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Swan and folk noir outfit the Billie Hollies stage a performance reading of Heroines Of The Sexual Gothic. 6:30 pm. $30. 416-922-8744.

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Malian singer plays Luminato’s Buena Vista West Africa event. David Pecaut Square. 8 pm. Free. luminato.com. STop ecocIDe Indigenous activist Raven Courtney speaks about her campaign to name ecocide a crime against peace. 7:30 pm. Free. Friends House. eradicatingecocideincanada. org.

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film and interactive festival (over 650 bands, 40 films and 80 presentations!) kicks off at venues around town. To Jun 17. nxne.com. Deer TIcK The Rhode Island five-piece take their shitkicking alt-country to Lee’s Palace. Doors 8 pm. $22.50$25. HS, RT, SS, TM.

ANNIe proUlX The author discusses her work at the Luminato festival. 7 pm. $30. TIFF Bell Lightbox. luminato.com. rUFUS WAINWrIGHT The erudite piano man brings his Rufus Songbook to David Pecaut Square. 8 pm. Free. luminato.com.

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ADrIeNNe rIcH TrIBUTe The Toronto Women’s Bookstore hosts a celebration of the life and work of the late poet/feminist/activist. Free. 7:30 pm. 416-922-8744. DAVID SUZUKI The eco-star and author Richard Louv discuss the health benefits of nature. 7 pm. $15-$20. Art Gallery of Ontario. davidsuzuki.org.

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Glasgow post-rock band brings its Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will LP to the Phoenix. $29.50. HS, RT, SS, TM. rocK oF AGeS If you missed the opening weekend of the film version of the glam-rock musical starring Tom Cruise, check it out tonight.

Amphitheatre plays host to the California pop legends’ 50th anniversary tour. $19.50$119.50. TM.

the summer solstice with a planting in public spaces. 7 pm. Free. Secret location. guerillagardening.ca. FeMAle eYe FIlM FeSTIVAl The fest of movies directed by women opens tonight with a screening of Billy Bishop Goes To War, followed by a Q&A with director Barbara Willis Sweete. 7 pm. Carlton. femaleeyefilmfestival.com.

stice celebration with the ecophilosopher. 7:30 pm. $25/adv $20. OISE. activehope.info. FIre(croTcH) SAle Shawn Hitchins bids adieu to the cabaret genre in this show also starring Jonathan CG Bright, Matthew James Hines and Chris Tsujiuchi. 8 pm. $20. Buddies in Bad Times. 416-975-8555.

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Jerry Schaefer and Trent McMullen star in Morris Panych’s dark comedy. At the Winchester Kitchen and Bar until Jun 21. $20. brownpapertickets.com.

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year plays all 32 sonatas at Koerner Hall, beginning at 10 am, part of the Luminato festival. $35-$85. luminato.com. ZeUS Beatles-loving rockers hit the Phoenix, with Two Hours Traffic and the Elwins. Doors 8 pm. $15. RT, SS, TM. eINSTeIN oN THe BeAcH The groundbreaking Robert Wilson/Philip Glass opera – a highlight of Luminato – continues at the Sony Centre until Jun 10. 6 pm. $25-$175. 416368-4849.

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email letters@now toronto.com Skinny on Ford’s weight loss

susan g. cole shouldn’t feel sorry for Rob Ford (NOW, May 31-June 6). His whole weight loss debacle is just another pity card to distract the public from his actions. Many of us know the hard journey of weight loss; few of us turn it into public spectacle. If he’s got the sympathy of a respected journalist like Cole, he’s playing the public well indeed. Lisa Browne Toronto

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Deport “war resisters”

in starting over, (now, may 31June 6) Joshua Errett refers to former U.S. military recruits Dale Landry and Corey Glass as “war resisters.” The correct legal, moral and ethical term is “deserter.” They joined an all-volunteer armed forces, accepted the training and other benefits and then fled when asked to perform their duty. If they’d truly had the conviction of their beliefs they’d have stayed on U.S. soil and faced the consequences of their actions. Desertion is a crime. These men should be deported, like any other criminals. Alex Banks From nowtoronto.com

the quebec student protests are not about inequality, austerity or accessibility (NOW, May 31-June 6). Quebec has for a long time had a very generous loans and grants program for those who are less well-to-do. No poor and capable student is turned away because he or she can’t afford tuition. Since around 1970, students have gotten the equivalent of first-year university for free. The proposed tuition increases would only bring tuitions up to about the same level as the very lowest in North America. Quebec students leave university with less than half the debt of the national average. (Some students who don’t need help take interest-free loans anyway.) More money for wellto-do students means less money for other social programs. Tom Freebusker From nowtoronto.com

DiGiovanni’s comic relief

thank goodness glenn sumi actually bothered to interview Debra DiGiovanni (NOW Daily, May 31). That National Post article made me very cross. Which is a great place to be to write new jokes, but I sure as hell wouldn’t want to wake up to that Google alert. For the record, Miss D, you are one of the reasons I got into comedy in the first place. You are always incredibly generous, friendly and gracious to work with, and your material, delivery and stage presence inspire me. I also think you’re totally cute. I wouldn’t normally put something like that in an online comment because it sounds vaguely stalky, but for me laughter is the biggest turnon, and you always make me laugh like a demented gibbon. Marilla Wex From nowtoronto.com

Biking all the rules

as an avid cyclist, i was shocked to read Enzo DiMatteo’s 10 Ways To Make Toronto A More Bike-Friendly City (NOW, May 24-30). For DiMatteo to claim that “it doesn’t make sense to restrict bikes to all rules of the road” is plain stupidity. It’s that kind of attitude that helps make our roads as hazardous to cyclists as they are, and it also contributes to the friction between motorized and non-motorized road users. Perhaps he should travel to some of the many European countries where cyclists do obey the rules of the road and are shown the courtesy and respect from motorists that they deserve. I don’t expect the right to change red traffic lights to green and travel against the traffic flow because I’m riding a bike. Nor do I expect to be able to overtake all those cars forced to creep along at 30km/h just because I’m a cyclist. Malcolm Fox Toronto

Seeing beyond the Gardiner

this is definitely not a reason to save it, but I have thought over the years that if not for the elevated section of the Gardiner (NOW, May 2430), most wouldn’t see there’s a lake to the south. The city has stopped planning for the future. How many more condos can we jam in? Our waterfront is an incredible asset. Getting the Gardiner right is worth the effort. It may be a little late for that now, but personally I’d prefer the condos south of it be torn down first J. B. Barrett Toronto

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[Frontlines] Joshua Errett’s campaign for real beer in Ontario Sneaking into Toronto this week was a tasty bottle of beer called Voodoo Doughnut Maple Bacon Ale, made by Rogue Ales, a brewery in Portland. This beer is never available here. But even if it were, every sip would still be a special occasion all on its own. It’s that spectacular. Voodoo Doughnut is something all of Ontario should view with awe – not only because of its apple-woodsmoked bacon and maple flavours but because of the gleaming triumph it represents for Portland’s economy. Craft breweries in Ontario don’t have this level of success, but only because they lack the opportunity of Rogue Ales. There are 49 craft breweries within Portland’s city limits, and many, many more outside the metro area, says the Oregon Brewers Guild. Close to half of all draft beer in Oregon is made in state by craft breweries. These small brewers bring an estimated $2.4 billion into the economy. Contrast that to Ontario, with four times the population. We have about 30 craft breweries in the entire province, but many of their beers are not available for purchase in Toronto. The real travesty is that our local suds, as good as anything in Oregon, are equally hard to get. This is due to the legally sanctioned, monopolistic Brewers Retail, a cartel that

“protects” Ontarians from craft brewers while serving us mass-produced swill. Brewers Retail is a joint venture owned by Labatt, Molson Coors and Sleeman. All three of those shareholders, since incorporating Brewers Retail in 1927, have been bought out by multinationals but continue to brew under those names to keep the monopoly agreement alive. Unless a beer product is brewed by one of those three shareholders, it must pay a listing fee to be sold in the Beer Store, where Ontarians buy the majority of their beer. This is a price so high that it’s out of reach for many startup breweries. This system of beer distribution has few supporters apart from its shareholders and their beneficiaries. Oregon, too, had anachronistic, nonsensical beer laws. Breweries weren’t allowed to sell beer directly to the public for much of the last century. But in 1985, Oregon legalized direct sales, and you can scroll back a few paragraphs in this article to see the results. The situation in Ontario is unjust. We favour large multinationals over small, local and potentially lucrative businesses. And there’s no change in sight. We’re likely to see democ-

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racy in North Korea before we see the dismantling of Brewers Retail. So how do we get from Toronto to Portland, metaphorically speaking? Look no further than the big pink bottle of bacon beer. On its side, it lists just 13 natural, lip-smacking ingredients, including bacon. Compare that to what’s in corporate beer in Ontario. Wait – you can’t, because no ingredients are listed. The mega-breweries don’t have to let anyone know what’s in those generic brown bottles. When you list ingredients on bottles, the superiority of craft beer is on display, as is all the cheap filler the cor-

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porate beers use. (For example, do mainstream beer drinkers know they’re drinking corn products?) If enough consumers realized what they were drinking, more of us would crave craft beers. And more demand requires more direct access to buy the beers. Listing ingredients is an incremental change, granted. But countless protests have failed to change Ontario’s anti-small-business beer monopoly. Of course, the easiest protest is to try a different tap, tell the barkeep how much you like Ontario’s craft beer and hoist a pint in the air for real beer. joshuae@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/joshuaerrett

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Gay-straight cause an NDP win Grits need a nudge from Peter Tabuns to change Bill 13 wording By SUSAN G. COLE

Corporate watch Indigenous and farming communities in Ecuador’s Amazon region have filed suit against oil giant Chevron in Canadian court after the company, environmental groups say, refused to comply with the $18 billion award handed down by an Ecuadorian judge earlier this year. For Canuck eco groups, the suit is an opportunity, says John Bennett of the Sierra Club, for Canadian courts to rehab Canada’s tarnished eco rep internationally.

Fun with Ford After the deluge that flooded Union Station Friday, June 5, shutting down rush hour TTC service for more than five hours, an outpouring of images of the mayor soaking up the watery fun hit Facebook. This one made a really big splash.

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Give credit where it’s due. Bill 13 guarantees the right of Ontario students to name anti-homophobia clubs gay-straight alliances not because the Liberals miraculously had a change of heart. Turns out it was NDP education critic Peter Tabuns who pressed for the amendment to clarify queer students’ rights. The bill originally stated that pupils could call anti-homophobia groups gaystraight alliances or another name, leaving a gaping loophole through which the Catholic school board could easily jump. In the Legislature, the Toronto-Danforth MPP claimed this meant gay students’ rights weren’t guaranteed at all. “We didn’t think it was strong or clear,” says an ebullient Tabuns just after Bill 13 passed Tuesday, “It implied that students had rights, but we pressed for clarity.” According to Tabuns, the NDP presented the current language, which guarantees that Catholic School Boards or any of its principals can’t stop GSAs. Education Minister Laurel Broten isn’t ready to say she was pressed by the NDP. “Emotions are publicly available,” she says, regarding who said what in the Legislature. “We both spoke on the issues.” She was impressed with students who told the committee that words matter to

them, and she does allow that the committee process was a good one, throwing a zinger at the Tories in the process. “It’s an example of how parties can work together for the benefit of kids. The Conservatives lost an opportunity to put kids first.” “The bill is about whether kids live or die,” agrees Tabuns. “Ultimately, the Liberals were willing to work with us, and we’re glad they did.” It’s fun to imagine the Libs worried that amendments would put them on a collision course with the Catholic Church, and the NDP pushing the Grits to get gutsy. But Tabuns is quick to dispel that fantasy. He says both parties sensed that Catholics aren’t united on the issue. He cites the support Bill 13 received from the Catholic Teachers Association, noting, “Other Catholics, too, suggest that GSAs don’t conflict with their faith.” Broten chooses her words carefully – almost cagily – on the subject of the legislative process and the NDP’s role. But the education minister is crystal clear on the subject of official Catholicism’s possible opposition to the new legislation. “The Accepting Schools Act is a governing document. It is our expectation that boards will comply.” 3 susanc@nowtoronto.com

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ollowing the tragedy at the Eaton Centre Saturday, June 2, Rob Ford, with typical bluster, declared T.O. the “safest city in the world.” Not only is this inaccurate – many cities have found ways to better guarantee the security of their citizens – but the mayor seems unaware of the fact that it’s conscious policy and directed funds that head off violent crime, not hopes and wishes. Most crime rates here are in a long and steep decline, likely a result of demogra phics and to a lesser extent government pro grams. Police have done an excellent job of reprioritizing their resources and putting more officers on the street through pro grams like the Toronto Anti-Violence Intervention Strategy. But this is an ongoing ef fort, not a quick fix and shooting incidents are up significantly. We need an innovative, targeted policing policy, and we have to be prepared to pay more for it. Policing alone can’t solve this problem — this is the experience from around the world. The last time we faced a violent crime scare, Toronto increased services, both government and nonprofit, in the areas most needing them – the socalled Priority Neighbourhoods.

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The arrest of Christopher Husbands, the accused in the Eaton Centre shooting, has been a PR nightmare for police.

Is Eaton Centre shooting an inevitable spillover of the way we police poorer neighbourhoods? By ENZO DiMATTEO when christopher husbands, the lone accused in the Eaton Centre shooting finally appeared in Old City Hall courtroom 101 Monday afternoon, June 4, to be remanded in custody on one charge of first degree murder and six more of attempted murder, the view would be short-lived. Husbands’s lawyer, positioning herself just so, held open a large notebook to block his face. Odd move, you might think, but the desired effect was achieved, artists’ renderings of Husbands in the papers the next day looking nothing like the alleged gunman. The photos of Husbands being ushered into Old City Hall after surrendering to police early Monday showed him in a hoodie pulled tightly over his head. No small consideration when you consider the outrage the shooting has generated and the fact that the cops’ case against Husbands will rely heavily on eyewitness accounts and video surveillance footage from CCTV cameras in the Eaton Centre food court. The fewer the images of the alleged author of the most notorious daylight shooting in recent memory, the better the chances of not prejudicing a future jury pool. In the court of public opinion Husbands is guilty as charged. The cops, though, continue to build their case, a fact Detective Sergeant Brian Borg took pains to make clear at a press conference announcing Husbands’s arrest Monday. A website has been set up for members of the public who may have been in the Eaton Centre food court

on the evening in question to upload videos or pictures of the event. This case is no slam dunk, the weaknesses of video evidence being what they are. Comparisons have been made to the 2005 Boxing Day shooting of Jane Creba. Some suspects in that case walked despite video evidence. To put it plainly, Toronto police don’t have what you’d call an enviable track record when it comes to high-profile cases.

usual suspects among conservative commentators usually eager to run with the cop narrative. Usually it’s the cops pushing the panic button, eager to capitalize on gun violence as evidence of the need to stuff cop coffers with more money. But on this one the tables have been turned. It’s the cops advising caution, distilling Saturday’s events down to, as Deputy Chief Jeff McGuire stated, “one idiot with a gun.” McGuire was more careful in his choice of words at Monday’s presser, cognizant of the fact that his “idiot” comment seemed to minimize the fact that seven people were hit by bullets, one of them a 13-year-old boy. But he insisted, “It’s important that we not allow ourselves to become too alarmist and jump to conclusions and make assessments about heightened levels of danger. I’m not going to bore you with statistics. The numbers are what they are. The safety of this city has been improved.” When it was Borg’s turn to take the mic, the spin was a little harder to fathom. He called the shooting “targeted” but not “gang-motivated... even though there are several persons who have now been identified in this case as being known gang members or who have gang associations.” Admittedly, some of the media coverage has been predictably sensational and clichéd – perhaps a hangover from that other big crime story of the week, the one involving some depraved YouTube aficionado named Luka Magnotta. The

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How much they can rely on those who were there or may know something about Husbands’s relationship to his victim, Ahmed Hassan, is anyone’s guess. Relations are strained between police and kids in poorer neighbourhoods. Saturday’s shooting inside the single largest tourist draw in what’s supposed to be the safest city on the continent can’t be called an isolated incident. While the reasons for gun violence are complicated, this event signifies something more ominous – an inevitable spillover of the larger problem of the way we police challenged neighbourhoods. * * * For Toronto police, the Eaton Centre shooting has been a public relations nightmare. And their spin isn’t fooling anyone, least of all the

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This effort worked for a time, but social change takes a generation, and recent cuts in city services and a focus on other issues has weakened the effectiveness of the pro grams that could only have been considered the beginning anyway. We also have to acknowledge that major initiatives – income redistribution, better housing, ed improvements, childcare – can’t be funded on the property tax base and re quire help from other levels of government. Unfortunately, these seem oblivious. Offering encouragement to young people will cost, but not a lot. Compared to the price tag for occupying neighbourhoods with po lice, it’s an excellent deal for taxpayers. We should start by expanding programs that make rec activities in many areas free, and ensure that the meanstested Welcome Pol icy is fully funded. But programs won’t be used if they’re not close by. In many areas, underinvestment means that many kids still can’t walk to a rec centre or library. This has to change. That won’t come cheap: new fa cilities cost between $15 and $30 million. But smaller park or storefrontbased centres like Thorncliffe Community Centre and Duf ferin Grove Park are great locally run, low cost alternatives. Transit also plays a role. Light rail and im proved bus service ensure easy access to programs out of walking distance. One idea to consider is a lowincome transit pass, which would likely cost upwards of $70 mil lion a year and require a nonTTC budget source. More programs are also needed to bring kids to parks and cultural institutions they may not get to otherwise. As income disparities intensify and other levels of government abdicate their respon sibilities, the city has to do more. It’s time to review what has worked, look to other cities for good practices and get on with building strong, inclusive neighbourhoods. 3 news@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/nowtorontonews

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Step off the omnibus Citizen groups get in the face of the HarperCons and their not-actually-a-budget bill By BEN SPURR there have been no major casseroles against the Conservatives’ omnibus budget bill across the land yet, but that doesn’t mean the opposition parties and thousands of Canadians aren’t organizing to halt passage of a bill they warn does much more than dictate spending priorities. Critics of the 450-page Bill C-38 charge that it’s not a fiscal document at all but has been craftily designed to reshape the nation in the Tory mould. The mission of the 70 hardto-decipher legislative amendments, they say, is to weaken civil society, poke holes in the welfare state and roll back enviro protection.

The bill could pass as early as Thursday, June 14 – and the days leading up to that showdown on the Hill promise a protest onslaught both parliamentary and beyond. On Monday, dissent went online when hundreds of non-profits and small companies joined the Black Out Speak Out campaign by turning their websites dark for the day. Among the high-profile participants were Amnesty International, Oxfam, World Wildlife Fund, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, major unions and a host of other social justice and enviro groups. According to the WWF’s climate

and energy director, Josh Laughren, viral action is one of the few tools organizations like his have to combat professional lobbyists from the oil and gas industries. These companies stand to benefit from the bill’s provision to drastically reduce the number of environmental assessments required for major projects. “Unlike Enbridge, we cannot take out millions of dollars of ad buys in the media. That’s way beyond our means,” Laughren says. The blackout appears to have provoked a response from the Conservatives. On the day it launched, the government dispatched 10 ministers

across the country to tout the party’s plans for “responsible resource development.” But citizen protests may be far less dramatic than actions the opposition parties plan to take next week if the Conservatives don’t agree to remove major policy changes from the bill. The NDP, Liberals and the lone Green Party rep are planning to introduce hundreds of amendments, forcing some 50 consecutive hours of marathon voting that will test the endurance of all MPs and, the opposition hopes, the unity of the Conservative party. Because NDPers and Liberals have

seats on the Finance Committee, which has already held hearings, they will only be able to move amendments to delete clauses of the bill. Green Elizabeth May, on the other hand, doesn’t sit on the committee and will be able to table substantive amendments. Says NDP House leader Nathan Cullen, “This is the worst piece of legislation I’ve ever encountered, not just because of what it’s doing, but its anti-democratic nature. It’s trying to shut down the conversation.” If the Conservatives lose a single vote during the marathon session, Cullen says, it would put the government’s survival at risk because budget matters are technically considered confidence votes. But he admits that because there is little precedent, it’s not clear if the government would automatically fall on the basis of a single vote. “Some of this is brand new territory,” he says. May will have to stand throughout the introduction of her 200-odd amendments. The House speaker is currently reviewing a point of order she raised this week that argued the budget bill violates proper procedure and should itself be ruled out of order. “I’ll do what needs to be done,” she says. “Whatever physical discomfort there is for MPs, nothing compares to the long-term damage represented by this bill. I believe the majority of Canadians never voted to have environmental laws destroyed,” she says. Filibustering opposition parties believe they have major support – besides the raft of citizen groups. The Federation of Canadian Municipalities and four former fisheries ministers (two of them Conservatives) recently came out against the bill. That’s the kind of support Jamie Biggar, executive director of Leadnow, a non-partisan pro-democracy group, is banking on. “Concern about this bill is spread across the political spectrum,” he says. On Saturday, June 2, the group organized 3,000 people to occupy the offices of 85 MPs across the country. Emboldened by Tory backbencher David Wilks’s candid (and later retracted) confession that he has reservations about C-38, Leadnow targeted swing ridings held by Conser vatives. Their hope is to convince wavering MPs to break ranks with Stephen Harper’s notoriously disciplined party by warning them that there will be consequences in the next election if they don’t. “At this point we have to do everything we can do to create space for those Conservative MPs to represent their constituents by stopping the bill, splitting it and starting over,” Biggar says. Leadnow plans a second day of action on Tuesday (June 12), when debate over the bill is expected to reach fever pitch in the House. 3 bens@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/nowtorontonews

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fending for themselves. Cops seem content to let gangbangers settle their own scores, leaving lawabiding residents caught in the middle. Police say there’s no connection between the Eaton Centre shooting and another that took place at Alex andra Park earlier the same day. But the suspect in that incident is a known associate of the man who was with Hassan when all hell broke loose Saturday. He’s in hospital recovering from gunshot wounds. The socioeconomic contributors to gun violence can’t be ignored either. While cuts in youth services and the disappearance of millions from youth engagement and employment pro grams this summer may not wholly explain the increased gunplay so far this year, chopping opportunities in challenged neighbourhoods clearly isn’t helping the situation. On that count, Rob Ford must share the blame. It’s his administration that’s be hind the cuts. And the mayor contin ues to say he won’t support more funding for youth services – a jaw dropper considering his famed work with troubled kids through football. His advice to Torontonians: Don’t worry, be happy, go shopping. Clearly, something is breaking down. If you’d seen the wannabe gangstas hanging outside courtroom 101 during Husbands’s bail hearing, you’d know that. 3 enzom@nowtoronto.com

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Second Coming of the Summer of the Gun the Eaton Centre shooting may not be. When Sergeant Blatch, aka Nation al Post columnist Christie Blatchford, calls her former colleagues at the Sun out for suggesting we’re on the preci pice of an “apocalypse,” you gotta know we’ve entered the Twilight Zone. A strange shroud of secrecy has enveloped this case. It’s not known what gun was used or if one has even been recovered. Reports suggest Has san was on the lam, a fugitive from charges in Edmonton, but the cop re sponse to that is that he may not be the same guy, Hassan being a com mon name among Somali Cana dians. Chief Bill Blair’s absence after his initial involvement on the scene Sat urday – he’s at a conference in Japan – hasn’t gone unnoticed either. The stats on shootings so far this year may not bear out what McGuire characterizes as the “alarmist” view, at least not completely. The chief’s spokesperson, Mark Pugash, notes that the number involving serious injury are down by a little more than 7 per cent. But there’s no denying the expo nential surge in the number of inci dents of reported gunfire compared

to last year: 107.1 per cent increase, to be precise. Under the Toronto AntiViolence Intervention Strategy (TAVIS) set up in the wake of the Summer of the Gun, the cops did an effective job of collapsing gang structures that were beginning to take root in a signifi cant way in housing projects throughout Toronto. But the gangbangers they put be hind bars five and seven years ago are now back on the street. Regent Park revitalization and the resulting movement of folks in and out of that neighbourhood, some bad actors among them, has caused the blurring of clear boundaries that used to keep gang members in clear ly marked territories. There’s more crosspollination now between gang groupings on either side of Yonge downtown, particularly between Alexandra Park and Regent Park. But perhaps most importantly, the elements of community policing so effective in building relationships between cops and kids are beginning to slip. There have been a lot of changes in downtown police divisions. The movement of cops in and out of poor areas has eroded trust, which is tenu ous at the best of times. While TAVIS has been an effective tool in combat ting gangs, it’s also a blunt instru ment, and some good kids are getting caught up in police raids. Even worse, youth workers relate stories of good kids in those neigh bourhoods being left to feel they’re

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Thursday, June 7

Benefits

heroineS oF the Sexual gothiC (Toronto

Women’s Bookstore) Performance reading of Susan Swan’s new book with the all-girl folk noir quartet the Billie Hollies. 6:30 pm. $30, adv $25. Toronto Women’s Bookstore, 73 Harbord. 416-922-8744, ticketscene.ca. night oF the ForeSt (LEAF) Party with live music, an urban forest photobooth and more. 7 pm. $40, adv $35. Roundhouse, 255 Bremner. nightoftheforest.eventbrite.com. SalSa FundraiSer (Nanny Angel Network) Lessons and performances help provide free childcare for mothers living with cancer. 7 pm. $10. Trinity St Paul’s Church, 427 Bloor W. facebook.com/events/227783107333668. the SeCret garden (SickKids Fdn) Night of curiosities, characters and cocktails. 6 pm. $175 & $275. Evergreen Brick Works, 550 Bayview. sickkidsfoundation.com/scrubs.

Events

aFterimage and aFterliFe: maya deren in “tranSFigured time” Talk by film scholar

Lucy Fischer. 4 pm. Free. Nat Taylor Cinema, York U, 4700 Keele. yorku.ca/finearts. BChain reaCtion Bike CliniC Free tune-ups, minor repairs and bike safety checks. 10 am-5 pm. Free. Yonge-Dundas Square. ydsquare.ca.

ConneCtionS: Canadian and BritiSh Studio CeramiCS Panel discussion with studio

potters including Thomas Aitken and Scott Barnim. 6:30 pm. $15. Gardiner Museum, 111 Queen’s Park. 416-586-8080.

maria moSSman and her peaCe Caravan Journey along the Silk road: aFghaniStan Photographic journey with the New Yorkbased artist. 7 pm. $15. Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park. 416-586-8000.

oSteoporoSiS and heart diSeaSe – putting CalCium in itS plaCe Lecture by naturopathic

doctor Kate Rhéaume-Bleue. 7 pm. Free. Big Carrot, rm 212, 348 Danforth. 416-466-2129. St Clair kiCk it! talking headS Julian Ammirante leads a discussion on the Euro Cup and the world’s beautiful game. 7 pm. Free. Vivid Pizzeria, 1067 St Clair W. stclairkickit.ca. Bward 29 thurSday night rideS Leisurely group ride. 6:15 pm. Free. East York Community Centre, 1081 1/2 Pape. 29bikes.ca.

what’S app with that? exploring moBile appliCation development Learn about building mobile apps. Today and tomorrow 6:30 pm. Free. North York Central Library, 5120 Yonge. Pre-register 416-395-5613.

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Festivals this week

Canadian Sport Film FeStival Internation-

al sports films including Africa United and Men Who Swim. $12, stu/srs $7, pass $30. Various venues. sportfilmfestival.ca. Jun 7 and 8 edward Bond FeStival Looking at the works and theories of playwright Bond, with readings, a symposium, student play showcase and more. Pwyc-$20. Various locations across the city. edwardbondfestival. wordpress.com. Jun 12 to 20 ideaCity Gathering of artists, adventurers, authors, doctors, designers, filmmakers, inventors and others, with panel discussions, workshops and presentations. RCM Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor W. ideacityonline.com. Jun 13 to 15 JapaneSe Film FeStival Best of Japanese contemporary cinema. $10, child $5; passes $27-$85. Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, 6 Garamond. 416-441-2345, torontojff.com. Jun 7 to 21 rluminato Theatre, music, films, dance, visual art, cabaret, literary readings, installations, lectures, kids’ entertainment and more, featuring Robert Lepage, Alice Munro, Rufus Wainwright and many others. Various venues and prices, many events free. luminato.com. Jun 8 to 17

rmuhtadi international drumming FeStival Performances by Iyá Iré, Maracatu

Mar Aberto, Muhtadi and others plus food, crafts and a kids’ area. Free. Woodbine Park, Lake Shore and Coxwell. muhtadidrumfest.com. Jun 9 and 10 Noon. Free. David Pecaut Square, 55 John. luminato.com. the drinkS Show Interactive cocktail event, with a taste-test challenge, cocktail competition, tastings and more. Today and tomorrow 6 pm. $23. 99 Sudbury. drinksshow.ca. Friday night live @ rom Electric violin music by Dr Draw, late-night yoga in the Rec Room and more. 6 pm. $9, stu $8. Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park. rom.on.ca/fridays. ignite a revolution Celebrate World Oceans Day with a talk by Sharkwater filmmaker Rob Stewart. 7 pm. $22. Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park. 416-586-5797, rom.on.ca.

opera aS a popular art Form: the young verdi Presentation. 7 pm. Free. Pape/Dan-

forth Library, 701 Pape. 416-393-7727. river run Grassy Narrows First Nation run and rally, with drummers and fish puppets, to raise awareness of mercury poisoning in their territory. Noon. Free. Grange Park (behind 317 Dundas W) to Queen’s Park. freegrassy.org. treehouSe talkS: 3 people, 3 topiCS Short talks by George Elliott Clarke, Andrea Hamilton and Jeff Warren. 6:30 pm. Free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. treehousetalks.com.

Lthe u.S. haS Coveted Canada SinCe the war oF 1812 Panel discussion with Stephen

Clarkson, Jack Granatstein and Michael Bliss. 7 pm. $30. Royal Conservatory Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor W. luminato.com.

rthe way: a raBBit and Bear pawS puppet perFormanCe Interactive puppet show.

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Creative Ctr) Auction of artsy Muskoka chairs. To Jun 17, mall hours. Free. Sherway Gardens, QEW and Hwy 427. sherwaygardens.ca.

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Lecture by a bat biologist and a walk to find wild bats. 7 pm. Free. Toronto Zoo, Meadowvale N of 401. Pre-register 416-392-5929. yiddiSh vinkl Kalman Weiser talks about his book Jewish People, Yiddish Nation: Noah Prylucki And The Folkists In Poland. Noon. Free. Free Times Cafe, 320 College. yiddishvinkl.com.

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10:30 am Spadina Road Library (10 Spadina) and 1:30 pm Danforth/Coxwell Library (1675 Danforth). Free. torontopubliclibrary.ca.

Saturday, June 9 BarBadoS Charity Ball (Barbados Ball Can-

BCommunity BiCyCle CliniC & uSed Bike Sale (Central Commerce Collegiate cycling

program) Bike tune-up and fundraiser. 10 am-2 pm. Free. 570 Shaw. 416-393-0030. the people’S FundraiSer (North Korean Human Rights Film Festival) Live music and more.

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than 40 music-themed features, shorts and indie docs from around the world. $10, wristband $25. NFB Mediatheque, 150 John. 416973-3012, nxne.com. Jun 11 to 17

north By northeaSt muSiC FeStival and ConFerenCe Performances by 600-plus bands

at 50 venues, plus an interactive conference and music biz conference. $50/5 days; single day $25. nxne.com. Jun 11 to 17 roakwood village artS FeStival Live music, theatre, art, workshops and more. Free. Oakwood btwn Vaughan and Rogers. oakwoodvillageartsfestival.com. Jun 8 and 9 Queer pride 2012 Queer comedy with Bitch Salad and others, a queer hip-hop showcase, burlesque, a performance by Carole Pope and more. Various prices. Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander. 416-975-8555, buddiesinbadtimes.com. Jun 8 to Jul 1 toronto raw/vegan FeStival Entertainment, speakers, workshops, food demos,

9 pm. $10. JangBang, 430 College. nkhrff.com. planet palmerSton (Habitat for Humanity) Community yard sale, music, a barbecue and more. (Rain date Jun 10.) 10 am-3 pm. Free. Palmerston from Bloor to College. planetpalmerston.blogspot.com. punCh Buggy 4 SiCkkidS (SickKids Hospital) Volkswagen Bettle owners come together for a drive-a-thon. 9 am-10 pm. Donation. YongeDundas Square. ydsquare.ca. riSe up (New Leaf Yoga’s youth programs) Live music and DJs, circus performances, art, yoga class and more. 7:30 pm. $25. Citadel, 304 Parliament. riseupparty.eventbrite.com. Sale For guatemala (El Triunfo Education Project) Items made by Guatemalan weavers, fair trade coffee and jewellery. 8:30 am-3 pm. 772 Coxwell. guatemalaschool.wordpress.com. ShameleSS yard Sale (Shameless Magazine) Yard sale, back issues of the magazine, a bake sale and more. 9 am-4 pm. Free. 862 College. shamelessmag.com.

Events

aFroChiC Clultral artS exhiBit Perform-

ances by Roney + Nani, Spek Won and others, a fashion show, visual arts and more. 6 pm. $25. Great Hall, 1087 Queen W. afrochic.ca. ranCient rome and greeCe weekend Talks, demos and displays of arms and armour and more. Today and tomorrow 11 am-4 pm. Free w/ admission. Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park. 416-586-8000. art & FaShion: a Creative Synergy Seminar with Marilyn Brooks. 1:30 pm. $10. McMichael Art Collection, 10365 Islington (Kleinburg). Pre-register artscouncil@yorkscene.com. art & perFormanCe tour Toronto Soc of Architects walking tour. 10 am. $20, stu/srs $15. torontoarchitecturetours.com.

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Support the Democratic Republic of Congo and raise awareness of the havoc our demand for blood diamonds wreaks on them, with music by Freedub Star, Johnny Ak and others, T-shirt artists and more. Noon. Free. S end of Queen’s Park. thr336ix9ine@gmail.com. BeaCheS artS & CraFtS Show Visual arts, jewellery, fashions and more. Today and tomorrow 10 am-6 pm. Free. Kew Gardens, Queen and Lee. beachesartsandcraftsshow.ca.

sampling and more. Free. 918 Bathurst. torontorawveganfestival.com. Jun 9 and 10 toronto ruSSian Film FeStival Feature films, shorts, animation and documentaries. Innis Town Hall (2 Sussex), Royal Ontario Museum (100 Queen’s Park). torontorussianfilmfestival.com. Jun 7 to 12 toronto tango FeStival Performances, workshops, milongas and more. Lithuanian Hall (1573 Bloor W), Lower Ossington Theatre (100A Ossington). torontotangofestival.com. Jun 7 to 10 rwooFStoCk The annual festival for dogs features canine sports, doggie fashions, pool and more. Free. St Lawrence Market neighbourhood, Front and Church. woofstock.ca. Jun 9 and 10

continuing art oF the danForth Multidisciplinary art displays, workshops, walking tours, music and dance. Free. Various venues and public spaces on Danforth between Greenwood and Woodbine. artofthedanforth.com. To Jun 10 inSpirato Festival of 10-minute plays, readings, workshops and more. $12. Alumnae Theatre, 70 Berkeley. inspiratofestival.ca. To Jun 10 toronto JewiSh Book FeStival Talks and panel discussions with Canadian and international authors. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. kofflerarts.org. To Jun 7 worldwide Short Film FeStival Short films from around the world, panels, a symposium and more. shorterisbetter.com. To Jun 10 BrBmx park opening Ceremony BMX

festival for the whole family. 10 am-4 pm. Free. Wallace Emerson Community Centre, 1260 Dufferin. 416-392-0742.

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International pot luck and free market. Noon2 pm. Free. Grange Park, behind the AGO (317 Dundas W). bit.ly/jivnf8. Contra danCe Beginner class and dance, live music by Happy Endings. 7 pm. $10. St Barnabas Church Hall, 175 Hampton. tcdance.org.

CrotherS woodS trail maintenanCe day

Trail-building staff provide training and equipment to volunteers. 10 am-4 pm. Free. 27 Redway (Loblaws trailhead). toronto.ca/trails. earth plaSter workShop 10 am-4 pm. $60$100 sliding scale. 1229 Queen W. Pre-register lynn@westendfood.coop. emnowaangoSJig/Coming out Artist talk with Cheryl L’Hirondelle and Tannis Nielsen. 1 pm. Free. Toronto Free Gallery, 1277 Bloor W. 416-913-0461. the howardS oF high park Heritage Toronto walk. 1:30 pm. Free. Colborne Lodge in High Park. heritagetoronto.org. manhunt toronto Play a game of hide-andseek. 8:30 pm. Free. Markham and Lawrence. manhunttoronto.wordpres.com. StorieS aBout StorytellerS Publisher Douglas Gibson shares his experiences of working with great writers. 1:30 pm. Free. OISE, 252 Bloor W, rm 5-260. humanist.toronto.on.ca. SummerworkS opening party The theatre festival opens with a party featuring performances by Atomic Vaudeville, Nina Arsenault and others. 8 pm. Pwyc. Mercer Union Gallery, 1286 Bloor W. summerworks.ca.

through the garden gate: reSplendent roSedale Self-guided tour of private gardens

in the neighbourhood. Today and tomorrow 11 am-4 pm. $40-$52.50. 416-397-1341. toronto roller derBy Death Track Dolls vs Chicks Ahoy! and Smoke City Betties vs GoreGore Rollergirls. 6 pm. $12-$18. Downsview Park, 40 Carl Hall. torontorollerderby.com. Btour de FortS Cycling tour to view Toronto’s history. 1 pm. Free. Old Mill subway. 416392-6907 ext 233, fortyork.ca. wallpeople Collaborative art project creating

a unique street work. 5-7 pm. Free. Bellevue Square in Kensington Market (Augusta and Bellevue). rossela@gmail.com. the war oF 1812 Illustrated talk by historian Carl Benn and a strawberry tea. 3 pm. $20. St Thomas’ Anglican Church, 383 Huron. Preregister 416-979-2323. wordwide knit in puBliC day Join knitters in this worldwide event that includes breakfast and music. 9:30-11:30 am. Free. Wise Daughters, 3079B Dundas W. wwkipday.com. rworld oCeanS day weekend Celebrate our connection to the sea. Today & tomorrow 9:30 am-6:30 pm. Free w/ admission. Toronto Zoo, Meadowvale N of 401. 416-392-5929. ryoung naturaliStS Family nature walk. 1 pm. $2. High Park Nature Centre, 440 Parkside. highparknaturecentre.com.

Sunday, June 10

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toronto iSland houSe & hiStory tour

(Stephen Lewis Fdn) Tour of homes and community buildings with storytellers. Noon-5 pm. $45, under 13 $15. Wards Island Clubhouse. torontoislandhousetour.weebly.com. walk to Fight arthritiS (Arthritis Soc) Walk through the Brick Works. 9 am. Pledges. Evergreen Brick Works, 550 Bayview. walktofightarthritis.ca. rZareinu moveathon FeStival (Zareinu Educational Centre) Entertainment, rides and more raise money for kids with special needs. 11 am-6 pm. Min $25 in pledges. Downsview Park, 35 Carl Hall. moveathon.com.

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Canadian memory ChampionShip Dave Farrow talks about memory development, and Andy Fong gives a demo of his memory skills. 3-6 pm. Free. Metro Hall, 55 John, rm 310. Preregister memorizetoronto@yahoo.ca. a CompariSon oF haFeZ’S ghaZalS (perSian SonnetS) and ShakeSpeare’S SonnetS Pres-

entation by Bänoo Zan. 2 pm. Free. Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil. ulyssean.on.ca. the danForth Heritage Toronto walk. 11 am. Free. City Adult Learning Centre, 1 Danforth. 416-338-3886, heritagetoronto.org. rFather FigureS Kids create a pixilated ecard for Father’s Day. 12:30-3 pm. Free. NFB Mediatheque, 150 John. 416-973-3012.

BFinCh hydro trail Corridor riBBon Cutting and ride Celebrate the hydro corridor with a ride and ribbon cutting. 1 pm. Free. Esther Shiner Stadium Parking Lot, 5720 Bathurst. 416-392-1371, jamespasternak.ca. Food JuStiCe: theory & praCtiCe Discussion with Reginald Noble, Kirsten Cole, and Fahim Alwan. 1 pm. Free. Noor Cultural Centre, 123 Wynford. noorculturalcentre.ca/?p=6110. From viCtim to Survivor Oasis Centre des Femmes and Toronto Rape Crisis Centre hold a victim commemoration ceremony, with speakers, performances, a community fair and more. 11:30 am-3 pm. Free. Courtyard Mariott, 475 Yonge. 416-597-1171 ext 229. Lthe Future oF the avant-garde Panel discussion with artists including Hilton Als, Young Jean Lee and Mark Russell. 2 pm. $30. TIFF Bell Lightbox, 350 King W. luminato.com.

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Heritage Toronto walk. 1:30 pm. Free. Parking lot at SW corner of Keele and Dundas. 416338-3886, heritagetoronto.org. planting in high park Help make a new savannah restoration site with native plants. 10:30 am. Free. Grenadier Cafe, High Park. highparknature.org. St JameS’ Cemetery Guided ROM walk. 2 pm. Free. 635 Parliament, N of Wellesley. 416-5868000, rom.on.ca. toronto laneway tour Bike tour of laneways in Trinity-Bellwoods, Little Italy and Queen West. 11 am. Free. SE corner Gore Vale and Queen. lanternwaste@hotmail.com. toronto women’S expo Workshops, seminars and presentations on careers, style and more. 10 am-5 pm. $14, adv $10. Days Hotel, 185 Yorkland. torontowomensexpo.com.

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Native Canadian Centre presentation. 6 pm. Free. Gerrard/Ashdale Library, 1432 Gerrard E. Pre-register 416-393-7717.

model. 10 am or 2 pm. $15. Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas W. 416-979-6648.

stIll matters Talk by city museums curator Wayne Reeves. 1 pm. Free. Referece Library, 789 Yonge. torontopubliclibrary.ca.

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and lecture by film critic Adam Nayman. 7 pm. $12, stu $6. Miles Nadal JCC, 750 Bloor W. 416-924-6211 ext 606. LmIchel lemIeux and vIctor pIlon The Lemieux Pilon 4D Art founders discuss the impact of technology on storytelling and theatre. Noon. Free. David Pecaut Square, 55 John. luminato.com. @strollcIty Interactive media-art project with Shawn Micallef appears on TTC subway screens throughout June. Free. @strollcity. tour & toast open house Tour a green home renovation that cut energy demand by 85 per cent. 4-6 pm. $30, stu $15. Rosedale location. Pre-register june11-tour.eventbrite.com.

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Join Green Party members for drinks and conversation. 8:30 pm. Free. McCarthy’s Pub, 1801 Gerrard E. jeffjohns@greenparty.ca. how to talK to people about thIngs Sixweek course in negotiation and communication led by author Misha Glouberman. 7-10 pm. $275. Hart House, 7 Hart House Circle. Preregister negotiationclasstoronto@gmail.com.

newspaper communIty gardens (toronto globe and star) Lost rivers walk. 6:30 pm. Free. Queen and Cowan. 416-593-2656.

Lohad naharIn and nIcole Krauss The choreographer and novelist discuss language as it applies to dance and fiction. Noon. Free. David Pecaut Square, 55 John. luminato.com. out of the cold prayer & publIc wItness

Homeless memorial, with music by Street Haven Choir, a memorial observance, lunch and a walk to city hall. Noon. Free. Holy Trinity Church, 10 Trinity Sq. 416-551-4263.

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Dancing to live music by the Scottish Accent. 7 pm. Free. Edwards Gardens, SW corner Lawrence and Leslie. rscdstoronto.org. stop ecocIde Activist Raven Courtney talks about her campaign to name ecocide a crime against peace. 7:30 pm. Free. Friends House, 60 Lowther. eradicatingecocideincanada.og.

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n9ne (Canadian Breast Cancer Support Fund) Live entertainment, dancing, cocktails, a silent acution and more. 6:30 pm. $65. Local Co, 511 Danforth. n9negala.com. one tooth for youth (Pelletier Youth in Transition) Fitness classes and clinics include yoga, pilates and more. To Jun 16. Donation. One Tooth Activewear, 1986 Avenue. pyit.org.

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adult cIrcus Six-week circus camp for adults. 6:30-8:30 pm. $175. Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay W. Pre-register 416-973-4093. the annex Guided ROM walk. 6 pm. Free. Bedford across from St George subway. 416586-8000, rom.on.ca. BbIKe care worKshop Learn the basics of bike maintenance. $10. Urbane Cyclist, 180 John. Pre-register 416-979-9733. Bcore strength for cyclIsts Tips/ demonstration exercises. 6 pm. Free. Bicycles @ St Clair, 625 St Clair W. wholeself.ca. great booKs Ann Shteir discusses Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s Herland. Noon. Free. Palmerston Library, 560 Palmerston. 416-393-7680. LJoe boyd and rIchard flohIl The music producer discusses his career with music impresario Flohil. Noon. Free. David Pecaut Square, 55 John. luminato.com. BrrIde for JarvIs Family-frendly ride from Allan Gardens to City Hall. 6 pm. Free. Allan Gardens, Carlton and Jarvis. bikeunion.to. rombus: a musIcal musKoKa boat cruIse

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Performances by Jane Bunnett, Shakura S’Aida, Sandra Shamas and others. 6 pm. $75. St Lawrence Centre, 27 Front E. sistering.org. Koffler gala 2012 (Koffler Centre of the Arts) Gala performance by Batsheva Dance Co. $250 and up. MacMillan Theatre, 80 Queen’s Park. kofflerarts.org. power ball: Quarter-lIfe crIsIs (Power

Nation are still enduring an ongoing health disaster from the mercury released into the waterways by a Dryden paper mill. The question is, when are governments going to provide the community with the support it needs? The River Run, really a march, features puppets, drums and props, and aims to raise awareness of mercury poisoning, native rights and the need to protect the waters, creatures and ecosystem. Friday (June 8) at noon. Free. Grange Park (behind 317 Dundas West.) freegrassy.org.

honour vIctIms of the street Many in the city, after all the reports and initiatives, still have nowhere to call home, and shocking as it is, some

Plant) Gala art funder, with visuals by Philippe Blanchard, Sarah Febbraro and others plus food. 8:30 pm. $165. Power Plant, 231 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4018. rescue me (Snooters Farm Animal Sanctuary/ Story Book Farms Primate Sanctuary/Toronto Animal Svs) Music with Cheryl Ockrant and others, an art exhibit, silent auction and more. 7 pm. $40. Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander. 416-975-8555.

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(ubREAL2 Stand Up Campaign) Music, poetry and comedy including the ubREAL2 Band and DJ Demers. 7 pm. Donation. Spirits, 642 Church. standupcampaign.com. toronto fIrefIghter show (Princess Margaret Hospital) Firefighters strut their stuff on the catwalk. 7 pm. $25. XS Nightclub, 261 Richmond. torontoffc.ca.

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perish on the street. While memorializing the victims of homelessness, Out Of The Cold Prayer And Public Witness also pushes for solutions for those lacking services, support and digs of their own. Participate in the observance, enjoy lunch and walk to City Hall to put the focus on the ongoing emergency. Tuesday (June 12), noon. Free. Holy Trinity Church, 1 Trinity Square. holytrinitytoronto.org.

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sooner or later, every trend hits Toronto, whether it’s platform shoes, the Common Sense Revolution or tapas. And so has the cult of ramen, the Japanese food fetish that finds nirvana in a seemingly simple bowl of noodles. True, ramen’s nothing new; round these parts, Konnichiwa’s been doing the comfort food classic since back in the 90s, and more recently, Kenzo has launched a minichain of ramen restos. But only the month-old Kinton turns ramen into a religious experience. Opening time is still 15 minutes away, but a lineup of supplicants has already formed outside the 30-seat Baldwin Village storefront. Once admitted, they find a long, narrow room dominated by an open kitchen and six cauldrons of rapidly boiling broth. Little wonder the frantic Kinton crew who attend them have commemorative tea towels wrapped around their heads. As at its sibling, Guu, a lot of shouting in unison is involved, although the mantra turns out to be only the expediting of orders, the Japanese equivalent of “Cheeseburger to go, gravy on the fries.” Our initial visit starts with a bowl of each of the three entry-level

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vegetarian – in fact, it’s the same as the others, only with asparagus on top. Purists might balk that Swiss cheese has no place in ramen, but the unorthodox combo works, especially when augmented by a sprig of Thai basil ($10.80). Add-ons include extra pork or noodles (both $2) and more raw garlic ($1). Sides play a secondary role, from a quartet of tasty house-made pork gyoza pot-stickers ($3.50) to deboned karaage chicken wings ($4.80) and fiery cabbage kimchee ($3). As anyone who’s ever seen the film Tampopo will know, the eating of ramen is a ritual. You don’t just start shovelling away, but contemplate the soup, allowing its aromatic steam to slap you in the face and entice your senses. Notice how the tiny globules of pork fat glisten like sunlight on

some cosmic sea, albeit one strewn with frozen corn. The soft-boiled egg goes first, its firm sake-steeped white giving way to a cool and runny centre. Next, you systematically work through the mountain of noodles, alternating with bites of pork and scallion until only the concentrated broth remains. Then, using both hands, you lift the heavy ceramic bowl to your lips and drink. Only a lightweight leaves a bowl unfinished. There’s one last step that Tampopo fails to mention. After your final slurp, head straight to Kinton’s basement washrooms, where management have thoughtfully provided bottles of mouthwash. Your co-workers back at the office will thank you.

