FIRST CLASS (PG) 4:00, 6:50, 9:40 Sat-Sun 1:00 mat

MT PLEASANT (I)

675 MT PLEASANT RD, 416-489-8484 JANE EYRE (PG) Thu-Sat, Wed 7:00 Sun 4:15 THE LINCOLN LAWYER (14A) Fri-Sat 9:30 Sun, Tue 7:00

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

THE CONSPIRATOR (PG) Thu, Sun 7:00 Fri-Sat 9:15 IN A BETTER WORLD Fri-Sat, Tue-Wed 7:00 Sun 4:30

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

BAD TEACHER (14A) Thu 12:30, 2:45, 6:20, 10:10 CARS 2 (G) Thu 12:35, 3:20, 6:50, 9:30 HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2 (PG) Fri 12:30, 1:30, 3:40, 4:40, 6:50, 7:50, 10:00, 11:00 Sat-Wed 12:00, 12:30, 3:10, 3:40, 6:20, 6:50, 9:30, 10:00 HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2: 3D (PG) Thu 12:01, 12:10 Fri 12:00, 1:00, 3:10, 4:10, 7:20, 9:00, 10:15, 10:30 Sat, Tue 1:00, 1:30, 4:10, 4:40, 7:20, 7:50, 9:00, 10:30, 11:00 Sun-Mon 1:00, 1:30, 4:10, 4:40, 7:20, 7:50, 9:00, 10:30 Wed 1:00, 1:30, 4:10, 4:40, 7:20, 7:50, 10:30, 10:40 HORRIBLE BOSSES (14A) Thu 1:10, 3:55, 7:00 Fri-Sat, Tue 1:40, 4:50, 7:40, 10:40 Sun-Mon, Wed 1:40, 4:50, 7:40, 10:20 MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (PG) Thu 1:20, 4:00, 7:20, 10:00, 10:05 Fri-Sat, Tue 12:50, 3:30, 6:30, 9:50 Sun-Mon, Wed 12:50, 3:30, 6:30, 9:40 SUPER 8 (PG) Thu 12:50, 3:40, 6:30, 9:20 TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON 3D (PG) Thu 12:15,

2:30, 3:30, 6:00, 8:40, 9:00 Fri-Sat, Tue 12:10, 3:45, 7:15, 10:50 Sun-Mon, Wed 12:10, 3:35, 7:10, 10:40 WINNIE THE POOH (G) Fri-Wed 12:20, 2:20, 4:30, 7:00 X-MEN: FIRST CLASS (PG) Thu 12:20, 3:50, 10:15 ZOOKEEPER (G) Thu 1:00, 4:20, 7:10, 9:40 Fri-Sat, Tue 1:10, 4:00, 6:40, 10:15 Sun 1:10, 4:00, 6:40, 9:50 Mon 1:10, 4:00, 10:10 Wed 4:00, 10:35

Metro

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

CARS 2 (G) Thu 1:30, 4:00, 6:45, 8:55 HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2 (PG) Thu 12:00 Fri-Sat 11:00, 1:30, 4:00, 6:30, 8:45, 11:00 Sun-Wed 11:00, 1:30, 4:00, 6:30, 8:45

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

THE HANGOVER PART II (18A) Fri-Wed 9:15 IN A BETTER WORLD Thu 2:45 JUDY MOODY AND THE NOT BUMMER SUMMER (G) Thu 1:10 Fri-Wed 1:40 MR. POPPER’S PENGUINS (G) Fri-Wed 3:20 POTICHE (14A) 7:15 RIO (G) Thu 11:30 Fri-Wed 12:00 THOR (PG) Thu 9:15 WATER FOR ELEPHANTS (PG) 5:00

QUEENSWAY (CE)

1025 THE QUEENSWAY, QEW & ISLINGTON, 416-503-0424 BAD TEACHER (14A) Thu 1:50, 4:05, 6:20, 8:40, 11:10 FriWed 11:10, 1:40, 4:05, 6:25, 8:45, 11:10 BRIDESMAIDS (14A) Thu 2:20, 5:10, 8:05, 10:55 Fri-Wed 11:25, 2:15, 5:10, 8:05, 10:55 CARS 2 (G) Thu 12:40, 3:25 CARS 2 3D (G) Thu 2:20, 5:00, 7:40, 10:15 Fri, Sun-Wed 11:15, 1:50, 4:45, 7:40, 10:15 Sat 1:50, 4:45, 7:40, 10:15 GREEN LANTERN (PG) Fri-Wed 10:20 GREEN LANTERN 3D (PG) Thu 12:10, 3:00, 10:45 THE HANGOVER PART II (18A) Thu 9:20 HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2 (PG) Thu 12:10, 12:15 Fri-Wed 12:00, 12:30, 3:10, 3:40, 6:20, 6:50, 9:30, 10:00 HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2: 3D (PG) Thu 12:01, 12:10 Fri, Sun-Wed 11:00, 11:30, 1:00, 2:00, 2:30, 4:10, 5:00, 5:45, 7:20, 8:00, 9:00, 10:30, 11:00 Sat 11:00, 1:00, 2:00, 2:30, 4:10, 5:00, 5:45, 7:20, 8:00, 9:00, 10:30, 11:00 HORRIBLE BOSSES (14A) Thu 12:05, 1:30, 2:35, 4:10, 5:10, 6:30, 7:45, 8:55, 10:20 Fri-Tue 12:05, 12:55, 2:45, 3:30, 5:20, 6:10, 7:55, 8:40, 10:35, 11:10 Wed 12:05, 2:45, 3:30, 5:20, 6:10, 7:55, 8:40, 10:35, 11:10 KUNG FU PANDA 2 (PG) Fri-Wed 11:05, 1:20, 3:35, 5:50 KUNG FU PANDA 2 3D (PG) Thu 12:15, 2:40, 5:05, 7:25 LARRY CROWNE (PG) Thu 12:45, 3:20, 6:00, 8:25, 11:05 Fri-Sat, Tue-Wed 12:45, 3:20, 6:00, 8:30, 11:05 Sun 12:45, 3:20, 6:00, 8:30 Mon 12:45, 3:20, 11:05 THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: IL TROVATORE ENCORE Mon 6:30 MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (PG) Thu 11:50 2:10 4:35 7:05 9:35 Fri-Wed 11:50, 2:10, 4:35, 7:10, 9:45 MONTE CARLO (G) Thu 2:30 5:15 7:50 10:40 Fri-Wed 11:40, 2:25, 5:15, 7:50 MR. POPPER’S PENGUINS (G) Thu 2:00, 4:25, 6:50 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES 3D (PG) Thu 9:50 SUPER 8 (PG) Thu 11:55, 2:45, 5:30, 8:10, 10:50 Fri-Sat, Mon-Wed 8:15, 11:00 Sun 11:00 TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON (PG) Thu 1:00, 4:50, 6:15, 8:15, 9:40 Fri-Wed 11:30, 3:00, 6:40, 10:05 TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON 3D (PG) Thu 12:00, 12:30, 3:30, 4:00, 7:30 Fri-Wed 12:40, 4:00, 7:30, 10:50 WINNIE THE POOH (G) Fri-Wed 11:00, 12:50, 2:45, 4:40, 6:30, 8:20 WWE MONEY IN THE BANK 2011 Sun 8:00 X-MEN: FIRST CLASS (PG) Thu 1:20, 4:15, 7:20, 10:25 FriWed 10:40 ZOOKEEPER (G) 12:20, 2:55, 5:30, 8:10, 10:45 Thu 12:25

3:00 5:30 8:00 10:30 Sun only 12:20 2:55 5:30 8:10 11:05

RAINBOW WOODBINE (I)