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Leslieville’s best brunch spot, Frankly, has quietly pulled the plug after a two-year run, proving it’s harder than it looks to make a go of it selling $10 plates of eggs with only 18 seats and no liquor licence or patio. It will be missed, if only for its outstanding glam-rock tuneage.

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Local knitwear label Line (lineknitwear.com) and Body Blue (199 Danforth, 416-778-7601, bodyblue. ca) are teaming up for a customer event on Saturday (June 9). From 10 am to 6 pm, try on the collection and meet the designers behind Line’s smart sweaters, John Muscat and Jennifer Wells. Wells Line pieces are discounted all day by 25 per cent.

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Sunday (June 10) marks the first Junction Flea market (junctionflea.blogspot.ca) of the summer. Every second Sunday of the month, an assortment of indie vintage, clothing, record, toy, craft and food vendors assembled by the folks at SMASH (smash.to) and Russet & Empire (russetandempire. blogspot.com) set up shop in a vacant lot at the corner of Dundas West and Indian Grove. The sale starts at 9 am, rain or shine.

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Peach Berserk’s Kingi Carpenter has closed her Queen West boutique to focus her design time on creating custom pieces and textiles. Her new byappointment space at 81 Shaw continues to host silkscreen workshops and special sale events, but after 25 years in business, Carpenter says she’s craving more one-on-one time with clients in an off-Queen Street space. Follow the label’s evolution at peachberserk.com.

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Aries Mar 21 | Apr 19 If your destiny has

gotten tweaked by bias or injustice, it’s a good time to rebel. If you are being mani pulated by people who care for you – even if it’s allegedly for your own good – you now have the insight and power necessary to wriggle free of the bind. If you have been confused by the mixed messages you’re getting from your own unconscious mind, you should get to the bottom of the inner contradiction. And if you have been wavering in your commit ment to your oaths, you’d better be in tensely honest with yourself about why that’s happening.

TAurus Apr 20 | May 20 Diamonds are symbols of elegant beauty, which is why they’re often used in jewellery. But 80 per cent of the world’s diamonds have a more utilitarian function. Because they’re so hard and have such high thermal conduc tivity, they are used extensively as cut ting, grinding and polishing tools, and

have several other industrial applications. Now let’s apply this 20/80 proportion to you, Taurus. Of your talents and abilities, no more than 20 per cent need be on dis play. The rest is consumed in the diligent detail work that goes on in the back ground – the cutting, grinding and polish ing you do to make yourself as valuable as a diamond. In the coming week, this will be a good meditation for you.

GeMini May 21 | Jun 20 The pain you will

feel in the coming week will be in direct proportion to the love you suppress and withhold. So if you let your love flow as freely as a mountain spring in a rain storm, you may not have to deal with any pain at all. What’s that you say? You claim that being strategic about how you ex press your affection gives you strength and protection? Maybe that’s true on other occasions, but it’s not applicable now. “Unconditional” and “uninhibited” are your words of power.

CAnCer Jun 21 | Jul 22 What actions best embody the virtue of courage? Fighting on the battlefield as a soldier? Speaking out against corruption and injustice? Climbing a treacherous peak or riding a raft through rough river water? Certainly all those qualify. But French architect Fer nand Pouillon had another perspective. He said, “Courage lies in being oneself, in showing complete independence, in lov ing what one loves, in discovering the deep roots of one’s feelings.” That’s exact ly the nature of the bravery you are best able to draw on right now, Cancerian. So please do draw on it in abundance. Leo Jul 23 | Aug 22 In his book The Four

Insights, author Alberto Villoldo tells the following story: “A traveller comes across two stonecutters. He asks the first, ‘What are you doing?’ and receives the reply, ‘Squaring the stone.’ He then walks over to the second stonecutter and asks, ‘What are you doing?’ and receives the reply, ‘I am building a cathedral.’ In other words, both men are performing the same task, but one of them is aware that he has the choice to be part of a greater dream.” By my astrological reckoning, Leo, it’s quite important for you to be like that second stonecutter in the months ahead. I sug gest you start now to ensure that out come.

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part of the famous Marx Brothers com edy team that made 13 movies. He was known as the silent one. While in his char acter’s persona, he never spoke, but only communicated through pantomime and by whistling, blowing a horn or playing the harp. In real life, he could talk just fine. He traced the origin of his shtick to an ear ly theatrical performance he had done. A review of the show said he “performed beautiful pantomime which was ruined whenever he spoke.” So in other words, Harpo’s successful career was shaped in part by the inspiration he drew from a critic. I invite you to make a similar move, Virgo: Capitalize on some negative feed back or odd mirroring you’ve received.

LibrA sep 23 | oct 22 What is your rela tionship with cosmic jokes, Libra? Do you feel offended by the secrets they spill, the ignorance they expose and the slightly embarrassing truths they compel you to acknowledge? Or are you a vivacious lover of life who welcomes the way cosmic jokes expand your mind, help you lose your excessive selfimportance and show you possible solutions you haven’t previ ously imagined? I hope you’re in the latter category, because sometime in the near future, fate has arranged for you to be in the vicinity of a divine comedy routine. I’m not kidding when I tell you that the harder and more frequently you laugh, the more you’ll learn. sCorpio oct 23 | nov 21 In addition to

being an accomplished astrophysicist and philosopher, Arthur Eddington (1882 1944) possessed mad math skills. Legend has it that he was one of only three people on the planet who actually com prehended Einstein’s theory of relativity. That’s a small level of appreciation for such an important set of ideas, isn’t it? On the other hand, most people I know

would be happy if there were as many as three humans in the world who truly understood them. In accordance with the astrological omens, I suggest you make that one of your projects in the next 12 months: to do whatever you can to ensure there are at least three people who have a detailed comprehension of and apprecia tion for who you really are.

sAGiTTArius nov 22 | Dec 21 Yesterday

the sun was shining at the same time it was raining, and my mind turned to you. Today I felt a surge of tenderness for a friend who has been making me angry, and again I thought of you. Tomorrow maybe I will sing sad songs when I’m cheerful, and go for a long walk when I’m feeling profoundly lazy. Those events, too, would remind me of you. Why? Because you’ve been experimenting with the ma gic of contradictions lately. You’ve been mixing and matching with abandon, go ing up and down at the same time and exploring the pleasures of changing your mind. I’m even tempted to speculate that you’ve been increasing your ability to abide with paradox. Keep up the good work. I’m sure it’s a bit weird at times, but it’ll ultimately make you even smarter than you already are.

CApriCorn Dec 22 | Jan 19 Be on the alert for valuable mistakes you could cap italize on. Keep scanning the peripheries for evidence that seems out of place; it might be useful. Do you see what I’m driv ing at, Capricorn? Accidental revelations could spark good ideas. Garbled commu nication might show you the way to desir able detours. Chance meetings might ini tiate conversations that will last a long time. Are you catching my drift? Follow any lead that seems witchy or itchy. Be ready to muscle your way in through doors that are suddenly open just a crack. AquArius Jan 20 | Feb 18 An article in

the Weekly World News reported on tour ists who toast marshmallows while sit ting on the rims of active volcanoes. As fun as this practice might be, however, it can expose those who do it to moulten lava, suffocating ash and showers of burning rocks. So I wouldn’t recommend it to you, Aquarius. But I do encourage you to try some equally boisterous but less hazardous adventures. The coming months will be prime time for you to get highly imaginative in your approach to exploration, amusement and pushing be yond your previous limits. Why not get started now?

pisCes Feb 19 | Mar 20 According to my

reading of the astrological omens, you would be smart to get yourself a new fer tility symbol. Not because I think you should encourage or seek out a literal pregnancy. Rather, I’d like to see you culti vate a more aggressively playful relation ship with your creativity – energize it on deep unconscious levels so it will spill out into your daily routine and tincture every thing you do. If you suspect my proposal has some merit, be on the lookout for a talisman, totem or toy that fecundates your imagination.

Homework: Upon waking up for the next seven mornings, sing a song that fills you with feisty hope. To report results, go to RealAstrology.com and click on “Email Rob.”

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Toronto folk rockers Great Lake Swimmers’ most recent album, New Wild Everywhere, is their most lushly produced yet, and they pulled out all the stops to reproduce its dense layers and textures, including adding a string section to the five-piece band. This generated an undeniably pretty wall of sound but also made the set seem like one long, relaxing song. The most dramatic moments came with fewer musicians onstage, illustrating the importance of careful arranging. Cold Specks’ minimalist open-

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ing set drove that point home as well. Without a full band backing them, Al Spx’s heart-wrenching gospel blues songs also tended to blend together, though the sparseness allowed her spine-tingling vocals to stand out. Not many singers can walk away from the mic to go unamplified and a cappella without getting drowned out by BENJAMIN BOLES chatter.

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Music listings appear by day, then by genre, then alphabetically by venue. Event names are in italics. Check the Venue Index, page 42, for addresses and phone numbers. = Critics’ pick (highly recommended) ñ 5= Queer night

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

Thursday, June 7 PoP/Rock/HiP-HoP/Soul

AlleycAtz Local Music Is Sexy Showcase 9 pm. BoAt Vilipend, Pyres, Dead Mouth, John

Smith doors 9 pm. Bovine Sex cluB Braves, Omma Cobba doors at 9 pm. Brooklynn BAr The Audience doors 9 pm. the centrAl Takaba Revue: benefit for Russian Anti-fascists Oneoak, Garbageface, K Zar, DJ Session (conscious hip-hop/anarcho punk rap) doors 9 pm. cherry colA’S rock n’ rollA Foresight for the Blind doors 9 pm. clinton’S Listener, La De Les, the Homeless Gospel Choir doors 9 pm. cloAk & DAgger PuB Trevor James (pop/folk) 10 pm. DrAke hotel unDergrounD How to Dress Well, Babe Rainbow doors 8 pm. DrAke hotel lounge Weekend Startup Boot Knives doors 11 pm. el MocAMBo Vanessa Legacy, Drive Faster, Nadia Bashalani 9 pm. giBSon ShowrooM lounge For Dogs Sake Moosonee Puppy Rescue Fundraiser Low Level Flight, Two Cents Short 6 to 9 pm. the hiDeout Take the Night, Brendan DiStefano, Keek, Kaila Picard, Lambs Become Lions. holy oAk cAfe New Civilization (reggae) 10 pm. horSeShoe Micronite Filters, the Lost Babies, the Speaking Tongues, Revolvers 9 pm. inter Steer Ronnie Hayward Trio (rockabilly) 8 to 11 pm. lee’S PAlAce Black Absinthe, Rum Runner,

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Leslie Spits, Rough Boyz 9 pm. lou DAwg’S ryerSon Jeff Eager (acoustic soul/funk/Motown) 10 pm. not My Dog The Donefors, Kirby. the PAinteD lADy Hatchetmen (country rock) 10:30 pm, Prince Brothers 9 pm. PArtS & lABour Light Fires, Triple Gangers, Farragoes, Moves 10 pm. the PiSton Falsely Accused Via Facebook: A Legal Fee Fundraiser For Lizz Aston The Whirly Birds, Persian Rugs, Hollow Earth 9 pm. rivoli Cajunga Party Miles Jones, Sick, Wicked & Nasty 9 pm.

SAzerAc gAStro lounge The Capitol

Folk/BlueS/countRy/WoRld

ASPettA cAffe Open Mic El Faron 8 pm. cAStro’S lounge Jerry Leger & the Situation (folk/blues/rock/country) 9 pm.

eton houSe Keith Jolie (blues/roots) 7 pm. glADStone hotel BAllrooM Music Africa:

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Friday, June 8 PoP/Rock/HiP-HoP/ Soul AlleycAtz Jamesking 9:30 pm.

ASPettA cAffe Young

Coconut, the Town Hall Cryers, Sarah Factor 7 to 10 pm. the BAllrooM Disco Rebels 10 pm. BAr itAliA uPStAirS Shugga (funk) 9:30 pm. BAr itAliA Buddha Groove Jordan John Band (R&B) 8 pm. BlAck SwAn CD release Christie 9 pm. Bovine Sex cluB Waxmen, the Unchained, Laugh at the Fakes, Fingers X’d 8:30 pm. the cAve Drofnosura, Lung, the Blind Surgeons Operation, Fuck the Government, Douchine, Pyres (sludge/punk) doors 9 pm. the centrAl Nick Sherman and Erik Bleich 7 pm. the centrAl Frailfragment 10 pm. cherry colA’S rock n’ rollA In My Coma, Before the Curtain doors 9 pm. lDAviD PecAut SQuAre Lunchtime Illumination & Concert, Michael Ondaatje and Anna McGarrigle Tom Mennier (piano) noon.

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Beat (funk/soul/R&B) 10 pm. Silver DollAr Drugs in Japan, Rochelle, Jean Is Dead, Too Many Bullets doors 8:30 pm. SouthSiDe Johnny’S Skip Tracer 10 pm. the wilSon 96 The Poor Darlin’s (rockabilly/ rock) 9 pm. wrongBAr Penguin Prison, Class Actress doors 9 pm.

(country/folk/rock) 9 pm.

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Klinck doors 8 pm.5 inSoMniA DJ Ron Jon (funk/soul/house). JuBilee Queen Lobster Dinner Cruise DJ Les Frenchies 6:45 pm departure. SuPerMArket Onra, Jason Palma, mymanhenri 10 pm. wAylABAr Oh La La (French dance music from 60s to present) 10 pm.

Afrofest Launch Njacko Backo & Kalimba Kalimba, Jabulani, Tich Maredza Band 6 pm. grAffiti’S Kitgut Old Time String Band 8 pm, After Work Market Soiree Tim Bradford & Bright Blue Motels (country) 5 to 7 pm. groSSMAn’S Rock’n Robin Harp 10 pm. hirut fine ethioPiAn cuiSine Fingerstyleguitar.ca Open Stage Randy Finney & Dunstan Morey (roots) 8 pm. hugh’S rooM JW Jones, Danny Marks (blues) 8:30 pm. the locAl Timmins & Wojewoda. lou DAwg’S Mike C (acoustic blues/rock/ funk/reggae) 10 pm. MonArchS PuB Jerome Godboo Band 9 pm. nAwlinS JAzz BAr Nothin’ but the Blues 8 pm. now lounge CD release Laura L’Rock (singersongwriter) 9 pm. toronto woMen’S BookStore Heroines Of The Sexual Gothic Performance Reading The Billie Hollies (folk-noir quartet) 6:30 pm. trAnzAc Southern croSS Bluegrass Thursdays The Pre-Season Draft 9:30 pm, Houndstooth (bluegrass/old-time) 7:30 pm. trAnzAc tiki rooM Thom Gill (pop) 9 pm.

Jazz/claSSical/exPeRimental

eMMet rAy BAr John Wayne Swingtet (Gypsy swing) 9 pm.

the flying BeAver PuBAret Tabby Johnson,

Rosemary Galloway, Neil Brathwaite (soulful jazz) 7:30 pm. hArleM unDergrounD Carl Bray Jazz Trio 8:30 pm. leASiDe uniteD church Sing Into The Summer: Dream The Impossible Fundraising Concert for Leaside United Church Chancel & Junior Choirs, Brian Roman 7:30 pm. olD Mill inn hoMe SMith BAr Jazz Party June Garber, Mark Kieswetter, Vincent Wolfe 7:30 pm. rePoSADo The Reposadists (Gypsy-bop jazz). rex Heavyweights Brass Band 9:30 pm, Ross Wooldridge Trio 6:30 pm. roy thoMSon hAll Schumann & Shostakovich Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Jonathan Biss (piano) 8 pm. SoMewhere there StuDio Avesta Nakhaei (jazz/improv) 8 pm. trAne StuDio Cara Matthew Band (jazz/ blues) 8 pm.

dance muSic/dJ/lounge

BeAver Ricky Cherim (house/minimal-techno) 10:30 pm.

Bovine Sex cluB Fizztastique DJs George &

Nikki doors 9 pm. chevAl Brand’d DJ PG-13 (house/hip-hop/ club anthems). DAnce cAve Transvision DJ Shannon (alt indie/ electro/retro). gooDhAnDy’S Ladyplus Parties DJ Todd

PecAut SQuAre luMinAto feStivAl huB Luminato K’Naan, Kae Sun ñ (reggae/soul/pop/hip-hop) 8 pm. lDAviD

Dc MuSic theAtre Metal As F$#% Fest 28 all ages.

DoMinion on Queen East End Rockabilly Riot: 4th Anniversary Edition Tenñ nessee Voodoo Coupe, the Shakedown

Combo, Hey Porter!, DJ Rockin’ Dave Faris, DJ Tim Hanna doors 9 pm. DrAke hotel unDergrounD Ramona Falls doors 8 pm. the Duke live.coM In Your Honor (Foo Fighters tribute). el MocAMBo New Kingston w/ Collie Buddz, House of David Gang, Island Rock Hi Power, DJ Chris (roots/rock/reggae) 9 pm. the 460 The Tonedefs, Gunt, the Sofistifucks, Filthy Slate 9 pm. grAffiti’S Paul Martin (covers) 5 to 7 pm. horSeShoe Rattlesnake Choir, Ginger St James, Kaylan Howran 10 pm. lee’S PAlAce Last Bullett, Sam Ferguson Band, Bloody Five. the loADeD Dog Sugar Rush (pop) 8:30 pm. lou DAwg’S Jeff Eager (acoustic soul/funk/ Motown) 10 pm. lou DAwg’S ryerSon Don Campbell (acoustic blues/rock) 10 pm. PreSS cluB Chris Gostling & the Tempo (roots rock) 10 pm. royAl ontArio MuSeuM Friday Night Live Dr Draw, DJs Jay Sea & Lokei 6 to 11 pm. Silver DollAr Record release show Burning Love, Purity Control, Wastoids, Suicider doors 9 pm. SounD AcADeMy Supernova: Band On The Run After Runnymede, Altamira, 72 Resolutions, Awkward Flagpole, Goodwood Road, Dimmer Switch, Chasing Charlie and others 5:30 pm, all ages. SouthSiDe Johnny’S Pop Cherry (rock) 10 pm. the wilSon 96 Soul NIght DJ Selector H.

Folk/BlueS/countRy/WoRld

ArtScAPe wychwooD BArnS Wychwood Barns Community Association Fundraiser Danny Marks & Bill King (blues) 7 pm. glenn goulD StuDio Dala, Kevin Fox 8 pm. grAffiti’S Stalking Irony 9 pm. the greAt hAll Peter Katz (singer/songwriter). groSSMAn’S Laura Hubert 10 pm. highwAy 61 Southern BArBeQue The Little Naturals 8 pm. hugh’S rooM CD release Skydiggers 8:30 pm. the locAl Kingdon & Robertson. lulA lounge Changui Havana, DJ Eviloution (salsa) 10:30 pm, Elmer Ferrer Trio (Cuban/ jazz/rock) 8 pm. rePoSADo The Reposadists (Gypsy-bop jazz). rex The Jivebombers (jump-blues) 6:30 pm.

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thurs july 19 @ sound academy all-ages / licensed • $ 35.00 adv ga • $ 50.00 adv vip (19+)

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mon june 18 @ the phoenix • $29.50 adv

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mon july 30 & tues july 31

mogwai youth twin @ opera house

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thurs june 28 @ sound academy $ 32.50 advance ga (all-ages) $ 42.50 advance vip (19+)

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big d & the kids table

lee’s palace • $ 20.00 advance

wed july 25

wed august 1 $

pilot

mozart’s sister

opera house • $ 17.50 adv

lagoon shadoW blind

father john misty

tuesday august 21 @ sound academy

ska!

phoenix • 20.00 advance

sebadoh hot chip yeasayer strung out monday august 20 @ horseshoe $

23.50 advance • featuring lou barlow of dinosaur jr.

friday june 8

drake hotel • $15.00 advance

the drake • $10.00 advance

$ 25.00 advance • all-ages

how to falls dress well emay ramona with

prince innocence & babe rainbow

sunday july 8

friday july 20

mewithoutyou $

16.50 advance

burning beds + imaginary cities

mon july 23 @ the drake • 10.50 adv $

tuesday july 24

loney murder saint motel girl in dear by death deals gone bad a coma the garrison • $13.50 advance

horseshoe • $ 15.00 advance

$ 23.00 advance • all-ages

playing Suburban teenage waSteland + twiSted by deSign

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saturday june 9 @ mod club •

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fri june 22 @ garriSon • $10.50 adv

these united states

thurS july 5 @ garriSon • $12.50 adv

friday july 27 mod club • $ 13.50 adv • all-ages

saturday

@ silver dollar • $11.50 advance

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saturday july 28 horseshoe • $ 10.00 advance

dan vapid and the cheatS

great hall • $ 15.00 advance

aLexi

tueS june 26 @ lee’S palace $

11.50 advance

orgone

saturday$ july 7

tuesday july 17

lee’s palace • 16.50 advance

friday july 13 $ lee’s palace • 15.00 adv

@ horSeShoe $

9.00 advance

liars lee’s palace • $ 15.00 advance

lee’s palace • $ 12.00 advance

loWer king bbq khan dens

jonny corndaWg

thursday june 7 • $ 6.00

black absinthe rum runner LesLie spits • rough boyz monday june 11 $ 22.50 advance

deer replacements alt country

tick the novaks turbo fruits

friday june 15 $ 12.00

@ door

Zulu winter john mauSe oberhofer Friends diiv + 2:54

friday june 8 $ 7.00 at the door

Last buLLett six side die sam ferguson band bLoody five tuesday

june 12

$ 25.00

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local indie • $ 8.00 door

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Crowe the marWills lauren Mann & The fairly odd folk

alternative rock dance club

saturday june 9

thurs june 14

lee’s palace • $17.50 advance

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winTersleep

wednesday june 13

wednesday july 18

lee’s palace • $17.50 advance • florida blues rock

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Wed july 4

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such gold + handguns

youngquilt magic murdoch

fri july 27 @ hard luck • $10.50 adv

saturday july 21 @ horseshoe • $14.50 advance

portland folk rock

friday july 27 @ opera house

sunday july 15 @ sound academy

with

thursday june 7

$ 22.50 adv ga • $ 32.50 adv vip • all-ages/vip 19+

the heartbroken

july talk + steve hill

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wednesday june 20

mishka $ 17.50

with

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june 23 • japandroids june 26 • orgone (funk) june 30 • fishbone (ska)

nxne sirius xm broadcast $

15.00 or nxne wristband

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young empires lumineers mad ones • fast romantics the Lumineers • poor young things

monday june 18 • shoeless • no cover

talk information south of bloor band david paige + the skyline

friday june 8

alt country roots • $10.00

saturday june 9 local rock & roll • $7.00 door

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ginger st. james + kayLan howran thursday june 14

i blame yoko nxne day party • free!

dan kosub & the crass lads thurs june 14

nxne • $15.00 or nxne wrisTBAnd

tuesday june 12

mad chatter triple gangers reform party orasan nick everett friday june 15

nxne • $20.00 or nxne wrisTBAnd

the reigning sound andre williams & his sadies

Serena pryne & the mandevilleS Son of the Sun the waxbillS allosaurus elk • the tinS • cai.ro

bran van 3000 orchestra

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no sinner the black belles the coppertone bidini band

thursday june 21

friday june 22

sunday june 24

kim churchiLL $ 12.50 advance • 8:30pm doors • 19+

wiTH benjalu

unknoWn mortal

horseshoe • $ 15.00 advance

hannibal

buress (snl & 30 rock)

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guvernMenT Projek Noisia, Marcus Visionary, Delta Heavy, the Supermaniak ñ doors 10 pm. holy oak caFe Womb Children DJ Mama Knows & Turfmayne (soul) 10 pm.

inSoMnia Funkn’ Fresh Fridays George Wil-

Tranzac SouThern croSS Heavy Ethics 10 pm, David Woodhead’s Confabulation (alt folk) 7:30 pm.

Jazz/ClassiCal/ExpErimEntal

agricola FinniSh luTheran church Jenny

Lind 1851 Toronto Concert Tribute Josefine Andersson, Nigar Dadascheva 7 pm. The annex live Cabaret à la Franglaise Guy Moreau, Pamela Hyatt, Renee Moreau, Jennifer Walls, Tony Smith 7:30 pm. BenareS hiSToric houSe On The Verandah Concert Viva! Trio 7:30 pm. church oF ST Mary Magdalene Schola Magdalena (Gregorian chant) 8 pm. dave’S... on ST clair Happy Hour Jazz The Jordan Saull Quartette 5 to 8 pm. The Flying Beaver PuBareT Broadsway Heather Brambrick, Julie Michels, Diane Leah 7:30 pm. harleM Jake Wilkinson 7:30 pm. harleM underground Carl Bray Trio (jazz) 8:30 pm. lower oSSingTon TheaTre Green Door Cabaret Michael James 8 pm. nawlinS Jazz Bar The N’awlins All Star Band w/ Brooke Blackburn (jazz/blues) 9:30 pm. old Mill inn hoMe SMiTh Bar Fridays To Sing About Ori Dagan, Mark Kieswetter, Jordan O’Connor 7:30 pm. QuoTeS Fridays At Five Laurie Bower & the Canadian Jazz Quartet 5 to 8 pm. rex Kelsley Grant & Kelly Jefferson Sextet 9:45 pm, Hogtown Syncopators 4 pm. rocco’S PluM ToMaTo Andy De Campos 6 to 9 pm. SoMewhere There STudio Ken Aldcroft 8 pm. ST lawrence hall Vienna Here & Now Toronto Concert Orchestra 8 pm. Trane STudio The Singer’s Jazz Series: Summer Samba Julie McGregor, Laura Fernandez, Ben d’Cunha 9 pm.

DanCE musiC/DJ/loungE

andy Poolhall Dis’Funktion Fridays

DJs Shan Dub & Boots Boogie, DJ Makem, DJ James Redi 10 pm. annex wreckrooM 90s Party Fawn BC, Caff (alt rock/pop/hip-hop). caSTro’S lounge DJ I Hate You Rob (soul/funk/R&B/punk rock/rockabilly) 10 pm. clinTon’S Fuck It: One-Year Anniversary (80s/90s/00s) doors 10 pm. coBra lounge The Fix Fridays No Big Deal DJs. dance cave Bif Bang Pow DJ Trevor (60s mod Britpop) 10 pm. devil’S MarTini Andrea Godin & Profit, DJ Dennis R doors 9:30 pm. drake hoTel underground Your Boy Brian doors 11 pm. drake hoTel lounge DJ Jr Flo doors 10 pm. Fly Grapefruit DJ Shane Percy, DJ Aural 10 pm.5 FooTwork Luv This City Fridays doors 10 pm. gladSTone hoTel Pop Kult 008 In Flagranti, Mikey Apples, Brandon Sek 10 pm. goodhandy’S Spectra DJ Todd Klinck doors 8 pm.5

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liams (house/breaks). The PainTed lady Reggae Night DJ Chocolate & Patrick Roots (ol’ school reggae) 10 pm. ParTS & laBour SoulSkank DJs Gramera, DJ Double K & Dennis K (soul/funk/dancehall/ ska) 10 pm. la Perla HER: Tan-HER-exic Edition DJs Kris Steeves, Lucie Tic, OMGBLOG.com doors 10:30 pm. The PiSTon Floored DJ Fathom. revival Jackson Family Values DJ Doctor Baggie 10 pm. rivoli Rich Kidd Vs DJ Nana, DJ Taktiks 9 pm. Saviari Tea + cockTail lounge Elevation: Music With Feeling DJ Yogi (house/Afro-soul/ Latin/soul/funk) doors 9 pm. unlovaBle Dirty Talk DJs Diana & Pammm (Italo/disco house/indie dance/space) 10 pm. virgin MoBile Mod cluB Come Out & Play DJ Matt Medley 10:30 pm.

waTerFallS She Bangs: The Salsa Edition DJ Flashmaddik 9 pm. waylaBar B-East Chris Munro & Dale C (muscle men party) 10 pm. weTBar Penthouse Fridays DJs R2, KidZero & Peter Kash (house/top 40/anthems) 10 pm. wrongBar Danger, Andy’s Ill, Hugsnotdrugs doors 11 pm.

Saturday, June 9 pop/roCk/Hip-Hop/soul

air canada cenTre Fresh Music Fest Jody Watley, Keith Sweat, K-Ci & JoJo, ñ SWV and others (pop/R&B/hip-hop) 7 pm. alleycaTz Mark Joseph Band. aSPeTTa caFFe Reverand Rob, Luke Vajsar,

Quinton Bradford, Marko Ferek, Leo Orlov 3 to 10 pm. Bar iTalia uPSTairS Al Webster (funk/soul/ R&B) 10:30 pm. Bovine Sex cluB Harbringer, Doll, New Love Army, DJ Sir Ian Blurton. The cenTral Pixies & Joy Division Covers Night Come on Pilgrim, Deutsche Vision doors 10 pm. The cenTral uPSTairS Y2K Kaboom 10 pm, Braden Gates 8 pm. chalkerS PuB Soul Stew (retro/funk/disco/ rock) 9:30 pm. dakoTa Tavern Paper Beat Scissors 7 pm.

danny greenS BilliardS Bar Feast In the East 14.3 ñ Shearing Pinx, John Milner

You’re So Boss, Random Cuts, the Dead Are Those Who Have Died 8 pm, all ages.

PecauT SQuare luMinaTo ñ FeSTival huB Luminato Ldavid

Festival Ernest Ranglin w/ Jay Douglas & Everton ‘Pablo’ Paul, Calypso Rose (Jamaican ska) 2 pm.

Ldavid PecauT SQuare luMinaTo FeSTival huB Luminato Kobo Town, Michael Rose 8 pm.

doMinion on

Queen Ronnie Hayward Trio (rockabilly) 4 to 7:30 pm. drake hoTel underground

Andrew Cole doors 8 pm. el MocaMBo Unbound, All But Over, York Rivalry, Lost Cause 9 pm.

el MocaMBo uPSTairS

Grateful Dead Tribute Concert Mars Hotel, GD Soundsystem 9 pm. The 460 Night of the Ghouls, Gag Order, Unheimlich Manoeurvre, O.R.& S (punk rock/horror punk) doors 8:30 pm.

The greaT hall

AfroChic Culñ tural Arts Exhibit

Roney & Nani, Spek Won, Esie Mensah, the Violinst and others 6 to 10 pm.

harleM Lillian Mason (electronic/pop/soul)

7:30 pm.

horSeShoe The Big Ups, the Artful Vandelays, Lamont James, Dan Kosub & the Crass Lads 9:30 pm. JangBang The People’s Fundraiser: North Korean Human Rights Film Festival event 9 pm. lee’S Palace Graydon James & the Young Novelists, Parks & Rec, Caveliers, Cairo 9:30 pm. The loaded dog Live from Limbo (R&B/ dance) 8:30 pm. lou dawg’S Don Campbell (acoustic blues/ rock) 10 pm. lou dawg’S ryerSon Southern Brunch Irene Torres Duo (soul) noon to 3 pm. old nick Elana Harte, Jennifer Brewer, Kim Jarrett 8 pm, all ages. le Parc BanQueT hall Three Decades Of Elvis Eric Evangelista, John Cigan, Matt Dowsett doors 6:30 pm. Phoenix concerT TheaTre Zeus, Two Hours Traffic, the Elwins doors 8 pm. PreSS cluB The Swinging Pussycats 10 pm. revival Jesse Boykins III 9 pm. rex Solo & Loving It Danny Marks (pop) noon. rivoli CD release party Secret Broadcast, Modernboys Moderngirls, Little Foot Long Foot 9 pm.

Lroyal conServaTory oF MuSic koerner hall Luminato: The Beethoven

Marathon Stewart Goodyear (piano) Part One (10 am-2 pm), Part Two (3-6:30 pm), Part 3 (8:30-11:30 pm). Silver dollar Deutsche Banks, Greasy Skeletons, Baseball Furies, Tin Coffin doors 9 pm. The SiSTer Skaface, Random Killing, Voodoo Bunny doors 9 pm. Sneaky dee’S Like Moths to Flames, Ice Nine Kills. SouThSide Johnny’S The Bear Band (rock/ blues) 4 to 8 pm. SPorTSTer’S Nicola Vaughan 10 pm. TiMoThy’S PuB Open Jam The Meteors 4 to 8 pm. virgin MoBile Mod cluB Mewithoutyou, Burning Beds, Imaginary Cities doors 6 pm.

Folk/BluEs/Country/WorlD

caMeron houSe Big Tobacco & the Pickers (country) 6 to 8 pm.

The cenTral Dawn & Marra (indie folk) 8 pm. c’eST whaT Alysha Brillinger (singer/songwriter) 8 pm.

dave’S... on ST clair Mark Ripp (acoustic folk/

rock) 4 to 7 pm.

doMinion on Queen Sonic Blues Catl. ñ dora keogh Ironbark 9 pm.

eMMeT ray Bar Don’t Worry Darlin & Shannon Hoff 8 pm.

gaTe 403 Bryce Jardine (roots/rock/folk/coun-

try) 6 pm.

graFFiTi’S John Borra Band 4 to 7 pm. groSSMan’S Chloe Watkinson & the Crossroads 10 pm, the Happy Pals 4:30 to 8 pm.

hiruT Fine eThioPian cuiSine Country Jam

Murray Powell 2 to 6 pm. holy oak caFe Old Time & Bluegrass Night 7:30 pm. hugh’S rooM CD release Skydiggers 8:30 pm. The liSh New Music Night Clara Engel 9:30 pm. The local Arthur Renwick (blues) 5 pm. lou dawg’S Southern Brunch Mark Bird Duo (traditional blues) noon to 3 pm. lou dawg’S ryerSon Mike C, Matt Morgan 10 pm. continued on page 38 œ

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LuLa Lounge Lady Son Y Articulo Veinte, DJ

Ricky Franco (salsa) 10:30 pm, Café Du Monde Joanna Moon (French folk) 3 pm. Mercer union Summer Works Launch Party Matt Cully, Marine Dreams doors 8 pm. rebas café & gaLLery Open Mic Just Us Band 1-4 pm. southside Johnny’s The Blazers (blues) 10 pm. tranzac southern cross Griffin & the True Believers, Jubilee, Richard Laviolette & the Glitter Bombs, Laura Mac 9 pm, Scott B Sympathy (folk) 6:30 pm. Woodbine Park Muhtadi International Drumming Festival: El ¡Tambor!. Wrongbar Omar Souleyman (Middle Eastern music) doors 7 pm.

Jazz/ClassiCal/ExpErimEntal

beerbistro The Gene Pool Boys (soulful swinging jazz) 8:15 pm. chaLkers Pub Richard Whiteman Trio 6 to 9 pm. de sotos Singer Saturdays Lynda Covello’s Deep Dark Secrets (jazz) 9 pm. the fLying beaver Pubaret Broadsway Heather Brambrick, Julie Michels, Diane Leah 7:30 pm. harLeM underground Carl Bray Trio (jazz) 8:30 pm. the LocaL Ron Leary Sextet 10 pm. LoWer ossington theatre Green Door Cabaret Lindsay Sutherland-Boal 8 pm. naWLins Jazz bar The N’awlins All-Star Band w/ Brooke and Duane Blackburn (jazz/blues) 8:30 pm. noW Lounge Ken Skinner, Owen Tennyson, Lee Saba Hutchinson, Grant Lyle (jazz/blues/ soul) 8:30 pm. oLd MiLL inn hoMe sMith bar Jazz Masters David Caldwell, Bruce Harvey, Dave Young, Don Vickery 7:30 pm. rex Shirantha Beddage 9:45 pm, Sara Dell (vox/solo piano) 7 pm, CD release Sugar Brown & Bharath Rajakumar 3:30 pm. Lroy thoMson haLL Late Night: Shostakovich Symphony 11: The Year 1905 Toronto Symphony Orchestra 10:30 pm. soMeWhere there studio Holger Schoorl 8 pm. trane studio The Jazzatolas (swing) 8 pm.

DanCE musiC/DJ/loungE

annex WreckrooM Saturday Nights At The Wreckroom DJ Rick Toxic 10 pm.

cLinton’s Shake, Rattle & Roll Sixties Dance

Party (60s pop/soul/R&R) doors 10 pm. dance cave Full On DJ Mr Pete (alternative). drake hoteL underground Bang The Party Jerome Deradji doors 11 pm. drake hoteL Lounge Members Only DJs doors 10 pm. fLy DJs Dani Toro, Shawn Riker doors 10 pm.5 footWork Sasha, Kollektiv Turmstrasse. goodhandy’s Animal Haus DJ Rob Ladic doors 10 pm.5 insoMnia Sense Saturdays DJ Charles (deep house). Maro The Red Carpet DJ Undercover 10 pm. the Painted Lady Salazar 10 pm. Parts & Labour Bitch Craft (all-girl DJs play loud rap) 10 pm. Peridot Lounge Good Saturdays DJs Glew & R2 (hip-hop/R&B/old school) 10:30 pm. rivoLi uPstairs Bump N’ Hustle DJs Paul E Lopes & Mike Tull (soul/funk/house/disco/ Latin/hip-hop/boogie) doors 10 pm. 751 Cocked & Loaded DJ Deafmute (rock/postpunk/new wave/UK punk/pop) 10 pm. six degrees This Luv Max B & Chief doors 10 pm. sneaky dee’s Shake A Tail (60s pop & soul) 11 pm. sound acadeMy Space Ibiza Festival Umek, Pleasurekraft, Jay Lumen, Heartik, Remo (tech house) doors 10 pm. sunnyside PaviLion DJs Halo, Dinamo Azari, Ali Black, Richard Brooks, Felix & Gani 10 pm. suPerMarket Do Right Saturdays! DJ John Kong, MC Abs. sutra tiki bar The Bridge DJ Triplet (old skool hip-hop). veLvet underground S.O.S. Saturdays DJ D’eezNuts, DJ SpecsOne (hard rock/alt/90s/ punk/dub/retro) doors 11 pm. virgin MobiLe Mod cLub UK Underground

June 7-13 2012 NOW

MRK, Tigerblood (indie/electro/dubstep/rock). Waylabar DJ Mark Falco (house/top 40) 10 pm. Wrongbar The Magician & Plastic Plates doors 10 pm.

Sunday, June 10 PoP/Rock/HiP-HoP/Soul

aspetta Caffe The Johnnys, Pearl Motel, Tim Montgomery 3 to 6 pm.

Castro’s lounge Cash on Demand (Johnny Cash covers) 4 pm.

the Central Mimi Osvath 9 pm. LDaviD peCaut square festival stage Luminato Rufus Wainwright &

ñ the Rufus Songbook 8 pm.

WITH SPECIAL GUEST

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Luminato: Ethiopiques: The Horn Of Africa Afternoon Concert Debo Band, Abyssinian Roots 2 pm. Dominion on queen Rockabilly Brunch 11 am-3 pm. emmet ray bar One Day Music Festival (nine different groups perform) 3 pm to midnight. magpie Cafe Heavy Generator (ska/dub/reggae) 9 pm. the Wilson 96 Sunday Supper Show Mudpunch 6 to 9 pm.

For complete NXNE Schedule See page 58

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10 pm, New Orlean Connection Allstars 4:30 to 8 pm. hirut fine ethiopian Cuisine Open Stage With Gary 17 3 to 6 pm. holy oak Cafe Luke Kuplowsky & Co 9 pm. hugh’s room CD release Sue Foley & Peter Karp 8:30 pm. hugh’s room 1929: An Old-Time Medicine Show Sheesham & Lotus & Son 1 pm. labyrinth lounge Open Mic Joy Thompson 5 to 9 pm. the lish Stir It Up Sundays Open Mic 10:30 pm. the loCal Hank Holly & the Del Fi’s 10 pm, Chris Coole (banjo) 5 pm. lula lounge Cuban Son Duo noon. mCgraDies tap anD grill Open Jam Dan Walek (R&B) 6 to 10 pm. not my Dog Kristine Schmitt and her Special Powers (honky-tonk swing) 10 pm. phoenix ConCert theatre Lisa Hannigan & Joe Henry 8 pm. pogue mahone Sandy MacIntyre & Steeped in Tradition (Celtic ceilidh) 4 to 8 pm. press Club Stiegl Sundays The Belle Regards (folk) 10 pm. rex Dr Nick & the Rollercoasters (blues) 3:30 pm. rose & thorne The Lil’ Steve Band 3:30 to 7:30 pm. sarah’s Cafe Open Stage Dan McLean Jr 3 to 6 pm. southsiDe Johnny’s Open Jam Rebecca Matiesen & Phoenix 9:30 pm. spirits Kim Jarrett (folk rock) 9 pm. supermarket Freefall Sundays Open Mic/Jam 8 pm. thirsty fox pub Fera (acoustic jam) 6 to 10 pm. WooDbine park Muhtadi International Drumming Festival: El ¡Tambor!.

Jazz/claSSical/exPeRimental

amaDeus Rick Donaldson & the Jazz Cats

6:30 pm.

Dominion on queen Saluki Music 5 to 10 pm. loWer ossington theatre Green Door Caba-

ret Mary Pitt 3 pm.

naWlins Jazz bar Brooke Blackburn (guitar) continued on page 40 œ

NOW June 7-13 2012

Wine Killas (hip-hop) 9:30 pm. The CenTRaL Jam Night 10 pm.

Ldavid PeCauT squaRe fesTivaL clubs&concerts ñsTaGe œcontinued from page 39

7 to 10 pm.

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The PainTed Lady The Betty’s (all-girl jazz trio) 8 pm.

Rebas Café & GaLLeRy David & Will Duo 1 to 4 pm.

Rex Scott Marshall 9:30 pm, Jewish Music Week Bob DeAngelis & His Orchestra 7 pm, Excelsior Dixieland Jazz noon.

RosedaLe heiGhTs sChooL of The aRTs

UK-UNDERGROUND

Killing Hollywood Beastmode

For complete NXNE schedule

CasTRo’s LounGe Watch This Sound (rare/

CLoak & daGGeR Pub Blair Harvey (folk/pop)

Tomasz Krakoviak 8 pm, Ryan Kinney, Roman Pilates, Mike Gennaro 8 pm, Jason Steidman, Michael Kaler 5 pm. TRane sTudio CD release Pete Otis, Pete Verity, Glen Hornblast 8 pm. TRanzaC souTheRn CRoss The Lina Allemano Four (jazz) 10 pm, Ensemble Polaris 7:30 pm, The Toronto Improvisers Orchestra 1 pm.

See page 58

Dance Music/DJ/Lounge leenus, IVS.

8 9 21 29

JUNE

Electric Cabaret Mewithoutyou Dave Barret The Rocket Summer

vintage ska/reggae/dub on vinyl) 9 pm. Cube Hot Stepper Sundays DJs Mike Tull & Paul E Lopes 3 to 10 pm. Lou dawG’s Dirty South Sundays (soul/funk/ Motown/old school) 10 pm. Lou dawG’s RyeRson Dirty South Sundays DJ Ksmooth (soul/Motown/old school) 10 pm. Toika Code:D Sundays (drum & bass) doors 9 pm.

Monday, June 11 PoP/Rock/HiP-HoP/souL

asCaRi enoTeCa Hard Count Mondays The

June 7-13 2012 NOW

haRLem undeRGRound

bovine sex CLub B.Y.O.DJ Hogwash, the Va-

somewheRe TheRe sTudio Holger Schoorl,

SATURDAY June 9 /12

Cary Shields (pop/rock/ folk/soul) 8 pm. hoRseshoe Shoeless Mondays Lauren Mann & the Fairly Odd Folk, Crowe, the Marwills (folk) 9 pm. Lee’s PaLaCe Deer Tick, Turbo Fruits (alt country rock) doors 8 pm. RevivaL Jeru the Damaja, Dizzy, Angerville, MC Fübb, the Cypher, Fresh Kils, Relic, DJ Xplisit (hip-hop) 10 pm. suGaR beaCh Edge.ca & NXNE Present Sugar Beach Sessions Metric 8 pm. The wiLson 96 Jordan John, Prakash John & Al Cross (soul/funk) 8 pm.

Mooredale Youth Orchestra 3 to 4:30 pm.

doors @ ten

Luminato: Futuristic Multi-Kulti Hip-Hop Mashup Nomadic Massive, Deltron 3030 8 pm. dRake hoTeL undeRGRound Hill & the Sky Heroes doors 7 pm. dRake hoTeL LounGe Ride the Tiger (60s & 70s soul/Motown/stax/R&B) doors 11 pm. GRossman’s Open Jam Mondays No Band Required 10 pm. haRLem Open Jam Night Carolyn T (R&B/soul/jazz/Motown/ Latin) 8 pm.

FoLk/BLues/countRy/WoRLD 9 pm.

doRa keoGh JT & Friends Jam 9 pm. GRaffiTi’s Gut Bucket Lounge Kevin Quain

5:30 to 8:30 pm.

hiGhway 61 souTheRn baRbeque Chris Chambers (blues) 7 pm.

huGh’s Room Michael Ciufo (tenor) 8 pm. The LoCaL The Hamstring Stringband (bluegrass/oldtime/honky-tonk) 9:30 pm.

Lou dawG’s RyeRson Open Mic Night Don

Campbell 7 pm. oLd niCk M-Factor Anna Gutmanis. The PainTed Lady Open Mic Mondays 9 pm.

Press Club Domestic Bliss Mondays Terra

THE DAKOTA TAVERN

Lightfoot (folk rock) 10 pm.

Jazz/ClassiCal/ExpErimEntal

emmet ray bar The Wednesday Band w/ AnTed Warren’s Broadview 6:30 pm. trane studio NuBlue Mondays Son Roberts Band (nublues) 8 pm. yonge-dundas square Lunchtime Live Terra Hazelton & Her Easy Answers 12:30 pm.

DanCE musiC/DJ/loungE

alleyCatz Salsa Night DJ Frank Bischun 8 pm. bovine sex Club Moody Mondays Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

danCe Cave Manic Mondays DJ Shannon (ret-

ro 70s/80s) 10 pm. insomnia DJs Topher & Oranj (rock). rePosado Mezcal Mondays DJ Ellis Dean. roCkwood Mashup Mondays DJ Scratchez, DJ Crunch (hip-hop) doors 10 pm. the viC PubliC house FML Mondays (top 40/ hip-hop/dance/electro).

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

bovine sex Club The Burnouts, Cola Heads, the Stragglers. the Central The Roseville Band 9:30 pm.

Ldavid PeCaut square Festival stage Luminato: Buena Vista West Africa

ñ Fatoumata Diawara, AfroCubism 8 pm.

ON 500 QUEEN EAST

Tennessee Voodoo Coupe

Big Rude Jake Sings 100-Proof Hillbilly Jive! Shakedown Combo Halifax Rockabilly Twang Makes T.O. Debut! Hey Porter! London, ON 50’s Country +Rockabilly with Tom Dunphy of The Rizdales

dJ Rockin’ dave Faris & dJ Tim Hanna

SAT. 9 SONIC BLUES SERIES

CATL - On Heels Of New Album “Soon This Will All Be Gone” + Sean Pinchin Opens 9pm Ronnie Hayward Trio 4-7:30pm

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Thursday june 7

LIGHT FIRES • TRIPLE GANGERS FARRAGOES • MOVES Friday june 8

sOuLsKanK

sOuL/FunK/rOcKers/sKa

DJS GRAMERA & DOubLE K w/ DENNIS P ON SAx saTurday june 9

bITCH CRAFT

ALL-GIRL DJS PLAy LOuD RAP Tuesday june 12

sTaTic radiO nj !aTTenTiOn!

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wEDNESDAy JuNE 13

drake hotel underground Elvis Monday....

K-HOLES (1AM) • uLTRATHIN (12AM) COLD wARPS (11PM)

graFFiti’s Jeff Oussoren Band 5 to 8 pm. harlem underground John Campbell (jazz/

MEAN JEANS (1AM) • HOLLywOOD (12AM) NEEDLES//PINS (11PM)

holy oak CaFe JJ Ipsen, Brent Randall & Dave

OMEGAS (1AM) • TV FREAKS (12AM) PuRITy CONTROL (11PM)

pop/soul/ R&B) 8:30 pm. McKinnon (pop) 9 pm.

Mad Chatter, Triple Gangers’, Reform Party, the Pines’ 9 pm.

lee’s PalaCe

ñ ñ

Wintersleep doors 8 pm. oPera house Metric Tickets through charity auction at redrush.com or win to get in at ilovemetric.com. Parts & labour Static Radio NJ, Attention, Junior Battles, Stuck Out Here 8 pm, all ages. the Piston Jon McKeil, Quaker Parents.

Folk/BluEs/Country/WorlD

annex wreCkroom Drummers In Exile (drum

thu june 7

Braves

Fizztastique w/DJs George & nikki

saTurday june 16

w/Dream Jeff, Omma cobba w/DJ Vania

fri june 8

Unchained

w/The Waxmen, Laugh At The Fakes, Fingers X'd w/DJ Sir Ian Blurton

Sat june 9

harBringer w/Doll, new Love Army

PARTS & LAbOuR

2ND ANNIVERSARy PARTy DJS SCOTT CuDMORE & SCOTT wADE www.partsandlabour.ca

B.Y.O.DJ

Sun june 10

hogwash

and dance circle) 8:30 pm.

w/The Valeenus, IVS tueS june 12

continued on page 42 œ

Fri June 8 Sat June 9

7-9pm

Sun June 10

11-3pm BLUEGRASS

THE SURE THINGS CD RELEASE

PAPER BEAT SCISSORS 10pm THE AVENUES BRUNCH

THE BEAUTIES Mon June 11 MARIACHI MONDAYS 10pm

MILL STREET PRESENTS

MEXICAN FOOD & DRINK SPECIALSFAMILIES ARE WELCOME!

MARIACHI FUEGO MARIA BONITA

8-10pm 10pm

Tue June 12

NEIL COTTON & HAWK’S NEST 10pm TAYLOR KNOX BAND 7-9pm

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Wed June 13

2am

Friday june 15

Cameron house Bryce Jardine (roots/rock/

folk/country) 8 pm. Castro’s lounge blueVenus (singer/songwriter) 10 pm, Smokey Folk (bluegrass) 8 pm. C’est what Leathan Milne (folk) 9 pm. Cloak & dagger Pub Slocan Ramblers (bluegrass/folk) 10 pm. drake hotel Memphis Tuesdays Daniel Sky (country) doors 9 pm. emmet ray bar Julian Taylor (folk ) 9 pm. grossman’s Tall Grass, the Murder of Crows. hugh’s room CD release Beckon 8:30 pm. the loCal Sugar Brown Blues Band. old niCk Jennifer Brewer 9:30 pm. Press Club Toast N Jam Open Mic 10 pm. reservoir lounge Tall Grass (gospel country) 7 to 9 pm. the rusty nail Open Stage Jam Chad Campbell 9 pm.

LYSA FINA

RUCKSACK WILLIES

10pm 7-9pm & 10pm

Thursday june 14

On A Tuesday doors 9 pm.

horseshoe Dave Bookman’s Nu Music Nite

7-9pm

CD RELEASE

FRI.8 EAST ENd ROCkABILLy RIOT

4th Anniversary Show • Door 9pm, Show 10pm

CD RELEASE

Thu June 7

drew Downing 9 pm.

rex John Cheesman Jazz Orchestra 9:30 pm,

(FrAnce)

caJUNGa ParTY 2012

w/ Miles Jones & siCK, WiCKed & nAsty fRi JuNE 8 | 9Pm | $10 taKE NoticE PREsENts

ricH Kidd vs dJ NaNa w/special guest emcee’s. Alongside dJ tAKtiKs sat JuNE 9 | 9Pm | $10

The Pink & Black Attack Presents

The BUrnoUTs

NXNE

Wed june 13

1am - Bella clava 12am - Party cat 11pm - rabid Whole 10pm - The corner

EP RElEasE PaRty

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w/cola Heads, The Stragglers open til 4am

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thursday June 7

PROJECT TO w. DJ JERMS saturday June 9 (early)

LIKE MOTHS TO FLAMES every saturday (late)

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TUE 12 DEADLIEST SNATCH Pastimes & diversions all night... WED 13 HUMBLEMANIA Legend continues, vid screening, live performance, bitchin’ vinyl... 61 OSSINGTON AVE | 416•850•0161 | theossington.com

60’S pop & SouL every Monday

#Legends oF karaoke every tuesday

#mFoy presenTs

DEFEATER (ACOUSTIC) every Wednesday

#whaT’s poppin’ June 14-16 • nXne

Beta Frontiers • Bloodhouse Bzaryn • Cartoons • Changing Modes Connoisseurs oF Porn danCe laury danCe • hellaluya honheehonhee • hussy • indian wars i.no • larry & his Flask • les BreastFeeders odonis odonis • Peter kernel • Phedre Plaster • the sChoMBerg Fair teen tits Wild Wives • tiMes neue roMan unCle Bad touCh • BreWs Willis

SEcrET BroadcaST w/ Modernboys Moderngirls & little Foot long Foot suN JuNE 10 | 7:30Pm | $20

coMEdY JaM

in support of the work of the toronto Environmental alliance (tEa) Alex Pavone, rhiannon Archer, Julia hladkowicz & many more! moN JuNE 11 | dRs 8:30Pm | PWyc ($5)

Mc ali HaSSaN

debrA digiovAnni dAve MerheJe, MArK little Arthur siMeon , bobby KnAuFF JessiCA sAloMon & More! alTdoTcoMEdYloUNGE.coM tuE JuNE 12 | dRs 7Pm | $15-$25

rivoliadaNcES QUaTrE double-bill evening of contemporary dance & classical cabaret

PaMaloT & rivoli daNcES

HOw TO DRESS wELL DOORS @8pm_$18/$15 ADV

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DOORS @11pm_$10 HiLL & THE SKy HEROES DOORS @7pm_$15/$10 ADV

NXNE 2012 EXCLAim! pRESENTS:

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JUNE 13-17 NXNE MUSic fESTival

WEd JuNE 13 | 8:30Pm | smashmouth PREsENts THE UPPErclaSS MEN, SMaSH Brovaz, THE aNTiHEroES, T. SHirT, TrE NYcE, ricH Kidd thu JuNE 14 | 9Pm | aRts & cRafts PREsENts BiSHoP Morocco, Gold & YoUTH, zUlU WiNTEr, STill lifE STill fRi JuNE 15 | 7Pm | tayloR KlEiN oballa PREsENts No SiNNEr, liz coYlES, THE BroKEN lYrE, THE STrUMBEllaS, daNiEllE dUval, MarY roSE oBSESSioN sat JuNE 16 | 2Pm | $30 | aRtsscENE PREsENts a special screening of: MY faTHEr aNd THE MaN iN BlacK Q&a with film maker JoNaTHoN Holiff sat JuNE 16 | |8Pm EvENiNg shoW 8Pm| |NXNE NXNEPREsENts PREsENts SHaNE MUrPHY, THE dEEr TracKS, Sara JoHNSToN, HollY McNarlaNd, PEaSaNT 332 QUEEN ST. W. | 416.596.1908 | rivoli.ca

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AgricolA Finnish lutherAn church 25 Old York Mills. 416-489-7600. Air cAnAdA centre 40 Bay. 416-815-5500. AlleycAtz 2409 Yonge. 416-481-6865. AmAdeus 184 Augusta. 416-591-1245. Andy PoolhAll 489 College. 416-923-5300. the Annex live 296 Brunswick. 416-929-3999. Annex Wreckroom 794 Bathurst. 416-536-0346. ArtscAPe WychWood BArns 601 Christie. 416-392-7834. AscAri enotecA 1111 Queen E. 416-792-4157. AsPettA cAFFe 207 Augusta. 416-725-0693. the BAllroom 145 John. 416-597-2695. BAr itAliA 582 College. 416-535-3621. BeAver 1192 Queen W. 416-537-2768. BeerBistro 18 King E. 416-861-9872. BenAres historic house 1507 Clarkson N (Mississauga). 905-615-4860. BlAck sWAn 154 Danforth. 416-469-0537. Bloke & 4th 401 King W. 416-477-1490. BoAt 158 Augusta. 416-593-9218. Bovine sex cluB 542 Queen W. 416-504-4239. BrAssAii 461 King W. 416-598-4730. Brooklynn BAr 1186 Queen W. 416-536-7700. cAmeron house 408 Queen W. 416-703-0811. cAstro’s lounge 2116 Queen E. 416-699-8272. the cAve 860 College. the centrAl 603 Markham. 416-913-4586. c’est WhAt 67 Front E. 416-867-9499. chAlkers PuB 247 Marlee. 416-789-2531. cherry colA’s rock n’ rollA 200 Bathurst. chevAl 606 King W. 416-363-4933. church oF st mAry mAgdAlene 477 Manning. 416-531-7955. clinton’s 693 Bloor W. 416-535-9541. cloAk & dAgger PuB 394 College. 647-436-0228. coBrA lounge 510 King W. 416-361-9004. cuBe 314 Queen W. 416-263-0330. dAkotA tAvern 249 Ossington. 416-850-4579. dAnce cAve 529 Bloor W, 2nd floor. 416-532-1598.

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dAnny greens BilliArds BAr 1218 Danforth. 416-462-3733. dAve’s... on st clAir 730 St Clair W. 416-657-3283. dAvid PecAut squAre 55 John. dc music theAtre 360 Munster. 416-234-0222. de sotos 1079 St Clair W. 416-651-2109. devil’s mArtini 473 Adelaide W. 416-591-7541. dominion on queen 500 Queen E. 416-368-6893. dorA keogh 141 Danforth. 416-778-1804. drAke hotel 1150 Queen W. 416-531-5042. the duke live.com 1225 Queen E. 416-463-5302. el mocAmBo 464 Spadina. 416-777-1777. emmet rAy BAr 924 College. 416-792-4497. eton house 710 Danforth. 416-466-6161. Fly 8 Gloucester. 416-410-5426. the Flying BeAver PuBAret 488 Parliament. 647-347-6567. FootWork 425 Adelaide W. 416-913-3488. the 460 460 Spadina Ave. gAte 403 403 Roncesvalles. 416-588-2930. giBson shoWroom 1205 King W. 416-531-4327. glAdAmAn’s den 502A Yonge. 416-961-5808. glAdstone hotel 1214 Queen W. 416-531-4635. glenn gould studio 250 Front W. goodhAndy’s 120 Church. 416-760-6514. grAFFiti’s 170 Baldwin. 416-506-6699. the greAt hAll 1087 Queen W. 416-826-3330. grossmAn’s 379 Spadina. 416-977-7000. guvernment 132 Queens Quay E. 416-869-0045. hArd luck BAr 772a Dundas W. 416-833-0302. 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. hirut Fine ethioPiAn cuisine 2050 Danforth. 416-467-4915. holy oAk cAFe 1241 Bloor W. 647-345-2803. horseshoe 370 Queen W. 416-598-4753. hugh’s room 2261 Dundas W. 416-531-6604. insomniA 563 Bloor W. 416-588-3907. inter steer 357 Roncesvalles. 416-588-8054. JAngBAng 430.5 College. 416-961-8424. JuBilee queen 539 Queen’s Quay W. 416-203-7245. lAByrinth lounge 298 Brunswick. 416-925-7775. leAside united church 822 Millwood. 416-425-1253. lee’s PAlAce 529 Bloor W. 416-532-1598.

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AlleycAtz Carlo Berardinucci Band (swing/ jazz) 8:30 pm. dominion on queen Hot Club Of Corktown (Django jam) 8:30 pm. mAssey hAll Kristin Chenoweth 8 pm. nAWlins JAzz BAr Stacie McGregor (piano) 6:30 to 9:30 pm. the PAinted lAdy Lonesome Ace Tuesdays John Showman 8:30 pm. rex Classic Rex Jazz Jam Terra Hazelton 9:30 pm, Ernesto Cervini Quartet 6:30 pm. someWhere there studio Nathan DellVandenberg 8 pm. ten restAurAnt & Wine BAr Don Breithaupt, Chris Smith 9 pm. trAne studio Black Music Month Concert Honouring Ornette Coleman Ernest Khabeer Dawkins, Trouble 8 pm. trAnzAc southern cross Stop Time 10 pm, Belle Plain, Ben Veneer (indie jazz) 7:30 pm.

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Klinck doors 8 pm.5 insomniA She’s Got The Funk DJ Shannon (rock).

the lish 2152 Danforth. 416-425-4664. the loAded dog 1921 Lawrence E. 416-750-9009. the locAl 396 Roncesvalles. 416-535-6225. lou dAWg’s 589 King W. 647-347-3294. lou dAWg’s ryerson 76 Gerrard E. 647-349-3294. loWer ossington theAtre 100A Ossington. 416-915-6747. lulA lounge 1585 Dundas W. 416-588-0307. mAgPie cAFe 831 Dundas W. 416-916-6499. mAro 135 Liberty. 416-588-2888. mAssey hAll 178 Victoria. 416-872-4255. mcgrAdies tAP And grill 2167 Victoria Park. 416-449-1212. mercer union 1286 Bloor W. 416-536-1519. mezzettA 681 St Clair W. 416-658-5687. monArchs PuB 33 Gerrard W. 416-585-4352. nAWlins JAzz BAr 299 King W. 416-595-1958. not my dog 1510 Queen W. noW lounge 189 Church. 416-364-1301. old mill inn 21 Old Mill Rd. 416-236-2641. old nick 123 Danforth. 416-461-5546. oPerA house 735 Queen E. 416-466-0313. the PAinted lAdy 218 Ossington. 647-213-5239. le PArc dining & BAnquet hAll 8432 Leslie (Thornhill). PArts & lABour 1566 Queen W. 416-588-7750. Peridot lounge 81 Bloor E. 416-515-7560. lA PerlA 783 Queen W. 416-366-2855. Phoenix concert theAtre 410 Sherbourne. 416-323-1251. the Piston 937 Bloor W. 416-532-3989. Pogue mAhone 777 Bay. 416-598-3339. Press cluB 850 Dundas W. 416-364-7183. quotes 220 King W. 416-979-7717. reBAs cAFé & gAllery 3289 Dundas W. 416-626-7372. rePosAdo 136 Ossington. 416-532-6474. reservoir lounge 52 Wellington E. 416-955-0887. revivAl 783 College. 416-535-7888. rex 194 Queen W. 416-598-2475. rivoli 332 Queen W. 416-596-1908. rocco’s Plum tomAto 156 The Queensway. 416-255-5081. rockWood 31 Mercer. 416-979-7373. rose & thorne 264 Brown’s Line. 416-233-8827. rosedAle heights school oF the Arts 711 Bloor E. 416-393-1580. roy thomson hAll 60 Simcoe. 416-872-4255.

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royAl conservAtory oF music 273 Bloor W. 416-408-0208. royAl ontArio museum 100 Queen’s Park. 416-586-8000. the rusty nAil 2202 Danforth. 647-729-7254. sArAh’s cAFe 1426 Danforth. 416-406-3121. sAviAri teA + cocktAil lounge 926 King W. 647-382-7072. sAzerAc gAstro lounge 782 King W. 647-342-8866. 751 751 Queen W. 647-436-6681. silver dollAr 486 Spadina. 416-975-0909. the sister 1554 Queen W. 416-532-2570. six degrees 2335 Yonge. 416-486-9666. sneAky dee’s 431 College. 416-603-3090. someWhere there studio 227 Sterling, unit 112. sound AcAdemy 11 Polson. 416-461-3625. southside Johnny’s 3653 Lake Shore W. 416-521-6302. soyBomB 156 Bathurst. sPirits 642 Church. 416-967-0001. sPortster’s 1430 Danforth. 416-778-0258. st lAWrence hAll 157 King E. sunnyside PAvilion 1755 Lake Shore W. 416-531-2233. sugAr BeAch 25 Dockside. suPermArket 268 Augusta. 416-840-0501. sutrA tiki BAr 612 College. 416-537-8755. ten restAurAnt & Wine BAr 139 Lakeshore E (Mississauga). 905-271-0016. thirsty Fox PuB 1028 Eglinton W. 647-347-7474. timothy’s PuB 344 Brown’s Line. 416-201-9515. toikA 471 Richmond W. 416-868-6452. toronto Women’s Bookstore 73 Harbord. 416-922-8744. trAne studio 964 Bathurst. 416-913-8197. trAnzAc 292 Brunswick. 416-923-8137. unicorn PuB 175 Eglinton E. 416-482-0115. unlovABle 1415 Dundas W. 416-532-6669. velvet underground 510 Queen W. 416-504-6688. the vic PuBlic house 580 Church. virgin moBile mod cluB 722 College. 416-588-4663. WAterFAlls 303 Augusta. 416-927-9666. WAylABAr 996 Queen E. 416-901-5570. WetBAr 106 Peter. 416-599-2224. White sWAn 836 Danforth. 416-463-8089. the Wilson 96 615 College. 416-516-3237. WoodBine PArk Coxwell and Lake Shore E. WrongBAr 1279 Queen W. 416-516-8677. yonge-dundAs squAre Yonge & Dundas.

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cAstro’s lounge The Mediterranean Stars (fusion jazz) 9 pm. chAlkers PuB Girls Night Out Jazz Jam Lisa Particelli, Peter Hill, Ross MacIntyre, Norman Marshall Villeneuve 8 pm. dominion on queen Corktown Ukulele Jam 8 pm. mezzettA A Lovely June Evening Of Klezmer Martin Van de Ven, Brian Katz & Anne Lederman 9 pm. nAWlins JAzz BAr Jim Heineman Trio 7 pm. rex Shannon Graham 9:30 pm, Carissa Neufeld 6:30 pm. roy thomson hAll Mahler Symphony Of A Thousand Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Amadeus Choir, Elmer Iseler Singers and vocal soloists 8 pm. someWhere there studio Octopus 8 pm. trAnzAc southern cross John Russon (jazz) 10 pm, CD release Hugh Oliver 7:30 pm.

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album reviews BEACH BOYS That’s Why God Made The

album of the week

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Hello Hum (Capitol/EMI) Rating: NNNNN Wintersleep’s fifth album sounds massive – as it should with the legendary Dave Fridmann co-producing and mixing. He’s behind trippy, ethereal albums by, most notably, Mercury Rev and the Flaming Lips. The other producer is Tony Doogan, better known for his work with Belle & Sebastian and Mogwai. The result is a driving mix of mindspinning psychedelic sounds that are sensitive to the Halifax band’s poetic, singer/songwriter-informed tunes. The Juno Award winners, for their part, have delivered some of the best songs of their career. First single In

Came The Flood pushes forward on a colossal and hypnotic groove. Permanent Sigh is a leap forward in songwriting (as is Someone, Somewhere), with rhythmically jerky verses that open into stunning choruses. Zones makes clear the band’s Radiohead influences yet adds several twists by the end, while Unzipper is the kind of inventive rock that commercial radio would be smart to get behind. Hello Hum is a beautiful and triumphant album, the sound of a long-running band rediscovering itself. Top track: Permanent Sigh Wintersleep play Lee’s Palace Tuesday (June 12). CARLA GILLIS

Border, “the strange and important sound of the synthesizer.” That song nicely sums up the record’s overarching theme: music’s ability to transport listeners back through their memories. Although Words And Music is largely about nostalgia, it smartly remains an avowedly modern-sounding album thanks in part to producers like Xenomania’s Nick Coler, Tim Powell (Kylie Minogue) and Richard X (Annie, M.I.A.) who keep band the within the dance floor’s periphery. It has the vitality of today’s top 40 dance-pop but is full of the kind of wisdom, wit and warmth that can only come SAINT ETIENNE Words And Music By with age. So many bands are content to Saint Etienne (Universal) Rating: ape the style of their predecessors, but NNNN Saint Etienne have a voice and sophistiOn their eighth album, quintessentially cated style all their own. What better way English pop group Saint Etienne celebrate to pay tribute to the musical heroes of obsessive teenage pop music fandom and, one’s youth than to make music that more broadly, as singer Sarah Cracknell stands alongside it? Ad_Now_1-5 010612.ai 1 6/1/12 4:58 PM puts it on spoken word opener Over The Top track: Popular KEVIN RITCHIE

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Radio (Capitol) Rating: NN As an early member of the Beach Boys, a 15-year-old David Marks introduced the band to the drugs and drinking that would ultimately lead to the downfall of Brian Wilson and his brothers Carl and Dennis. But at least Marks was interested in trying new things, which is more than you can say for Mike Love. Both Marks and Love are back for the 50th anniversary tour and 29th album of new material. Granted, not much of it sounds all that new. Though names like Joe Thomas, Wilson’s innovative 1980s producer, and Bon Jovi appear, this is very much Love’s project. And since Ronald Reagan-lite Love thinks the Beach Boys’ best period was their most profitable, we get bankable early 60s simplicity and zero evidence that these guys were once the coolest, funniest, strangest guys in music. There are a few moments where Wilson is left alone to be his idiosyncratic self, like on the lonely Pacific Coast Highway and oddball The Private Life Of Bill And Sue. But most of the album is moronic Mike Love nostalgia that makes Kokomo sound good in retrospect. Top track: Pacific Coast Highway The Beach Boys play the Molson Amphitheatre on June 19. JOSHUA ERRETT

Top track: America (You Say “A Change Is Gonna Come”) Andre Williams & the Sadies team up for NXNE on June 15, midnight, at the Horseshoe. RICHARD TRAPUNSKI

NEIL YOUNG AND CRAZY HORSE Americana (Warner) Rating: NN Making an album of grungy covers of campfire songs like Jesus’s Chariot (better known as Coming Round The Mountain) is a quirky idea, but not the worst one Young ever had. Unfortunately, the results come across like an uninspired SNL sketch rather than the examination of early American folk Young intended. The problem is mostly in the execution. Going for a live-off-the-floor vibe is fine, but this sounds like the band didn’t bother rehearsing or working up decent arrangements. Going for immediate and real, Young ends up with a disc that resembles a tentative early demo for what could have been a decent (albeit strange) Crazy Horse album. Occasionally he and the band lock into a decent groove and seem like they’re taking it seriously, which just makes the tossed-off quality of the rest all the more frustrating. It hurts to give a Neil Young album a two-N review, but rating it higher wouldn’t be honest. Top track: Gallows Pole BENJAMIN BOLES

SHARPE AND THE MAGñANDRE WILLIAMS & THE SADIESNNNN ñEDWARD NETIC ZEROS NNNN Night & Day (Outside) Rating: Andre Williams is a pivotal figure in R&B, garage, punk and sleaze rock, but between co-writing songs for Stevie Wonder, charting on Billboard and inspiring a generation of rockers from Jack White to the Dirtbombs, he also spent time mired in drugs and crime. That was the Williams who showed up to record with Toronto country-rock institution the Sadies in 2008 – strung out, missing his bottom dentures and dodging jail time. Under the musical direction of blues-exploder Jon Spencer, the then-70year-old cut a gritty, warts-and-all blues record complete with deep, slurred vocals and caustic lyrics that don’t sugarcoat his struggles and openly doubt Sam Cooke’s famous A Change Is Gonna Come optimism. Four years later, a cleaned-up Williams reconnected with the Sadies to record Side B of Night & Day (i.e., Day), a much cleaner, country-fried R&B stomp that showcases a singer thankful for his lot in life, and his life, period. Both sides are endearing in their own way, and both show off a musical legend with plenty left to say.

Here (Universal) Rating: People worry too much about the authenticity of Alex Ebert’s Edward Sharpe persona. Yes, the bearded, wide-eyed hippy messiah thing is far from his former incarnation as frontman of electro-rock band Ima Robot, but it’s a more interesting way to get through rehab than writing a bunch of earnest songs about getting sober. Set aside your concerns about the backstory, listen to the actual songs and you’ll discover a talented band that’s grown a lot since their 2009 debut, Up From Below, without losing track of their strengths. This sounds like a group effort, which is the biggest change. It’s obvious they’ve been touring constantly for the past few years, and consistently maintain that balance between casual looseness and confident tightness. The production is just offkilter enough to set them apart from the folk-rock pack, and they wisely resist the temptation to use their sprawling lineup as an excuse to imitate Arcade Fire. We still wish they’d find a way for talented co-vocalist Jade Castrinos to spend more

time in the spotlight, but that’s a minor complaint. Top track: That’s What’s Up BB

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Synthetica (Universal) Rating: It was a little worrying when news broke that Lou Reed would make a cameo on the new Metric album. We love the guy, but his recent track record when it comes to collaborations is poor, and we’re not just referring to that bewildering Loutallica mess. Thankfully, his duet with Emily Haines is pretty good, restoring our faith in the punk pioneer. As decent as it is, though, it’s actually one of the weaker songs on a very strong album from the Canadian rock band. Synthetica probably won’t change the mind of Metric haters, but it’s hard to imagine what would. Metric seem increasingly comfortable with being a genuine pop band, and the further they get from their indie roots, the better they sound. Their combination of new wave coldness and glam rock glitter is a formula that works well, and Haines has a genuine talent for walking the line between toughgirl swagger and fragility. Top track: Lost Kitten Metric play Sugar Beach Monday (June 11), and the Opera House Tuesday (June 12). BB

Folk/Roots

PETER KATZ Still Mind Still (independent) Rating: NNN Still Mind Still is local singer/songwriter Peter Katz’s second album, not counting 2011’s Live At The Music Gallery (which got him nominated at this year’s Junos) and an earlier disc he made with his former band, the Curious. It’s a big step forward in songwriting, thanks in part to producer Rob Szabo, Bryden Baird’s horn arrangements and cellist Mike Olsen’s string contributions. Even in the world of contemporary folk, Katz is just about as sentimental as they come. (Many songs are dedicated to his wife, Andrea.) But there’s variety: Simon and Garfunkelish love songs, pump organ and Wurlitzer on the meditative title track, a choir, spoken word and horns on Walking Asleep. He ends impressively, singing counterpoint to himself on the final song. Top track: It’s Just The Night Peter Katz plays the Great Hall Friday (June 8). SARAH GREENE

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THE FLAMING LIPS at Yonge-Dundas

Square, Saturday (June 16), 9 pm. Free. nxne.com.

when i reach wayne coyne in Oklahoma City for a phone interview, I’m half expecting the Flaming Lips singer/songwriter/guitarist to be re laxing by a pool in full spacesuit, one hand playing a xylophone, the other popping LSD tabs like Mentos. In stead, it sounds like just another day in the life of a veteran career musi cian. “I’m sitting here at my house get ting some stuff done,” he says. “We’re going to be doing some rehearsing today and just finished working on a video.” Since I’m accustomed to seeing him surrounded by dancing crea tures and confetti, sermonizing like the leader of a nonreligious psyche delic cult, the description strikes me as boring. But peeking behind the curtain via Coyne’s hyperactive, oversharey Twitter feed, I realize that the video he’s working on, a clip for their version of The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, features glitter, a naked Erykah Badu covered in blood, and tubs full of homemade fake semen. And his house? An unshowy four unit compound in an unassuming neighbourhood of Oklahoma City, but one that’s lately become a rock and roll minimecca in the heart of America, a Big Pink for the social me dia generation. The Queen of NeoSoul, Badu is just one of many farranging Flam

ing Lips collaborators who rolled through the compound to contribute to their most recent release, a Record Store Day vinyl compilation called The Flaming Lips And Heady Fwends (set for official release June 26). Some, like kindred spirits Tame Impala and Nick Cave, are obvious fits, while others, like Coldplay’s Chris Martin, are less so. File Ke$ha in the latter category. The 25yearold’s commercialmind ed sleazepop has little in common with the wideeyed psychrock of the Lips, but Coyne found a willing muse in the young pop singer. “I had a feeling she was going to be a freak, but I didn’t know if she was going to be a freak in freaky ways that are fun or freaky ways that are unpleasant,” recalls Coyne. Ke$ha guests on Heady Fwends’ opening track, a takingacidwhilethe worldendsthemed Stooges stomp called 2012 (You Must Be Upgraded). The singer had never tried LSD before, but for the sake of authenticity was ready to send her assistant to find some. (Coyne nixed the idea due to their timelimited recording window.) He laughs when I bring up the anecdote. “I’m actually not supposed to talk about it,” he says, barely maintaining his uncharacteristic coyness. “Her people are afraid her audience won’t like the idea that Ke$ha might want to do acid. She has young fans, and I can understand that, but I think it speaks well of her to think she’d say, ‘Let’s just try it and see what hap pens.’ That’s why it’s so easy to do stuff with her, because it’s like any continued on page 53 œ

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BrASSTroNAUT as part of NXNE at the Gladstone (1214 Queen West), June 15, midnight, $15 or NXNE wristband; and at Yonge-Dundas Square, June 16, 1 pm. Free. nxne.com.

2:54 By ANUPA MISTRY

2:54 at Lee’s Palace (529 Bloor West), June 15, 9 pm. $12 or NXNE wristband. nxne. com.

Sisters Hannah and Colette Thurlow are 2:54, a London, UK-based band hearkening back to the triumphant moodiness and fuzzy guitars of 90s alt-rock. After a year and a bit of early acclaim, they’ve released a self-titled debut record that expands on the dreamy despondence of their early single Creeping.

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Ell V GorE By BENJAMIN BOLES

Ell V GorE at the Silver Dollar (486 Spadina), June 16, 11 pm. $12 or NXNE wristband. nxne.com.

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“It’s melancholic, but at the bottom of it all is a victorious heart,” explains Colette. “[But] we never analyze anything. It’s a natural process. The songs just come out the way they come out.” Still, the aesthetic – cerebral, tough and feminine – is undeniably refined, executed in an organic way they attribute to their lifetime of close proximity. “Because we’re sisters and we’ve always played music together, it’s easy to focus,” says Colette. “We’re both really into turbulent landscapes and the wild. The album cover was shot in Doolin Point, County Clare, Ireland, where we spent our childhood summers. “There’s something mystical and dangerous about the drama of that huge wild landscape. Cliffs of Moher to the left, Arran Islands in front. It had a big impact on us growing up.” music@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/nowtorontomusic

synth-pop band Ell V Gore, Elliot Jones prefers his internet presence minimal and mysterious. “Pretty Pretty started as a party three years back, with the intention of bringing freaks together to listen to somewhat dark dance music,” Jones explains. “Since then it’s grown into a record label and, well, I hate to say it, but a collective.” Some acts on the bill, like Prince Innocence (see preview, page 49), will be releasing albums on the label, though the showcase is primarily about representing what’s “weird and interesting in Canada right now,” regardless of genre. After all, Ell V Gore’s been described as a cross between the Cramps and Joy Division. While Jones admits to being inspired by both acts, more recent recordings floating around on the web find the band more synth-focused and cold-wave-inspired, pulling back from the noisy guitar-driven sound of their live shows. But don’t expect a polite, introverted laptop show from him any time soon. “We still haven’t lost that loud guitar assault. Live shows need to be in your face. Regardless of how the album I’m working on turns out, the shows will always remain raw and visceral.” benjaminb@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/benjaminboles

Brasstronaut singer/pianist Edo Van Breemen is acting as an ambassador for Canada when I reach him by cellphone in Victoria. “Can you hear me over the sound of frying mushrooms and zucchini?” he asks. “We’re in Victoria with the eight Icelandic kids we’re on tour with, so it’s a breakfast party. Most of them have never been to Canada before.” He’s referring to Útidúr (June 15, 11 pm, at the Gladstone), an exuberant chamber-pop 12-piece Van Breemen discovered during visits and tours to the Nordic country. He then invited them to open Brasstronaut’s Canadian tour in support of their second album, Mean Sun (Unfamiliar). Mean Sun is exceptionally calm, cohesive and beautiful – with vast sounds and spacious arrangements that evoke another Icelandic band, Sigur Rós. Van Breemen’s hushed vocals coast on muted trumpet melodies, shuffling jazz rhythms, bleating clarinet, atmospheric synths and EWI [electronic wind instrument] textures. “If you look up EWI on YouTube, you’ll get the most obscene, jazz-wanky soloist dudes playing Miles Davis solos with some terrible patch,” laughs Van Breemen. “Sam [Davidson]’s a bit self-con-

scious about playing it because of its über-jazz-nerd connotations. But he plays Boards of Canada-type synths and runs them through delays, and it just sounds amazing.” The Vancouver sextet wrote the album in a month, on the top floor of a condemned warehouse full of windows through which they watched the sun go down over their city each night. After getting turned down twice for FACTOR recording funding, they paid $15,000 out of pocket to record with Colin Stewart at the Hive, money they eventually recouped through a crowd-funding campaign. Van Breemen, who co-owns Unfamiliar Records with Greg Ipp, has strong opinions about FACTOR’s direct board approval process, which sees large grants go to already established artists and labels before emerging ones. He’s careful, though, to try to keep his focus on the music, the live show and the self-sufficiency the band gained through the rejection. So what’s the best attitude for musicians to take in these arts-funding-challenged times? “You have to be a realist. You don’t have to be an optimist, but you can never have an entitled attitude. That’s the most dangerous thing. When you start feeling like a certain amount of time put into building a project should equate to a certain amount of success, you’re putting yourself in a really sketchy place.” music@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/nowtorontomusic

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DEMARCO By KEVIN RITCHIE

MAC DEMArCo at the Drake (1150 Queen West), Wednesday (June 13), 11 pm; at the Garrison (1197 Dundas West), June 14, 10 pm; and at the Silver Dollar (486 Spadina), June 16, 10 pm. $12 or NXNE wristband/pass. nxne.com.

If you’re familiar with Mac DeMarco’s EP Rock And Roll Nightclub, you might need a few disclaimers before catching his NXNE shows. First, despite the glammedup record sleeve and creepy, homoerotic music videos, he’s not likely to perform half-naked with a full face of makeup, nor is he able to sing in a demonically low register. “I think people understand that Rock And Roll Nightclub is maybe not the way Mac’s voice actually sounds,” says the former Makeout Videotape frontman. “I don’t think anyone’s expecting me to show up shirtless, looking like a complete freak.” After relocating from Vancouver to Montreal, DeMarco, 22, dropped the Makeout Videotape moniker and signed to Brooklyn’s Captured Tracks. In April, he released the EP of weirdly romantic, slowed-down guitar pop that nods to the hooky hits of yesteryear, an idea that came to him while working night shifts in a grocery store that played a classic rock radio station. The project started in earnest but evolved into something else once he began four-tracking. “I’ve always liked writing really fast songs – short, simple, poppy,” he explains. “I was like, ‘I’ll make something like the Ramones or cool power pop.’ I did the whole recording, and afterwards I was like, ‘Man, this sounds so bad.’ “But when I slowed it down and sang like Elvis, suddenly I really liked it. It sounds so, so weird.” music@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/nowtorontomusic

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BLACKIE By ANUPA MISTRY

B L A C K I E at the Velvet Underground (508 Queen West), June 15, 9 pm. $10, or NXNE wristband. nxne.com.

Michael LaCour counters a question about his music-making process with, “It’s not pretty DIY. It is DIY.”

There’s nothing precious about LaCour, aka B L A C K I E. His commitment to uncompromising intensity – “All I believe in is total freedom” – is what makes his noisy, affirmation-filled swirl of shout-rap so crucial. “I am loud and I make noise because it’s how I grew up,” he says. “I live around refineries. My dad was deaf. I didn’t know I was a noise artist – I didn’t know noise was a genre until my friends from Houston told me.” His music might be confrontational and nihilistic, but it’s also full of heart. “I hate seeing people die for no fucking reason. Group mentality, gang mentality pisses me off. And I can’t stand a motherfucker who bites my style.” The Houston musician’s new album, Gen (Tooth), is opening up new opportunities, though he’s approaching them with hesitation. After all, since 2007 he’s done everything with the help of friends. “[They’ve been behind] every tour, every CD, every shirt. Every speaker cab was loaded by us, every mile driven by us. The tours in France and Canada are the first ones I didn’t book myself. The new album is the first one I didn’t put out myself. “I’d rather continue to do things myself, but I [don’t want to turn down] an opportunity to reach more people. How do you balance that without compromising yourself?” music@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/nowtorontomusic

NXNE FILM FESTIVAL at the NFB Mediatheque (150 John), the Royal (608 College) and Toronto Underground (186 Spadina)from Monday (June 11) to June 17. $10, NXNE wristband or $25 films-only wristband. nxne.com. The film component of NXNE brings some gleefully ragged programming to the staid NFB Mediatheque, with additional screenings spilling over to the Toronto Underground Cinema a couple of blocks west and the Royal up on College. Of the more than 40 titles, most are documentaries, though room has been made for the odd dramatic feature. Irvine Welsh’s Ecstasy is a Canada-UK coproduction shot primarily in Sault Ste. Marie. Can director Rob Heydon top the hyperkinetic, hallucinatory brilliance of Danny Boyle’s Trainspotting? Or will he go in an entirely different direction? Gorman Bechard, who came to NXNE last year with a movie about the Replacements, returns with another rockumentary about a very different band: What Did You Expect? The Archers Of Loaf At Cat’s Cradle. My Father And The Man In Black, making its Canadian premiere, looks at the relationship between Johnny Cash and his manager, Saul Holiff, from the perspective of Saul’s son Jonathan Holiff, who directed the documentary. If you missed Jobriath AD at Inside Out last month, NXNE gives you another chance to catch it – and to discover the strange history of the openly gay singer who was briefly positioned to be the

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American answer to David Bowie, until it all came crashing down. It’s not exactly rock and roll, but you’ll like Once In A Lullaby: The PS 22 Chorus Documentary, a guaranteed crowd-pleaser about the Staten Island children’s chorus that performed at the 2011 Academy Awards. It follows music teacher Gregg Breinberg as he prepares his ebullient charges for their trip to the Kodak Theatre. And for a very different example of Hollywood’s life-altering qualities, there’s Slaughter Nick For President, about Serbia’s fervent love of the cheesy TV series Sweating Bullets – and, more specifically, for Rob Stewart, whose performance as hero Nick Slaughter made him famous in Belgrade. Because it wouldn’t be NXNE without at least one story that’s stranger than fiction. NORMAN WILNER

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PRINCE INNOCENCE By BENJAMIN BOLES PRINCE INNOCENCE at the Silver Dollar (486 Spadina), June 16, midnight. $12 or NXNE wristband. nxne.com.

Josh McIntyre is best known for his moody post-punk band Little Girls, but that might not be true much longer given how quickly buzz is building behind Prince Innocence, the new synthpop project he started with his girlfriend, Talvi Faustmann. He’s found working outside his comfort zone inspiring. “I got used to writing songs in a certain way on guitar and wanted to try writing on synths and drum machines instead,” McIntyre says. “I’ve always

wanted to make pop music, and it’s fun to try to get people to actually dance at shows for a change.” Initially, the material featured McIntyre’s singing, but it sounded too much like Little Girls. Passing the mic over to Faustmann gave the project the melodic sensibility and pop glitter it needed. Though still dealing with stage fright and lack of experience, she’s become more of a studio perfectionist than he is. “It was only two weeks ago that I finally let Josh be in the same room with me while recording vocals,” Faustmann says, laughing. Look for a full-length debut album out soon on Pretty Pretty. benjaminb@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/benjaminboles

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KONTRAVOID By KEVIN RITCHIE

KONTRAVOID at the Silver Dollar (486 Spadina), June 16, 3 am. $12 or NXNE wristband. nxne.com. Toronto has spawned a succession of shadowy synth-pop bands in recent years, but until recently our underground electronic acts have lacked their own scene. A group of musicians hope to change that by transforming a weekly at the Beaver called Pretty Pretty into a record label. Its first release was the self-titled debut by Kontravoid, aka Cam Findlay, a 26-year-old analog gearhead, tour drummer for Crystal Castles and Trust and former Concordia electroacoustic studies student. He parted ways with synth-pop group Parallels last year to focus on making aggressively arpeggiated, unapologetically macho industrial dance music. “It’s inspiring to be amongst a group of people who are doing similar things,” says Findlay, who started out as a teenage punk kid and grew into an obsessive collector of vintage keyboards. “You feel like you work a little bit better. [Until now] it’s something that hasn’t happened here, but it definitely has a chance to develop.” Pretty Pretty’s coming-out party will be its NXNE showcase on June 16. Right now, the label is primarily focused on synth music (its only other artist is Prince Innocence, a new project by Josh McIntyre from post-punk band Little Girls), but Findlay and Pretty Pretty cohorts John M and Elliott Jones are keeping an open mind. “There’s no specific genre we’re reaching for,” he says. “That’ll figure itself out eventually.” music@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/nowtorontomusic

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For only $50 you can get into all the festival’s club gigs and film screenings. There are plenty of other packages, too, for those who want more (or less) action. Wristbands vs cover charges

You can get into any NXNE show by paying at the door, but if you’re planning to hit more than one you’re better off picking up a wristband or pass (unless, of course, you’re opposed to saving money). Buy them at nxne.com, NOW’s offices (189 Church) and a variety of record stores and partners all over the city. (Check nxne.com for the full list.) The big outdoor all-ages shows at Yonge-Dundas Square are free. (See cover story, page 46.)

Full Festival Wristband

This $50 wristband, the most popular option, gets you into all the club gigs and film screenings. Plus, you get in before single-admission buyers.

Priority Pass For $250 (student $125), you get into all the club shows and film screenings and the afternoon NXNE Interactive panels. Even more exciting is being able to cut to the front of the line at busier showcases. One-Day Wristband If you’re only in town for one night, the $25 1-Day Wristband gives you the powers of the Full Festival pass for a single day of your choosing. Film Festival Wristband

Some people like films about music but don’t like going to gigs. The $25 Film Festival Wristband was invented for them.

Interactive

If you want to hit the conference but avoid the gigs, the $349 (student $125) Interactive pass will do the trick.

Workshop

If you only want to hit a single workshop, tickets are $179 (student $109).

Interactive + Workshop

As you might have guessed from the name, this $449 (student $199) package gets you into the conference and one workshop of your choice.

Combos For the full NXNE experience, get a combo package. The $449 (student $199) Duo Combo gives you the powers of the Priority Pass but also gets you into the morning Interactive sessions. For $549 (student $275) the Mundo Combo goes one step further, allowing you to check out one workshop as well as the rest of the festival and conference. 50

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tops By RICHARD TRAPUNSKI

TOPS at the Silver Dollar (486 Spadina), June 15, 1 am. $12 or NXNE wristband. nxne.com.

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MAMA ROSIN By SARAH GREENE MAMA ROSIN at the NOW Lounge (189 Church), June 14, 10 pm; and at Cadillac Lounge (1296 Queen West), June 15, 10 pm. $12 or NXNE wristband. nxne.com. “We usually arrive onstage looking like UFOs to people because of the strange instruments we use,” says co-singer, melodeon player and guitarist Cyril Yeterian of Swiss trio Mama Rosin. “But we play with total rock ’n’ roll spirit!” Yeterian and fellow co-singer, banjo and washboard player Robin Girod, who live in the Geneva countryside, fell in love with Cajun music after hearing some old English punks playing it in a pub in France. Along with drummer Xavier Bray, they taught themselves to play it from records by art-

ists like Amédé Ardoin, Breaux Brothers and Cléoma Falcon. “For us, Cajun/zydeco is like pre-punk, pre-rock ’n’ roll. There’s no difference,” he explains, also citing early Dr. John and Jonathan Richman as influences. “So mixing those styles was easy because they have the same inner fire, the same sorrow, the same pure energy.” Girod and Yeterian share their passion for music from the Gulf of Mexico through their record label, Moi J’Connais, on which they release their own music as well as reissues of obscure and rare Cajun, zydeco, calypso and Tropicália records. Watch out for a new Jon Spencer-produced Mama Rosin album in the fall, mastered by Ivan Julian, founding member of Richard Hell & the Voidoids. music@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/nowtorontomusic

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COLD WARPS By CARLA GILLIS COLD WARPS at Parts & Labour (1566 Queen West), Wednesday (June 13), 11 pm, $12 or NXNE wristband, nxne.com; and at JangBang (430½ College) on June 14, matinee, 416-961-8424, free.

Cold Warps describe themselves as “Joey Ramone beating Paul McCartney over the head with songs about science fiction, teenage apathy and summer love.” Indeed, the Halifax/Ottawa band’s brand of feel-good pop-punk is equal parts bratty fuzz and sweet melody, evoking youth, sweaty mosh pits

and underage drinking. (See their just-released video for Hang Up On You.) Their handful of releases are cassette and 7-inch only. “We like cassette and vinyl because they seem more tangible,” explains lead singer Paul Ham-

Eccentric Montreal DIY pop is having a moment, and TOPS have ties to many of the scene’s acts: Silly Kissers, Pat Jordache and Sean Nicholas Savage, to name a few. They’re also signed to Arbutus, the red-hot local label that brought the world Grimes, and recorded their beguiling debut, Tender Opposites, at the loft venue/musical hub La Brique. “We’re close with everyone who is a part of the label, and it’s a very supportive and inspiring group of people,” says lead singer Jane Penny. Sonically, though, they’re a classically minded pop act in a room full of weirdos, a smoother, more elegantly produced counterpart to the stranger sounds coming out of the scene (including some of their own projects). Their nimble guitar/keyboard arrangements, soulful soft rock hooks and dreamy vocals often earn them comparisons to classic bands like Fleetwood Mac. “I mean, if people think our songs are on the same level, that’s really fucking cool,” says Penny. “But we aren’t trying to recreate a sound from a different time. That would be really dissatisfying to work on.” music@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/nowtorontomusic

mond. “I haven’t bought a CD in close to six years now. And we figure if we’re going to the trouble of releasing physical objects, we may as well make them nice, desirable and collectible.” Their newest is the 7-inch Slimer, recorded in the basement of Dog Day’s Nancy Urich and Seth Smith and released on their label, Fundog. Hammond and Smith, who also run the screenprinting company Yorodeo, handled the artwork and packaging. “The cover is a fold-out of Mick Jagger oozing slime,” Hammond says. “Real highbrow art. Both songs are sort of a change for us. Weirder, darker, creepier, even a little slower. But we still shove some good pop moments in there.” As for the live show? “It moves at about twice the speed of the recorded stuff, so you don’t have to wait around all night being like, ‘Are these guys still going?’ No, we’re already finished. Ryan [Allen] and Lance [Purcell] are already getting pizza, and Dom’s [Taylor] outside prank-calling his boss from a pay phone.” music@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/nowtorontomusic

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WEDNESDAYS HEAT UP

In previous years, there’s only been a handful of shows on Wednesday night, but that’s not the case any more. Highlights to look out for include Cold Warps at Parts & Labour (see preview, page 50), up-and-coming Toronto rapper Rich Kidd at the Rivoli, Mac DeMarco at the Drake Hotel (see preview, page 48), and the futuristic glam-pop of Hill and the Sky Heroes at the El Mocambo. See schedule, page 58, for full Wednesday listings.

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Watch for the first edition of the brand new NXNE Magazine. It’s packed with features and interviews with performers and panelists as well as extensive information about the festival. You can find it all over the city. Bonus: it’s free.