WOODBINE CENTRE, 500 REXDALE BLVD, 416-213-1998 BAD TEACHER (14A) 1:20, 4:15, 7:10, 9:30 CARS 2 (G) Thu 1:10 3:45 7:00 9:25 Fri-Wed 1:10, 3:45, 7:05, 9:25 HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2 (PG) Fri-Wed 1:00, 3:50, 6:45, 9:45 HORRIBLE BOSSES (14A) 12:45, 2:50, 5:00, 7:20, 9:35 LARRY CROWNE (PG) Thu 1:05, 4:05, 7:15, 9:45 Fri-Wed 9:40 MONTE CARLO (G) 1:15, 4:00, 6:55, 9:20 TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON (PG) Thu 12:35 3:40 6:45 9:50 Fri-Wed 12:35, 3:40, 6:45, 9:45 TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON 3D (PG) Thu 12:35, 3:40, 6:45, 9:50 WINNIE THE POOH (G) Fri-Wed 1:05, 3:00, 4:55, 7:15 ZOOKEEPER (G) 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, 2:50, 5:15, 7:40, 10:10 CARS 2 (G) Fri-Wed 1:00, 4:00, 6:50, 9:30 CARS 2 3D (G) Thu 1:00, 4:00, 6:50, 9:30 HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2 (PG) Fri-Wed 12:10, 3:20, 6:30, 9:40 HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2: 3D (PG) Fri-Wed 12:40, 3:50, 7:00, 10:10 HORRIBLE BOSSES (14A) 2:00, 5:00, 7:50, 10:20 LARRY CROWNE (PG) Thu 1:30, 4:45, 7:20, 9:45 TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON 3D (PG) Thu 12:15, 3:40, 7:10, 10:30 Fri-Wed 12:20, 3:45, 7:15, 10:40 ZOOKEEPER (G) 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 1:10, 4:10, 7:00, 9:35 Fri-Wed 12:10, 2:45, 5:10, 7:40, 10:10 CARS 2 3D (G) Thu 2:30, 5:10, 7:50, 10:30 GREEN LANTERN (PG) Thu 2:40, 5:20, 8:00, 10:40 Fri-Wed 2:10, 4:50, 7:30, 10:15 GREEN LANTERN 3D (PG) Thu 1:40, 4:30, 7:05, 9:30 HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2 (PG) Thu 12:01 Fri-Sat 1:00, 2:30, 4:00, 5:30, 7:00, 8:30, 10:00, 11:30 Sun-Wed 1:00, 2:30, 4:00, 5:30, 7:00, 8:30, 10:00 HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2: 3D (PG) Thu 12:01 Fri-Sat 12:00, 2:00, 3:00, 5:00, 6:00, 8:00, 9:00, 11:00, 11:59 Sun-Wed 12:00, 2:00, 3:00, 5:00, 6:00, 8:00, 9:00, 11:00 MR. POPPER’S PENGUINS (G) Thu 2:10, 4:40 TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON (PG) Thu 3:15, 6:30, 10:00 Fri-Sat 1:15, 4:40, 8:15, 11:40 Sun-Wed 1:15, 4:40, 8:15 TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON 3D (PG) Thu 12:40, 1:20, 4:00, 4:50, 7:30, 8:30, 10:50 Fri-Wed 12:20, 3:45, 7:15, 10:35 X-MEN: FIRST CLASS (PG) Thu 7:20, 10:20 ZOOKEEPER (G) Thu 1:00, 2:20, 4:20, 5:00, 6:45, 7:40, 9:20, 10:10 Fri-Sat 1:30, 2:20, 4:15, 5:20, 6:45, 7:50, 9:15, 10:20, 11:45 Sun-Wed 1:30, 2:20, 4:15, 5:20, 6:45, 7:50, 9:15, 10:20

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

BAD TEACHER (14A) Thu 12:20 2:50 5:20 7:50 10:40 FriWed 12:20, 2:50, 5:20, 7:50, 10:30 BEGINNERS (14A) Thu 12:30, 3:40, 6:30, 9:30 Fri-Wed 9:45 BRIDESMAIDS (14A) Thu 1:00 4:10 7:20 10:15 Fri-Wed 1:15, 4:10, 7:20, 10:15 CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS (G) Fri-Wed 1:10, 4:00, 6:50, 10:00 continued on page 64 œ

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

BAD TEACHER (14A) Thu 12:10, 1:10, 2:20, 3:50, 4:40, 6:15, 7:20, 8:45, 9:40 Fri-Wed 12:15, 3:00, 5:30, 8:10, 10:40 CONAN O’BRIEN CAN’T STOP Thu 12:50, 3:15, 5:45, 8:15, 10:50 Fri-Sat, Tue-Wed 11:10, 1:20, 3:40, 6:10, 8:20, 10:45 Sun-Mon 11:10, 1:20, 3:40, 6:10, 8:20 GREEN LANTERN 3D (PG) Thu 1:50, 4:50, 7:40, 10:40 FriWed 11:20, 2:10, 4:50, 7:50, 10:50 HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS - PART 2: AN IMAX 3D EXPERIENCE (PG) Thu 12:01 Fri-Wed 10:00, 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2 (PG) 11:30, 12:00, 2:40, 3:10, 5:50, 6:20, 9:00, 9:30 Fri-Sat 12:00 late

NOW

JULY 14-20 2011

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The hangover ParT II (18A) Thu 2:20, 4:55, 7:25, 10:05 horrIble bosses (14A) Thu 12:00 2:30 5:00 7:40 10:20 Fri-Wed 12:00, 2:30, 5:10, 7:40, 10:20 Kung Fu Panda 2 3d (PG) Thu 1:50, 4:30 larry Crowne (PG) Thu 1:20, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 Fri-Sun, Tue-Wed 6:20, 9:20 The MeTroPolITan oPera: Il TrovaTore enCore Mon 6:30 MIdnIghT In ParIs (PG) 1:40, 4:20, 7:10, 9:50 MonTe Carlo (G) Thu 12:50, 3:50, 6:40, 9:40 Fri-Wed 12:40, 3:30 snow Flower and The seCreT Fan (PG) Fri-Wed 12:30, 3:50, 6:40, 9:30 suPer 8 (PG) Thu 7:30, 10:30 The Tree oF lIFe (PG) Thu 12:10, 3:30, 6:50, 10:10 Fri-Sun, Tue-Wed 12:10, 3:20, 6:30, 9:40 Mon 12:10, 9:50 The TrIP Fri-Wed 1:20, 4:30, 7:30, 10:10 wInnIe The Pooh (G) Fri-Wed 1:00, 3:00, 5:00, 7:00

SilverCiTy FairvieW (Ce)

FairvieW Mall, 1800 Sheppard ave e, 416-644-7746 bad TeaCher (14A) Thu 12:15, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:10 FriWed 1:10, 4:00, 7:30, 10:10 Cars 2 3d (G) Thu 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 9:30 Fri-Wed 1:20, 4:20, 7:10, 9:45 green lanTern 3d (PG) Thu 10:00 harry PoTTer and The deaThly hallows: ParT 2 (PG) Fri-Wed 12:30, 3:40, 6:50, 9:00, 10:00 harry PoTTer and The deaThly hallows: ParT 2: 3d (PG) Fri-Wed 12:00, 1:00, 3:10, 4:10, 6:20, 7:20, 9:30, 10:30 horrIble bosses (14A) Thu 1:45, 4:45, 7:20, 9:55 Fri-Tue 12:50, 3:50, 7:40, 10:15 Wed 3:50, 7:40, 10:15 larry Crowne (PG) Thu 1:15, 4:15, 6:50, 9:20 Mr. PoPPer’s PenguIns (G) Thu 1:30, 4:30 suPer 8 (PG) Thu 1:00, 4:00 TransForMers: darK oF The Moon (PG) Thu 2:40, 6:15, 9:45 TransForMers: darK oF The Moon 3d (PG) Thu 12:15 3:30 7:00 10:30 Fri-Wed 12:10, 3:30, 7:00, 10:25 wInnIe The Pooh (G) Fri-Wed 12:20, 2:30, 4:30, 7:00 X-Men: FIrsT Class (PG) Thu 7:10, 10:20 ZooKeePer (G) Thu 12:30, 3:15, 6:30, 9:40 Fri-Wed 12:40, 3:20, 6:35, 9:15