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WONDERFUL DIVING HORSES By JOANNE HUFFA WONDERFUL DIVING HORSES at the Sister (1554 Queen West), June 16, midnight. $12 or NXNE wristband. nxne.com

Taking their name from a poster in the long-forgotten Jodie Foster baseball flick Stealing Home, Wonderful Diving Horses are more than just another country-rock band. To be sure, some downhome influences shine through, especially in the twang in lead singer Mark Goldberg’s delivery, but their big jangle speaks to the psychedelic sounds of L.A. in the 80s. Goldberg, who moved to Vancouver from Toronto about 10 years ago, hooked up with drummer Stuart Quayle in 2007. A few months later

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they were joined by guitarist Steve Ward and bassist Cliff Rogers to make music Goldberg describes as “a throwback to the indie records coming out of the States in the mid-80s. Melodic, 60sinfluenced, guitar-driven rock with a hint of roots music.” Their NXNE show introduces Toronto the songs on WDH’s self-titled EP, which came out in March. It also hopefully gives a taste of what they’ll be up to when they make their first album, which they have their sights set on recording with the Del-Lords’ Eric Ambel producing. “The EP was recorded three years ago,” Goldberg says. “We were a much different band then than we are now.” music@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/nowtorontomusic

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thing goes – fuck it.” The Flaming Lips have embodied that “anything goes – fuck it” mentality since their beginnings as a noisy punk band in the early 80s, but have maximized it in the last few years. Since 2009’s Embryonic (itself a stylistic left turn from brightly orchestrated pop-rock into dark, loose psych jams), the band has abandoned the album format, instead producing a series of oddball releases, each more off-the-wall than the last: a 24-hour song encased in a human skull, a homemade sound-and-light toy called the Strobo Trip, a 12-iPhone synchronized symphony and the aforementioned collaborative album, packaged with vials of each musician’s own blood. Internet distribution and democratized technology should theoretically free young musicians from the tyranny of the traditional album cycle, but it seems it’s the elder statesmen of the alternative era – Beck, Jack White and Coyne – who are taking advantage. And they’re being recognized for it. At press time, the Flaming Lips are up for the Digital Genius prize at the internet-focused O Awards, a nice little nod for a band that’s been working for nearly three decades. (The award ceremony coincides with the Flaming Lips playing a Guinness World Record-breaking eight shows in 24 hours.) “Having the freedom to fail is such a relief,” says Coyne. “When bands are young, there’s too much emphasis on getting things right the first time. If you get something right the first time, it’s just fucking dumb luck. It’s like having sex for the first time. You can fucking read about it and watch movies, but once you start to do it there’s a lot of shit in the nuances that you can’t know until you’ve done it enough times.” It helps that the Lips have about 16 albums of experience to draw from, at least two of which – The Soft Bulletin and Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots – are considered modern classics. But Coyne says he and his bandmates would rather follow their current impulses than dwell on past glories. Beyond the gimmicks, the Lips’ recent non-album releases were born of a desire to put their ideas on wax (or flash drive or YouTube or

gummy fetus) and release them before they lost interest. That perpetual present caused a three-year gap after the last “proper” Flaming Lips LP, but they haven’t abandoned the format entirely. In fact, Coyne reveals, they’ve got only one session left on their next album, tentatively due for release in October. The album, recorded between sessions for other projects, combines futuristic, distorted synths with harmonic gospel vocals and existential lyrics. “It feels like some kind of religious music from the future,” he says, in his casually hyperbolic Coyne-esque way. “Everything is a distorted process of some signal that’s long been out in outer space. We’ve dialed one part in from one part of the universe and one sound from another part of the universe, and it’s like they’ve all just magically, cosmically been able to speak to each other.” Thematically, the lyrics ruminate on life, death, isolation and the nature of the universe in ways that fans will be familiar with. Coyne is often mis-categorized as an eternal optimist, but the band’s bittersweet ideas arise from a very real fear of death. (Drummer-turnedguitarist Stephen Drozd famously battled a crippling heroin addiction.) As for their colourful live show, a psychedelic jamboree of balloons, puppets, lasers and LED vaginas, that, too, is born of an elegiac frame of mind in which life, death, sex, drugs and astronomy all spring from the same well. Expect to see that enlarged on the big, open stage of Yonge-Dundas Square at their NXNE headlining performance. “There are times when music crescendos life to these big dramatic moments,” preaches Coyne. “Sometimes they’re so dramatic, you don’t know if you can handle them. And so whenever we go to these peaks that force us to sing about sadness, which is really one of music’s greatest gifts, we can embrace these unspeakable things and turn them into something we can deal with.” “When we’re in front of people, I say, ‘This is our peak of life. If we don’t make these peaks happen, then they don’t happen.’ I compare it a lot to people having orgasms. You have to let it happen, or it won’t.” “I know life isn’t built only on big, dramatic moments, but to combat the fear of isolation and death, I say let’s embrace the ecstasy of life. Death is the only thing worth singing about, but I don’t want it to be a bummer, so I embrace it by saying, ‘We are going to die, motherfuckers, so let’s make sure we are alive.’” 3 music@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/nowtorontomusic

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Comedy Cuts it at NXNe

There was lots of grumbling about SXSW’s lacklustre comedy programming. NXNE shouldn’t have that problem, with five nights of solid acts (most at the Lower Ossington Theatre) that include first-rate local talents along with a few international performers like Swedish stand-up Magnus Betnér. Best of all, some super latenight shows keep the laughs going into the wee hours. Apart from nightly Comedy Records sets stacked with talent (June 13, for instance, boasts among others Trevor Boris, Debra DiGiovanni, host K. Trevor Wilson, Dom Pare and headliner Ryan Belleville), there are novelty shows like June 15’s late-night edition of Strip Comedy (if a comic doesn’t get a laugh, they doff a piece of clothing), hosted by the series’ Georgea Brooks-Hancock; and June 16’s 2 am Raw & Hard show headlined by faux Catholic school rappers Rick & Chuck features a sure-to-push-boundaries lineup of Darren Frost, Aaron Berg (fresh off his off-Broadway run of The Underbelly Diaries) and the Dick Mime. More info at NXNE.com Mark DeBonis headlines an early show June 15 and also co-hosts a Twitter Gong Show the next night, where non-comic contestants do random things for prizes and winners are determined via Twitter. June 14 is sketch night, featuring a bunch of T.O.’s best acts, including the Boom (which spawned Rick & Chuck) and Mouth Congress, Kid in the Hall Scott Thompson’s new troupe.

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free shows at yonge-dundas square The four days and nights of massive free concerts at Yonge-Dundas Square turn the centre of the city into a giant, intense party featuring some of the biggest names at NXNE. The Flaming Lips are a great headlining act, but every day has a strong lineup.

Thursday, June 14

The kickoff night is again focused on punk rock, with legendary southern California punk pioneers Bad Religion topping the bill. Skate punk seems to be the theme of this showcase, since Good Riddance, No Use for a Name, Slave on Dope and Trouble Andrew round out the slate.

Friday, June 15

The vibe veers toward pop on Friday, when Canadian alt-pop survivor Matthew Good headlines. Montreal’s Plants and Animals do their best to prove that fuzzed-out guitars make

folk rock better, and up-and-coming electronic pop band Eight and a Half (featuring members of the Stills and Broken Social Scene) get the evening going.

Saturday, June 16

The Flaming Lips aren’t the only act injecting pop with a healthy dose of weirdness Saturday, and the action gets started early, at noon. All the bands are strong, but we especially recommend the psych-pop of Portugal. The Man, the ambient prog of Brasstronaut (see preview, page 48), misleadingly named weirdos from Ath-

ens, Georgia Of Montreal, the absurdly earnest indie pop of Oberhofer and California hardcore punks Ceremony.

Sunday, June 17

The square goes hip-hop on Sunday, headlined by Wu-Tang Clan alumni Raekwon and Ghostface Killah. Southern rap gets some representation with Killer Mike (whose new album, R.A.P. Music, is getting rave reviews), and there’s big buzz behind NYC’s Action Bronson. It’s worth getting there early to catch up-and-coming Toronto rappers Tre Mission and Tasha the Amazon.

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Q&A Harley Morenstein, creator of

Epic Meal Time It would be unfair to call Epic Meal Time a YouTube show about eating bacon to excess. It’s also about fast food pizzas (burgers, tacos and fried chicken on a pizza), inside-out shepherd’s pie (made with mashed potatoes, mac ’n’ cheese, deli meat, Velveeta and bacon) and pretty much any and every high-calorie, meat-heavy junk food Harley Morenstein can cook up. Morenstein, the Montreal creator of the runaway hit, will present How To Win At YouTube (Wednesday, June 13, noon, at the Hyatt Regency B), a NXNEi panel about bacon, eating yourself to death and finding success on YouTube. Your presentation is called How To Win At YouTube. Care to give us any hints about what you’ll talk about? It’s tricky not to sound clichéd, but truthfully, in order to win you have to lose a few. If you make a channel to win instead of to believe in, you’re left with something you have to do every week without passion. I did Epic Meal Time because I knew I could do it all the time, and if you truly want to amass an audience you have to be consistent. You don’t want to be in the position where you have to constantly produce content you hate. You certainly found a niche online that continues to explode in popularity: bacon. How did you know the internetloved bacon so much? There was some chatter here and there before Epic Meal Time, but that didn’t affect us. We use it because it’s the best, not because it’s popular. And it’s popular because it’s the best.

You’re famous for eating some insane stuff. Would you ever consider taking bath salts in order to up the ante? I actually thought up the idea of Epic Meal Time while on bath salts! You’re a teacher by training. How does that work? I have a degree in education and taught high school for a year. Production is my passion, but teaching was great. It gives you an incredible sense of accomplishment. When we started, I completely blocked all students on Facebook, never let them see my videos and was careful about what content I produced. In the second episode of EMT, I said “shit” and beeped it out. I consciously made that decision because it could’ve affected my ability to get teaching jobs. A part of me wants to pop back in randomly and take a subbing job. Getting drunk and eating bacon is more fun, though. Given the side effects, do you see Epic Meal Time as a sustainable career? Yes. I’m ready to die for it. People criticize you for overeating, particularly overeating meat. What do you say to the haters? We don’t get caught up in what people are saying about us. We do it because we like it. Sometimes I get people saying we make kids fat, or that humans shouldn’t eat meat. That’s just crazy. Fat kids will be fat after Epic Meal Time, just like fat kids were fat before Epic Meal Time. Joshua Errett Also, humans should eat meat. joshuae@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/joshuaerrett

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Slot-by-Slot band Schedule WedneSday, June 13 8PM

9PM

10PM

11PM

12aM

1aM

2aM

The BOaT

The Effens

Loon Choir

Tomboyfriend

Knock Knock Ginger

Anomie Belle

We Were Lovers

158 Augusta

Toronto, ON

Ottawa, ON

Toronto, ON

Waterloo, ON

Seattle, WA

Saskatoon, SK

CadillaC lOuNge

Serena Pryne and the Mandevilles

Ken Tizzard With Bad Intent

Silver Creek

Shred Kelly

Union Duke

Campbellford, ON

Ottawa, ON

Fernie, BC

Toronto, ON

Big Tobacco & The Pickers

Welland, ON

1296 Queen W

CaMerON hOuse

JF Robitaille

Revelstoke

Charlotte Cornfield

Toronto, ON

Montreal, QC

Toronto, ON

Montreal, QC

Lakes Of Canada

Red Orkestra

Dear Sister

Montreal, QC

Waterloo, ON

Toronto, ON

Shannon Rose & The Thorns

CraWfOrd

Tomasi

Tess

Max Burgundy

Blake Carrington

Boombox Saints

718 College

Toronto, ON

New York, NY

Brooklyn, NY

Toronto, ON

Vancouver, BC

CzehOski

Laurent Bourque

Ryan O’Reilly

Annalise Emerick

Ocean City Defender

MJ Cyr

678 Queen W

Ottawa, ON

London, UK

Boston, MA

Thunder Bay, ON

Toronto, ON

The deTOur Bar

The Strain

Sexy Mathematics

The Dirty Nil

Teen Violence

Wakefield, QC

Toronto, ON

Kitchener, ON

Beliefs

Eternal Summers

Mac DeMarco

Porcelain Raft

Toronto, ON

Roanoke, VA

Montreal, QC

New York, NY

Gus & Scout

Amos The Transparent

Sacred Balance

Volcano Playground

Toronto, ON

The CeNTral 603 Markham

193 1/2 Baldwin

The drake hOTel uNdergrOuNd

1150 Queen W

Ottawa, ON

Jeff Pinto

Special Guest

Toronto, ON

Halifax, NS

Pauly And The Blowbots Guelph, ON

el MOCaMBO (upsTairs)

Young Doctors in Love

Enjoy Your Pumas

Hume

South Of France

FIRExFIRE

The Holiday Crowd

Winnipeg, MB

Baltimore, MD

Boulder, CO

Toronto, ON

Blake Bliss

Whitebrow

Canyon.

Ruth Cassie

J. Mann

Toronto, ON

Westport, CT

Huntsville, ON

Toronto, ON

THIGHS

WE R DYING 2 KILL U

Silkken Laumann

Teenanger

Toronto, ON

Montreal, QC

Ottawa, ON

Toronto, ON

free TiMes Cafe 320 College

The garrisON

1197 Dundas W

The gladsTONe hOTel BallrOOM 484 Queen W

Traveling Thieves

Vorasek

San Francisco, CA

Toronto, ON

Kingston, On, ON

Steve Hill

July Talk

The Heartbroken

Hayes Carll

Montreal, QC

Toronto, ON

Houston, TX

370 Queen W

100A Ossington

MONarCh TaverN 12 Clinton St

The paiNTed lady 218 Ossington

The pisTON

937 Bloor W

raNChO relaxO

300 College

rivOli

332 Queen W

The rOChesTer 423 College

The shOp @ parTs & laBOr 1566 Queen W

superMarkeT velveT uNdergrOuNd 510 Queen W

After hours until 4 am After hours until 4 am After hours until 4 am

Toronto, ON

Ponctuation

Wise, Young & King

Quebec City, QC

Ottawa, ON

After hours until 4 am

K. Trevor Wilson 8:30-8:40 pm Todd Graham 8:40-8:50 pm Dom Pare 8:50-9 pm Diana Love 9-9:10 pm Trevor Boris 9:10-9:20 pm Debra Digiovanni 9:20-9:40 pm Ryan Belleville 9:40-10:10 pm Barry Taylor 10:40-10:50 pm Tim Dorsch 10:50-11 pm Alex Pavone 11-11:10 pm Rob Bebenek 11:10-11:20 pm Monty Scott 11:20-11:30 pm Rob Mailloux 11:30-11:40 pm Magnus Betner 11:40 pm-12 am Justin Levinson Petty Victories Mip Wolf Ram Heart The Histrionics & The Valcours After hours until 4 am Toronto, ON

Toronto, ON

Columbus, OH

Toronto, ON

Avery Island

The Aves

Animal Talk

Sidney York

Il Abanico

HiFi Phantom

Toronto, ON

Adelaide, Australia

Boston, MA

Calgary, AB

Brooklyn, NY

Toronto, ON

Medicine Hat

Your Neck Of The Woods

Alanna Gurr

Odd Years

Lowlands

The Folk

Guelph, ON

Toronto, ON

Guelph, ON

Toronto, ON

Say Domino

Snake & Crane

Hotel Royal

Bronx Cheerleader

Mouth

London, ON

Toronto, ON

Oshawa, ON

St. Catharines, ON

Toronto, ON

Guelph, ON

Girlfriends And Boyfriends Vancouver, BC

Toronto, ON

Burlington, VT

After hours until 4 am After hours until 4 am After hours until 4 am

Moses 8:30-8:45 pm Vader The Villin 9-9:20 pm The Upperclass Men 9:35-9:55 pm Smash Brovaz 10:10-10:35 pm Notes To Self 10:50-11:20 pm The Antiheroes 11:35 pm-12:05 am Denzil Porter 12:20-12:50 am T.Shirt 1:05-1:35 am Tre Nyce 1:50-2:20 am Rich Kidd 2:35-3:15 am Hate Gang

Frames

Dreamers

Rise For Order

Hellbros

The Bats Pajamas

Toronto, ON

Kitchener, ON

Mississauga, ON

Toronto, ON

Ottawa, ON

Toronto, ON

Cold Warps

Ultrathin

K-Holes

Halifax, NS

Montreal, QC

Brooklyn, NY

9 10

268 Augusta

The One-look Donnybrook

Papa’s Garage

The legeNdary hOrseshOe TaverN lOT 100

After hours until 4 am

Chris Ho 7:30-8 pm Shred Kelly 8:15-8:45 pm Portage & Main 9-9:30 pm The Matinee 9:45-10:15 pm Maurice 10:30-11 pm Adaline 11:15-11:45 pm The Belle Game 12-12:55 am Topless Gay Love Tekno Party 1:15-2:05 am Bear Mountain 2:20-3 am

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After hours until 4 am

Toronto, ON

After hours until 4 am

Hill and the Sky Heroes

464 Spadina

Toronto, ON

Ottawa, ON

464 Spadina

Ottawa, ON

Kevin Black & Derek Monson

The Wind Up Radio Sessions

Steven Bowers

el MOCaMBO (MaiN flOOr)

New York City, NY

After hours until 4 am

Toronto, ON

Gavin Slate

408 Queen W

3aM

Mandippal

Army Girls

A Friend In London

toronto, ON

Copenhagen, Denmark

Mittenz

Abstract Random

Uplift

The Parkdale Hookers

Holy Toledo!

The Scarlet Fever

Toronto, ON

Cambridge/Toronto, ON

Special Guest

The Box Tiger Toronto, ON

Gordie Johnson

After hours until 4 am After hours until 4 am

1 AUDIO BLOOD PRESENTS GO FOLK YOURSELF 2 EXCLAIM!.CA 3 WAVELENGTH 4 GREEN COUCH / ION 5 COMEDY RECORDS PRESENTS 6 FORTNIGHT MUSIC 7 TWO WAY MONOLOGUES 8 SMASHMOUTH ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTS SMASHMOUTH MENTALITY 9 JUST SHOWS 10 AGENCY GROUP

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Look out for the annual NXNE Gig Guide and check out nxne.com for the full music, film and interactive program as well as the latest times and further info. For late-breaking band announcements, secret show tips, in-stores, park and airport shows, party news, contests and more, dowload the official NXNE iPhone and Android apps – and follow us on Twitter @nxnefest for second-by-second news. All schedule information is correct at press time – but please check back for further updates.

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*Schedule subject to change. Consult nxne.com for latest updates.

Thursday, June 14 8PM

The Hamptons

The Annex Live

8-8:30 pm

296 Brunswick Ave

I Smell Blood

9PM

10PM

Lonnie In The Garden

Dutch Toko

9:30-10 pm

10:15-10:45 pm

8:45-9:15 pm

The BoAT

158 Augusta

CAmeron houSe

11-11:30 pm

The Lava and Ash

12aM

1aM

2aM

3aM

Esther Grey

Wild Domestic

Cousins

The Water St Projects

12:30-1 am

1:15-1:45 am

2-2:45 am

3-3:45 am

11:45 pm -12:15 am

Bugs In The Dark

Soft Copy

Catlow

The Cautioneers

Gay

Lovely Killbots

Baltim ore, MD

Brooklyn, NY

Toronto, ON

Vancouver, BC

Toronto, ON

Buddy Black

The Dead Ships

Gloryhound

The Nils

Ivan Julian

Grimskunk

Toronto, ON

Los Angeles, CA

Halifax, NS

Montreal, QC

New York, NY

Montreal, QC

Joel Battle

Orpheum Bell

Pistol George Warren

Mary Bragg

Jack Marks

The Respectables

Vancouver, BC

Ann Arbor, MI

The Johnny Cash Machine

Sudbury, ON

Brooklyn, NY

Toronto, ON

Montreal, QC

Nathan Bishop

James O-L and the Villains

REYNE

Decent Lovers

HelloRadio

Wendy Versus

Burrows

Melbourne, ON

Asheville, NC

Hoboken, NJ

Toronto, ON

Petite-Patrie, QC

The Jessica Stuart Few

542 Queen W

1296 Queen W

Say Domino

Alto Verde

Bovine Sex CLuB CAdiLLAC Lounge

11PM

Montreal, QC

408 Queen W

Toronto And Cape Breton, ON

The CenTrAL

F&M

The Allens

Alanna J Brown

Molly Sweeney

Plume Giant

Edm onton, AB

London, ON

Toronto, ON

Montreal, Canada

New Haven, CT

C’eST WhAT

Daniel Moir

Kate Rogers Band

Sarah MacDougall

Harvest Breed

Vancouver, BC

Toronto, ON

Whitehorse, YT

Sue Newberry & The Law

CrAWford

CALiPH

Conscience

Clear Soul Forces

Ain’t No Love

Aquil

Brokenbridge

Toronto, ON

Vancouver, BC

Detroit, MI

Montreal, QC

Philadelphia, PA

Ottawa, ON

CzehoSki

Dinah Thorpe

Heliopause

Almost A Band

Hibou

Southern Shores

Toronto, ON

Brighton, UK

Stockholm , Sweden

Toronto, ON

Wool On Wolves

Belle Starr

Tia Brazda

Michael Rault

Nash

Edm onton, AB

Toronto, ON

Edm onton, AB

Montreal, QC

Kill Matilda

Jet Black

Alright Alright

603 Markham 67 Front E

718 College

678 Queen W

dAkoTA TAvern

249 Ossington

The deTour BAr 193 1/2 Baldwin

The drAke hoTeL underground

1150 Queen W

eL moCAmBo (mAin fLoor)

Toronto, ON

Sherbrooke, QC

TBA

Graydon James & the Young Novelists Toronto, ON

Special Guest

This Mess

Vancouver, BC

Quebec City, QC

Toronto, ON

Doom Squad

Blackie

Doldrums

Bowly

Toronto, ON

Dougie Boom

Peanut Butter Wolf

Montreal, QC

Toronto, ON

Houston, TX

Toronto, ON

Montreal, QC

Toronto, ON

Beliefs

Army Girls

Rituals

Dusted

toronto, ON

Toronto, ON

A Place To Bury Strangers

PitchBlak Brass Band

Toronto, ON

New York, NY

Boxer The Horse

Jane’s Party

Carnivores

The Ascot Royals

Fast Romantics

Revolvers

Jumple

Charlottetown, PE

Toronto, ON

Atlanta, GA

Ham ilton, ON

Toronto, ON

free TimeS CAfe

Amy Carson Hunter

Corinna Rose

Ian Foster

Maneli Jamal

Montreal, QC

St. John’s, NL

Montreal, Qc/New Glasgow, NS

Jenny Berkel Winnipeg, MB

Toronto, ON

Idiot Glee

Mac DeMarco

Grass Widow

The Black Belles

The Men

Lexington, KY

Montreal, QC

San Francisco, CA

Nashville, TN

Brooklyn, NY

The Roncy Boys

Filligar

Ocasan

Saint Alvia

Chicago, IL

London, UK

Burlington, ON

Tanika Charles & The Wonderfuls

Masia One

Toronto, ON

Baby Eagle

The Weather Station

Marine Dreams

Daniel Romano

Julie Doiron

Sackville, NB

Toronto, ON

Wellend, ON

Welland, ON

Moncton, NB

Rikers

Husky

Spookey Ruben

Whale Tooth

Mamabolo

Peterborough, ON

Sidney, Australia

Toronto, ON

The Standstills

Black Owls

The Lad Classic

The Cunninghams

20 Amp Soundchild

Steve Hill

Oshawa, ON

Granville, OH

Toronto, ON

Pickering, ON

Montreal, QC

Ben Caplan & the Casual Smokers

Hooded Fang

Violens New York City, NY

Unknown Mortal Orchestra

Bran Van 3000

Toronto, ON

Dance Laury Dance

A Sight For Sewn Eyes

Obey The Brave

Protest The Hero

Montreal, QC

Halifax, NS

Montreal, QC

Toronto, ON

320 College

Toronto, ON

The gArriSon 1197 Dundas W

The gLAdSTone hoTeL BALLroom

1214 Queen W

greAT hALL LoWer TheATre 1087 Queen W

The greAT hALL 1087 Queen W

hideouT

484 Queen W

The LegendAry horSeShoe TAvern

Toronto, ON

370 Queen W

Lee’S pALACe 529 Bloor W

LoT 100

100A Ossington

mod CLuB TheATre 722 College

monArCh TAvern 12 Clinton

Nash Montreal, QC

Vacationer

White Rabbits

Baltim ore, PA

Brooklyn, NY

The Fires Of

Nick Everett & Everybody

Toronto, ON

Halifax, NS

Estan

Mira Black

Dead City Beat

Ania Soul

Ottawa, ON

Winnipeg, MB

London, ON

Toronto, ON

the james clark institute

Mama Rosin

Gt. Dane

Geneva, Switzerland

Toronto, ON

The Danger Bees

Little Creatures

The Seedy Seeds

Christian Hansen

The Black Fever

I Am Not Lefthanded

Toronto, ON

Cincinnati, OH

Toronto, ON

Dublin, Ireland

Eastborough

Cai.ro

Little City

ev ree wuhn

My Pet Dragon

Toronto, ON

Toronto, Ontario, ON

Toronto, ON

Brooklyn, NY

Old World Vulture

The piSTon

After hours until 4 am

The Bright Light Social Hour Austin, TX

Toronto, ON

After hours until 4 am After hours until 4 am

Hind Legs

Champion Lover

The Roseville Band

Papermaps

MiniBoone

Hue

ElektroTank

Halifax, NS

Toronto, ON

Wrexham , Wales

Toronto, ON

Brooklyn, NY

Toronto, ON

Rival Boys

Bishop Morocco

Gold & Youth

Zulu Winter

Still Life Still

332 Queen W

The roCheSTer 423 College

The Shop @ pArTS & LABor 1566 Queen W

After hours until 4 am

rAnCho reLAxo rivoLi

After hours until 4 am

TBA

Toronto/St. Catharines, ON

After hours until 4 am

937 Bloor W

300 College

After hours until 4 am

Toronto, ON

189 Church

218 Ossington

Portland, OR

Montreal, QC

Vancouver, BC

After hours until 4 am

Toronto, ON

ROCHELLE

noW Lounge The pAinTed LAdy

Toronto, ON

Young Liars

Hunter Collins 8:30-8:40 pm Vest Of Friends 8:40-9 pm Ladystache 9-9:20 pm Smells Like The 80’s 9:20-9:40 pm Mouth Congress 9:40-10:10 pm Matt O Brien 10:40-10:50 pm Cheap Smokes 10:50-11:10 pm 3rd Klass 11:10-11:30 pm The Dick Mime 11:30-11:40 pm The Boom 11:40 pm -12 am

10 11

Gabrielle Papillon

After hours until 4 am

eL moCAmBo (upSTAirS) 464 Spadina

After hours until 4 am

Toronto, ON

Walter TV

464 Spadina

Windsor, ON

After hours until 4 am

Toronto, ON

After hours until 4 am

Toronto, ON

Vancouver, BC

London, UK

East York, ON

Never More Than Less

Go Go Second Time Virgin

Crooked Valentine

ARSON

Motorleague

Careers In Science

Laid To Rest

Quebec City, QC

Seoul, South Korea

Toronto, ON

Moncton, NB

Toronto, ON

Ham ilton, ON

Hollywood

Needles//Pins

Mean Jeans

Dildoniks

Baltim ore, MD

Vancouver, BC

Portland, OR

Planet Creature

GROUNDERS

Hands & Teeth

Pow Wows

Bleached

The Sphinxs

The Archives

Toronto, ON

Los Angeles, CA

Toronto, ON

The SiSTer

Hey Amy

Couriers

Random Family

Dinner Belles

Greg Ball

Orillia, ON

Toronto, ON

Patrick Dorie and the Honest Thieves

Ham ilton, ON

Kingston, ON

SneAky dee’S

I.No

Plaster

Uncle Bad Touch

The Schomberg Fair

Larry And His Flask

HONHEEHONHEE

Dance Laury Dance

Les Breastfeeders

Quèbec, QC

Montreal, QC

Toronto, ON

Bend, OR

Montreal, QC

Katie Murphy

Robert Francis

Ryan O’Reilly

Grey Kingdom

Dustin Bentall Outfit

Organ Thieves

Winnipeg, MB

Los Angeles, CA

London, UK

Welland, ON

Vancouver, ON

Toronto, ON

Hussy

Hut

SiLver doLLAr room 486 Spadina

1554 Queen W 431 College

SupermArkeT 268 Augusta

16 17

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WrongBAr 1279 Queen W

yonge dundAS SquAre Yonge and Dundas

18 19

Whitby, ON

Toronto, ON

Toronto, on,

The Sweet Mack

Stella Ella Ola

Always

Cousins

Toronto, ON

Halifax, NS

Moon King

EXITMUSIC

Young Magic

Toronto, ON

New York, NY

Brooklyn, NY

After hours until 4 am After hours until 4 am

The Hundred In The Hands Brooklyn, NY

Purity Ring

Bowly

Montreal, QC

After hours until 4 am

Trouble Andrew 5-5:40 pm Slaves On Dope 6-6:40 pm No Use For A Name 7-7:40 pm Good Riddance 8-8:40 pm Bad Religion 9-11 pm

1 OUT OF SOUND RECORDS 2 HMV DIGITAL 3 PAQUIN 4 NO PAIN IN POP 5 HAND DRAWN DRACULA 6 PANACHE 7 STEREO DYNAMITE RECORDINGS/RIOT ROCK MANAGEMENT 8 YOU’VE CHANGED RECORDS 9 HEAVY T.O. / MTL 10 COMEDY RECORDS PRESENTS 11 MAPLE MUSIC RECORDINGS 12 TWO WAY MONOLOGUES & GREEN SHADE NOW June 7-13 2012 13 ARTS & CRAFTS 14 JUST SHOWS 15 NEXT / UNTOLD CITY 16 M FOR MONTREAL 17 AGENCY GROUP 18 CONVERSE 19 MONSTER ENERGY

Friday, June 15 8PM

The Annex Live

9PM

10PM

11PM

12aM

1aM

2aM

Ingrid Gatin

Benjalu

The Roseville Band

Mise en Scene

Kim Churchill

The Noble Thiefs

Winnipeg, MB

Newcastle, Australia

Wrexham, Wales

Winnipeg, MB

Merimbula, Australia

Winnipeg, MB

Bovine Sex CLuB

The Lucky Ones

Silvergun & Spleen

Darlings Of Chelsea

Sumo Cyco

542 Queen W

St. Catharines, ON

Tokyo, Japan

Ottawa, ON

Toronto, ON

CAdiLLAC Lounge

The Matthews Brothers

Freeman Dre & the Kitchen Party

296 Brunswick

The Unquiet Dead

1296 Queen W

Windsor, ON

CAmeron houSe

Mary Milne Baptiste/Toronto, ON

408 Queen W

The CenTrAL

3aM

Special Guest

Jack Pine and the Fire

Before The Flood

Geneva, Switzerland

Ottawa, ON

Toronto, ON

Jean Caffeine

Heliopause

Ingrid Gatin

Patrick Joseph

Future History

Cobra & Vulture

Austin, TX

Brighton, UK

Winnipeg, MB

Los Angeles, CA

Toronto, ON

Montreal, QC

Lauren Mann and the Fairly Odd Folk

Folly and the Hunter

C. Sterling

Montreal, Canada

Vancouver, BC

Shawn Clarke and the Green Hearts

Toronto, ON

Marlboros

After hours until 4 am

Toronto, ON

Feed The Birds

Zaac Pick

603 Markham

Winnipeg, MB

Vancouver, BC

C’eST WhAT

Geneva.B

Nuela Charles

Amanda Davids

Chloe Charles

Maiko Watson

Toronto, ON

Edmonton, AB

Toronto, ON

CrAWford

Tre Leji

Nova The Rebel

Cello Kid

Concept Books

Wordburglar

Ambition

718 College

Toronto, ON

Cleveland, OH

Virginia Beach, VA

Toronto, ON

Halifax, NS

CzehoSki

Sofa City Sweetheart

Ariel Rubin

AKUA

Most People

Jenn Mierau

Los Angeles, CA

Boston, MA

Montreal, QC

Toronto, ON

Montreal, QC

Erin Passmore

Jeremy Fisher

The Danks

Elephant Stone

Rah Rah

Peasant

Gus & Scout

Regina, SK

Ottawa, ON

Charlottetown, PE

Montreal, QC

Regina, SK

Philadelphia, PA

New York City, NY

The deTour BAr

Sola

J Shiltz

OSIYM

Tika Simone

Two Crown King

PHZ-Sicks

193 1/2 Baldwin

Toronto, ON

Mississauga, ON

Toronto, ON

London, ON

Woodbridge, VA

The drAke hoTeL underground

Dan Griffin

Robert Francis

Justin Rutledge

The Treasures

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Los Angeles, CA

Toronto, ON

Cousin

Paradise Animals

Ryan O’Reilly

Paper Lions

Teenage Kicks

Dwayne Gretzky

Niagara Falls, ON

Toronto, ON

London, UK

Charlottetown, PE

Toronto, ON

Secret Broadcast

KOVAK

Kelly & the Kellygirls

Super Geek League

OPOPO

aRTIST oF tHE yEAR

Toronto, ON

Brighton, UK

Toronto, ON

Seattle, WA

Toronto, ON

Montreal, QC

Anna Atkinson

Andrea Caswell

Baby June

Sigrun Stella

Mo Kenney

Phonogarde

Toronto, ON

Montreal, QC

Toronto, ON

Waverley, NS

Mindseye, ON

Yamantaka//Sonic Titan

Widowspeak

67 Front E

678 Queen W

dAkoTA TAvern 249 Ossington

1150 Queen W

eL moCAmBo (mAin fLoor)

Christien Summers

464 Spadina

Toronto, ON

eL moCAmBo (upSTAirS)

These Electric Lives

464 Spadina

Toronto, ON

free TimeS CAfe 320 College

The gArriSon 1197 Dundas W

The gLAdSTone hoTeL BALLroom 1214 Queen W

Peter Kernel

Art Vs Science

Doldrums

Philedalphia, PA

Agno, Switzerl&

Sydney, Australia

Toronto, ON

Octoberman

Chris Velan

Kim Churchill

Utidur

Brasstronaut

Toronto, ON

Montreal, QC

Merimbula, Australia

Reykjavik, Iceland

Vancouver, BC

Jaron Freeman-Fox and the Opposite Of Everything

Meridian

The Vandelles

Shellshag

Yardlets

Smoking Popes

New York, NY

Brooklyn, NY

New York, NY

Montreal, QC

Chicago, IL

1087 Queen W 484 Queen W

LoT 100

100A Ossington

mod CLuB TheATre

After hours until 4 am After hours until 4 am After hours until 4 am

After hours until 4 am Special Guest

After hours until 4 am

Toronto, ON

After hours until 4 am Modernboys Moderngirls

Mad June

Mad Ones

The Boxing Lesson

Bella Clava

Cincinnati, OH

Montreal, QC

West Toronto, ON

Austin, TX

Toronto, ON

Bidiniband

The Coppertone

The Black Belles

No Sinner

King City, ON

Nashville, TN

Andre Williams & the Sadies

Reigning Sound

Toronto, ON

Asheville, NC

Vancouver, BC

2:54

DIIV

Friends

Oberhofer

John Maus

Zulu Winter

London, UK

Brooklyn, NY

New York, NY

Los Angeles, CA

London, UK

Toronto, ON

After hours until 4 am

Toronto, ON

After hours until 4 am After hours until 4 am After hours until 4 am

Monty Scott 8:30-8:40 pm Garrett Jamieson 8:40-8:50 pm Daniel Woodrow 8:50-9 pm Mike Robertson 9-9:10 pm Desiree Lavoy 9:10-9:20 pm Ben Miner 9:20-9:30 pm Steph Tolev 9:30-9:40 pm Mark DeBonis 9:40-10:10 pm Keith Pedro 10:40-10:50 pm Jon Schabl 10:50-11 pm Sarah Donaldson 11-11:10 pm Dylan Gott 11:10-11:20 pm Nick Reynoldson 11:20-11:30 pm Rick & Chuck 11:30-11:40 pm Trixx 11:40 pm-12 am Courage My Love Dearly Beloved Die Mannequin Kitchener, ON

722 College

NYC, NY

Mad Anthony

5 6

Justin Miller & Justin Strauss

Halifax, NS

370 Queen W 529 Bloor W

New York, NY

After hours until 4 am

The Stogies

The LegendAry horSeShoe TAvern Lee’S pALACe

Montreal, QC

After hours until 4 am

Toronto, ON

Daughn Gibson

The greAT hALL hideouT

Calgary, AB

Winnipeg, MB

Special Guest

Mama Rosin

Hastings County, ON

The Nonsuch

Toronto, ON

7. COMEDY RECORDS PRESENTS: STRIP COMEDY: Georgea Brooks Hancock (Host) / Alex Tindal (Judge) 2-2:10 am Jon Schabl 2:10-2:20 am Steph Tolev 2:20-2:30 am Diana Love 2:30-2:40 am Evan Desmarais 2:40-2:50 am Matt Carter 2:50-3 am Keven Soldo 3-3:10 am Sara Hennessey 3:10-3:30 am After hours until 4 am

monArCh TAvern

Mean Tangerine

Hopeful Monster

The City Streets

Raleigh

The F-Holes

The Demos

12 Clinton

Toronto, ON

Montreal, QC

Calgary, AB

Winnipeg, MB

Rochester, NY

The pAinTed LAdy

Oh No, Theodore!

Matt Cardle

A Friend In London

Secrettes

City Of Glass

London, UK

Copenhagen, Denmark

The Provincial Archive

Peachcake

Fredericton, NB

Carefree, AZ

Toronto, Canada

Vancouver, BC

After hours until 4 am

Ramona

Haunter

Foam Lake

Paint

Double Fuzz

Dilly Dally

Doom Squad

Lonnie In The Garden

Toronto, ON

Winnipeg, MB

Saskatoon, SK

Toronto, ON

Calgary, AB

Newmarket, ON

Toronto, ON

London, ON

No Sinner

Liz Coyles

The Broken Lyre

The Strumbellas

Danielle Duval

Mary Rose Obsession

Vancouver, BC

Toronto, ON

The oOohh Baby Gimme Mores

PKEW PKEW PKEW (gunshots)

Ambisonic

Sara Johnston

Toronto, ON

Montreal, QC

Purity Control

TV Freaks

Omegas

218 Ossington

rAnCho reLAxo 300 College

rivoLi

8 9

332 Queen W

The roCheSTer 423 College

The Shop @ pArTS & LABor 1566 Queen W

SiLver doLLAr room 486 Spadina

268 Augusta

1415 Dundas W

Winnipeg, MB

The Redmond Barry’s Montreal, QC Montreal, QC

SupermArkeT unLovABLe

The Vibrating Beds

Montreal, QC

Shane Murphy

1554 Queen W 431 College

CTZNSHP

Toronto, ON

The SiSTer SneAky dee’S

Garage Baby

Edmonton, AB

After hours until 4 am

Toronto, ON

Hamilton, ON

Montreal, QC

Goose Hut

Hooded Fang

Parlovr

Bleached

TOPS

The Disraelis

Montreal, QC

Toronto, ON

Montrèal, QC

Los Angeles, CA

Montreal, QC

Toronto, ON

Bradleyboy Mac Arthur

Tara Holloway

The Blue Stones

Whiteboy Slim

The Pelts

Ottawa, ON

Windsor, ON

Moose Jaw, SK

Ottawa, ON

Hussy

Cartoons

Hellaluya

Odonis Odonis

Phedre

Beta Frontiers

Times Neue Roman

Toronto, ON

Andy Brown

Sam Cash

TimeGiant

Fredericton, NB

Toronto, ON

Prolific

Your Pretend Boyfriend

The Futureless

Bowly

Toronto, ON

Montreal, QC

DJ Fusion (FuseBox Radio Broadcast)

Orono, ON

Toronto, ON

After hours until 4 am

Waldorf, MD

veLveT underground

Dead Bent

BLACKIE

The Two Koreas

Dearly Beloved

Ivan Julian

Stolenowners

BEATFACE

510 Queen W

Toronto, ON

Houston, TX

Toronto, ON

New York, NY

Toronto, ON

WrongBAr

First You Get The Sugar

DZ Deathrays

Bass Drum Of Death

METZ

The Men

The Death Set

Uncle Bad Touch

Brisbane, Australia

Oxford, Mississippi, MS

Toronto, ON

Brooklyn, NY

Montreal, QC

1279 Queen W

yonge dundAS SquAre Yonge and Dundas

14 15

Montreal, QC

After hours until 4 am

Eight And A Half 7:30-8:10 pm Plants and Animals 8:30-9:10 pm Matthew Good 9:30-11 pm

1 PIPE & HAT 2 HIDDEN PONY 3 YOUNG LIONS MUSIC CLUB 4 LIXAR 5 SESAC 6 COMEDY RECORDS PRESENTS 7 COMEDY RECORDS PRESENTS: STRIP COMEDY 8 TWO WAY MONOLOGUES & THE INDIE MACHINE 9 TAYLOR KLEIN OBALLA LLP 10 JUST SHOWS 11 NEXT / POP MONTREAL 12 DAPS RECORDS PRESENTS 13 DOSE 14 CONVERSE 15 SIRIUSXM

June 7-13 2012 NOW

*Schedule subject to change. Consult nxne.com for latest updates.

Saturday, June 16 8PM

9PM

10PM Modern Field Recordings

The Annex Live

CAmeron houSe

Lindsay Barr

1aM

2aM

Toronto, ON

Peterborough, ON

Organ Thieves

The Mercy Now

Little Foot Long Foot

Flash Lightnin’

Toronto, ON

The Jon Cohen Experimental

Christien Summers

Elos Arma

Toronto, ON

Guelph, ON

542 Queen W

12aM

Motel English

Romeo Liquor Store

296 Brunswick

Bovine Sex CLuB

11PM

Robyn Dell’Unto

Andra Suchy

Gray

I Am Not Lefthanded

408 Queen W

Toronto, ON

Minneapolis, MN

Toronto, ON

Dublin, Irel&

The CenTrAL

Inlet Sound

The Jack Stafford Foundation

Jeans Boots

Matthew Hornell

Lynn Jackson

Dave Borins

Saskatoon, SK

St. John’s, NL

Kitchener, ON

Toronto, ON

Montreal, QC

Special Guest

603 Markham

Toronto, ON

C’eST WhAT

1977

JP Hoe

Conveyor

Wolf Ram Heart

River Tiber

Loopsy Dazy

Toronto, ON

Winnipeg, MB

Brooklyn, NY

Columbus, OH

Toronto, ON

Red Slam Collective

Lyriciss

Kembe X

Blitz

Zoo Legacy

718 College

Toronto, ON

New Carrollton, MD

South Holland, IL

Derrick N Ashong & Soulfege

Mississauga, ON

Ottawa, ON

CzehoSki

Domestic Crisis Group

Kellen & Me

Melody Angel

Carnival Moon

Fine Canadian Forces

Chicago, IL

Toronto, ON

York, ON

Brett Caswell & the Marquee Rose

Elvyn Toronto, ON

Irreverend James and the Critical Mass Choir

67 Front E

Bury St. Edmunds, UK

CrAWford

678 Queen W

Montreal, QC

dAkoTA TAvern

Washington, DC

3aM

After hours until 4 am

The White Buffalo

Sean Rowe

Harper Blynn

249 Ossington

Los Angeles, CA

New York, NY

New York City, NY

The deTour BAr

We Were Heads

Mobina Galore

The C’mons

Life In Vacuum

Philoceraptor

Old Major

Drugs In Japan

Toronto, ON

Vancouver, BC

Toronto, ON

Waterloo, ON

Vancouver, BC

Toronto, ON

193 1/2 Baldwin

The drAke hoTeL underground eL moCAmBo (mAin fLoor)

International Zombies Of Love

Our Brother The Native

Toronto, ON

Ann Arbor, MI

Ann Chaplin

Graham Nicholas

Toronto, ON

Etobicoke, ON

Warm Myth Montreal, ON

free TimeS CAfe 320 College

1197 Dundas W

Montreal, QC

Indian Wars

After hours until 4 am

Vancouver, BC

After hours until 4 am

DJ Walla P 8-9 pm Tommy Kruise 9-10 pm Full Course 10:30-11 pm Loe Pesci 11-11:30 pm CeasRock 11:30 pm-12 am Action Bronson 12-1 am Hatchmatik & Merk Meny 1-1:40 am Treasure Fingers w/ A-Rock 2-2:40 am

464 Spadina

The gArriSon

Toronto, ON

Shellshag

Limblifter

Neon Windbreaker

Les Breastfeeders

New York, NY

Vancouver, BC

Toronto, ON

Montreal, QC

Katie Murphy

Daniel Sky

Anthony Damiao

Bunmi Adeoye

Winnipeg, MB

Toronto, ON

Sean Nicholas Savage

Mozart’s Sister

Jef Barbara

Topanga

The Belle Comedians

Country

CTZNSHP

Montreal, QC

Toronto, ON

Fredericton, NB

Montreal, QC

The Bright Light Social Hour

The gLAdSTone hoTeL BALLroom

Special Guest

The greAT hALL

The Mark Inside

Rikers

Paris, France

Toronto, ON

Peterborough, ON

MPG (My Pet Genius)

Take Drugs

The Mahones

Teenage Head

The Nils

Toronto, ON

Montreal, ON

Toronto, ON

Montreal, QC

Dead Messenger

Intensive Care

Black Wing Halo

The North

Montreal, QC

Heavier Than Air Flying Machines

New York, NY

Toronto, ON

Shawn Brady and the Electric Blood

The Lumineers

Young Empires

CATL

Fast Romantics

Mad Ones

Denver, CO

Toronto, ON

West Toronto, ON

1087 Queen W 484 Queen W

After hours until 4 am

Revolver (France)

1214 Queen W

hideouT

After hours until 4 am

The LegendAry horSeShoe TAvern

Poor Young Things Toronto, ON

370 Queen W

Grand Rapids, MI

Special Guest

After hours until 4 am

Austin, TX

Toronto, ON

After hours until 4 am A Primitive Evolution

After hours until 4 am

Toronto, ON

Lee’S PALACe

After hours until 4 am

529 Bloor W

Lee’S PALACe

LoT 100

100A Ossington

mod CLuB TheATre

July Talk 9:30-10:10 pm Gentlemen Husbands 10:30-11:10 pm Matt Mays 11:30 pm-1:10 am Special Guest 1:30-2:10 am Nick Reynoldson 8:30-8:40 pm Jon Mick 8:40-8:50 pm Mike Rita 8:50-9 pm Rhiannon Archer 9-9:10 pm Eric Andrews 9:10-9:20 pm Matt O Brien 9:20-9:30 pm Rebecca Kohler 9:30-9:40 pm K. Trevor Wilson 9:40-10:10 pm Twitter Gong Show 10:40-10:50 pm Twitter Gong Show 10:50-11 pm Twitter Gong Show 11-11:10 pm Twitter Gong Show 11:10-11:20 pm Twitter Gong Show 11:20-11:30 pm Twitter Gong Show 11:30-11:40 pm Twitter Gong Show 11:40 pm-12 am KOVAK A Friend In London Platinum Blonde Brighton, UK

722 College

monArCh TAvern 12 Clinton

Copenhagen, Denmark

Toronto, ON

Hugh Oliver

The Stanleys

Chris Velan

Red Nightfall

Little Brave

Suzy Wilde

Toronto, ON

Perth, Australia

Montreal, QC

Toronto, ON

Austin, TX

Toronto, ON

The Mountain, The Forest, The Earth

Stereoptical

Melissa Cameron

London, ON

Toronto, ON

The Breezes

Young Liars

Revolver (France)

Dinosaur Dinosaur

Plateau Mont-Royal, QC

Vancouver, BC

Paris, France

Toronto, ON

Nicholas Doubleyou & the B-Squad

noW Lounge 189 Church

London , ON

The Tudors

The PAinTed LAdy 218 Ossington

rAnCho reLAxo 300 College

redPATh STAge hArBourfronT

6. COMEDY RECORDS PRESENTS: RAW & HARD: Barry Taylor 2-2:10 am Desiree Lavoy 2:10-2:20 am Mike McGregor 2:20-2:30 am The Dick Mime 2:30-2:40 am Darren Frost 2:40-2:50 am Aaron Berg 2:50-3 am Rick & Chuck 3-3:20 am After hours until 4 am

Woodbridge South, ON

TBA

Paul Price & the Company

Amity Beach

Broken Bricks

The Dying Arts

The Fabulous Yawn

The Sour Notes

Meanwood

Grand Bend, ON

Toronto, ON

Austin, TX

Toronto, ON

After hours until 4 am Different Skeletons Toronto, ON

To Tell The Tale 1-1:40 pm Masia One 2-2:40 pm The People Of Canada 3-3:20 pm Gregory Pepper & His Problems 3:30-4 pm Alphabot! 4:15-5 pm Jumple 5:15-6 pm

235 Queens Quay W

rivoLi

332 Queen W

Shane Murphy

The Deer Tracks

Sara Johnston

Holly McNarland

Peasant

Montreal, QC

Gävle, Sweden

Montreal, QC

Toronto, ON

Philadelphia, PA

After hours until 4 am

The roCheSTer

This Hisses

Deadly Hopefuls

Chang-A-Lang

Non Stop Girls

Changing Modes

Peter Kernel

423 College

Winnipeg, MB

Toronto, ON

Brooklyn, NY

Agno, Switzerland

SiLver doLLAr room

Dutch Toko

Cellphone

Mac DeMarco

Ell V Gore

Prince Innocence

Bleached

Automelodi

Kontravoid

Guelph, ON

Toronto, ON

Montreal, QC

Toronto, ON

Los Angeles, CA

Montreal, QC

Toronto, ON

The SiSTer

Tyler Ellis

The Marrieds

Josh Geddis

BEAMS

The Heavy Horses

1554 Queen W

Toronto, ON

London, ON

Bayfield, ON

Toronto, ON

Wonderful Diving Horses

SneAky dee’S

Changing Modes

Bzaryn

Bloodhouse

Indian Wars

Connoisseurs Of Porn

Teen Tits Wild Wives

Brooklyn, NY

Toronto, ON

Halifax, NS

Vancouver, BC

Toronto, ON

Wunderstrands

The Ascot Royals

The Honeyrunners

486 Spadina

431 College

SuPermArkeT

Vancouver, BC

Toronto, ON

Hamilton, ON

Toronto, ON

veLveT underground

The Flow

Clear Soul Forces

Vibonics

Ain’t No Love

510 Queen W

Toronto, ON

Detroit, MI

Toronto, ON

Montreal, QC

WrongBAr

Daughn Gibson

Dirtymags

Doldrums

Ceremony

Rival Schools

Killer Mike

Philedalphia, PA

Toronto, ON

Rohnert Park, CA

New York, NY

Atlanta, GA

268 Augusta

1279 Queen W

yonge dundAS SquAre Yonge and Dundas

Brews Willis

Special Guest

Toronto, ON

DJ Mr. Jonathan Toubin New York, NY

After hours until 4 am

The Burning Boyz 12-12:40 pm Brasstronaut 1-1:40 pm Parlovr 2-2:40 pm Ceremony 3-3:40 pm Art Vs Science 4-4:40 pm Hollerado 5-5:40 pm Oberhofer 6-6:40 pm of Montreal 7-7:40 pm Portugal. The Man 8-8:40 pm The Flaming Lips 9-11 pm

1 MOOKLIFE 2 WE ARE BUSY BODIES 3 POP MONTREAL 4 COLLECTIVE CONCERT PRESENTS 5 COMEDY RECORDS PRESENTS 6 COMEDY RECORDS PRESENTS: RAW & HARD 7 TWO WAY MONOLOGUES 8 LONGBOARD 4 KIDS /NXNE 9 NEXT / PRETTY PRETTY / NOW MAGAZINE 10 DOSE 11 AGENCY GROUP 12 CONVERSE 13 SPINNER.CA

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Converse presents

Sirius XM presents

Daps Records presents

OdOnIs OdOnIs

w/ Phédre, Beta Frontiers, Hellaluya, Times Neue Roman Sneaky Dee’s, Friday, June 15 Lixar presents

presents

LuMiNeErS

w/ Young Empires, CATL, Fast Romantics Horseshoe, Saturday, June 16

WiDoWsPeAk

Garrison, Friday, June 15 w/ Daughn Gibson, Yamantaka//Sonic Titan, Peter Kernal, Doldrums

Converse presents

yOuNg mAgIc

w/ Purity Ring, The Hundred In The Hands, Moon King, EXITMUSIC, Bowly

kIlLeR mIkE

hAyEs cArLl

w/ Steve Hill, July Talk, The Heartbroken

w/ DJ Mr Jonathan Toubin, Rival Schools, Ceremony, Doldrums, Daughn Wrongbar, Saturday, June 16

Wrongbar, Thursday, June 14

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GeT WrIsTbAnDs FrOm NxNe.CoM &:

Horseshoe, Wednesday, June 13

Sonic Boom 512 Bloor St. W | Soundscapes 572 College St. | Rotate This 801 Queen St. W | Kops Records 229 Queen St. W Play de Record 357 Yonge St | Sunrise Records (3 locations): 336 Yonge St; 784 Yonge St; Sheppard Centre at Yonge/Sheppard T.O. Tix Yonge-Dundas Square | NFB Mediatheque 150 John St. | Long & McQuade (8 GTA locations, including Bloor/Ossington) Of A Kind 1037 College St. | NOW Magazine 189 Church St. | Queen Video (Film Festival only), 412 Queen St. W

MuSiC FrOm 8Pm–4Am

CA N A DA 11–17, 2012 | TOROS AnNDTO TiCkEt InFo nXnE.com

At ThIs YeAr’S FeSt: MoRe BaNd

Exclaim.ca presents

eTeRnAl sUmMeRs

bRuIsE cRuIsE

w/ Mac DeMarco, Porcelain Raft, Beliefs Drake, Wednesday, June 13

w/ Bleached, Mac DeMarco, Teenanger, Hooded Fang Sat June 16th, Queens Quay West, 1pm

Arts & Crafts presents

Unknown Mortal Orchestra

zUlU wInTeR

record show sat, june 16 10am-4pm

hyatt regency, 370 king w. toronTo

NXNE.com

w/ Hooded Fang, Violens, Bran Van 3000, The Bright Light Social Hour

w/ Gold & Youth, Still Life Still, Bishop Morocco Rivoli, Thursday, June 14

Horseshoe, Thursday, June 14 Hand Drawn Dracula presents

Collective Concerts presents

Crosswires presents

aRcHeRs oF lOaF

w/ Metz

Phoenix, Saturday, June 16 | Limited NXNE passes, wristbands accepted

You’ve Changed Records presents

A PlAcE To BuRy StRaNgErS w/ Dusted, Rituals, Army Girls, Beliefs El Mocambo, Thursday, June 14

STARMAKER BW 15.09.06.eps

nADjA

w/ Black Paradise, Picastro

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w/ Daniel Romano, Marine Dreams, The Weather Station, The Great Hall - Lower Theatre, Thursday, June 14

Garrison, Sunday, June 17

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Untold City/NEXT presents

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Collective Concerts presents

action bronson

w/ DJ Walla P, Tommy Kruise, Full Course, Loe Pesci, CeasRock, Drake, Saturday, June 16 Converse presents

bleached

matt mays

w/ The Archives, The Sphinxs, Pow Wows, Hands & Teeth, GROUNDERS, Plant Creature Silver Dollar, Thursday, June 14

w/ July Talk, Gentleman Husbands

Lee’s Palace, Saturday, June 16 | Limited NXNE passes, wristbands accepted

Comedy Records presents

nXne comedy

w/ Desiree Lavoy, Debra Digiovanni, Trevor Boris, Twitter Gong Show, The Boom Various venues, June 13–17

Bass drum of death

w/ The Men, Metz, The Death Set, Uncle Bad Touch, DZ Deathrays, First You Get The Sugar Wrongbar, Friday, June 15

SESAC presents

friends

We Are Busy Bodies presents

limblifter

w/ Neon Windbreaker, Les Breastfeeders, Shellshag, Our Brother The Native, International Zombies Of Love El Mocambo, Saturday, June 16

Panache presents

w/ DIIV, Oberhofer, 2:54, Zulu Winter, John Maus

Grass WidoW

w/ The Men, The Black Belles, Mac DeMarco, Idiot Glee Garrison, Thursday, June 14

reiGninG sound

w/ Andre Williams & The Sadies, No Sinner, The Black Belles, The Coppertone, Bidiniband Lee’s Palace, Friday, June 15

Horseshoe, Friday, June 15

blacKie

w/ Ivan Julian, Dearly Beloved, The Two Koreas, The Dead Bent, Stolenowners Velvet Underground, Friday, June 15

the music never stops as loads of venues are legally serving until 4am. look out for surprise special guest performanaces, dance parties and general debauchery. 64

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NxNe tAkEs oVeR dOwNtOwN Yonge-Dundas Square, June 14–17

fReE aLl-aGeS oUtDoOr cOnCeRtS tHuRsDaY, jUnE 14 presented by

fRiDaY, jUnE 15 presented by

bAd rElIgIoN 9pm Good Riddance 8pm | No Use For A Name 7pm Slaves On Dope 6pm | Trouble Andrew 5pm

mAtThEw gOoD 9:30pm Plants And Animals 8:30pm | Eight And A Half 7:30pm

sAtUrDaY, jUnE 16

sUnDaY, jUnE 17

ThE FlAmInG LiPs 9pm

RaEKwOn & GhOsTfAcE KiLlAh 9pm

presented by

Portugal. The Man 8pm of Montreal 7pm | Oberhofer 6pm

Hollerado 5pm | Art Vs Science 4pm | Ceremony 3pm Parlovr 2pm | Brasstronaut 1pm | The Burning Boyz 12pm

InDiE MuSiC MaRkEt • merch from NXNE artists on-site • NXNE wristband sales & pickup • gaming stations on-site

Celebrating independent music and creativity

• chances to win a speaker/amp system from Planet of Sound

presented by

Killer Mike 8pm Action Bronson 7pm | Tre Mission 6pm Tasha The Amazon 5pm

mOoSeHeAd bEeR gArDeN

Cold beer. Hot food. And the best view of Toronto’s hottest stage. Daily 12 noon - 11pm

Funding provided by the Government of Ontario NOW JUNE 7-10 2012

nxne film festival $50 full-festival wristband gets you no cover access to all nxne music shows and film screenings.

4:00pm | NFB

ThUrsday, jUNe 14

Letting Go

7:00pm | royal ciNema

D: Cameron McKenzie, 8 mins Short film about a tough-minded girl who goes through different stages of grief.

Film Festival only wristband $25. single screening $10

Been Good To Know Yuh

D: Corey Brandenstein, 24 mins, Canadian Premiere Plagued by a degenerative neurological disease and facing his own mortality, America’s Father of Folk Music, Woody Guthrie, relives a handful of life-shaping occurrences while waiting for his closest friend, Cisco Houston, to show up for one last drink.

monday, June 11 5:30pm | NFB

Genius Within: The Inner Life Of Glenn Gould

D: Peter Raymont 117 mins An unprecedented array of new footage of Gould reconstructs his thoughts on music, art, society, love, and life. 8:00pm | NFB

Come On – Preacher’s Son

D: Vittoria Colonna Di Stigliano, 3 mins, Canadian Premiere A gorgeous renegade bride hits a notorious Dublin inner-city pub in this music video for the Irish folk rock band.

Happily Dysfunctional: The Story of Transistor 66 Records

D: Steve Ward, 26 mins The story of Art MacIntyre and the happily dysfunctional family that comprises Transistor 66 Records: a candid, intimate portrayal of an uncompromising soul accustomed to fighting for others in the pursuit of artistic purity.

Going Deaf For Nothing – The Story of A Rock N’ Roll Band

D: Susana Halfon, 48 mins, World Premiere The music business as seen through the life of a real band, a primer on Music 101 and a must-see for anyone interested in music, rock ‘n’ roll, and 25-year-old piss.

tuesday, June 12 4:00pm | NFB

Randy Parsons: American Luthier

D: David Peckhammer, 8 mins A short about Jack White’s guitar maker, with arrangements by Michael Chorney, producer of two of Anais Mitchell’s albums.

Dan’s Chelsea Guitars: A Neighborhood Music Store For The Whole World D: Daniel Ferry, 30 mins, Daniel Ferry in attendance, World Premiere An exploration of the tiny, iconic Manhattan guitar shop, its interesting visitors, and the reality of running a small business in NYC.

Persecution Blues: The Battle for The Tote D: Natalie van den Dungen, 57 mins, Canadian Premiere In 2010 the iconic Tote Hotel – last bastion of Melbourne’s vibrant music counterculture – was unfairly forced to close. This film follows the struggle of 20,000 fans on the front line of an epic-scale culture war. 6:00pm | NFB

Bring On The Mountain

D: The Diamond Bros, 92 mins A documentary on Toronto’s premier hard rockers, Danko Jones: “It’s a long way to the top if you want to rock and roll“. Danko Jones takes this mantra to heart and lives the words like gospel delivered from the rock and roll temple. 8:00pm | NFB

Disposable Film Festival 2012 Competitive Shorts

D: Carlton Evans, Carlton Evans in attendance. 90 mins Celebration of democratization of cinema made possible by new, inexpensive video technology, promoting experimentation and innovation of a new generation of filmmakers entering and changing the industry.

wednesday, June 13 1:00pm | NFB

Come On – Preacher’s Son REPEAT See Monday, June 11

Happily Dysfunctional: The Story of Transistor 66 Records REPEAT See Monday, June 11

Going Deaf For Nothing -The

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Irvine Welsh’s Ecstasy

D: Tolga H. Yuceil, 33 mins, Canadian Premiere Tolga H. Yuceil, Kaan M. Yuceil in attendance The man tries to kill himself. Every time he tries it, an angel keeps him from doing so, by showing him the simple pleasures in life. Little does he know that he has a purpose in life.

D: Rob Heydon, 105 mins

Ecstasy is a dark romantic comedy based on the controversial book (a bestseller in over 20 countries) by Irvine Welsh. The film combines Welsh’s provocative characters and superb storytelling with shocking thrills and dark comedy, taking us on a journey into a crafty, drug-fuelled contemporary satire on modern culture. Shot in Sault Ste. Marie and Toronto, as well as Scotland and Amsterdam, the film follows a romance between Lloyd and Heather against a background of clubbing and drug dealing. Lloyd’s emotional experience is at the heart of this film; every step he takes leads him deeper into the secret world of his faith and love, forcing him to confront himself and his own beliefs and prejudices. Using hand-held cameras, mixing up drama and real life, shooting fast to capture performance and the everchanging light, the film reflects the hypnotic essence of life that young people face today.

Preceeded by Cassini Mission D: Chris Abbas, 2 mins

The imagery captured by the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft is re-imagined in this ode to man’s boundless curiosity.

Story of A Rock N’ Roll Band REPEAT D: Susana Halfon, 48 mins, World Premiere See Monday, June 11 3:00pm | NFB My Hometown

D: Jerry Levitan, Terry Tompkins, 7 mins, Canadian Public Premiere, Jerry Levitan in attendance. Written and narrated by Yoko Ono, produced and directed by Jerry Levitan and Emmy-winning Terry Tompkins.

I Met The Walrus

D: Josh Raskin, 5 mins, Josh Raskin in attendance. Recounts the 1969 interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono by a 14-year-old, who snuck in to a hotel room in Toronto armed with a reel-to-reel tape recorder.

Amos The Transparent – Sure As The Weather: Making A Music Video

D: Gavin Michael Booth, 14 mins, World Premiere A behind-the-scenes glimpse into Ottawa band Amos The Transparent and their crew’s efforts to achieve a single-take music video.

The Ballad Of Danko Jones

D: The Diamond Bros, 24 mins In the high pressure world of rock and roll a wrong move can turn deadly. The boys have made a crucial error and are left fighting for their lives. 4:30m | NFB

Somebody That I Used To Know – Animal Nation

D: Garnet Clare, 6 mins, Garnet Clare & Mike Armitage in attendance Beautifully shot short film has the group making house in a run-down ex-mining village “ghost town.”

Ages And Stages: The Story Of The Meligrove Band D: Brendan McCarney, 89 mins Raw but heartening look at the frustrations of one of the best but most overlooked bands in Canada over the course of some colossal bad luck, legal wrangling and the ever-present feeling that it might just be time to hang it up.

Friday, June 15

Short video metaphor about addictions and the price of technology.

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Embracing Voices: The Woman Behind The Music Of Jane Bunnett

D: Elisa Paloschi, 70 mins, World premiere, Elisa Paloschi and Jane Bunnett in attendance. Multiple Juno award winner, Grammy nominee, recipient of the Order of Canada, jazz luminary Jane Bunnett, came back after facing depression, and the fear that she would never be able to make music again. The film follows Jane’s personal and musical journey from Ontario to Cuba, as she produces her most ambitious CD to date. The final Juno winning recording is more than just a jazz album. It is a re-evaluation and reflection on her life and a tribute to the people that enable her to reconnect with her music.

thursday, June 14 12:30pm | NFB

Polaroid Song

D: Alphonse Giorgi, 19 mins, Canadian Premiere In 1991, Lise is 18. The Gulf War ends, the USSR collapses, Nirvana takes over the charts and three girls create the rock band Periodink.

Down: Indie Rock In The PRC

D: Andrew Field/Judy Willmont, 50 mins, Canadian Premiere, Andrew Field and Judy Willmont in attendence From underground clubs to outdoor concerts and festivals, Down documents the indie rock music scene in China today, touching on universal themes of youthful alienation and freedom of expression, while also highlighting the power of music to bring people together. 2:15pm | NFB

Fugitives: Wax Live

D: Shawn Thomsen, 31 mins, World Premiere Def Jam’s Wax arrived in Toronto to play a series of shows, only to be turned away at the border. Watch as he’s literally smuggled into the country.

KMS – Jewish Negroes

D: Moran Ifergan, 48 mins, Canadian Premiere The reality of a black generation trying to find their identity in “white Israel,” told through the eyes of rappers KMS.

My Father And The Man In Black

D: Jonathan Holiff, 89 mins, Canadian Premiere Jonathan Holiff in attendance Written and directed by the son of Johnny Cash’s former manager, this film brings together rare footage and eyewitness accounts of the late star - and will likely rewrite much of the history books.

saturday June 16 1:00pm | NFB

My Hometown REPEAT See Wednesday, June 13

Letting Go REPEAT

D: Theodore Ushev, 3 mins This metaphorical surrealist tale is an allusion, a trip into memory and current realities.

Once In A Lullaby: The PS22 Chorus Story

Bring On The Mountain

Addictions D: Giovanni Bucci, 2 mins

D: Gorman Bechard, 89 mins Gorman Bechard in attendance Combining in-your-face concert footage along with rare interviews of the band, this film captures the energy and excitement of these indie rock icons’ reunion tour shows. 7:00pm | TUc

12:30pm | NFB

Nightingales In December

Writer Irvine Welsh will be in attendance

What Did You Expect? The Archers Of Loaf Live At Cat’s Cradle

See Tuesday, June 12 2:30pm | NFB

Sudden Flashes Of Light

D: Santiago Ruiz, 8 mins A film on the piano that features Serhiy Salov’s virtuoso performance and interpretations of “Fetes” from Nocturnes by Claude Debussy.

Inside The Perfect Circle: The Odyssey Of Joel Thome D: Chris Pepino, 60 mins, World Premiere, Chris Pepino, Martha Mooke (musician) & Joel Thome in attendance A documentary about Grammy Award-winner and Pulitzer Prize-nominated composer (and Picasso and Zappa collaborator) Joel Thome. 3:00pm | TUc

Så Jävla Metal – The History Of Swedish Hard Rock And Heavy Metal D: Yasin Hillborg, 109 mins, Canadian Premiere Follow the personalities who’ve made the Swedish hard rock and metal scene what it is today: a long and winding road that they’ve been wandering for the last 40-odd years. preceeded by

Dead Weight – Famous Underground

D: Nick Walsh, 4 mins Music video from Toronto metal warriors Famous Underground. 4:30pm | NFB

Misguided – Jennifer Castle

D: Ilse Kramer, 2 mins Two hands move together and apart in an expression of lyrics by Jennifer Castle from her album Castlemusic.

Rising Above The Blues

D: Yoon-ha Chang, 89 mins, Canadian Premiere, Ralf Kemper (Producer), Donna Hall (Producer) & Yoon-ha Chang in attendance 85-year-old singer Jimmy Scott has had a profound influence on the world of jazz and pop but was never recognized by a wider audience. Take a musical journey with a man who never gave up hoping and dreaming. A moving life story. 5:15pm | TUc

Ghostface Killah & Toronto’s Apollo Kids

D: Jeff “Vargas” Vallejo, Approx. 80 mins The Wu-Tang veteran takes to the stage in Toronto – footage interspersed with him sharing his story with local Toronto youth from Parkdale. 6:30pm | NFB

Wait For Amateur – Chris Connelly

D: Shayna Connelly, 2 mins The pop-art ennui of a stereotypically disengaged game show hostess posing for an unseen audience.

See Thursday, June 14

D: Jonathan Kalafer, 85 mins, Canadian Premiere Feel-good documentary following a New York school choir – made famous from YouTube clips - from rehearsals through to their big performance as the closing act at the 2011 Academy Awards ceremony. 3:00pm | NFB

Jim Talks

D: Jackson Fishauf, 4 mins, World Premiere Short about venerable Toronto-based fine art photographer Jim Allen.

Memphis Psychosis

D: Kristine Hipps, 9 mins, Canadian Premiere Mick Farren’s story of a trip to Graceland gone hellishly and hilariously wrong due to a handful of pills purchased in the restroom of a Denny’s.

The Ballad Of Hugh

D: Marco DiFelice, 63 mins, World Premiere Follow poet, musician, novelist and sculptor Hugh Oliver in this heart-warming, inspirational documentary that sheds a hopeful, lyrical light on the realities of age. 5:00pm | NFB

The Light That Died In My Arms

D: Alan Foreman, 2 mins, Canadian Premiere New York is a thousand miles of wire away.

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D: Kieran Turner, 103 mins The unbelievable story of the first openly gay rock star - Jobriath – who was excommunicated from the music business and became an early casualty of AIDS but is now acknowledged as a groundbreaking artist. 7:00pm | NFB

Hole In The World

D: George Metaxas, 3 mins The end of the world has elapsed, a few humans remain, and a group of survivors in Sydney, Australia gather for a jam session in the ruins of the world.

Slaughter Nick For President

D: Rob Stewart, Liza Vespi and Marc Vespi, 72 mins, World Premiere Rob Stewart, Liza Vespi & Marc Vespi in attendance This film examines how actor Rob Stewart inexplicably became a symbol of freedom during the Serbian protests which led to the overthrow of Slobodan Milosevic, all through an otherwise long-forgotten TV role.

sunday, June 17 12:30pm | NFB

Hole In The World REPEAT See Saturday, June 16

Slaughter Nick For President REPEAT See Saturday, June 16 2:30pm | NFB Letting Go REPEAT See Thursday, June 14

My Father And The Man In Black REPEAT See Friday, June 15

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Bénédicte Décary and François Papineau star in multimedia La Belle Et La Bête, a Luminato highlight.

Confronting the Israeli pioneer By KATHLEEN SMITH SADEH21 choreography by Ohad Naharin. Presented by the Batsheva Dance Company and Luminato at the MacMillan Theatre (80 Queen’s Park). Opens June 14 and runs to June 16, Thursday-Saturday 8 pm. $35-$85. luminato.com.

Belle of the ball

Beauty And The Beast tale gets a magical modern update By JON KAPLAN LA BELLE ET LA BÊTE created by Michel Lemieux, Victor Pilon and Pierre-Yves Lemieux, translated by Maureen Labonté, with Diane D’Aquila, Bénédicte Décary, Stéphane Demers and Anne-Marie Cadieux. Presented by Lemieux Pilon 4D Art and Luminato at the Bluma Appel (27 Front East). Opens Friday (June 8) and runs to Tuesday (June 12), Friday-Saturday and Monday-Tuesday 7:30 pm, matinees Saturday 2 pm and Sunday 3 pm. $49-$99. 416-368-4849, luminato.com. don’t look for anything disneyfied in La Belle Et La Bête, Lemieux Pilon 4D Art’s contemporary retelling of the tale in which a troubled woman and a disfigured man discover love’s redemptive power. That modern element also figures in the presentational style: creator/ directors Michel Lemieux and Victor Pilon have live performers interact with characters created through virtual reality. “Jean Cocteau, in his 40s film La Belle Et La Bête, introduced us to the possibility of having the traditional French fairy tale make a different sort of statement,” says Lemieux from the company’s Montreal studio. “[Our production] isn’t a tribute or an adaptation of Cocteau, but something quite original.” In this telling, written by PierreYves Lemieux, Belle is a painter whose father withdraws emotionally

when her mother dies in a car accident; she uses art to try to make sense of her world. The man is another grief-stricken figure, one who fears intimacy. He’s turned into a beast when he unintentionally scars himself. The script’s third character is La Dame, a figure from an early French version of the story. Here, she’s the narrator, an older woman who becomes the man’s protector after his parents’ deaths and harbours an unspoken love for him. “Our first question when we started working was what themes to address,” recalls Pilon, who’s collaborated with Lemieux since the 90s. “We decided to explore appearance and what lies beneath the surface. “Is it possible, especially in today’s world, to fall in love with the soul rather than the person we see? Given the virtual reality we live with every day on the internet and various electronic media, how do we sort out reality from fantasy?” Despite the fantasy element inherent in fairy tales, the two artists say the narratives we hear in childhood are key to understanding the world. “Bedtime stories like La Belle Et La Bête are part of our DNA, and not just intended for youngsters,” muses Lemieux. “The psychological and emotional weight they carry are part of the way we live and function in life. “In this tale especially, which deals

with what we see and what’s hidden underneath, it’s appropriate that we not only talk about appearance but also use it, use the imagery we create onstage, to show how it conditions us to view other people.” That imagery is pretty impressive. Check out the online clips at 4dart.com/ home.html in which a horse gallops across the stage, a young man fights with an earlier version of himself, characters have virtual sex and La Dame reveals her inner desires. “The hard part isn’t filming the virtual reality – it’s having the actors interact and play with what’s invisible to them,” admits Pilon. “When the actors believe in what they’re doing, so will the audience.” “We really need the live performers, not just the technology,” agrees Lemieux. “Our job is to use the latter without turning the actors into machines. “In the end, it’s not about having the actors and the virtual world working side by side, but instead collaborating in an integrated fashion. The result isn’t pure theatre, pure cinema or pure design, but rather a multiplication of those various arts to create a sense of wonder.” 3

the thought of doing a phone interview with Ohad Naharin, choreographer and artistic director of Israel’s Batsheva Dance Company, is, frankly, intimidating. Naharin has a reputation for being reserved and politely circumspect with the media. A pioneer of contemporary dance, he’s carved out a space for the form in a volatile region of the world that might have more urgent things on its mind than art. His dances, though not overtly political, are not shy about confronting human realities, and are loved and sometimes vilified by audiences and critics around the world. When Naharin curtly asks me to call back in five the first time I try to connect with him long distance to Tel Aviv, I get even more nervous. Turns out what I’d heard about him is true, but Naharin is also playful and compassionate, just like some of his best work – Anaphaza (2003) and Hora (2009), for example, which include comic references to everything from Jewish orthodoxy to dance history. “We take what we do very seriously,” he tells me. “But we do not take ourselves too seriously.” Humour and pleasure are essential to his process, yet Naharin’s dances can have moments of violence or sorrow as well. His newest Batsheva work, Sadeh21 (Field

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21), has already played to rave reviews in Jerusalem and Hamburg; it was co-commissioned by Luminato, so Naharin is especially excited about bringing it to Toronto. By all accounts, its barrage of movement by 18 dancers leaves audiences feeling at once sorrowful and exhilarated. If Sadeh21 achieves the same effect as Naharin’s other master works, it will be largely due to those dancers, whom he credits as co-creators of the piece. “I was free to mix, use them or not,” he says, “but a lot of the ingredients came from the dancers.” What makes the work very special for Naharin is the degree to which those raw ingredients are blended with his own obsession with coherency in form. “It’s never one without the other.” His deep commitment to exploring and playing with movement as a group has also informed Gaga, which has nothing to do with the Lady but is a movement language system he’s been developing with his dancers over many years. “It has a lot to do with things I discovered about how I wanted to take care of my body,” says the 60-yearold artist. “It’s demanding, but it’s always done with lots of [attention] to where you hurt. I don’t allow the dancers to work with pain, for example – only the burning-muscle kind. They learn how to listen to the scope of their senses to heal their body, strengthen their body, free their body. There’s a lot of pleasure in that.” The company leads a workshop in Gaga for non-dancers over the age of 18 on June 16 at the Parkdale library branch. It’s free, but space is limited; register at 416-393-7686. 3 stage@nowtoronto.com

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Opening lThe AlphA projecT (Luminato). British ma-

gician Banachek performs psychokinesis, telepathy, hypnotism and more. Jun 8-10, FriSat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $35-$45. Fleck Dance Theatre, 207 Queens Quay W. 416-368-4849, luminato.com. BedTime STorieS by Norm Foster (Drayton Entertainment). Six vignettes about searching for love look at human nature in this comedy. Opens Jun 13 and runs to Jun 30, TueSun (see website for times). $40, previews $32, stu $20. St Jacobs Country Playhouse, 40 Benjamin E, Waterloo. 1-888-372-9866, draytonentertainment.com.

Belle eT lA BêTe: A coNTemporAry reTelliNg by Michel Lemieux and ñ Victor Pilon (Luminato/Lemieux Pilon 4D llA

Art). Theatre, film, dance, visual art, poetry, music and sound are used to tell an archetypal story of the redemptive power of love (see story, page 67). Opens Jun 8 and runs to Jun 12, Fri-Sat and Mon-Tue 7:30 pm, mat Sat 2 pm, Sun 3 pm. $49-$99. Bluma Appel Theatre, 27 Front E. 416-368-4849, luminato.com/events/belle. cABAreT by Joe Masteroff, John Kander and Fred Ebb (CATS Mainstage Theatre Company). An American writer falls for a nightclub singer in Nazi-era Berlin. Jun 7-10, Thu-Sat 7:30 pm, mat Sat-Sun 1:30 pm. $30, stu $15. Theatre Passe Muraille, 16 Ryerson. 416-504-7529, catsmainstage.com. lThe cheAT (Luminato). Blind performer Richard Turner performs card tricks and more. Opens Jun 11 and runs to Jun 14, Mon 5:30 pm, Tue-Thu 7:15 pm. Free. TIFF Bell Lightbox, 350 King W, RBC Lobby. luminato.com. edwArd BoNd FeSTivAl (Sheep No Wool Theatre Company). Playwright Edward Bond will attend this exploration of his work and vision. Events include a symposium, an interactive workshop presentation of Have I None, a reading series and a student showcase. Opens Jun 12 and runs to Jun 20, see website for schedule and locations. Workshop presentation $20, other events pwyc. edwardbondfestival.wordpress.com. leiNSTeiN oN The BeAch by Robert Wilson and Philip Glass (Luminato/Pomegranate Arts). This opera in four acts blends music, poetry and abstract dance to create a dreamlike experience. Jun 8-10, Fri-Sat 6 pm, Sun 3 pm. $25-$175. Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, 1 Front E. 416-368-4849, luminato.com/ events/einstein. hoTBed hoTel by Michael Parker (Upper Canada Playhouse). Hotel staff pose as guests to lure a buyer for the rundown property in this comedy. Previews Jun 7-8. Opens Jun 9 and runs to Jul 1, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat-Sun and Wed 2 pm. $32, stu/srs $28, previews $21. 12320 County Road 2, Morrisburg. 1-877-5503650, uppercanadaplayhouse.com.

llAurA’S cow: The legeNd oF lAurA Secord by Errol Gay and Michael Patrick Albano (Luminato/Canadian Children’s Opera Company). This opera for all ages celebrates the myth and the reality of an iconic Canadian

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heroine. Previews to Jun 7, Wed-Thu 10 am and Wed 1 pm. Opens Jun 7 and runs to Jun 10, Thu-Sun 7:30 pm, mats Sat-Sun 2 pm. $35, srs $20, stu $15. Enwave Theatre, 231 Queens Quay W. 416-368-4849, luminato.com/ events/laura. lAwreNce ANd hollomAN by Morris Panych (Scrim for Rent Productions). A suicidal loser meets a happy-go-lucky salesman in this dark comedy. Opens Jun 11 and runs to Jun 21, Mon-Sat 8:30 pm. $20. Winchester Kitchen & Bar, 51A Winchester. brownpapertickets.com/ event/252450.

The lAwyer Show: much Ado ABouT NoThiNg by William Shakespeare (Nightwood The-

atre). Toronto lawyers perform the classic romance comedy in this funder for Nightwood. Jun 7-9, Thu-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. $55. Berkeley Street Theatre, 26 Berkeley. 416944-1740 ext 5, nightwoodtheatre.net. The loyAliSTS (Single Thread Theatre Company). This site-specific ensemble creation allows the audience to experience life under American occupation, as it was in 1813 Toronto. Opens Jun 7 and runs to Jun 22, TueSun 7 and 9 pm, mat Sat 5 pm. $25. Victoria Memorial Square, Wellington W at Portland, (meet at 520 Wellington). singlethread.ca.

moNologueS For STruggliNg AcTreSSeS AgeS 19 To 36 by Keelan Fiorillo (FTG Produc-

tions). This play takes a comedic look at the unique challenges that are faced by female performers. Jun 10-11 at 8 pm. $13. Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander. fulltimeglamour@gmail.com. much Ado ABouT NoThiNg by William Shakespeare (Bard in the Park). The classic romantic comedy is performed outdoors. Bring a blanket. Opens Jun 12 and runs to Jun 17, Tue-Sat 7 pm, mat Sat-Sun 2 pm. Pwyc. Kew Gardens, 2075 Queen E, Bandshell. 416691-1113 ext 224. murder AT The oAkwood reSorT by Ron Clark and Sam Bobrick (Drayton Entertainment). A woman, her husband and their dentist get caught up in a love triangle in this suspense-comedy. Opens Jun 12 and runs to Jun 23, Tue-Sat (see website for times). $40, previews $32, stu $20. Playhouse II, 70689 B Line, Grand Bend. 1-888372-9866, draytonentertainment.com. NexT To NormAl by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey (Clearwater Theatre Company). A woman struggles with bipolar disorder and the effect of her illness on her family in this musical. Previews Jun 7. Opens Jun 8 and runs to Jun 17, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat-Sun 2:30 pm, Wed 1:30 pm. $25, stu/srs $20, preview $15, rush $12 (Fri & Sun). Tarragon Theatre, 30 Bridgman. 416531-1827, clearwatertheatre.com. lplAyiNg cArdS 1: SpAdeS by Sylvio Arriolo, Tony Guilfoyle, Sophie Martin, Roberto Mori and others (Luminato/Ex Machina). A deck of cards is the framework for director Robert Lepage’s cross-cultural exploration of war. Opens Jun 13 and runs to Jun 17, Wed-Sat 7:30 pm, Sun 2 pm. $45-$90. Joey and Toby Tanenbaum Opera Centre, 227 Front E. 416-368-4849, luminato.com/ events/spades. Top guN! The muSicAl by Denis McGrath and Scott White (Lower Ossington Theatre). A director tries to keep his musical adaptation of the film afloat in this revival of the 2002 Fringe Fest hit. Opens Jun 8 and runs to Jun 29, Thu-Sat 8 pm. $35. 100A Ossington. 416915-6747, lowerossingtontheatre.com. True rock by Jamie Lamb, Tim Evans and Mike Payne (Queen’s Players Toronto). Cast members and cultures clash when the CBC takes over American network NBC in this musical comedy. Opens Jun 7 and runs to Jun 16, ThuSat 8:30 pm. $20. Tranzac, 292 Brunswick. queensplayerstoronto.com.

Previewing hiS girl FridAy adapted by John Guare (Shaw Festival). This comedy is based on Howard Hawks’s 1940 film and Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur’s play The Front Page. Previews Jun 10-Jul 6. Opens Jul 7 and runs in rep to Oct 5. $35-$110, stu/srs mats $24-$45. Festival Theatre, 10 Queen’s Parade, Niagara-on-theLake. 1-800-511-7429, shawfest.com. TrouBle iN TAhiTi by Leonard Bernstein (Shaw Festival). This one-act opera looks at the 1950s American dream through the eyes of a seemingly perfect couple. Previews to Jul 6. Opens Jul 7 and runs in rep to Oct 7. $32. Court House Theatre, 26 Queen, Niagara-onthe-Lake. 1-800-511-7429, shawfest.com.

One-Nighters

Real-life couple Heather Ogden and Guillaume Côté play tragic lovers in Hamlet.

THE ELEpHANT MAN by Bernard Pomerance (Guelph Youth Theatre). This modern take on the story looks at insecurity and intolerance. $15, stu $10. Jun 8, 8 pm, at Guelph Youth Music Centre (75 Cardigan, Guelph); Jun 9, 4 pm, at Conrad Centre (36 King W, Kitchener). kwyouththeatre.com. I LovE AGING & I DoN’T WANT To QUIT by John Fraser (Bayshore Home Health). This comedic show about fearless aging and joyful living raises funds for the Trillium Health Centre’s Hospital Elder Life Program. Jun 9 at 1 pm. $20-$25. Port Credit Secondary School, 70 Mineola E, Mississauga. 416-456-9849. RoMEo AND JULIET by William Shakespeare (KW Youth Theatre). Young lovers are thwarted by their feuding families in the Bard’s classic romantic tragedy. Jun 9 at noon and 8 pm. $15, stu $10. Conrad Centre, 36 King W, Kitchener. kwyouththeatre.com. SpEAkEASy (Les Coquettes). The cabaret theatre company presents burlesque, music and more inspired by vintage NYC nightclubs in a dinner theatre show. Jun 10, doors 6 pm, show 8:15 pm. Dinner + show $105; show only $20-$50. Revival, 783 College. lescoquettes.com. SUMMERWoRkS LAUNcH pARTy (SummerWorks). This funder for the August theatre fest features performances by Nina Arsenault, Atomic Vaudevills, Birdtown & Swanville, Deborah Pearson and others. Jun 9, doors 8 pm. Pwyc. Mercer Union, 1286 Bloor W. summerworks.ca. THAT 60’S SHoW (Bellbottom Productions). This multimedia revue revives the music, fashion and culture of the 1960s. Jun 9 at 8 pm. $30-$60. The Music Hall, 147 Danforth. ticketmaster.ca.

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Dinner Theatre). This dinner-theatre whodunit features corporate back-stabbing and boardroom intrigue. Runs to Sep 15, Fri-Sat and some Thu; dinner from 6:30 pm, show 8 pm. $66-$71. 2026 Yonge. mysteriouslyyours.com. continued on page 70 œ

dance listings Opening BEASTIE BoyS BALLET – pART 1 Toronto Bud-

dhism presents dance by Smiling Flowers and MU-La Dancers in memory of Adam Yauch. Jun 9 at 3:30 pm. Free. Mel Lastman Square, 5100 Yonge. 416-604-5711.

cHRoMA/SoNG of A WAyfARER/ELITE SyNcopATIoNS The National Ballet of Canada pre-

sents choreographies by Wayne McGregor, Maurice Béjart and Sir Kenneth McMillan. Opens Jun 13 and runs to Jun 17, Wed-Sat 7:30 pm, mat Sat-Sun 2 pm. $25-$234. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen W. 416-345-9595, national.ballet.ca. pooR LIzA Show One Produtions and State Theatre of Nations present a dance-theatre piece based on Nikolay Karamzin’s story of seduction, betrayal and social conflict, choreographed by Alla Sigalova. Jun 13 at 8 pm. $55$115. John Bassett Theatre, 255 Front W. 416737-6785, showoneproductions.ca. ToRoNTo TANGo fESTIvAL Elizabeth Sadowska and Rhythm & Motion Dance Studio present a celebration of Argentine tango with workshops, practice sessions and performances. Jun 7-10, see website for schedule. $10-$30, workshops extra, passes available. Lithuanian House, 1573 Bloor W. 416-240-0808, torontotangofestival.com.

ToRoNTo’S oRIGINAL cHoREoGRApHER’S BALL – SUMMER EDITIoN thamovement presents an

urban dance showcase. Jun 10, doors 7:30 pm. $20-$25. Virgin Mobile Mod Club, 722 College. 647-477-5225.

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sents Kevin O’Day’s adaptation of the Shakespeare play (see review, this page). Runs to Jun 10, Thu-Sat 7:30 pm, mats Thu and Sun 2 pm. $25-$234. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen W. 416-345-9595, national.ballet.ca. NNN (GS) 3

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Kevin O’Day’s ballet Hamlet attempts to render into movement the story and poetry of the greatest play in the English language. There are moments that work wonderfully, but to paraphrase another of the Bard’s works, O’Day’s vaulting ambition sometimes o’erleaps itself. The first half is terrific, beginning with the title character (Guillaume Côté, alternating in the role) on a bare stage in complete silence, contorting his body into shapes evoking his inner anguish. John King’s clangy, percussive score introduces the ghost of his father, which of course will set Hamlet’s whole revenge plot in motion. The ghost never reappears, but King’s musical motif for him does, suggesting a psychological take on the play rather than a naturalistic adaptation. Gertrude and Claudius’s wedding celebration has the violent feel of a tribal ritual. And Hamlet’s only joy – captured in a lyrical duet with Ophelia (Heather Ogden) – morphs into turmoil

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when he realizes she’s been sent to spy on him. Their second duet, with Hamlet flinging and kicking her away, is a powerful marriage of drama and dance. It’s a shame O’Day’s choreographic inspiration doesn’t stay at this high level. He’s especially undone in the melodramatic (and repetitive) second half. Claudius’s (Jiri Jelinek) guilt-ridden solo feels like a dancer improvising to that famous number from Flashdance; Polonius’s (Jonathan Renna) death is merely confusing; and the final duel scene resembles a pantomime. The biggest problem, however, is that O’Day’s Hamlet doesn’t evolve. Without the Bard’s language, he never becomes more than a spoiled boy who’s depressed and angry. Neither O’Day nor Côté renders him noble in his tragic fall. Still, there’s lots to enjoy in this North American premiere from the National Ballet. Along with King’s rich score, spectacularly played by the National Ballet Orchestra, Tatyana van Walsum’s sets – dominated by bone imagery and full of multiple doors – evoke a world of spying and intrigue. O’Day’s got lots of talent – the way Hamlet literally treats his friends Rosencrantz and Guildenstern like a pair of dogs is clever – but right now this ballet feels like an early draft of a potentially good work. The readiness is GLENN SUMI all.

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Mackwood (Out of the Box Productions). In a post-human world, insects find a copy of Puccini’s Tosca and attempt to perform it in order to learn about humankind (see review, page 70). Runs to Jun 10, Tue-Sat 7:30 pm, mat Sat (and Jun 10) 2 pm. $17-$25. Wychwood Barns, 76 Wychwood. 416-537-4191, outoftheboxproductions.ca. n (GS) DeAr WorlD by Jerry Herman, Jerome Lawrence and Robert E Lee (Civic Light Opera Company). An eccentric old lady stands up to a corporation and saves the world in this musical. Runs to Jun 9, Thu-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat-Sun 2 pm. $28. Fairview Library Theatre, 35 Fairview Mall. 416-755-1717, musictheatretoronto.com. the green Door CABAret SerieS (Lower Ossington Theatre). This series features cabaret performances by various artists. Runs to Jun 10, Fri-Sat see website for schedule and performers. $20-$30. 100A Ossington. lowerossingtontheatre.com/cabaret. home by David Storey (Soulpepper). Five people’s everyday chit-chat holds a world of secrets in Storey’s nuanced play, given a fine production by Soulpepper’s ensemble of actors directed by Albert Schultz. As we learn more about these characters, they develop an emotional richness both comic and touching. Runs to Jun 20, see website for schedule. $51-$68, stu $32; rush $22/stu $5. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 55 Mill. 416-866-8666, soulpepper.ca. nnnn (JK) the hypoChonDriAC by Molière (East Side Players). A man is obsessed with his imaginary ailments in this classic farce. Runs to Jun 9, Thu-Sat 8 pm. $20, stu $15. Papermill Theatre, 67 Pottery. 416-425-0917, eastsideplayers.ca. inSpirAto FeStivAl (Dominik Loncar). The annual festival of 10-minute plays presents works by Nina Ki, Robin Pond, Amina Henry, Greg Vovos, Nelson Yu, Stanley Toledo and others. Runs to Jun 10, Wed-Thu 7 and 9 pm, Fri 8 and 10 pm, Sat 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 pm, Sun Jun 10 finale at 2 pm. $12, four-show pass $38. Alumnae Theatre, 70 Berkeley. inspiratofestival.ca. Kim’S ConvenienCe by Ins Choi (Soulpepper). Choi’s groundbreaking script looks at a Korean-Canadian-run variety store in a rapidly changing Regent Park. Paul SunHyung Lee dominates the production as the street-smart, stern patriarch who wants his independent daughter (Esther Jun) to take over the business. Director Weyni Mengesha, working with Ken MacKenzie’s naturalistic set, brings out all the laughs and drama in a play that deserves to be open for business a long time. Runs to Jul 4, see website for schedule. $22-$68. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 55 Mill. 416-866-8666, soulpepper.ca. nnnnn (GS) loSt in yonKerS by Neil Simon (Harold Green Jewish Theatre). Simon’s funny and affecting play follows two brothers (Alessandro Costantini and Jesse Shimko) forced to spend nearly a year with their crusty grandmother (Marion Ross), who rules her family and business with an iron fist. Simon cleverly (if predictably) weaves one-liners with genuine pathos, and

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the cast is terrific, although Ross’s matriarch isn’t as frightening as she could be and her German Jewish accent wavers. Runs to Jun 10, Thu and Sat 8 pm, mat Sun 2 pm. $42.50$79.50. Jane Mallett Theatre, 27 Front E. 416-366-7723, hgjewishtheatre.com. nnn (GS) oDySSeo (Cavalia). This entertaining followup to 2003’s equine escapade Cavalia features some Cirque du Soleil glitz, a bit more hunky human flesh and some jaw-dropping production values. The horses are the stars, galloping, clearing fences and performing in unison, sometimes with brave riders jumping over them (and in one eye-popping case, under them). Runs to Jun 17, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat 3 pm, Sun 2 pm. $30-$120. White Big Top, 324 Cherry. 1-866-999-8111, cavalia. net. nnn (GS) pieCeS by Sarah Illiatovitch-Goldman (Cue6 Productions). This drama about a couple dealing with infidelity is presented with scenes in a different order each performance. While the story works out of order and the cast is first-rate (especially Rosemary Dunsmore), spotty dialogue and a two-hour run time hamper the hard-hitting emotional portions. Runs to Jun 9, Thu-Sat 8 pm. $20$30. Unit 102 Theatre, 376 Dufferin. cue6. ca. nnn (Jordan Bimm) rent by Jonathan Larson (Toronto Youth Theatre). Artists of NYC’s Lower East Side struggle to make ends meet in the shadow of the AIDS epidemic in this musical. Runs to Jun 16, Wed-Sun 8 pm, mat Sat 2 pm, Sun 4 pm. $45-$60. Lower Ossington Theatre, 100A Ossington. 416-915-6747, lowerossingtontheatre.com. SCript SCrAp (Steady State Theatre Project). This new works festival features workshops and readings of plays by Liam Morris, Jessica Moss, Jiv Parasram, Adam Barrett, Lara Stoke and others. Runs to Jun 9, Thu-Sat from 6:30 to 10 pm. Pwyc. Free Times Cafe, 320 College. steadystatetheatre.wordpress.com. WAr horSe based on a novel by Michael Morpurgo, adapted by Nick Stafford (National Theatre of Great Britain/Mirvish). The story’s familiar – boy gets horse, boy loses horse, etc – but the stagecraft on display in War Horse is like nothing else. Handspring Puppet Company’s equines come to life with Rae Smith’s spectacular design, which uses projections to convey the First World War battlefields where Albert (an excellent Alex Ferber) seeks the horse he loves. We appreciate the anti-war message, as well, but it’s the magic theatre can create that’ll make you weep. Runs to Sep 30, TueSat 7:30 pm, mats Sat-Sun and Wed 1:30 pm. $35-$130, rush $29. Princess of Wales Theatre, 300 King W. 416-872-1212, mirvish. com. nnnnn (Susan G Cole) you CAn’t tAKe it With you by George S Kaufman and Moss Hart (Soulpepper). The classic American comedy about a fun-loving family that marches to the beat of a different drummer is filled with laughter and heart, though at opening the former still needed fine tuning. Yet the emotions are strong, and with a fine cast that includes Eric Peterson, Nancy Palk, Krystin Pellerin and Gregory Prest, the comedy is sure to grow. Runs to Jun 21, see website for schedule. $51$68, stu $32; rush $22/stu $5. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 55 Mill. 416-8668666, soulpepper.ca. nnn (JK)

The kindest thing I can say about Bugzzz is that it has an intriguing premise. In a post-apocalyptic universe, three insects find a manuscript of Puccini’s opera Tosca, and wonder how a species capable of creating art and beauty could have done such a great job destroying their world. The insects’ names are Flit, Bott and Klik, and they’re costumed by Teresa Przybylski with some imagination (nice use of colourful LED lights) and played by Neema Bickersteth, Chris

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Karczmar and Matthew Romantini with gotta-pay-those-bills commitment, even though the script makes little sense. Writers William Mackwood and Gwen Dobie do nothing to define the characters or their backstories, and there’s little conflict. The insects simply wing it from one contrived, earnest scene to the next. Example? One character discovers a tire, which another

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Annie by Thomas Meehan, Charles Strouse and

Martin Charnin (Drayton Entertainment). The red-haired orphan seeks a place to call home in this musical. Runs to Jun 23, Tue-Sun (see website for times). $40, stu $20. King’s Wharf Theatre, 97 Jury, Penetanguishene. 1-888-372-9866, draytonentertainment.com. CymBeline by William Shakespeare (Stratford Festival). A bogus claim of infidelity leads a king’s daughter to risk everything for love. Runs in rep to Sep 30. $49-$95, srs $35-$55, stu $15-$25. Tom Patterson Theatre, 111 Lakeside, Stratford. stratfordfestival.ca. 42nD Street by Michael Stewart, Mark Bramble, Harry Warren and Al Dubin (Stratford Festival). A director falls for a chorus girl while trying to keep his musical production afloat. Runs in rep to Oct 28. $49-$106, srs $41-$66, stu $19-$29. Festival Theatre, 55 Queen, Stratford. 1-800-567-1600, stratfordfestival.ca. A mAn AnD Some Women by Githa Sowerby (Shaw Festival). A man seeks a new life but feels duty-bound to his wife and unmarried sisters. Runs in rep to Sep 22. $35-$90, stu mats $24. Court House Theatre, 26 Queen, Niagara-on-theLake. shawfest.com. the mAtChmAKer by Thornton Wilder (Stratford Festival). A materialistic merchant hires a matchmaker to find him a wife in this comedy. Runs in rep to Oct 27. $49-$95, srs $35-$55, stu $15-$25. Festival Theatre, 55 Queen, Stratford. 1-800-567-1600, stratfordfestival.ca. miSAlliAnCe by Bernard Shaw (Shaw Festival). A bored heiress finds adventure when a plane crashes into her home during a dull party. Runs in rep to Oct 27. $35-$90, stu mats $24. Royal George Theatre, 85 Queen, Niagara-on-the-Lake. 1-800-5117429, shawfest.com. muCh ADo ABout nothing by William Shakespeare (Stratford Festival). One couple plans to marry while their friends trade insults in the classic romantic comedy. Runs in rep to Oct 27. $49-$95, srs $35-$55, stu $15-$25. Festival Theatre, 55 Queen, Stratford. 1-800-567-1600, stratfordfestival.ca. the pirAteS oF penzAnCe by WS Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan (Stratford Festival). A young pirate apprentice must choose between love and duty in this comic operetta. Runs in rep to Oct 27. $49$106, srs $41-$66, stu $19-$29. Avon Theatre, 99 Downie, Stratford. 1-800-567-1600, stratfordfestival.ca. preSent lAughter by Noël Coward (Shaw Festival). An actor deals with various people vying for his attention in this comedy. Runs in rep to Oct 28. $35-$110, stu/srs mats $24-$45. Festival Theatre, 10 Queen’s Parade, Niagara-on-the-Lake. 1-800511-7429, shawfest.com. rAgtime by Terrence McNally, Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty (Shaw Festival). Turnof-the-century America is seen through the eyes of three very different families in this musical. Runs in rep to Oct 14. $35-$110, stu/srs mats $24$45. Festival Theatre, 10 Queen’s Parade, Niagara-on-the-Lake. 1-800-511-7429, shawfest.com. you’re A gooD mAn, ChArlie BroWn by Clark Gesner (Stratford Festival/Schulich Children’s Plays). This family musical is based on Charles M Schulz’s comic strip characters. Runs in rep to Oct 28. $49-$106, srs $41-$66, stu $19-$29. Avon Theatre, 99 Downie, Stratford. 1-800-567-1600, stratfordfestival.ca. 3

says is bad because it’s connected to cars. Who knew? The discovery of the opera score is just as arbitrary, although the silvervoiced Bickersteth does get to sing part of the famous aria Vissi d’arte, albeit in a buzz-sing fashion. The other two pointlessly hack their way through their numbers, although nothing is as dreadful as watching all three walk us through the opera’s plot using Fisher Price-like toys – all projected onto a screen. About that screen and the multiple microphones (one of which kept cacking out during the performance I saw): how ironic that a show about the environment lavishes more attention on its technical elements than the story or characters. The subtitle claims it’s a cautionary tale. No kidding. Next time, forget the electronic gimmickry and give us good old-fashioned storytelling. glenn Sumi

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Thursday, June 7 absolute ComeDY presents Matt Billon,

Lamar Williams and host Ryan Maglunob. To Jun 10, Thu 8:30 pm, Fri 9 pm, Sat 8 & 10:45 pm, Sun 8 pm. $10-$15. 2335 Yonge. 416-4867700, absolutecomedy.ca.