SilverCiTy yorkdale (Ce) 3401 duFFerin ST, 416-787-4432

bad TeaCher (14A) Thu 12:20, 2:40, 5:10, 7:40, 10:10 Fri-Tue 11:40, 2:30, 5:20, 7:50, 10:40 Wed 11:40, 2:30, 5:20, 10:40 brIdesMaIds (14A) Thu 10:30 Cars 2 (G) Thu 12:15, 3:10 Cars 2 3d (G) Thu 12:45 3:30 6:15 9:00 Fri-Wed 12:45, 3:50, 6:50, 9:50 green lanTern 3d (PG) Thu 1:30, 4:40, 7:30 harry PoTTer and The deaThly hallows: ParT 2 (PG) Fri-Tue 1:00, 4:10, 7:20, 9:00, 10:30 Wed 1:00, 4:10, 7:20, 10:00, 10:30 harry PoTTer and The deaThly hallows: ParT 2: 3d (PG) Thu 12:00, 12:01 Fri-Wed 11:00, 12:10, 2:00, 3:20, 5:00, 6:30, 8:00, 9:40, 11:00 horrIble bosses (14A) Thu 1:20, 4:10, 7:20, 10:00 FriWed 11:30, 2:10, 4:45, 7:40, 10:20 MonTe Carlo (G) Thu 12:30, 3:20, 6:20, 9:15 Fri-Wed 11:50 Mr. PoPPer’s PenguIns (G) Thu 1:10 TransForMers: darK oF The Moon (PG) Fri-Wed 2:45, 6:20, 10:00 TransForMers: darK oF The Moon 3d (PG) Thu 12:15, 2:30, 3:30, 7:15, 10:30 Fri-Wed 12:00, 3:40, 7:10, 10:50 wInnIe The Pooh (G) Fri-Tue 11:15, 1:10, 3:10, 5:10, 7:00 Wed 12:00, 2:15, 4:40, 7:45 X-Men: FIrsT Class (PG) Thu 3:40, 7:10, 10:15 ZooKeePer (G) Thu 12:45 3:50 6:40 9:30 Fri-Wed 1:20, 4:00, 6:40, 9:30

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bad TeaCher (14A) Thu 2:30, 5:00, 7:55, 11:00 Fri-Sun, Tue 11:30, 2:00, 5:00, 7:55, 10:40 Mon, Wed 2:00, 5:00, 7:55, 10:40 Cars 2 (G) Fri-Wed 12:40, 3:15, 7:00, 9:40 Cars 2 3d (G) Thu 1:15, 4:10, 6:50, 9:20 green lanTern 3d (PG) Thu 1:00, 3:40, 6:15, 8:50 harry PoTTer and The deaThly hallows: ParT 2 (PG) Thu 12:10 Fri-Sun, Tue 11:15, 12:30, 2:15, 3:30, 6:00,

6:50, 9:00, 10:00 Mon, Wed 12:30, 2:15, 3:30, 6:00, 6:50, 9:00, 10:00 harry PoTTer and The deaThly hallows: ParT 2: 3d (PG) Thu 12:01, 12:15 Fri-Wed 11:45, 12:50, 3:00, 4:00, 6:30, 7:10, 9:30, 10:20 horrIble bosses (14A) Thu 2:00, 4:45, 7:25, 9:50, 12:15 Fri-Wed 1:40, 4:45, 7:45, 10:35 Kung Fu Panda 2 (PG) Thu 2:15, 4:30, 6:40 Fri-Wed 1:05, 3:50 larry Crowne (PG) Thu 1:45, 4:20, 7:00, 9:40 MonTe Carlo (G) Thu 12:45, 3:30, 6:10, 8:45 Mr. PoPPer’s PenguIns (G) Thu 1:30, 4:00 TransForMers: darK oF The Moon (PG) Thu 3:15, 6:30, 9:00, 10:00 Fri-Wed 6:15, 9:45 TransForMers: darK oF The Moon 3d (PG) Thu 12:30, 3:50, 7:10, 10:45 Fri-Wed 12:00, 3:40, 7:25, 10:30 wInnIe The Pooh (G) Fri-Wed 12:15, 2:30, 4:30, 7:35 X-Men: FIrsT Class (PG) Thu 6:20, 9:10, 12:05 ZooKeePer (G) Thu 2:45, 5:10, 7:40, 10:15 Fri-Wed 1:20, 4:15, 6:40, 9:15

ColiSeuM SCarborough (Ce) SCarborough ToWn CenTre, 416-290-5217

Cars 2 3d (G) Thu 12:40, 3:40, 6:50, 9:45 Fri-Wed 12:25, 3:25, 6:45, 9:30 deIva ThIruMagal Fri-Wed 12:20, 3:30, 6:40, 9:55 Forever and a day Fri-Tue 1:10, 4:10, 7:25, 10:15 Wed 1:15, 4:10, 7:25, 10:15 green lanTern 3d (PG) Thu 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:15 Fri-Wed 9:25 horrIble bosses (14A) Thu 12:35 1:00 3:35 4:00 6:35 7:00 9:35 10:00 Fri-Wed 12:35, 1:05, 3:35, 4:05, 6:35, 7:05, 9:35, 10:05 Kung Fu Panda 2 3d (PG) Thu 12:20, 3:00, 6:20 Fri-Wed 12:55, 3:50, 6:55 MonTe Carlo (G) Thu 12:45, 3:45, 6:30, 9:10 Fri-Sat, Mon-Wed 12:45, 3:45, 6:30, 9:15 Sun 12:45, 3:45 TransForMers: darK oF The Moon (PG) Thu 2:00, 6:00, 9:00, 9:40 Fri-Wed 2:15, 6:15, 10:00 TransForMers: darK oF The Moon 3d (PG) Thu 12:00, 12:30, 3:20, 3:50, 6:40, 7:10, 10:10, 10:30 Fri-Wed 12:15, 3:40, 7:10, 10:30 wInnIe The Pooh (G) Fri-Wed 12:40, 2:40, 4:40, 7:00, 9:10 wwe Money In The banK 2011 Sun 8:00 X-Men: FIrsT Class (PG) Thu 12:10, 3:25, 6:45, 9:50 FriWed 12:50, 4:00, 7:15, 10:25 ZooKeePer (G) Thu 1:05, 4:05, 7:05, 9:55 Fri-Wed 12:30, 3:55, 6:50, 9:50

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bad TeaCher (14A) Thu 12:05, 2:25, 5:00, 7:40, 10:45 Fri-Wed 1:50, 4:30, 6:55, 9:40 brIdesMaIds (14A) Thu 7:20, 10:30 Cars 2 (G) Thu 4:30, 7:15 Cars 2 3d (G) Thu 12:20, 3:30, 6:30, 9:15 Fri-Wed 1:40, 4:45, 7:40, 10:15 deIva ThIruMagal Fri-Wed 12:15, 3:45, 7:15, 10:45 green lanTern (PG) Fri-Sat, Mon-Wed 1:10, 4:20, 7:25, 10:10 Sun 1:10, 4:20, 10:10 green lanTern 3d (PG) Thu 12:40, 3:45, 6:40, 9:30 harry PoTTer and The deaThly hallows: ParT 2 (PG) Fri-Wed 12:00, 12:30, 2:00, 3:10, 3:40, 5:10, 6:20, 6:50, 8:30, 9:30, 10:00 harry PoTTer and The deaThly hallows: ParT 2: 3d (PG) Thu 12:01, 12:20 Fri-Wed 1:00, 1:30, 4:10, 4:40, 7:20, 7:50, 10:30, 11:00 horrIble bosses (14A) Thu 1:50 4:50 7:50 10:40 Fri-Wed 2:05, 4:50, 7:45, 10:40 Kung Fu Panda 2 (PG) Thu 1:45, 4:45 larry Crowne (PG) Thu 12:45, 3:15, 6:20, 9:10 The MeTroPolITan oPera: Il TrovaTore enCore Mon 6:30 MonTe Carlo (G) Thu 1:20, 4:10, 7:10, 10:00 Fri-Sat, TueWed 12:20, 3:20, 6:15, 9:10 Sun 12:20, 3:20, 6:15 Mon 12:20, 3:20, 10:05 Mr. PoPPer’s PenguIns (G) Thu 12:50, 3:40, 6:45, 9:20 Fri-Wed 1:45, 4:15 PIraTes oF The CarIbbean: on sTranger TIdes (PG) Thu 10:10 suPer 8 (PG) Thu 1:00, 3:50, 6:55, 10:15 TransForMers: darK oF The Moon (PG) Thu 1:10, 2:30, 4:40, 6:10, 8:00, 9:40 Fri-Wed 12:10, 3:30, 7:00, 10:20 TransForMers: darK oF The Moon 3d (PG) Thu 12:00, 12:30, 3:20, 4:00, 6:50, 7:30, 10:20, 10:50 Fri-Wed 12:40, 4:00, 7:30, 10:50 wInnIe The Pooh (G) Fri-Wed 12:50, 3:00, 5:00, 7:10, 9:20 wwe Money In The banK 2011 Sun 8:00 X-Men: FIrsT Class (PG) Thu 12:10, 3:10, 6:15, 9:45 FriWed 6:40, 9:50 ZooKeePer (G) Thu 1:30, 4:20, 7:00, 9:35 Fri-Wed 1:20, 3:50, 6:30, 9:15

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bad TeaCher (14A) Thu 1:00, 2:35, 3:20, 4:55, 5:40, 7:15, 8:00, 9:35, 10:20 Fri-Sun 10:40, 12:10, 12:55, 2:30, 3:15, 4:50, 5:35, 7:10, 7:55, 9:30, 10:15, 11:45 Mon-Wed 12:55, 2:30, 3:15, 4:50, 5:35, 7:10, 7:55, 9:30, 10:15 bbuddah... hoga Tera baaP (14A) Thu 2:00, 5:15, 8:35 begInnIng oF The greaT revIval Thu 12:45, 1:35, 3:45, 4:30, 6:45, 7:30, 9:45, 10:25 Fri-Sun 10:35, 1:35, 4:35, 7:35, 10:30 Mon-Wed 1:35, 4:35, 7:35, 10:30 brIdesMaIds (14A) 1:30, 4:15, 7:05, 10:00 Fri-Sun 10:40 mat delhI belly (14A) 2:15, 5:30, 9:00 Fri-Sun 11:00 mat double dhaMaal (PG) Thu 2:25, 5:45, 9:15 FasT FIve (PG) Thu 1:25, 4:25, 7:25, 10:25 The hangover ParT II (18A) 2:25, 5:00, 7:35, 10:10 FriSun 11:50 mat harry PoTTer and The deaThly hallows: ParT 2 (PG) Thu 12:01, 12:02 Fri-Sun 10:30, 11:30, 1:35, 2:35, 4:40, 5:40, 7:45, 8:45, 10:50, 11:50 Mon-Wed 1:35, 2:35, 4:40, 5:40, 7:45, 8:45, 10:50 harry PoTTer and The deaThly hallows: ParT 2: 3d (PG) Thu 12:01, 12:02 Fri-Sun 9:45, 10:15, 10:50, 12:05, 12:50, 1:20, 1:55, 3:10, 3:55, 4:25, 5:00, 6:15, 7:00, 7:30, 8:05, 9:20, 10:05, 10:35, 11:05 Mon-Wed 12:50, 1:20, 1:55, 3:10, 3:55, 4:25, 5:00, 6:15, 7:00, 7:30, 8:05, 9:20, 10:05, 10:35, 11:05

Harry Potter and tHe deatHly Hallows: Part I (2d) & Part II (3d) Thu 9:00 larry Crowne (PG) Thu 2:00, 2:45, 4:30, 7:00, 7:45, 9:30 Fri-Sun 11:30, 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:35 Mon-Wed 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:35 MIdnIgHt In ParIs (PG) Thu 12:35, 1:05, 2:50, 3:20, 5:10, 5:50, 7:30, 8:15, 9:45 Fri-Sun 10:15, 12:35, 2:50, 5:10, 7:30, 9:45 Mon-Wed 12:35, 2:50, 5:10, 7:30, 9:45 Mr. PoPPer’s PenguIns (G) Thu 2:20, 4:50, 7:15 PIrates of tHe CarIbbean: on stranger tIdes (PG) 2:10, 5:20, 8:30 Fri-Sun 11:10 mat, 11:30 late PIrates of tHe CarIbbean: on stranger tIdes 3d (PG) Thu 2:10, 5:20 snow flower and tHe seCret fan (PG) 1:40, 4:30, 7:20, 10:10 Fri-Sun 10:50 mat suPer 8 (PG) 1:30, 4:10, 7:10, 9:55 Fri-Sun 10:55 mat tHor (PG) 2:15, 4:55, 7:50, 10:35 Fri-Sun 11:25 mat tHor 3d (PG) Thu 2:15, 5:00, 7:50 tHe tree of lIfe (PG) Thu 12:40, 2:30, 3:55, 5:35, 7:00, 8:45 Fri-Sun 9:54, 12:50, 4:00, 7:15, 10:20 Mon-Wed 12:50, 4:00, 7:15, 10:20 ZIndagI na MIlegI dobara 2:20, 5:45, 9:15 Fri-Sun 11:00 mat

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Cars 2 (G) Thu 12:10, 3:30, 7:10, 10:10 Cars 2 3d (G) Thu 1:05, 3:55, 6:35, 9:15 Fri-Wed 12:20, 3:30, 6:45, 9:40 green lantern 3d (PG) Thu 1:40, 4:30, 7:50, 10:45 Harry Potter and tHe deatHly Hallows - Part 2: an IMaX 3d eXPerIenCe (PG) Thu 12:01 Fri-Wed 10:00, 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 Harry Potter and tHe deatHly Hallows – Part 1 (PG) Thu 6:10 Harry Potter and tHe deatHly Hallows: Part 2 (PG) Fri-Sat 10:45, 11:30, 12:00, 2:00, 2:40, 3:10, 5:10, 6:20, 6:50, 8:30, 9:30, 9:55, 11:30 Sun-Tue 10:45, 11:30, 12:00, 2:00, 2:40, 3:10, 5:10, 6:20, 6:50, 8:30, 9:30, 9:55 Wed 10:45, 12:00, 2:00, 3:10, 4:05, 5:10, 6:20, 7:15, 8:30, 9:30, 10:30 Harry Potter and tHe deatHly Hallows: Part 2: 3d (PG) Thu 12:01 Fri-Tue 12:30, 1:20, 3:40, 4:30, 7:15, 7:45, 10:30, 11:00 Wed 11:30, 1:20, 2:40, 4:30, 6:50, 7:45, 9:55, 11:00 MIdnIgHt In ParIs (PG) Thu 12:50, 4:10, 6:40, 9:10 PIrates of tHe CarIbbean: on stranger tIdes (PG) Thu 12:20, 3:40, 6:45, 10:30 Fri-Sat, Mon-Wed 12:10, 4:10, 7:20, 10:45 Sun 12:10, 4:10