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Asiansploitation presents a new sketch comedy revue. To Jun 9, Thu-Sat 8 pm. $20. George Ignatieff Theatre, 15 Devonshire. 416-978-8849, asiansploitation.com. ComeDY thursDaYs The Starving Artist presents a show w/ host Natasha Henderson. 9 pm. Free. 584 Lansdowne. 647-342-5058. guiltY oF being FunnY presents stand-up w/ hosts Andrew Fox and Jamie O’Connor. 10 pm. Free. Hot Wings, 563 Queen W. 416-359-8860. the improV show Comedy Bar presents Lauren Ash, Jan Caruana, Kerry Griffin, Kayla Lorette, Carmine Lucarelli, Jerry Schaefer and Leslie Seiler. 8 pm. $5. 945 Bloor W. comedybar.ca. launChpaD ComeDY presents a weekly show. 8:30 pm. Free. White Swan, 836 Danforth. 416-463-8089. liVe wrong anD prosper Second City presents its latest revue of sketch and improv, written and performed by a fine sextet and directed with note-perfect precision by Chris Earle. Standout sketches take on the economic crisis in Europe, political attack ads (and how they affect a family vacation), bad reality TV and social media. There’s a sinister edge to one improvised bit about a pair of cops who brag about internet surveillance, but overall there’s lots of physical comedy

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– including one sketch about a woman (the fabulous Inessa Frantowski) trying to join an orgy and a man (the fearless Jason DeRosse) getting ejected from a kinky sex date. Don’t order any whipped cream. Wed-Sat 8 pm, plus Fri & Sat 10:30 pm, Sun 7 pm. $24-$29, stu $15. 51 Mercer. 416-343-0011, secondcity. com. nnnn (GS) stoner ComeDY Hot Box Cafe presents a weekly show w/ host Jillian Thomas. 7 pm. $5. 191A Baldwin. hotboxcafe.ca. the tastY show presents weekly stand-up w/ host Jeffrey Danson. 10 pm. Free. La Revolucion, 2848 Dundas W. 416-766-0746. Yuk Yuk’s Downtown presents Dom Pare. To Jun 10, Thu-Sun 8 pm (plus FriSat 10:30 pm). $12-$20. 224 Richmond W. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com. Yuk Yuk’s Vaughan presents Darrin Rose. To Jun 9, Thu 8 pm, Fri-Sat 9 pm. $12-$20. 70 Interchange Way. yukyuks.com. Yuk Yuk’s west presents Double The Fun w/ Laurie Elliott and Steve Dylan. To Jun 9, Thu 8 pm, Fri-Sat 9 pm. $12-$20. 5165 Dixie, Mississauga. yukyuks.com.

Comedy Lounge presents a weekly showcase w/ Alex Pavone, Evan Desmarais, host Kris Bonaparte and others. 8 pm. $10. Grotto Lounge, 647 College. comedylounge.ca. teXas ComeDY massaCre 2 Fox & Fiddle Wellesley presents stand-up w/ Cal Post, Paul Hutcheson, Amanda Day, Barry Taylor, Josh Infald, host Xerxes Cortez and others. 8:30

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i heart Jokes The Central presents weekly comedy w/ host Evan Desmarais. 7 pm. $5. 603 Markham. 416-913-4586. raDio proJeCt X Neil Jones presents a live old-time radio show to be recorded for podcast w/ Flash Pulp. 8 pm. $10. Black Swan, 154 Danforth. 416-469-0537. the seConD CitY’s improV all-stars Second City presents a fast-paced improvised weekly show. 8 pm. $20. 51 Mercer. secondcity.com. stanDing on the DanForth Eton House presents Mark Walker, K Trevor Wilson, Todd Van Allen, Alison Dore, Derek Seguin, Chris Locke, DJ Demers, host Jo-Anna Downey and others. 9 pm. Free. 710 Danforth. 416-466-6161. Yuk Yuk’s Downtown presents the Humber School of Comedy at 7:30 pm, and stand-up Amateur Night at 9:30 pm. $4. 224 Richmond W. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com.

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Sunday, June 10 tre presents the Stand-Up 101 Graduation Show. Noon & 2:30 pm. $5. Late show, see Thu 7. 2335 Yonge. absolutecomedy.ca. ComeDY at 51 Kyra Williams presents a latenight comedy cabaret w/ Mark Little, Natalie Norman, Michelle Neilson, Danny Freedman, Cory! and host Jim Kim. 10 pm. Pwyc. Second City, 51 Mercer. 416-343-0011. ComeDY Jam Toronto Environmental Alliance presents a comedy fundraiser w/ Alex Pavone, Rhiannon Archer, Julia Hladkowicz, Matt White, Rob Jodoin, Ben Beauchemin, host Ali Hassan and others. 7:30 pm. $20. Rivoli, 332 Queen W. torontoenvironment.org. happY hour @ ein-stein presents Joel West, Tom Hills, Chris Robinson, Gabriel Dumas, DJ Demers, Jordan Foisy, Franco Nguyen, host Todd Van Allen and others. 8 pm. Free. EinStein, 229 College. ein-stein.ca. liVe wrong anD prosper See Thu 7.

petitive improv. 8 pm. $8. 945 Bloor W. 416551-6540, comedybar.ca. ComeDY on the DanForth Timothy’s World News Café presents improv with Athletic Robot. 9 pm. Pwyc. 320 Danforth. 416-4612668, comedyonthedanforth.com. liVe wrong anD prosper See Thu 7. nakeD FriDaYs John Candy Box Theatre presents weekly improv and more. 9 pm. Pwyc. 70 Peter. scnakedfridays@gmail.com. the no name ComeDY show The Bar with No Name presents weekly comedy and people talking loudly w/ host Matt Shury. 9:30 pm. Free. 1651 Bloor W. 416-997-6045.

Charlotte. dickridgeport5.eventbrite.com. stanD-up at saZeraC presents a weekly stand-up show. 9 pm. Free. Sazerac Gastro Lounge, 782 King W. 647-342-8866.

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absolute ComeDY See Thu 7. asiansploitation goes Deep See Thu 7. CatCh23 Comedy Bar presents weekly com-

Saioni and token boy Jack Dani. 8:30 pm. $5. Rhino, 1249 Queen W. westendgirls.ca. Yuk Yuk’s Downtown See Thu 7. Yuk Yuk’s Vaughan See Thu 7. Yuk Yuk’s west See Thu 7.

pm. Pwyc. 27 Wellesley E. 416-580-4153, texascomedymassacre2.com. Yuk Yuk’s Downtown See Thu 7. Yuk Yuk’s Vaughan See Thu 7. Yuk Yuk’s west See Thu 7.

Saturday, June 9 absolute ComeDY See Thu 7. asiansploitation goes Deep See Thu 7. DaDDY got Jokes Comedy Lounge presents a

Father’s Day special w/ Kris Bonaparte, Tim Golden and others. 8:30 pm. $10-$15. Lambadina, 875 Bloor W. comedylounge.ca. liVe wrong anD prosper See Thu 7. the return oF monkeY toast Comedy Bar presents the improvised talk show w/ the Monkey Toast Players and host Ron Tite. 8 pm. $10. 945 Bloor W. comedybar.ca. smash hit Opening Night Theatre presents a weekly improvised musical. 7:30 pm. Pwyc. Augusta House, 152 Augusta. openingnighttheatre.com. west enD girls presents all-girl stand-up w/ Kate Davis, Jess Salomon, Becky Bays, Daniela

lective presents host Adrienne Fish and improv by Stupid Ugly Kids Club, Raging 180 and the Fingers. 8 pm. $5. Unit 102 Theatre, 376 Dufferin. reveltheatre.com. sunDaY night liVe The Sketchersons present weekly sketch w/ guest hosts and musical acts. 9:30 pm. $8. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. thesketchersons.com. Yuk Yuk’s Downtown See Thu 7.

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Wednesday, June 13 absolute ComeDY presents Pro-Am Night w/

Steve Levine, Dr Ron, Angela Thurston, Akshay Sharma, Rob Browne, Joel Buxton, Kirk Hicks and host Chris Gordon. 8:30 pm. $6. 2335 Yonge. 416-486-7700, absolutecomedy.ca. ChuCkle Co. presents weekly stand-up. 9:30 pm. $5. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. facebook. com/ChuckleCo. humpDaY humour Muoi Nene Productions present weekly Afrocentric comedy w/ Raïs Muoi and others. 7 pm. Free. Hakuna Matata Sports Bar, 326 Parliament. 416-519-1569. liVe wrong anD prosper See Thu 7. nXne ComeDY showCase Comedy Records presents K Trevor Wilson, Todd Graham, Dom Pare, Debra DiGiovanni, Monty Scott and others performing short sets. 8:30 pm. $12 (free w/ NXNE pass). Lower Ossington Theatre, 100A Ossington. nxne.com. siren’s ComeDY Celt’s Pub presents open-mic stand-up w/ Mike Kellett and host Steph Tolev. 8:30 pm. Free. 2872 Dundas W. 416767-3339. spirits ComeDY night presents Ali Hassan, Derek Seguin, George Westerholm, Jay Scott, Becky Bays, Nick Wilson, Tim Allen, Jon Kane, Suneet Luthra and host Jo-Anna Downey. 9 pm. Free. Spirits Bar & Grill, 642 Church. 416967-0001. Yuk Yuk’s Downtown presents John Wing. To Jun 17, Wed-Sun 8 pm (plus Fri-Sat 10:30 pm). $12-$20. 224 Richmond W. 416-9676425, yukyuks.com. 3

altDot ComeDY lounge Rivoli presents ñ Debra DiGiovanni, Dave Merheje, Mark ñ Little, Arthur Simeon, Bobby Knauff, Jessica Salomon, Evan Desmarais, Rhiannon Archer, MC Ali Hassan and others. 9 pm. Pwyc. 332 Queen W. altdotcomedylounge.com. best. monDaY. eVer. Second City presents a show featuring sketch, songs and improvisation. 8 pm. $14. 51 Mercer. secondcity.com. blair streeter presents weekly open-mic stand-up comedy. 9 pm. Free. Naughty Nadz, 1590 Dundas E, Mississauga. 905-232-5577. Cheap laughs monDaY PJ O’Briens Irish Pub presents a show w/ Russell Roy and guests. 9 pm. Free. 39 Colborne. 416-815-7562. it’s the DiCk riDgeport FiVe Action Slacks presents a fusion of improv and music with surf rock band Luau or Die in this revue. To Jun 18, Mondays 8 pm. $10. Charlotte Room, 19

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A Florentine Tragedy / Gianni Schicchi

Canadian Opera Company production

Orpheus & Eurydice

a Compagnie Marie Chouinard production presented by Canadian Stage

A Fool’s Life

Ahuri Theatre in association with Why Not Theatre

Ride The Cyclone

Theatre Passe Muraille and Acting Up Stage Company

Armide

Opera Atelier

Rigoletto

Baobab

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Sanctuary Song

Theatre Direct Canada

Caroline, Or Change

Acting Up Stage Company in association with Obsidian Theatre Company

Seussical

Young People’s Theatre

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Confluence

Luminato Presents A Sadler’s Wells Production

Svadba - Wedding

Queen of Puddings Music Theatre

Crash

Theatre Passe Muraille

The Golden Dragon

Tarragon Theatre

Dark Matters

a Kidd Pivot Frankfurt RM production presented by Canadian Stage

The Life And Times Of Mackenzie King

Videocabaret

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Everything Under The Moon

Harbourfront Centre’s World Stage presents Shary Boyle and Christine Fellows

The Penelopiad

Nightwood Theatre

The Shipment

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How To Disappear Completely Factory Theatre presents The Chop Theatre I Love You Because

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Iphigenia In Tauris

Canadian Opera Company presents a co-productin of Lyric Opera Chicago, San Francisco Opera and Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

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La Liste (The List)

Théâtre français de Toronto presents a Théâtre d’Aujourd’hui

Tough Case

Roseneath Theatre

Morro And Jasp: Go Bake Yourself

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Transmigration

Co-Production with Kaha:wi Dance Theatre and Planet IndigenUS, Harbourfront Centre

Next To Normal

David Stone, James L. Nederlander, Barbara Whitman, Patrick Catullo, Second Stage Theatre, Carole Rothman, Ellen Richard Presented by Dancap Inc.

War Horse

Bob Boyett, Tim Levy, National Theatre Of Great Britain, David Mirvish

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art

THIS WEEK IN THE MUSEUMS

L indicates Luminato event, ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO Masterpieces From The Musée National Picasso, to ñ Aug 26 ($25, stu $16.50). Artist-in-residence:

Hiraki Sawa, to Jun 30. Katie Bethune-Leamen, Jun 9-Aug 5, reception 6-8 pm Jun 13 (Young Gallery, free). Iain Baxter&, to Aug 12. Berenice Abbott; Zhang Huan, to Aug 19. Max Dean, to Sep 9. Picasso And Man: The 1964 Exhibition, to Sep 30. A Tribute To Ayala Zacks, to Feb 28, 2013. $19.50, srs $16, stu $11, free Wed 6-8:30 pm (special exhibits excluded). 317 Dundas W. 416-979-6648. ART GALLERY OF YORK UNIVERSITY Diane Borsato, to Jun 10. 4700 Keele, Accolade E bldg. 416-736-5169. BATA SHOE MUSEUM The Roaring 20s: Heels, Hemlines And High Spirits, to Jun 30. Beauty, Identity, Pride: Native North American Footwear; Roger Vivier, ongoing. $14, srs $12, stu $8. 327 Bloor W. 416-979-7799. DESIGN EXCHANGE Lynne Cohen, to Jun 30. $10, stu/srs $8. 234 Bay. 416-363-6121. LFORT YORK The Encampment: Thom Sokoloski and Jenny-Anne McCowan, Jun 8-24. 100 Garrison. 416-392-6907, thomasandguinevere.com. GARDINER MUSEUM OF CERAMIC ART Rule Britannia! 400 Years Of British Ceramics, to Sep 16, Peter Kaellgren talk 3-5 pm Jun 12. Connections: British And Canadian Studio Pottery, to Dec 30, panel 6:30-8 pm ($15) Jun 7. $12, stu $6, srs $8; Fri 4-9 pm half-price, 30 and under free. 111 Queen’s Park. 416-586-8080. McMICHAEL CANADIAN ART COLLECTION Fashionality: Dress And Identity In Contemporary Canadian Art, to Sep 3. Rabindranath Tagore, to Jul 15. $ $15, stu/srs $12. 10365 Islington (Kleinburg). 905-893-1121. MOCCA Scott McFarland, to Jun 25. 952 Queen W. 416-395-0067.

Windshield wipers star in Jed Lind’s new show.

SCULPTURE

Common car fuels Jed Lind Sculptor uses auto parts to probe the ways vehicles shape us By DAVID JAGER guing new configurations. A Canadian currently based in Los Angeles, Projects (1450 Dundas West), to Lind creates work that addresses the June 16. 416-537-3125. Rating: NNNN ubiquity of the car as both a coveted necessity and problematic cultural in j.g. ballard’s sci-fi novel conspace. crete Island, an architect crashes his For instance, he fuses bronze-cast Jaguar into a fenced-in concrete windshield wipers into an icosahedwasteland between three motor- ron, the most complex of the Platonic ways. Unable to escape, he becomes a solids. It’s the same shape Buckminmodern-day Robinson Crusoe, forced ster Fuller used as the basis for his Dyto survive on what he can salvage maxion map of the world. Lind’s form from his totalled car. links a common car part to a constelJed Lind borrowed the title of Bal- lation of ideas surrounding form, replard’s novel for his current sculpture resentation and technology. show at Jessica Bradley. Car parts,6/4/12He’s9:28 also fond wordplay. In his 25143_AuthorsNOWad:June7 AM of Page 1 cast in bronze, are placed in intriseries of photographs of reclaimed

JED LIND at Jessica Bradley Art +

WEDNESDAY JUNE 13 7:30PM York Quay Centre Harbourfront Centre 235 Queens Quay West Toronto

car parts, each image is a letter in the Latin word “communis” (common space), addressing freeways as shared areas of tense public domain. Communis is also the name of the African castor oil plant, Ricinus communis, which grows in the scabby, barren areas along L.A.’s sprawling freeway system. For Ballard, the car was the ultimate 20th-century symbol, a latecapitalist fetish object that embodies our morbid preoccupation with death, desire and alienation. Though Lind is far more cryptic and restrained, he’s equally fascinated with the often unconscious ways we’re shaped by our vehicles and the urban structures we build around them. The Toronto Sculpture Garden also features Gold, Silver & Lead, his monumental stack of Honda Civics, until the fall. 3 art@nowtoronto.com

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LAIRSHIP 37 Painting/performance: Corno and Charlie Le Mindu, all day Jun 9 (luminato. com). 37 Parliament, studio 2. ARSENAL TORONTO Photographie group show, to Jun 9. 45 Ernest. arsenaltoronto.com. ARTA GALLERY The East Gallery anniversary show, to Jun 19, reception 6-9 pm Jun 7 (theeastgallery.com). 55 Mill, bldg 9, #102. 416364-2782. BARBARA EDWARDS CONTEMPORARY Drawing: Tim Zuck and Itee Pootoogook, Jun 9-Sep 2. Painting: April Gornik, to Jun 16. 1069 Bathurst. 647-348-5110. BEIT ZATOUN Drawing: A Child’s View From Gaza, Jun 7-24, reception 6 pm Jun 7. 612 Markham. 647-726-9500. LBROOKFIELD PLACE Installation: Blue Republic, Jun 8-17. 181 Bay. 416-777-6480. CLINT ROENISCH Collage/sculpture: Jennifer Murphy, to Jun 17. 944 Queen W. 416-5168593. COOPER COLE GALLERY Mixed media: Andrew Schoultz and Richard Colman, to Jun 23. 1161 Dundas W. 647-347-3316. DANIEL FARIA GALLERY Installation: Shannon Bool, to Jul 21. 188 St Helens. 416-538-1880. DON’T TELL MAMA Street art: D3N!@L, Jun 7-30, reception 7-10 pm Jun 7. 108 Ossington. 416-516-3668. GALLERY 44 Gender And Exposure In Contemporary Iranian Photography, to Jun 16. 401 Richmond W, #120. 416-979-3941. GALLERY TPW Video/photos: Francisco-Fernando Granados, Igor Grubic and Emily Roysdon, Jun 8-Jul 21, reception 7-9 pm Jun 8. 56 Ossington. 416-645-1066. GALLERYWEST Video/photos: Steve Reinke and Turner Prize collective, Jun 7-29, reception 7-10 pm Jun 7. 1172 Queen W. 416-913-7116.

WEEKLY ART GALLERY DIRECTORY

Kim Andrews June 7 - July 14, 2012

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO ART CENTRE Public: Collective Identity/Occupied ñ Space; Robert Giard, to Jun 30. 15 King’s Col-

lege Circle. 416-978-1838. VARLEY ART GALLERY (Da bao) (Take-out) , to Sep 3. $5, stu/srs $4. 216 Main (Unionville). 905-477-9511. 3

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ing from the collection; Jessie Kenalogak, ongoing. $6, stu/srs $5, weekends free. 207 Queens Quay W. 416-640-7591. OAKVILLE GALLERIES Keren Cytter, to Jun 10. Gairloch Gdns, 1306 Lakeshore E, and Centennial Sq, 120 Navy (Oakville). 905-844-4402. ONTARIO SCIENCE CENTRE The DIY Body Project, to Aug 12. $20, stu/srs $16. 770 Don Mills. 416-696-1000. POWER PLANT Sabine Bitter and Helmut Weber, to Jun 18. Dissenting Histories: 25 Years Of The Power Plant, to Sep 3. 231 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4949. ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM Larry Towell and Donovan Wylie, to Jul 15. L Jorinde Voigt, Jun 9-Oct 12. Deborah Samuel, to Jul 2. The Art Of Collecting, ongoing. Todd Ainslie, to Feb 24, 2013. $15, stu/srs $13.50; Fri 4:308:30 pm $9, stu/srs $8. 100 Queen’s Park. 416586-8000. TEXTILE MUSEUM OF CANADA Perpetual Motion: Material Re-use In The Spirit Of Thrift, Utility And Beauty; Portable Mosques: The Sacred Space Of The Prayer Rug, to Sep 3. Dreamland: Textiles And The Canadian Landscape, to Sep 30, seminar 6:30 pm Jun 13 ($25). $15, srs $10, stu $6; pwyc Wed 5-8 pm. 55 Centre. 416-599-5321.

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Michael Caines Maybe Nature Hates You and others hang at Katharine Mulherin.

GLADSTONE HOTEL SpeakEasy Spring Art Fair, to Jun 12, reception 7-10 pm Jun 7. Domestic Picasso: Eric Rosser, Jun 7-18. Queen West Walking Art Tour, ongoing (Sat noon-2:30 pm, $25, $45/two). 1214 Queen W. 416-531-4635. JAPANESE PAPER PLACE Under 30 At 30 group show, Jun 7-Jul 5, reception/open house 2-9:30 pm Jun 7. 77 Brock. 416-538-9669. KATHARINE MULHERIN Painting/drawing: Michael Caines and Balint Zsako, Jun 7-Jul 1. 1082/1086 Queen W. 416-993-6510. NEUBACHER SHOR CONTEMPORARY 28_XX Factor: Contemporary Female Artists, Jun 8-16, reception 6-9 pm Jun 8. 5 Brock. 416546-3683. MILK GLASS CO Milk Glass group show, Jun 7-18, reception/gallery launch 7 pm Jun 7. 1247 Dundas W. 416-536-6455. MONTE CLARK GALLERY Painting: Derek Root, Jun 7-Jul 7, reception 6-8 pm Jun 7. 55 Mill, bldg 2. 416-703-1700. PARI NADIMI Photos: Eugen Sakhnenko, Jun 7-Jul 28, reception 6-9 pm Jun 7. 254 Niagara. 416-591-6464. LPARLIAMENT BTWN DUNDAS AND WELLES-

LEY Street art: Dan Bergeron, Jun 8-17. luminato.com. PENTIMENTO FINE ART GALLERY Salon group show, Jun 7-Jul 15, reception 6-9 pm Jun 7. 1164 Queen E. 416-406-6772. PTORONTO FREE GALLERY Emnowaangosjig/ Coming Out group show, to Jun 24, reception 7 pm Jun 7, artists’ talks 1-3 pm Jun 9. 1277 Bloor W. 416-913-0461. 2 OF 2 GALLERY Painting: Jenna Crook, Jun 7-Jul 28, reception 6-9 pm Jun 7. 254 Niagara. 416-591-6464. LVARIOUS LOCATIONS Toronto Carretilla Initiative: Rainer Prohaska, Jun 9-17. luminato.com. 3

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books

READINGS THIS WEEK

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Thursday, June 7 JAMES FITZGERALD Talking about his book

FICTION

Low-key lustre CANADA by Richard Ford (HarperCollins), 420 pages, $29.99 cloth. Rating: NNNN

you’d think understatement would reduce a narrative’s emotional impact, but Richard Ford’s low-key Canada really creeps up on you. His seventh novel is a stylistic masterpiece. Retired teacher Dell Parsons relates the history of his dad, ex-bombadier Bev, and mother, Neeva, a Jewish transplant from Tacoma, Washington, full of regret, who cross the state line from their Montana town to rob a bank in North Dakota. When they’re imprisoned, Dell’s twin sister, Berner runs away, and a family friend arranges for Dell to be sent to Fort Royal, Saskatchewan, where mysterious hotelier Arthur Remlinger takes him in. Despite Dell’s attempts to remain invisible, trouble seems to find him. There’s almost no suspense. In the first sentence we learn that Dell’s parents robbed a bank and that murders occur later. Dell’s alive and well, teaching in Windsor, so he obviously lived through it all. And the prose is just plain flat. The twins’ strange sexual encounter is dealt with in almost throwaway fashion. True, the book is full of detailed descriptions of the empty spaces of the prairies or the way the hotel sign tints the colour of Dell’s tiny room below, but they’re matter-of-fact, never dazzling. As a result, the story, despite its violent contours, unfolds quietly, reflecting Dell’s unassuming passivity – his main survival tactic. Ford’s other characters, drawn in his signature direct fashion, are equally vivid. Bev is a charming naïf who thinks no one will pick him out of a crowd when he’s everything small-town folks are not. Charlie Quarters, who supervises Dell’s work organizing the goose hunt for hotel guests, maintains a menacing presence. And extreme rightist Remlinger is a devastating combination of refinement and unhinged anger. Weirdly riveting and, for all its languor, emotionally charged. SUSAN G. COLE Ford appears onstage at Luminato on June 16. For more info, go to luminato.com.

What Disturbs Our Blood. 6:30 pm. Free. Deer Park Library, 40 St Clair E. 416-393-7657. MARTIN MORDECAI Talk by the Jamaican writer. 7 pm. Free. Bloor/Gladstone Library, 1101 Bloor W. 416-393-7674. DAN RATHER Talking about his memoir Rather Outspoken: My Life In The News. 7 pm. Free. Indigo, 55 Bloor W. chapters.indigo.ca.

TORONTO WOMEN’S BOOKSTORE FUNDRAISER

Performance reading of Susan Swan’s new book, Heroines Of The Sexual Gothic, with allgirl folk noir quartet the Billie Hollies. 6:30 pm. $30, adv $25. Toronto Women’s Bookstore, 73 Harbord. 416-922-8744, ticketscene.ca.

Saturday, June 9 MARISSA CAMPBELL/ANNEMARIE GREENWOOD

Signing copies of their book Life: Living In Fulfillment Every Day. 1 pm. Free. Indigo, 55 Bloor W. chapters.indigo.ca.

Sunday, June 10 DAVE CAVE/MARANDA ELIZABETH/CLARA BEE LAVERY Cave reads from How Many Pictures Of

Dicks Do I Have To Look At Before I Stop Wanting To Look At Pictures Of Dicks? A Diary Of Gay Porn Addiction, plus readings by Elizabeth and Lavery. 1 pm. Free. Zine Library @ Tranzac, 292 Brunswick. torontozinelibrary.org. LANNIE PROULX Talking about her writing. 7 pm. $30. TIFF Bell Lightbox, 350 King W. luminato.com. LCALVIN TRILLIN The author/food writer discusses his work. 11 am. $30. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 55 Mill. luminato.com. STORY SLAM Storytellers and poets compete with stories. 7:30 pm. $5. Drake Hotel, 1150 Queen W. info@torontopoetryslam.com.

Monday, June 11 LPETER CAREY Discussing his new novel, The Chemistry Of Tears, with CBC’s Michael Enright. 7 pm. Free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. luminato.com. LNICOLE KRAUSS Reading her story A Garden Is An Arrangement Of Light. 7 pm. $20. TIFF Bell Lightbox, 350 King W. luminato.com. ROWERS SERIES David Clink, Halli Villegas and others. 7:30 pm. Free. Victory Cafe, 581 Markham. rowerspubreadingseries.com. GLORIA VANDERBILT Reading from The Things We Fear Most. 7:30 pm. $10, stu free. Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000, readings.org.

Tuesday, June 12 EMERGING WRITERS Marsha Courneya, Justin

Walmsley and others. 8 pm. Pwyc. Duffy’s, 1238 Bloor W. facebook.com/ewreading. GUERNICA SPRING LAUNCH Launch of new fic-

NOW AT LUMINATO tion titles. 7 pm. Free. Garrison, 1197 Dundas W. guernicaeditions.com.

LRODRIGO HASBUN/VALERIA LUISELLI/SANTI-

AGO RONCAGLIOLO The Latin American writers discuss their work. 7 pm. $20. TIFF Bell Lightbox, 350 King W. luminato.com. LIRVINE WELSH Talking about his new novel, Skagboys, with Eleanor Wachtel. 9 pm. $20. TIFF Bell Lightbox, 350 King W. luminato.com.

Wednesday, June 13

Books editor Susan G. Cole interviews Chris Cleave (Gold) and Giller winner Vincent Lam (The Headmaster’s Wager) Friday, June 15 | 7 pm at TIFF Bell Light Box

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CHRISTOPHER CANNIFF/MARIA MEINDL/HAL NIEDZVIECKI/GIOVANNA RICCIO Reading. 7:30

pm. Free. Annex Live, 296 Brunswick. quattrobooks.ca. 45 BOOKS IN 45 MINUTES Presentation on the season’s hottest books. 6:30 pm. Free. Ben McNally, 366 Bay. Reserve 416-361-0032. SHREE GHATAGE/GRACE O’CONNELL Ghatage reads from Thirst and O’Connell reads from Magnificent World. 7:30 pm. $10, stu free. Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000, readings.org. ALEX STONE The Fooling Houdini author presents a magic show and is interviewed by journalist Jeff Warren. 7 pm. Free. Dora Keogh, 141 Danforth. 416-778-1804. LALAN TAYLOR Discussing his book The Civil War Of 1812: American Citizens, British Subjects, Irish Rebels & Indian Allies with TVO’s Steve Paikin. 7 pm. Free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. luminato.com. 3

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The Griffin Poetry Prize thinks big. In fact, it’s the largest prize given to firstedition English-language poetry in the world – short-listers get $10,000, winners in two categories $65,000. The international P OshortWER BALL listers are David Harsent (Night), Yusuf Komunyakaa (The Chameleon Couch), Sean O’Brien (November) and Tadeusz Rózewicz (Sobbing Superpower, translated by Joanna Trzeciak). Competitors for the Canuck prize are Ken Babstock (Methodist Hatchet), Jan Zwicky (Forge) and GG winner Phil Hall (Killdeer). The award is presented tonight (Thursday, June 7) at a by-invitationonly gala. For more info go to SGC griffinpoetryprize.com.

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Audio clips from interviews with DAVID CRONENBERG, ROBERT PATTINSON • Q&A with SARAH GADON • Friday column • and more

Robert Pattinson, with co-star Sarah Gadon: “I never took myself seriously as an actor before.”

In the driver’s seat

Robert Pattinson had a creative epiphany while working with David Cronenberg By NORMAN WILNER COSMOPOLIS written and directed by David Cronenberg, from the novel by Don DeLillo, with Robert Pattinson, Sarah Gadon, Kevin Durand and Paul Giamatti. An eOne Entertainment release. 108 minutes. Opens Friday (June 8). For venues and times, see Movies, page 78.

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robert pattinson wasn’t expecting to star in Cosmopolis. In point of fact, he didn’t think a director like David Cronenberg would even consider him for the project. “I never really took myself seriously as an actor before,” he says, barely awake the morning after the movie’s gala Toronto premiere. “And [then] you get cast in a movie like this, and it gets to Cannes and it’s not a total disaster, and I haven’t brought down David’s entire career.…” Cronenberg’s eyes crinkle. “We’ll see,” the director says. “That’s still in the future.” On the verge of burning out after shooting the two-part Twilight finale, Breaking Dawn, Pattinson had been thinking seriously about pulling back from movies. “I was fully intending on hiding for a couple of years,” Pattinson says. “I only wanted to do

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small parts. The time is gone – for me, especially – when you could learn on the job. I mean, even the idea of going to a repertory company or something – everybody’s going to be filming it on their phone, and it’s exactly the same thing in movies pretty much. So I wanted to try to do small parts in movies I thought I could learn something from. But then this came up.” “This” was the role of Eric Packer, a billionaire financial wizard who experiences a professional and personal collapse over one very long car ride across Manhattan in Cronenberg’s adaptation of Don DeLillo’s allegorical novel. The way Cronenberg struc-

You feel like you have very little to prove when you’re in such a tiny space. There’s very little of the outside world coming in, so it’s pretty simple.” Cronenberg so enjoyed putting Pattinson through Packer’s paces that he’s eager to repeat the experience, possibly with another member of his repertory company. “You meet people that you work with and you feel you’d really like to work with them again,” he says. “I felt that way about Rob, and I felt that way, obviously, about Viggo [Mortensen]. And then I started to think, ‘Wow, Rob and Viggo in the same movie would be terrific,’ because I know they’d get along, but I also think creatively, onscreen, it’d be fantastic. But I don’t have a project, exactly; we have some possibilities. So we’re talking about it. INTERVIEW WITH It’s possible it’ll never happen, because it’s just so hard to get things made, realDAVID CRONENBERG & ROBERT PATTINSON ly – especially anything interesting. That’s sort of where I am, making movtured the movie – shooting ies that are hard to get made.” in sequence, often sealing In all seriousness, though, the two do expect Pattinson and his co-stars into to collaborate on another picture. a limousine and directing them “We feel that fate will bring us together remotely – pushed Pattinson to a again,” says Cronenberg. kind of creative epiphany. “I’m setting up a PayPal account,” Pattinson “It takes away a lot of the problems of selflaughs. consciousness,” he says. “I did a movie where a “Yes, that’s right,” Cronenberg says. “We’re lot of it was underwater” (that’d be Harry Pot- crowdsourcing. Please, if you’ve got any money ter And The Goblet Of Fire, which put him on on you right now, just put it on the table.” 3 the map as doomed golden boy Cedric Dig- normw@nowtoronto.com gory), “and it kind of felt a little bit like that. twitter.com/nowfilm

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REVIEW COSMOPOLIS (David Cronenberg) Rating: NNN Cosmopolis is the telepod fusion of two very chilly visionaries – author Don DeLillo and screenwriter/director David Cronenberg, who aren’t exactly stylistically simpatico. But Cronenberg might be the only filmmaker who would try to adapt DeLillo’s 2003 tale of a financial wizard’s personal and professional meltdown during an endless limo ride across Manhattan; it offers the same sort of vaguely hallucinatory, suffocating internal journey as Naked Lunch or eXistenZ. Nothing seems entirely real – not the explosive protests outside Robert Pattinson’s cocoon-like limousine, nor his stilted conversations with his wife (Sarah Gadon), his head of security (Kevin Durand) or his theory consultant (Samantha Morton). The film glides along on dreamy inertia, with characters popping up for random conversations before vanishing from the narrative. The result is more interesting as an intellectual experience than as entertainment; you watch Cosmopolis fully aware that it wants to be deconstructed rather NW than enjoyed.

Oliver Bump’s Birthday, by Jordan Canning, is part of strong Canadian Film Centre slate.

sci-fi prequel

Lost in space

Botched prequel alien-ates us By NORMAN WILNER Prometheus directed by Ridley Scott, written by Jon Spaihts and Damon Lindelof, with Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Idris Elba and Charlize Theron. A 20th Century Fox release. 119 minutes. Opens Friday (June 8). For venues and times, see Movies, page 78. Rating: NN

festival reviews

Short and sweet

size doesn’t matter at one of the city’s premier film festivals By NORMAN WILNER WorldWide short Film Festival 2012 at various locations

through Sunday (June 10). See Indie & Rep Film, page 85. shorterisbetter.com. Rating: NNNN

there are too many film fests in toronto nowadays, but you should always make time for the Worldwide Short Film Festival. With its international scope and rapid-fire programming blocks, it’s an aggregator for cinematic talent. Consolidating venues in the wake of the Cumberland’s going dark (the festival is also eschewing the ROM this year), the WSFF is primarily screening at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema and U of T’s Isabel Bader Theatre, with satellite programs at the Garrison and the CN Tower. This year’s national spotlight falls on Switzerland, with two programs considering that country’s cinema: Near assembles more intimate works such as Steve Walker’s family saga, Ashbrothers, while Far takes a broader perspective, from the Morocco-set Snowing In Marrakech to the far-flung sci-fi of Yuri Lennon’s Landing On Alpha 46. This year’s Celebrity Shorts program is packed with stars, kicking off with Avengers villain Tom Hiddleston (who has a cameo in Friend Request Pending, starring Judi Dench) and ending with XMen First Class baddie Michael Fassbender (reunited with his Hunger co-star Liam Cunningham in the nifty Pitch Black Heist). You’ll also find Rita Wilson as a bereaved mother in The Carrier, Martin Freeman and Tom Hol-

lander as a prison shrink and his newest patient in The Voorman Problem, and Charlotte Rampling as herself, sort of, in the absurdist French mystery The End. The Date Night program – screening Friday night at the Bloor and repeating Saturday at the CN Tower – features seven shorts about couples. Highlights include Shimmy Marcus’s Rhinos, about an Irish man and a German woman who spend a day together in Dublin; We Refuse To Be Cold, Alexander Carson’s experimental tale of a Montreal romance; To Die By Your Side, Spike Jonze and Simon Cahn’s delightful literary animation; and After The Credits, Josh Lawson’s puckish consideration of the logistical difficulties awaiting characters who race to the airport at the end of a romantic comedy. And the four shorts from the Canadian Film Centre make a strong showing, particularly Jordan Canning’s mordant Oliver Bump’s Birthday and Lisa Jackson’s verité drama Parkdale, whose jittery immediacy sets it apart from most CFC productions, which tend toward the stately and composed. If you’ve enjoyed the WSFF’s past horror programs, this year’s festival offers a new challenge in The Night Shift, a late-night marathon of scary shorts Saturday night at the Bloor. Starting at 11:30 pm and running to 4 am Sunday, it’s a non-stop creep show filled with ghosts, demons, zombies, the odd pack of ravenous CHUDs and a French rabbit who’s tripping balls. Oh, that reminds me: please don’t indulge in any moodaltering substances before attending this particular screening. It could get messy. 3 Make a date to see After The Credits.

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of all the revelations in ridley Scott’s Prometheus, perhaps the most astounding is that Scott doesn’t understand his own work. The producer/director recently told the Guardian that he made this film because no one came out of Alien asking about the Space Jockey. The Space Jockey, for those of you who haven’t seen Scott’s 1979 masterwork in a while, is the massive extraterrestrial pilot discovered by the doomed crew of the refinery tugboat Nostromo on a desolate planetoid. Long dead, its chest burst open by a cousin of the beastie that Sigourney Weaver eventually confronts in the ship’s lifeboat, it lay in state, implying a much larger mythology behind the film’s ravenous xenomorph. The problem with Scott’s argument is that no one cares about the Space Jockey, because its story is over long before Alien begins – and once the movie gets under way, everyone’s too busy dealing with the monster on the ship to speculate about its origins. Mythology doesn’t matter when there’s an acid-blooded, multi-mandibled nightmare lurking in the airshafts. Prometheus doesn’t have much in the way of nightmares. Instead, it’s got a bloated sense of its own importance, beginning with no less significant an event than the creation of the human race. It then jumps forward to the late 21st century, where corporate-sponsored explorers-slash-lovers Elizabeth Shaw (Noomi Rapace) and Charlie Holloway (Logan MarshallGreen) are delivered by corporate exploratory vessel Prometheus to dis-

tant celestial body LV-223 in search of whatever it was that got us rolling. Shaw and Holloway are accompanied on their voyage by a roughneck crew overseen by Charlize Theron’s enigmatic Ms. Vickers and Idris Elba’s appealingly flippant Captain Janek, with Michael Fassbender stealing every scene as David, an android who’s perhaps spent too much of the two-year voyage studying Peter O’Toole in Lawrence Of Arabia. When they arrive on LV-223, they encounter something very similar to what the Nostromo found in Alien – or will find, since this film takes place a good quarter-century or so before that one. And then things get dicey, with the characters plunged into a number of very icky situations due to external machinations that will surprise no one who’s seen any of the Alien films. Problem is, they don’t make a great deal of sense here, because they depend on certain characters knowing things they couldn’t possibly know about the extraterrestrials, this being humanity’s very first contact with them. Once things are set in motion, Scott loses control of his movie after spending 80 minutes or so establishing its cool, sleek elegance. The film explodes into an incoherent rush of action and monsterism, abandoning both the merciless logic of Alien and the clever world-building of the sequels for an ending that – not to put too fine a point on it – makes no fucking sense at all. I’m furious at how badly Scott and his screenwriters, Jon Spaihts and Damon Lindelof, have botched this project. Prometheus doesn’t enhance or complement the original Alien as much as it builds a video game module onto it: a weightless digital creation that can’t hold a candle to the original’s grimy analog impact. 3 normw@nowtoronto.com

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In an institute that promises spiritual healing through new technologies, a doctor (Michael Rogers) keeps a young girl (Eva Allan) with the psychic ability to blow up heads heavily sedated. She escapes. He reveals his inner monster – a matter of removing wig and contacts and donning a gratuitous black vinyl jump suit – and pursues. Much of this is presented in large close-ups against monochrome backgrounds. Red and blue figure prominently, the former associated with the

Can you tell me who Chiklis is channelling as the stuffy principal? I would have guessed Dean Wormer from Animal House, but then he throws some other stuff in there. Chiklis will take the secret to the grave. It’s an amalgamation of people – that much I do know. He did tell me one of them, but I’ve been sworn to secrecy. And the bigger he goes, the drier your character becomes. I made a decision early on. I told [director John] Stalberg, “There are so many of those bigger characters in the movie, maybe you need a bit of a grounding force.” I would love to have done a sort of broader character, but once I started seeing what Chiklis was doing, I said, “Well, someone’s gotta react to this. Someone’s gotta be the straight man.” You know, everybody’s got a role, and you’ve got to support the story. I just said, “My job here is to let Chiklis go hog wild with this.” And I had a front-row seat. You’re often cast in friendly, unassuming roles, but your character on Dexter was atypical. Was there some perverse appeal to upending your image? It’s not that I like making people uncomfortable, but I get a kick out of the fact that I’ve seen some people, like, have their minds broken. The other night I was at a Roger Waters concert and a lady came up to me and goes, “Oh my god, the Doomsday Killer is at a Roger Waters concert? This is insane!” That kind of stuff is great. NORMAN WILNER

hole. Not a bad image for the primal doctor, the latter the girl. Other beast. treats involve soft focus, slow This isn’t an actors’ movie. Rogers dissolves and chronic slow and Allan both behave convincingly motion, all proceeding at a like people on meds but aren’t funereal pace to a soundmuch fun to watch. track of lugubrious syntheGenre fans who like really sizer moans. creative and unconventional One moment stands visuals and storytelling out: in a high-contrast would be far better off black-and-white flashchecking out Gaspar Noé’s back, the doctor, covered Eva Allan’s sedated psychic Enter The Void. with oozing blackness, ANDREW DOWLER isn’t much fun to watch. crawls from an inky

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If you’re stuck with babysitting duties, you could do a lot worse than spend a zippy, silly and antic hour and a half with the continent-hopping animals in Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted. Alex the lion (voiced by Ben Stiller), Marty the zebra (Chris Rock), Gloria the hippo (Jada Pinkett Smith) and Melman the giraffe (David Schwimmer) make a break for New York City by trekking across Europe, where they team up with some audaciously sinister penguins and other glorious new additions to the franchise. The gang join a travelling circus that includes a sneering Siberian tiger (Bryan Cranston) and a sleek jaguar (Jessica Chastain, who oozes sex ap-

peal even as a cartoon animal). On their tails is a villainous animal control chief. The magnificent Frances McDormand voices this full-figured, stereotypical Eurosleaze woman with malevolent glee. The humour is often pandering, but there are some cute zingers (particularly in reference to Canadians). You’ve got to wonder how much cowriter Noah Baumbach (The Squid And The Whale, Fantastic Mr. Fox) added to it.