suPer 8 (PG) Thu 12:25, 3:10, 6:20, 9:30 Fri-Wed 12:40, 7:30 transforMers: dark of tHe Moon (PG) Thu 12:30, 2:30, 4:00, 7:30, 9:40, 11:00 Fri-Sat 12:50, 3:50, 4:20, 7:50, 10:40, 11:15 Sun-Wed 12:50, 3:50, 4:20, 7:50, 10:40 transforMers: dark of tHe Moon 3d (PG) Thu 12:00, 1:10, 3:20, 4:40, 6:50, 8:10, 10:20 Fri-Wed 11:45, 3:00, 6:40, 10:10 wwe Money In tHe bank 2011 Sun 8:00 X-Men: fIrst Class (PG) Thu 12:40 3:50 7:40 10:50 FriWed 1:10, 4:40, 7:40, 10:50 ZookeePer (G) Thu 1:00, 4:20, 7:20, 10:15 Fri-Wed 1:30, 4:15, 7:10, 9:50

10:45, 11:45 Sun 9:50, 12:10, 1:10, 3:40, 4:40, 7:10, 8:10, 10:45 Mon-Wed 12:10, 1:10, 3:40, 4:40, 7:10, 8:10, 10:45 wInnIe tHe PooH (G) Fri-Wed 11:00, 1:05, 3:00, 5:05, 7:00 X-Men: fIrst Class (PG) Thu 11:45, 2:40, 5:35, 8:30 FriSat 9:15, 12:10 Sun-Wed 9:15 ZookeePer (G) Thu 12:45, 3:15, 5:45, 8:15, 10:45 Fri-Sat 10:20, 12:55, 3:45, 6:30, 9:20, 11:50 Sun 10:20, 12:55, 3:45, 6:30, 9:20 Mon-Wed 12:55, 3:45, 6:30, 9:20

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brIdesMaIds (14A) Thu 12:50, 3:50, 6:50, 10:10 Fri-Wed 1:10, 4:00, 7:30, 10:20 Cars 2 (G) Thu 12:45, 3:40, 6:40, 9:20 Fri-Wed 12:50, 3:40 Cars 2 3d (G) Thu 1:30 4:20 7:20 10:00 Fri-Wed 1:30, 4:15, 7:20, 10:00 deIva tHIruMagal Fri-Wed 12:15, 3:30, 6:50, 10:15 HorrIble bosses (14A) Thu 1:40 4:40 7:10 7:50 9:40 10:30 Fri-Wed 1:40, 4:45, 7:10, 7:50, 9:40, 10:30 kung fu Panda 2 3d (PG) Thu 1:20, 3:30 larry Crowne (PG) Thu 1:50 4:30 7:30 10:05 Fri-Wed 1:50, 4:30, 7:40, 10:05 tHe MetroPolItan oPera: Il trovatore enCore Mon 6:30 Monte Carlo (G) Thu 12:40 3:20 6:45 9:35 Fri-Wed 12:40, 3:10, 6:20, 9:15 suPer 8 (PG) Thu 1:10, 4:10, 7:40, 10:20 tHe tree of lIfe (PG) Thu 12:30, 3:25, 6:30, 9:30 Fri-Sun, Tue-Wed 12:30, 3:20, 6:30, 9:50 Mon 12:30, 3:20, 10:10 wInnIe tHe PooH (G) Fri-Wed 1:00, 3:00, 5:00, 7:00, 9:00 ZookeePer (G) Thu 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:50 Fri-Wed 1:20, 3:50, 6:40, 9:30

110 CourTney Park e aT huronTario, 888-262-4386 bad teaCHer (14A) Thu 11:50, 2:05, 4:25, 7:00, 9:20 Fri 2:15, 7:15, 9:45 Sat 11:45, 2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 9:45, 12:05 MonWed 11:45, 2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 9:45 brIdesMaIds (14A) Thu 1:45, 4:50, 7:50, 10:40 Fri-Wed 10:55, 1:55, 4:25, 7:25, 10:20 Cars 2 (G) Thu 11:45, 12:30, 2:30, 3:15, 5:00, 5:45, 7:30, 8:15, 10:05, 10:55 Fri-Sun 10:00, 12:45, 3:30, 6:15, 9:05 Mon-Wed 12:45, 3:30, 6:15, 9:05 Cars 2 3d (G) Thu 2:00, 4:25, 6:55 green lantern 3d (PG) Thu 1:15, 4:00, 7:10, 9:50 Harry Potter and tHe deatHly Hallows - Part 2: an IMaX 3d eXPerIenCe (PG) Thu 12:01, 3:10 Fri-Sat 6:30, 9:45, 1:00, 4:30, 8:00, 11:30 Sun 6:30, 9:45, 1:00, 4:30, 8:00 Mon-Wed 11:15, 2:00, 5:00, 8:00, 11:00 Harry Potter and tHe deatHly Hallows: Part 2 (PG) Thu 12:02 Fri-Sat 10:15, 11:15, 1:30, 2:30, 5:00, 6:00, 8:30, 9:30, 12:00 Sun 10:15, 11:15, 1:30, 2:30, 5:00, 6:00, 8:30, 9:30, 11:30 Mon-Wed 11:55, 1:00, 3:00, 4:00, 6:00, 7:00, 9:00, 10:00 Harry Potter and tHe deatHly Hallows: Part 2: 3d (PG) Thu 12:03 Fri-Sat 9:15, 10:45, 12:30, 2:00, 4:00, 5:30, 7:30, 9:00, 11:00, 12:20 Sun 9:15, 10:45, 12:30, 2:00, 4:00, 5:30, 7:30, 9:00, 11:00 Mon-Tue 10:45, 12:30, 1:40, 3:30, 4:30, 6:30, 7:30, 9:30, 10:30 Wed 10:45, 12:30, 1:40, 4:30, 7:30, 10:30 Harry Potter double feature Thu 9:00 HorrIble bosses (14A) Thu 11:50, 2:20, 4:40, 7:05, 9:30 Fri-Sat, Mon-Wed 11:20, 2:00, 4:55, 7:45, 10:25 Sun 2:00, 4:55, 7:45, 10:25 larry Crowne (PG) Thu 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 9:50 Fri-Wed 6:50, 9:25 Monte Carlo (G) Thu 1:50, 4:20, 7:15, 9:50 Fri-Wed 11:05, 1:45, 4:15 suPer 8 (PG) Thu 12:40, 3:20, 5:55, 8:35 Fri-Sun 10:35, 1:20, 4:10, 6:45 Mon-Wed 1:20, 4:10, 6:45, 9:35 transforMers: dark of tHe Moon (PG) Thu 1:00, 4:15, 7:30 Fri-Sun 11:55, 3:20, 6:40, 10:15 Mon-Wed 11:50, 3:20, 6:40, 10:15 transforMers: dark of tHe Moon -- an IMaX 3d eXPerIenCe (PG) Thu 1:40, 5:00, 8:30 transforMers: dark of tHe Moon 3d (PG) Thu 11:55, 12:45, 3:30, 4:30, 8:00 Fri 9:50, 1:10, 3:40, 4:40, 7:10, 8:10, 10:45, 11:45 Sat 9:50, 12:10, 1:10, 3:40, 4:40, 7:10, 8:10,

SilverCiTy MiSSiSSauga (Ce) hWy 5, eaST oF hWy 403, 905-569-3373

(PG) Thu 12:30 Fri-Wed 12:00, 12:30, 3:10, 3:40, 6:20, 6:50, 9:30, 9:55 Harry Potter and tHe deatHly Hallows: Part 2: 3d (PG) Thu 12:01, 12:15 Fri-Sat, Tue 11:00, 11:15, 1:10, 2:00, 2:10, 4:15, 5:00, 5:20, 7:20, 8:00, 8:30, 10:30, 11:00, 11:30 Sun-Mon, Wed 11:00, 11:15, 1:10, 2:00, 2:10, 4:15, 5:00, 5:20, 7:20, 8:00, 8:30, 10:30, 11:00 HorrIble bosses (14A) Thu 1:05 1:40 4:05 4:40 7:10 7:50 10:00 10:40 Fri-Wed 12:45, 1:40, 3:45, 4:30, 6:55, 7:30, 9:40, 10:15 kung fu Panda 2 (PG) Fri-Wed 11:50, 2:20, 7:35 kung fu Panda 2 3d (PG) Thu 12:35, 3:25, 6:20, 8:45 larry Crowne (PG) Thu 1:10, 4:10, 7:15, 10:30 Mr. PoPPer’s PenguIns (G) Thu 12:55, 3:35 PIrates of tHe CarIbbean: on stranger tIdes (PG) Fri-Wed 12:15, 3:30, 6:35, 9:45 PIrates of tHe CarIbbean: on stranger tIdes 3d (PG) Thu 12:15, 3:20, 6:40, 10:10 suPer 8 (PG) Thu 6:30, 9:15 transforMers: dark of tHe Moon (PG) Thu 2:30, 6:15, 9:45 Fri-Sat, Mon-Wed 11:40, 3:10, 6:40, 10:10 Sun 11:40, 3:10 transforMers: dark of tHe Moon 3d (PG) Thu 12:30, 1:00, 4:00, 4:30, 7:30, 8:00 Fri-Sat, Tue 12:20, 12:45, 3:50, 4:20, 7:20, 7:50, 10:40, 11:20 Sun 12:20, 1:00, 3:45, 4:30, 7:15, 8:20, 10:40 Mon, Wed 12:20, 1:00, 3:50, 4:30, 7:15, 8:20, 10:40 wwe Money In tHe bank 2011 Sun 8:00 X-Men: fIrst Class (PG) Thu 1:50, 4:45, 7:45, 10:45 FriWed 4:40, 9:50 ZookeePer (G) Thu 12:00, 12:40, 3:00, 3:40, 6:10, 7:00, 8:40, 9:40 Fri-Wed 10:45, 12:40, 1:30, 3:20, 4:00, 6:30, 9:10

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tHe adjustMent bureau (PG) Thu 2:05, 4:40, 7:20, 9:55 delHI belly (14A) 2:10, 4:50, 7:30, 10:00 Sat-Sun 11:40 mat fast fIve (PG) 4:10, 7:00, 9:45 Sat-Sun 1:05 mat forks over knIves 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:15 Sat-Sun 12:15 mat judy Moody and tHe not buMMer suMMer (G) 2:30, 4:55, 7:30, 9:50 Sat-Sun 11:55 mat larry Crowne (PG) 2:00, 4:30, 7:05, 9:40 Sat-Sun 11:35 mat lIMItless (14A) 2:10, 4:45, 7:25, 10:00 Sat-Sun 11:40 mat tHe lInColn lawyer (14A) Thu 4:10, 7:10, 10:10 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 11:30 mat Mr. PoPPer’s PenguIns (G) 2:25, 4:45, 7:25, 9:50 SatSun 11:50 mat PrIest 3d (14A) Thu 2:45, 5:00, 7:35, 10:15 soMetHIng borrowed (PG) Thu 2:00, 4:30, 7:05, 9:40 sourCe Code (PG) Thu 2:15, 4:35, 7:05, 9:40 suPer 8 (PG) 2:30, 5:00, 7:40, 10:10 Sat-Sun 11:45 mat

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The animals in Rango may talk but they’re not at all cute.

(eOne, 2011) D: Brad Furman, w/ Matthew McConaughey, Ryan Phillippe. Rating: NNNN; DVD package: NNN Criminal defence lawyer Mick Haller is a descendent of the 40s private eye. He’s smart and glib, and his ethics are questionable. He knows how to work the system and he’s at home in the underworld.

Out of the blue, Haller (Matthew McConaughey) gets a wealthy client, Louis Roulet (Ryan Phillippe), busted for beating up a hooker. Roulet insists he’s innocent and refuses the plea bargains that are Haller’s stock-intrade, but there’s something wrong somewhere.

Despite a veneer of politeness, Mick and his client keep a watchful eye on each other. Their mutual distrust drives the enjoyably tricky plot, which features sharp courtroom drama, violence and murder and gives an edge to McConaughey and Phillippe’s scenes together.

Source novel author Michael Connelly’s tour of some of the key locations enriches the story and reveals some of his literary roots and inspirations for the novel.

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Gonzo blasting down the highway from the beginning of Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas.

Rango’s humour is like that: smart and intertextual. Even the grossout gags are thoughtful.

A pet chameleon gets dumped in the desert and wanders into Dirt, an Old West town that needs a sheriff.

Unknown baddies are messing with

It’s a talking animal movie, but it’s not for anyone under, say, 12, and those kids better be sharp-eyed and literate or they’ll miss the splitsecond flash of Raoul Duke and Dr. hind torture-porn classic Saw, but that’s exactly what Insidious delivers, complete with unexplained noises, faces at windows and a slow buildup.

When Josh and Renai Lambert and their three kids move into a new house, the creepiness starts. Before long, Dalton, their eldest, is in a coma, and the nastiness escalates.

Wan and Whannell have a couple of good plot twists up their sleeves, but the movie derives its greatest impact from its uneasily moving camera, carefully crafted sound and compositions that always seem to have someone lurking around the edges.

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They’re grungy and grotesque, not cute. Rattlesnake Jake is the scariest animated villain I’ve ever seen.

The commentary and animals doc give you an idea of the animators’ inspiration and methods.

Go for the extended version. All the deleted scenes are there, and it’s a better movie.

EXTRAS Theatrical and extended versions, commentary, animals doc, deleted scenes. Widescreen. English, French, Spanish audio and subtitles.

the parents and the rest of the cast bring a welcome unconventionality to their roles, but the characters seem more generic than individual, so it’s hard to care about their fates. For character-driven haunted house movies, rent Robert Wise’s 1963 The Haunting, and Jack Clayton’s 1961 The Innocents, both brilliant.

The best of the three making-of docs, Horror 101, focuses on Wan and Whannell’s approach to the project by mixing genres and looking for something that hasn’t been done before.

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Jane’s Journey (Mongrel, 2010 ) D: Lorenz Knauer. Rating: NNN; DVD package: none.

The Music Room (Criterion/eOne, 1959) Acclaimed director Satyajit Ray tells the tale of an Indian aristocrat trying to maintain his lavish lifestyle in the face of growing poverty and personal tragedy.

Jane Goodall has always been my hero. In 1960 she went into the Tanzanian forest to begin her decades-long study of chimpanzees in the wild. She was the first to see them make and use tools. Outstanding archival footage, Goodall’s narration and the beautiful creatures and place make that part of the movie – the first 35 minutes – a delight.

In 1986, Goodall became an activist. Her life since then has involved non-stop touring to promote a message of environmentalism and hope and raise funds for projects launched by her foundations. She is, she says, obsessed. We see her with the famous and powerful and in a refugee camp in Tanzania and on a reservation in North Dakota. Throughout she remains calm, energetic and up-

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Money, love and big trouble follow when a failed writer gets a pill that jacks his intelligence into the stratosphere. Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro star.