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Double Trouble (David Hsun-Wei Chang). 89 minutes. Subtitled. Opens Friday (June 8). For venues and times, see Movies, page 78. Rating: NN Jackie Chan’s son takes a crack at his father’s brand of action in Double Trouble, and the results aren’t good. Jaycee Chan plays a security guard assigned to protect a 400-year-old painting. When a pair of fashion-conscious models steal it, Jay is stopped in pursuit by a tourist (Xia Yu) who also happens to be a security guard. They embark on a Taiwanese cross-country adventure that involves gangsters, an American Idol-obsessed tour guide and some

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SOME LIKE IT HOT Billy Wilder’s legendary screwball comedy gave Marilyn Monroe one of her best roles, as the lead singer of an all-girl band who becomes the mutual fixation of two cross-dressing musicians (Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon) on the lam from the mob. Screening: Tuesday, June 12, 6:30pm

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AmericAn reunion (Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg) reassembles the cast of American Pie for a largely pointless vehicle that finds our heroes facing their Carlsberg years with a mixture of exhaustion and confusion. Seann William Scott does some amazing things with his face, and it’s nice to see the awkward chemistry between Jason Biggs and Eugene Levy remains intact. But those are fleeting moments of pleasure in a very long, empty movie. 113 min. nn (NW) Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20 BArrymore (Érik Canuel) is a high-def broadcast of William Luce’s play about the legendary actor John Barrymore, starring Canada’s Christopher Plummer in the lead. 143 min. Jun 7 and 10, at Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Grande - Yonge, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Yonge, Varsity BAttleship (Peter Berg) is as generic as

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they come, with an alien invasion serving as a catalyst for a maverick hero (Taylor Kitsch) to get his shit together and become a leader, just like the young James T. Kirk in the Star Trek movie. The CG is state-of-the-art,

as expected from a production of this scale, and the action for the most part visually interesting and easy to understand. (Director Berg’s set pieces in The Kingdom and Hancock had a tendency to slip into incoherence.) And the film should be commended for casting actual military veteran Gregory D. Gadson in the role of a surly double amputee who becomes an essential part of the game plan, though his character is ultimately just one more war movie cliché in a movie that’s filled to bursting with them. If you’re just looking for war movie clichés (and a few aliens), Battleship will give you everything you want, but it might also leave you with minor hearing damage. This is one of the loudest and most aurally assaultive films I’ve ever seen. Some subtitles. 132 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, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre

Beginner’s guide to endings (Jonathan Sobol) is an ungainly comedy about three adult brothers (Jason Jones, Scott Caan and Paulo Constanzo) who learn they’re going to die much sooner than they planned, thanks to an experimental drug trial their noaccount dad (Harvey Keitel) signed them up for years earlier. This leads to a lot of frenzied running around, but not a lot of laughs. Writer-director Sobol devotes all of his attention to juggling the various plots, leaving the actors to struggle to land the jokes in their dialogue. Jones fares best, barking out insults like a seasoned pro, while Caan grapples with a lumpy romantic subplot involving an old flame (Tricia Helfer), and Costanzo does the bucket-list thing as clumsily as possible. Keitel is wasted; J.K. Simmons, perfectly cast as his brother, has little to do beyond look on scornfully. 96 min. nn (NW) Yonge & Dundas 24 Bernie (Richard Linklater) is half true-crime

documentary and half dramatic feature, recreating the story of Bernie Tiede (pronounced “tee-dee”), a beloved mortician in Carthage, East Texas, who did something very, very bad. Conceptually, it’s involving for the first half-hour or so, with Jack Black, Matthew McConaughey and Shirley MacLaine as fictional versions of the characters, but director Linklater’s structure means he’s constantly stopping and starting, backing his film up over itself to act out the anecdote that’s just been related to us. It probably sounded great in the pitch room, but as a movie, it’s on the redundant side. 104 min. nn (NW) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Mt Pleasant

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Madden) is a middling, manipulative movie that’s saved by a first-rate cast that includes Maggie Smith, Judi Dench and Tom Wilkinson. They play assorted British retirees who get lured to a once glorious, now dilapidated Indian hotel for seniors run by a spirited but scattered manager. 124 min. nnn (GS) Canada Square, Coliseum Scarborough, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Yonge, Interchange 30, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Mississauga, Varsity

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(Drew Goddard) should be viewed with as little advance knowledge as possible. Let’s just say the script is inspired, the direction is sprightly, and the third act does not falter. And everything you need to know is in the title. Well, almost everything. 95 min. nnnn (NW)

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chernoByl diAries (Brad Parker) is basically a Eurotrip version of The Hills Have Eyes, with unassuming vacationers (including Jesse McCartney, Jonathan Sadowski and Devin Kelley) served up as fodder for whatever lurks in the woods around Pripyat, the Ukraine town evacuated at the start of the Chernobyl disaster in 1987. If you’ve seen a horror movie in the last three or four decades, you know what’s going to happen to these poor kids, but producer/ co-writer Oren Peli and director Parker appropriate the pinwheeling handheld aesthetic we’ve come to associate with found-footage movies to amp up the suspense by forcing us to share the characters’ panicked perspective. You can’t help but be sucked into the story, even when you pretty much know where it’s going beat for beat. Some subtitles. 85 min. nnn (NW) 401 & Morningside, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Scarborough, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande Yonge, Interchange 30, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24 chimpAnzee (Alastair Fothergill, Mark

Linfield) finds veteran nature filmmakers Fothergill (African Cats) and Linfield (Earth) documenting the life of a young chimp living with his troop somewhere in the jungles that run through Uganda and Côte d’Ivoire. It’s a little on the anthropomorphic side, and Tim Allen’s insistently chummy narration grates, but the developments in the second half are genuinely gripping, and the high-def images are stunning. 78 min. nnn (NW) Interchange 30, SilverCity Mississauga

cosmopolis (David Cronenberg) 108 min. See interview and review, page 74, and Q&A with Sarah Gadon at nowtoronto. com/movies. nnn (NW) Opens Jun 8 at Grande - Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, Scotiabank Theatre, Varsity crooked Arrows (Steve Rash) is an underdog sports movie that aims to return lacrosse to its native American roots while shooting straight for every genre cliché in the playbook. There’s the reluctant coach

film worthy of his legacy. Scott Speedman delivers an appropriately charismatic performance as the impoverished family man who skilfully robbed banks, becoming a beloved national celebrity and public enemy number one. Nice guy; too bad these sorts of stories don’t have happy endings. Morlando’s stylish directorial debut is a giddy rush of entertainment with melancholic undertones, shot through an evocative newsreel aesthetic. (The black-andwhite rear projection used in driving scenes is a nice touch). The innocent spirit behind Boyd’s crime spree is captured without shying away from the damage his exploits inflicted on his family. Canadian movies are rarely this slick and entertaining. Come to think of it, period crime movies rarely play so well. 105 min. NNNN (Phil Brown) Carlton Cinema, Kingsway Theatre

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(Nicholas Stoller) is just as shaggy and casual as Jason Segel’s Forgetting Sarah Marshall, although the structure is more ambitious. It sprawls out over more than half a decade to chronicle the flailings of a San Francisco couple (Segel and Emily Blunt) who find their marriage plans constantly upstaged or thwarted by the simple progression of their lives. Segel and Blunt are terrific together, with a buoyant chemistry that feels both sexy and comfortable, and it’s a pleasure to hang out with their characters, even when things get difficult for them. This is a deeper and richer film than its marketing suggests – it’s ultimately about the characters’ transition from carefree post-adolescence to the more demanding realities of living as adults. 123 min. NNNN (NW) Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Kingsway Theatre, SilverCity Mississauga, Yonge & Dundas 24

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(Superman Returns’ Brandon Routh), who must lead the local high school team as part of a deal to wrangle more land for his thriving casino business – real estate agents, take note – and the ragtag team, a typical assemblage that includes the fat wisecracker, the ball-hog captain and the lowly benchwarmer. Throw in some groanworthy sentiment and embarrassing attempts at humour and you have a sports movie. The formula works not because this is an accomplished film, but because it has good intentions and some riveting game action. 100 min. NNN (RS) Yonge & Dundas 24

DARK SHADOWS (Tim Burton) is impeccably designed and textured and features a fun character turn by Johnny Depp as the miserable vampire Barnabas Collins – unearthed from two centuries’ burial to awkwardly rejoin his family in 1972 – but somehow it never comes to life. Fans will see the episodic, overstuffed narrative as being faithful to the original series, which constantly juggled everyone’s allegiances and affections to keep the story moving. But movies aren’t TV shows, and Burton can’t keep this many balls in the air without dropping a few. As with Burton and Depp’s take on Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, there’s no question everyone had a ball on the set, but the final product doesn’t really merit all the effort. 113 min. NN (NW) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre THE DEEP BLUE SEA (Terence Davies)

spans two days in the life of Hester Collyer (Rachel Weisz), who’s abandoned her comfortable marriage to a stuffy judge (Simon Russell Beale) for a younger, more sexually desirable man (Tom Hiddleston). It’s just that living with that decision is much, much harder than she expected. All three actors are terrific; Weisz, who’s in virtually every shot, is mesmerizing. If you only know Hiddleston as the bad guy from Thor, this will give you a sense of his impressive range. Adapting the play by Terence Rattigan, writer-director Davies fixes his actors in period detail so exacting that even the dust on the chintz curtains seems vintage. It’s as if Douglas Sirk had been entrusted with Brief Encounter instead of

David Lean, and taken the material in rather a more expressive direction. The result is a deliberate, absorbing melodrama in the best sense of the word. 98 min. NNNN (NW) Carlton Cinema

THE DICTATOR (Larry Charles) reunites comic chameleon Sacha Baron Cohen and director Charles, who tested the limits of good taste and political incorrectness with Borat and Brüno. Cohen’s Admiral General Aladeen is a shaggy-bearded tyrant from the fictional country of Wadiya who escapes an assassination attempt, then tries to reclaim his title. There’s a lot of plot to wade through, and the writers concoct an endless stream of jokes – some of which work while others fall flat. The scenes at a touchy-feely co-op where Aladeen hides out are brilliant, made funnier because Anna Faris plays the co-op boss/love interest entirely straight. There’s a sweetness about Aladeen’s sexual and emotional awakening that makes him likeable despite his insane views. Best of all is his scathing monologue comparing the U.S. to a dictatorship, proving that even silly comedy can be dead serious. 84 min. NNN (GS) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Varsity DOUBLE TROUBLE (David Hsun-Wei Chang) 89 min. See review, page 77. NN (Phil Brown) Opens Jun 8 at Kennedy Commons 20, Yonge & Dundas 24 DR. SEUSS’ THE LORAX (Chris Renaud, Kyle Balda) is the latest feature-length Dr. Seuss adaptation that transforms the masterful author’s succinct writing into souped-up CGI spectacle. Lovers of the book will find the added pop culture references and songs distracting, but the breezy comedy should please kids. Seuss won’t roll over in his grave – maybe just shudder slightly. 94 min. NNN (Phil Brown) Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20

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HIGH SCHOOL (John Stalberg) 99 min. See Q&A and review, page 76. NNN (NW) Opens Jun 8 at Kennedy Commons 20, Yonge & Dundas 24 THE HUNGER GAMES (Gary Ross) adapts Suzanne Collins’s futuristic novel about a young girl – an excellent Jennifer Lawrence – who must participate in a televised fightto-the-death spectacle. The cast is great and the film looks terrific, but it sanitizes the material in what could have been a devastatingly dystopic film event. A missed opportunity. 142 min. NNN (SGC) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre HYSTERIA (Tanya Wexler) is not as risqué as its premise, the invention of the vibrator, though it’s certainly pleasurable enough. Hugh Dancy stars as Mortimer Granville, a Victorian doctor who cures women’s mental ailments by using his fingers to... umm... provide a deep tissue massage. He’s the rom-com answer to Michael Fassbender’s Carl Jung in A Dangerous Method; both men treat women’s hysteria with orgasms. When Granville’s clinical hand jobs give him severe cramps, he stumbles upon a mechanical contraption that would eventually become a woman’s best friend. Though historical accuracy isn’t what director Wexler is shooting for, she finds an aloof, playful way to criticize male hypocrisy in an era when the female orgasm wasn’t medically recognized. Dancy is an ideal romantic lead, and he has a fine foil in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Charlotte, who embodies the women’s emancipation movement. The charming

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ñIN THE FAMILY

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(Patrick Wang) is one of the best American debuts in years – a simple observational drama about a nice guy named Joey trying to secure custody of his late partner’s son in Tennessee, where the courts aren’t exactly packed with same-sex civil suits. Stretching out over nearly three hours, In The Family tracks Joey’s ordeal as he tries to get Chip back and rebuild his own life, often in the same breath. The movie aches with understated feeling and empathy, allowing even the antagonistic characters a measure of complexity and humanity. Wang isn’t making a movie about gays and straights, he’s making a movie about people. And it’s terrific. 169 min. NNNNN (NW) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema

THE INTOUCHABLES (Olivier Nakache, Eric Toledano) is a well-acted, charming French

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buddy picture that feels like it’s been meticulously calibrated to hit the centre of some grand art house Venn diagram. There’s the unexpected bonding across class and colour lines and unsanitized treatment of physical disability as a wealthy white man (François Cluzet) learns to reembrace life through his friendship with his worldly-wise ethnic caregiver (Omar Sy). Yes, it’s based on a true story, but it’s been filtered through a certain crowd-pleasing, triumph-of-the-spirit sensibility that I recognize from every Miramax foreign-language pickup released between about 1994 and 2006. Subtitled. 112 min. NNN (NW) Grande - Yonge, Varsity

JESUS HENRY CHRIST (Dennis Lee) is sup-

posedly a coming-of-age comedy about a boy genius. However, the movie has the attention span of a child with ADHD, getting so caught up with whatever quirky oddities it can conjure up that it can’t focus on telling a simple story. Henry (Jason Spevack) is the titular boy Einstein, who enters college at age 10. Seeking his biological dad, Henry finds Dr. Slavkin O’Hara (Michael Sheen) and his miserable daughter Audrey (Samantha Weinstein), both of whom have enough issues to make their own movie, preferably directed by Wes Anderson. Lee constantly interrupts the plot with visual gimmicks and asides that take away from the relationship between Henry and Audrey, which despite the fine child actors, remains undercooked. All the while, the movie crassly deals with issues of race and sexual orientation. 95 min. N (RS) Carlton Cinema, Regent Theatre

JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI (David Gelb) is an

attractive if slightly undercooked documentary about sushi master Jiro Ono, who rose from humble Japanese roots to become the only sushi chef to receive a three-star restaurant rating in the Michelin Guide. Gelb patiently takes us through each step of the sushi-making process, but there are some oddities; the omission of any mention of Ono’s wife sticks out like a rogue grain of rice on an otherwise impeccable plate. 81 min. NNN (GS) TIFF Bell Lightbox

ñLAST CALL AT THE OASIS

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recycled water to help people over the “yuck factor.” He’s laughing on the edge of the abyss – but of course, we all are. 99 min. NNNN (NW) Bloor Hot Docs Cinema

LOVELY MOLLY (Eduardo Sánchez) has a nearly identical story to the first Paranormal Activity: a young couple’s happiness is slowly shredded by supernatural phenomena that begin as minor annoyances and escalate into something far nastier. The movie even incorporates grainy camcorder footage of things going bump in the night, though of course writer-director Sánchez more or less originated that trope when he co-directed The Blair Witch Project back in 1999. Sánchez isn’t exactly spinning his wheels with Lovely Molly, but neither is he breaking new ground. And as great as Gretchen Lodge is in the title role, she’s as much a victim of the script’s clichés as Molly is of whatever’s tormenting her. 97 min. NN (NW) Yonge & Dundas 24 THE LUCKY ONE (Scott Hicks) stars Zac Efron as a soldier who tracks down a woman whose photo he found on a Iraq battlefield. It’s a soft romance that offers weak acting and dialogue and, thanks to some melodrama, unintentional humour. 101 min. N (AD) Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, SilverCity Mississauga MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE’S MOST WANTED (Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath, Conrad Ver-

non) 85 min. See review, page 77. NNN (RS) Opens Jun 8 at 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande Yonge, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

MARLEY (Kevin Macdonald) can be compared to a massive joint – and not just because there’s an obscene amount of ganja onscreen. Share it with a group while grooving to its tunes and everyone will come away with a different kind of high. Hardcore Bob Marley fans will be astonished by the documentary’s depth and breadth, capturing the musician as both a fallible man and an untouchable legend. Those who only know a few Marley tunes will walk away enlightened about his music and its roots. Macdonald details Marley’s life from childhood as the rejected son of a British naval officer to reggae icon whose lyrics are cited by every flannel-shirt wearing hippie. The film never lags despite its epic running time, entirely justified by its subject’s complexity and influence. After all, Marley’s not the kind of guy you can take in with just a few tokes. 145 min. NNNN (RS) TIFF Bell Lightbox

ñMARVEL’S THE AVENGERS

(Joss Whedon) is, quite simply, an epic win – it’s tremendous fun, sprinting through its gargantuan adventure on a mixture of adrenaline, glee and wise-assery. That’s mostly due to director and co-writer Whedon, whose ability to render large, distinct casts of characters is exactly what’s required for a movie of this scale. Everything that happens is grounded in who these people are, not what they can do. And he’s the first filmmaker to crack the problem of the Hulk by remembering that Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo) is a scientist, not a fugitive, and that the Hulk has a personality too. I’d have been happy to watch these actors sit around eating pastries for two and a half hours – especially Ruffalo and Robert Downey Jr., who have a wonderful chemistry as a pair of brainiacs with very different control issues – but Thor’s brother Loki (Tom Hiddleston) has to go and launch an alien invasion of Earth, forcing them to suit up and fight back. Honestly? I didn’t mind that either. Some subtitles. 143 min. NNNN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Docks Lakeview Drive-In, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview,

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MEN IN BLACK 3 (Barry Sonnenfeld) arrives

10 years after the last one, and the jokes have hardly changed: Will Smith’s Agent J is still getting himself knocked around by giant CG aliens and goggling at the wonders of the universe, and Tommy Lee Jones’s Agent K is still a taciturn buzz-kill. Except that one day, Agent J wakes up to learn that Agent K isn’t anything at all, having been killed by an alien in 1969 – which requires J to leap back into the past to save him. Josh Brolin as the younger K turns out to be the movie’s best effect; he perfectly channels the cranky pragmatism that makes Jones’s performance so much fun. The problem is that the script never gives him or Smith anything substantial to do, bouncing the pair from one effects scene to the next. The movie whizzes by in a blur of speedy activity and elaborate visual effects – and 3-D, don’t forget the 3-D – but evaporates almost as soon as it reaches your retinas. 105 min. NN (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, Humber Cinema, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

MIRROR MIRROR (Tarsem Singh) is an allstyle, no-substance remake of Snow White that casts Julia Roberts as a bitchy cougar of an Evil Queen who wants her stepdaughter (Lily Collins) killed and the hunky prince (Armie Hammer) all to herself. Structurally, the film’s a mess. Director Singh has no idea whose story to tell, and the laughs are uninspired. Singh is more art director than director, but we’ve seen these costumes and fairy-tale forests in any number of Tim Burton movies. 106 min. N (GS) Colossus, Kennedy Commons 20, Kingsway Theatre, SilverCity Mississauga

ñMONSIEUR LAZHAR

(Philippe Falardeau) is a tender and touching drama that captures the pulse of both primary school politics and Canadian immigration. Algerian refugee Bachir Lahzar (Fellag) becomes a substitute teacher to students struggling with grief after their former teacher’s suicide. Falardeau proves once again why he’s one of Canada’s premier talents in this focused and intelligent drama that never allows allegorical touches to overwhelm the very personal story at its centre. Subtitled. 94 min. NNNNN (RS) Carlton Cinema, Kingsway Theatre, Regent Theatre

ñMOONRISE KINGDOM

(Wes Anderson) might be Anderson’s purest work yet – a tender tale of longing and melancholy as seen through the eyes of a handful of people on an isolated (fictional) island off the coast of New England. In September 1965, two 12-year-old pen pals (Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward) run off together, launching a search that eventually expands to involves her parents (Bill Murray, Frances McDormand), his scout troop (led by Edward Norton, in the Owen Wilson role) and the island’s police captain (Bruce Willis). It’s Badlands without the murders or Zabriskie Point without the apocalypse. Anderson is working the same themes of messy youthful rebellion, but in an entirely different register – and, arguably, from a more mature perspective. It’s also one of the saddest comedies you’ll ever see, though that’s not a criticism. 94 min. NNNN (NW) Grande - Yonge, Varsity

PIRANHA 3DD (John Gulager) is a funny,

energetic and unabashedly sleazy hymn to the three classic B movie virtues: blood, beasts and breasts. The beasts are prehistoric piranhas who’ve made their way to an adult-themed water park where the breasts are at play and on display. The blood comes from the meeting of fish and flesh, and it’s all delivered in well-done 3-D that fully utilizes its prime aesthetic value: to fling those 3 Bs in your face at every opportunity. Christopher Lloyd, Ving Rhames and David Hasselhof do fine comic turns. 83 min. NNN (AD) Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborcontinued on page 82 œ

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The PiraTes! Band of MisfiTs

(Peter Lord) is as energetic and fear lessly goofy as anything to bear the stamp of England’s Aardman Animation. When an affable Pirate Captain (voiced by Hugh Grant) and his jolly crew (including Martin Freeman, Brendan Gleeson and Anton Yel chin) embark on an adventure with scien tists, the ship’s parrot brings our heroes to the attention of both Charles Darwin (David Tennant) and Queen Victoria (Imelda Staun ton). The story’s cracked alternate history gets funnier as it goes along, and the film sails merrily through a series of inspired set pieces with lusty recitations of very silly dialogue. Shot in 3D, which allows us notice the sight gags crammed into every corner of the frame. 88 min. nnnn (NW) Canada Square, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, SilverCity Mississauga, Yonge & Dundas 24

ProMeTheus (Ridley Scott) 119 min. See review, page 75. nn (NW) Opens Jun 8 at 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Docks Lakeview Drive-In, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Humber Cinema, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Varsity The raid: redeMPTion (Gareth Huw Evans) is a nonstop action movie in which a Jakarta tactical team’s assault on a crime lord’s apartment building turns into a fran tic battle for survival against dozens of heavily armed thugs. But the constant boneshattering kungfu smackdowns both define and undermine the film, since there’s literally nothing else to it; by the 15th brutal confrontation, it gets a little monotonous. Subtitled. 101 min. nnn (NW) Kennedy Commons 20 The raven (James McTeigue) is a moder ately entertaining murder mystery that casts Edgar Allan Poe (John Cusack) as a sleuth when somebody uses his stories as the pattern for their grisly killings in 1849 Baltimore. The case is preposterous, but provides some atmospheric, suspenseful

fun. 111 min. nnn (AD) Interchange 30

safe (Boaz Yakin) is a Jason Statham movie,

which is always a safe bet for dumbed down, nonstop action. He plays a prize fighter who protects a young Chinese girl from the Triads, the Russian Mob and cor rupt cops. The dialogue is as brutal and in yourface as Statham’s feet, but even when Safe is bad, it’s good. 95 min. nnn (RS) Colossus, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20

safe house (Daniel Espinosa) is an okay

Bourne Trilogy knockoff. A novice CIA agent and a captured rogue agent go on the run when a Johannesburg safe house gets raided. Its car chases and punchups lack the Bourne series’ manic invention, but it still delivers solid thrills, good acting and a fastpaced if predictable spy story. 115 min. nnn (AD) Kennedy Commons 20

salMon fishing in The YeMen (Lasse Hallström) is a light comedy about a stuffy salmon expert (Ewan McGregor) and a troubled administrator (Emily Blunt) drawn to one another while working to stock the river of a wealthy Yemeni sheik (Amr Waked) with Atlantic salmon. No, seriously. 112 min. nn (NW) Kingsway Theatre, Mt Pleasant The saMariTan (David Weaver) stars

Samuel L. Jackson as Foley, a grifter just out of prison after a 25year stretch. Naturally, he finds it harder than expected to stay out of trouble, especially once his dead part ner’s son (Luke Kirby) looks him up with an offer of a big score. Foley finds something like contentment in the arms of a junkie (Ruth Negga), but we can tell their happi ness will be shortlived by the way the script rushes them into cozy domesticity. And then... well, things get really, really silly, as director Weaver and cowriter Elan Mas tai twist The Samaritan in several different directions before settling for a professional but generic pulp thriller. It’s nicely shot, and there are moments when Weaver gets the modern noir tone exactly right – like the scenes with Gil Bellows as a sympathetic bartender or Tom McCamus as a weary parole officer – but then he drags us back to the larger plot, where things seem a lot harder to believe. 93 min. nn (NW) Carlton Cinema, Interchange 30

snow whiTe and The hunTsMan (Ru

pert Sanders) adapts the classic fairy tale for Twihards who like their fantasies served

Omar Sy (left) and François Cluzet share a laugh in the art house feel-good flick The Intouchables. with Kristen Stewart and some burning loins. In this admittedly Grimm take, Queen Ravenna (Charlize Theron, mugging pas sionately) dispatches the titular Huntsman (Chris Hemsworth) to capture an escaped Snow White (Stewart), who’s destined to lead a revolution. Director Sanders (who hails from the land of commercials) delivers eye candy through set design and cos tumes, particularly in scenes revolving around Theron’s vain queen. Isn’t it fitting that a story about a vicious medieval beauty pageant can only be recommended for its aesthetics? The characters, while dressed to kill, lack substance, particularly Snow White. Stewart’s been hanging around vampires for so long that her per formance is lifeless. Like that poison apple, SWATH looks inviting but offers nothing you’d want to chew on. 127 min. nn (RS) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Carlton Cinema, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Docks Lakeview Drive-In, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Humber Cinema, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

Think like a Man (Tim Story) is a slick bit

of selfpromotion from author (and execu tive producer) Steve Harvey, who uses his tellall guidebook, Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man, to kick off the plot and set up the punchlines in this harmless romcom. A handful of black women heed advice from Harvey’s bible on how to deal with male

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clichés like the player, the mama’s boy and the guy too comfy to drop some dime on a ring. All they really had to do was refer back to Carrie’s misadventures in Sex And The City, but then Harvey would be without a movie. There’s no point arguing that the characters are stereotypes, since the book makes a point of categorizing people by sex and malfunction. Some strong actors man age to make the most out of thin material. 122 min. nnn (RS) 401 & Morningside, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Kennedy Commons 20, Rainbow Woodbine, Yonge & Dundas 24

The Three sTooges (Peter Farrelly, Bobby

Farrelly) is a tribute to cinema’s comedy vio lence pioneers, who are clearly revered by the filmmakers and cast of expert impres sionists. Larry, Curly and Moe attempt to save an orphanage before stumbling into a deliberately ridiculous murder plot. Yes, the humour is idiotic and infantile, but it’s the Stooges, so anything else would certainly be a mistake. 92 min. nnn (Phil Brown) Interchange 30

ñ21 JuMP sTreeT

(Phil Lord, Chris topher Miller) reboots the 80s tele vision series, where young undercover cops pose as high school students. Thankfully it never takes its source material too serious ly. The meta comedy is all tongueincheek shenanigans that proudly lift a middle fin ger to the hoary clichés the film recycles. It’s not brilliant, but it damn sure is a lot of fun. 109 min. nnnn (RS) Interchange 30, Yonge & Dundas 24

wagner’s dreaM (Susan Froemke) looks

at Canadian director Robert Lepage’s con troversial staging of the monumental Ring cycle for the Metropolitan Opera. 115 min. Jun 9, 12:55 pm, at Grande - Yonge, Queensway

we have a PoPe (Nanni Moretti) is the Vatican’s answer to The King’s Speech. A reluctant cardinal who’s elected pope suf fers a nervous breakdown before he can deliver his inaugural speech. Moretti’s ami able, undemanding crowdpleaser pokes light fun at the Catholic Church’s pomp and ceremony during the papal conclave. Slap stick like a cardinal falling flat on his face

during a power outage in the Sistine Chapel actually works because it reminds us that clerics are people, too, and the Vatican runs on electricity rather than a higher power. Moretti paints the clergy as prisoners of their own rituals, particularly the runaway pope (Michel Piccoli), who goes on the lam to seek inspiration among the people. But the film loses its spirit in pandering scenes of priests singing and playing volleyball. In stead of getting truly critical, Moretti lets his cute premise play out in the least sacri legious way possible. Subtitled. 105 min. nnn (RS) TIFF Bell Lightbox

whaT To exPecT when You’re exPecT ing (Kirk Jones) offers vignettes about the

bumps on the road that a woman with a baby bump might encounter. The five couples’ ninemonth journeys to parent hood are so chopped up that the people become less fleshedout characters than types. Still, some stories ring surprisingly true, particularly Cameron Diaz’s control freak and Elizabeth Banks’s onpoint depic tion of a pregnancy from hell. The film makers neuter the emotional wreckage of a miscarriage with the standard popsong montage treatment, clearly trying to move on to the upbeat stuff as quickly as pos sible. That’s the biggest problem with What To Expect. For all the wisdom it may impart, the film would rather resort to immature humour for kicks. Many of these gags are so forcibly contrived that the movie seems like it’s going through labour to deliver them. 110 min. nn (RS) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

where do we go now? (Nadine Labaki)

is a surefire crowdpleaser that makes Mid east politics go down easy – a Molotov Cocktail that tastes like a Bellini. The Chris tian and Muslim inhabitants of a Lebanese village have learned to coexist peacefully, but random acts of vandalism threaten to break their ceasefire. The mischievous women find ways to distract their men from fighting, whether by faking communi cation with the Virgin Mary or importing Ukrainian strippers to give the guys some thing else to get hard over. The film’s reso lutions to animosity certainly seem as far fetched as an accord between two religions, but that may be the point. Labaki doesn’t always have an easy time mixing laughs with tears, but it’s difficult not to be charmed by her characters and purpose. Although the politics are halfcooked, this absurd comedy is a delightful tribute to the women who have to find ways around men and their follies. Subtitled. 100 min. nnn (RS) Canada Square, Grande - Yonge, TIFF Bell Lightbox, Varsity 3

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the Best exOtiC marigOLD hOteL (PG) 1:15, 4:00, 7:00, 9:40 ChernOByL Diaries (14A) thu 3:15, 5:00, 9:25, 11:20 the DiCtatOr (14A) thu 1:05, 3:05, 5:05, 7:10, 9:10, 11:10 maDagasCar 3: eurOpe’s mOst wanteD (G) 1:05, 3:05, 5:05, 7:10, 9:10 Fri 11:10 late marveL’s the avengers (PG) 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 9:30 men in BLaCk 3 (PG) thu 1:00, 3:30, 7:15, 9:35 Fri 1:10, 3:30, 7:15, 9:35, 11:45 sat-Wed 1:10, 3:30, 7:15, 9:35 prOmetheus (14A) Fri-Wed 12:55, 3:40, 7:05, 9:45 snOw white anD the huntsman (PG) thu 1:00 3:35 6:50 9:15 11:30 Fri-Wed 12:50, 3:35, 6:50, 9:15 thu 1:00 mat, 11:30 late Fri 11:40 late what tO expeCt when yOu’re expeCting (14A) thu 12:55, 7:05

scotiaBank tHeatre (ce) 259 ricHmonD st W, 416-368-5600

BarrymOre (14A) thu 7:00 sun 12:55 BattLeship (PG) thu 12:50, 1:15, 4:00, 4:10, 7:10, 10:10, 10:50 Fri-sun 1:45, 4:50, 7:50, 10:55 mon-Wed 1:15, 4:20, 7:10, 10:10 the Best exOtiC marigOLD hOteL (PG) thu 12:35, 3:25, 6:20, 9:10 Fri-sun 1:15, 4:15, 7:10, 10:10 mon-Wed 12:40, 3:40, 6:40, 9:40 BLazing saDDLes Wed 7:00 COsmOpOLis (18A) Fri-sun 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:15 monWed 1:50, 4:50, 7:20, 10:00 Dark shaDOws (14A) thu 2:30, 5:20, 8:30, 11:30 Fri-sun 12:00, 2:40, 5:20, 8:00, 10:45 mon-Wed 12:40, 3:20, 6:20, 9:10 Dark shaDOws: the imax experienCe (14A) thu 1:00, 3:45, 6:30, 9:10 the DiCtatOr (14A) thu 12:30, 1:10, 2:40, 3:30, 5:10, 5:45, 7:20, 8:00, 9:30, 10:20, 11:40 Fri-sat 11:55, 2:05, 4:20, 6:35, 8:50, 11:05 sun 11:10, 4:20, 6:35, 8:50, 11:05 mon-tue 12:50, 2:50, 5:10, 7:30, 9:45 Wed 12:45, 2:50, 7:50, 9:45 the hunger games (14A) thu 12:55, 4:30, 7:40, 10:45 Fri-sun 12:20, 3:45, 7:20, 10:50 mon-tue 2:30, 6:10, 9:50 Wed 2:30, 10:00 marveL’s the avengers (PG) thu 2:50, 3:20, 6:10, 6:40, 9:20, 10:00 Fri-sun 11:15, 2:30, 5:50, 9:10 mon-Wed 2:15, 5:50, 9:15 marveL’s the avengers 3D (PG) thu 1:00, 1:40, 2:20, 4:20, 5:00, 5:30, 7:30, 8:10, 8:40, 11:00, 11:50 Fri-sun 11:45, 12:50, 3:10, 4:05, 6:40, 7:40, 9:50, 11:00 mon-Wed 12:30, 1:10, 3:45, 4:30, 7:00, 8:30, 10:20 piranha 3DD 3D (18A) thu 1:20, 3:40, 6:00, 8:20, 10:40

55 Bloor st W, 416-961-6304 BarrymOre (14A) thu 7:00 sun 12:55 the Best exOtiC marigOLD hOteL (PG) thu 1:00, 4:00, 7:10, 10:10 Fri-Wed 1:20, 4:10, 7:00, 9:55 COsmOpOLis (18A) Fri-Wed 2:10, 4:45, 7:20, 10:00 the DiCtatOr (14A) thu 12:50, 3:10, 5:30, 7:40, 10:15 Fri-sat, mon-Wed 12:40, 2:50, 5:00, 7:10, 9:20 sun 5:00, 7:10, 9:20 hysteria (PG) thu 1:10, 3:30, 7:30, 9:45 the intOuChaBLes (14A) thu 1:30, 4:10, 7:00, 9:50 FriWed 1:45, 4:25, 7:05, 9:45 marveL’s the avengers 3D (PG) thu 12:40, 3:50, 7:05, 10:15 Fri-sun 12:50, 4:00, 7:15, 10:30 mon-Wed 12:35, 3:45, 6:55, 10:05 mOOnrise kingDOm (PG) thu-sun 12:30, 1:00, 2:55, 3:25, 5:20, 5:50, 7:45, 8:15, 10:10, 10:40 mon-tue 12:30, 12:50, 2:55, 3:15, 5:20, 5:40, 7:45, 8:05, 10:10, 10:30 Wed 12:30, 12:50, 2:55, 3:15, 5:20, 7:45, 10:10, 10:30 prOmetheus 3D (14A) Fri-sun 1:40, 4:35, 7:30, 10:25 mon-Wed 1:35, 4:30, 7:25, 10:20 where DO we gO nOw? (14A) thu 12:35, 3:00, 10:00

VIP SCREENINGS

the Best exOtiC marigOLD hOteL (PG) thu-sun 12:45, 3:30, 6:35, 9:25 mon-tue 1:10, 3:50, 6:35, 9:25 Wed 1:10, 3:50, 9:50 COsmOpOLis (18A) Fri-Wed 1:40, 4:15, 6:55, 9:35 the DiCtatOr (14A) thu 12:25, 2:45, 5:00, 7:15, 9:35 marveL’s the avengers (PG) thu 12:30, 3:35, 6:45, 9:55 mOOnrise kingDOm (PG) thu 12:20, 2:40, 5:05, 7:35, 10:05 Fri-Wed 12:55, 3:15, 5:35, 8:00, 10:25 prOmetheus (14A) Fri-Wed 1:15, 4:05, 7:00, 9:55

yonge & DunDas 24 (amc) 10 DunDas st e, 416-335-5323

as One thu 3:45, 6:40, 9:40 Beginner’s guiDe tO enDings (14A) 7:20, 10:15 thu 2:05 mat, 4:25 BeyOnD the BLaCk rainBOw (14A) Call 416-335-5323 for Times the CaBin in the wOODs (18A) thu 2:45, 5:25, 8:00, 10:30 Fri-sun 12:10, 2:45, 5:25, 7:50, 10:10 mon-Wed 2:45, 5:25, 7:50, 10:10 ChernOByL Diaries (14A) thu 1:00, 1:30, 2:15, 2:45, 3:15, 4:00, 4:30, 5:15, 6:00, 6:30, 7:00, 7:45, 8:30, 9:30, 10:00, 10:45 Fri-sun 12:30, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:00 mon-tue 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:00 CrOOkeD arrOws 1:35, 4:10, 7:10, 10:10 sat-sun 11:00 mat DOuBLe trOuBLe 2:25, 4:50, 7:25, 10:00 sat-sun 11:55 mat the Five-year engagement (14A) thu 3:50, 6:50, 9:50 Fri-sun 12:20, 3:10, 6:00 mon-Wed 3:10, 6:00 high sChOOL 1:50, 4:20, 6:50, 9:20 sat-sun 11:20 mat LOveLy mOLLy thu 2:30, 4:50, 7:25, 10:10 maDagasCar 3: eurOpe’s mOst wanteD (G) 1:30, 4:15, 7:00, 9:45 sat-sun 10:45 mat maDagasCar 3: eurOpe’s mOst wanteD 3D (G) Fri 12:15, 2:15, 3:00, 5:00, 5:45, 7:45, 8:30, 10:15, 10:45 satsun 11:30, 12:15, 2:15, 3:00, 5:00, 5:45, 7:45, 8:30, 10:15, 10:45 mon-Wed 1:00, 2:15, 3:15, 5:00, 5:45, 7:45, 8:30, 10:15, 10:45 men in BLaCk 3 (PG) thu 1:00, 3:30, 4:00, 6:15, 6:45, 9:15, 9:45 Fri-sun 12:15, 1:00, 3:15, 4:00, 6:15, 6:45, 9:15, 9:45 mon, Wed 1:00, 3:15, 4:00, 6:15, 6:45, 9:15, 9:45 tue 1:00, 3:15, 4:00, 6:45, 9:45

men in BLaCk 3 3D (PG) thu 2:00, 2:45, 3:45, 5:00, 5:45, 7:00, 8:00, 8:45, 10:00, 10:40 Fri, mon-Wed 2:00, 2:45, 5:00, 5:30, 8:00, 8:30, 10:45 sat-sun 11:15, 11:45, 2:00, 2:45, 5:00, 5:30, 8:00, 8:30, 10:45 men in BLaCk 3: an imax 3D experienCe (PG) 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:30 sat-sun 10:30 mat the pirates! BanD OF misFits (PG) 1:25, 3:40 sat-sun 11:05 mat rOwDy rathOre (14A) 3:05, 6:35, 10:05 sat-sun 11:50 mat shanghai 2:50, 6:10, 9:35 sat-sun 11:25 mat snOw white anD the huntsman (PG) thu 1:15, 2:00, 3:30, 4:15, 5:00, 6:30, 7:15, 8:00, 9:00, 9:45, 10:15, 10:45 Fri 12:30, 1:15, 2:00, 3:30, 4:15, 5:00, 6:30, 7:15, 8:00, 9:00, 9:45, 10:15, 11:00 sat 10:30, 11:00, 12:30, 1:15, 2:00, 3:30, 4:15, 5:00, 6:30, 7:15, 8:00, 9:45, 10:15, 11:00 sun 10:30, 11:00, 12:30, 1:15, 2:00, 3:30, 4:15, 5:00, 6:30, 7:15, 8:00, 9:45, 10:15, 10:45 mon-Wed 1:15, 2:00, 3:30, 4:15, 5:00, 6:30, 7:15, 8:00, 9:45, 10:15, 10:45 think Like a man (PG) thu 2:00 4:45 7:40 10:45 Fri-Wed 2:00, 4:45, 7:40, 10:20 sat-sun 10:50 mat 21 Jump street (14A) thu 6:15, 9:05 Fri-sun 12:40, 3:35, 6:15, 9:05 mon, Wed 3:35, 6:15, 9:05 tue 3:35 what tO expeCt when yOu’re expeCting (14A) thu 1:30, 3:30, 4:15, 6:15, 7:00, 9:00, 10:00 Fri-sun 12:45, 3:30, 6:15, 9:00 mon-Wed 3:30, 6:15, 9:00

midtown canaDa square (ce) 2200 yonge st, 416-646-0444

BattLeship (PG) thu 4:05, 6:55 Bernie thu 4:25, 7:15 the Best exOtiC marigOLD hOteL (PG) thu 4:10, 7:00 Fri 4:10, 7:00, 9:40 sat-sun 1:10, 4:00, 7:00, 9:40 monWed 4:20, 7:00 Dark shaDOws (14A) thu 4:40, 7:05 Fri-sun 6:50, 9:20 mon-Wed 6:40 heaDhunters thu 4:15, 6:40 Fri 4:40, 7:25, 9:40 sat-sun 1:35, 4:40, 7:25, 9:40 mon-Wed 4:30, 6:45 the hunger games (14A) thu, mon-Wed 4:00, 6:50 Fri 3:50, 6:40, 9:30 sat-sun 1:00, 3:50, 6:40, 9:30 hysteria (PG) Fri 4:30, 7:10, 9:25 sat-sun 1:40, 4:30, 7:10, 9:25 mon-Wed 4:40, 7:05 in the FamiLy thu, mon-Wed 3:50, 7:10 Fri 4:20, 7:40 sat-sun 1:00, 4:20, 7:40 the pirates! BanD OF misFits (PG) thu 4:30, 6:45 Fri, mon-Wed 4:15 sat-sun 1:50, 4:15 what tO expeCt when yOu’re expeCting (14A) Fri 4:00, 6:20, 8:50 sat-sun 1:20, 3:40, 6:20, 8:50 mon-Wed 4:10, 7:15 where DO we gO nOw? (14A) 4:05, 6:30 Fri 9:00 satsun 1:30 mat, 9:00

mt Pleasant (i)

675 mt Pleasant rD, 416-489-8484 Bernie Fri-sat 9:25 sun, tue 7:00 saLmOn Fishing in the yemen (PG) thu-sat, Wed 7:00 sun 4:30

regent tHeatre (i) 551 mt Pleasant rD, 416-480-9884

Jesus henry Christ (14A) Fri-sat 9:00 sun, tue 7:00 mOnsieur Lazhar (PG) thu-sat, Wed 7:00 sun 4:30

silvercity yonge (ce) 2300 yonge st, 416-544-1236

BarrymOre (14A) thu 7:00 sun 12:55 ChernOByL Diaries (14A) thu 1:40, 4:00, 10:00 the DiCtatOr (14A) thu 1:20, 3:40, 5:50, 8:00, 10:10 Fri 1:40, 3:50, 6:20, 8:40, 11:00 sat 1:30, 3:50, 6:20, 8:40, 11:00 sun 12:50, 3:20, 5:30, 7:40, 10:00 mon-tue 1:20, 3:30, 5:40, 7:50, 10:00 Wed 1:20, 3:30, 5:35, 7:50, 10:00 maDagasCar 3: eurOpe’s mOst wanteD (G) Fri 1:30, 4:00 sat-sun 12:00, 2:20, 4:45 mon-tue 1:05, 3:50 Wed 1:00, 3:50 maDagasCar 3: eurOpe’s mOst wanteD 3D (G) Fri 12:40, 3:10, 5:40, 8:10, 10:30 sat 12:30, 3:00, 5:30, 8:10, 10:35 sun 12:10, 2:50, 5:20, 8:00, 10:20 mon-Wed 1:50, 4:20, 6:50, 9:20 marveL’s the avengers (PG) thu 3:30, 6:40, 9:50 Fri 12:30, 3:30, 6:40, 10:00 sat 12:10, 3:20, 6:40, 10:00 sun 12:20, 3:30, 6:40, 9:50 mon-tue 1:00, 4:05, 7:15, 10:20 Wed 1:05, 4:15, 7:25, 10:25 marveL’s the avengers 3D (PG) thu 1:00, 4:05, 7:15,

10:25 Fri 4:10, 10:20 sat 4:00, 10:20 sun 4:00, 10:10 monWed 4:30, 10:10 men in BLaCk 3 (PG) thu 1:50, 4:30, 7:00, 9:40 Fri 1:50, 4:30, 7:10, 9:50 sat 12:00, 2:30, 5:10, 8:00, 10:30 sun 4:10, 6:50, 9:30 mon-tue 2:00, 4:40, 7:10, 9:50 Wed 1:25, 3:55, 10:20 men in BLaCk 3 3D (PG) thu 2:30, 5:10, 7:50, 10:20 Fri 1:00, 7:40 sat-sun 1:00, 7:20 mon-tue 1:30, 7:40 Wed 1:40, 7:40 prOmetheus (14A) Fri 7:00, 10:15 sat 7:10, 10:10 sun 7:05, 10:05 mon-Wed 6:30, 9:30 prOmetheus 3D (14A) Fri-sat 2:05, 5:00, 7:55, 10:50 sun 1:20, 4:20, 7:30, 10:30 mon-Wed 1:10, 4:00, 7:30, 10:30 snOw white anD the huntsman (PG) thu 1:15, 4:20, 7:30, 10:30 Fri-sat 1:20, 4:20, 7:30, 10:40 sun 12:40, 3:50, 7:00, 10:15 mon-tue 1:15, 4:15, 7:25, 10:30 Wed 1:00, 4:10, 7:20, 10:30 what tO expeCt when yOu’re expeCting (14A) thu 1:30, 4:15, 6:50, 9:55

piranha 3DD (18A) Fri-sat 10:25 sun-Wed 9:40 piranha 3DD 3D (18A) thu 12:30, 2:50, 5:15, 7:40, 10:05 the pirates! BanD OF misFits (PG) thu 12:40, 2:55, 5:15 Fri 2:40, 5:00 sat 12:20, 2:40, 5:00 sun-Wed 1:50, 4:05 prOmetheus (14A) Fri-sat 1:45, 4:40, 7:35, 10:30 sunWed 1:15, 4:10, 7:05, 10:00 prOmetheus 3D (14A) thu 12:01 Fri 2:15, 5:10, 7:05, 8:05, 10:00, 11:00 sat 11:20, 2:15, 5:10, 7:05, 8:05, 10:00, 11:00 sun-Wed 1:45, 4:40, 6:30, 7:35, 9:30, 10:30 snOw white anD the huntsman (PG) thu 12:25, 1:20, 2:20, 3:20, 4:20, 5:20, 6:20, 7:20, 8:20, 9:20, 10:20 Fri 12:50, 1:55, 3:50, 4:50, 6:50, 7:20, 7:50, 9:50, 10:20, 10:50 sat 11:05, 12:50, 1:55, 3:50, 4:50, 6:50, 7:20, 7:50, 9:50, 10:20, 10:50 sun-Wed 12:55, 1:30, 4:00, 4:30, 6:25, 7:00, 7:30, 9:25, 9:55, 10:25 wagner’s Dream sat 12:55 what tO expeCt when yOu’re expeCting (14A) thu 2:15, 4:55, 7:35, 10:20 Fri 2:30, 5:15, 7:55, 10:35 sat 11:50, 2:30, 5:15, 7:55, 10:35 sun-Wed 2:20, 5:00, 7:40, 10:20

Metro

rainBoW WooDBine (i)

West end HumBer cinema (i) 2442 Bloor st. West, 416-232-1939

men in BLaCk 3 (PG) thu 1:30, 4:00, 7:00, 9:30 prOmetheus (14A) thu 11:59 Fri-Wed 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 snOw white anD the huntsman (PG) 2:00, 4:30, 7:20, 9:45

kingsWay tHeatre (i) 3030 Bloor st W, 416-232-1939

the CaBin in the wOODs (18A) 8:55 eDwin BOyD (14A) 7:00 the Five-year engagement (14A) 2:45 mirrOr mirrOr (PG) sat-sun 11:30 mOnsieur Lazhar (PG) 1:15 saLmOn Fishing in the yemen (PG) 5:00

queensWay (ce)