Ferry To Hong Kong (VCI,

1959) Seldom-seen thriller about a drunken idler stuck forever on the Hong KongMacau ferry with a captain who hates him. Orson Welles and Curd Jürgens star.

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In her documentary Blank City – screening Friday and Saturday (July 15 and 16) at the Royal – Celine Danhier tells the story of the Cinema Of Transgression, developed in the late 70s and early 80s, when a loose affiliation of filmmakers and artists in Manhattan’s Lower East Side made a bunch of weird Super 8 movies and sparked a wave that would profoundly influence the direction of American film. Over the phone from New York City – where else? – the French-born Danhier discusses her fascination with punk cinema and the sense of community that still exists among her subjects.

How long did it take to make Blank City?

It took almost three and a half years to complete – we spent a lot of time researching. We had full-time jobs during the week so we shot at night and on weekends.

You focus on the Cinema Of Transgression, which came in the wake of the No Wave movement – if the No Wave was punk, these were the post-punks. What drew you to one rather than the other?

The No Wave wanted to break the rules of the traditional making of art and the avant-garde – they wanted to tell stories. So first there was the No Wave and then the Cinema Of Transgression, which wanted to break the rules of the No Wave. It was important for me to show that they were unlike anything that had happened before. I think the Cinema Of Transgression broke a lot of traditional narrative boundaries.

You interviewed Debbie Harry, Jim Jarmusch, Steve Buscemi, John Waters and dozens more. Was it difficult to round them all up?

It kind of snowballed – you contact someone, and the person agrees to connect you to someone else. At the beginning of the process, I had the idea of [interviewing] perhaps 15 people. At the end, I interviewed over 40. People were happy to share their stories.

It’s also pretty impressive, given the scourges of AIDS, alcoholism and drug addiction that the film touches on, how many people survived that era.

Yes, I know – a lot of people are still in New York. And almost everyone who’s still around is making some norman wilner kind of art.

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Danhier constructs her story as an oral history, weaving interviews with virtually everyone who was around at the time over archival footage and clips from the dozens of outré shorts and features produced during the period.

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thu 14 – A Woman Under The Influence (1974) D: John Cassavetes. Actor Gena ñ Rowlands in attendance. 8:45 pm. fri 15 – Shree 420 (1955) D: Raj Kapoor. 3 pm.

Faces (1968) D: John Cassavetes. Actor Gena Rowlands in attendance. 6:30 pm. Rosemary’s Baby (1968) D: Roman Polanski. 9:30 pm.

Sat 16 – The Iron Giant (1999) D: Brad Bird. 2 pm. Shadows (1959) D: John Cassavetes. 8 pm. Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989) D: Shinya Tsukamoto. 11 pm.

Sun 17 – I Confess (1953) D: Alfred Hitchcock. 1 pm. Pyaasa (1957) D: Guru Dutt. 3:30 pm. A Child Is Waiting (1963) D: John Cassavetes.

6:45 pm. mon 18 – Husbands (1970) D: John Cassavetes. 6:30 pm. tue 19 – I Confess. 6:30 pm. Too Late Blues (1961) D: John Cassavetes. 8:45 pm. wed 20 – Mikey And Nicky (1976) D: Elaine May. 6:30 pm.

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thu 14 – Conspirator (2010) D: Robert Redford.

7 pm. Win Win (2011) D: Thomas McCarthy.

9:15 pm. fri 15 – Potiche (2010) D: François Ozon. 7 pm.

Super 8 (2011) D: JJ Abrams. 9:15 pm.

Sat 16 – Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011) D: Jennifer Yuh. 2 pm. Super 8. 4 & 7 pm. Potiche. 9:15 pm.

Sun 17 – Kung Fu Panda 2. 2 pm. Potiche. 4 & 9:15 pm. Super 8. 7 pm. mon 18-tue 19 – Potiche. 7 pm. Super 8.

9:15 pm. wed 20 – Super 8. 1:30 & 9:30 pm. Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (1977) D: Steven Spielberg. 7 pm.

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thu 14-wed 20 – Continuous screenings Mon to Fri 9 am to 5 pm. Free. thu 14-fri 15 – Marshall McLuhan At 100: Programs from the CBC Archives.

Blank City features Mark Boone Junior (left) and Steve Buscemi in The Way It Is.

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Richard Kern, Scott B., Eric Mitchell and Jim Jarmusch offer tales of the squalid conditions in which the work was made, while actors Steve Buscemi, John Lurie, Debbie Harry, Ann Magnuson and Lydia Lunch seem quietly amazed that anyone’s still talking about the little art projects they made three decades ago. But nw that’s part of the charm.

thu 14-wed 20 – 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. wed 20 – Liberty, USA (2009) D: Alan Handel. 4 pm. Free. A World Of Shorts: Festival award winners. 6 & 8 pm. $6, stu/srs $4.

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thu 14 – Forks Over Knives (2011) D: Lee Ful-

sary celebrations. Marina Square. Screenings at 9:30 pm. Free.

Thu: Jaws (1975) D: Steven Spielberg.

Fri: Superman (1978) D: Richard Donner.

Sat: Grease (1978) D: Randal Kleiser. fri 15-Sat 16 – Bugs! 11 am, 1:30 & 4 pm. Hubble 3D. 12:15, 2:45 & 5:30 pm. U2 3D. 7 & 9 pm.

Sun 17-wed 20 – Bugs! 11 am, 1:30 & 4 pm.

Hubble 3D. 12:15 pm, 2:45 & 5:30 pm. U2 3D. 7 & 9 pm.

kerson. 7 pm. Broken Flowers (2005) D: Jim Jarmusch. 9 pm. fri 15-Sat 16 – Blank City (2010) D: Celine Danhier. 7 pm. The Unleashed (2011) D: Manuel DaSilva. 9:30 pm.

Sun 17 – Blank City. 4:30 & 7 pm. mon 18 – Blank City. 7 pm. Stranger Than Paradise (1984) D: Jim Jarmusch. 9 pm. tue 19 – Blank City. 7 & 9 pm. wed 20 – Blank City. 7 pm. Stranger Than Paradise. 9 pm.

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Under The Sea. Noon & 4 pm. IMAX Hubble. 2 pm. fri 15 – Tornado Alley. 11 am, 1, 3, 5 & 9 pm.

Under The Sea. Noon, 4 & 8 pm. IMAX Hubble.

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Sat 16 – Tornado Alley. 11 am, 1, 3, 5 & 9 pm.

Under The Sea. Noon, 4 & 8 pm. IMAX Hubble.

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Sun 17 – Tornado Alley. 11 am, 1, 3 & 5 pm.

IMAX Under The Sea. Noon & 4 pm. Hubble. 2 pm. mon 18-wed 20 – Tornado Alley. 11 am, 1, 3 & 5 pm. Under The Sea. Noon & 4 pm. IMAX Hubble. 2 pm.

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thu 14 – Breakfast At Tiffany’s (1961) D: Blake Edwards. 7 pm. L’Amour Fou ñ (2010) D: Pierre Thoretton. 9:15 pm. fri 15 – Hanna (2011) D: Joe Wright. 7 pm. The Unleashed (2011) D: Manuel DaSilva. 9:30 pm.

Sat 16 – Muppets Take Manhattan (1984) D: Frank Oz. 2 pm. African Cats (2011) D: Alastair Fothergill. 4:15 pm. Hanna. 7 pm. The Unleashed. 9:30 pm.

Sun 17 – Muppets Take Manhattan. 2 pm.

African Cats. 4:15 pm. Bobby Fischer Against The World (2011) D: Liz Garbus. 7 pm. Hanna.

9 pm. mon 18 – Bill Cunningham New York (2011) D: Richard Press. 1 pm. Muppets Take Manhattan. 3 pm. Bill Cunningham New York. 7 pm. Bobby Fischer Against The World. 9 pm. tue 19 – Nicaraguan Solidarity FilmFest Two Documentaries: The World Stopped Watching (2003) D: Peter Raymont, and short film Trucks

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thu 14 – Open Roof Festival presents Na-

tional Parks (2011). Local band catl open at 7:30 pm, screening at dusk. $15. Amsterdam Brewery, 21 Bathurst. openrooffilms.com.

MINT Film Festival presents The End Of Suburbia (2004) D: Gregory Greene, and Petropolis (2009) D: Peter Mettler. 7 pm (pre-film live concert at 6 pm). Director Greene in attendance for post screening Q&A. $12, adv $10, stu/srs $8. Rainbow Cinemas Market Square, 80 Front E. Advance tickets info@ minff.org.

The Centre for Inquiry presents There Will Be Blood (2007) D: Paul Thomas Anderson. 7 pm. Free. 216 Beverley. cfiontario.org. fri 15 – The Toronto Palestine Film Festival presents an outdoor screening of Checkpoint Rock: Songs From Palestine (2009) D: Javier Corcuera & Fermin Muguruza. Screening at sunset (approx 9 pm). Free. Christie Pits Park (Bloor & Christie). tpff.ca.

Cultura presents an outdoor screening of Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987) D: John Hughes. 9 pm. Free. Mel Lastman Square, 5100 Yonge. cultura2011.com. tue 19 – Yonge-Dundas Square presents Dancing In The Dark outdoor film screening: Moulin Rouge (2001) D: Baz Luhrmann.

Screening at sunset. Free. ydsquare.ca.

Harbourfront Centre presents Free Flicks outdoors: Paris Je T’aime (2006).

8:45 pm. Free. WestJet Stage, 235 Queens Quay W. harbourfrontcentre.com. wed 20 – TIFF and the Toronto Entertainment District BIA present an outdoor screening of Funny Girl (1968) D: William Wyler. 9 pm. Free. Metro Hall, David Pecaut Square, 55 John. tiff.net.

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By Dan Savage

I’m a 20-year-old straIght male, but

this isn’t really about me.

I was recently back home for a family event while my younger brother, age 14, was away on a mission trip with his church. My iPad died while I was home and my mother told me to look in the kitchen drawers for a charger. I couldn’t find one there, so she told me to check my brother’s bedside table. I opened the drawer and, with a little digging, found a charger.

I also found a few pictures of gay porn and a couple of pictures of male celebrities with their shirts off that had been clipped from magazines. It isn’t the gay porn I have a problem with. I fully support him coming into his sexuality, whatever it might be. But then I found a few things that were a bit more disturbing: a picture of our father in his swim trunks and another of a fully naked man with a cutout photo of my father’s face glued over the original model’s face. Needless to say, I was freaked out. I put everything back where I had found it, including the charger, and haven’t said anything to him about it. Now I’m in a tough spot. I know that telling my brother I found the pictures would mortify him, and I feel like telling my father would be a complete dick move.

Any help you can offer me would be great.

Concerned And Scared I can appreciate why those pictures squicked you out – a family member

lusting after a family member? Ughers – but I don’t understand exactly what it is you’re afraid of, CAS. While your brother appears to have an inappropriate and – fingers crossed – fleeting sexual obsession with your father, can you picture a scenario in which your brother’s desires, however devoutly wished, could be consummated?

Unless something much, much squickier is going on back home, your brother isn’t a danger to your father, CAS, nor is your father a danger to your brother.

The only danger I can see is in the false choice you’ve laid out in your letter. Saying something to your brother will only poison your relationship with him; saying something to your father will certainly kill his relationship with his son.

And destroying either relationship over what is most likely a temporary bonerstorm-of-puberty-induced obsession – one that will soon be a distant and unpleasant memory for your brother – seems a bit extreme.

If those pictures weren’t in a place where your parents might also find them, CAS, I would advise you to stuff this one way down the ol’ memory hole.

But there they are, in a place where Mom and Dad – but especially Dad – might find ’em. So you’re going to memorize this and say it your brother ASAP: “Hey, kiddo, Mom told me to look in your nightstand drawer for a iPad power cord. I found one – along with what looked like gay porn. I didn’t peruse your porn collection too closely be-

cause I wanted to respect your privacy.

But you need to get that stuff out of the house before Mom or Dad finds it. It’s cool with me if you’re gay, and I love you and it makes no difference – but leaving porn around is not how you want to come out to Mom and Dad, okay?”

Then tell him that grown-ups don’t keep porn in their bedside tables any more: The internet is for porn, and he can access all the porn he likes safely and discreetly on his iPad.

I would lIke to know why my

husband is divorcing me to marry an 87-year-old woman.

Extremely Humiliated Only your husband knows the real reason, EH, but if I were to hazard a couple of guesses: Either this woman is extremely wealthy or your husband is a gerontophile. Sadly, neither makes this situation any less humiliating for you.

But try to look on the bright side: no one who hears what your husband has done – and no one who knows you both personally – is going to think there’s something wrong with you.

I am a 43-year-old mother of three, married for almost 20 years. Three years and one child in, my husband confessed that he had a penchant for being a BDSM sub. My reaction was, “Okay, I’ll try it, but if you want to explore that with pro doms, be my guest.” Which he did.

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Fast-forward a dozen years. I’m going bonkers because my husband is impotent. And don’t tell me ED can be fixed, because in our case it couldn’t. And don’t tell me there are alternatives (oral, manual, toys), because all of those are just not the same for me. My body needs a fully functioning and capable man. So my husband gave me his “blessing” to take a lover. I didn’t even have to ask! I just needed to be miserable and depressed for a dozen years!

Now I have two lovers. One lives far away, and I see him a few times a year; the other is local. The problem is that they are both married to spouses who don’t know. Like me, neither of my lovers is interested in divorce. That’s the good news. The bad news is that I’m not happy with the integrity of these situations. I know that what I am doing is considered despicable by many people, despite the fact that I’m probably a marriage-saving device for both of these women. (Their husbands are happier, I’m not trying to steal their husbands, and I’m not a financial burden on either of them.) I would love to find someone in an honest open relationship, but this has so far eluded me.

So I guess my question is how do I set up a situation with more integrity when the world isn’t really ready for people like me?

Normal Soccer Mom From Afar The answer NSMFA seeks is obvious – there are hard-up single men out there, married men in honest open relationships, men in the organized swinging movement, and she should go fuck some of them – but I’m including NSMFA’s problem in the column for all the smug monogamists sending me angry letters in the wake of Mark Oppenheimer’s recent feature about monogamy and its discontents in the New York Times Magazine (Married, With Infidelities, June 30). While regular readers of Savage Love know where I stand on monogamy – with the realists, monogamous or not – not many readers of the New York Times knew where I stood.

Anyway, smugsters, here’s what I think is interesting about NSMFA’s letter: Everyone involved is perceived to be in a monogamous relationship, by their friends, family members, neighbours, bosses, co-workers, elected representatives, etc; two of the women involved – the duped wives of the men that NSMFA is seeing on the side – may actually believe themselves to be in monogamous relationships. But not one of these three couples – not one of these six “traditionally married” straight people – is actually in a monogamous relationship.

Just something to keep in mind, monogamists, before you hit “send” on your email to me about your beautiful, deep and meaningful monogamous relationship, about how your parents never cheated on each other, about how none of your married friends would ever cheat on their spouses and about how people like me have no idea what real love means because we’re not in monogamous relationships, etc, etc, etc.

Because you just never know, do you?

Find the Savage Lovecast (my weekly podcast) every Tuesday at thestranger. com/savage. mail@savagelove.net

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