1025 tHe queensWay, qeW & islington, 416-503-0424 BarrymOre (14A) thu 7:00 sun 12:55 BattLeship (PG) thu 1:15, 4:15, 7:25, 10:35 Fri-sat 1:20, 4:20, 7:25 sun-Wed 12:30, 3:30, 6:40 the Best exOtiC marigOLD hOteL (PG) thu 1:05, 4:05, 7:00, 9:55 Fri-sat 1:15, 4:15, 7:10, 10:05 sun-tue 12:45, 3:40, 6:45, 9:45 Wed 1:00, 3:50, 6:45, 9:45 BLazing saDDLes Wed 7:00 ChernOByL Diaries (14A) thu 1:10, 3:25, 5:40, 7:55, 10:10 Fri 1:40, 4:00, 6:15, 8:30, 10:45 sat 4:00, 6:15, 8:30, 10:45 sun 5:40, 8:00, 10:15 mon-tue 1:05, 3:20, 5:40, 8:00, 10:15 Wed 1:05, 3:20, 10:15 Dark shaDOws (14A) thu 2:30, 5:10, 7:50, 10:40 Fri-sat 10:25 sun-Wed 10:00 the DiCtatOr (14A) thu 1:35, 3:45, 7:30, 9:40, 10:15, 11:55 Fri-sat 1:35, 3:55, 6:10, 8:25, 10:40 sun-Wed 1:10, 3:25, 5:35, 7:55, 10:05 the hunger games (14A) thu 12:30, 3:40, 6:50, 10:00 Fri-sat 12:55, 4:05, 7:15 sun 12:25, 3:35, 6:50 mon-Wed 12:30, 3:35, 6:50 the Last starFighter sat 11:00 maDagasCar 3: eurOpe’s mOst wanteD (G) Fri-sat 12:30, 2:55, 5:20, 7:45, 10:10 sun-tue 2:30, 4:55, 7:20, 9:40 Wed 1:00, 4:55, 7:20, 9:40 maDagasCar 3: eurOpe’s mOst wanteD 3D (G) Fri 1:00, 2:20, 3:25, 4:45, 5:50, 8:15, 10:40 sat 12:00, 1:00, 2:20, 3:25, 4:45, 5:50, 8:15, 10:40 sun-Wed 12:35, 1:25, 3:00, 3:50, 5:25, 7:50, 10:10 marveL’s the avengers (PG) thu 1:50, 3:00, 5:00, 6:30, 8:30, 9:50, 11:50 Fri-sat 12:35, 3:45, 7:00, 10:15 sun-Wed 1:35, 4:50, 8:10 marveL’s the avengers 3D (PG) thu 12:50, 4:00, 7:15, 10:30 Fri-sat 1:10, 4:25, 7:40, 10:55 sun-Wed 12:40, 3:55, 7:10, 10:20 men in BLaCk 3 (PG) thu 1:45, 4:25, 7:05, 9:45 Fri 2:10, 4:55, 7:30, 10:05 sat 1:25, 4:55, 7:30, 10:05 sun-Wed 1:55, 4:35, 7:15, 9:50 men in BLaCk 3 3D (PG) thu 1:00, 2:25, 3:35, 5:05, 6:25, 7:45, 9:05, 10:25, 11:40 Fri 1:30, 4:10, 6:45, 9:25 sat 11:00, 1:30, 4:10, 6:45, 9:25 sun-tue 1:00, 3:45, 6:35, 9:10 Wed 12:50, 3:45, 6:35, 9:10

WooDBine centre, 500 rexDale BlvD, 416-213-1998 BattLeship (PG) 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 9:25 ChernOByL Diaries (14A) thu 1:25, 3:50, 7:15, 9:40 Dark shaDOws (14A) thu 4:10, 9:15 the DiCtatOr (14A) thu 1:20 3:45 7:05 9:45 Fri-Wed 1:20, 3:45, 7:10, 9:45 maDagasCar 3: eurOpe’s mOst wanteD 3D (G) FriWed 12:40, 2:45, 4:55, 7:00, 9:15 marveL’s the avengers (PG) 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:20 men in BLaCk 3 (PG) 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:45 prOmetheus (14A) Fri-Wed 1:10, 4:10, 6:50, 9:40 snOw white anD the huntsman (PG) thu-tue 1:15, 4:05, 6:55, 9:30 Wed 1:00, 4:05, 6:55, 9:30 think Like a man (PG) thu 1:10, 6:45 what tO expeCt when yOu’re expeCting (14A) thu 1:05 3:55 6:50 9:35 Fri-Wed 1:05, 3:55, 7:05, 9:35

east end BeacH cinemas (aa) 1651 queen st e, 416-699-5971

the DiCtatOr (14A) thu 7:20, 9:30 Fri, tue 5:00, 7:30, 9:40 sat-sun 12:20, 2:30, 4:50, 7:30, 9:40 mon, Wed 7:30, 9:35 maDagasCar 3: eurOpe’s mOst wanteD (G) sat-sun 12:00 maDagasCar 3: eurOpe’s mOst wanteD 3D (G) Fri, tue 4:30, 7:00, 9:30 sat-sun 2:15, 4:35, 7:00, 9:30 mon, Wed 7:00, 9:20 marveL’s the avengers (PG) thu 6:30, 9:40 Fri, monWed 6:40 sat-sun 12:10, 6:40 marveL’s the avengers 3D (PG) thu 6:50, 10:00 Fri, tue 4:05, 10:15 sat-sun 3:50, 10:15 mon, Wed 10:00 men in BLaCk 3 (PG) Fri, tue 3:50, 10:00 sat-sun 3:20, 10:00 mon, Wed 9:50 men in BLaCk 3 3D (PG) thu 7:10, 10:10 Fri, tue 7:30 satsun 12:40, 7:20 mon, Wed 7:20 prOmetheus 3D (14A) Fri, tue 4:15, 7:10, 10:05 sat-sun 1:20, 4:15, 7:10, 10:05 mon, Wed 7:10, 10:05 snOw white anD the huntsman (PG) thu 7:00, 9:50 Fri, tue 4:00, 6:50, 9:50 sat-sun 12:50, 3:40, 6:50, 9:50 mon, Wed 6:50, 9:40 what tO expeCt when yOu’re expeCting (14A) thu 6:40, 9:20

north york emPire tHeatres at emPress Walk (et) 5095 yonge st, 416-223-9550

BattLeship (PG) thu 3:45, 6:45, 9:45 Fri, mon-Wed 4:10, 7:10, 10:10 sat-sun 1:00, 4:10, 7:10, 10:10 Dark shaDOws (14A) thu 4:10, 6:55, 9:55 Fri, mon-Wed 3:45, 6:45 sat-sun 12:50, 3:45, 6:45 the DiCtatOr (14A) thu 4:20, 5:20, 7:20, 8:15, 10:10 Fri, mon-Wed 4:30, 7:20, 9:50 sat-sun 1:30, 4:30, 7:20, 9:50 the Five-year engagement (14A) thu 3:55, 6:50, 9:50 Fri-Wed 9:40 marveL’s the avengers (PG) thu 5:10, 8:45 Fri, monWed 5:00, 8:30 sat-sun 1:20, 5:00, 8:30 marveL’s the avengers 3D (PG) thu 3:50, 7:10, 10:30 Fri, mon-Wed 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 sat-sun 12:45, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 continued on page 84 œ

NOW june 7-13 2012

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Men in Black 3 (PG) Thu 4:30, 7:30, 10:20 Fri, Tue 5:30, 8:00, 11:00 Sat 2:00, 5:30, 8:00, 11:00 Sun 2:00, 5:30, 8:00 Mon, Wed 5:30, 8:00 Men in Black 3 3D (PG) Thu 5:00, 8:00 Fri, Mon-Wed 4:20, 7:30, 10:30 Sat-Sun 1:30, 4:20, 7:30, 10:30 Men in Black 3: an iMaX 3D eXperience (PG) Thu 4:00, 7:00, 9:30 proMetheus (14A) Fri, Tue 4:45, 7:45, 10:45 Sat-Sun 1:45, 4:45, 7:45, 10:45 Mon, Wed 4:45, 7:45 proMetheus 3D (14A) Fri, Tue 5:15, 8:15, 11:15 Sat 2:15, 5:15, 8:15, 11:15 Sun 2:15, 5:15, 8:15 Mon, Wed 5:15, 8:15 proMetheus: an iMaX 3D eXperience (14A) Thu 12:01 Fri, Mon-Wed 4:15, 7:15, 10:15 Sat-Sun 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:15

Grande - YonGe (Ce) 4861 YonGe ST, 416-590-9974

BarryMore (14A) Thu 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 Sun 12:55 the Best eXotic MarigolD hotel (PG) Thu 3:50, 6:50, 7:25, 9:30, 10:05 Fri-Sun 1:15, 4:05, 6:50, 9:45 Mon-Wed 4:05, 6:50, 9:45 chernoByl Diaries (14A) Thu 3:45, 7:15, 9:45 cosMopolis (18A) 5:10, 7:50, 10:25 Fri-Sun 2:20 mat hysteria (PG) Thu 3:30, 6:30, 9:20 Fri-Sun 1:30, 4:10, 6:45, 9:20 Mon-Wed 4:10, 6:45, 9:20 the intouchaBles (14A) Thu 3:40, 6:40, 9:40 Fri-Sun 2:15, 5:05, 7:40, 10:15 Mon-Wed 5:05, 7:40, 10:15 MaDagascar 3: europe’s Most WanteD (G) Fri-Sun 2:30, 4:55, 7:25, 9:50 Mon-Wed 4:30, 6:55, 9:15 MaDagascar 3: europe’s Most WanteD 3D (G) Fri-Sun 12:45, 3:10, 5:35, 8:00, 10:35 Mon-Wed 5:00, 7:25, 9:50 Moonrise kingDoM (PG) Fri-Sun 1:00, 3:25, 5:50, 8:15, 10:40 Mon-Wed 5:15, 7:45, 10:05 the pirates! BanD of Misfits (PG) Thu 3:35 snoW White anD the huntsMan (PG) Thu 4:10, 4:30, 7:10, 7:30, 9:50, 10:10 Fri-Sun 12:55, 1:25, 3:50, 4:20, 6:40, 7:20, 9:40, 10:20 Mon-Wed 3:50, 4:20, 6:40, 7:20, 9:40, 10:20 Wagner’s DreaM Sat 12:55 What to eXpect When you’re eXpecting (14A) Thu 4:20, 7:35, 10:15 Fri 2:00, 4:40, 7:10, 9:55 Sat-Wed 4:40, 7:10, 9:55 Where Do We go noW? (14A) Thu 3:25, 7:20, 9:55

SilverCiTY FairvieW (Ce)

FairvieW Mall, 1800 Sheppard ave e, 416-644-7746 Blazing saDDles Wed 7:00 chernoByl Diaries (14A) Thu 12:55, 3:10, 5:30, 7:50, 10:05 the Dictator (14A) Thu 1:15, 3:30, 5:40, 8:00, 10:10 Fri 1:25, 3:50, 6:00, 8:15, 10:35 Sat 11:15, 1:25, 3:50, 6:00, 8:15, 10:35 Sun, Tue 12:45, 3:00, 5:10, 7:30, 9:45 Mon 1:10, 3:20, 5:30, 7:50, 10:10 Wed 3:30, 5:30, 7:50, 10:10 the last starfighter Sat 11:00 MaDagascar 3: europe’s Most WanteD (G) Fri 2:50, 5:15, 7:45 Sat 12:20, 2:50, 5:15, 7:45 Sun, Tue 12:30, 2:50, 5:15, 7:40 Mon 1:50, 4:10, 6:40 Wed 1:00, 1:50, 4:10, 6:40 MaDagascar 3: europe’s Most WanteD 3D (G) FriSun, Tue 1:00, 3:30, 5:50, 8:10, 10:30 Mon, Wed 2:20, 4:50, 7:15, 9:40 Marvel’s the avengers (PG) Thu 3:20, 6:40, 9:50 Fri-Sat 1:30, 7:30 Sun, Tue 1:20, 7:15 Mon 1:20, 7:20 Wed 1:00, 7:20 Marvel’s the avengers 3D (PG) Thu 12:50, 4:00, 7:10, 10:20 Fri-Sat 4:30, 10:25 Sun-Wed 4:20, 10:15 Men in Black 3 (PG) Thu 1:30, 4:15, 7:00, 9:55 Fri 4:50, 10:40 Sat 4:45, 10:40 Sun, Tue 4:40, 10:25 Mon, Wed 4:40, 10:30 Men in Black 3 3D (PG) Thu 2:35, 5:10, 7:45, 10:25 Fri 1:50, 7:40 Sat 11:15, 1:45, 7:40 Sun, Tue 1:40, 7:35 Mon, Wed 1:15, 7:40 proMetheus (14A) Fri-Sat 1:20, 4:20, 7:25, 10:20 Sun, Tue 12:50, 3:50, 6:50, 9:50 Mon, Wed 1:00, 3:55, 6:50, 9:45 proMetheus 3D (14A) Fri 2:05, 5:00, 7:55, 10:50 Sat 11:05, 2:00, 5:00, 7:55, 10:50 Sun-Wed 1:30, 4:30, 7:25, 10:20 snoW White anD the huntsMan (PG) Thu 12:45, 1:20, 3:40, 4:20, 6:50, 7:20, 9:45, 10:15 Fri 1:10, 1:40, 4:10, 4:40, 7:15, 7:50, 10:10, 10:45 Sat 11:00, 1:10, 1:50, 4:10, 4:50, 7:15, 7:50, 10:10, 10:45 Sun 12:40, 1:10, 4:10, 4:30, 7:10, 7:25, 10:10, 10:20 Mon 1:05, 1:40, 4:05, 4:35, 7:00, 7:30, 9:55, 10:25 Tue 12:40, 1:10, 3:40, 4:10, 6:40, 7:10, 9:40, 10:10 Wed 1:05, 1:40, 4:05, 4:35, 7:30, 9:20, 10:25 What to eXpect When you’re eXpecting (14A) Thu 1:40, 4:30, 7:15, 10:00 Fri-Sat 10:15 Sun, Tue 10:05 Mon, Wed 9:30

SilverCiTY Yorkdale (Ce) 3401 duFFerin ST, 416-787-4432

chernoByl Diaries (14A) Thu 12:55, 3:10, 5:30, 7:45, 10:00 the Dictator (14A) Thu 1:00 3:20 5:35 7:50 10:05 FriWed 1:00, 3:15, 5:30, 7:50, 10:05 the last starfighter Sat 11:00 MaDagascar 3: europe’s Most WanteD (G) Fri-Sun 12:40, 3:10, 5:40, 8:10 Mon-Wed 2:40, 5:10, 7:40 MaDagascar 3: europe’s Most WanteD 3D (G) Fri 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 Sat-Sun 12:00, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 Mon-Wed 1:30, 4:00, 6:30, 9:00 Marvel’s the avengers (PG) Thu 1:20, 4:40, 8:00 FriSat 4:15, 10:50 Sun-Tue 3:15, 9:45 Wed 9:45 Marvel’s the avengers 3D (PG) 12:30, 3:45, 7:00, 10:15 Sun only 12:30 3:45 7:00 10:25 Men in Black 3 (PG) Thu 1:10, 3:45, 6:55, 9:30 Fri-Sat 1:30, 7:35 Sun-Tue 12:40, 7:15 Wed 7:15 Men in Black 3 3D (PG) Thu 2:20, 4:55, 7:30, 10:05 Fri 2:40, 5:20, 8:00, 10:40 Sat 12:00, 2:40, 5:20, 8:00, 10:40 Sun 12:00, 2:40, 5:20, 7:55, 10:30 Mon-Wed 2:15, 4:50, 7:25, 10:00 piranha 3DD (18A) Fri-Sat 10:45 Sun 10:30 Mon-Wed 10:10 piranha 3DD 3D (18A) Thu 12:45, 3:10, 5:30, 7:50, 10:15 proMetheus (14A) Fri-Sat 1:15, 4:20, 7:15, 10:15 Sun-Wed 12:50, 3:50, 6:50, 9:50 proMetheus 3D (14A) Fri 2:05, 5:00, 7:55, 10:55 Sat 11:05,

june 7-13 2012 NOW

2:05, 5:00, 7:55, 10:55 Sun-Wed 1:30, 4:25, 7:20, 10:15 snoW White anD the huntsMan (PG) Thu 12:45, 1:35, 3:40, 4:20, 6:35, 7:15, 9:30, 10:10 Fri-Sat 1:05, 1:45, 4:05, 4:45, 7:05, 7:45, 10:05, 10:45 Sun 12:25, 1:15, 3:25, 4:15, 6:25, 7:15, 9:25, 10:15 Mon-Wed 12:30, 1:15, 3:30, 4:15, 6:25, 7:15, 9:25, 10:15 What to eXpect When you’re eXpecting (14A) Thu 1:45, 4:30, 7:10, 9:50

Scarborough 401 & MorninGSide (Ce) 785 Milner ave, SCarborouGh, 416-281-2226

Battleship (PG) Thu 4:25, 7:20, 10:30 chernoByl Diaries (14A) Thu 3:50, 6:00, 8:10, 10:15 the Dictator (14A) Thu 3:55, 6:15, 8:20, 10:30 Fri-Sat 2:20, 4:25, 6:30, 8:40, 10:50 Sun 2:20, 4:25, 6:30, 8:40, 10:35 Mon, Wed 4:20, 6:30, 8:40, 10:35 Tue 4:20, 6:30, 8:40, 10:40 MaDagascar 3: europe’s Most WanteD (G) Fri-Sun 12:15, 2:30, 4:50, 7:10, 9:35 Mon-Wed 4:15, 7:10, 9:35 MaDagascar 3: europe’s Most WanteD 3D (G) 3:30, 5:50, 8:10, 10:30 Fri-Sun 1:00 mat Marvel’s the avengers (PG) Thu 3:45, 6:45, 9:55 FriSun 12:30, 3:40, 6:45, 10:00 Mon-Wed 3:50, 6:45, 10:00 Marvel’s the avengers 3D (PG) Thu 4:10, 7:15, 10:20 Fri-Sun 3:50, 10:25 Mon-Wed 4:30, 10:25 Men in Black 3 (PG) Thu 4:20, 7:10, 9:40 Fri-Sat 12:40, 3:15, 5:45, 8:15, 10:45 Sun 12:40, 3:15, 5:45, 8:15, 10:35 Mon, Wed 3:55, 6:40, 10:10 Tue 3:15, 5:45, 8:10, 10:45 Men in Black 3 3D (PG) Thu 5:10, 7:40, 10:10 Fri-Sun 1:20, 7:20 Mon-Wed 7:50 proMetheus (14A) 4:10, 7:00, 9:50 Fri-Sun 1:10 mat proMetheus 3D (14A) Fri-Sat 1:40, 4:40, 7:40, 10:40 Sun 1:40, 4:40, 7:40, 10:35 Mon, Wed 4:40, 7:30, 10:20 Tue 4:40, 7:40, 10:35 snoW White anD the huntsMan (PG) Thu 4:00, 4:40, 7:00, 7:30, 9:50, 10:25 Fri-Sun 12:50, 1:50, 4:00, 4:50, 6:50, 7:50, 9:40, 10:40 Mon, Wed 4:00, 4:35, 6:50, 7:40, 9:40, 10:30 Tue 4:00, 4:35, 6:50, 7:30, 9:40, 10:30 think like a Man (PG) Thu 4:35, 7:25, 10:20 What to eXpect When you’re eXpecting (14A) Thu 5:00, 7:35, 10:05 Fri-Sun 12:25, 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:35 Mon-Wed 5:00, 8:00, 10:35

ColiSeuM SCarborouGh (Ce) SCarborouGh ToWn CenTre, 416-290-5217

BarryMore (14A) Thu 7:00 Sun 12:55 Battleship (PG) Thu 12:50, 3:50, 6:50, 9:50 Fri-Sat 12:50, 4:25, 7:30, 10:35 Sun-Wed 1:00, 3:55, 7:05, 10:20 the Best eXotic MarigolD hotel (PG) Thu 1:15 4:15 7:05 9:55 Fri-Wed 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:55 chernoByl Diaries (14A) Thu 2:45, 5:30, 8:00, 10:25 Fri-Sat 1:50, 4:10, 6:25, 8:40, 10:55 Sun-Wed 2:30, 5:15, 8:00, 10:15 the Dictator (14A) Thu 1:40, 4:15, 7:15, 8:00, 9:45, 10:20 Fri-Sat 1:05, 3:35, 5:55, 8:20, 10:40 Sun 12:20, 2:30, 4:50, 7:25, 9:45 Mon-Wed 2:10, 4:50, 7:25, 9:45 every Breath you take Fri-Wed 1:55, 4:30, 7:15, 10:00 the hunger gaMes (14A) Thu 12:45, 3:50, 7:00, 10:10 the last starfighter Sat 11:00 MaDagascar 3: europe’s Most WanteD (G) Fri-Sun 12:15, 2:40, 5:15, 7:40, 10:00 Mon-Wed 1:50, 4:20, 7:00, 9:30 MaDagascar 3: europe’s Most WanteD 3D (G) Fri-Sat 12:55, 3:20, 5:55, 8:20, 10:40 Sun 12:45, 3:10, 5:45, 8:10, 10:30 Mon-Wed 2:40, 5:10, 7:40, 10:10 Men in Black 3 (PG) Thu 1:30, 4:10, 6:50, 9:50 Fri-Sat 1:40, 4:45, 7:45, 10:35 Sun 4:05, 7:10, 10:10 Mon-Wed 1:05, 4:05, 7:10, 10:10 Men in Black 3 3D (PG) Thu 12:50, 2:00, 3:25, 4:40, 6:20, 8:50, 10:00 Fri-Sat 12:30, 3:05, 5:40, 8:15, 10:50 Sun-Wed 1:30, 4:25, 7:20, 10:05 piranha 3DD 3D (18A) Thu 2:10, 4:45, 7:40, 10:15 Fri-Sat 1:10, 3:40, 6:00, 8:25, 10:45 Sun 12:25, 2:45, 5:05, 7:30, 9:50 Mon-Wed 2:20, 5:00, 7:30, 9:50 the pirates! BanD of Misfits (PG) Thu 12:55, 3:10, 5:30 proMetheus (14A) Fri-Sat 1:45, 4:40, 7:35, 10:30 SunWed 1:15, 4:10, 7:05, 10:00 proMetheus 3D (14A) Thu 12:01 Fri 2:15, 5:10, 8:05, 11:00 Sat 11:15, 2:15, 5:10, 8:05, 11:00 Sun-Wed 1:45, 4:40, 7:35, 10:30 think like a Man (PG) Thu 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:05

eGlinTon ToWn CenTre (Ce) 1901 eGlinTon ave e, 416-752-4494

Battleship (PG) Thu 4:20, 7:25, 10:25 Fri-Sun 10:30 MonWed 10:10 the Best eXotic MarigolD hotel (PG) 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 Fri-Sun 12:50 mat Blazing saDDles Wed 7:00 chernoByl Diaries (14A) Thu 5:10, 7:30, 9:50 Fri-Sun 7:00, 9:30 Mon-Tue 7:00, 9:20 Wed 9:50 Dark shaDoWs (14A) Thu 4:10, 7:00, 9:45 Fri-Sun 2:15, 5:00, 7:40 Mon-Wed 4:35, 7:10 the Dictator (14A) Thu, Mon-Wed 5:40, 8:00, 10:20 Fri-Sun 1:35, 3:50, 6:10, 8:30, 10:45 the hunger gaMes (14A) Thu 3:40, 6:50, 10:00 the last starfighter Sat 11:00 MaDagascar 3: europe’s Most WanteD (G) Fri 1:30, 2:30, 4:15, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 Sat 11:10, 12:00, 1:30, 2:30, 4:15, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 Sun 12:00, 1:30, 2:30, 4:15, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 Mon-Wed 4:30, 5:00, 7:20, 9:45 MaDagascar 3: europe’s Most WanteD 3D (G) Fri-Sun 12:45, 3:15, 5:45, 8:15, 10:40 Mon-Wed 5:30, 8:00, 10:25 Marvel’s the avengers (PG) Thu 4:50, 8:10 Fri-Sun 12:30, 3:40, 7:10, 10:20 Mon-Wed 5:00, 8:10 Marvel’s the avengers 3D (PG) Thu 3:50, 7:10, 10:30 Fri-Sun 1:10, 4:25, 7:45, 11:00 Mon-Wed 4:00, 7:15, 10:30 Men in Black 3 (PG) Thu 3:45, 6:30, 9:15 Fri, Sun 2:10, 4:50, 7:30, 10:10 Sat 11:30, 2:10, 4:50, 7:30, 10:10 MonWed 4:30, 7:05, 9:40 Men in Black 3 3D (PG) Thu 4:30, 5:00, 7:10, 7:45, 9:50, 10:30 Fri 2:50, 5:30, 8:10, 10:50 Sat-Sun 12:10, 2:50, 5:30, 8:10, 10:50 Mon-Wed 5:10, 7:45, 10:20 piranha 3DD (18A) Fri-Wed 10:15 piranha 3DD 3D (18A) Thu 4:55, 7:25, 9:55 the pirates! BanD of Misfits (PG) Thu 3:30, 5:45, 8:00 Fri, Sun 1:15, 3:30, 5:45, 8:00 Sat 11:00, 1:15, 3:30, 5:45, 8:00 Mon-Wed 3:40, 5:55, 8:05

proMetheus (14A) Fri-Sun 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:15 MonWed 3:50, 6:50, 9:50 proMetheus 3D (14A) Fri, Sun 2:15, 5:10, 8:05, 11:00 Sat 11:25, 2:15, 5:10, 8:05, 11:00 Mon-Wed 4:40, 7:35, 10:30 snoW White anD the huntsMan (PG) Thu 1:00, 3:30, 4:15, 6:35, 7:20, 9:40, 10:25 Fri, Sun 12:50, 1:30, 3:55, 4:35, 7:05, 7:45, 10:10, 10:55 Sat 11:15, 12:50, 1:30, 3:55, 4:35, 7:05, 7:45, 10:10, 10:55 Mon-Wed 3:30, 4:15, 6:35, 7:15, 9:40, 10:25 think like a Man (PG) Thu 10:15 What to eXpect When you’re eXpecting (14A) Thu 1:00, 4:45, 7:30, 10:10 Fri, Sun 2:20, 5:05, 7:55, 10:35 Sat 11:40, 2:20, 5:05, 7:55, 10:35 Mon-Wed 4:45, 7:30, 10:10

kennedY CoMMonS 20 (aMC) kennedY rd & 401, 416-335-5323

aMerican reunion (14A) Thu 4:05, 6:50, 9:30 the caBin in the WooDs (18A) 7:50, 10:25 Thu 2:30 mat, 5:10 cosMopolis (18A) 2:10, 4:45, 7:15, 10:15 Fri-Sun 11:20 mat Dark shaDoWs (14A) 2:45, 5:45, 8:45 Fri-Sun 11:45 mat DouBle trouBle 4:25, 7:25, 10:20 Fri-Sun 10:40, 1:40 mat Dr. seuss’ the loraX (G) 2:05, 4:25 Fri-Sun 11:40 mat the five-year engageMent (14A) 4:30, 7:20, 10:10 FriSun 10:45, 1:45 mat high school 2:00, 4:20, 6:50, 9:15 Fri-Sun 11:35 mat the hunger gaMes (14A) 2:15, 5:25, 8:45 Fri-Sun 11:00 mat Jannat 2 (PG) Thu 4:15, 7:15, 10:15 the lucky one (PG) Thu 3:50, 6:20, 8:50 Marvel’s the avengers (PG) 3:00, 4:00, 6:00, 7:00, 9:00, 10:00 Fri-Sun 11:45, 1:00 mat Marvel’s the avengers 3D (PG) Thu 2:00, 3:30, 4:30, 5:00, 6:30, 7:30, 8:00, 9:30, 10:30 Fri-Sun 10:30, 12:30, 1:30, 3:30, 4:30, 6:30, 7:30, 9:30, 10:30 Mon-Wed 3:30, 4:30, 6:30, 7:30, 9:30, 10:30 Mirror Mirror (PG) 2:30, 5:05, 7:30, 10:05 Fri-Sun 11:40 mat the pirates! BanD of Misfits (PG) 2:30, 5:10 Fri-Sun 11:30 mat the raiD: reDeMption (18A) Thu 2:10, 4:45, 7:45, 10:10 roWDy rathore (14A) 3:45, 7:00, 10:25 Fri-Sun 11:45 mat safe (14A) 3:30, 5:40, 8:05, 10:20 Fri-Sun 10:45, 1:10 mat safe house (14A) 6:50, 9:45 shanghai 3:40, 7:05, 10:30 Fri-Sun 11:50 mat snoW White anD the huntsMan (PG) 2:00, 4:00, 5:00, 7:15, 8:00, 10:15 Fri-Sun 11:00, 1:00 mat think like a Man (PG) 4:15, 7:10, 10:00 Fri-Sun 10:30, 1:25 mat vicky Donor (PG) Thu 3:40, 7:05, 10:20 What to eXpect When you’re eXpecting (14A) 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:30 Fri-Sun 11:50 mat

WoodSide CineMaS (i) 1571 SandhurST CirCle, 416-299-3456

ishtaM Thu-Sun 7:00 ManaM kothi paravai 4:15, 7:15, 10:15 Mon-Wed no 10:15 roWDy rathore (14A) Thu-Sun 4:00, 6:45, 9:45 MonWed 4:30, 7:30 uruMi (14A) Thu-Sun 4:00, 10:00 Mon-Wed 4:00, 7:00

GTA Regions Mississauga

ColiSeuM MiSSiSSauGa (Ce) Square one, 309 raThburn rd W, 905-275-3456

BarryMore (14A) Thu 7:00 Sun 12:55 Battleship (PG) Thu 2:20, 5:20, 8:20, 11:20 Fri, Sun 2:00, 4:50, 7:40, 10:40 Sat 11:10, 2:00, 4:50, 7:40, 10:40 MonWed 2:00, 4:50, 7:40, 10:30 Blazing saDDles Wed 7:00 Dark shaDoWs (14A) Thu 3:10, 5:50, 8:40, 11:15 Fri, Sun 1:55, 4:30, 7:05, 9:45 Sat 11:15, 1:55, 4:30, 7:05, 9:45 MonWed 1:55, 4:30, 7:10, 9:45 the Dictator (14A) Thu 1:50, 2:30, 3:50, 4:40, 6:00, 6:50, 8:10, 9:10, 10:20, 11:30 Fri-Sun 12:10, 2:10, 4:20, 6:30, 8:40, 10:50 Mon-Wed 1:35, 3:40, 5:50, 8:00, 10:05 the hunger gaMes (14A) Thu 1:30, 4:30, 7:40, 10:50 FriSun 12:50, 3:50, 7:10, 10:10 Mon-Wed 1:20, 4:15, 7:15, 10:10 the last starfighter Sat 11:00 Marvel’s the avengers (PG) Thu 1:40, 4:50, 8:00, 11:10 Fri-Sun 12:20, 3:30, 6:40, 9:55 Mon-Wed 3:30, 6:40, 9:55 Marvel’s the avengers 3D (PG) Thu 3:10, 3:20, 6:40, 10:00 Fri-Sun 1:10, 4:15, 7:20, 10:35 Mon-Wed 1:20, 4:15, 7:20, 10:25 Men in Black 3 (PG) Thu 3:30, 6:00, 8:30, 11:00 Fri-Sun 12:00, 2:30, 5:00, 7:45, 10:20 Mon-Wed 2:30, 5:00, 7:45, 10:15 Men in Black 3 3D (PG) Thu 1:30, 4:00, 6:30, 9:00 Fri 1:15, 3:45, 6:20, 8:50 Sat 11:05, 1:30, 4:10, 6:40, 9:10 SunWed 1:30, 4:10, 6:50, 9:30 Men in Black 3: an iMaX 3D eXperience (PG) Thu 1:45, 4:15, 7:00, 9:30 piranha 3DD 3D (18A) Thu 2:10, 4:30, 7:00, 9:20, 11:45 Fri 1:40, 3:55, 6:10, 8:30, 10:45 Sat 11:30, 1:40, 3:55, 6:10, 8:30, 10:45 Sun 3:55, 6:10, 8:30, 10:45 Mon-Tue 1:40, 3:55, 6:10, 8:20, 10:30 Wed 1:40, 3:55, 9:25 proMetheus (14A) Fri-Sun 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 MonTue 3:00, 6:20, 9:15 Wed 1:00, 4:10, 7:05, 10:00 proMetheus 3D (14A) Fri-Sun 1:50, 4:40, 7:35, 10:30 Mon-Tue 1:20, 4:10, 7:05, 10:00 Wed 3:00, 6:20, 9:15 proMetheus: an iMaX 3D eXperience (14A) Thu 12:01 Fri-Sun 11:30, 2:20, 5:10, 8:05, 11:00 Mon-Wed 1:50, 4:40, 7:35, 10:30 think like a Man (PG) Thu 2:00, 4:45, 7:30, 10:10 Fri-Sat 1:20, 4:05, 6:50, 9:40 Sun 1:20, 4:05, 6:45, 9:40 Mon-Tue 1:20, 4:00, 6:45, 9:40 Wed 1:00, 4:00, 6:45, 9:45

CourTneY park 16 (aMC)

110 CourTneY park e aT huronTario, 888-262-4386 Battleship (PG) Thu 1:05, 3:55, 6:50, 9:50 Fri-Sun 10:40,

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FESTIVALS CANADIAN SPORT FILM FESTIVAL TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX, 350 KING W (TBL); NFB MEDIATHEQUE, 150 JOHN (NFB). SPORTFILMFESTIVAL.CA

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sport, physical activity and play provide meaningful experiences in the lives of people around the world. $12, stu/srs $7; combo pass $30. THU 7 – Opening night: Africa United (2010) D: Debs Gardener-Paterson, and Skateistan: To Live And Skate In Kabul (2010) D: Orlando von Einsiedel. 7 pm. A Mother’s Comeback (2011) D: Åsa Ekman, and The Oarsmen (2009) D: Leendert Pot. 9:30 pm. Both screenings at TBL. FRI 8 – Seeing Ali (2010) D: Marin Guerin, Baseball In A Time Of Cholera (2012) D: David Darg and Bryn Mooser, and The Game Must Go On (2010) D: Angeliki Andrikopoulou and Argyris Tsepelikas. 7 pm. Men Who Swim (2010) D: Dylan Williams, and Bicycle (2010) D: Serhat Karaaslan. 9:30 pm. Both screenings at TBL. SAT 9 – Children’s Workshop: The Swimming Lesson (2008) D: Danny de Vent. Screening and filmmaking workshop, pre-registration required. 10 am (NFB).

NXNE FILM FESTIVAL

NATIONAL FILM BOARD, 150 JOHN (NFB); ROYAL CINEMA, 608 COLLEGE (RC). 416-973-3012. NXNE.COM

MON 11-SUN 17 – Local and international

films exploring music of all genres. $10/ screening, film-only wristband $25, festival wristband (access to all music and film) $50. MON 11 – Genius Within: The Inner Life Of Glenn Gould (2009) D: Peter Raymont. 5:30 pm. Happily Dysfunctional: The Story Of Transistor 66 Records D: Steve Ward, Going Deaf For Nothing – The Story Of A Rock N’ Roll Band D: Susana Halfon, and short film Come On – Preacher’s Son. 8 pm. Both at NFB. TUE 12 – Persecution Blues: The Battle For The Tote D: Natalie Van Den Dungen, Dan’s Chelsea Guitars: A Neighborhood Music Store For The Whole World D: Daniel Ferry, and short film Randy Parsons: American Luthier. 4 pm. Bring On The Mountain D: the Diamond Bros. 6 pm. Disposable Film Festival 2012 Competitive Shorts D: Carlton Evans. 8 pm. All at NFB. WED 13 – Come On – Preacher’s Son, Happily Dysfunctional: The Story Of Transistor 66 Records, and Going Deaf For Nothing – The Story Of A Rock N’ Roll Band. 1 pm (NFB). The Ballad Of Danko Jones D: the Diamond Brothers, Amos The Transparent – Sure As The Weather: Making A Music Video D: Gavin Michael Booth, and short films My Hometown and I Met The Walrus. 3 pm (NFB). Ages And Stages: The Story Of The Meligrove Band D: Brendan McCarney, and short Somebody That I Used To Know – Animal Nation. 4:30 pm (NFB). Embracing Voices: The Woman Behind The Music Of Jane Bunnett D: Elisa Poloschi. 7 pm (RC).

T.O. JAPANESE FILM FESTIVAL

JAPANESE CANADIAN CULTURAL CENTRE, 6 GARAMOND COURT. 416-441-2345 EXT 222, TORONTOJFF.COM

THU 7-JUN 21 – Best of Japanese contemporary

cinema. $10, 3-film pass $27, 10-film pass $85. THU 7 – Opening night: Rebirth (2011) D: Izuru Narushima. 7 pm.

A winning roster CANADIAN SPORTS FILM FESTIVAL

at TIFF Bell Lightbox, Thursday and Friday (June 7-8). sportfilmfestival.ca. See listings, this page. Rating: NNNN

It’s official: you can put together a film festival about anything nowadays. The latest contender for your cinematic attention – in a week already crammed with NXNE, Luminato, the Toronto Japanese Film Festival and Toronto Russian Film Festival – is the Canadian Sports Film Festival. The modest program leans toward shorts and documentaries. The only dramatic feature is tonight’s fest opener, Africa United, in which three Rwandan urchins (Eriya Ndayambaje, Roger Nsengiyumva and Sanyu Joantia Kintu) travel to Johannesburg for the 2010 World Cup. It’s paired with Skateistan: To Live And Skate Kabul, a documentary short about the burgeoning skate-punk culture in Afghanistan. Friday night’s first program includes a pair of standout docs: FRI 8 – Moteki: Love Strikes! (2011) D: Hitoshi

Ohne. 7 pm. Guilty Of Romance (2011) D: Sion Sono. 10 pm. SAT 9 – Colorful (2010) D: Keiichi Hara. 4 pm. Harakiri: Death Of A Samurai (2011) D: Takashi Miike. 7 pm. SUN 10 – Ninja Kids (2011) D: Takashi Miike. 2 pm. (child $5). Leonie (2010) D: Hisako Matsui. 7 pm. MON 11 – Hatsumi–A Grandmother’s Journey Through Japanese Canadian Internment (2012) D: Chris Hope. 7 pm. TUE 12 – Permanent Nobara (2010) D: Daihachi Yoshida. 7 pm. WED 13 – Ending Note: Death Of A Japanese Salaryman (2011) D: Mami Sunada. 7 pm.

T.O. RUSSIAN FILM FESTIVAL

INNIS TOWN HALL, 2 SUSSEX (IT); ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM, 100 QUEEN’S PARK (ROM). 416-565-5977, TORONTORUSSIANFILMFESTIVAL.COM

THU 7-JUN 12 – Festival of Russian cinema in Canada. All films w/ s-t. Opening gala $50, $10-$18. Tickets from russiantix.com, torontovka.com. THU 7 – Opening night: Bedouin (2012) D: Igor Voloshin. Director in attendance. 7 pm (IT). FRI 8 – Boris Godunov (2011) D: Vladimir Mirzoev. 7 pm (IT). SAT 9 – Ivanov (2011) D: Vadim Dubrovitsky. 1 pm. Zhila-Byla Odna Baba (Once Upon A Time There Was A Woman) (2011) D: Andrei

Baseball In The Time Of Cholera, which follows efforts to sustain the momentum of Haiti’s first Little League baseball team through the cholera outbreak, and The Game Must Go On, about a bunch of Greek kids who lobby their city for a soccer field (in 2010, before the bottom fell out of that country’s economy). The festival closes with Men Who Swim, Dylan Williams’s charming film about his time with synchro team Stockholm Art Swim Gents. Previously screened in Toronto as a Doc Soup entry in December 2010, it paints an intimate portrait of the shifts in priorities and values that come with early middle age, without condescending to Williams’s teammates or their sport of choice. And the climax – SASG take on imposing Czech and German rivals in Milan – is genuinely absorbing. A children’s workshop built around animated short The Swimming Lesson happens Saturday morning just up the street at the NFB NORMAN WILNER Mediatheque. Smirnov. 4:30 pm. Siberia Monamour (2011) D: Slava Ross. 8 pm. All screenings at IT. SUN 10 – Smeshariki/Just For Laughs (Gogoriki) (2004) D: Denis Chernov. Noon. All screenings at ROM. Suicides (Samoubiytsi) (2012) D: Yegor Baranov. 7 pm. Following You (2011) D: Tatyana Ivashkina. 9 pm. Both screenings at IT. MON 11 – Russian Canadians short films and documentary program. 7 pm. My Dad, Baryshnikov (2011) D: Dmitry Povolotsky and Mark Drugoi. 9 pm. Both screenings at IT.

WORLDWIDE SHORT FILM FESTIVAL

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Paul Newman (left) and Robert Redford, the Clooney and Pitt of their time, are in fine form in The Sting.

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w/ Paul Newman, Robert Redford. Rating: nnnnn; Blu-ray package: nnnn Paul Newman and Robert Redford were Hollywood’s top leading men when they made The Sting. Director George Roy Hill, who’d shepherded them through the 1969 monster hit Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid was likewise flying high. They’re 1930s con men, Newman the fading Henry Gondorff and Redford the up-and-comer Johnny Hooker. They put together a team to mount a huge, complex con on mobster-gambler Doyle Lonnegan (Robert Shaw at his most fierce). But everyone’s a criminal here. Twists and turns

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abound, and the smart, funny script always stays one step ahead of the viewer. The restoration for HD is lovely. There are lots of browns and a dry, almost dusty look, and Hill’s use of small figures in big cityscapes produces a vaguely spaghetti western feel. The hour-long retrospective making-of doc from 2005 features lots of Newman, Redford and supporting players Charles Durning, Eileen Brennan, Ray Walston, writer David Ward and others. They have informative things to say about the production and tell some funny stories. EXTRAS Three-part making-of, restoration, Universal in the 70s, studio docs, more. English, French audio. English SDH, French, Spanish subtitles.

brought in for interrogation. When the house gets raided, Weston grabs Frost and goes on the run. Washington’s Frost is a hardcore cynic and master manipulator who walks the line between good guy and bad, which makes him the most interesting character. Most of the action is handled well, particularly a sequence in a soccer stadium that stands out for suspense, surprising twists and flashes of genuine emotion. Cape Town is a splendid setting: rich and poor, urban and rural, ocean and mountains all jammed together and bathed in beautiful golden light. The best extras focus on the city and its people. EXTRAS Seven making-of docs, picture-in-picture feature, more. English, French, Spanish audio and subtitles.

(Universal, 2012) D: Daniel Espinosa, w/ Ryan Reynolds, Denzel Washington. Rating: nnn; Blu-ray package: nnn Safe House makes acceptable couch fodder if you’re jonesing for more of that Bourne Trilogy immersive approach to car chases, shootouts and punch-ups. Though it lacks Bourne’s manic invention and monster budget, it delivers decent thrills, good acting and a zippy if predictable spy story. Novice CIA agent Matt Weston (Ryan Reynolds) is babysitting a safe house in Cape Town when rogue agent Tobin Frost (Denzel Washington) is

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launch a stealth attack on a safe. Worthington and Banks are believable as people on a high ledge, because according to the detailed making-of doc, that’s where they really were. But he doesn’t seem like a desperate guy who’s spent two years in prison, and she isn’t any kind of cop, not with that hair. On the other hand, as the thieves, Jamie Bell and Genesis Rodriguez spark with the playful combativeness of Dennis Lehane’s Kenzie and Gennaro. EXTRAS Making-of doc, trailer with Banks commentary. English, French audio. English, Spanish subtitles.

The aggression Scale (eOne, 2012) D: Steven C. Miller, w/ Ryan Hartwig, Fabianne Therese. Rating: nnn; Bluray package: nn One of the producers in the making-of doc calls The Aggression Scale “Home Alone meets Rambo.” Halloween would have been a better choice. Twelve-ish Owen (Ryan Hartwig), who battles adult thugs, has the iconic slasher’s expressionless, focused gaze, wordlessness and particular way of standing and staring, all of which put him in the running for the scariest hero in movie history. While Owen and his dad, along with his brand-new stepmother and her daughter, Lauren (Fabianne Therese), are unpacking in their new isolated country house, a quartet of thugs are killing their way through a list of people who might have stolen their boss’s getaway money. When the two groups meet, Owen unleashes his talent for violence. The set-up drags a bit, but the action is brisk and plausible once it gets going. Owen likes blunt instruments and simple traps. He’s vicious, but sensible enough to run away and young enough to make mistakes. His opponents come across as ordinary working men, no better equipped to deal with pain than anybody else. Aggression Scale largely gets by without money shots involving blood squibs and pointy things going into flesh. Occasionally, their obvious absence is slightly annoying. I suspect the omission comes down to budget, given the tiny crew and limited equipment on view in the moderately interesting making-of doc. Everyone seems to be having a wonderful time, though. EXTRAS Making-of doc. English, Spanish audio. No subtitles. 3 movies@nowtoronto.com

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What can you do? You mean besides send video of you and your bear in action to prove this isn’t the most entertaining fake letter I’ve received since Michelle Obama invited me to dinner at Sarah Jessica Parker’s apartment? What can you do besides that? You can do this: You can draw a distinction between what was going on in that bear’s mouth when your boyfriend walked in and what was going on in your head. When a man beats off – with or without a Fleshlight-enhanced bearskin rug – two things are kindasorta happening simultaneously: what the man is doing with his dick and what the man is imagining he’s doing with his dick. Guys who beat off using a clenched fist, for example, generally aren’t clenched-fist fetishists; they’re just horny and their fists are there and, say, Sarah Jessica Parker isn’t. Fists provide necessary friction; imaginations provide sexy scenarios. So your boyfriend walked in and saw you fucking the face of a dead bear. That’s gonna look bad, BGA, even to a boyfriend who isn’t vegan. So how do you fix it? By patiently explaining to your vegan boyfriend that while, yes, you were facefucking a bear when he walked in on you – there’s no denying that – you weren’t thinking about face-fucking a bear. Tell him you were thinking about him, and the bear’s mouth was just a convenient place to wedge your vegan-boyfriendsubstitute, i.e., your Fleshlight. Tell your boyfriend you don’t entertain any murderous fantasies, tell him you only long to fuck living things, and tell him that Homo sapiens are the only animals you find attractive. Tell him all of that, BGA, even if not all of that is entirely true.

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rently in a relationship with a girl who was “sexually active” before we got together. Because I’m a virgin, I think you can understand why I might be nervous when things get heated. I would like to engage in the act with her eventually, but I don’t know if she wants a virgin fumbling around in bed with

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her. And it’s not particularly manly to go to someone and basically say, “I’m not going to be good at this for a while.” Not exactly a turn-on. I feel she’s ahead of me in experience. What would be the best advice you could give me on the subject? Nerves Entirely Wrecking Boy If your girlfriend is close to you in age, NEWB, the odds that she’s any good at sex are vanishingly slim, her prior sexual activity notwithstanding. Some people have a knack for sex, of course, but almost all teenagers are lousy at it. Trust me, NEWB: I was a teenager once, a teenager who slept with other teenagers, and I was lousy at sex and so were they. Now here’s my advice: Chill the fuck out. Presumably, your girlfriend likes you, NEWB, and knows you’re a virgin. Which means she knows you’ll be a little nervous the first time you two have sex – the first time you have sex – and that there’s probably going to be some fumbling. But you wanna know a secret? Even sexually experienced adults – even adults who are really good at sex and have had tons of it – still get nervous, NEWB, and there’s no such thing as sex without some fumbling. As for your concerns about seeming less than manly: you’re bringin’ the dick, NEWB, so you’re the man. Your nerves won’t render you dickless. If you’re worried about displaying a manly confidence, well, you can still do that: go into your first sexual experience confident that your girlfriend is into you and confident that she wants you, and be honestly and unapologetically who you are. Being yourself is far more manly than pretending to be someone or something you’re not, NEWB, and there’s nothing less manly than pussing out on a new experience for fear of appearing unmanly. Honest nerves are manlier than false bravado. One last thing to do before you lose your virginity: watch a weekend marathon of 16 And Pregnant on MTV. That show will inspire you to use condoms religiously and correctly, NEWB, every single time. Even if your girlfriend is or claims to be using hormonal birth control, wrap your manly ol’ dick up before you slide it inside.

Keep beating off private FollowIng up on the letter about

masturbating in the privacy of a public toilet stall: Guys are being banned from Multnomah County libraries in Portland, Oregon, for wanking in the supposed privacy of locked bathroom stalls. Facilities security officers peep through spaces between stall doors and write up reports that go into detail about “shiny liquids” spotted on offenders’ hands, and those who are caught are excluded from the libraries for a year. I thought “sexual activity” required a partner and masturbation wasn’t a crime if practised in private – but tell that to the peeping uniformed officers working in the Central Library, aka “Portland’s Crown Jewel.” You can’t go to a locked bathroom stall and rub one out, on pain of landing on the Excluded Patrons List as a masturbator. Victorian prudery lives. Wanking In Private Environs The letter writer who got caught wanking in a public toilet had taken pains to find an empty men’s restroom on a deserted floor of an office building. He wanted to have his midday wank, WIPE, without disturbing or unnerving others. I don’t think the same can be said for the men who are rubbing ’em out in the toilets of Portland’s Central Library. Look, I’m familiar with Portland’s Central Library, WIPE; I wrote huge chunks of two of my books there. The toilets are crowded, and there’s no way you can beat off in one without disturbing others. I don’t have a problem with people rubbing ’em out – hello – but guys who get off in public toilets because they get off on public toilets are forcing other people to serve as props in their masturbatory fantasies. And that ain’t cool. Find the Savage Lovecast (my weekly podcast) every Tuesday at thestranger. com/savage. mail@savagelove.net @fakedansavage on Twitter

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